Chapter 17 - Win

Alvin wasn't a person who liked to bully people, but when people bullied him, he would definitely fight back. 

Although this was his first time fighting people using his cloud, he wasn't nervous.

On the stage, Alvin was observing everyone. Charles was holding a bow because he was an archery mage. 

In front of Alvin, James was holding a knight's sword. Although it was called a knight sword, its size was not that big. It was around the length of Alvin's arm.

As for Emily, she was standing behind James with nothing in her hand. Alvin guessed that she was like him, they directly use their cloud spell instead of applying the cloud spell on a weapon.

Seeing both parties were ready, Mr Christopher said. "The rules of duel. First, no killing. Second, no severe injuries that might cause handicaps on the other parties. Understand?" Mr Christopher looked at both sides and said.

After getting a nod from both sides, Mr Christopher continued. "Now introduce yourself."

"James, cloud level 12 attack knight"

"Emily, cloud level 11 support."

At the same time, James and Emily summoned their cloud. On James's cloud, there was a rank 0 fire symbol. On Emily's cloud, there was a rank 0 wind symbol.

Mr Christopher nodded his head a little bit.

"Charles, cloud level 11 archery mage."

"Alvin, cloud level 13 attack mage"

Then, they summoned their cloud. There was a rank 2 thunder symbol on Charles's cloud. On Alvin's cloud, there was a rank 1 wind symbol.

"Eh, Charles got a rank 1 cloud spell."

"Really, let me see clearly"

Hearing all the murmurs, Ms Lily grinned. She mumbled "You deserve it, Charles"

"Weih, see Alvin's cloud. A rank 1 wind cloud spell."

"One more rank 2 cloud spell?! Oh my god"

Seeing the rank 2 cloud spell, James and Emily's faces turned solemn. A rank 1 cloud spell would be more powerful than their rank 0 cloud spell.

"Alright, ready... Go" Seeing both sides summoned their cloud, M.r Christopher waved his hand and exclaimed.

"First cloud spell, rank 2 wind blade." Upon hearing, within 0.5 seconds, Alvin raised his hand and cast a wind blade. A 30cm wind blade shot toward Emily. 

A normal wind blade would be sharp. However, this wind blade was blunt instead, because Alvin didn't want to kill Emily. The wind blade was so fast that it reached Emily in 1 second. 

At the same time, Charles quickly nocked an arrow on the string. "First cloud spell, rank 1 Thunder boom." Instantly, a thunder boom that was glowing in purple color was formed on the head of the arrow.

*Phewwwww

The arrow shot towards James. This was their strategy. They chose to use a wind blade to attack Emily because Emily was their first target. The wind blade was much easier to control compared to the arrow. 

Of course, that didn't mean an archery mage was anything less than an attack mage. The advantage of an archery mage was the power of the spell. Instead of spending cloud energy on controlling the spell, Charles could use all his cloud energy to improve the power. After all, the arrow could help in shooting the spell toward James.

On the other side, Emily and James was quick with their action. Once the duel started, James darted toward Alvin. While darting towards Alvin, James exclaimed. "First cloud spell, rank 0 fire blast"

Next seconds, James's sword was enveloped by fire, turning it into a fire sword. Initially, the sword length was as long as Alvin's arm. Now the sword became longer because of the fire. 

At the same time, Emily cast her support spell on James. "First cloud spell, rank 0 wind shoe" Emily exclaimed. Two green light shot out from her cloud. One light toward herself. Another one to James.

Alvin squinted his eyes when he saw James was darting toward him. James's fire sword gave him a longer attack range and Emily's wind shoe gave James a faster speed.

All these were happened at the same time, in just few seconds.

*booommm

Just after Emily casting her spell, Alvin's wind blade hit her and pushed her out of the ring.

*boomm. Another explosion happened. Charles's arrow hit James's sword and his Thunder boom was activated.

Although James was able blocked the thunder boom with his fire sword, he was stopped by its strong explosive force. He took a few steps back to stable himself.

Just as James stabalized himself, he saw a wind blade was 0.1 meter in front of him. Next second, he was hit by the wind blade and was pushed out from the ring. That was Alvin's second wind blade. After casting his first wind blade, Alvin didn't stop at all, he cast another wind blade right away.

Alvin grinned as he saw that. Although he planned a lot of back up plan with Charles, it seemed like they don't need to use that. They won the duel.

"Winners, Alvin and Charles." Seeing James was pushed out from the ring, Mr Christopher announced the result.

"Mage and general knowledge class get three days usage of cultivation room from the Knight and support class." Mr Christopher said.

The mage class students were happy.

"Yes, we won."

"Hahahaha, three more days of the cultivation room"

At first, the mage class student thought it would be a tough fight. They had worried about Alvin and Charles.

However, Alvin and Charles's power were beyond their imagination. Both of them were having a rank 1 cloud spell. And their fighting skill were great.

Under the gaze of everyone, Alvin and Charles grinned ear to ear. They exchanged a fist bump and walked down the stage. 

In front of the stage, Mr Elias took a quick glance at Mr John and said. "Hey, John, I won"

"Here" Mr John pursed his lips with a dark face, and then handed Mr Elias a rank 4 wind gems. Then, Mr John left his seat.

Seeing Mr John left, Elias said to him "Thanks." 

Mr Elias grinned as he looked at the green colour, big gems. This gems possed the potential for Alvin to upgrade his Phoenix Rebirth Cultivation technique and add element to his cloud.