"See, I told you. It works. I am close to the clerk. She helped us on this" At the 3rd grade student group, Kaelan raised his brow and said to William in low voice.
Secretly, they had asked the clerk to arrange the fight between them and Alvin, Charles.
"Good job" William nodded and said.
Alvin turned his head and looked at William. William smirked, looking at Alvin with a cold gaze.
Alvin turned his head and looked at Charles. Charles looked at Alvin with a surprise in his eyes. This was such a coincidence. They knew that Kaelan was William's friend. And William was looking for a chance to bully Alvin. Just so happened Charles's opponent was Kaelan?
"You've got this" Alvin looked at Charles and said. Although Alvin knew nothing about the Kaelan, he believed with the same cloud level, Charles stood a chance to win.
Charles nodded and exchanged a fist bump with Alvin before walking up the stage.
Under the gaze of everyone, Charles walked up the stage with his bow and arrow. He was staring at his opponent, Kaelan.
Kaelan sneered and walked up the stage, staring at Charles. Kaelan was holding a blue colour bow and some arrow.
"Introduce yourself" Mr Christopher took a quick glance at them and said.
"Charles, cloud level 14 archery mage" A cloud formed on Charles's hand, showing a rank 1 thunder symbol.
"Kaelan, cloud level 19, archery mage" At the same time, Kaelan summoned his cloud. It was a cloud with a rank 1 ice symbol.
Charles's eyes narrowed. It was a rank 1 ice symbol.
Charles knew that when both sides had the same cloud level, spell rank, the determining factor was the fighting skill.
Mr Christopher raised his hand high, then brought it down and announced.
"3, 2, 1, start"
The next moment, Kaelan took out an arrow from behind, put it on the bow and shot it to Charles. Normally, archery mages would cast their spell on the arrow to attack. However, there wasn't any cloud spell on the arrow. This was because casting cloud spells would take some time, around 0.1 seconds to 1 seconds.
So, instead of using cloud spells, Kaelan chose to shoot the arrow without the cloud spell on it.
If the opponent wasn't fast enough in response, Kaelan would have the upper hand throughout the fight, as he could control the tempo of the fight.
However, Charles wasn't a weak fighter. In fact, he was a great archer.
Charles squinted his eyes once he noticed that there wasn't a cloud spell on Kaelan's arrow. Instantly, Charles took an arrow from his back, put it on bow.. He pulled the string and aligned the arrow with his eyes, aiming at Kaelan's arrow. Then, his fingers opened up, letting go the arrow.
*whoosh
Two whoosh filled the air.
Under the gaze of everyone, two arrows shot out, flying in the air. Next moment, Charles's arrow hit Kaelan's arrow. After the hit, both arrows were deviated from their original trajectory.
"oh my god"
"Such a good archery skill"
"Charles is good"
The audience's jaw dropped, murmuring about the fight. It was really stunning for Charles to shoot down Kaelan's arrow.
Charles and Kaelan were staring at each other. There was a slight surprise and seriousness in Kaelan's eyes. After all, it took a great archery skill to shoot an arrow that was flying fast in the air.
The next moment, Charles darted backward, then stood there, looking at Kaelan. With an arrow on the bow, Charles was gazing at Kaelan.
According to the archery just now, Charles knew that his archery skill was probably better than Kaelan, so the only unknown in the fight was Kaelan's spell. It was better for him to keep a distance before he knew Kaelan's spell.
Yet, Kaelan didn't do anything. Kaelan half squatted, with an arrow on his bow, staring at Charles, as if looking for opportunity.
Seeing that, Charles's eyes narrowed. He started his attack. His arm and finger were fast. He shot out 3 arrow one after another, hoping that would force Kaelan to use a cloud spell.
Seeing that, Kaelan's eyes widened. He rolled on the floor, to the left side of the stage. The three arrow missed its target and shot the floor.
Just after rolling, Kaelan pulled the string and shot an arrow with his cloud spell.
"First cloud spell, rank 1, ice age" Kaelan exclaimed. Then, he followed up with three arrows without a cloud spell.
The arrow was fast. However, it wasn't aimed at Charles. It was shot on the floor in front of Charles. The next moment, Charles saw a surge of ice elements from the arrow.
"Control cloud spell" Charles mumbled to himself. Instantly, Charles knew that it was a controlling type cloud spell. His movement speed was limited by the 'ice age'. He couldn't react in hsi normal speed.
The even worse thing was that another three arrows almost reached him. First arrow aimed at his head, second arrow aimed at his neck, last one aimed at his heart. All aiming at a critical position.
At the last moment, Charles managed to extend his hand with his palm facing outward.
"First cloud spell, rank 1, thunder boom" Charles exclaimed. This time instead of using cloud spell on arrow, he was casting it on his hand.
*booommmm
The explosion happened from his hand, creating a waved of wind outward. Although three of the arrows were affected by the thunder boom, one of the arrows still left a wound on Charles's arm.
Charles was bleeding. Sweat dripped from his head. His cloth was slowly turning red because of blood. Obviously, he was in pain. Yet, he still focused his gaze on Kaelan.
Seeing Charles bleeding, Alvin's gaze turned cold. He turned his head and glared at William.
William smirked and looked at Alvin. William tilted his head and shrugged. Beside William, the Emily raised her chin and gave a Alvin a grimace face.
Alvin's face turned solemn. Then, he moved his gaze back to the stage. There was a dangerous gleam in his gaze.