We were checking out the battle with the girl who was shaking up like a storm. The three of us were curious about what the girl would do.
The girl who was shaking began to fight. Her opponent, staring at her, wouldn't put her guard down. It was expected from someone who made it this far.
I couldn't help but wonder what she would do. Using her magic consecutively, the magic of different variants started to appear.
The timid girl's magic was odd. She had used magic with different elements to them. Does she have some rare magic? If so, what gives her personality?
"Serena, doesn't her magic look similar to yours?" Livie said without any meaning toward her. From what I saw, only Serena could use magic like the timid girl.
"Maybe she is from a branch family of yours." I had added on the thought of what Livie had said.
Serena still had yet to reply to what we had said. But she had closely observed the girl who was fighting.
The announcer, commenting on the fight, only explored two fighters. With how far apart the others were, it was hard to watch them all simultaneously.
While her opponent had a hard time countering what the timid girl was doing. Her magic would run out at the rate she was using them.
"She can't control her magic." Serena had commented on what she was seeing.
"Can't control her magic?" Livie had no idea what Serena meant by that.
"All of her magic was randomly made. She has no control over what magic she had made." Serena went into deeper details of what she had said earlier.
Looking at it, I could see why Serena had made that observation. Now that I was looking at what the timid girl was doing, I knew why she was shooting whatever she could.
She was trying her luck in whatever she could muster. While it was the best way for her to use her magic, it was also the worst. If her magic healed her opponent, she might as well forfeit the match.
The girl in front had to rely solely on luck to beat whoever she faced. I don't know what to think if she was on our team and had to pray for luck to win.
Using enough mana, the timid girl had finally won, with minimal mana to spare. The organizers had spent a lot of money on mana potions. Everyone here would be required to do their best with the resources given.
"It's that girl from yesterday." Livie had spoken, pointing at the girl with pink hair.
Seeing how she would do in the fight, she finished her fight within seconds. While she had used magic, I couldn't tell what her magic exactly was.
But seeing how her opponent was confused and unprepared for her strike, her magic must have something to do with the minds of others.
"She's good." Serena had rarely given other praises. But seeing how she did, she was definitely on our watch list.
"Serena, do you know her magic?" As part of Celeste's family, this was more of her alley.
"Did you see a pink glow in her katana?" I remembered but couldn't tell what it did just from that alone.
"Yes, but what does it do?" Livie was curious about what that glow did.
"The katana was covered in mana, and anyone looking closely at it would fall into an illusion." That wasn't stupidly strong. I had thought to myself.
"Is there any way to deal with it?" Livie couldn't help but ask, seeing how hard fighting her would be.
"The only way you would realistically beat her was to look away from her weapon. Or you could overpower her." That wasn't helpful at all.
If I fought her, I would blow her up before she could get me into the illusion. Well, that would be the ideal situation.
After everyone had fought, the audience noted the promising participants' names. There were now fan favorites coming from the crowd.
Even though I had told them that cheering was part of fun events like these. It was hypocritical of me not to do it. I couldn't cheer for someone I didn't know well enough.
With the battle finished, twenty people made it to the next round. Out of these twenty, only five of them stood out to me.
You might have guessed it, but the first person was the pink-haired girl named Noelle, who uses an illusion. Her way of handling her opponents with magic and weapon makes her one of the best competitors in this competition.
Next was Caren, the girl who couldn't control her magic. Despite being unable to control her magic, she somehow made it to the top twenty, beating all her opponents. Her luck for today's event was insane.
For the third girl, it would be a girl that goes by the name Maddison. What made her interesting was her magic. Her magic gives her a physical boost at the cost of her sanity.
While it was a double edge sword, the boost of her strength was insanely significant, and even Ruby, who liked to fight close, would have trouble against her. She was the definition of what you call a berserker.
The fourth member was pretty cool. Going by the name Teresa, her magic was shadow manipulation. Her abilities were pretty versatile with her magic. She could not only attack but also lock her opponent in place. Magic like that is pretty hard to come by.
And for the final person goes by the name Lime. Her magic was unique, to say the very least. If used correctly, she would be a fearsome opponent.
Lime magic allows me to cancel any magic just from thinking about it. While I don't know how much mana it would take to use, if she could use it on people like me, I would have to be wary of her.
Out of these five people, I hope four of them will be on our team.
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