Chapter 191 The first spar - show of spells
As the spar between Rio and Rebecca started, nearby students started watching them and whispers spread through the training grounds like wildfire.
"Are those two fighting?"
"Why would they fight? They're probably sparring with each other."
"Is that allowed?"
"Well, the professor did say to do whatever you want."
Soon enough their match attracted the attention of everyone. Students who had been diligently practicing turned their focus towards the first spar happening before them.
Rebecca, noticing the growing crowd, remarked, "The crowd's gathering around us now."
Rio grinned and replied, "Then let's give them a show," as he hurled mana bullets towards her.
*WATERWALL* Rebecca said, and at her command a wall of water formed around her which blocked the water bullets. She then made a sword out of water and slashed at him.
"I thought we agreed to keep it at basic spells," Rio chided, after forming an ice sword to counter her.
"The class is about elemental control, so why not?" Rebecca responded, her hand gliding through the air. The water drops which fell from her sword spell, merged and became a dagger that attacked him from behind.
Rio smiled, "Don't forget, but you asked for this," With a simple tap on the dagger's tip, he froze it in ice and then threw it back at her.
Startled, Rebecca tried to step back, but the ground suddenly cracked and holes appeared around her. "Nature, huh?" she mused, carefully avoiding the pitfalls. When the dagger threatened to hit her, she conjured a gust of wind, sending it off-course. "Didn't know you mastered that?"
"I wouldn't call that mastery. It's just a parlor trick," Rio replied, jumping forward to engage her in close combat. Seeing his intentions Rebecca transformed her water sword into an ice spear, and started to fight with him seriously.
"Are those two really first years?" a student nearby muttered, his tone filled with surprise.
"The princess is, but the Duke's son is repeating," another student informed him. However, his eyes remained fixated on their match where a dazzling display of elemental mastery was on show.
"Still, they're amazing. Did you see how he turned her dagger into ice? That's what Miss Freya did some time ago, right?" a girl in the group couldn't help but comment.
"Maybe it's possible after we increase our mastery of elements." The boy replied, finally taking his eyes off the spar and looking at the girl who spoke.
(He was a poor single soul. His mind had already created a fantasy of marriage life with that girl and names of his children already. Just because she talked to him one time.)
<Girl's that's how simple and idiot first timers are so fool em to fullest>
Ignoring the chatter all around, Rio and Rebecca were still fighting, when Rio said "Time to get serious, princess. Bring up your A-game or you're gonna lose."
Rebecca just humphed at his remark with a confident smirk pasted across her face. But she still got ready and started to put all her focus on him. Just to be on the safe side, she still added "No darkness. You said so."
"Yupp. No darkness." Rio said as he slashed his sword at her, but before it could collide with her spear, he whispered *DISPERSE*.
Next second the ice sword melted in an instant, as the mana in the spell got absorbed by him again. The water then got blasted in the air. Disappearing slowly.
Seeing Rebecca's spear coming close to his neck, he jumped back a few steps. Rebecca wanted to follow after him and engage in melee fight again, when she heard him whisper *RAINDROP*
In an instant, water drops started to form all around Rebecca. Their number increased every second. As both of them mostly used water spells from the beginning, it created a humid environment around them, which made gathering water much easier.
The water drops instead of falling down to gravity, started flying towards Rebecca in a circular motion. Surprised for a second, she created a barrier of air to disrupt their flow and move out of their circle. When she saw Rio's smirking expression, and saw him mouthing something *CONDENSE*
She watched as the water droplets started to freeze and turn into ice cubes. Before she could increase the mana input of the air barrier, several ice cubes had already flown past the barrier and were about to hit her.
Seeing her imminent defeat, Rebecca decided to concede. But then, out of nowhere, a gust of wind appeared behind her, and she started to smile back at Rio.
Rio watched as Rebecca, who was just about to get hit and lose the spar, suddenly disappeared from her place and appeared out of the circle of icicles he created.
"That's cheating Amy." He said, as he watched Amelia appear out of nowhere near Rebecca.
"Rules never said it was a one on one fight." Rebecca pointed out with a smile and started to create bullets of water in front of her.
In a matter of moments, she had around two dozen of them floating in front of her. After giving a slight nod to Amelia, she sent them all flying towards Rio with a push of her hand.
"Sorry brother, but Becca promised me free dinner." Amelia teased, and clapped her hands. At her signal, the space around the water bullets began to warp and collapse. And when she separated her hands with a pull again, all the water bullets vanished from their place. *TRANSFER*
'Space magic is awesome.' Rio thought after watching Amelia use her element. No matter how many times he saw it, it just always amazed him.
But he didn't just get lost in his thoughts and praise of magic, a wall of ice had started to form around him the moment Amelia saved Rebecca.
It didn't take long for the icewall to form all the way up to his head, and just at that moment, several flying water bullets started to clamor opposite it. Without looking at the wall, Rio turned his head, and slashed his sword at Amelia who suddenly appeared behind him.
"Crafty as always brother. But you lost." Amelia said, as she signaled towards Rio's feet. Where black chains of smoke started to tie around him.
"Shadow bind" Rio whispered after looking at the chains.
"You're not the only one who mastered other elements." Rebecca said and formed a big spiral cone made of air and threw it hurtling towards his back.
In response to their pincer attack, Rio just smiled and said "You forgot what I said to you a few moments ago my sister. Be careful when you fight against geniuses."
Next instant, under Amelia's shocked expression, the shadowy chains started getting loose and then flew towards her and captured her. She wanted to teleport out of there, when she saw her brother smile again. She saw as he disappeared from his place and appeared behind Rebecca with a sword ready to slash on her neck. By the time Amelia got free from the increasing binds of darkness, Rebecca's spell spiral was already in front of her.
_crash_
_boom_
A barrier formed around Rebecca and Amelia both, before the sword or the spell could hit any of them. This was the protection function of the academy uniform. And since this barrier was used, it also signaled the end of their spar.
"You lost." Rio said, as he tapped his sword two times on the barrier. He turned to walk away, when he remembered something and added "About that dinner, you both can pay for my tab too now."
Hearing his snarky remark Rebecca could just click her tongue and say "You just got a little lucky. I'll defeat you next time."
Her words made Amelia smile, as she said "Leave it Becca. This was already your 14th defeat."
"Whose side are you on, traitor?" Hearing her best friend say that, Rebecca glared at her and said. "He won because we didn't know he learned space magic too. We'll get him next time."
Saying this, she started walking away from the crowd and sit on a chair at the side. Even though they used a minimum amount of mana in each spell, the mana loss was still not something they could ignore. So they both decided to rest for a while.
Miss Freya was still calling for students and giving them small pointers. While the other two, assistant professors were guiding other students.
"Did you see that? How many elements did he learn?" One of the students said, looking at Rio.
"He's amazing. No wonder he was rank one 2 years ago."
"Even his sister and the princess, both of them were good too."
"Is this the difference between nobles and us?" One of the commoner students said. "How many spells did they cast, and yet still have more mana left."
"Forget mana, did you see the control all of them had with elements? Who said mastering more than one element was hard."
"Yeah, just look at them. If they took part in academy exams, the rankings would really change."
"True, hey do you think he can take first rank this time too?" One of the girls asked, looking at Leon, who was coming down from the stage after showing his spells to Miss Freya.
"What type of question is that? Didn't you see him? He's already C+ rank, and with so many elements at his disposal, he can easily beat Leon."
"I think so too"
Leon, who had seen the spar between them a little, didn't mind all this and started to focus on his training again. Miss Freya had pointed out some faults in his mana management, so he needed to train on that aspect. As for what others said about losing his rank 1 or whatever, he didn't care. He still had 6 months to get to his level and defeat him.
Though Leon had full confidence in himself, and his abilities, his God had already started to form his own thoughts.
[Your battle intrigues God Apollo.]
[He gives you another chance to become his follower.]
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