"Ronny, how did you feel about the previous battles?" asked the commentator.
"They are good, but not at the level where this batch could be called the best batch. I am a little disappointed." He replied, and the audience went wild; some started supporting Ronny's comment while others disagreed.
The commentator looked at the situation and decided to step in; he said, "Ronny, I think you are judging too quickly; these are not the best in the batch. Soon you will watch some exciting battles, and I believe you will change your opinion once you watch them."
Ronny didn't reply; he just looked at the stage with a bored expression.
The next battle was Kajal vs. Jay. Both participants entered the battle Arena and started looking at each other. They both knew about their opponent. Jay was the best archer of this batch, while Kajal was the best magician. Everyone was hyped for their battle.
Everyone was allowed to bring three items of equipment. Kajal entered wearing a pendant with a blue gemstone, a staff, and a robe. The Pendant gave her additional Mana and Mana recovery; the staff reduced her spells' cooldown and mana cost, and the robe protected her from opponent attacks.
Jay's three items of equipment were His Bow, which looked like a wooden bow with blue-colored patterns in it; the Quiver on his back that was tightly tied to him; and his boots. His Bow gave him additional fire rate and accuracy; his Quiver allowed him to carry hundreds of arrows; and his boots gave him additional mobility.
The battle started after Refree blew the whistle. Before Kajal could even cast her spell, she saw three arrows coming at her. Jay jumped back while firing arrows to create some distance. Kajal used her auto-cast skill and created a barrier around her.
Next, Kajal cast a lightning Ball spell; the spell moved fast and approached Jay. It hit him, but the next moment he was seen at another place while the spell hit the barrier and was dispersed. In the meantime, Jay had fired multiple arrows, each one of them showing green on the tip.
The moment one or two arrows touched the barrier, they destroyed it. Kajal used multi-cast and easily defended against it. Barriers kept appearing around her one after another; she then used the shield plus combo by herself. This was a defensive combination spell made to be used by two mages.
It created a three-layered barrier by sandwiching an elemental barrier, which was a lightning barrier in Kajal's case, between two normal barriers. It was well known that two normal barriers could not be used at one time, but this was a trick that broke that rule.
If it were any other guy, he would give up, as it was not easy to break this spell, and even if one managed to break it, The mage could cast a powerful spell in that time, resulting in an automatic defeat. Jay jumped into the air, then his boots lit up, and he could stay there.
He then used a strange skill. His Bow shone green, and soon it started looking different. It was as if an additional layer appeared around it; his bowstring also started shining in green. Multiple arrows came out of his Quiver and started to appear in his right hand.
The next moment, he started shooting like a machine gun, and multiple Arrows covered in a green glow started attacking Kajal's barrier. A red-colored x-shaped mark appeared at the center of Kajal's barrier. All the arrows were hitting that spot. The barrier started shaking when it got hit by all the arrows at the same spot. Instead of cracking, a hole started appearing at that spot.
This was the effect of the precision strike' skill that marksmen used. The marksmen's DPS (Damage per second) was not called the best for no reason. If given time, they can melt any target. This was an example of how a well-regarded, very strong barrier was melting down in seconds; the second layer was already breached.
Others thought that Kajal had miscalculated, but the moment the last barrier was destroyed, and Jay was about to land, he had arrows ready in his hand, but what appeared next was that the whole area around him was covered in an electric field.
This stopped him from moving. Jay still tried to fight back, but Kajal cast wrathful spells at him. He was trapped on the battlefield, unable to move, and without his movement, Jay could not defend himself from Kajal's spell. He decided to surrender, as he had no hope when fighting against her in a confined space.
Everyone was impressed by His archery, and the chants of Kajal's name started echoing. When Rishi looked at that, he sighed. She was still more popular than him despite everything he had done.
The commentator didn't miss the chance; he asked, "What would you like to say about this fight?"
"That might have looked impressive to you guys, but if I talk about the state level, this battle could be called average at best, but it's still impressive for this stage," said Ronny arrogantly. When others heard him, they were not able to stop themselves. What state level? We are talking about an interschool exam, not a big competition.
The audience was dissatisfied with his comments, but there were still some blind fans of Ronny who believed his bullshit. Rishi was also irritated by this guy. Why was he acting so mighty in front of his Academy when he was respectfully invited to be a guest? He had only gotten admission to a tenth-ranked university, and while that was impressive, it was nothing much.
While Ronny was showing that everything was ordinary on the outside, inside he was surprised by the development of the Academy. Many things have changed since he left his Academy; the level of the students has increased a lot. He didn't like it at all. How would he show up if they performed like this? A wolf can only act like a lion before a group of sheep. He would need to be careful if he is between a pack of dogs.
He started looking at the next battle, expecting it wouldn't match the level of the previous one, so he could arrogantly declare the previous battle a fluke. The next fight was between Aditya Tiwari and Vinay. Aditya had been very popular at the start, but as the term continued, he was trampled by Rishab again and again, and now at the end of the year, no one cared about him.
Vinay was an underdog among All-Stars; he became famous after his performance in the Guild Championship. He was already well known before, but after it, his popularity skyrocketed. He was also easily recognized due to the skull mask he wore.
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