From the beginning their battle was already a baffling sight to behold, the way those youngsters fought was unlike any other, it was a kind of duel that the villagers had never witnessed before, they were really on another realm, and the spectators could only describe those youngsters as the ones who will lead the next generation, although the two were already doing it.
Now to tell the story of how their duel went on, None of the villagers was able to follow Philip, it was as if Ada was only battling against herself, but what was more amazing is the fact that she can actually keep up with Philip's speed, hence why the only guide that the villagers could use to even follow the fight was through Ada's magic spells and eye movements-
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
"Earth Wall! Earth Wall!"
...
Then as they continued exchanging blows, they reached a certain point where it favored Philip, because there more information to be gathered about Ada than him, as her abilities are much more diverse, there were more of her that can be analyzed, whereas Philip's defensive and attacking moves are much more straightforward, he was like an open book that uses both his strength and speed to perform combos of attacks and counterattacks-
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
"Lightning Strike! Earth Wall!"
But as much as Philip was getting a rough idea on what the limits of Ada are, she was also getting used to Philip's attacking pattern, because although it may seem like Philip has no weaknesses to show, she noticed that every time Philip would alter his direction mid-air, there was that slight incontinuous movement and a loss of a bit of momentum in order to change his course direction, meaning there is a delay in the midst of transferring from one attack to another that she can take advantage of-
Whoosh! Whoosh!
"Lightning Strike! x3"
However, Philip was already aware of that gap within his movements, so before she could even take fully advantage of it, he started altering his direction in the midst of him following the trajectory that he altered himself to follow, so it looked like he was doing two short bursts of dashes in a rapid succession-
Whoosh-Whoosh!
Swoosh-Swoosh!
Originally, he didn't plan on pushing himself this much, but the situation called for it, so he needed to do what had to be done in order to win-
"HUH?!!" Ada was surprised at what he just did, she thought that she was catching up to him, but now she wasn't, so in a moment's desperation she used her final trump cards-
"Fire Blast! Wind Cutter!"
"Water Wall! Lightning Strike!"
It was double casting or conjuring two elements at the same time, and she had also revealed that she had awakened all six of the elements-
"S-Since when have we ever heard news of someone who awakened all six elements?!"
"What the heck? How is that girl so lucky?!"
The crowd shouted as they were stupefied at the sudden reveal, they felt like they were side characters just living off in her world, which isn't actually far from the truth.
...
Now, as the two had revealed their trump cards, the fight was actually getting into a more serious territory, since Philip can't actually fully control himself while pulling such a stunt, as the momentum that he keeps on gathering was steadily becoming too much, even for him-
Whoosh-Whoosh!
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Swoosh-Swoosh!
Meanwhile, Ada was also becoming desperate, she was using her spare mana without any reserve, and the complexity of casting two elements continuously was taking a toll in her brain.
So, both of them have decided that for this battle to not escalate any further and become dangerous, they needed to end this fast-
Thus, Philip with the momentum that he had gathered, opened his attack with a double kick to her upper torso, in which Ada promptly blocked with an earth spell-
Swish! Swish!
"Earth Wall x4"
CRASH! CRASH!
Crumble!
Although she managed to block the brunt of the impact, some fragments of the earth wall that was destroyed ricocheted towards her, causing some minor bruising, but she did not stop there and did an unexpected move, which was throwing back those stones that hit her right back at Philip. Revealing that she was actually physically strong enough to throw such huge and heavy rocks fast enough to become a threat, but of course, she was sure that it wasn't enough to distract Philip, so right after she throwed it, she quickly casted a wind spell which was then followed by a fire spell-
"Wind Tornado! Fire Tornado!" And since both of the spells were compatible elements with each other, together they had combined to make an even stronger spell-
Whish! Whish!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The wind tornado formed first to enclose Philip, and then right after the wind tornado then sucked in the flames of the fire tornado that was casted afterwards. However, even though both the tornadoes had already combined, because both had different mana the two tornadoes retained their properties of the fire and wind, but still at the same time, on the outside it was as if the tornado spells combining fused them together completely, like matches being set ablaze.
Whish! Whish! Whish!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
It was a tricky spell for Philip, he can't jump upwards since this tornado that is made of fire was shaped weirdly, and there was no opening above it, instead it was like the bottom of the tornado was also at its top. Another thing was, the wind properties of the spell forced the air around him to rotate in a single direction, meaning he cannot dash in any other way but only in the direction where the tornado was going, because him twisting his joints wasn't enough, as he still needed something to step on, which in this case was the air.
But that wasn't all, the fire properties of the tornado also worked against Philip, because the more that he runs into the same direction, the more gusts of air he gathers that only serves to add more fuel to the fire, thus further strengthening the blazing tornado.
This had made Philip stuck in the eye of the tornado, and he was sure that he needed to get out fast, because he knew that Ada will be firing another spell that is even more fatal than this-
Whoosh-Whoosh!
Swoosh-Swoosh!
On the other hand, Philip's intuition was right, because after using those two spells as a diversion, Ada was indeed casting her strongest spell, which was from the ice element-
"...Oh, ice who freezes life and anything on your tracks..."
Meanwhile, Philip who was in a bit of a pickle, had decided that there was only one path forward, and that is to keep moving to gain enough speed to breakthrough the walls of the tornado.
So, he braced himself-
Whoosh-Whoosh!
Swoosh-Swoosh!
And for a moment Ada was gloating towards her nearing victory, because upon realizing that she had Philip backed in a corner and that she was just seconds away from casting her spell, she thought that there was no way that he could escape this situation that she had foresaw, it was already a surefire win for her.
But right as Ada was just about to finish the last words of her incantation-
"Ice Ham-No you don't"
Philip grabbed her from both of her wrists and pushed her down to the ground, thereby cancelling her ice spell for good-
CRASH!!!
Ada wasn't even able to catch a glimpse of his body or how he even managed to come out of her spells, the only time that she was able to see him was when he already grabbed her wrist, which was at that point it was too let for her already, hence the position they were in now-
Where Philip was in a dominant position ready to give a strike that could knock her out, while she was at the bottom, completely at his mercy.
And with that, it was clear that Philip had won...
Philip then changed his manner of speaking and action to insinuate that this was all just a big waste of time and to not bother him again with anything of the like, in the hopes of fooling Ada that he thoroughly crushed her and that this was his complete victory, so that she never tries to do anything funny against him in the future-
"Are you satisfied with the conclusion of this bout?" Philip asked Ada sarcastically to insult her as he was pinning her to the ground.
However, Ada just ignored what Philip's words insinuated and grinned back at him-
"Although it is faint you can't hide that smile on your face, that means you've actually enjoyed our fight, didn't you?" Ada said enthusiastically.
Philip then blanked out and came to a sudden realization, 'She's right, I've actually enjoyed going all out and fighting against her to my limits." As he then touched his mouth with his left hand, feeling whatever unconscious reaction, his face was having right now, but also to cover it up.
However, in the end Philip just opted to remove the hand covering his mouth, as he felt like he really didn't have any need to hide it in front of her, "So, how exactly did you manage to trick me into doing your bidding?"
Ada then looked away from Philip while she was still pinned to ground, and hesitantly replied "Well about that..."