Chapter 163.

PART 1.

Despite the best efforts of the professors, the tournament resumes the next day, and Dimitri is already bored. The first match is a win by default for Yatharth since he was set to face Vivek. But that boy is still injured and hasn’t even shown up today, so that was a poor start in Dimitri’s opinion.

The retired duelist is also not impressed by the duel of Aditya and Ranveer. Aditya won due to his greater experience of dueling, but Ranveer showed some improvement, so that is something. But not enough to alleviate Dimitri’s boredom. Until the third match of the day starts…

Ravina and Shin are facing each other. Continuing from her defensive approach, Ravina dodged and blocked the spells of Shin, and only retaliated when she could punish his mistakes. She covered her ears to make sure that the musical magic did not affect her and covered herself behind a rocky wall to get rid of his wind element.

Shin shatters the rocks with his musical spell, damaging Ravina with her own defense, but in the meantime, she triggers her trap. She turns the floor underneath Shin’s feet into mud, and when he starts to sink into the mud quite fast, she knocks him out by aiming a spell on his head.

“If only Shin knew some large-scale wind spells, Ravina would have lost,” said Nandan. “Nice trick though, shattering the rock like that. Too bad it came too late.”

“True. Though it is hard to find or develop such spells, as the wind can be quite inaccurate at the large scale.” Said Dimitri. “Still, there is no reason why he can’t develop the control later. I must refine his music style though; it can be great for breaking the defenses.”

“How would you do that though? Last I checked; you didn’t have any knowledge of musical magic,” asked Nandan.

“Vibration.” Was the simple answer of Dimitri.

The next match is between Daphne and Praduman. Dimitri lost his bored expression, hoping for a good performance. Both duelists are known for their destructive potential, as Daphne has already demonstrated yesterday, and Praduman is known for his raw power.

“Begin!” declares the referee yantra, and the fight is on.

Praduman starts with hard-hitting spells, which have become his specialty of sorts. He can cast these spells for a long time, and quite fast. Most people don’t expect it, and only a few are capable of keeping up with him. when he starts like that, the reaction is usually defensive.

But he got a nasty surprise when Daphne did not run from him, and instead counterattacked with powerful spells of her own. the audience is treated with bangs and booms, as both duelers try to explode each other into pieces or try to burn each other into ash.

While it is true that Praduman can cast such spells quite fast, he cannot sustain this rate. his endurance is not that developed, and as a result, he starts to feel fatigued ten minutes later. once Daphne sensed that weakness, she summoned that same fire spell that she used against Hatori, and Praduman surrendered, not wishing to face such a spell in his exhausted state.

“Daphne wins!” announced the yantra.

“I don’t get it. why did she face him like that?” asked Nandan. “Granted, she did match him blow-for-blow, but still, I’m sure she could have done it better.”

“Sometimes, it is important to face the opponent directly, because you won’t have hidden cards, or some secret trick all the time. whatever defensive measures Daphne could have taken, Praduman would have dismantled those, and it would have been pointless to play the game of cat and mouse with him. so, she faced him directly.” Explained Dimitri.

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Nandan nodded. he still has a lot to learn.

Josh is facing Avinash. The match starts, and knowing how strong Avinash is, Josh starts with his water element, flooding the ring, and the surrounding area. “Not this again.” Complained Nandan. “Don’t they realize how hard it is to clean it up for the next match?”

“As if you personally do the cleanup.” Reminded Dimitri.

Avinash retaliated with fire, and for a moment, the action was hidden behind the steam. When the cloud clears, Josh is found stuck in the ice, and Avinash preparing to blast him out of the ring. He did that, and chunks of ice also rained down upon the audience. Not even waiting for the announcement of his win, he walks to his seat, not even slipping on the ice for once.

“Idiot.” Said Hatori to Raven. “He relies too much on the water element.”

“True, and he could have easily controlled the ice too.” Agreed Raven.

“I’m not gonna let him live this one down.” Said Hatori, getting up as it was his turn to fight.

“Me neither.” Agreed Raven.

Tom is facing Hatori. though he is wary of him, he does not let show it up in his body language. The match starts, and Tom evades the conjured chains of Hatori. he neutralizes the lightning attacks by conjuring sheets of rubber, but Hatori attacks with fire, and they start to burn. Tom does not have enough time to enchant them against fire protection, while various people who care for nature are outraged in the audience.

Tom’s counter spell does not land on the target, but it lands in front of Hatori, and he is pelted by the fragments. Tom knows that Hatori tracks opponents through his ears and his magic-sensing. He can’t do anything about the latter, but the former, he can overwhelm. And thus, he attacks with full force, trying to cause as much damage and noise as possible. Of course, Hatori retaliated, in some cases, their spells collided in the air, and destabilized.

A large dust cloud results in the middle of the ring due to this exchange. Once the dust clears, Hatori is seen battered, full of cuts, his leg bleeding, and one side of his face starting to swell up. Tom felt great by watching this sight. Not even Daphne did this much damage to Hatori.

Despite the pain in his jaw, Hatori smirks, and Tom finds himself being electrocuted. Hatori conjured some wires, and those wires were wrapped around Tom’s legs. This was followed by a brutal spell to Tom’s chin, and a final attack at the back of his head, knocking him out. Hatori leaves the ring to remove his shoe since it is filling up with blood from his leg.

“That was a bloody display.” Said Nandan. “Come to think of it, Hatori has taken the most damage in this match.”

“True. And it is not going to get any easier for him, he still has some strong competitors to face.” Said Dimitri.

As the fighters started to leave to heal up and rest, they thought about what they do differently in their next match. Hatori is the only one who has the original winning streak, and Ravina has maintained her winning streak.

Avinash has also started his own winning streak, but he is still far behind others. ‘I must win to catch up with others.’ he thought. ‘And of course, beat him.’ he smirked, as he thought about facing Hatori and beating him in a straight duel.