Chapter 164.

PART 1.

The tournament resumes the next day. the first match is between Ravina and Hatori. As Ravina is walking to the ring, she stops as she hears Daphne calling to her. “Ravina, please don’t use defense during this match.”

“Why do you care?” she turned around.

“Because we might be in this tournament, but I am your friend. And that boy will not be befuddled like your previous opponents.” Explained Daphne.

“Whatever.” Ravina threw her hair back, and jogged to the ring, as she got late because of this small conversation.

Daphne watched her go, already knowing how this match would turn out. she knows how strong Hatori is since she has gone toe-to-toe with him. simple, bullheaded strategies will not work against him.

“Begin!” said the yantra, and the match begins.

Ravina blocks the spells coming her way with shields and prepares to sidestep the follow-up attacks to get around the shields. But instead of that, Hatori uses the same spells, but these are powerful enough to break through her shields. The shields lessened the force, but Ravina was still thrown to the ground harshly.

“How?” she gets up coughing, and moves out of the way of another flurry of spells.

Hatori did hear her muttered question, but he did not answer. He hates talking during the battle. He watches her construct the rock wall, which he explodes, and uses the fragments as small missiles to batter her, and he then sends a wave of lightning which shocks Ravina, which is enough to end the match since she is unable to move after taking this spell directly.

Daphne shakes her head. “I warned her.” She grumbled, as Ravina was taken to get treated for her injuries, while Hatori walked away without taking any damage.

After that one-sided match, Dimitri watched the second duel of the day between Shin and Yatharth. It is more balanced, though Shin is gaining an edge. The retired duelist has seen Shin change during this very tournament, he has used his experience well.

‘Just a few nudges and hear and there, and he’ll be great.’ He thinks as Shin gains a victory.

He skips to his seat, happy that he got a victory. If he wishes to be chosen, then he must keep his win/loss ratio healthy.

The next match is a bore for Dimitri. Vivek finally comes to the ring, and loses outright to Aditya, being no match for the experienced dueler. “Honestly, if I were in the place of that boy, I would have just conceded all of my matches at this point.”

“Don’t you think that is harsh?” asked Nandan, just presenting an argument.

“No. some people have no business in the ring. And that boy is one of them.” said Dimitri.

Daphne is facing Tom, and Dimitri loses his boredom instantly. “Seriously, it is a good thing that you’re not a professor here. you would have been sacked for blatant favoritism.” Said Nandan with a dry tone.

“I am not suited for the classroom environment.” Said Dimitri.

Nandan nodded. he has heard many tales of the destructions and nightmares Dimitri caused in his own school days.

Daphne assesses her opponent. It is clear that he is very powerful, and he also has the stamina to cast the spells for a long time. but she has a feeling that Tom has the same problem as Praduman: a lot of power and magical stamina, but no physical endurance. And that is the weakness Daphne is going to exploit.

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The match starts, and Daphne cancels Tom’s spells and retaliates with her own spells, forcing Tom to move. Tom thought that he would be able to counterattack once he was in a safer position, but that safer position never arrived.

Daphne made him run all over the ring, all the while keeping up with him in the exchange of the spells. by the time Tom is out of breath, he has made three exhausting rounds of the ring. He is gasping for breath, and Daphne takes this chance to attack him. he is blasted out of the ring, and knocked out. By the time this duel ends, Tom and Daphne end up on the opposite sides compared to when they started.

Josh is facing Praduman. As the match starts, he decides that he won’t play fast and lose. Instead, he will go for the win, no matter the risk. Praduman is experiencing a hard time as a result. Josh is not using some large-scale water spells, instead, he is pummeling him with small focused blasts, and that water is clinging to his clothes, weighing him down.

But Praduman is not giving up easily. He is often called a bull, so he decides that he will use this. He transmutes the rubble into a small heard, and they stampede to Josh, and he is standing on the top of one. from his position, he bombards Josh with fire spells, and the ring is covered with some light steam due to Josh’s counter with water spells.

Getting enough of this spectacle, Josh decides to target the bull on which Praduman is standing. He realizes too late that he did not protect his mount, and he is blasted from his position, as the bull explodes into rubble. He is then buried in ice, and Josh manipulates it to cover his mouth and head.

“Praduman cannot continue. Josh wins.” Announces the Yantra at this point.

Praduman is then extracted from the ice, and taken to the healers to get treated for the cold and other injuries, while Josh leaves, feeling lighter after gaining this win. Maybe this would lessen the humiliation he suffered yesterday by Avinash.

Avinash versus Ranveer is the final match of the day. Avinash is surprised by the traps of Ranveer. Who the hell conjures gunpowder in the ring, and then ignites it with a trigger in the middle of a duel? Unfortunately for Ranveer, that is not enough to defeat Avinash. As Ranveer regains feeling in his limbs after being blasted outside harshly, he is happy that he managed to give Avinash some burns to remember him by.

The matches end for the day. Avinash has kept his winning streak intact. His wins and losses are tied. ‘If I continue to win like this, then I can qualify at the top.’ He thinks.

Meanwhile, someone is glaring at everyone hatefully. That someone is, of course, Vivek. He is unable to take this view of him being the last, so he leaves.

Tom trudges up tiredly to his room. ‘I need to improve my physical stamina. I shouldn’t have been tired so easily. Actually, why did I let her make me run all over the place in the first place?’ he thinks to himself. ‘Whatever. At least I did better than Praduman. I doubt he would have been able to complete the first round with her.’

Though Tom will never reveal such thoughts to everyone, when he thinks like that, he always gets an amused smirk on his face.