Jace, standing in the woods still dumbstruck, hears the deer run away once again. Jace then opens his new skill and inspects it.
Skill:Way of 1,000 Blades (level 1) ↓
- Allows for the use of the first move of the technique (Mana Tether Control)
-Allows for the use of Mana Tether
Jace then closes the skill and opens the technique screen to open the Way of the Raptor. When Jace opens it he taps to move to the next page to which Jace sees another 2 diagrams. The first diagram shows how to remove the karambit from the person.
The second diagram is how to apply mana to your mussels and how to move around the person you are grappling with. Jace once again tries to move to the next page and once again gets blocked. Jace then opens the Way of 1,000 Blades technique and moves to the next page.
Jace sees unlike the other technique only one model. On the model it shows how you use the mana tethers to pull yourself to the blades when they get stuck in something. It also explains that you need to be able to make and control 2 knives and mana tethers before you can do the technique however.
Jace closes the screen and checks the time seeing that he has a little time left so he heads in planning to collect some mana before he watches the match.
'I can't wait to see how powerful the other kids with supernatural powers are'. Jace arriving back home goes up to his room saying hello to his mom as he passes her before collecting mana till the match starts.
As Jace is sitting down the announcer on the screen starts his introduction. "Welcome to the first ever DSC competition match. Today our two competitors are Bill Hill and Tyler Maxus. Bill Hill is 6 feet 2 inches, 210 pounds, 15 years old from Illinois, and has the power of lightning and thunder. Tyler Maxus is 5 feet 10 inches, 150 pounds, 16 years old from Michigan, and has the power of fire."
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After the announcer finishes the competitors' stories about themselves play giving some insight to how they got there. Bill Hill was enrolled into the schools by his parents whereas Tyler Maxus was found by their Project X.
When they got to the schools they talked about the training and help the schools had given them. When the stories stopped playing the announcer once again appeared on screen this time in the middle of a concrete circle in a stadium.
"On the left in the blue we have Bill Hill!" the announcer yelled to which Bill ran on to the circle with his hands raised. "On the right in red we have Tyler Maxus!" the announcer yelled again but this time Tyler walked calmly on to the circle.
The announcer then looked at the both of them before saying "When you hear the bell you start, if you hear it again that means the match has ended. First one to be knocked out or thrown out of the stadium loses."
The announcer then turned and walked off the circle and a countdown appeared on the TV. When the countdown hit zero a bell went off "Ding" then there was an explosion "Bang". Jace saw as soon as the bell went off Bill covered in electricity teleported behind Tyler and attempted a punch.
However it appeared that Tyler predicted this and let out a shot of flames right behind him catching Bill. Bill gets hit by the flames and when he recovers his hair is charred as well as his uniform.
Tyler during this time had set up a ring of fire around him so that Bill could not get to him. Tyler then starts throwing fireballs at Bill who doges them. Bill then sucks in a breath and shouts causing a shockwave.
This causes Jaces dad to ask "How did he do that" to which Jace responds "It is probably his power of thunder." Jace sees the shockwave travel to Tyler and causes a break in his ring giving an opening to Bill.
Jace hears another explosion and when he does he sees Tyler cover himself in a flaming armor. This armor however was not enough to stop Bill's fist and when it connects it sends Tyler flying.
Tyler stops at the edge of the arena and looks at Bill who is in his ring of fire with a smile that Jace catches. The inside of the ring of fire then explodes in a pillar of fire but it was too late.
Bill was in front of Tyler causing him to concede and ending the first match of the tournament. The announcer then gets back on stage "What a match, Bill will move up but it is not the end for Tyler. If Tyler wins the losers bracket then he will obtain a wild card spot and be able to compete in the semi finals. Please tune in tomorrow for the next match of the tournament and good night to all."
Jace gets up and prepares for bed 'Man they were powerful, I don't know if I would even have a chance. That is only right now though, I will be stronger than them if I keep trying and growing'. Little did Jace know that this philosophy of "Just not yet, I will get stronger" would push him to become more powerful than he could have imagined.