“Ready for this, Hinako?” Leon asked, making eye contact with Hinako.
“Of course.” Hinako responded with a confident tone.
“LET’S HAVE FUN, FOLKS!! ONLY TWO MATCHES LEFT AND THE TOURNAMENT COMES TO AN END!” Lola announced. “MATCH STAAAARRTT!!”
Leon put his left foot forward and clenched both of his hands into fists. Hinako gracefully bowed to Leon, then took a deep breath. Hinako’s face showed a serious expression and aimed her right palm at Leon. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind originated from Hinako’s palm. The gust of wind went straight towards Leon and it cut his cheek. Leon’s wound started to bleed a little, yet Leon’s face had an expression of excitement.
“HINAKO LANDS THE FIRST HIT!!” Lola said. “HOW IS HE GOING TO RESPOND!!?”
Leon quickly extended his left palm towards Hinako and fired a Fireball towards her. Right before the Fireball hit her, Hinako used her left hand surrounded by Wind Magic to chop the Fireball and split it, making the two pieces go around her. A second Fireball that Leon had fired with his right palm managed to catch Hinako off guard and hit her.
“I see you prefer Wind Magic.” Leon commented.
“...” Hinako glared at Leon.
“THEY ARE EXCHANGING MAGIC ATTACKS!!!” Lola commented. “IS IT ONLY GOING TO BE A PURE MAGIC BATTLE!?”
Hinako threw a bunch of Fireballs in succession towards Leon. Leon, so he used Ice Magic to put up an ice wall that was melted by the Fireballs. Leon then fired an Ice Beam through the arena’s floor towards Hinako that stopped a couple of feet before Hinako, creating an ice path. Leon quickly slides through the ice path as if he was riding a snowboard. Hinako noticed Leon quickly approaching her and applied to herself a Strength self-buff. As soon as Leon reached Hinako, he threw a punch at her. Hinako countered Leon’s punch with her own punch, but she felt that even after the self-buff her strength was inferior to Leon’s.
“LEON TOOK THE BATTLE TO CLOSE COMBAT!!” Lola commented. “AND IT APPEARS THAT HINAKO IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH LEON’S PHYSICAL STRENGTH!”
Hinako felt that she had to get out of the close combat as soon as possible, so she began to gather Magical Energy as she exchanged punches with Leon, After a couple of seconds, Hinako put her right foot down and a gust of wind came from it, which forced Leon to step back.
“HINAKO HAS FREED HERSELF FROM HAVING TO RESORT TO CLOSE COMBAT!!” Lola said in an enthusiastic tone. “BOTH OF THEM ARE GIVING US A FUN SPECTACLE!!”
Hinako stepped away from Leon and started to charge Magical Energy on both of her hands, upon noticing Hinako’s intentions Leon also started to gather Magical Energy on his hands. After a few seconds both of them were ready to launch their attacks.
“FIRE BEAM!!!” Hinako yelled as she aimed her open palms at Leon and a Fire Beam was fired using the Magical Energy from both of her hands.
“Then, ICE BEAM!!!” Leon yelled as he aimed both of his palms towards the Fire Beam and an Ice Beam was shot from both of his palms.
“FOLKS, THEIR MAGIC ATTACKS ARE COLLIDING AND I AM NOT SURE WHY LEON CHOSE AN ATTACK WITH ELEMENTAL DISADVANTAGE!!!” Lola commented. “I AM GUESSING LEON HAS A PLAN ON HIS MIND.”
When both attacks met, the Fire Beam started to melt the ice of the Ice Beam and was beginning to push it back, but Leon applied more Magical Energy into it and began to push back on the Fire Beam. Water was dripping from the Ice Beam as it was melted by the Fir Beam, yet it continued to win territory. Hinako began to worry, so she began to feed more Magical Energy into the Fire Beam. The Fire Beam managed to push back more and the arena was beginning to get covered in more water. Leon began to gather some Magical Energy on his feet. Before the Fire Beam could reach Leon, he stopped his Ice Beam and used the Magical Energy on his feet to quickly jump to the side. Leon managed to completely avoid the Fire Beam and the Fire Beam went straight into the wall.
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“BOTH FIGHTERS HAVE GIVE US A FANTASTIC SHOWCASE OF MAGIC SO FAR AND NEITHER OF THEM HAS TAKEN TOO MUCH DAMAGE!!” Lola commented. “THEY BEEN USING A LOT OF MAGICAL ENERGY, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THEY KEEP UP THROWING MAGIC ATTACKS!!?”
“You’re pretty good, Hinako!” Leon said with a happy expression. “I’m having so much fun!”
“I have similar feelings!” Hinako responded with a smile. “I never thought I would be having this much excitement in combat!”
Leon gathered Magical Energy and pointed at Hinako with his index and middle fingers of his right hand. Immediately the water in the arena gathered itself and took the shape of a serpent. The Water Serpent opened its mouth and then headed towards Hinako at a fast speed. Hinako had a shocked expression and quickly enacted a barrier. As soon as the Water Serpent made contact with the barrier, the barrier began to crack. Hinako decided to apply a Defense self-buff and covered her face with her forearms. The barrier broke and the Water Serpent hit Hinako and for a while Hinako struggled to stay standing. After the force of the attack became too much for Hinako to handle, she faltered and the Water Serpent washed her away.
“FOLKS, LEON JUST USED THE WATER THAT WAS MELTED FROM HIS ICE BEAM AS AN ATTACK!!” Lola commented. “HE IS AN IMPRESSIVE FIGHTER!!”
As she stood up, Hinako spit up the water that got into her mouth. She was wet from head to toes. She used her Wind Magic and Fire Magic to dry herself.
“That was a dirty trick!” Hinako said.
“But I think you’re cleaner now!” Leon responded.
“Haha! Very funny!” Hinako replied with a tone of annoyance. “Then, I’ll use your thinking!”
The leftover water began to rise around Hinako as she raised her hand. Once her hand was above her head, the water took the shape of many water spheres that were rotating in place.
“WATER BULLET!!” Hinako yelled as she quickly brought down her hand.
“NOW, HINAKO IS USING THE WATER TO ATTACK LEON!!” Lola said with an excited tone. “LET’S SEE HOW LEON DEALS WITH THIS ATTACK!!”
The Water Bullets quickly shot at Leon at a rapid speed. Leon took a fighting stance and rapidly concentrated Magical Energy around him, then he raised flames around him. Some Water Bullets managed to hit Leon before the flames rose, but after that all the oncoming Water Bullet evaporated and as soon as the attack finished Leon put down the flames.
“HE MANAGED TO AVOID MOST OF THOSE ATTACKS AND NOW THE WATER IS GONE FROM THE ARENA!!” Lola commented.
Leon quickly threw a large Fireball at Hinako, which she cut in half with ease with her hands using Wind Magic. As soon as the Fireball disappeared Hinako saw that Leon was right in front of her ready to throw a punch. Hinako blocked the punch with her forearms, but right away Leon kicked Hinako in her stomach. Hinako stepped back from the hit and Leon followed up by throwing a Fireball. The Fireball hit Hinako, but Leon also received some damage because of the close proximity. Hinako fell to her knees and she was panting heavily. Leon started to gather Magical Energy on his right hand.
“HINAKO IS IN TROUBLE, LEON FINALLY GOT THE UPPERHAND!!” Lola commented.
“Time to finish! It was a fun fight, Hinako!!” Leon said with a happy tone. “ICE BEAM!!”
Leon fired the Ice Beam directly at the kneeling Hinako. Hinako put up a barrier with her remaining energy, but it quickly broke. A couple seconds after the Ice Beam hit Hinako her bracelet broke and Leon ended the attack.
“AND WE HAVE A WINNER!! LEON ADVANCES TO THE FINAL MATCH AGAINST OSWALD!!” Lola announced with a tone of excitement.
The Healers came into the arena and healed both Hinako and Leon. Despite losing, Hinako’s face showed a big smile. Both of the fighters then made their way back to the waiting room.
“That was fun!” Hinako said. “We should spar sometime!”
“I think I will take you up on that offer.” Leon said. “If you’re still here tomorrow, let’s go hiking to Black Bear Mountain down in El.”
“I have no plans, so that works for me!” Hinako said. “Good luck on the final match!”
“Thanks, I should be fine!” Leon said. “I just want to have fun with Oz! It’s been years since we sparred!”
“THE FINAL MATCH WILL BEGIN IN HALF AN HOUR, FOLKS!!” Lola announced. “BE READY FOR AN EXCITING MATCH!!”