The winners of the tournament would help the island's government claim the mainland next to the sandbar. This was my chance to make my own way in the world. I decided that I would help them no matter what so I could build my own courtyard with a stream running through it. I decided to watch the tournaments and its results. The chance that Clara would be there when we started claiming the land was certain. I had seen how strong she was and with invisibility she was untouchable.
The first two competitors came out. With a horn blow, they started walking towards each other. One of them carried a spear and the other carried a sword. When they came within reach of each other the spear was the first to strike. It was deflected by the swordsman sword. He raised his sword up and hacked down on the shield cutting it in half. That must have been his ability. The spearman had lost half his arsenal and started getting pushed back he had no way to block the flurry of sword strikes. Eventually, the spear was cut in half and it was a complete victory for the swordsman.
He lifted his sword above his head victorious and the crowd roared. They both went back through there gate only one victorious.
The next person came out in a robe and he was barehanded the enemy was another swordsman. As soon as the trumpet blew and the match started the barehanded man shot ice out of his hands at the warrior if it had been the man with a shield from the previous round he wouldn't be in so much trouble. But this man had no way to block the ice and after three projectiles collided with him he was immobile and the round went to the mage.
The next round was claras round she walked out samurai sword in hand. ANd a literal giant came out of the other side he made clara seem like she was short. He held a mace in one hand and in the other a huge shield.
The trumpet was the signal to start battling I watched as Clara instantly went invisible. The giant didn't seem like he knew what to do so he charged forward. As he ran past where she used to be he had his sword cut in half. Then there was a blade at his neck because he wasn't going to surrender.
Clara one that round and I continued to watch until the first bracket had been completed. Most of who moved on were swordsman and mages.
The next bracket was half the size and seemed to be made up of the island's most powerful families there were almost no people without a backing in the competition.
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In the second bracket, I saw a swordsman with a shield come out and the ice mage that I had seen win. With a trumpet blow the icemage shot ice at his foot trying to stop him from coming closer. The swordsman was very fast however and was able to catch each ise projectile on his shield as he walked closer. Eventually, the ice mage found a sword at his neck. It was the swordsman's win. The next fight was between a flaming swordsman and a normal one. The normal one won because he had more skill. The only reason the flaming mage was able to keep up was his ability.
The next fight was claras she turned invisible after the trumpet sounded she was facing a spearman whot tried to spin in circles until he could hit her but I knew that wouldn't work because she could go ethral she revealed herself along with a sword to the neck of her opponent.
The next fight was a two handed swordsman who crushed his opponents with strength. His opponent had a scimitar and tried to sidestep his sword and slash his chest it didn't work the man with the two hand was surprisingly quick and was able to block his strike. He then swung his sword at his opponent. It connected with the scimitar and the man's blade was knocked out of his hand. With that, the fight concluded.
There were two more brackets left for Clara to go through. She was up first and her opponent was a dagger wielder he had a dagger in each hand and from previous fights I knew he was really fast. Clara turned invisible again as soon as the trumpet sounded. He tried to look for footsteps but I knew it was a waste of time. She had gone ethral she had a time limit to how long she could be ethral but it was at least an hour I didn't think that any fights would be that long. The man with the daggers was surprised when she appeared behind him with a samurai sword to his back. He conceded defeat after that. The next gladiator fight was between the swordsman with skill and a fire mage.
As soon as the trumpet sounded the man with the sword rushed towards the fire mage. I knew he was going to lose because of previous fights he might have been able to block the ice mage and his attacks by striking them with a sword mid air. But it was impossible to stop the flames that came out of the mage's hands. He admitted defeat as soon as he saw that was what the flame mage was going to do he needed a shield then he might have had a chance to win. With that, the fire mage moved on into the final bracket before the championship.
This time it was the fire mage versus the man with the huge sword. He conceded victory without trying. There was no way he was going to win. In the other bracket, it was Clara versus a swordsman with a shield. The trumpet sounded and she went invisible the man with the shield didn't charge he tried listening but I knew that wasn't going to work. Eventually, he had a sword at his throat.