The day of the one on one battles began. The battles were set such that the strongest would meet each other later on. There were battles happening on each of the four stages.
On stage 1 two men were facing each other. One wielded a glave while the other had a giant hammer. On stage 2 was an earth mage facing an assassin.
Stage 3 were two mages facing each other, both were women. On 4 was a mage? Their mana signature suggested he was a mage, probably a specialised type, during the battle royal he had only shot mana bolts, was facing a lightning mage.
Although these people did not show impressive power during the battle royal they were still very strong. The battles began, they lasted for a while as the opponents were almost equal in strength.
The glave guy won on the first stage. On the second stage, the assassin was able to wound the earth mage but unable to land a meaningful strike.
The earth mage used a technique that covered the stage with dust, the assassins advantage of being invisible was rendered null.
After that he did not last long before being defeated. The two mages were both fire mages, their battle lasted the longest. The stage was covered in smoke but one of them won eventually.
It seemed she had a little bit more mana than her opponent. The fourth stage fight was a bit more interesting though. It seemed the mage guy was a summoner.
Summoners were people who used mystic magic to summon and form contract with the creatures of the mystic realm. It was a type of power highly dependent on will as it took a high will stat to subdue mystic creatures.
He summoned a snake made of blue smoke. The snake was 10 metres long and had deep due eyes glowed. The lightning mage threw spell after spell at it. Lightning bolt, lightning arrows and other lightning magic spells.
They all just passed through it body, the snake could shift it form between corporeal and non-corporeal. It wind itself around her body it eyes staring directly at hers, she fainted.
That was the easiest fight so far, the mage was strong, lightning magic was rare and powerful, she just faced the wrong opponent.
Melissa watched the fight with her usual small smile. What an interesting guy, she whispered. The battles continued, next was the kunoichi girls turn to fight.
Her opponent was a large guy with a shield and sword. He was fully covered in armour. Honestly, he was a bad matchup for an assassin type.
She watched him as he took his stance, there were no openings in his form. Lightning flickered on her body and she moved. She was so fast most of the audience could not even follow her movements.
She had almost broken the sound barrier, within a second she was already behind him. He turned around to block but suddenly a kick landed on his cheek from behind.
What the man had turned to block was a lightning clone. He was sent skidding, his helmet dented. He groaned. Kaminari bhunshin everybody had her whisper.
Suddenly the stage was filled with multiple clones of hers. Castle guard said her opponent. A projection of a castle wall appeared around him.
She moved, she ripped the Castle guard with a dagger like it was fabric. Multiple copies of her rushed at him, from hi sides, back and front.
He waved his sword around hitting them and they would just disappear before more came at him. As he swung his giant sword a knee landed on his chect and sent him flying out of the ring.
The fight ended like that. People like Annie had it even easier, their earlier battles barely lasted a few seconds, they were that much stronger than their opponents.
There was another interesting fight on stage 1,a woman who looked like a teenager was facing a big guy wielding two giant hammers. Her name was Missy, she had blonde hair tied into two ponytails with pink ribbons.
The girl looked timid with her staff that looked like a magic girls weapon, it had pink heart on top. She looked out of place in the ring facing a giant like that.
Everybody thought she was going to lose, afterall nobody had even noticed her during the battle royal and her opponent was seen throwing a few hit towards Annie, he missed of course but the fact that he tried soeeks volumes.
The fact that she was still here meant she was not weak. The fight began, the hammers guy rushed at her. She looked scared and closed her eyes, he swung his hammer without remorse.
The crowd was booing him for attacking such a defenceless cute girl but Fabro thought differently. He fly it, the trajectory of the hammers was changing.
No, the space around the girl was stretching, neither of their positions had actually changed, he was still attacking the same point in space but that point had moved a bit further from the girl.
This girl had a natural affinity towards space, space was one of the supreme laws, anybody with mastery of it would be a powerhouse.
If this girl was allowed to grow she would be a valuable person to the village. The hammers landed on the ground next to her and the stage shook.
She was still standing in the same place unharmed. The guy looked confused and was everybody. The stage had become quite. Since the space returned to it original state she was standing in the small crater made by the hammers.
To others it looked like the hammers had passed through her. Did..did she do something? Asked a guy on the stands. I didn't see, replied another.
Maybe he decided to spare her. Yeah that makes sense, nobody would attack her. He's such a good guy, maybe I'll date her. The hammers guy heard all of that.
Like hell I spared her, I'm pretty sure I attacked her he thought but when he heard the women talking about giving him a chance he decided to play along.
Well congratulations little girl, I've decided to spare you, I would feel bad about attacking suck a cute girl he said with an awkward laugh.
Ahhhh thank you sir for your kindness, she said nervously. Well good luck then, he said as he walked out. Are...are you sure you don't want to continue? She asked.
Yep I'm certain, 100% certain, he said, "there's no way I'll fight her, her power is creepy, she's no different from monsters like lady Annie" he thought.