Chapter 71: Chapter 71
“Are you ready for the next round of the Great Fighting Competition?” The man in a fancy suit hyped up the competition. The crowd erupted with claps and cheers as the man in a fancy suit launched a fireball upwards, “Ladies and gentlemen, day two of the Great Fighting Competition began!” The crowd erupted once more as the colosseum’s atmosphere became even more festive. Then, two wyverns flew across each other while holding a blue and red flare.
The audience below gasped while they watched the dance of the two wyverns. When the wyverns dance was over, the smoke around the colosseum’s arena dissipated. Then, the people among the audience saw the majestic arena in its full view. First, the man in a fancy suit snapped his finger, then the rock pillar disappeared along with him. After that, the man in a fancy suit appeared in his usual announcing spot. “Right, before we begin round four of the preliminary stage, we from the colosseum wanted to express our apology for yesterday’s incident”, the man in a fancy suit bowed.
“What happened yesterday was unfortunate. Our contestant, Lana Valentine, had been influenced by evil forces, that is why she went berserk yesterday”, the man in a fancy suit wiped his eyes. The crowd gasped after they heard what the man in a fancy suit was saying. Then, the man in a fancy suit extended his hand upwards, “However, we had no need for worries. The evil forces behind the scenes had already been dealt with thanks to the support from you guys”, he said with a beaming smile.
The crowd mood swayed so quickly as they threw cheers and applause towards the man in a fancy suit. “Thank you, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. And now, without further ado, how about we start the Great Fighting Competition with a bang?” the man in a fancy suit winked, he spread his arm wide. “Fighters, ready yourself!” the man in a fancy suit snapped his fingers. Red and blue smoke emerged from both ends of the colosseum’s arena. “From our red corner. A rarity for the colosseum. A beautiful girl with a spunky attitude. The dream of many young males, the mage from the capital, Georgina, the Magician Girl!” the man in a fancy suit announced with hype.
The red smoke dissipated. A well-curved figure of a youthful girl can be seen inside of the smoke. When the smoke dissipated completely, a beautiful girl wearing a tight and skimpy outfit was revealed. The girl had a bombshell of a figure and coupled with her charming and cute face, many males in the spectator’s area were bewitched by her charm. The magician girl, Georgina, took out her cane as she did a cute pose towards the audience. “How are you, everybody? Georgina, the Magician Girl, are here to entertain you!” she said while cutely waving her hand. As soon as Georgina finished speaking, plenty of males in the audience stand erupted with joy. “Georgina, Georgina, Georgina” like yesterday, they chanted the magician girl name with a passion. The magician girl felt elated hearing the audience’s response as she began to cutely pose towards the audience even more.
The man in a fancy suit smile, “And from our blue corner. Another rarity for our colosseum. A spellsword from a distant land. She had travelled long and hard, testing her mettle against warriors from various places. Now, she had come to this place to test her might against the many combatants of this country. So let us give her the respect she deserves. Give your applause to”, the man in a fancy suit paused his sentence. He waited until the blue smoke started to dissipate, “Give your applause to… Freya Nightingale!”
A blond-haired woman came out from the blue smoke. She wore the opposite of what Georgina’s wore. Subtle clothing of black and blue were the colours. She wore a dark blue jacket and black jeans. Her clothing did not signify that she was going to be fighting. However, so did Freya Nightingale’s opponent. Freya Nightingale’s gazed upon her opponent nonchalantly. Somehow, she felt irritated when she saw that Georgina did not focus her attention on her opponent. Freya Nightingale’s took out her weapon from out of nowhere. Twin swords appeared in each of her hands as mana surged around her.
Although Georgina was greeting the audience with her cute pose and her tight and skimpy outfit, she secretly paid attention to Freya Nightingale. Inside, Georgina was wary when she saw what her opponent had brought out. Georgina heard from the teachers in the academy that a spellsword was very powerful and hard to deal with. And when Georgina looked at her opponent, she could tell that Freya Nightingale was at least a 3rd Circle Mage. Of course, Georgina was a 3rd Circle Mage herself, but the advantage of a spellsword in combat was very apparent.
A spellsword had an advantage against an ordinary mage. Close combat was one of the areas where an ordinary mage would struggle. A spellsword, however, had no such weakness. A spellsword could deal with enemies by either close combat or long-ranged combat. That’s why Georgina was wary. Although she smiled outside, Georgina was sweating inside. She ran through plans inside her head with different scenarios. ‘I’m here to fulfil my dream as a battlemage idol. Even if you’re a famous spellsword, I will still beat you today’, she said in her head, full of resolution.
Seeing that both fighters were about ready inside the colosseum’s arena, the man in a fancy suit took a deep breath. Then, he opened his mouth, “Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for today’s competition?” the man in a fancy suit asked the audience with vigour. The crowd in the audience stand cheered loudly, shaking the whole arena. “Georgina, are you ready?” the man in a fancy suit pointed his hand at Georgina. The latter nodded, she gripped her cane even tighter. “Freya Nightingale, are you ready?” the man in a fancy suit pointed his hand at Freya Nightingale. The latter also nodded; she held her two swords beside her body.
“FIGHT!” the man in a fancy suit waved his hand down, signalling the beginning of the fight.
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As the fight between Freya Nightingale and Georgina was underway, Eru was inside the audience stand, watching the fight with a young man with a ponytail and a blond-haired woman. The young man with a ponytail, Rex, was not in his usual army uniform. Instead, he was in casual clothes holding hands together with his wife, the blond-haired woman, Chloe. Eru felt wronged when Rex asked him to watch the GFC together, but he still went anyway, as he wanted to scout his future opponent. What Eru did not expect was that when he arrived, Chloe was here, waiting for them.
‘Fuck, I’m caught as the third wheel’, Eru thought in his head. Eru watched the couple; Rex and Chloe were watching the fight with their arms interlocking with each other and frowned, ‘I knew it. I shouldn’t accept his invitation’, he regretted in his heart. Eru shook his head, then he went back to focus on the match below. Eru saw for the first time how a spellsword fight. ‘She’s kinda like me’, Eru thought in his head. Next, Eru saw how Freya Nightingale efficiently used her swords alongside her spells in tandem.
Unlike Eru, who can only use a single spell, Freya Nightingale array of spells surprised the former. Freya Nightingale’s opponent cannot do anything against her as every time Georgina cast a spell or did a specific set-up, Freya Nightingale just kept cancelling Georgina’s attack easily. People can see that Georgina’s face was contorted. She panicked as she could see that the chances of her winning were very low. And if one had a keen eye, they could see that Freya Nightingale was not giving her all. Holding back her strength while fighting against a 3rd Circle Mage was impressive, even more so when Freya Nightingale was dominating Georgina while holding back.
‘What the hell is this monster’ Georgina thought while trying so hard to do anything she could. Freya Nightingale looked at her opponent nonchalantly as she brandished her swords at Georgina’s barrier. Georgina tried her best to distance herself, but Freya Nightingale kept closing in easily. Freya Nightingale seemed to have a good understanding of elements as whenever Georgina’s cast a certain spell, Freya Nightingale countered it with different elements. That made Freya Nightingale use less mana than Georgina.
Then, Freya Nightingale seemed to have enough of the fight. Her mana flared up as different magic circles appeared around her. Red, blue, yellow, and green, each representing the four major elements floated around Freya Nightingale. Georgina looked with a panicked face as she erected three layers of barrier around her. Freya Nightingale pointed her swords towards each of the magic circles one by one. She imbued her twin swords with four major elements before charging towards Georgina with a thrust. With a boom, Georgina’s barrier broke, and she passed out on the spot.
When Georgina passed out, the man in a fancy suit waved his hand up, “And the winner is Freya Nightingale!” the man in a fancy suit yelled out loud. The crowd went wild while fireworks were launched to the sky.
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