35 Dual Cast

The floating black orb remained as always swirling and gathering minuscule amounts of energy.

Nocturne seemed to be waiting for my arrival, and before I could even speak, he brought his weapon and charged at me with astonishing speed.

I was used to his ambushed, so I instantly summoned the book and brought the scythe from within it.

There was no need for words, I know well what this meant.

The floating glob began to slow down as time dilation took effect. And with that, our never-ending battle began.

Using wind magic Haste, I pushed myself back to gain some distance. I know this won't be enough, but it should just give me enough time to cast

"Fire that burns all, Fireball!" I chanted. And a black fireball that turned red in an instant shot forward threatening to scorch anything before it.

This was, of course, a diversion, and I knew for a fact that It would do nothing to stop the advance of the grim reaper.

Nocturne smirked and slashed at the orb cutting it in half. The sphere broke, and his figure appeared from within the flames.

"Earth's blessing, entangle." I chanted once again, and a wave of roots sprouted from the white void threatening to entrap anything that it catches.

However, a dark aura that soon engulfed Nocturne was enough to burn the root into nothingness.

I just need a split second to distract him.

"Water that submerges all, water geyser!" I chanted. However nothing seemed to emerge out of my hand, Nocturne looked a bit annoyed.

Then I moved forward holding my scythe wanting to clash blade against Nocturne.

In any time of the day, I would be split in half. However, there was a reason why I did this. I held my hand forward, and a torrent of water burst towards the now barely surprised skeleton.

I then swung my scythe after creating a distraction trying to hit him.

'Clang'

Metal hit metal, and I knew that my distraction failed.

I was prepared to be destroyed, but Nocturne was first to speak

"Delayed cast… when did you learn that?" he said.

I responded while trying to recover my scythe that was stuck to his.

"I learned that a few days ago but I never found the chance to use it. It seems that it was useless" I said then I was sent tumbling on the ground. It was not that I succeeded in retrieving my weapon, but it was that Nocturne pushed me away using his inhuman strength.

"Rapid cast and dual cast are still too hard to use right now though," I said as I stood back up.

"Indeed, they are," he said with an eerie laugh that accompanied his words. "You should probably use a demonstration. You might get inspired." He said then swirled the scythe on his left as he brought his hand forward.

Two voiced rungs at once, he spoke, but it was like two people speaking at once!

"Fire that burns all, firestorm!"

"Ice that freezes all, blizzard!"

Two waves one of heat and fire charged forward, one that emerged from his right hand and the other from the swirling scythe.

They threatened to both freeze and burn me to nothingness.

I then jumped and ran trying to dodge the mad man's attack as he laughed like a maniac trying to obliterate me.

How do you fight against this!

I thought to myself as my futile attempt at escape was met with an end.

I was too focused on escaping his magic that he appeared before me and with a violent swing of his scythe I was cut apart.

"No rest for you Basara rise again." He said

And I stood back reluctantly.

How was he able to do that? Cast two different elements with a huge difference in size, and nature like if it was nothing…

And that dual voice… is that a special ability?

"How did you use the dual cast? It is not like just casting two spells differently… you spoke like if you were two persons at the same time." I asked

"You will learn that in time." He said then charged forward.

"Shit!"

And our sparring session continued. There was no rest and no fatigue, we could go with our all here, and there was nothing to interrupt us.

I learned something from our several days of sparring. Nocturne is strong… his strength is immeasurable. Yet he failed in his mission he said, he failed to defeat something that proved to be stronger than him? How high are the heavens for that people are this powerful yet they still find something that is greater than them… what is the limit, if there is one?