(Somewhere beneath the Colosseum...)
"Damn, that kid can still move?" Will said as the Artemis Guild watched the final round of the tournament, including Iris who was previously uninterested in the whole thing.
After meeting Jayce in the holding cell, she was intrigued by what kind of mages Rose had been talking to so she watched the matches that he was in and she had to say...
She was impressed.
It was rare these days for a mage to rely on not only their magic but also their body. All competent mages do some sort of muscle training, usually when they are young and begin to start using their magic.
Although they do focus on strengthening their muscles, they mostly concentrate on increasing their stamina as much as they can. The main cause of death when it comes to mages isn't mana exhaustion but rather just simply exhaustion.