Chapter Sixty-Eight: Mana Manipulation

The crowd cheered as Amelie stepped onto the field to face off against her opponent. Amelie didn't have any weapons, which shocked the crowd considering the person she was facing had a bow and arrow, making this a weird match to witness.

The two stared at each other and prepared to start fighting.

The announcer started to speak: "Match begins in 3.....2.....1....Go!"

Immediately, Sarah attempted to draw her bow, but Amelie managed to reach her first and jabbed her in the stomach, causing Sarah to gasp for air.

Afterwards, Amelie retreated to wait for Sarah to make a move.

Sarah managed to lift her bow back up and started to shoot fire-magic-infused arrows at Amelie.

Amelie kept dodging the shots, not even getting singed by the flames from the arrow shots.

As time progressed, Amelie stayed on defense, dodging the shots from Sarah; however, Sarah was getting more and more tired very quickly.

"Why am I so exhausted? We haven't even been fighting for five minutes..." Sarah thought to herself.

Sarah was sweating all over her body, and her skin was scorching to the touch, almost as if she were getting a fever.

Sarah's shots were getting slower and slower, with even less power with every shot, which made Amelie smile.

"I knew this was a good idea." Amelie thought to herself.

Slowly, Amelie was gaining ground on Sarah in between the shot intervals, which was making Sarah worry.

Sarah took another shot, but this time she was getting lightheaded and fell to one knee, which made Amelie run directly at her. Sarah was seeing double and couldn't even defend herself.

Amelie then used her mana to form two daggers in her hands and attacked Sarah, knocking her out immediately.

Amelie smiled as she knew she had one, and soon the crowd's cheers rained in after seeing Amelie have a flawless victory.

The announcer walked over to her and announced "And your winner, in a time of five minutes and forty-five seconds, Amelie Morrigan!"

The cheers came in as her name was announced.

Alex and everyone else were clapping their hands for her. Alex was especially surprised; he never expected Amelie to show such talents, although not everyone saw what really happened.

Amelie is talented in mana manipulation, and when she first made contact with Sarah with that jab to the stomach, she forced some of her own mana into Sarah, which caused a disruption in Sarah's body, cutting off her mana reserves and making her easily fatigued and sick, giving her a big advantage in a longer duel. Amelie kept her distance until Sarah was too exhausted to counterattack, and it was over after that.

The announcer kept talking: "Now, Amelie, who among the second-year students is willing to take you as their student? Second-year students, raise your hands!"

There weren't many who raised their hands, but there was one noticeable girl who raised hers; she had long purple hair and purple eyes to match.

"Veronica Lattimore, being the 15th-ranked second year, selected Amelie to be her student. Congratulations, Amelie!" the announcer said.

Amelie left the stage to meet with her new mentor as Alex and the others all left the stadium; after all, nobody they knew was left in the exam.

Alex and the others met up with Anna, Lyanna, and the maids to talk about Amelie's match.

"When did she learn how to cut off other people's mana?" Alex asked.

"I taught her." Lyanna said. "She's not really talented in combat, so I taught her a way to defend herself in case she has to."

"Smart; she did very well in that match." Freya said.

"Still, mana injection—that's very advanced stuff." Claire said.

"Well, I am from a family who basically invented a spell to stop aging; we are basically a prodigy family." Lyanna explained.

"So she inherited your way of manipulating mana. Interesting." Alex thought to himself.

While they were waiting for Amelie, they could hear the cheers from the stadium as the fights continued.

When Amelie finally arrived, the group set out to a local restaurant to celebrate Alex, Claire, and Amelie's admission to the Xymaris Magic Academy.

As the night settled, Alex, Claire, and Amelie prepared because, at the end of the week, their academy lives would begin.

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