Duane Vs Lance

If someone said the appearance of Duane wasn't shocking, then it would mean that the person didn't know who he was. That said, the main reason why the people who saw him all thought Duane appearance was shocking was simply not because of his background but his behaviour.

Duane was always known as being extremely timid and only decisive when needed. However, his decisiveness is only shown when fighting strong opponents. Even with that, Duane actually got himself into trouble and would always try to get out of one. However, at this moment, what was he doing? He was actually standing up for someone who was actually considered weak.

As for who he was trying to fight against it was Lance who was generally known for being stronger than him. At this moment, the crowd were totally confused, especially those at the stadium. They were even more confused.

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Back at the stadium...

At the visitor's lounge...

'What is that guy even doing?' Mrs Rose pondered as he looked at the huge screen at the centre of the stadium.

However, what shocked the most was the fact that apart from her who was extremely shocked by Duane's appearance, Mr Wright and the others were all, relatively calm. When Duane appeared in front of Travis, they only had a shocked expression for some seconds before their gazes turned into one of expectations. It was as if they had anticipated this before.

"You may be thinking about why we aren't shocked by that boy's appearance right?", Right at this moment, Mr Wright spoke.

Hearing the question that Mr Wright asked, Mrs Rose, became slightly embarrassed. The reason was that Mr Wright always seemed to be reading her mind since she started to serve him. He always seemed to know what was on her mind and this caused her to be embarrassed.

"Hmm...", even though she was embarrassed, she still replied nodding her head.

"Haha, actually, the reason why we are able to be relatively calm is simple," Mr Wright laughed and said.

"Can you tell me the reason?", Mrs Rose asked with a pleading voice. It appeared that she was even begging.

"Don't worry I was just about to tell you. The thing is we figured out that Duane was a person who hated getting into arguments and trouble the first time we saw him. However, we also noticed that his behaviour started to change as soon as he met Travis," Mr Wright said.

"Huh? So you mean that Duane's change in behaviour is related to Travis?" Mrs Rose asked dumbfounded. The truth is she never expected Travis to have this form of influence which was able to move Duane to even protect him.

"Isn't it obvious? It's not just related, it is actually because of Travis that Duane had changed so much," Mr Wright said. When he said that, all the remaining people in the room nodded their heads showing their approval.

"This..." Mrs Rose was simply shocked beyond belief.

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Back at the Death Ravine...

Lance's surprised expression quickly changed into one of contempt. He began to size up Duane who was currently also looking at Lance, before saying,

"What? Are you planning to stop me from attacking?" he asked as contempt filled his eyes. He was looking at Duane as if he was a tiny ant he could smash at any time he wanted.

"Yes, I am not going to allow you to harm my brother!", Duane said.

Hearing what Duane said, Travis's gaze changed to one filled with complicated emotions. When he took Duane as his close friend, he had never expected him to take any risk and bear dangers for him. This was the true meaning of a brother. one who would do everything in his power to help you when in danger. At this moment, Travis was extremely moved by Duane's commitment.

However, a mocking voice sounded disrupting the highly emotional moment. It was from Lance.

"Hahaha! I knew you wanted to fight me but I never expected you to fight me all along but should you really base that on the fact that you want to protect Travis?", Lance asked with his eyes filled with contempt.

"Why bother with superfluous words? Why not try to attack me?" Duane said indifferently. His gaze was also one filled with contempt when he looked at Lance.

"Don't worry I am about to do just that"

Seeing his nonchalant attitude and his gaze of contempt, Lance became extremely angry. He immediately attacked with the huge water fist that he formed as he moved to attack Lance.

Seeing the incoming punch Travis felt very pained. Why was he trying to be a strong mage? It was basically because he wanted to protect his friends. At this moment, he felt what the real meaning of despair was. He was too weak. Too weak to the extent that someone like Lance who was his classmate made him feel despair.

He had always thought that he was really strong. Thinking back now, he realised that he was really arrogant when he started training thinking that after his training he would be stronger than Lance or even Bryan who had trained for many years now.

His arrogance had landed him in this trouble, and now, he couldn't even protect himself let alone his friends. This was why he felt really pained and angry at himself for being so weak. So weak that he couldn't [rotect his own friends who really cared about him.

As Travis was thinking about how weak he was, Travis's vision began to grow fuzzy as he blacked out.

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"Boom!"

A huge explosion was heard. Lance had finally struck as a figure could be seen shooting out of the explosion. The figure somersaulted before landing safely, moving quite a few feet away before stopping. As for who this person was, it was naturally Duane who had been hit by Lance's punch.

At this moment, Duane seemed to be in bad shape as he looked like a madman. However, this served as a great contrast to the broad smile on his face. He then looked over to Travis where he found out that Travis had fallen unconscious.

When he saw that, the look on his face immediately changed to one of worry. He then used his superpower to create a cushion of air to move Travis and Jim from the area of the battle. He then fed Travis his own healing pellet and then turned to face Lance.

"I see. You've grown weaker what happened? Is it because of your so-called brothers?" Lance laughed. His voice was filled with mockery.

"It seems that you are one that doesn't forfeit until he sees his coffin," Duane said with deep killing intent in his eyes. when the killing intent appeared the weather became cloudy and cold as if doomsday was about to arrive.

However, Lance didn't seem to mind at all. He was still laughing as if what he said was really funny. Seeing this Duane became angrier and he immediately attacked.

*Swish, Swish, Swish*

He made countless wind blades and sent them all to attack Lance. As they attacked, he didn't just stand there. Summoning a huge tornado under his feet, Duane was able to attack manually whilst also controlling the wind blades towards Lance.

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Some minutes later....

Duane then launched back, delivering devastating blow after blow as Lance tried to deflect them. Duane's performance brought great awe to the crowd inside and outside the death Ravine. They were shocked to find out that Duane had the strength to fight against someone like Lance who was deemed to be the second strongest person in the class.

What about Duane? He was only the fourth strongest person in the class but he was able to fight against Lance with equal footing. This showed how strong he was. In fact, some started to believe that he was the third strongest person in the class since Max was nowhere as strong as Duane.

However, in terms of performance, the person who shocked the crowd the most will be Lance who was currently against Duane. The guy totally revealed the main reason why he was deemed to be the second strongest person in the class, above about a hundred students and below only one.

At this moment, Duane was sending multiple wind blades towards Lance and also attacking him manually with some strong moves. However, with absolute ease, Lance was able to dodge them all easily by using his high speed. Moreover, he continued to insult Duane for attacking him blindly for just a normal person. This didn't seem to affect Duane but Lance didn't give up and continued to insult him whilst dodging his blades.

He continued to dodge Duane's attacks moving about and somersaulting with high speed. His speed was absolutely unparalleled in the class. In fact, Duane whose superpower was air even couldn't march him.

In fact, what made his speed more astonishing was that he was using those huge water fists that he made to fight Duane. Yes, the huge water fists, he sometimes used them to block some of the blades but he dodged most by using his speed. Even with the huge load dragging him down, the only thing, most people could see was the flashing of countless silhouettes.

"Swish, Swish, Swish"

Duane continued to send countless blades to attack Lance. However, just like all the blades, Lance dodged them all. Realizing that Lance would dodge whenever he attacked him, Duane began to withdraw all the blades back to him. The surroundings began to rotate around like countless fans.

Soon they began to emit light blue glows. The glows continued to grow. Growing larger and larger until all the blades could be seen with the naked eye.

However, when Lance saw this, he immediately had a change of expression as seriousness flashed through his eyes...