Chapter-18 : Duelling [2]

"FIGHT"

As soon as the refree said this, they both lunged at each other. Saeko slashed at him with an unnatural speed.

'Fast' thought Michael.

Michael dodged it by bending backwards. He used his momentum to kick the sword at the base of its hilt, but was unsuccessful as she stepped backwards.

Both of them were going at each other with the best of their abilities, but none of them was able to harm the opponent. Michael could feel himself improving. Although he had dueled many times with professor Flitwick, and had got his ass kicked every single time, it was still a duell with wands. He hadn't got any chances to spar with people who use martial magic, except those dummies in the room of requirement.

As the time went on, Michael could feel his senses being sharpened. his reflexes were improving. Michael could feel his adrenaline rushing. It was first time in his life that he felt this excited.

Saeko was dumbstruck at her opponent, At first she thought that he was just making fun of her by using augmentation magic. But as soon as the fight started she knew that he wasn't joking. she could feel him becoming more proficient in fighting as the match went on. she could feel her reserves dropping but still didn't gave up. She used her final Trump card that she had saved for the finals.

She pooled all of her together and poured it in her katana. Lightening streaks were forming around her and the blade

Michael suddenly felt a chill coming from her. He readied himself with all he got. he pushed maximum amount of mana he could through his mana points as a golden aura surrounded him. [ same as nen but just golden in colour ]]

Suddenly, she moved with a super fast speed as she slashed her katana which was covered in lightening and muttered "Lightening blade".

Michael knew that forming any kind of shield with either magic or transfiguration would be futile. Magic swordsman were known and feared because of this. Their advanced magical blade moves such as the one that saeko was using now, could easily obliterate any kind of shield he could form.

He used all his power to dodge the blade that was coming his way.

Michael jumped out of the blades way but still got slashed on his arms. As he turned his head backwards to see his opponent, he saw her smiling as a trail of blood was trickling down the side of her lips. She muttered something that he wasn't able to understand and fainted. using such an advanced move took a toll on her body.

As soon as she fainted, the refree announced Michael as the winner. Michael moved over to her unconscious body as he placed his hand over her head and diagnosed her. She was just suffering from magical and physical exhaustion along with some minor injuries over her body due to lightening.

Michael got up and moved down the stage to heal himself. In this match they both had improved very much. His gains from this match were great.

He got in his room as he sat in a meditative pose and drank a healing potion that his mother had gave him. he started absorbing it's medicinal properties as the wounds over his body healed fastly. His healing factor was already very good, coupling it with the potion healed him within minutes.

After 15 minutes all the wounds on his body were healed, not a single mark was left. even his Arm appeared just as it looked before. Even though he was healed he still didn't got up from his meditation. He started gathering mana in his core. The fights before had made his core nearly empty.

Augmentation magic was very draining on magic with the fact that he used elementary augmentation technique and that he wasn't really adept at it, made it even more mana consuming. It was a great thing that he had bigger mana core than most with his good mana density.

His next match was after 3 hours. He concentrated on recovering his mana.

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# POV - Saeko #

Today was just awesome. It was first time that I had faced so many powerful opponents. I really wanted to fight that girl from France, I heard that she was a half veela, the creatures that had great magical capabilities and power. But was in different group.

The only one that posed some problem was the guy from America, but with some mate seriousness, I was able to win.

The most interesting fight I had was with that British boy. At first he was using a rudimentary augmentation technique to fight with me. I was furious at him for making fun of our techniques, I slashed at him with a fast slash but he easily dodged it.

As the match continued ahead, his technique was getting finer and finer. His reaction time as well as his movements were improving.

It was first time in my life that I felt so much pressure from someone my age.

As we continued I could feel myself being improved. It was a great experience improving while fighting. but my reserves were now only at 30%, As no move was working Against him, I poured all my mana into my sword as I used the Trump card that I had saved for the finals. It was Lightening Blade that father had taught me, it was an advanced technique.

Even though I used Lightening blade, he was able to dodge it but still got slashed at his arm. suddenly the backlash of using the technique came in rushing as I could feel electricity in my body as, it was a very painful.

But it was a good fight, finally after years I was able to find a worthy opponent. I could feel my other side of arrogance and darkness being destroyed, I was finally free.

I said "Thank you" and everything blacked out.