Chapter 357 - The Match Continues

Finally, the match between Sara and Shirley started. After the result of the popularity contest that the twins created was announced, we're finally back on course with the battle.

"Your highness, I won't hold back!" Sara said.

"That's what I'm hoping for. Let's see who will be the winner between us!" Shirley replied.

Sara has air and earth element, while Shirley has ice and wind element. If Sara is willing to use her gun, she might be able to win. But she doesn't have it with her.

As for training, although Shirley has learned about magic control, I taught Sara more because she's a student in my class. But the difference in experience is obvious. After all, Shirley has fought many times after I taught her magic control, while Sara… I don't know, but I don't think she has more experience than Shirley in magic control. And because Shirley is used to see me shooting, I think Shirley will win this time.

Normally, whenever she fought after exhausting herself, Sara would focus more on wasting the opponent's energy instead of winning. But now, Sara is going all out from the start. She has no intention on letting Shirley win. Must be because it's the final.

Although Sara is an agent, and she knows that the main goal of this tournament is not finding who is the strongest but to make everyone interested in growing stronger, she is not someone who want to lose on purpose. And I believe everyone in the final has the same feeling as hers.

"What an amazing performance by the two fighters! Although Princess Shirley has the upper hand, Sara also didn't let up her fight. She's still going strong!" Steven said.

"It also seems that she's changed her strategy. Instead of shooting the projectiles toward the princess directly, she changed the trajectory midway! I don't know how, but that's definitely air magic. You need to learn from her, Steven. Who knows if you can be as strong as she is?" Dwight said.

"Obviously, I will try to improve my air magic. But if there will be more fight in the Arena, I think instead of being a hunter, I will continue with my path as a commentator. This is my calling!" Steven said.

"Yeah, but what about in-between the matches? How will you live if you're not a hunter?" Dwight asked.

"That's why you're the little brother."

"You want me to pay for your living expenses? No way!"

As usual, the two are still close as ever.

On the stage, just like Steven said, Sara is shooting her projectile first, but her target is the compressed air she prepared beforehand. Once the projectile hit the compressed air, depend on where Shirley will move, Sara altered the trajectory by blasting the compressed air toward Shirley's direction.

They don't always hit, but it does cause problem for Shirley. Sara doesn't intend on saving her energy. She used everything she got against Shirley.

Seems like Shirley doesn't have the freedom to converse her mana anymore. From the sky, huge Ice Spikes is falling down. Shirley doesn't care about saving her energy anymore, she attacked randomly on the stage.

Sara obviously had a hard time dodging the Ice Spikes. She protected herself using Earth Wall, but the Ice Spikes pierced through them. if Sara protected herself with multiple layers of Earth Wall, Shirley would create more Ice Spikes to hit Sara.

Sara can't protect herself any longer, so she used her final attack. Under the last layer of the Earth Wall, she compressed more air than usual. And then, she blasted the whole wall at Shirley.

Shirley was surprised with Sara's final attack, but she barely managed to dodge it. She doesn't want the same thing happened to her again like in the first round.

And then, Shirley finally hit Sara and knocked her out of the stage.

But before anyone could announce the result of the match, the flying wall is falling toward Angela's direction.

Everyone panicked seeing that wall is falling at Angela. If it's toward the audience seat, the officials can block it. But since it's going toward Angela in the bench, the officials can't protect her.

I looked at Kayla and saw a glimpse of her smiling. Don't tell me that this is part of her plan? If so, she's so wicked. But I don't think this much will cause any trouble for Angela.

As for Angela, she calmly looked at the falling wall, and blasted the wall with a simple Fireball. The wall is destroyed, and Angela is safe. She only used Fireball to stop the wall.

After ascertaining her victory, she looked at Angela who destroyed the wall. And then she looked at Kayla. Seems like she also noticed that it was Kayla's plan. Well, it worked that Angela spend a little bit of her mana. But it was just the amount used for a Fireball, so it wasn't much.

Kayla smiled at Shirley who is looking at her. She's becoming more and more evil. Good job, Kayla!

"Oh! That giant Earth Wall was blasted at Princess Shirley, but she dodged it! But the wall continued toward Angela who destroyed it with a simple Fireball! What a powerful Fireball. As for the one who did it, Sara, she got knocked out of the stage after Princess Shirley countered her with Wind Slash. What an exciting match!" Dwight said.

"I'm glad that I can watch them fight this close. But I'm also afraid if we're going to get hit with stray magic. Well, good thing that we have a lot of officials to protect us in case such things happen. But for those watching from the rooftop, Hey! That's why tickets are important! If you don't want to get hit, then buy tickets!" Steven shouted.

"This is still the first tournament. But thanks to them, we can have more preparation for future tournament. There will likely be more guards at the rooftop so no one can watch the match for free. If you want to watch it for free, go to the square!" Dwight shouted.

I looked at the square after he said that. But… there's no space to move at all. Everyone there are standing and watching, without any gap at all. Those in the middle won't be able to leave. But it's not like they want to leave.

…it must be hot over there. Can they even breathe? Maybe there are some kind air mages helping over there. Even the food sellers in the square have run out all their foods. Seems like they are the happiest because of this tournament.

"Because of the damage at the stage is too much, we will be taking a break for few minutes to repair it. As for Cassau team's next fighter, it will be Jewel. But can she fight flying opponent? All this time, it was Sara who defeated the flying opponents. Jewel only defeated the rest who are not wind mages," Steven said.

"Well, that's the thing. She has been using her beastform from the first round, but she hasn't used other magic. Maybe we will see it soon. Oh, the officials fixed the stage quickly this time. I bet even they want to watch the match as soon as possible," Dwight said.

"Seems like Princess Shirley is drinking a Mana Potion before returning to the stage. We need a stricter rule. Fighters are not allowed to drink Mana Potion on the stage. But off the stage, it's still not against the rule. Kron can't do anything about it, so he allowed it. If it like this, the fighters would destroy the stage before winning the match so they could take a rest and regain their mana," Steven said.

"The fight starts now. Jewel didn't transform instantly like usual, while Princess Shirley fly to the sky. How will Jewel fight if she can't reach her?" Dwight asked.

The answer is her second element. Jewel's lightning element.

Jewel has improved in her lightning element more than Sophie, and she's about the same level as Candy. Well, Sophie is learning to be a doctor, so her magic practice is slower than the others. As for Candy, she's focused on all elements. But for Jewel, she can use both her elements at the same time. She just needs to transform into a rhino form, and cast lightning magic to practice. That's why her growth is the fastest.

Shirley might be able to fly in the sky, but as advanced level mage, Jewel can summon lightning from the sky. The sky is not safe for Shirley, but it's safer since Jewel can only use her lightning magic on her. But can she move faster than lightning?

"Oh my god! She's a lightning mage! And an advanced level at that! She summoned lightning from the sky and now Princess Shirley can only dodge the lightning! Can she move faster than lightning?" Steven asked.

"Dodging is not the only option. Princess Shirley can create Ice Shield to protect herself temporarily. But it will still be impossible for her highness to attack. Jewel has been hiding a powerful move all this time!" Dwight announced.

Just as he said, Shirley used Ice Shield and Wind Shield to protect herself. Because of that, she can only fly in the sky while Jewel attacks her. And when Shirley has an opening to attack, Jewel was already transformed.

Rhinoceros and lightning element are powerful combination. Shirley is powerless and lost the fight soon after she got hit by a lightning. It's nearly impossible to block and dodge numerous lightning from the sky.

"The winner is Jewel! She's so powerful!" Dwight announced the winner.

"I can't believe it! She's a lightning mage but she managed to hide it all this time? But don't you think that her highness seemed to know Jewel's lightning element?" Steven asked.

"Angela and Kayla are best friends. We know that already. Maybe they have introduced their teammates to each other before. Probably long before the tournament. Anyway, we managed to see another spectacular match. Princess Shirley is being healed now and has regained her consciousness before Angela's match. Isn't it amazing? The next match will be Jewel against Angela. None of them has the same elements as the other. Angela with fire, earth, wind, and ice elements, and Jewel with her beastform and lightning element. Who do you think will be the winner?" Dwight asked.

"We can only watch. Alright, Kron! Start the match already! We don't want to wait any longer!"

Everyone in the audience shouted for Kron to start the match without any resting time for Jewel. Kron looked at Jewel and she said it's fine for her to continue.

"And the match begins!" Kron started the match.

It's getting interesting to watch how strong they have become. Whoever win the tournament, I don't care. After all, they have given their all.

I'd like to watch the fight until finish, but the approaching ghost means that I can't do that.. I have some business to attend.