"FIRE!" I commanded, pointing my wand in their direction. A second passed before six balls of fire formed and shot out, three at each of our opponents. Both of them cursed, canceling their spells in favor of dodging the attack.
"Then START?!” I shouted at Zane. “We don't really have the leisure time to play around. I can hold them off for a few minutes but that net has to be strong to catch us and not pull back into the out of zone area."
I looked to Maximus, who nodded in agreement.
"Zane work on the net. Jinn, don’t give them casting room."
"Got it!" I tucked my wand in my front pocket before slapping my hands together."THUNDER!”
I slowly opened my hands; a magic circle appeared beneath me due to the extensive amount of magic I needed for the spell.
Elements like thunder were tricky and needed concentration to hit the right target. I wasn't worried about it hitting anyone else since the crowd was protected by an invisible barrier which included Maximus, but if this was being judged, I still wanted to be sure to do it perfectly .
I grinned at the shock forming on Eric and Andrew’s faces as they scrambled to huddle together before casting a protective bubble around themselves.
I didn't care about it, seeing as they both were using magic to make it strong enough to ward against my approaching attack and also served the purpose of draining them out while stalling for Zane to finish the net.
I sent bolts of lightning out, one after another, hitting the bubble which began to waver and looked like it wouldn't survive too many more strikes. I didn't want the fun to be over so soon so I pulled back, clapping my hands again to cancel out the spell. Then I quickly pulled my wand out and pointed it at them.
"WATER!"I commanded and a torrent gushed out like a tidal wave.
The guys cursed and made a new bubble that would shield them properly. I watched the waves crash into them, flooding their section. I was glad my barrier only prevented them from coming to our side but still allowed magic to pass through, making this like a tennis match of magic.
The only difference was I was calling all the shots for our attacks.
"Zane, progress?" I asked, trying to steady my breathing.
Being in this form and using high mana attacks was starting to take its toll on me and I knew I wouldn't last longer than a few minutes if this escalated.
"Uh...a bit more,” he urged.
I glanced over at Maximus, who now looked pissed. I gave him a confused look, unsure why he was so mad.
"Jewel! Pay attention!"Alice’s voice vibrated through my mind, bringing my attention back to the battle just in time for the wind attack that began to push Zane and I back.
I cursed.
"STOP!"My body halted before reaching the border-line. I sighed in relief and turned to Zane, who also stopped himself before he went over the line.
A grey magic circle was beneath him which confused me.
What the hell? Net spells are gold, aren't they? Like ropes?
"Jewel, something's off!"Alice cautioned.
I stood up, walking forward and began moving my wand to create a magic circle.
"BROKEN ICE SHARDS!"I declared.
The magic circle I drew in the air glowed a light blue and ice shards began shooting towards the guys.
They created shields, but I increased the power and frequency of the shards, letting the ice element do its work and rain down on them with no break, which would hopefully give me enough time to figure out what was going on.
My eyes scanned the audience until they landed on Kage who was talking with a furious looking Brax. Alice was in her owl form on Brax's shoulder and Koa was on Kage’s.
Alice? What are you doing here and what is Kage discussing with Brax that's making him look like he wants to murder someone?
"I think the test is rigged. Zane isn't even making the right spell right now,"Alice revealed.