After wining i was lead to room with a bunch of other people already inside. I was given a vial of blue liquid with “Mana re gen potion written on it.” on the top it said increase mana re-gen speed by 10x for 3 minutes.” mana of the people looked at me with eyebrows raised and no one talked to me at first. So i sat down in a chair and started talking to codex

“so 32 people left now so 5 matches left right?”

“yup”

“what to do what to do.”

after about a minute a women came up to me and asked a question.

“so I heard yo beat drake kid?”

“yup”

“im guessing your exhausted kid?”

“nope not at all i one punched him and didn't even use mana”

the room gets really quite after i said this and everyone looks at me with worried expressions. Then codex speaks to me.

“Dark mages are considered hard to beat as the ghosts they control can hijack your mind and the magic they use tends to do lots of damage. Considering you just told them you one punched him they probably think your crazy fast. Faster then the ghosts.”

the women face then completely pales and she walks away. A teenager around the age of 17 then sits down beside me. I don't say anything because im only hear for the prize money and not much else. She then says

“do you know who i am?”

“nope”

“the last tournament winner”

“so?”

“so your my rival now as Drake got second last time”

i turn head to her and look at her mana capacity and simply say

“your too weak to be my rival”

i then turn my head away from her and her mouth drops and so does everyone else in the room. Then i hear

“Charles Silver-Claw and Jake Bennant your up”

i get up from my seat and make my way to the place where i supposed to go. Everyone looks at me with either fear in their eyes or are snickering thinking im going to get it later.

I once again open the door just like last time with my rings in my pocket. Im not willing to underestimate my opponent and let them have the upper hand of being underestimated. Again the ancient man is judging and the guy across from me has short red hair and i can hear and see electricity coming off of him. Codex chimes in.

“Charles if you can dodge all his moves for two minutes i can make your body temporarily able to absorb electricity and turn it into mana this however can only be done once this a month so if we can cruise the first two matches if you want.”

“sounds good if the other contestants fear me itll be easier latter on as they will overestimate me.”

the ancient man asks once again “are you ready?”

both me and this Bennant guy respond at the same time “yes”

“then begin”

my opponent almost right away starts charging up. I can literally hear the electricity moving around his body. Seeing this i use earth magic to burrow below the ground were the electricity becomes grounded. I put huge amounts of twists and turns and dead ends as i continue to travel down. I then jump into one of the dead ends and continue the path down. I then sit tight and wait for codex to finish.

“1 minute remaining.”

i can hear the buzzing now he seems to be throwing electric bolts down every dead end and moving downwards very quickly.

“hurry up codex i don't have all day.”

he is right above me so i tunnel sideways then up back towards the surface. He is now chasing me up my tunnel and his speed seems to be on par if not better then mine. I can't really measure as im to focused on using magic to escape him. Then i break through the surface with him hot on my tail i turn around and see him.

“ha you got nowhere to run now kid”

it seems that the crowd was much bigger this time and the expected something from me they looked bored as if my defeat was assured again and that was the reason i ran. While that was logical thinking it was not exactly true. That's when codex came and finally saved my butt.

“its ready master we can now use the mana we gain from this to power up your white ring.”

“perfect two birds one stone”

i then straightened myself out and now looked at my opponent with lazy eyes taunting him.

“any last words fool”

“yup i hit me with you best shot weakling”

most of the nobles now had looks of glee on their eyes the most likely thought that they were going to see an electrical execution goddamn sadistic bastards. today sadly for them codex ruined that opportunity.

“THUNDER BOLT”

a huge flash of light appeared out of Bennant and I felt something hit me. I staggered back and then the resistance was gone so i moved my foot forward again. Bennant looked at me with surprise on his face so i decided to taunt him again.

“thats it?”

“THUNDERBOLT”

this one was much stronger and sen me flying a meter up and back. I landed perfectly and saw bennet he was breathing hard and sweating a huge amount. I started walking towards him and fear showed across his face. He then looked at the judge and then me again. He then yelled

“I JOHN BENNET SURRENDER”

the ancient old man then asked me

“do you accept?”

“yup”

and then i turned around and John Bennet feel to the ground with a relived look on his face.

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