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The-imana-iartifact-iis-ijust-ia-imedium-ito-iconvert-ithe-imagician's-imana-ito-ian-ielement-ithat-ithe-imagicians-iwish-ito-icontrol.-i
Releasing-imagic-ispell-ifrom-ithe-imana-iartifact-istill-irequires-imagic-iskill-icomprehension.-iThey-ihave-ito-istill-ianalyze-ithe-iskill-ito-ibe-iable-ito-irelease-iand-icontrol-iit.-iWithout-ithe-iprecise-icontrol,-ithe-imagic-iattack-ican-ijust-ihurt-ithe-icaster-ihimself.-iIt-iwasn't-ias-isimple-ias-itriggering-ithe-imana-iartifact-iitself.-i
As-ithey-ihave-iabout-i50-imeters-iof-idistance,-iGaston-ifelt-ihe-ihave-ienough-ispace-ito-idodge-ithe-iattack-iand-iget-icloser-ito-iChloe.-iApparently,-ithe-ibest-imagic-ispells-iin-ihis-iarsenal-icould-ibe-ibetter-iused-iin-ishort-iranged-ibattle.-i
He-iquickly-icasted-iauxillary-imagic-ito-iboost-ihis-iability-ito-ifight-iusing-ihis-ibracer-ias-ihis-imana-iartifact.
"Wind-iEnchant-i--iHaste"
"Earth-iEnchant-i--iProtection"
The-i1st-imagic-ithat-iGaston-ireleased-isummoned-ia-iwind-imagic-ithat-iwould-ienhance-ihis-ispeed-iand-ithe-i2nd-ihad-isummoned-ia-itranslucent-iwall-iof-irock-isurrounding-ihis-ibody-ito-iprotect-ihimself-iand-ihis-imana-ishell-ifrom-ibeing-ieasily-idepleted.-i
He-ieasily-idodged-iand-ideflected-isome-iof-ithe-iice-iarrow-ias-ihe-islowly-igot-icloser-ito-iChloe.
After-ireaching-iabout-i15-imeters,-iGaston-istarted-ihis-icounterattack.-i
"Golem!-iExplode!"
No-ione-iknows-iwhen,-ibut-ia-ismall-igray-igolem-iwith-ia-isize-iof-ichild-ijust-imaterialize-ibeside-iChloe-iand-iimmediately-iturned-ired-iseemingly-iabout-ito-iexplode.
Chloe-iquickly-ijumped-isideways-ias-ishe-icasted-ianother-iskill-ito-iprotect-iherself-ifrom-iany-idebris-iafter-ithe-iexplosion.-i
"Fire-iEnchant-i--iArmor!"
She-iwas-icovered-iby-ithin-icurtain-iof-iflame-iand-ias-isoon-ias-iit-icreated-ianother-iconcave-icurtain-iof-iwall-ias-iadditional-iprotection,-ithe-igolem-iexploded.
Baaaaaammm!!
Stones,-iclay-iand-isome-icrystals-iwas-iincluded-iin-ithe-iexplosion.-i
Chloe-ismirk-iat-ithe-ithought-iof-ieasily-ithwarting-ihis-iopponent's-ischeme.-iShe-imoved-iaway-iher-igaze-iin-ifrom-ithe-igolem's-iposition-iand-ilooked-iat-iGaston.-iBut-ihe-iwas-ino-ilonger-iin-ihis-isame-iposition-iwhere-ihe-icasted-ithe-ilast-ispell-iand-idisappeared-ion-iher-ivision.
"Where--"
She-ihaven't-icompleted-iher-iwords-ibefore-ishe-ifelt-isomeone's-ipresence-ion-iher-iright,-iGaston-iwas-iabout-ito-icomplete-ia-iGrade-i2-ispell.-i
"Rock-iStorm!!"
Gaston-iactivated-ithe-ionly-iGrade-i2-ispell-ithat-ihe-icould-iuse.-iAs-iexpected-iof-iGrade-i2-imagic-iattack-i---isharp-iand-icrystallized-istones-imaterialized-iand-icontinuously-ismash-iChloe's-idefense.
Chloe-iswitched-ito-ia-idefensive-istance-ias-ishe-itried-ito-istrengthen-iher-iarmor-iand-imana-ishell.-iShe-iwere-iunable-ito-ihave-iopening-ito-irelease-ia-ispell.-iShe-ilooked-iserious-iand-iknew-ithat-iit-icouldn't-igo-ion-ilike-ithis-ias-ishe-iwasn't-ispecialized-iin-idefensive-imagic-iskills.-i
She-ikeep-iher-idefenses-iup-iand-igave-iGaston-ia-ifeeling-ithat-ishe-iwas-iabout-ito-isuccumb-iin-ithe-ispell.-iBut-iChloe's-iteammate-iknow-ithat-ishe-iwas-iextremely-ifocus-iand-iwaiting-ifor-ian-iopportune-itime-ito-icounterattack.-i
After-ipersisting-ion-ithe-iattack,-iher-idefense-ispell-iwas-ialmost-iused-iup-iand-iher-imana-ishell-iwas-inow-iabout-ito-ibe-idestroyed-ias-ilong-ias-ia-isingle-igrade-i1-ispell-ihit-iher.-iLuckily,-ialthough-iGaston-ireleased-ia-igrade-i2-ispell-iRock-iStorm,-ihis-icontrol-iwasn't-ithat-iprecise.-i
Gaston-inoticed-ithis-iand-ifelt-ithat-ivictory-iwas-inow-iwithin-ihis-igrasp.-iHe-iactivated-ione-ilast-iskill-iaimed-ito-ifinish-ithe-ibattle.-iHe-ieven-ifelt-ithat-ihe-icould-iget-icloser-iand-ideal-ia-iheavy-ipunch-iinstead-ion-iher-imana-ishell-iif-ithis-ilast-ispell-idid-inot-iwork.
As-ihe-iactivated-ithe-ispell-iin-iclose-iproximity,-ithis-ialso-igave-iChloe-ia-ichance.
"Earth-iEnchant-i---iEarth-iSpi--ke!-iAaarrghh!"
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William-ihad-ibeen-iobserving-ithe-ibattle-iin-iarena-iand-ifelt-iamused-iabout-itheir-iusage-iof-iskill.-i
'So-ithey-istill-idecided-ito-iuse-iEnchant-iSeries-ias-imagic-iskills.-iA-istandard-imagic-ior-iperhaps-ione-iof-ithe-ieasiest-imagic-istructure-ifor-ielemental-iconversion.-iThey-iprobably-iused-imost-iof-ithe-imagic-istructure-ifor-ian-iexplosive-ior-ia-isingle-icomplex-imagic-ispell-iinstead.'
Since-iit-ihas-ibeen-ia-icentury-isince-ithe-icreation-iof-i5th-igen,-imany-imagic-istructure-ifor-ielemental-ispell-ihas-iappeared-iand-ithe-iEnchant-iSeries-iis-ithe-imost-ibasic-ibut-ihas-ia-iwide-irange-iof-ihelpful-ispell-ispecially-ifor-ispeed-icasting-ialthough-iit's-ion-ithe-iweaker-iside.
Enchant-iSeries-iwere-ipractical-imagic-ispells-ias-iwell-ifor-imagician's-iuse-ias-iit-ionly-irequires-ismall-iamount-iof-imana.
As-ithe-ibattle-icontinued-iand-ieveryone-ifelt-ithat-iit-iwas-iGaston's-ivictory,-ihis-ilast-ispell-ihad-inot-iactivated-iand-ian-iexplosion-ioccured-iwhere-ihis-imana-iartifact-iis.-i
It-ishattered-ihis-imana-ishell-iand-idealt-isome-idamage-iin-ihis-ibody.-i
"Wait!-iWhat-ihappened-ithere?"
"It's-iso-iquick.-iDid-iyou-isee-ithat?"
"I-ithink-iChloe-iactivated-ia-ispell-ibut-iit-ihappened-iso-iquick."
Some-iaudiences-iwatching-ithe-ifight-iof-iMystic-iGate-iand-iStoneheimer-iwas-iconfused-ion-ihow-ithe-itable-iwas-iturned.
William-iis-inow-ilooking-iapprehensively-ito-iChloe.-iIt-ialso-iseems-ithat-ihe-inoticed-iwhat-ihad-ijust-ihappen.
"Hmm.-iIf-iall-iMystic-iGate's-imana-itechnician-ihas-ithat-imagic-istructure-iin-itheir-iMana-iArtifact-ithen-ithey-iwould-ibe-iable-ito-igive-ia-igood-ifight."-i
###-iChapter-i48-i--iCombat-iMagicians-i(Part-i3)
The-ibattle-ibetween-ithe-i4-iacademies-icontinued-iand-iWilliam-iwas-iable-ito-inotice-ithe-iquirks-iof-ieach-iacademy-ithat-iweren't-ion-ithe-iintelligence-ireport-ifrom-ithe-istudent-icouncil.-i
As-ia-imember-iof-ithe-icouncil,-iWilliam-iwas-iable-ito-isee-iand-ishare-ito-ihis-ifellow-iparticipants-ithe-iinformation-ithat-ithey've-igathered.-iAaron,-ithe-istudent-icouncil-ipresident-ihad-igiven-ihim-isome-iprinted-icopy-iof-ithese-iintelligence-ireports-iallowing-ithem-ito-ibetter-iunderstand-itheir-iopponents.-i
Some-iof-ithe-iinformation-ithey-ihave-iwere-ilike-ihow-iStoneheimer's-imagic-iengineer-iinstructors,-ialumnus,-iand-icurrent-istudents-iare-iall-ispecializing-iin-iearth-iand-iwind-ibased-ielemental-ipathway.
The-iSkywalker-ispecializes-ias-iwell-iin-iwide-ivariety-iof-ipathways-ias-ilong-ias-ithey-iare-ifast-ipaced-ispells.-iThe-iacademy-ibelieves-ithat-ipursuing-ispeed-icasting-iwere-ithe-iright-ipath-iin-imagician's-ibattle.-i
The-iMystic-iGate-iacademy,-iknown-ifor-iit's-imana-iartifact-icreations-ipursued-ielemental-icombinations.-iThey-iare-inot-isatisfied-iwith-ian-ielemental-ispells-iand-ilike-ito-icombine-itheir-ielemental-ipathway.-iThis-iis-ia-ivery-ipowerful-ipath-ibut-ialso-iquite-idifficult-ifor-imana-itechnicians-iand-icombat-images-ias-iwell.-iLuckily,-ionly-i2nd-ior-i3rd-iyear-istudent-iof-ithis-iacademy-iis-icapable-iof-icreating-iand-iutilizing-ithe-imana-iartifact.
Anyway,-ialmost-iall-i1st-iyears-iwould-iuse-itheir-iown-iacquired-iknowledge-iin-ithis-icompetition-iinstead-iof-ithe-ipath-ithat-ithe-iacademy-ihad-itaken.
Compared-ito-iLeonhearts-iAcademy,-iit-idoesn't-ispecialize-ianything-iin-iartifact-iforging-ibut-iknown-ifor-iits-iamazing-itraining-imethod-ifor-icombat-imagicians-iallowing-ithose-iwho-igraduate-ihere-ito-ibe-isought-iafter.
It-iisn't-ibad-ito-ihave-ispecialization-iin-iartifact-isince-iyou-ihave-ito-iconsider-ithe-ifuture.-i
The-imana-iartifact-ihave-igrades-idepending-iit's-icomplexity.-iHighest-irank-iis-iGrade-iA-iand-ilowest-iis-iGrade-iC.-iBut-ithe-igrades-imagic-ispells-ior-iskills-ithats-icould-ibe-iused-ihave-i5-iranges.-iThe-ihighest-irank-ithis-itime-iis-iGrade-i5-iand-ilowest-iis-iGrade-i1.
The-iartifact-ithat-iWilliam-imade-icontaining-iMagic-iJammer-iCanceller,-iwas-igraded-iA-ibecause-iof-iit's-icomplexity.-i
The-iGrade-iC-ico
mplexity-iwere-ithose-istandard-imana-iartifact-ithat-icontains-imana-ispells-ithat-icould-ibe-ireleased-ieasily-iby-ieven-ia-irookie-imagicians-iand-ihas-iless-ivaluable-imaterials-iin-iit's-imana-iartifiact.
With-iall-ithose-isaid,-ionly-ithose-imagic-iengineer-iwho-ireached-ia-iprofound-iunderstanding-iin-itheir-ielemental-ipathway-iwas-iable-ito-icreate-ia-iGrade-i5-imagic-ispell.-iAs-imatter-iof-ifact-ithere-iweren't-ieven-ia-idozen-iof-ithem-irecorded-iin-ithe-iwhole-iZairus.-iSo-iit-iwas-isaid-ithat-iits-ibetter-ifor-imana-itechnicians-iright-inow-ito-ihave-ithem-iselect-ian-ielemental-ipathway-ithey-ilike-ito-ifurther-istudy-iespecially-iwhen-ithey-ibecame-imagic-iengineers.-i
The-ibattle-ibetween-ithe-i4-iacademies-ilasted-ionly-ifor-ihalf-ian-ihour.-i
"Amazing,-ithose-istudents-ifrom-iMystic-iGate-ihas-isome-ikind-iof-iability-isomehow-iinterferes-iin-imagic-icasting."
"All-ithe-imana-iartifact-ithat-iis-ibeing-iused-iby-ithe-i4-iacademies-iwere-iGrade-iC-iwith-iGrade-i1-ior-iGrade-i2-ispell-ias-ithe-ilimits.-iThe-ispell-ithat-ithey're-iusing-imust-ibe-ithe-iunique-imagic-ispell-ithat-iis-ionly-ifor-ithis-imagic-icompetition."
"That's-itrue,-iI-ihaven't-iheard-iof-iany-ispell-ithat-icould-istop-imagicians-ion-icasting-iexcept-ithe-ilegendary-imagic-ijammer."
Everyone-iwho-ihas-iheard-iof-ithis-inodded-ias-ian-iagreement.-iThe-iaudience-iwatching-ithe-ibattle-ibelow-icouldn't-ihelp-ibut-ibe-iamazed-iin-ithat-ipart.-iIt-iseems-ithat-ithe-iMystic-iGate-iAcademy-ihas-isufficiently-iprepared.-i
Mystic-iGate-iwon-icompletely-iagainst-iStoneheimer-iscoring-i3-0-iand-iSkywalker-ihad-ionly-ilost-ithe-ifirst-ibattle-iagainst-iEternal-iFey-iscoring-i3-1.
After-iabout-i5-iminutes-iof-icleaning-ithe-ibattlefield-ior-istage,-idozen-iof-iautomatons-istood-iguard-iat-ithe-iedges-iof-ithe-iarena.-iOnly-ithe-ireferees-iare-iallowed-ion-ithe-istage-iduring-ithe-ibattle.
William-itook-inotice-iof-ithese-iautomatons-ias-ihe-iwas-ivery-iinterested-ion-ihow-ithey-iwere-imade-iand-ivery-imuch-ilike-ito-ihave-ione-ifor-ihis-iuse.-i
'Hmm..-iAre-ithey-iguarding-ithe-iedges-iof-iarena-ito-iprevent-iany-imisfire-ito-ithe-iaudience-ias-iwell?'
William-ispread-ihis-iDivine-iSense-ito-icheck-ithe-iautomatons-iand-iwhile-idoing-iso,-ihe-inoticed-ia-iLamat-istone-iwhich-ihas-ia-idormant-imagic-ijammers-icontained-iin-ieach-iof-ithem!-iIt-iseems-ithat-iit-iis-ia-isecond-iprotection-iaside-ifrom-ithe-ibarriers-iprotecting-ithe-iaudience-ifrom-iany-imisfires-iof-ithese-icombat-imagicians.
'As-iexpected-iof-ithe-iCapital,-iit-iseems-ithat-ithis-icompetition-iis-ireally-iimportant-ifor-ithe-icountry.-iDispatching-itwo-idozens-iof-ithese-iimportant-iautomatons-ithat-ihas-imagic-ijammers-imust-ibe-ialready-ithe-itreasure-iof-ithis-icountry.'
William-ifelt-ithat-isomeone-iwas-ialso-isneakily-itracing-ihis-iDivine-iSense-iso-ihe-iimmediately-iretracted-ihis-iskill.-i
'It-icame-ifrom-ithat-idirection,-iit-imust-ibe-ithe-isecurity.-iAfter-iall,-iit-iwould-ibe-ia-inightmare-ifor-ithe-icountry-iif-isomething-ihappened-ito-ithese-iautomatons.'
Standing-iat-ithe-iedges-iof-iarena-imay-ilook-ilike-ithey-iare-iunimportant-imachines.-iBut-iit-iseems-ithat-iit-iis-ia-isecret-ifor-ithese-iautomatons-ito-ihave-imagic-ijammer.-iHe-ibetter-ihave-ito-istop-ihimself-ifrom-ifurther-ichecking-ithese-iautomatons-ias-iit-iseems-ito-ibe-ihighly-iguarded-iby-isecurity-ipersonnels-itoo.
"It-iwas-inow-ithe-istart-iof-ithe-inext-ibattle!-iLeonhearts-ivs-iHoneysuckle-iand-iIsolde-ivs-iAbuxorth!-iAnother-iexciting-ibattle-iis-iabout-ito-icommence!"
Felicia-icontinued-iher-ijob-ias-ithe-istudents-ifrom-ithe-iacademies-ientered-ithe-iarena.-iThe-ifirst-ifighters-itook-ithe-istage-iand-ireadied-ifor-ibattle.
"Leonheart's-iMichael-ivs-iHoneysuckle's-iGrant"
Michael-iis-iwearing-itwo-imana-iartifact-isince-ithe-i3-imana-itechnicians,-iSamantha,-iAlice-iand-iEscanor-icreated-ia-itotal-iof-i8-imana-iartifact.-iBeing-ia-ivanguard,-ihis-ivictory-iwould-igive-iconfidence-iand-iwould-iset-ia-imood-ifor-ithe-iwhole-iteam.-iPossessing-i2-ior-imore-iartifact-iis-ia-imust-ito-ihave-ia-ibetter-ichance-iin-iwinning.
His-iBracelet-iof-iEarthen-iSpirit-iand-iPaleness-iRing-iwere-icreated-iby-iSamantha.
As-isoon-ias-ithe-isignal-ito-istart-ithe-ibattle-iwas-imade,-ithe-itwo-ihad-iactivated-itheir-imana-ishell.-i
"Earth-iAttunement!"
"Blinding-iFog!"
Michael-imade-ithe-ifirst-imove-iand-icasted-i2-imagic-ispells.
The-ispells-ithat-iare-iunique-ito-iit's-imana-iartifact-iwas-iactivated,-iit-iwas-iall-idue-ito-ithe-imaterials-ithat-ithe-i3-imana-itechnicians-igathered.-iBy-ihaving-ithese-ispecial-imaterials,-ithe-imagic-istructure-ithey-icould-iuse-iwould-ialso-ibe-ispecial-iallowing-ithem-ito-ihave-ispecial-imagic-ispell.-iIt-iis-iunlike-ithose-iEnchant-iSeries-iand-iother-iwhich-iare-istandard-iand-ican-ibe-iplaced-iin-ialmost-iany-imana-iartifact-imaterials.
The-iEarth-iAttunement-iallowed-iMichael-ito-ihave-ia-igrasp-iin-iany-imovement-iin-ithe-istage-ieven-iif-ihe-iwas-ialso-iblinded-iby-ithe-ifog-ihe-isummoned.-i
"Hmph!-iWind-iEnchant-i---iHowling-iWind!"
Grant-iseem-ito-idisdain-ithis-itype-iof-imagic-ias-ihe-icalmly-iused-ia-ispell-ito-ipush-iaway-ithe-ifog.
As-isoon-ias-ihe-ithought-ithat-ithe-iwind-ihe-isummoned-icould-iremove-ithe-ifog,-ithe-iwind-iseemed-ito-ionly-ipass-iby-iand-ihadn't-iaffected-ithe-ifog-iitself.
Grant-ifrowned-iat-ithis-ibut-ididn't-ilose-ihis-icomposure.
'I-ishould-istrengthen-imy-idefense-ithen.-iAs-ilong-ias-iyou-igot-inear-ito-ime,-iI'll-igive-iyou-ia-isurprise.'
###-iChapter-i49-i--iCombat-iMagicians-i(Part-i4)
"Prime-i---iFire-iShield."
"Prime-i---iFocus-iShot."
Two-imagic-iskills-iwas-icalmly-iactivated-iby-iGrant-ias-ihe-iwaited-ifor-iMichael-ito-itake-iaction.
His-iFire-iShield-iactually-ijust-iprotects-ihis-ifront-iin-ia-iconcave-ishape-iof-ibarrier-imade-iof-ifire.-iAlthough-iwith-ilimited-idefense-iit-ican-ibe-iseen-ithat-ihe-imay-ialso-ibe-iasking-ito-ibe-iattacked-ifrom-ibehind.-iBut-iit-icould-iprobably-ibe-ia-itrap-ias-iwell.
Another-ipossible-ireason-ifor-iusing-iconcave-ishield-iwas-ithat-ihe-ihas-iconfidence-ion-ihis-imana-ishell-inot-ibeing-ieasily-idestroyed-iand-iwould-ihave-itime-ito-icounter.
The-iFocus-iShot-iis-ia-iball-iof-imana-iconverted-ito-iany-ielement-ithat-ihis-imana-iartifact-icould-iutilize.-iThis-itime,-iGrant's-iFocus-iShot-imade-ia-iball-iof-iflame-ion-ihis-iright-ihand-iready-ito-ibe-ithrown-ionce-iMichael-iappeared-iin-ihis-ivision.
"He-iwas-inow-iusing-ia-idifferent-iseries-iof-imagic.-iPrime-iSeries-iwas-ideveloped-ilater-ithan-ithe-iEnchant-iSeries-iif-iI'm-inot-imistaken."
"Hmm.-iCorrect,-iI-iwonder-iwhat's-ithe-istandard-imagic-ithat-iour-ifirst-iyears-imade."
"It's-idefinitely-ibetter.-iMichael-ihadn't-ishown-ihis-istandard-imagic-ispells-iyet.-iBut-iwe'll-iknow-isoon,-iI-ibelieve."
Ericka-icommented-ias-ishe-inoticed-isome-ichanges-iin-imagic-ipatterns-iof-iGrant.-iIt-iwas-ifollowed-iby-iGilbert-iand-iKazimir.
After-iMichael-icasted-ithe-i2-ispell-iand-idid-inot-inotice-iany-imovement-ifrom-ihis-iopponent,-ihe-isilently-iwent-ito-imove-iand-ipositioned-ion-iright's-ihand-iside-iof-iGrant.
He-iwas-iaware-iof-iGrant's-ipreparation-ithat-iis-iasking-ito-ibe-iattacked,-iMichael-ican-isee-ihis-iopponent's-ibright-ifire-ishield-iand-ifire-ifocus-ishot-ithat-iis-iattracting-ieven-iin-ithe-idense-ifog-ihe-icreated.
'Let's-isee-iwhat's-iyour-iplan.-iI'll-itake-iyou-ion!'
Michael-istarted-ihis-iattack.
"Archon-i---iEarth-iBind!"
"Cyclone-iPunch!"
He-iwasn't-iadept-iin-iusing-ilong-irange-imagic-ispells-ibut-ihas-iconfidence-iin-ihis-icombat-iskills.-iCombining-imagic-ito-ihis-iphysical-iattacks-iis-imore-iconvenient-ifor-ihim.
Grant-ifelt-iMichael's-ipresence-ion-ihis-iright-iand-ithrown-ihis-ifocus-ishot-iin-isame-idirection.-iBut-ihis-ifeet-iwas-iunable-ito-imove-idue-ito-ithe-iEarth-iBind-ithat-iwas-iactivated,-ialthough-ithe-iskill-ican-ibe-iforcefully-iremoved-iwith-isufficient-istrength,-iit-ihas-istill-ithown-ihis-ibalance-imaking-ihim-ioff-ithe-imark!
Michael-ieasily-iavoided-ithe-ishot-iand-ihit-iGrant's-idefense.
"Baaaammm!!"
A-icollision-ibetween-ia-ipunch-iand-ia-ishield-iwas-iheard-ifollowed-iby-icracking-isound.
"Once-imore!"
Michael-ishouted-ifull-iof-ienergy.-iHis-iopponent-itried-ito-icast-imore-idefensive-ispell-isince-ihis-imana-ishell-iwas-iabout-ito-ibe-idestroyed-iand-itried-ito-icounterattack.
But-iMichael-idid-inot-igive-ihim-ia-ichance-ias-ihe-iopened-ihis-ipalm-iand-igripped-ithe-imana-ishell.
"Vacuum-iGrip!"
A-ishattering-isound-iwas-iheard-ias-ithe-ilast-imagic-ispell-ithat-iwas-iused-ishattered-ithe-imana-ishell-iof-iGrant-iand-ithe-ireferees-iannounced-ithe-iresult.
"This...-iI-icould-istill-ifight."
Grant-ifelt-ibitter-ion-ihis-ilost-ibecause-ihe-ihadn't-ishown-ihis-ifull-iability-iyet.-iIt-ihappened-iso-ifast.
"If-ionly-iwe-icould-istill-ibattle-ieven-iwithout-imana-ishell,-iI'll-isurely-iwin!"
Michael-idid-inot-ithink-iit-iwas-inecessary-ito-ireply-ias-ihe-iwalked-ioff-ithe-istage-itrying-ito-iact-icool-ito-ithe-iaudience.
The-iaudience-iapplauded-ithe-iduo-ion-itheir-ibattle.-iBut-iapparently,-ithe-ibattle-ion-ithe-iother-istage-iwere-istill-iongoing.
"Vacuum-iGrip,-ithat-ishould-ibe-iSamantha's-imagic-ispell."
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