Duel, this is a very old word, it was first used to describe a fight between knights.

Hundreds of years ago, when the empire was first formed, King Sassen rewarded a number of retinues who followed him in his expeditions to the north and south, and bestowed on them the title of 'knight', which means 'the king's servant'.

Since then, knights have been classified as nobles, from barons to dukes, and the old nobles of hundreds of years ago were proud of their knighthoods.

In the laws of the empire at that time, it was not allowed for two nobles to fight, and if they were found out, they would be punished by stripping their titles, so what if there was an irresolvable conflict between two nobles?

At this time, the laws of the empire came up with the word duel.

The law states that when a nobleman feels insulted by another nobleman, he has the right to challenge the other party in a duel, and the other party can choose to accept or not accept it, depending on the situation.

In the event of a duel, in the presence of a notary, the servants of the two nobles were forbidden to come to their aid, and the loser in the joust was captured and had to provide horses, weapons, and armor as a ransom to the victorious side.

As we all know, the Empire is a monarchy, probably under the influence of King Sasson, who sang the praises of heroes and warriors, and there were countless imperial ladies who would go crazy for the most powerful knights, but the empire itself did not support any two nobles to kill each other.

A few decades later, in order to stabilize its rule and improve the appearance of knights, the empire promulgated eight dogmas as the standard of knighthood, that is, the eight virtues of knighthood: humility, honor, valor, sacrifice, mercy, spirituality, honesty, and justice.

From that time on, in order to prove 'bravery' and to achieve 'honor', knights no longer refused the challenge of others and saw it as a test, and over time, it became a fashion of the time.

Every knight is proud to have defeated the challenger, and the knight who refuses to fight will be given the nickname of coward.

Now, hundreds of years later, knights have gradually declined, and the profession of mage has been replaced by magicians.

But duels were still used by the aristocracy, sometimes as a friendly contest between nobles, sometimes as an activity for fun, and sometimes as a means of venting their grudges.

As the nouveau riche of the empire, the magicians are not bound by the rules of knight duels, and if it is a friendly competition, the two will set a place for the competition, after all, magicians are long-range damage.

Unlike knights' equestrian skills, mages don't need this, because they use the elements of the atmosphere.

Speaking of which, there is one thing worth mentioning here.

As mentioned earlier, the most important thing in a duel between true magicians is the timing, power, and speed of the magic, but there is a special exception.

That's what if it's a duel, if it's two magicians who use the same line of blue magic?

As we all know, the elements in the atmosphere are constant, the various elements maintain a relative balance, and under conventional means, the various elements cannot be transformed, and furthermore, the magician does not consume the elements in the atmosphere, but uses his own magic to change the arrangement and form of the element, just like the law of conservation of energy, casting magic consumes only the magic attached to the element, which means that the element itself will not be consumed, and the fact that it will not be consumed means that it will not be replenished by the same element nearby.

So, the question is, what will happen if this element cannot satisfy these two fellow magicians?

It's actually very simple, affinity!

Which party has a high affinity for the element represents which side can condense more of the element, which is a gap in level and a gap in quality!

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qualitative gap......

Looking at the fireball suspended in front of the boy opposite, and at the red, white, and blue flames burning on the surface of the fireball, Lavia bit her lip a little unwillingly.

She could feel that most of the fire elements in the atmosphere were attached to the boy's side, and such a dense fire element was something she couldn't do at this stage.

Especially the fireball composed of three flames, Lavia could clearly feel the oppression from her heart, compared to her ordinary red, it was a level difference.

Is it because you don't have enough time to train yourself?

How exactly did he do that?

And also......

"Why don't you attack, do you want to show your composure again?" Lavia asked with some anger.

It's really hard......

Jiang Zhe sighed very depressedly, if the other party was a boy, I'm afraid that his fireball would have smashed over a long time ago, ......right?

own a fireball of this magnitude, if one is not careful......

I really don't want to fight girls......

Alas, what a trouble......

After thinking about it, Jiang Zhe lifted the compressed fireball, and then resummoned an ordinary crimson fireball.

After all, Jiang Zhe is pursuing high-damage magic, but that high-damage is not suitable for use here, in case one of them disfigures her, it will be a situation of endless death......

Besides, no matter what, Jiang Zhe really can't bear to be ruthless to a teenage girl who looks quite cute, but her temper doesn't seem to be very good.

It's a draw with this stubborn little girl!

Just as he was thinking, Lavia asked angrily from the other side, "Why did you dismiss that fireball just now?"

Can you not be so strong?

Jiang Zhe exhaled slightly, and said half-truthfully, "Please! Maintaining that fireball consumes mana!"

Lavia was stunned and reluctantly accepted this answer, but there was still a bit of distrust in her eyes, "Even so...... Aren't you attacking?"

"You first!" Jiang Zhe shrugged and raised his hand to say.

"That's good!" Jiang Zhe's voice had just fallen, only to see Lavia's hand raised, and her finger pointed at Jiang Zhe and recited an obscure incantation, and at the same time, a wave of fire rose under her feet, rushing straight towards Jiang Zhe.

"Hmm, this is ......" Surprised, Jiang Zhe flashed sideways, and when he turned around, he saw a second wave of fire coming onto him, in a hurry, his right hand pointed at the wave of fire, and with the direction of his finger, the fireball swooped and collided with the wave of fire, and with a 'boom', a circle of air waves was dispersed.

Jiang Zhe, who took the opportunity to take a few steps back, said secretly in his heart.

However, Lavia did not continue to attack, but only controlled the two waves of fire with white gloves hovering around her body, looked at Jiang Zhe's embarrassment, and said in a stern tone, "The second article of the Wizard's Introductory Codex, don't underestimate any opponent, it will cost you your life...... I won't remind you the second time!" As she spoke, her eyelashes trembled, her right hand pointed at Jiang Zhe, and the fire wave was like a fire snake, soaring towards Jiang Zhe, and the speed was a little faster.

Play for real?

Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly and whispered a few incantations, only to see three whirlpools appear in front of him, and three crimson fireballs appeared in Lavia's eyes almost at the same time.

Oh, my God......

He—how can he ......

The shock in her heart has not been eliminated, Lavia suddenly heard a bang, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a red mist scattered in front of her, it turned out that the fireball collided with the fire wave, and before she could react, a red fireball dispersed the mist and flew straight in front of her eyes......

"Boom!"

The smoke from the fireball explosion gradually cleared, revealing Lavia's beautiful face with an angry face.

"Why keep your hands?!"

She was referring to the fireball that exploded a yard in front of her eyes.

"Is it okay to miscalculate?"

"You!" Lavia paused, looking at the expression on the other side, she was sure that it must have been intentional just now......

"Impolite...... Well, Soth, I want to duel with you in a dignified manner, even if it is because of it, so you don't have to show mercy, what you do is love and forbearance in the eyes of others, but in my eyes, it is an insult to me......"

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe was stunned.

"Is my speech so incomprehensible?" Lavia frowned at Jiang Zhe.

"Whew!" Blowing the hair on his forehead depressedly, Jiang Zhe said lightly, "It's not difficult to understand, but it feels a little strange......"

"What's weird?"

"Strange ......" Jiang Zhe wanted to say, 'Strange your surname', but when he looked back, he thought that if he said this, the girl opposite might not know what to do, so he temporarily changed his words and said, "I just feel a little strange about your name, I feel ......" However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lavia.

"Like a boy's name, huh?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Zhe was a little stunned for a while.

I saw Lavia sigh slightly, her eyes were full of memories, and she laughed at herself, "It was originally ......" she said, she seemed to think of something, her eyes gradually became firm, her hands controlled the two waves of fire, and said in a deep voice, "Go on, Soth! I want you to do your best, and I will do the same...... If you still have a contemptuous attitude towards me, I will regard it as an insult to me from you...... I'll kill you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, two waves of fire rose again in a circle of red flames burning under her feet, snorting on both sides of her body, like two fiery snakes spitting red letters.

Level 3 Magic [Fire Wave Technique]!

It is one of the advanced continuous magic of [Flame], and it is the basis of the fourth-level magic [Anthropomorphic], in addition to the low damage, it is almost an offensive and defensive magic, and the fire wave can be used to attack the enemy and can be used as a defense.

This is a popular spell among fire mages, but it's not a rush magic.

This is probably what Lavia does best.

Whew!

Taking a breath, Jiang Zhe calmed down and said in a low voice, "If you're injured, don't blame me!"

At first, the girl on the other side would definitely be angry, but now......

"Of course, as long as you can do it!"

"Good!"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Zhe frowned slightly, and a rapid spell came out of his mouth, and at the same time, one after another crimson fireballs appeared in the air.

One, two, three...... There were nine of them?

"Oh my God......" Lavia looked at the fireball in the air in distraction, covering her little mouth and speechless in shock.

"Then, pay attention!" Jiang Zhe whispered, Jiang Zhe pointed at the girl opposite him with his right hand, and almost instantly, nine fireballs roared towards her.

Will she be able to handle it?

Just when this question appeared in Jiang Zhe's mind, he suddenly saw the girl opposite controlling two waves of fire and bursting his four fireballs.

"Boom! boom!"

Really?

Tilting his head and looking at the black smoke that exploded in the air not far away, Jiang Zhe found that he still seemed to have misestimated the strength of the other party......

Also, as a first-year freshman, you can cast an enchantment, where is it so easy to deal with? Although that's the most basic......

But having said that, it was too hard for two waves of fire to defend against nine fireballs at the same time, and almost in the blink of an eye, there were still three fireballs that slammed into Lavia's body, and after a dangerous flash of light, they exploded with a thud.

She...... You okay?

Looking at the black smoke, Jiang Zhe was a little Kanter, raised his feet and took a step forward, and suddenly found two waves of fire coming out of the smoke.

As Jiang Zhe retreated, the smoke gradually dissipated, revealing Lavia's undamaged body.

Pointing to the crimson runes floating on her body, Lavia had a proud smile on her face, "I said, Soth, you're too arrogant!"

Enchantments?

But that's fine......

Thinking about it, Jiang Zhe raised his hand, and with the soft chanting of a spell, nine fireballs reappeared in the air beside him......

The so-called limit is not simply how many fireballs he can summon, but how many fireballs he can control at the same time.

Scott is right, as long as its own 'container' is expanded, then the speed of mana recovery will naturally be accelerated.

For example, in the category of first-year students, if it takes about three natural hours for others to recover when they exhaust the magic power in their bodies, then Jiang Zhe only needs about three minutes.

It was his gift, and it could have been God's compensation for his inability to enter meditation, but it could also be something else......

"Huh?"

Lavia's eyes showed a little confusion, she felt very surprised, he had just cast nine second-level magic, in terms of the consumption of magic power, I am afraid it will not be less than himself, he is already feeling a little difficult, why does he ......

"Attention!" Jiang Zhe said in a deep voice, and under his control, the nine fireballs were like an encirclement net, enveloping Lavia in it.

Front, back, left...... Or at the same time?

It may be that Lavia has not yet learned the 'perception' that is the basis of a magician, and keeps looking back at the fireballs around her, feeling a little uneasy.

And when Professor Huo De was fighting Jiang Zhe, even if he closed his eyes, he could detect the fireballs around him, of course, Jiang Zhe could do this now, after all, this was the foundation.

"It's the front!" Jiang Zhe snorted faintly, and at the same time, two fireballs crossed an unreasonable trajectory......

However, at this moment, two more waves of fire rose from Lavia's feet, scattering the two fireballs......

Four ways?

Jiang Zhe was stunned, and under the loss of consciousness, two more fireballs 'fell in vain'.

Looking at the four waves of fire beside the girl opposite, shaped like a solid barrier, protecting himself tightly, Jiang Zhe was surprised.

It's not that I'm surprised by the four waves of fire, because the body of that magic is just the flames under her feet, even if there are more than a dozen waves of fire, it's still just a magic, because it's a formless flame, she just disperses the waves of fire.

Of course, this requires a very high level of control, which is similar to Jiang Zhe's fireball.

Interesting......

She's strong......

Aside from Professor Hodd, this is the first time I've competed with someone in magic, but this first time I have met an opponent who doesn't seem to be so easy to deal with......

I have to say that Jiang Zhe's attack method is very simple, after all, he only learned the magic of fireball, but single does not mean that it is easy to be cracked.

"Be careful!" Jiang Zhe reminded.

Lavia, who was concentrating on the four waves of fire, was stunned, and then she suddenly realized that a fireball exploded and was no longer just black smoke, but a flame......

This is what Jiang Zhe took almost half a night to comprehend after receiving a prompt from Professor Huo De.

It's true that the heat of the fireball doesn't dissipate easily because of the pursuit of high damage, but it's not just an explosion that can be used to inflict damage on opponents.

As mentioned earlier, the damage distance of the fireball spell is much farther than the flame, which is not only easy to control, but also does not consume excess heat, so if you first cast the fireball spell to reach the damage distance, and at the same time it explodes, the fire element that formed the fireball will be redefined and transformed into a flame without a fixed form, wouldn't it be able to cause more lasting damage?

Although the two forms of fire magic cannot be combined into one, their essence is still fire, which means that you can transform their form at any time as long as you have enough control......

"Boom ......"

The flames that rushed to his face startled Lavia, and then, it was Jiang Zhe's turn to be dumbfounded, he clearly saw that the flames he transformed were actually absorbed by the crimson runes on the other party's body, this is not counting, what made him even more unacceptable was that the flames under the girl's feet were even stronger......

It turned out to be a shield-like barrier that absorbed the fire element......

No wonder those fireballs didn't hurt her in any way......

Looking at Jiang Zhe's somewhat dumbfounded appearance, Lavia said lightly, "I said it, you can try to hurt me as much as possible!" But while saying this, beads of sweat gradually oozed from her forehead, obviously, maintaining two magic spells that are not low at the same time, the magic power consumption is very large.

"That's not likely!" Seeing that he couldn't hurt the other party, Jiang Zhe relaxed a lot, and used the technique he used when fighting with Professor Huo De: while controlling the fireball attack, he continued to summon the fireball.

At the same time, Jiang Zhe was also trying to convert the fire element into flames at the moment when the fireball exploded, but unfortunately, he had not yet reached that level when he was multitasking......

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A series of rapid explosions, some of which came from fireballs that had been blasted by the waves of fire controlled by Lavia, while others were the sound of rune enchantments resisting fireballs......

No way!

It can't go on like this!

There were more and more beads of sweat oozing from Lavia's forehead, and even her breathing began to be a little short, not to mention the rune enchantment on her body, and a burst of abnormal fluctuations faintly appeared.

"Whoosh!"

A wave of fire passed directly through the gap between the two fireballs and rushed towards Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe was stunned, and then dodged sideways for a few steps to avoid it, no wonder, compared to the flexible fireball, the trajectory of the fire wave is too easy to predict.

Two?

It's the same with two!

Interesting!

Jiang Zhe couldn't help but recall the scene of the contest with Professor Huo De yesterday, which is called a contest, in fact, Jiang Zhe was made very miserable......

Still with a little smile on his face, Jiang Zhe casually glanced in the direction of the girl, and suddenly his expression changed greatly.

"Oops!"

He clearly felt that there was an abnormal fluctuation in the magic power on Lavia's body, and immediately, the fire element beside her quickly retreated.

Although Jiang Zhe had tried his best to control it, there were still four fireballs that couldn't contain their strength and hit that petite body......

"Boom!"

After a strong flash of light, the girl's body was enveloped in smoke.

"It's a big trouble now...... Jiang Zhe muttered to himself, hurriedly dissipated the five fireballs that were still suspended, and hurriedly ran over.

"Stop!" a coquettish cry came from the smoke, "Don't come!"

“......”

The smoke was blown away by the wind, revealing the girl's body, and she was trying to get back on her feet, holding the charred ground with one hand and her knees with the other, and looking at her magical robes, which were black dust.

"Hey......" Looking at the bright red blood stain on the girl's right glove, Jiang Zhe muttered speechless.

"It's not over yet!" the girl struggled to her feet, and as she stood up, a trail of blood flowed from the corner of her forehead, which ran down her smooth and beautiful face, and was extremely glaring.

"Y-Are you alright?"

"Don't come! it's not over yet......" The girl gasped for breath as she said this.

"Don't be reckless!"

"Don't come!" cried out the girl, the blood from the corner of her forehead running from the corner of her forehead because she was so emotional.

She was badly injured......

Also, even Allen couldn't withstand the damage of Jiang Zhe's four fireballs when she had almost no defense, let alone her......

Affected by the explosion of the fireball, her ears are still buzzing, and she even has some auditory hallucinations......

'Is it a boy?'

'No, it's a girl......

'Is that ......'

......

"Don't come......" The girl slowly raised her head, gently wiped the blood from her face with the glove of her right hand, and said calmly but firmly, "It's not over yet!"

"Don't be reckless! I ...... I'm sorry I just ...... You're seriously injured, you have to find the professor of the academy quickly......" Jiang Zhe said as he walked towards the girl.

"Stop!" the girl shouted in a very stern tone, and at the same time, with the slight movement of her lips, a fire rekindled beneath her feet.

"I haven't thrown in the towel yet!"

It's not called strong anymore......

Frowning and looking at the stubborn girl, Jiang Zhe opened his mouth, hesitated for a long time, and said, "How can you admit defeat?"

"When you fall!" the girl smiled faintly, then closed her eyes, stretched her hands out to the sides, and a more obscure incantation came out of her mouth, and then turned into a series of strange incantation symbols, and scattered around.

As more and more incantation symbols appeared, the surrounding air gradually became thinner and scorching, and a large number of fire elements were forcibly gathered here, while other different elements were crowded, because the fire elements were too dense, not only the ground began to burst into flames, but even the air made a 'Si' sound.

Too reluctantly!

Listening to the intermittent spell, even if Jiang Zhe didn't know what kind of magic it was, he could feel the elemental changes around him......

The girl was almost defenseless, and he could interrupt Jiang Zhe at any time as long as he wanted to, but when he saw the firmness on the girl's face, he dispelled that thought.

Yes, that can't be called strong anymore......

It took a full five minutes for the girl to stop chanting, and by this time, the fire elemental in the surrounding air was already very dense, so dense that when she inhaled the air, she felt a strong burning sensation, as if she had inhaled a flame.

Twenty or thirty yards before and after the two of them, there were red flames everywhere, and above the flames, crimson strange runes were suspended around, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

But the strange thing is that in this environment full of fire elements, Jiang Zhe can hardly absorb the fire elements that are a little farther away, except for the only ones around him.

When she opened her eyes and looked at the boy who was looking around across from her, there was a look of gratitude in the girl's eyes.

[Enchantment: World of Fire];