226 This Is Magic - Part 1 (1/2)

Carlos snapped out of his thoughts and walked to the center of the platform. He refrained himself with great difficulty to interrogate Tang. He stopped when he arrived next to Deril.

Tang Shaoyang and Deril were now separated by one and a half meters with Carlos standing between them. From the back of his green tunic, the old man took out two oaths that had been signed by the two involved parties from the trial of the duel.

Old Man Carlos showed Deril's oath to Tang Shaoyang and showed Tang Shaoyang's oath to Deril. Tang Shaoyang gave a quick read before he nodded his head, and Deril did the same too.

”Good, I will act as referee. Killing is prohibited, the battle ends if one of you could no longer fight or if I have decided one of you is lost based on my judgment to avoid fatality!” Carlos spoke it out loudly, and no one protested it. The Guild Master, the retired Sky-Emerald, there was no one more appropriate than him to be the referee.

Deril nodded and Tang Shaoyang followed as it seemed the formality before the trial, ”Alright, take five steps back. We will start the duel soon,” Deril took exactly five steps back, and Tang Shaoyang took ten steps back.

”To solve the conflict between them, Deril and Tang have agreed to the Trial of the Duel. Here, I will be the judge, and I swear in my name I will judge everything with neutrality!” Carlos looked toward Tang and he glanced to the other side to see Deril, ”The Trial of the duel starts!”

As soon as Carlos announced the start of the battle, Deril's figure blurred forward. He immediately activated the new skill he just learned, [Quick Dash]. It was one of the skills for the Heavy Warrior class to fill the movement weakness.

In the blink of an eye, Deril shortened the distance between him and Tang Shaoyang. As a warrior, as long as he could get closer to the mage and land a hit, his chance of winning was big. Deril was trying to achieve that with his new skill.

[Greater Slash]

When he arrived in front of Tang Shaoyang, he raised his blue greatsword and slashed it down toward Tang Shaoyang. Mana covered the blue greatswords as it descended toward Tang Shaoyang.

Carlos was prepared to make a move at the moment of danger. He thought Deril was about to win until a flash that left lightning as the trail passed Deril.

Baboom!

The blue greatsword hit the empty spot, the marble platform shattered under the great strike. [Quick Dash] was very quick, but it was nothing compared to Tang Shaoyang's speed.

Badoom! Badoom! Badoom!

Deril's heartbeat spiked up when his surprise attack failed. He immediately turned around to chase Tang Shaoyang.

Bzzzt! Bzzzt! Bzzzt!

Deril froze while in the middle of casting his skill. Carlos shook his head as he got the winner of the duel already. Arina covered her eyes with the palm as she lowered her head.

The moment the lightning caged Deril, the fight was over. With the limited space and movement, Deril was doomed. The duel was over as fast as it started.

Casting [Lightning Cage] on himself before he cast [Lightning Flash], Tang Shaoyang managed to trap Deril. He was now standing ten meters away from the lightning cage, waiting for Deril to make his move.

Besides money, his purpose in this duel was to find out how strong the residents of this world were. But soon he realized that integrating with Zowen was a bad idea. The magus was too overpowered to push Deril to his limit.

'So this is the power of magic,' before the world turned into a game like this, his knowledge of magic was the magic show on the tv, not this kind of overwhelming power.