Chapter 67 - Test - I (2/2)

Elder Akash was a bald guy with a long white beard while Elder Nainesh had long white hair with a short beard and mustache. Elder Nainesh's eyes were twinkling at me which reminded me of Dumbledore but he did not wear glasses. They both had magical strengths similar to that of Elder Atulya. Now coming to my opponent Rohit, he was a well built guy. He looked to be about 20 years old and stood at a height of 6 feet which made him the tallest Indian in the training ground. He gave me wrestler like feeling. Magically he looked like he was weaker than me but not by much.

I bowed in front of the elders to show respect and moved towards my position in the opposite side of the training ground. Rohit took his place on the other side. The others including Aryan who had just joined them moved towards the sidelines so has to not come between our duel.

Rohit spoke ”You are the first European wizard I have seen in my life. I wish you luck and hope you can provide a good challenge for me.”

I said ”This is the first time I am duelling against someone. Hope my hard work pays off and I pass this test.”

Rohit ”First Duel huh. Then I am going to finish this duel in a single hit.”

I shot back ”We will see.”

I summoned my wand from the holster and became ready.

Seeing my wand Rohit laughed and said ”Wizards in Europe still use those sticks for performing spells? You guys are still in the old ages. We moved on years to other means years ago. This Duel is going to be easy.”

With my mage sight I saw that he was wearing one ring each on both of his hands which glowed in a similar way to that of my wand. This showed that he used those rings as magical foci instead of a wand which meant that he could dual cast easily. This was going to be a tough fight.

Elder Atulya spoke from the sidelines ”Lethal spells are not allowed and take care that you do not cause permanent harm to your opponent. You will begin on the count of three. Get ready. One. Two. Three.” And the duel began.

I trained my mage sight on him and waited for him to act first. I did not have to win and just had to survive for 10 minutes which meant that the Elders were not expecting a non-academy wizard like me to win. So Rohit was a tough opponent and more experienced than me. He will also not follow the European style of dueling which meant that I don't know how he was going to fight.

My first duel was going to be hard. So for now I am going to wait and observe how he fights before making a plan and retaliating.