Chapter 64.4- Doom Days

The blue flames caught the approaching arrows and in a matter of seconds had turned them into naught bit cinders, and then I shaped the flames into a fireball I fired right at my opponent. She slapped her hands together in a clap, and the ground beneath her erupted, water streaming up to fight the fire with its elemental superior.

This was no ordinary fire though, and it managed to boil a good portion of the water into steam. Still, she kept at out, calling upon more and kore ground water until even bay fire could do naught but yield. Still, that meant a good portion of the platform had been flooded. A test of my wand froze all that water, creating a layer of ice over the ground. A layer that she shattered, reaching down and punching straight through the ice.

Vines grew from all around her, reaching out and coming straight for me. I took a shallow breath before pushing my wand out. I banished the first few vines away, but more and more of them began creeping towards me.

As I prepared another fire spell, I froze mid motion as a buzzer rang. “Round One Complete: Draw” I heard the referee’s voice say, and I looked over to Okonkwo, looking at her practically scowling. An expression that did not last longer than a second it turned out as she turned too the crowd, wide smile on her face and waving in all directions.

I turned and jumped off the platform, heading back to my box. Russo was introducing the next act to begin performing but my attention was on none of that. Because Ifeoma Okonkwo had been holding back in all her previous duels. That level of water manipulation was not something she had ever displayed. A fact made all the more surprising considering she’d fought two duels in the water arena. I’d never even considered that she could have been holding back just the same as I was. So now the question became, was that it— the limit of her power, or was she capable of more still. Was there still a point I was yet to push to her to.

I wanted to get back to it already. I walked into the box and found it had been stocked since I was last here. A feat considering that hadn’t even been seven minutes ago. I ignored the food, not wanting to risk anything, and made a bee line for the water. I chugged down a bottle before settling down to watch the boy band perform.

As I did so, I decided on a strategy for the next round of the duel. She’d proven that she had enough power to hang on for the short term at least. What I would test next would be her speed. How quickly could she adapt to a barrage of spells and transfigurations. I’d focus on precision over power, and quantity over quality. I wasn’t going to give her the time or space for those big spells.