BXBX NOVEL Chapter 102: Nice Try, But Not Good Enough
A moment later, all the sounds in the Grand Stadium disappeared, which made everyone experience a ringing sound in their ears.
'Powerful as ever,' Langston's father, Zack Kerr, thought. 'Even though he has already retired, he is still a force to reckon with.'
Usually, a strong wizard would be able to break the Silence Spell that someone cast, but the fact that he was unable to do it proved that the retired Magistratus was stronger than him.
Only Professor Rinehart wasn't affected by the spell, but he didn't say anything because there was no need to say anything.
While everyone was suffering from complete and utter silence, Professor Barret's words spread in the surroundings.
"I will release the silence spell when the match starts," Professor Barret stated. "I ask everyone to be calm and watch the duel between Ethan Gremory and Lily Langley. So, are both combatants ready?"
Since the Grand Silence Spell was still in effect, no words came out of Ethan's and Lily's mouth. Instead, both nodded and took a fighting stance with their wands at the ready.
Professor Barret then nodded his head and announced the start of the duel.
"Duel Start!"
As soon as he spoke those words, he teleported outside of the arena and lifted the silence spell, allowing the two combatants to cast their spells.
""Magna Amplifico!""
Ethan and Lily chanted the same spell at the very start of the match. However, there was a big difference between the two.
A faint blue light appeared around Ethan's body, while a faint golden light appeared around Lily's body for a brief moment.
Although Ethan chanted the spell Magna Amplifico, the spell that took effect was the regular Amplifico, and not its more powerful version.
Lily giggled because he found Ethan's attempt quite amusing. However, before she could even cast any other spell, Ethan charged in her direction with a determined look on his face.
When he was only a dozen meters away from Lily, Ethan tapped his chest and uttered the spell, Duplici, creating a clone.
Ethan repeated this spell, and created another clone.
In the eyes of everyone in the Stadium, there were three Ethans running towards Lily in unison.
Lily was unfazed by Ethan's strategy because she had already seen this during the handsome teenager's battle against Langston.
Although there were three Ethans charging towards her, she was able to tell which one was real due to her heightened senses.
"Your tricks won't work on me, Ethan," Lily said with confidence as she cast the spell that would paralyze her opponent.
"Impediendum!"
Ethan had expected his opponent to cast a spell to counter him when he got close enough, so he ordered his clones to advance in front of him, blocking Lily's view.
Even though she knew where the real Ethan was, her vision couldn't see past Ethan's clones, allowing the teenage boy to dodge her spell, Impendium, and cast another spell of his own.
But, before doing so, Ethan covered his lips with his robe to muffle the words that he was about to blurt out.
"Lux Caeca!"
The moment he cast his spell, his two clones moved to the sides. A moment later, a blinding light emerged from the tip of Ethan's wand, making Lily subconsciously close her eyes.
Ethan had covered his face with the robe at the start, so he wasn't too affected by the light.
When he canceled his spell, he was only a few meters away from Lily.
His plan was to push the young lady out of the arena and end the match as soon as possible before she even knew what hit her.
However, just as his hands were about to touch his opponent's robe, a teasing voice reached his ears.
"Nice try, Ethan," Lily whispered. "But not good enough."
Perhaps it was his instincts, or the fruit of his training with Nicole, but the teenage boy subconsciously jumped to his right side and rolled on the ground.
If he didn't do that, Lily's kick, which was supposed to send him outside of the arena, would have hit him without question.
"Oh? You dodged that?" Lily smiled. "Very impressive."
Ethan hurriedly propped himself up and took a defensive stance.
One of his concerns was if Lily managed to dodge the first strategy that he, Chloe, and Luna had devised together.
If this plan didn't work then the chances of the other plans succeeding was low because his opponent would already be on her guard.
"Playtime's over," Lily declared as she pointed her wand to the ground in front of her.
"Vocare Glaciem Vulpes!"
An Ice Fox appeared in front of her, and immediately started to cast Ice Bullets at Ethan, preventing him from getting close.
The Ice Bullets were so fast, giving Ethan no time to dodge. Just as he was desperately thinking of what to do, a spell appeared inside his head.
Ethan didn't know why, but for some reason, he was confident that he would be able to cast this spell because she had absorbed the power of the witch, who specialized in using Fire Magic.
"Ignis Murus!"
A wall of fire rose up in front of Ethan, melting the ice bullets that were being fired in his direction by the Ice Fox, turning it into steam.
Chloe, who saw this, subconsciously covered her lips because she understood that Ethan was using her magic to fight against the girl who thought she had the upper hand.
"That Fire Wall is quite intense," Nicole commented before giving Chloe a side-long glance.
The pink-haired beauty was starting to become suspicious of how Ethan was able to cast spells even though he was a Dud.
First he was able to use one of the most sought-after spells in the world, a Resonance.
Although Ethan was only able to use Partial Resonance, it was still a Resonance, allowing other Wizards and Witches to take note of his name.
The second was Fae Magic.
Nicole already knew that Ethan and the Fairies have a close relationship. Because of this, she thought that the handsome teenager had found a way to use the magic of others.
After seeing the blazing firewall in front of her, her suspicions only became stronger.
She knew that Chloe specialized in Fire Magic, and Ethan's magic power seemed to have the same feeling as his cousin's.
'I'll get on the bottom of this soon,' Nicole mused as she set these thoughts aside and focused on the match.
Right now, Ethan was fighting one of the rivals that she had acknowledged.
When she said that she felt that Ethan would win the fight against Lily earlier, she was only half serious about it.
She understood that it would take more than a fluke to beat Lily in a match, so she was very curious to see how Ethan planned to win against an opponent that even Nicole didn't have a lot of confidence in beating.
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