Ethan’s kick was so strong that it actually sent his opponent flying outside of the arena.
Cedric crashed on the ground and rolled over a few times before coming to a complete stop.
He still couldn’t believe what had happened even as he propped himself up and looked at the handsome young man, who was looking at him from the arena.
“Come back here,” Ethan ordered. “This duel will only end until one of us concedes, loses consciousness, or is unable to continue battling. Or do you perhaps want to surrender? Fine by me.”
The people in the arena were taken completely by surprise by how the events unfolded.
Everything happened so fast, and before they knew it, Cedric was already sprawled on the ground outside of the arena.
The students of Nightfall Academy had recognized the Second Year Student as a Prodigy.
The genius among geniuses, and for him to be defeated this easily made them wonder if Ethan was cheating somehow.
Professor Barret, who was seated along with his students, looked at Ethan with a look of satisfaction on his face.
‘Good! Good! Good!’ Professor Barret said in his heart. ‘These bastards have been looking down on us over these past few years. This little payback has been long overdue. Rinehart did a good job in sending this boy here.’
The Ex-Magistratus couldn’t help but laugh in his heart as he glanced at Nero, whose face had turned pale after seeing Cedric’s sorry state.
It took a while for Cedric to register what had happened to him.
He only snapped out of his daze when Ethan had spoken.
Right now, he could feel his cheeks burning due to embarrassment and anger.
Everyone thought that he would scream and charge at Ethan and hack him to pieces, but the Second Year only calmly walked up to the arena in order to face his opponent once again.
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‘Not bad,’ Sebastian said through telepathy. ‘This kid is level-headed.’
‘Mmm, that, he is,’ Ethan’s Other-Half agreed. ‘But knowing how our boy likes to handle things, Cedric will soon lose that composure of his.’
‘Ah. That I don’t doubt.’
‘Let’s continue to watch.’
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“I will now fight you seriously, so prepare yourself,” Cedric commented.
Ethan playfully made the “Come and get me” gesture with his wand with a smirk on his face, taunting his opponent.
Cedric took a deep breath before raising his sword and pointing it at his opponent.
“Sagittae Lucis!” Cedric shouted.
A moment later, countless arrows of light flew toward Ethan, making the students of Nightfall Academy regain their composure and start cheering.
Although they were still reeling from what had happened earlier, they didn’t want a student from their academy to lose, especially someone like Cedric, whom everyone worshiped and treated as a Prodigy.
The other academies, especially those that were not on good terms with Brynhildr Academy, watched this battle closely.
The majority of them knew that Ethan was able to use Partial Resonance, and they were mainly here to gauge just how strong he was.
Of course, they also wanted him to lose, but more than anything else, they wanted to see if the rumors of him being able to use Partial Resonance were true or not.
As countless arrows descended towards Ethan, the latter pointed his wand forward and counterattacked.
“Fairie Ignis Impetum!” Ethan shouted.
A second later, countless small purple fireballs flew towards the Arrows of Light and collided with them.
The sound of explosions reverberated within the arena as the two attacks nullified each other.
The Fairies who were watching this battle all cheered, and their impression of Ethan was raised by a notch.
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“Fairy Magic is Supreme!” one of the Fairies shouted.
“““Fairy Magic is Supreme!”””
Cedric sneered as he continued to unleash countless Arrows of Light against his opponent.
‘Challenging me in a battle of Magic Reserves?” Cedric sneered. ‘Fine. I’ll show you the difference between the two of us!’
What Cedric didn’t know was that Ethan was having the same thoughts as him.
‘Let’s see if you can beat the Magical Reserves of countless fairies,’ Ethan laughed in his heart. ‘If you succeed in depleting my magical reserve, I will acknowledge that you are indeed a Prodigy.’
Spamming countless spells, even if they were low-level spells, required great concentration and Magic Reserves.
The higher the Mana of the Wizard or Witch, the more spells they could unleash.
Sometimes, the difference in Magic Reserves was the deciding factor in a duel between magic users.
How could you win a duel if you suddenly ran out of Magic mid-battle?
Cedric was confident that he would be the last man standing in a battle of magical power.
Actually, he even wanted to thank Ethan for choosing this mode of battle. With this, Cedric would be able to show his superiority and make his opponent understand that he was indeed the better Wizard between them.
Nero, as well as the students of Nightfall Academy, were confident that Cedric would win this exchange. However, as the minutes passed, their confidence was slowly decreasing because Ethan was matching Cedric’s barrage, with a barrage of his own.
And five minutes later, Cedric was already sweating profusely as his Magical Reserves were nearly drained.
The teenager couldn’t believe that he was actually losing in a battle of magical powers.
The Second Year knew that he couldn’t continue to battle like this, so he decided to change his approach even if it would make him look like he had lost the exchange.
Cedric was the first one to stop his spell barrage and chanted a spell that gave him wings of light, enabling him to fly.
Ethan continued to bombard the flying Second Year with Fairy Fire, forcing Cedric to dodge with everything he had.
‘C-Cedric lost in a battle of spell casting?!’ Nero opened his mouth wide. ‘Isn’t his opponent a Dud?! How can he have this much magic power? Did my informants lie to me?!’
Nero wasn’t the only one who had this reaction. In fact, the moment Ethan started to unleash a barrage of purple fireballs at his opponent, the Headmasters of the other Academies felt that something was wrong.
Similar to Nero, they were also informed that Ethan was actually a Dud and had very limited Magical Reserves.
For him to show his magical superiority like this made them wonder if the Headmaster of Brynhildr Academy had purposely leaked false information in order to confuse them.
‘That Rinehart is still as sly as a fox.’ Nero gritted his teeth in anger. ‘He played me!’
If only Nero and the other Headmasters knew that Ethan was like an athlete on steroids due to the vast magical reserves he currently had after kissing countless Fairies, all of them would be crying foul by now.
After a minute of bombardment, Ethan stopped firing fireballs, which made everyone sigh in relief.
They thought that Ethan had already run out of Magical Power, which made them feel a little better.
However, the handsome young man’s next move made them almost curse out loud.
“Faerie Fuga!” Fairy wings appeared on Ethan’s back, which made the Fairies loudly cheer his name, and continue shouting “Fairy Supremacy!”
But it didn’t end there.
Ethan tapped his chest with his wand and once again cast a spell.
“Magna Duplici!”
Ethan created six clones of himself, who all took to the skies.
“Beautiful…” Lilian muttered as she looked at Ethan with a flushed expression on her face. “He is like a Fairy Prince.”
The other girls in the academy shared her sentiment, but they soon found out that this Fairy Prince wasn’t a gentle prince, but a Prince who had come to show his deadly might.
“““Fairie Ignis Impetum!”””
All six Clones unleashed a barrage of purple fireballs, making Cedric’s eyes shrink.
With a roar of defiance, he raised his shield in front of him and activated a barrier.
Powerful explosions spread in the surroundings as Ethan’s unholy barrage landed on his target.
The clones were merely illusions, so only the fireballs that the real Ethan had unleashed actually dealt damage.
However, the illusionary fireballs were so numerous, that there was simply no place for Cedric to hide, forcing him to defend and endure the one-sided onslaught.
Due to the explosions, he wasn’t able to hear the sounds of the whistling of wind.
But even if he could hear it, he still wouldn’t be able to do anything because his shield was blocking his vision.
He didn’t know that Ethan’s Sea God’s Trident, imbued with Lightning Magic, was about to collide with his shield.
A moment later, a pained cry was heard inside the stadium as the Prodigy of Nightfall Academy was sent flying by Ethan’s powerful strike.