Rising of the Weakest Mage

Vol 2/Ch 20 - The Infamous Duel II

Allen was still in the middle of his duel against Nathaniel Rivertide. He had tried to rush in and land a strike on him, only to find that Nathaniel had easily dodged his strike. It was then he remembered that he had beaten Rose in a duel, so he must've been able to keep up with her insane speeds, or easily dodge her attacks. Finally, he realized his duel would be much more difficult than he originally anticipated.

"What's wrong, Allen Fleming?," Nathaniel asked, smirking. "Wasn't expecting me to dodge that strike of yours, did you?"

Allen could only feel frustrated after he failed the first strike, and realized he would have to push harder to win this duel. After all, if he lost, he would lose his sword. His sword is what he offered to give up if he lost, and if he lost it he would lose his only physical connection he has to his real mother. He still has yet to figure out where his real mother is, let alone who she is.

"Hah, take this!," Nathaniel yelled as he sent a magical blast of water Allen's way.

Before Allen could react, it hit him head on and sent him flying back a little. He was too busy caught up in his thoughts to concentrate on his duel. As a result, he got hit and fell on his back.

"Is this really how this duel is going to go? I was expecting more, you know!," Nathaniel laughed as he slowly walked over to Allen, already preparing another spell.

"This duel isn't over quite yet!," Allen yelled as he quickly got back on his feet.

"You still have that much energy in you despite getting hit head on?," Nathaniel asked, with a curious yet mischievous look on his face.

"It's going to take more than that to defeat me!," Allen yelled, preparing himself for his next attack.

"Good, cause I was about to feel so bad for this duel ending so soon!," Nathaniel grinned as he prepared his next spell.

If I want to win this duel, I am going to have to push more for the offensive, Allen thought. I cannot just allow him to stay on the offensive. I still don't know how much mana he has left, or if he will start hitting me with more powerful attacks.

Allen immediately started to concentrate and focus on the mana inside of him. He focused it towards his legs, allowing movement of his legs to be faster and easier to move. In order to strike Nathaniel, he needed to be faster than him.

"What are you doing?," Nathaniel asked, curious. He had noticed Allen took a second to close his eyes. "If you're not going to pay attention, I'll just take you down here and now!"

Nathaniel sent out a powerful blast of water magic, aimed straight for Allen. Allen still had his eyes closed, even after it was cast.

Concentrate, Allen thought. Allow my mana to flow freely to my legs. Allow it to help me push myself further, and take down Nathaniel head on. All I need is one solid strike on Nathaniel, and that should take him down!

Right before the blast hit Allen, he opened his eyes wide and located Nathaniel's position. Focusing where he was, he quickly veered to the right of the magic, dodging it completely. Using his mana to make him much quicker, he rushed towards Nathaniel's position, fast enough for an untrained eye to almost completely miss his entire movement.

"Where did you-," Nathaniel started to say, as he noticed Allen completely vanished from his position in an instant.

"Right here!," Allen yelled as he striked Nathaniel from behind.

Nathaniel just noticed Allen in time to barely veer forward to dodge the attack. He quickly turned around and quickly gathered a spell to send at Allen to buy himself some time to prepare himself for another head on strike.