Ancient Pasts - Tbate

Bladeheart

"Let us begin," the examiner declared, obviously a bit vexed by the boy's lack of respect. 

At her signal, Lucas immediately jumped back as he chanted a spell. "Arise, my protector!"

[Flame Guardian]

A pillar of fire erupted in front of him, fading to reveal a two-meter tall humanoid made of flames. 

"Looks like we have a special little talent today. As expected of someone from the Wykes Family," the augmenter examiner whistled in awe. 

The flame guardian sprinted towards the examiner, leaving smoldering footprints in its path as Lucas started to cast another spell. So he does have some skill to back up his ego.

The female examiner was a bit impressed but she responded skillfully with a wave of her grey staff and a few words to ignite her spell. 

[Earth Tomb]

Three triangular planes of solid earth shot up from the ground, trapping the fire guardian inside a pyramid of rock. It was a good response. The flame guardian would naturally disappear once it used up the limited amount of oxygen inside the tomb.

Lucas chortled in response, however, as he finished his chant. "Too late, Miss Examiner. "

[Ember Wisps]

The ruby stone embedded on his staff shined a dazzling orange as a spark burst up in the air. The seemingly harmless spark exploded like a firework, separating into dozens of small, floating tendrils of fire. The tendrils remained afloat all around the stage, surrounding the both of them. 

"The boy is good," Jasmine complimented, giving a rare sign of approval. 

The examiner's face turned serious now. I was a little confused about the purpose of those floating embers, but my question was soon answered.

"Expulsion!" Lucas raised his staff above his head as he continued dashing backward. 

Suddenly, the dozens of fire tendrils radiated a bright red before shooting out beams of fire at the examiner. The examiner aimed her staff down at the ground below her as she calmly continued chanting. The surface around her glimmered a bright yellow as multiple pieces of the earth began emerging from the ground.

[Stone Shard Field]

The glowing rocks darted into formation to block the lasers of flame. Only, it didn't just block the lasers but redirected them towards Lucas. 

"Release!" Lucas paled as he desperately yelled. The wisps in the air disappeared but the flames that were already shot out were still heading towards him. 

Pointing his huge staff at the multiple trails of flames rapidly approaching him, he let out another spell. 

[Fire Twister]

A cyclone of fire just large enough to surround him generated from the ground. The trails of flame got caught up in the vortex of the fire tornado, merging into it. 

"Pierce," the examiner commanded with a fluid motion. The rock shards that had redirected the flames wobbled before they shot forward at the flame tornado Lucas was hiding within. The large shards of rock bulleted through the fire tornado, shredding it out of existence. The shards stopped just short of the angry but trembling Lucas, who was shielding himself with his staff held in front of him. 

"How dare you! This preposterous lack of decency for a mere rank exam should be recorded and dealt with accordingly!" Lucas cried out with baleful eyes. His once creamy complexion was a few shades lighter as a layer of sweat covered his body.