Book 2 of the original ln series, 'Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage'.
The fate of Xeleria hangs in the balance as darkness threatens to consume all that Nyima and her friends cherish. As the umber forces advance, Nyima, Lei, and...
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"Every team member will be placed someplace differently," the announcer said as her bubble neared the runners. "The teams with only three or four members can choose racers to run the stretches they lack teammates for after the third or fourth stretch respectively."
Everyone except for Adela, Iah, Ashynna, Yen, Ulissis, a white haired, blue eyed boy called Marshall, and the green haired H.E.H. girl whose name was Aida, were warped away into different areas of the track.
"I'll run through the rules quickly. First off you are only allowed to use three spells. You aren't allowed to use space, time, or teleportation magic. Second you will each be given a baton with the flag of your country. You aren't allowed to throw the baton or roll it over to your next member. The third rule which relates to the first is that you are allowed to eliminate members by using your magic."
I glanced up at the big screen televisions spread throughout the stadium. The camera zoomed into the five who stayed back as they were handed a baton that resembled their flags.
"Get into your positions. Get ready...and start!" Adela, Yen, and Ashynna bolted out of the starting line while Iah and Aida started off slowly. Everyone else ran at a more moderate pace.
"What's with your team member?" I asked, turning to Azure.
Azure looked up and smiled. "'Buy your time, your opponent will tire soon enough'," he said, most likely reciting someone else's words. "Though cousin originally planned to have Darin run the first part... wonder why he switched spots."
"I bet it was cause he wanted to race Adela," Celeste said, giggling.
Right, those two mentioned having had a rivalry since kids.
Lei stood up. "Sister, slow down!" he yelled.
"She can't hear you," Eu said. "You might not have noticed, but since the race began, a one way sound proof barrier was put up. We can hear them, but they can't hear us."
"So our cheers are for nothing?" I asked.
"The sentiment is still there, though," Lei's uncle said, chuckling.
"Damn," Lei said. "Sis... slow down, don't exhaust yourself... that strategy... Iah used it against me when we first fought didn't he?"
"Seems that way," I said, nodding. "He kept taunting you to exhaust yourself... and he did the same with me." I chuckled. "In the end we were too much for him, as he was exhausted himself."
Lei nodded. "Right, Iah had to use a lot of energy to block our onslaughts."
"No way," Azure said, his eyes big. "You two are that strong?"
"You battled Iah?" Celeste asked, as intrigued as Azure. "So one of you two defeated my cousin?"
