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Chapter 5Magic

A deep voice in my head asked me if I wanted magic and power in order to defeat Zaramba and I said yes. The moment I did my whole body was engulfed in energy. An energy so huge I didn't know what to with it. The audience and zaramba who were watching were surprised from the scene. As people who could use magic in this world are so little and one of the elite said the announcer. However this didn't stop Zaramba from trying to hit me. I mean all I did was awaken my magic I still didn't know what to do with it. The unknown voice in my head than started to speak again.

Unknown Voice: "Sora calm down in order to control your energy or everything will be wasted."

Sora: "How do I control it?"

Unknown voice: "Just focus the energy in the areas that you want to protect or use in an attack."

Sora (while dogging Zaramba's punch): "How?"

Unknown voice (talking very fast): "Listen to me Sora the energy in your body is more like trapped water in your body. The moment you want to use it, is like opening the tap water. Right know all this released energy will drain your body from it's source. So imagine yourself not surrounded with water."

While I was running through the arena I did what that girlish voice in my head said. I closed my eyes and imagined my self deep deep in the ocean floor. And from that ocean floor I imagined a bubble surrounding my body, protecting me from the massive water. When I opened my eyes I saw that the energy surrounding my body disappeared. But it didn't disappear eternally. I could still feel the energy ready to pop out from my body the moment I want to pop the bubble.

Sora: "What should I do know?"

Unknown Voice : "If you want to defend an attack just imagine that the water became as solid as ice in the area you want to protect. The same could be said for attacking."

In that moment I decided to stop running and go to the offensive. I dodged his right punch first, then jumped up his left punch to his face and then imagined. I imagined my hands surrounded with water that turned into a freezing solid ice and punched Zaramba in his face. The shock of the punch drifted me away from Zaramba, While Zaramba himself swayed for a second and then fell into the arena unconscious. The audience who were watching were started cheering again this time even louder than before. I thought that the whole town could hear the voices from their homes.

After the match ended I went back into the fighters waiting area. I was so tired that the moment I entered I fell down into my knees. My body was so hurt that I didn't know what I should do about the final. I thought that maybe since there is a 30 minutes break into the final I might be able to rest. But I knew that I was lying to my body. In reality I shouldn't be able to stand for at least 3 days. Then Mrs. Pearson came into the fighters resting area. She told the soldier who was guarding the place that she would only talk to me.

Mrs. Pearson: " Watanabe-kun, I want to thank you for everything you did. You know that you can rest know. I mean you already won the 10 gold coins which are more than enough for our nursing school. Please Watanabe-kun. Please stop fighting."

Sora (smiling): "It is true that with this I would have won the second place in the tournament. However Mrs. Pearson when I was in the arena just know and my energy exploded I felt I could do everything now. If someone told me to jump of the roof and come back alive I would have done so unscathed. Mrs. Pearson I know that you worried about me, but I just want to go out there one more time to use my energy."

Mrs. Pearson: "In this case let my help you get better."

Sora: "How?"

Mrs. Pearson: "I actually also can use magic. Light magic to be exact. It is not suited for fighting. But it is more than enough to heal your wounds."