Chapter 362: The Champion is......
Chapter 362: The Champion is......
The fight still goes on for two hours straight without showing any sign that it will end.
Victoria would protect herself whenever she got hit, and to not let get the impact from falling to the ground injure her, she would use Ice Armor on her to slide on the ground. She also used earth magic at the same time to flatten the ground.
As for Kayla, she's well-protected inside the giant robot. She's still got damaged time to time, but that's not a problem to her. Instead, the robot took most of the damage. But Kayla quickly repaired the robot. Still, for her to maintain the robot for this long without taking Mana potion, she has a huge amount of mana saved.
I think her mana quantities are higher than even Angela. But Angela is more powerful.
As for me, I'm doing my best to analyze the situation and explain it to everyone. I couldn't keep up with the two commentators' chatting, but if it's explaining, I can do that.
"Ah! Kayla got hit by fire attack this time! Even though the golem could protect her, it's impossible for her to protect herself from the burns!" Dwight shouted.
"That's wrong. Did you forget what Kayla is famous for in Melk?" I asked.
"That's… oh, right! She's a healer! Then, she must be ignored the damage, and heal herself while inside of the golem. Just how much mana does she has?" Dwight asked curiously.
"From my guess, she has more mana than any other participants in this tournament. Obviously, she has more than Angela's as well. But Angela's attack is much more powerful, so we still can't see who will win," I said.
"Roy, you were their party members, right? And you're the leader as well. How come you don't know about Kayla's mana quantities? Even if you have grown much stronger now, it should have been obvious in the past, right?" Steven asked.
"There's no way I would be able to know that. You do realize that I'm in a party together with Angela and Kayla, right? We can see that the two of them are powerful. As for me, even though I'm an air mage, I'm the one who taught Sara to use air magic to fight like you all saw from her match. The three of us are strong individually as well. That's why none of us ever depleted our mana when we're together," I explained.
"I don't remember much about you, but there's one thing I still remember. It was during the school exam that was displayed publicly. I remember two excellent students, but there's just one extremely weak student. He used his weak slime as a throwing weapon, and threw it to the target making him only able to reach eight point. You are that Eight, correct?" Dwight asked.
"Oh, you remember that much? That's right. Eight was me. What about it?" I asked back.
"After your turn, someone from the crowd destroyed the target practice with unknown magic. Was that you using air magic?" Dwight asked.
So, this is what he wants to ask about. Whether I'm the mystery person or not. He's quite sharp, huh?
"I'll leave that to your imagination. Seems like Kayla is too tired to maintain the golem now. We need to watch it carefully since the battle might reach the climax soon," I said.
Our attention returned back to the stage where Kayla's robot's right arm is no longer in its original shape. It's either because she has exhausted her mana, or because it's another one of her plans.
I can see what Kayla is doing inside the giant robot. She's planning something. Even though she looks tired, she hasn't given up yet.
As for Angela, she's also tired because she has been using wind magic to fly most of the time. Her flying speed is not high, but she's still tired because most of her mana consumption is from taking hit from Angela's attack and dodging them.
Kayla left the control room of the robot while leaving the robot as it is. Then, she used her light magic to make the giant robot shines. The robot's body shines brightly and makes everyone unable to look at it directly. Except for me.
She's leaving the robot, and while Angela is covering her eyes with her arms, Kayla raised the earth to make herself at the same height as Angela right behind her.
As everyone finally get used to the light, they can see Kayla is using her wand as a weapon, in her case it's a rapier, and thrusted it on Angela's chest. Of course she's not that evil to make the rapier sharp. It was blunt at the tip so it won't kill Angela.
But that's also a miscalculation, because now, Angela knows where she is, and used all four elements to attack Kayla.
Kayla was blown away and hit the ground hard. She fell unconscious in an instant.
"We have the winner! Angela is the final victor of the tournament!" Kron announced.
The whole Arena, no. The whole city cheered at the result of the long battle between the two best friends.
"I can't believe it! I watched the fight with my own eyes, but I still couldn't believe it! That precise control of earth magic, the use of Ice Armor, and many other things that I've seen today! These two are unbelievable mages!" Steven shouted.
"But what happened in the last move? I couldn't see it well because of the shining golem. Roy?" Dwight asked me.
"I can see it well. My eyes can adjust to the light better than most people, so everything was seen clearly by me. Seems like Kayla knew that her mana is about to run out, and she doesn't have any kind of magic attack that can defeat Angela in the sky. So, she musters all of her mana to raise the earth so she can be right at the same height as Angela is in the sky. Then, she used her wand covered with soil into some sort of weapon, and stabbed Angela. But Angela didn't lose, and she countered with all her four elements to finally defeat Kayla. Maybe she wanted to make sure that Kayla will absolutely be defeated. That's why she mercilessly used all four elements," I explained.
"I see. So, in the end, Angela is the stronger one," Steven said.
"Not really," I said.
"What?"
"The result was because of the rule of the tournament. No killing. Kayla made the weapon blunt as she doesn't want to kill Angela. If it's a real fight and not a tournament, Kayla is the real winner. She will make her weapon sharp and pierced through her enemy's heart without mercy. Maybe because Angela knew that, she attacked Kayla with her four elements because she knows she would have lost if it's a real fight. But the rule is the rule. The winner of the tournament is Angela. Even though Angela doesn't look happy, and Kayla fainted with a smile on her face, the match ended with Angela's victory. They have given their all for this tournament," I said.
Yeah, this match is the best one among the other matches in the tournament.
I'm kind of worried about Kayla, but I will let her rest for now. I'll just find someone else to heal my wound. Well, my wounds can be stopped by first aid. Maybe I'll wait until Kayla wakes up so she can heal me later. I'm a doctor anyway.
Since this is the final match, I paid the twins their salaries, and add some bonuses as well. Though I still smacked their heads for saying some useless things. Then I left the room.
"Sonia, go tell Candy and Veronica the match is over. Angela is the champion. And ask them if they needed some help. I'll bring some more agents to the capital if they need some," I said to Sonia.
She also watched the match when she's not being called. Though she disappears from time to time.
As for Spot, after I return to Melk, he has been with Albert and stayed in his camouflage.
Let's give report to Albert now. He's going to give the reward to the winner. It's best to report him before that so he can give the reward with a smile.
"Albert, I'm here to report," I said.
"You're not going to Kayla?" Albert asked.
"I'll do that later. About the capital, it's fine now. Veronica and Candy are there. I think it's best to return you to the capital tomorrow or the day after," I said.
"I agree. I'll listen to the rest of the report later tonight. For now, you need rest and stay by Kayla's side. I have a reward to give," Albert said.
Kayla is still unconscious and was brought by Jewel and Sara to the infirmary. I went there and did some first aid. The team should have our own healer other than Kayla.
As soon as we're the only two left in the room, other than Victoria, Kayla wakes up.
"Hey. Congratulation. What is it again? Oh, right. You won the battle, but you lost the war. AM I saying it right? Anyway, that was a close one. I'm proud of you," I said as I patted her head.
"Yeah, that was close. Angela is so strong. After our match she will only get stronger. She's amazing," Kayla said.
"Heal yourself for now. If you have some spare mana, heal me as well," I said.
Kayla healed her wounds and mine. Now, we both don't look like we were injured at all. It was as if neither of us fight at all today. I never thought that she still has enough mana to heal us both.
"Should we go and watch the closing ceremony?" I asked.
"No. Let's stay here. I want you to hug me until everything is over," Kayla said.
I hugged her and even after the closing ceremony is over, she still doesn't let go. She wants to be spoiled today after her loss against Angela. I'll let her be spoiled for today. Though if she asks me, I can spoil her every day.