X-Loves: From Another World
Chapter 24: The Fire Bird

“DWII!!” Anna screamed in panic at what had happened to her partner.

The ground he was poking on suddenly pulled him very strongly. In the face-down position, Dwi could not withstand the very strong gravitational force. It seems that the Javanese man tried to rise, but it was useless. He was drawn to the ground very strongly.

“Sial, what technique is this?” said.

Not long after, his opponent Henrick came out from underground laughing with a grinning mouth.

“Hahaha…. How does it feel to be attracted by the immensely powerful force of gravity, Dwi Septianto?”

Henrick walked up to him haughtily.

“It, what technique is it?” Anna wonders about the magic used by Henrick.

“Gravitasia Monsta” says Licia beside her.

“What?”

“Earth magic technique that manipulates the force of gravity to pull its opponent to the ground. That's one of Bhumi's magic techniques that is quite difficult to master,” explains Licia.

“Dwi..” Anna looks back at the arena.

Meanwhile on the battle field, Dwi was trying to stand up and break away from the technique, even though it was very difficult to do. The man still seemed helpless to resist the force of gravity. However, Henrick was not satisfied with that.

“This is not enough. I'll finish you to pieces,”

Henrick pointed his right hand towards Dwi, then recited a spell.

“Feel this. Summon, Chakravyuha”

WINGG. His position was right in the middle of the circle. Seen some light that resembles a horseman appears to rotate its position in the other layer.

“Aghh..

“DWII”

The man looked in pain. He was helpless after the force of gravity pulled him firmly to the ground, and now the effect of the summoning magic was.

“That, that name..”

Anna felt familiar with the name of the technique. Yup, ‘Chakravyuha’. In the real world where Anna and Dwi originated, it is the name of an Ancient Indian-era war formation in the Mahabharata story. It was the formation used to kill Abhimanyu son of Arjuna.

Anna was surprised that the term also existed in this parallel world. But he seemed confused, what effect resulted from the technique, is the same as in the real world, ‘kill someone who was in the middle’. But before thinking any further about it, the spell-caller immediately said it.

“Hahaha... You must be confused right? This is Summon's sucking technique where. With this technique I can suck all the mana in your body, and I will beat you with pain that you cannot imagine before, haha.”.

“Pe... Which sucker?”

Hearing that, Anna grew increasingly panicked, even more so seeing the position of Dwi who could not even get up. He was really worried that his friend would lose by running out of mana in his body. He was unable to imagine what would happen if a human ran out of mana in his body.

“Dwi.. How is this?”

But unlike Anna, Aldy who was sitting next to her laughed at her. The panicked Anna immediately approached him and pulled the collar of his uniform.

“Ahh... Brother Aldy, why are you laughing? Dwi...”.

“Hahaha... Bad tactics,”

“Eh?”

The frightened look on Anna's face immediately turned confused. What his senior meant, about the tactics used by Henrick.

“What? You mean?”

“He used the wrong technique at the wrong time. There was a huge gap to break it. Moreover, he instead explained his technique directly to his opponent, it was the same as suicide,” explained Aldy.

“Eh..?” Anna still doesn't understand.

“We'll see in the future, what will happen to that person,” Aldy said.

Anna takes her grip off Aldy. He was not too panicked right now, but he was still confused by what the white-haired man said.

Meanwhile inside the arena, Dwi was still trying to get up while racking her brain. He must immediately find a way to escape the influence of magic before his mana runs out. But he still hadn't come up with an idea to turn things around.

“Sial, how is this? Thinking Dwi, thinking,” he said inwardly.

“Think again, Dwi. How can you escape this Summon magic... Eh wait.... Summon?’.

Dwi finally realized something, a thing that made it an opportunity for him to turn things around.

“Ah, I get it now. It's summoning magic apparently, not sealing magic,”

BRUKK. Perhaps it was the effect of the ever less amount of mana in his body. But fortunately he already knew how to escape the technique.

“Alright then,”

Dwi raised her right hand with great difficulty. Henrick's laughing voice was still clearly in front of him, but it was an advantage for him.

“Mantra Copyright, Bhumi, Stalagmit” Circle

BAKK.. Dwi jerked his hand to the arena floor, and miraculously appeared the pointy rocks surrounding him. The pointed rock pierced the entire light creature from Chakravyuha's magic. And since the ‘ mana’-sucking creatures produced by the technique came from Summon's magic, it meant that it could be destroyed. And it's true that Dwi's estimate.

“APA?”

Henrick who was initially laughing in excitement was immediately surprised to see his opponent successfully break his magic. He looked angry to see it. And without further ado, he immediately attacked Dwi's position surrounded by pointy rocks.

“DON'T HOPE YOU CAN WIN AGAINST ME! MANTRA CIPTA, BARA, MULTI BOLLA RIFTAKA!!!”

Henrick attacked Dwi with dozens of fireballs. The objects exploded just as they hit the pointy rocks, producing an extremely dense smoke. The Tapanuli man gave him no chance to fight back.

“Huff..”

He sighed, thinking that it was all over. But unfortunately he was too arrogant. He was overconfident and underestimated his opponent.

“AP-“

A gigantic dark hand suddenly shot out from that dense puff of smoke, instantly grasping it and carrying it upwards.

“Uh…. Damn,”

Henrick tried to escape from the grasp of the giant black hand, but it seemed useless. Meanwhile, the dense smoke disappeared and the position of Dwi is now clearly visible. He seemed to be clenching his left hand forward like he was holding something.

“Badness,”

Henrick looked very angry and tried to break away. But Dwi did not want to waste that opportunity to turn things around and win the fight. He also brought out his ultimate technique.

“Burn to ashes. Copyright Spell, Bara, Phoenix” Float

He turned his right hand toward Henrick, and created a firebird and released it. The bird then darted and struck the body of Henrick, who was in the grasp of the hand of darkness, producing a great fire that burned it.

“AAAAAA..

The man shouted out in heat, burning from the fire bird's magic. The spectators who saw Dwi using the technique only fell silent with shocked gazes, some of them looking gawking. Anna and Licia from the audience were also speechless. While Aldy who sat beside them smiled widely, as if he already knew what the Javanese man was going to do.

Dwi let the firebird devour and burn Henrick in his grasp. Once enough was felt, he clenched his hand and removed the magic. His opponent's body was now clearly visible. Part of his body was visibly charred by the fire bird's magic.

“A...ku... ka... lah.....?”

BRUKK. Henrick fell down shortly after Dwi unleashed the influence of her dark hand magic. There was no sign that he would get back on his feet and continue fighting. That means, Dwi has already managed to conquer it.

“Good. The winner of this match is Dwi Septianto from Jailolo National Magic Academy!!!”

WHOAA.. Applause and cheers were heard from the bleachers who were amazed by the fight.

“Huff..”

Dwi managed to win that fierce fight. He had to admit, his opponent this time was an extremely powerful fighting magician. He almost fell into his hands. With a sweaty face, he sat exhausted.

Not for long, a girl ran up to him and hugged him tightly. The blond girl was seen crying, worried that something would happen to her, but fortunately the man managed to finish this fight as a champion.

“Uhh..”.

“Hua…. Thank goodness you're all right..”.

Feeling the warm embrace of the girl made Dwi feel happy. But there was something that confused him. His emotions, the emotions of his partner. He seemed to dissolve in the atmosphere, but not in himself as he should. That means everything is changing, as they live in this parallel world. But, putting that aside, Dwi seems happy because she managed to win her fierce fight, and there are people who really care about her.

“You've changed a lot, Anna. Hopefully we can come back soon,”