X-Loves: From Another World
Chapter 30: This is a Fight?
TINGG..The lacing of the sharp weapon produced a shrill sound. A girl is seen directing an ice sword at the other girl sitting down. Meanwhile behind them were seen ice arrows that stuck on the ground of the arena. The traces of the magic battle between the two were so clearly visible there. There is nothing more to do than attack or defend the girl named Nikita Innes. With an ice sword pointed at him, he declared his defeat in the magic battle.
“Good, Alita. I surrendered. You are a formidable witch,”, praise Nikita.
The speech was the decision for the referee to declare who the winner of the inaugural round of 8 of the 21st National Magic Adu Tournament was.
“Good. The winner of this match is Alita Chaniago from Jailolo National Magic Academy!!!”
The audience again cheered after the Pagaruyung girl managed to defeat her alma mater friend. The ice sword he was holding disappeared, as well as the arrows behind them. The fight is over. With her innocent gaze, Alita found out that she had won and advanced to the semi-finals.
“I win again?” he murmured with a soft voice.
Unexpectedly, Nikita jumped straight at him and hugged him tightly. This made the clumsy girl surprised. His red face blushed in embarrassment as the event was seen by many.
“EEEHHH?”
Even so, Nikita seemed to not care about it and continued to hug Alita tightly. The girl looked amazed and praised her ability.
“Whoa…. You're so great, Alita. I salute you. Hopefully you can be a winner in this tournament yes, hehe.”, Nikita said as she hugged him.
Wholesome moment again occurred in the magic battle tournament. A losing participant over his opponent expressed his support while hugging warmly. The Emperor of Nusantara, Hilal Hasanuddin from Mangkasara who watched the match from the throne of his greatness also looked amazed and appreciated the moment.
“Well, this is what I like,” he said while clapping.
This game is really sporty. There was no cheating or emotional overload from both participants. Both Nikita and Alita, both of them fought each other with all their might, but without feeling excessive anger with each other. This is what makes all the spectators who watched the game feel amazed, even though their magic shoot is very epic.
For information, in the top 8 match this time, the order of the participants who will fight is randomized. The first match brought together Nikita Innes and Alita Chaniago, and the girl from Pagaruyung was the winner. The second, third, and fourth matches will bring together Dwi Septianto against Tubagus Sila, Anna Sahilatua against Rebecca Coal, and Budi Hirata against Ruri Yana. The same method will also be applied to the semi-final match later.
After the match, Dwi stared at the field while holding his chin. He seemed to be thinking about something.
“Hey, what's wrong with you, Dwi?” ask Anna.
“Hmm... If I win against Tubagus, in the semi-finals I will face Alita, right?” Dwi asked back.
“Of course.the chart will say so,”
“Hmm..”
Dwi held her chin back while thinking. This made Anna suspicious of him.
“Why? You don't want to fight Alita, just because she can use ice magic?” ask Anna.
“Oh, no. I don't think so. I will try my hardest to win this tournament. It's just..”
“What's all?”
“...I don't know,”
The man was really confused how to explain it. But when viewed from the look on his face, he was like a person who was worried. Unlike when he first fought, he did not look too excited this time. I don't know what he was thinking.
“Ah, you're in”
…
The second match will start soon. The two participants, Dwi Septianto from Jailolo National Magic Academy and Tubagus Sila from Pakuwon Region Magic Academy had already faced each other in the arena. The referee on the sidelines was talking to some other staff while preparing for the fight.
Tubagus looks fresh fit and excited, but different from his opponent Dwi. He seemed uninspired and lethargic. The look on his face showed no desire to win that match. Seeing this, the Pakuwon man asked him.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Eh, no really. I'm doing fine. Let's fight as hard as we can,” said Dwi while putting up the horses.
“Ah, thank goodness then,” Tubagus replied back with a smile while putting up the fighting horses as well.
The referee on the sidelines raised his hand, giving a warning to start the match.
“Good, ready,”
“Siap”
“Start!!”
WUSHH... Tubagus swiftly pulled his right leg back and cast a spell, intending to launch a long-range attack on Dwi.
“Mantra Copyright, Bhumi, Mini Lembing”
Tubagus threw several small earth spears towards Dwi. Casually the man avoided it easily without expression. Actually it was the first attack that might even be too easy to break, but the expression shown by Dwi was as if he was thinking about something so as not to focus too much on fighting.
Even so, the Javanese man did not necessarily let his opponent win easily just like that. Now he cast a spell and prepared to strike back.
“Mantra Copyright, Asta, Levitasia”
WUSHH. His unusual speed was obtained with the help of dark magic on the soles of his feet. Do not forget also he cast another spell to attack him directly.
“Gerudi Samsaq Kalaq”
He clenched his hands together and coated them with drill-shaped dark magic. It is a combination of magic ‘boxing sheath’ Samsaq Kalaq with magic ‘bor’ Gerudi. A punch he landed on Tubagus' face even though he easily managed to avoid it, even avoiding the incision from the dark drill.
“Good tactics. That way he can be immune from sealing magic attacks,” praise Licia who watched the match.
“What do you mean?” ask Anna beside him.
“Oh so..”.
“Well, this way most likely he can win easily,” Licia continued.
But unlike the girl, Aldy felt something was wrong from the fight, especially from the attacks launched by Dwi.
“But, I feel like something is wrong with Dwi this time,”
“Eh, mean sister?” Anna looked at him.
“Maybe this is just my feeling, but this time I see Dwi not too excited in fighting,”
“Eh?”
They watched the game again. There is indeed a change in Dwi's fighting style compared to before. During his first match against Henrick, he actually cast various kinds of terrible magic to defeat his opponent, such as a giant dark snake, dragon breath, and fire birds. But this time he instead used ‘ physical attacks under the guise of magic’ like what was done by Anna in the previous match.
“What might he be saving where?”
“But isn't her magic mastery much more perfect than mine? Isn't she able to use magic much more effectively than me?”
Anna was confused by what tactics her partner was using. No one knew for sure what the man was thinking of defeating his opponent. Or maybe it's true what Aldy said,
he is no longer excited about winning this tournament.
“Ah... Make what think useless things like that,”
Anna patted him on the cheek. The blonde girl tried to convince herself that Dwi would win this match. He stood up and shouted at her.
“AYO DWI, EXHALE YOUR DRAGON APIMU AGAIN!!!”
As if not listening to what his partner said, Dwi continued to use the tactic against him. He has not switched to any other means, including with the deadly magic he used against Henrick before.
“What does he think?”
It did not feel the match had been running for more than 5 minutes, but no significant attack that succeeded in hitting the Pakuwon man. The battles were boring, unlike the previous battles that were full of unique and deadly techniques.
Until that time the Dwi dark drill will hit right into Tubagus' head. But the attack was too weak. The Pakuwon man easily repelled the attack with his land magic.
“Parisha Bhumi”
BRUKK.. The ground shield precisely sends Dwi's chin and makes it bounce upwards. He rolled around a few times before actually landing on the ground.
Tubagus realized that the attack was quite weak magic. He thought, there is no way a Dwi Septianto who is able to use the magic of the giant snake of darkness so that the breath of the fire dragon can be uprooted with just such an attack. But his estimate was wrong. Unexpected by anyone who was there, Dwi immediately raised his hand and immediately ended the fight.
“Alright, Tubagus. You won,”
“What?”
“Eh?”
As if he could not believe what he had heard, Tubagus approached the man and said in a louder voice.
“What do you mean?”
“You didn't hear, did you? You're winning. I give up,”
Tubagus could only be silent to hear it. The referee on the edge of the arena was also confused, what reason the man preferred to withdraw from the fight, when he should still be able to continue the fight. But what power, he had raised his hand a surrender sign. The referee must respect his decision.
“Good. The winner of this match is Tubagus Sila from the Pakuwon Region Magic Academy!!!”
Unlike the previous matches, this time there was almost no reaction of admiration and amazement from the people who watched the match. Everyone was astonished, confused by the decision chosen by Dwi. Some of them even cheered him as a sign of disappointment over the match.
“Huu. Just gave up,”
“This match is too boring,”
Tubagus Sila, his opponent in the match also showed an expression of disappointment over the match.
“It wasn't a fight,” he said as he approached Dwi.
“What do you mean?”
“So it wasn't Dwi Septianto I saw at the start of the tournament. Why don't you cast your ultimate magic and wow me, and even give up like this loser?”
“…”
Dwi did not want to respond and just bowed listlessly.
“Alright if you don't want to answer,”
Tubagus turned his face away with a disappointed expression and left the man in the middle of the room alone.
Dwi sat there for almost a minute before finally standing up and leaving. But as she was about to return to the stands, Anna intercepted her. The blonde-haired girl was seen crossing her hands with an annoyed expression.
“Oh Anna?”
Dwi threw a slight smile at him, but it did not make Anna change her expression.
“Dwi. There's something I want to talk to you about,”