Between the two fighters, the one who made his first move was the young swordsman, who decided to use one of the new moves learned in his training - Shadow roar! – He screamed with all his might, while a huge echo full of magic and power came out of his mouth heading against his opponent. Without waiting for the impact, he used an attack very similar to that of his opponent, -Hydro Abyss! – he shouted while an echo came out of his huge mouth with at least five times the radius of his opponent's.
At that moment, Shiko, who had a strategy in mind, had the perfect opportunity to execute it. Once Dreik executed his technique, he stopped using his and with his powers, he slipped through the shadows making his opponent have no opportunity to locate him, in this way, the young man used another of his techniques to appear unexpectedly next to the head of the huge lizard and damage it -Shadow Slash! –The name of the technique lived up to its name, he used his sword to hurt the dragon, but adding the radius and power with the shadows, the scratch became a huge slash which hurt almost the entire right edge of his opponent.
Not wanting to give a chance, when he was surprised and felt the pain, Dreik quickly turned around to not give Shiko a chance to move, making a big move with his tail to be able to slam the door on his opponent. The movement was so fast that it caught the little human by surprise, being directly impacted by the great whipping of the reptile's tail and in this way, the impact was so great that the young man went into the air until he crashed into a large lump of stones on the stage.
- Shiko! Are you okay!? - Asuka exclaimed very worried about her partner, to which she observed that he got up from the rubble a little injured and wiping from his mouth the blood he had spat out due to the blow.
-Shiko: Yes... I'm fine Asuka, don't worry about me... Damn, his skin is hard to go through, the cuts I did could barely be achieved.
-Asuka: I don't understand, so far, they've just been fighting without Shiko being able to handle the element.
-Dreik: It is the first time he uses his attacks in a fight since he has his own mastery of them, he must think of a viable way to execute them.
-Shiko: Asuka... Dreik is right, this is very fundamental in training as well... since I can't hurt his hard skin with my sword, I'll try with magic!
Once again, Shiko decided to use his "Shadow Roar" against his opponent, letting it hit to let her see that her attacks were being too unstable.
"Your breath is very weak, don't try to focus on letting everything you have expelled, focus on feeling every bit of power you feel and absorb it to increase the potency".
With such advice, Shiko continued to try, deep breathing and making a lot of force to expel more of the shadow power from his mouth, giving success to a more powerful attack, causing Dreik to take some damage from his enemy.
-Light: The advice has managed to increase his attack at once, he is really able to execute the actions the first time with knowing the methods.
-Dreik: Well, stop, expelling too much power isn't wise, managing to do momentary damage to paralyze your opponent and execute another move is enough in a strategic battle!
Listening to his mentor's advice once again, Shiko obeyed the words, which led him to think about his next move to have a greater reach against his opponent.
"So... it is here where I must execute that learned technique, concentrate on my surroundings, concentrate on my interior, concentrate on my own power".
The young man whispered to himself to analyze his next move and be able to execute it successfully, thus he began to accumulate a good amount of magic and transfer it into his sword to execute his move.
While he charged his technique to have enormous power, his rival observed and made the decision to copy his rival, raising one of his enormous legs in which he accumulated an enormous amount of magic that little by little created an exaggerated amount of water.
Once they had charged enough, they both decided to launch their respective attacks - Hydro void! – shouted the huge dragon as he released all the accumulated water, turning it into a huge lightning bolt with a very high pressure totally directed against Shiko, who without letting an instant pass released his attack and made a very strong slash with his sword -Sword shield! – Very impressed, the spectators were left wondering why the young man had charged the magic for a shield.
-Asuka: Wait a minute... He has charged enough magic into the sword for it to be able to withstand such an impact.
-Tetsu: No... Shiko started charging his attack before Dreik, I have no idea if he has decided to change his tactics because of the situation or has thought of something else...
-Light: Maybe... perhaps Shiko is trying to dominate the water through a clash against his magic, if it hits with his accumulated magic, he can absorb it to handle it at his will.
-Tetsu: Oh... That makes it logical.
-Shiko: *Resisting the attack with all his might* The truth is that I simply had no choice but to take cover, but if I don't lose control of the magic I've accumulated in the sword, I can still use it for my next attack!
-Tetsu: That makes more sense...
Once the sword absorbed all the damage from the attack, Shiko was able to keep the magic inside his sword, causing it to make another slash with which she released all the accumulated magic - Final Slash! – from the slash came a huge blast which contained pure magic and shadows combined in rows, just like the attack used against Ghosty in the forest, with the difference that this time the attack had better consistency and greater speed, making his enemy unable to foresee the attack and it had a direct impact against him.
"Asuka, take cover, that attack will make a huge impact, and the expelled magic may reach us!"
Light exclaimed at the same time, Tetsu and Asuka looked for a place where the explosion could not reach them or hit rocks instead of them.
Once the explosion caused by the impact was over and the layers of dust lifted, the spectators came out of their hiding places to observe the battlefield, where the two contenders could be seen face to face. Dreik looked with many wounds due to the attack he received from his opponent to his difference, Shiko staggered from the effort he made when trying to stand.
-Shiko: D-Damn it... The previous blow I received from his tail has left me with a wound on my head and making so much effort to defend and release a lot of magic has weakened me too much... I seem to lack a lot of control...
-Asuka: Stop this battle! Shiko is badly injured and shouldn't continue!
-Shiko: Don't worry, Asuka... I'm fine, as long as they don't decide that the battle is over, I must continue, this requires training...
-Dreik: That determination is what will lead you to victory, just as I expected of you... We're at the point where you must learn to control my powers.
-Shiko: Oh really?
-Dreik: As you can see, there are many pools of water scattered throughout the field due to my attack, try to raise them through your magic to form different small masses around you.
-Asuka: It's crazy that you ask him for something like that when he's so hurt.
Without reproaching Dreik's words, Shiko used his magic to try to manage the water around him, to which after a remarkable effort, small masses of water began to rise.
"Well done, now try to turn those masses of water into pure magic, and introduce it into your wounds, so you can close them and regain your energies".
Everyone was watching with attention and amazement, seeing how Shiko tried to achieve what was ordered by his tutor with the little energy he had left, to which with his last efforts, he was able to transform the masses of water into pure magic and thus absorb it to regain his strength.
-Shiko: I feel... much more relieved, I have stopped bleeding, and I can feel how little by little my strength returns, this technique has cost me too much to perform, but I guess that having much more control I will be able to master it.
-Dreik: I've decided that this is the first move you learn because of how crucial it can be.
-Asuka: Ah! Dreik is recovering as he speaks, using the ability as if nothing happened.
-Dreik: Once you can handle water to recover, you will be able to do the ability in reverse, turn magic into water to attack and handle it at will.
-Asuka: Before you continue, please allow me to fight with Shiko, we've had too many battles where we've required each other's help.
-Tetsu: And that's precisely why he needs to fight alone... Asuka, these days you have been postponing training, but after today, we have decided on a special training for you too.
-Asuka: ... You are right...
-Dreik: That said, let's continue the show.
With that said, Dreik began to use his wings to soar off the island, and from afar, accumulate an enormous amount of magic from his mouth, which could be seen in the form of a huge sphere in the distance from Shiko's sight.
-Shiko: Damn, what's this? I can't handle that much; an impact of that magnitude can destroy half of the island.
-Asuka: He's crossing the line!
-Tetsu: Dreik knows what he is doing, in each case in which we see that it is not achieved, that's why we are here.
-Shiko: That said, then I can't give up! I trust you, shadow dragon!
Dreik released all the power in the form of a lightning bolt of enormous size, being able to destroy a large piece of the island if it hit, but the lightning was stopped by Shiko, who, with all his magic and strength, used a slash of his sword to try to hold off the attack. Due to the power of the lightning, Shiko was forced to push his magic beyond its limits, causing shadows to cover his sword to increase its size and retain impact.
-Tetsu: Dreik! You're going too far, stop your attack right now!
-Light: Damn it, he can't hear us because of the clash of powers, let's find a way to stop them!
-Dreik: What is this overwhelming force that I feel enveloping me!? Without a doubt, it is the power of the fearsome shadow dragon!
-Shiko: I'm not going to lose!
Shiko's slash became more and more powerful, eventually causing a huge explosion to be directed at Dreik, causing him to take full impact from the attacks. As the explosion of the clashes occurred, the attack was returned towards Dreik by a mysterious energy gushed out of Shiko. Everyone was very amazed by what they saw, they couldn't get words out, while the impacts happened, Shiko's aura began to surround him and little by little, you could see how his body became that of a dragon each time, causing this to return the entire attack to Dreik, who was very hurt by the impact.
-Dreik: N-No, it can't be... perhaps he...
-Light: This... it has happened very prematurely...
-Tetsu: This has gone too far... now Shiko will be unable to fully control himself because of this...
-Asuka: Shiko has transformed into a dragon!
-Dreik: Damn it, if I don't heal fast and use my powers well, I won't have any idea how to neutralize him because he's out of his mind...
To be continued...