"Novius! Send your lightning into my water!!"
Arcs of white lightning began to shatter the air with eardrum-breaking sounds. Beforehand, a wall of water was erected from both arms of Elijah that struggled to block the currents of wind and fire.
After the onslaught was finished, the water that continued to replenish itself by burning through mana was draped over the opponents like a massive twenty foot door falling off its hinges.
Muffled screams of pain came from the sounds within the water after Novius had let loose two lightning tendrils converging into one before spreading within the water. Flashing lights, ripples of water, and silence were the exact chain of events that played out. Even the crowd went silent after witnessing the perfect display of teamwork.
Meanwhile, Alexia was throwing wind currents to their right side, protecting the team from being third-partied.
Shortly after, the council members began talking about the combination of water and lightning. This was something they had never seen before partly due to the kingdom's lack of knowledge about the world, but also the blindness that comes with automatically viewing water mages as a support class.
'Twas the fate of a kingdom that hid within the veil of safety.
"Niko! It's time for you to shine!" Elijah yelled at Niko in a positive manner, who was standing close by waiting for an opening.
The entire group took half a minute to catch up with Elijah, and since he saw what was about to happen, he stayed back with his eye on the opponents closing in on their right. This was the reason Alexia guarded their right side, all because of Niko's callout.
When the dust settled, the three opponents who had been unjustly rushed were on the ground begging for help.
Out of nowhere, and in the middle of a battle no less, a familiar seductress with long black hair and greenish-purple eyes was flown into the air by what looked like a powerful wind mage.
"OVERTIME!"
The now unconscious children were grabbed by earth mages expertly, and carefully lowered into the floor from underneath the stage. This created thoughts about the infamous spectator's who likely hid within the gaps of the complicated arena, and now came to the conclusion of the entire flat disc being hollow.
With only twenty percent of his mana left, there was not much Elijah could do besides rely on the rest of his team.
"We don't have any defense! So continue attacking them until they are finished!" While this was only partially true, Elijah suspected this group consisting of the four basic elements were going to use guerilla tactics to their advantage.
A stone wall was slowly shot up from the ground with a slight curve that would block any attacks from the side. The lightning of Novius was lured by the water running down the outside of the barrier which was only thought of with the viewing of the fight that had quickly been finished.
Niko's explosive fireballs heavily damaged the stone wall but was quickly remedied while the earth mage was hiding like a duck behind it.
Alexia's wind blades only made small dents in the wall, just barely able to cut one of the opponents that rose from the wall at the worst time possible.
"We have to get in close! Create a wall of fire and air and push it forward while staying close behind it!" Elijah pointed forward.
The easiest way to counter an immortal wall was to move forward with a wall of their own.
"What the hell?" Elijah suddenly became dumbfounded by the sight before him.
The stone wall had expanded and encased the squad of four before they were able to jump on them. If anything, Elijah expected them to run and create another one, but they decided to trap themselves.
Elijah heard the crumbling of the rocky floor, and looked behind him while curving his lips into a smile. "Look out below you!!"
A large hole was seen slowly expanding in the ground twenty feet away. These ten seconds of silence allowed Elijah to deduce their creative plan. However, they were doomed where the momentum lies.
The group of four led by a creative earth mage was hoping for a strategic maneuver to play out instead of pure fire power, which they were by no means lacking on.
Instead, the moment the hole was a size that could be passed through, Elijah signaled for an attack.
"KOBE!"
Elijah lobbed a large ball of water the size of his chest into the hole with a jumping motion. Precision was not a factor with Elijah's control, allowing it to expertly land inside the hole with a devastating blow.
Shing!
From behind, a blade of wind that started off as one precise hit, slashed the back of Alexia causing her to drop to the ground in pain.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
When Elijah was looking down in the hole, he noticed only two team members writhing on the stone floor. His vision slowly panned towards the noise, only to see Alexia dropping to the floor.
'Dammit! Did they trick me?!'
While Niko threw a few exploding fireballs to create a smoke screen, Elijah quickly moved towards the rest of his group while throwing a sizable amount of water onto the back of Alexia.
The move was illegal — a stab to the back, but there was some nuance within the stressful fight that forced the refs to keep the game going.
Injuries were bound to happen.
Continuing, a wave of water spread in front of Elijah as he rounded his way to the attackers alongside Novius.
An event that Elijah had expected to happen, had finally happened…
Novius' affinity was very special and destructive, but without any defensive capabilities whatsoever, it was probable to say he would always be at a disadvantage. That is, unless Novius learns of the principles of lightning, or maybe electricity?
Blargh!
Novius was hit with a gust of wind that his Lightning could not block.
After snickering, the sore loser returned to hiding inside the stone barrier, only peeking out at random moments.
Novius' body went flying backwards and eventually slid across the stone floor.
"Do you really think you can win this?!" Voiced a fire mage that had come from the side of the earthen barrier.
Elijah was struggling as the fire mage threw an onslaught of differently shaped fire spells at his water cacoon.
'By myself again huh? That's always how it starts and ends. If I do this, there is no going back. I have to hope the questioning does not result in me being considered a bringer of doom with everything that has happened within this kingdom… Who knows, maybe no one will see it…'
Each drop of mana was felt leaving his core, and traversing the turbulent environment full of emotion.
The opportunity was perfect. The moment Elijah stepped forward, a violent gust of wind whizzed by his body, slightly throwing him off balance.
However, his focus was thirty feet in front of him. On the left side of the round stone hump was a fire mage that had received backlash from a fireball exploding in his face.
Randomly within thin air was a small water shield infused with small amounts of space magic. The water had a different shine to it. An ethereal and sparkled face was the only thing the fire mage saw before his own arm and face felt the wrath of his own spell.
BOOM!
Elijah rode the wave of water underneath his feet and took a wide swing of his blunted sword into the smoke hoping for a hit. Unfortunately, the momentum of his body carried him forward as he ended up on the ground directly on top of his oppressor. A wildly sharp blade of wind came into contact with the blunted wooden sword and cleanly took off its tip while cutting a small portion of Elijah's hair.
Elijah ducked and practically kissed the stomach of the confused child. What he thought was going to be a second blade of wind turned out to be a gust of wind that he could not block, and was just barely able to grab the arm of the fire mage and felt it crack as he slid across the stone floor in pain.
Elijah was finished, he was completely out of mana, and was struggling to stay conscious from the force of the blast that sent him flying.
The price for what he deemed was entertaining, was the possibility of losing it all.