Against Tione(end)(corrected)

When the second round began, Mark opted for a more direct approach.

"Triple electric dart."

The three thunderbolts flew parallel toward Tione, who rolled sideways to dodge but could not stay still because Mark had thrown three more thunderbolts again.

Again and again, Mark would not stop throwing his magic, while Tione was forced to keep jumping from one area to another. Electric dart was the first magic Mark had learned, and although it lacked power, its throwing speed and cost were practically zero.

"AARGH! I can't take it anymore!"

With bloodshot eyes, she punched the incoming dart unknowingly, and when she thought she had done something stupid, she found that the magic was quite weak. A predatory smile formed on her lips when she realized this, but when she saw the state of the beach that smile froze.

"Piece of..."

The beach was now covered with countless holes, and the heat generated by Mark's magic had caused some of the components of the sand to melt, giving it mud-like properties.

Normally for Tione, this would not be a problem, but with her current weight, it was disadvantageous terrain and Mark knew this well, which is why he began to run toward her.

He got as close to her as he could to strike her with his sword, but when he saw Tione move her legs slightly, he did not hesitate to jump back, dodging her straight kick.

Trying to find an opening, Mark moved quickly, moving closer and farther away from her, but she kept her guard up, preventing him from attacking, and with the fact that she remained still, she ensured that the damaged ground did not plague her.

"Flashbang."

This time he only used a magic circle to form the magic and when Tione felt the magic, she covered her eyes with her hand.

"Snake shock."

Immediately summoning the magic, he directed it to Tione's left, while he ran to her right, for a pincer attack, only to be a failure.

Having covered her eyes, Tione was unaffected by the magic, and when she realized the attack, she made a split dodging both the magic and Mark's attack, and then swung her leg like a whip toward Mark's ankle, which swept him away causing him to fall.

"Second point Tion."

"This time you came close, nah just kidding." -Tione said defiantly, but Mark simply repositioned himself.

In Mark's mind, countless pieces of information about Tione were stored, whether it was how she attacked or how she reacted to situations. He would process them and make them his own, and with 'Limit Break' this process was twice as fast, making the more he would fight the greater the level of strength he would achieve.

"Since you seem to be ready, let the third round begin!"

With Loki's command, Mark was ready to run, when he saw Tione raise her leg as if she was going to kick a penalty.

'Booom'-Lowering her leg, she kicked the ground heavily, forming a wave of sand, which covered most of the holes Mark made.

"Better don't you think?" -Smiling innocently at him, she began to run toward him.

A left jab was aimed at his face which he dodged by rolling back and when he saw a side kick coming he jumped up.

'Bad choice.'

That was what everyone thought of Mark's decision to jump since in the air he could not change direction. Tione waited with her leg ready for him to fall so she could finish this round as well.

"Electric explosion."

Changing his position in the air, Mark formed two magic circles under his feet, but instead of causing the electric spheres to fly away, he immediately exploded them to give himself a boost to the ground and increase the weight of the blade, absorbing the Falna, Mark fell like a meteor against Tione with the sword pointing at her.

'CLANK!

The clash of metal was felt all over the beach as Tione was pushed away, but on her body, there were no wounds since she had protected herself with the bracelets. Even so, if she had not protected herself in time, she would surely have suffered an injury.

Meanwhile, Mark lifted himself off the ground. On his hand, between his thumb and forefinger, a split had formed from which blood came out, but even so, he did not care as he clutched his sword and charged Tione.

"Triple flashbang."

By now Tione had figured out how to counter this spell, just cover her eyes, and although her ears would ring, it was better than momentarily losing her sight.

Mark's sword was approaching her, when she opened her eyes and counterattacked with a kick but was forced to bend her leg when she saw Mark change the direction of the sword toward her calf, missing each other.

As soon as she put her foot down, Tione spun on herself and then hit him with her heel on his shoulder, which sent him flying away, but Mark did not even have time to settle down, as Tione stood beside him, catching his arm and throwing him to the ground.

"Third point to Tione and try to be more gentle next time." -Loki said with a sigh.

"Gentle? Why don't you tell him? If he fights like this at level 2, I dare not imagine what he will become when he goes up to the next levels, at the very least he is starting to get tired now."

Indeed, as she had said, Mark's breathing had begun to get heavy and his complexion was not the best from all the magic he had cast, but even so, no feeling was reflected on his face as he repositioned himself.

"Do you need a break Mark?" -Loki asked.

"No need."

Taking a healing potion, he drank its contents, causing the wound on his hand to begin healing. The reason he did not want to wait was that Tione was beginning to get used to the weight he had and at that point, the advantage he had would be lost.

"If that's the case, start the fourth round!"

This time it was Tione who charged first, jumped forward, and landed a punch where Mark was standing before he jumped to the side. But Tione's charge continued with several spinning kicks that Mark avoided by jumping back.

"Electric dart."

The electric dart approached Tione, who destroyed it with a punch, but allowed Mark to come close enough.

Mark swung his sword, but Tione was quick enough to block his arm.

"Electric javelin."

A magic circle formed in Mark's free hand from which an electric spear came out, aimed near Tione's face, who bent her back backward to dodge. Once she dodged the magic, she twisted her legs around Mark's neck and rotated, knocking him to the ground.

"Fourth point Tione."

In the stands, everyone sighed sadly, it was now decided who would win, but it was a pity because Mark offered them many surprises.

"His fighting has improved tremendously, but compared to Tione's years of experience it is not enough, even with the limits set for her. Hmm, are you all right Riveria?"

Finn was analyzing the battle when he noticed Riveria's thoughtful expression.

"I just don't understand why Mark is using magic like that."

"Could you specify?"

"You see, Mark uses magic differently. We use words to manifest an event, while he directly realizes the event, that's why he can realize magic circles, and here is my doubt. Why does he recite the name of the spell if it is of no use to him?"

"...Tell me, does Tione know about this?" -Finn asked while smiling as he began to understand Mark's plan.

"!" -Riveria also opened her eyes in surprise, realizing what he wanted to do.

"Last round start!"

Tione wanted to finish quickly, by now Mark was breathing hard, plus he did not seem to have any other tricks up his sleeve, otherwise, he would have already used them before he ended up in that state, so she ran toward him.

"Flashbang."

Hearing the spell, Tione jumped toward him with her foot pointing toward his chest, so even if she was hit by the magic, she would defeat him.

But to her shock, as many as six magic circles formed in front of Mark, and remembering the effects that magic had with three circles, she immediately closed her eyes, but it proved fatal, because no light came out of the circles, but rather highly concentrated electric spheres that exploded the moment they made contact with Tione's leg.

'ZZZZVBOOM!

Lightning burst everywhere dazzling everyone watching, while two figures were thrown away. One fell into the sea, while the other was briefly slid onto the beach.

"What on earth happened?"

Finding herself lying down, Tione stood up not understanding what had happened.

"Ouch... huh?"

As soon as she put down the foot with which she wanted to strike Mark, a nagging pain hit her, and when she looked at the sole of her foot, she noticed that there were burn marks.

"Huh?" -Even the others and Loki did not expect such a turn of events.

'splash' 'splash'

Instead, Mark came out of the water shortly after, his eyes had returned to a vivid gray, but his complexion was cadaverous and his hand had several burn marks, caused by the recoil of magic. Fortunately 'Limit Break' had deactivated by the time the last exchange ended, so he was not suffering twice as much pain.

But even though Mark found himself hurt and wet, he smiled in satisfaction when he saw the stunned faces of the others.

"I win. Loki I want that mone-"

'tonf.'

Before he could finish speaking, he collapsed on the beach because of the mind down.