21 Spar

Ezra faced Lisa in the yard, both were dressed in black shirts and trousers, they were about to spar.

"So what do you know about spells?" Ezra asked.

"Huh? Hmm, well I have read into it for some time, also Dad got me some rank one spells," Lisa replied.

"That's good enough, just tell me all you know about it," Ezra said.

"Okay, well, from what I know, spells are structures that help us control our Mana and give out powerful results. With spells, we are able to make the best out of our magic.

Spells are cast by mostly spoken words, although there are also a few that use bodily language. Also when you get to a certain level, you can cast them without saying the words."

'I see, that's why the examiner was able to cast that wind spell without words.' Ezra thought.

"Spells are also ranked from rank one to rank seven, after that I hear there is something called the divine spells, but I know nothing about that," Lisa concluded.

"Hmm, thanks, but I still have a question Lisa, and that has to do with the rankings of mages. I have a good understanding of that martial arts, but not of magic.

So if you know it, can you tell me about it? I would like to know how it works." Ezra inquired.

"Well okay, I think it goes something like this, first we have the normal awakened mages, like both of us, but when we get into the academy, we will become apprentice mages.

After that comes mage, from there we step into Grand mage. After that comes the wizard realm, Grand Wizard, Arch Wizard, Magus, and finally the peak realm is that of the sage."

Ezra listened to every bit of information his sister was putting down, she was extremely informed, unlike him. His predecessor didn't want much to do with all these issues, hence he never read or studied things like that.

The things he knew were the basics things that were needed, like the name of their town Nat, and the name of the kingdom, Astoria.

He didn't know the current king of the kingdom though, he never cared.

'All my nonchalant attitude has cost me valuable time. Dad has some historical books in his room, I should ask him for some, I need to understand the place I have been sent to.'

"Okay, now let's go, do your best, I won't hold back," Ezra warned.

"I'll do my best." She replied.

As of now, Ezra was without his scythe, but his physical prowess was still that of a martial adept, his sister would never be able to stand against him in the physical department.

Her only grace was the fact that she began magic earlier than him, but still on that note, his growth with the shadow had been bullet-fast.

Lisa didn't move from her spot, she pointed her hand at Ezra, and her countenance became serious.

"Ignis!" She called out, firing a fireball at Ezra.

Ezra stepped to the side and dodged the attack, then he launched toward her like a bullet.

"Ignis, ignis, ignis." She kept casting spell after spell, Ezra dodged gracefully as he approached.

Lisa saw what her brother was doing, she needed to switch it up, she pointed her hands to the ground rather than at him, and she cast another fireball that hit the ground and exploded it.

Dirt and dust rose up, obstructing Ezra's view, she used that opportunity to put distance between them and get in a ready position to attack again.

'That was a smart move, I didn't expect her to do that.'

Ezra knew that his sister was watching, and whatever direction he sprung out from, she would attack and it would be difficult to dodge.

"Shadow tendrils."

Shadow tendrils shot out of the dust towards Lisa, she was taken by surprise, but she quickly collected herself, she cast more fireballs and destroyed the tendrils.

"Her aim is no joke, she hit all of the tendrils that easily, this is where effort beats power," Ezra muttered.

"Ignis Blast!" She suddenly changed her spell, and a larger fireball formed and fired toward Ezra, the dust had died down and now he was open.

"This looks powerful, I have to deal with it."

"Shadow tendrils." Tendrils came out of his hand and wrapped around the fireball, but it wasn't enough, the fireball exploded, and the force slammed into his and sent him flying.

Ezra got up from the ground and looked at his sister who was still in battle mode.

"I thought you only had rank one spells?" He questioned.

"Yes, I do, that was my best fire spell Rank one." She said.

'If a rank one spell can be that powerful, then how powerful would a rank seven be? Or that divine spell that she spoke of? There is so much to this world, I have to be cautious.'

"Okay, enough going easy, time to beat your ass is," Ezra said as he flashed an evil smile.

Lisa didn't respond, she just prepared her mind for whatever was coming.

Ezra ran towards her, he used his hand as a blade and slashed out a shadow arc. His sister flinched a little when she saw this, but she wasn't fazed.

"Fulgur!" She cast another spell.

From the tip of her fingers, purple lightning fired out, the streak tore the shadow arc and headed for Ezra.

"She is using her lightning?" He smirked and jumped out of the way as fast as he could, the lightning bolt struck the ground where he had been standing and exploded, the force threw Ezra who was already in the air farther away.

He rolled on the ground and got up quickly, he saw his sister pointing at him again. That was not the only thing he noticed, her breathing was haggard, and sweat was dripping down her face.

"That spell must have burnt into her mana a lot, she really wants to beat me, but I can't let that happen, how am I supposed to protect her."