Pillars Between Us

The Winner is~~

"Your defeat?" Louise gazed at Curtis from a distance with glory. She was waiting for him to admit it.

"Right. I was hit," Curtis mumbled as he steadied himself.

He shook the wrist which the purple compound gyrostone bracelet was attached to. And from the looks of it, the light hadn't diminished one bit.

"The gryostone hasn't lost it's shine yet," Curtis announced nonchalantly.

Louise looked at Curtis incredulously. He had been hit point blank by that attack just now, and he's saying the gryostone hasn't—

'No, it's possible. Because he's a special existence.'

Curtis raised his wrist up in the air, clearly showing faint violet shine of the bracelet under the light of the sun.

"The rules said that the duel ends after the crystals loses it's shine right?" A ball of flames coalesced in his hands.

"Hahaha. I must admit, you've exceeded my expectations," Louise crackled a laugh, she didn't expect Curtis to actually come out of that without losing. What did he use to fend off against that anyways? Louise wondered. This was interesting indeed.

"What was that?" Dean had never personal seen Curtis fight before. Under normal circumstances, magic served as a kind of art form. It wasn't something used in battle, unless they were playing an auxiliary role or a medic. Being undefeated after that hit baffled him.

"Coat O' Arms," Ellis nodded her head. She had seen Curtis' abilities so many times now. She believed that he would win.

"What's that?"

"Erm... that's his custom magic. It's a barrier that nullifies attacks. You know how knives cut not because a lot of force is required but because they are sharp right? This really just turns a sharp attack into a blunt one."

"What element of magic is it?" Dean had a little knowledge about magic although he himself cannot utilize it. He read books about it before. Magic was classified into different elements: Fire, water, wind, earth, light, and dark. Each one had their own set of spell types. Upon reaching a certain understanding, one could use two or more elements to be combined to form a compound spell.

"It's veritable magic."

A class of magic Dean has never heard of before.

"Third times the charm!" Louise growled before shooting forth.

The moment Curtis saw her figure flicker, the ball of flames dissolved, revealing an orb of light inside. The flames were, in fact, a feign.

Curtis closed his eyes; Louise had already covered half the distance.

{Flash orb}

The light flickered in an undiluted brightness, excessive light blew up the battlefield. The crowd instinctively shut their eyes, feeling the burn behind their corneas. It didn't end there. The reason behind the flickering light wasn't just for show. When one shut their eyes lids, light can still penetrate into the pupils, taking advantage of this, the random flickers disoriented their minds.

There was a flaw to this, which was that it's effects could be negated by covering your eyes with your hands. Ellis did just that.

The light settled down, the crowd left in a daze. Some nauseated to the point of falling to the ground. Others clutching their heads due to a temporary migraine. Ellis opened her eyes.

Dean himself felt totally out of it. His vision became blurry, with some black spots present, stars swimming about.

Louise was on the ground, seemingly in the midst of climbing onto her two feet. Rubbing her eyes she squinted. Curtis was no longer there.