SSS-Ranked Skill in a New Filthy World Chapter 196 First Official Duel

"Roman... Roman"

A voice rang in Roman’s ears, and his eyes fluttered open. He looked to his side to find Anya there, calling his na.

"What’s wrong? I’m sleepy," Roman mumbled as he turned to the other side.

"It’s morning, what about the tournant?" Anya spoke, and it all ca to him.

His eyes jolted open as the sleep vanished. He stood up imdiately, looked outside the window, and it really was morning. The sky was already bright, and he hadn’t even taken his bath.

Since he had a long nap yesterday, he didn’t go to sleep early. After he spoke with the mage, he ca back, and he was sleepy, so he went to the library.

He didn’t go there for spell books just to read and pass the ti, and he did exactly that until one of the maids told him it was very late before he went to sleep.

Roman quickly rushed into the bathroom. The mont he went in, he heard a knock on the door. Before Anya could speak, the door was pushed open, and the sa knight was there.

"Where is he? It’s ti for the battle," The knight spoke.

"Give a minute" Roman shouted from the bathroom.

He didn’t need much ti to prepare. After washing his teeth and taking his bath, there was nothing else to do as he quickly put on fresh clothes from the wardrobe, and soon he was behind the knight as they strode towards the arena.

The girls were already there when they arrived, so Roman joined them in the middle of the arena, and after greeting the Queen and the families, the girls walked to their seats, leaving just Roman and Reena.

Among all the interesting battles that had taken place, this was going to be the most interesting one for the noble families and the Queen.

The fact that a male was allowed to duel with a female in a contest of magic was still surprising to so of them here; all the nobles knew for a fact that Roman was going to lose, and Reena’s family was watching with even more certainty.

Reena was strong, even though she wasn’t the strongest; she was strong enough to beat a male in a contest of magic, and since they were in front of the Queen, they knew Reena would want to impress, so they were even more assured.

"This is the final fight of the first stage, Reena Whitestone vs Roman" The announcer spoke from outside the arena as the mages put up the barrier.

First on both of them, and then around the arena, after that, both of them stepped backwards, leaving a bit of space in the middle.

"Get ready...Begin"

The instant the announcer’s voice faded, Reena moved first. She didn’t waste a second thinking as she already knew what to do.

Her hand snapped forward, and a bright purple circle ford in front of her. Roman didn’t need to infuse Mana in his eyes to see her spell circle; he knew it was coming.

[Arcane Bolt]

A fast, sharp blast shot toward Roman like a flying spear; it wasn’t lightning, but it was similar.

Roman jumped to the side imdiately he sensed the spell coming, feeling the air split right beside his cheek. The bolt smashed into the barrier behind him.

The crowd gasped, even though it was a basic arcane spell, the Mana she infused made it stronger and it almost got Roman.

Reena didn’t stop. Another circle appeared, faster this ti as she unleashed spells after spells upon Roman.

[Arcane Bolt]

[Arcane Bolt]

[Arcane Bolt]

Three appeared at once.

Roman’s eyes widened. He wouldn’t be able to dodge three all at once, so he stretched his hands forward.

[Conceal]

[Self Mirage]

The spell circle of his mirage spell was concealed, and Roman jumped out of the way as all three spells struck.

He rolled on the ground, the dirt hitting his clothes just to make it all believable to the audience but Reena was seeing his mirage standing when she fired her spells.

All three slamd against the barrier, and then she saw Roman at the other side, his hands stretched forward as he fired a spell towards her.

[Fla Arrow]

Reena was first confused, but quickly stretched her hands, creating a shield in front of herself.

[Arcane Shield]

The fire hit the shield and vanished like it was nothing, sa as his first spell yesterday, but Roman was just trying to see what type of defenses she has.

"Hm," Reena muttered. "That was quite weak, my only problem would be that one spell, but he isn’t rushing to use it, it must indeed be his trump card, then I’m not going to give him the chance he needs"

She raised her hand again, and this ti, a bigger spell circle appeared, the lines glowing sharply.

[Mana Burst]

A wave of pure Mana exploded forward, and unlike her first spell, this was invisible to the naked eye as it was pure Mana. Roman already infused Mana in his eyes and braced himself, jumping back to avoid it, but the spell was fast and still clipped him, pushing him across the ground. He slid on the ground, coughing as dust filled his lungs.

The nobles watching nodded, smiles littered on all their faces. During the other fights, it wasn’t clear who each family supported, but on this, it was quite clear.

Reena was already moving again. This ti, she dashed forward, faster than he thought she could. She was trying to close the distance, but Roman wasn’t afraid of that.

She threw her palm forward as she ca close, but Roman sidestepped to dodge the spell. It wasn’t a spell; it was similar to her first spell, but this ti it covered a wide arc.

[Arcane Wave]

A force slamd into him like an invisible shove.

Still, Roman twisted his body sideways just in ti, the spell brushing past him, pushing him backwards. If he had taken it head-on, he would’ve flown across the arena.

Roman was panting, and Reena moved backwards, creating space as she was ready to unleash hell on him.