"You have a more powerful spell than that, right?" Reena asked as she turned towards him.
"Oh, that wasnāt powerful?" Roman asked, surprised at the question, and even Reena couldnāt ask any more questions as she turned away.
"That is no problem, you can train more to increase your Mana output, and control" The mage spoke.
āLook at their faces, Iām pretty sure theyāre disappointed, maybe I should do something else...ohh, Iāll try thisā Roman mumbled in his head as he bent down and picked a pebble from the ground.
Nobody saw what he picked as he closed it between his hands then he spoke, "Can I try again, something more powerful this time"
"Go right ahead, the girls have already tested theirs, so itās all yours," The mage spoke.
Once again, the girls infused Mana in their eyes to see his spell circle, but Roman was a step ahead, and before he cast any spell, he first cast one.
[Conceal]
Conceal was an illusion spell, so naturally, the spell circle was hidden; the girls had no idea he had cast or could cast the spell. Then, with both of his hands covering the stone, he cast the next two spells at once.
[Stone Bullet]
[Explosive Ember]
The stone in his hands was shaped like a fling stone by the spell and shot out from his hands towards the dummy.
The stone impacted with explosive force, shattering into pieces. The girlās eyes widened as the paper burned, stopping just close to the end.
āDamn, I had no idea this had this much firepower, I guess thatās what happens when you combine two good spells,ā Roman muttered in his head.
The girls all turned towards, and Roman had a smile on his face. He didnāt say anything and just stared at them.
"You had a spell like this, why did you use that weak spell then?" Reina asked.
"Weak spell, I thought you said it was ok" Roman replied.
"I didnāt want you to feel bad but the spell was weak, but this one, it was even stronger than Aureliaās sword infused with Mana"
"Oh, looks like weāre going to witness an incredible battle tomorrow" Ava spoke.
"I didnāt use any enchantment on my sword; if I did, it would definitely be stronger than this," Aurelia said.
"How did you do that, there was no spell circle?" Reena asked.
"Thatās right, Iām also curious, how did you cast without a spell circle?" Ava asked but Roman just flashed a smile.
"Iāll leave you girls to figure it out"
Reena faced away. At first, she thought Roman was weak, but this spell had shown that he wasnāt. If he had more spells like this, she wasnāt sure she would stand a chance.
āI would lose to a male in a duel... Why am I making myself nervous? This must be his best spell. Even though itās powerful, I doubt he can fire it many times. Reena consoled herself.
The mage who was with them didnāt speak after that, and the smile on her face had faded away. Not that she was angry, but something was wrong; she wasnāt like the rest of the students, and she was a powerful mage.
She noticed Romanās spell wasnāt just a flame spell, but also an earth spell. Even though she didnāt see his spell circle, she saw the spell before it impacted the dummy, and it was a stone.
āI thought he only had flame attribute...or maybe he lied about his attribute, also how come he didnāt use spell circle...too many questions, and he isnāt even paying attention to meā
āI wish I had an excuse to go to his room, Iām sure I can seduce him but I canāt think of anything to do thereā
"Iām turning it for the night. I just came to see if you girls were training," Roman spoke as he began walking away.
"When does Roman find the time to train, I mean, isnāt he supposed to be training like Reena, or is he so sure he would win?" Ava spoke, and Reena let out a sound, and Ava turned towards her.
"Iāll put up a good fight, Iām definitely not going to lose," Reena muttered in a low voice, and Ava laughed.
"I donāt think you have much to worry about. This might be Romanās strongest spell, and he might be able to fire it only once. You have a lot of good spells, so I still think youād win," Aurelia spoke.
"Same" Ava added.
Roman left the girls and walked back to his room with a smile on his face. The combination spell he pulled off made a smile appear on his face, and even better was the fact that it didnāt consume much of his Mana.
Which means he could probably fire the spell as much as he wanted, he wasnāt going to but it was nice to know he could.
Roman didnāt really try to combine spells since he was only going to be fighting with flame spells, the only spell he would use that isnāt flame would be illusion and [Protection Enchantment], with conceal no one would know he used the spell.
He stopped just before he reached the palace and looked upward. The cool breeze was wonderful, and the stars shone bright in the night sky.
Roman stood there for a while staring upward, the guards at the door looking at him until he heard a voice and turned to the side, the mage he saw with the girls was walking towards him.
"Roman right, that your name?" She asked.
"Yes," he replied.
"I saw something pretty interesting back there. You also have an Earth attribute, donāt you?" She asked and Romanās face went pale.
"Donāt worry, Iām sure you want to keep it a secret, and Iām not telling anyone. Having two elemental attributes is just wonderful. Iāll be rooting for you tomorrow," She spoke as she walked away, waving to him, and he waved back.
āShit, there goes my plan of using that, I should have known it isnāt fast enough to evade the eyes of experienced magesā