The Ultimate Fire Master of Avatar

Chapter 207 Professional Magic Control Tournament and the Equality Party

"Each team consists of three Mage with different Magic Arts. The victory condition is to knock the opponent off the field. The field is divided into six areas, with each side occupying three areas."

Before the competition, Kahn browsed through the rules of the Art of War tournament. Although Cora had introduced some of them, they were not comprehensive enough.

After briefly reviewing the rules, Kahn stroked his chin and said:

"There are so many restrictions. I thought it would be a duel like the one between the gods."

The Fire God Duel is a traditional dueling ceremony in the Fire Kingdom. Apart from the default rule that the opponent will not be killed, there are no restrictions or rules, and it is basically the same as actual combat.

This competition is different. For example, you can't knock your opponent down from both sides; you can only dodge attacks within a limited area; you can only use basic defensive techniques; and attack animations cannot last more than three seconds.

Kahn frowned as he looked at these restrictions. Having never watched a match, he found it hard to imagine what a fight would look like with so many limitations.

At that moment, a slender hand touched Kahn's face, causing him to turn his head to look at the owner of the hand.

Azura asked with a smile:

"Why are you frowning before the competition has even started? What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing, it's just that this competition might not be what I expected."

"You can tell just by looking?"

"I looked at its rules, so—"

Kahn shrugged.

However, Azura didn't seem to care. "Let's wait and see."

"Welcome everyone! This is the live broadcast of the quarterfinals of the Professional Magic Control Tournament!"

"First, let me introduce today's team, the Fire Mink Team!!!"

"This is undoubtedly a rookie team, but they started to show their talent at the beginning of the season, advancing all the way to the top 16, and now they are making a run for the top 8, making them the biggest dark horse of the season;"

On the other side is the Eagles, a long-established powerhouse.

As the host finished speaking, the competition officially began, and the commentators next to the field started broadcasting live over the loudspeaker.

The atmosphere at the scene was very enthusiastic. In the eyes of the audience, this clash between the dark horse of the season and the established powerhouse was exceptionally exciting. The two sides went back and forth, and the game was very intense from the very beginning.

To Kahn's surprise, the match wasn't as bad as he had expected; in fact, it was quite entertaining.

In a real battle, even if the strength of the opposing side is similar, various conditions may lead to a decisive outcome in an instant, not to mention situations where the skill gap is too large.

As for whether the fight is good or not? Who cares? Defeating the enemy is the only truth.

Therefore, in real combat or near-real combat, the kind of visually appealing and exciting battle scenes can only be seen in the duels between masters.

While the Magic Master Tournament has various limitations, it also allows for exciting battles on the field. Although it cannot compare to a true duel between grandmasters, it is still much better than a duel between ordinary magic masters.

He also noticed that the maneuvering techniques used by the contestants were different from traditional maneuvering techniques, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

It's just a simple variation of the control technique, sacrificing power to increase casting speed; he could learn it in a glance.

It's very basic, not difficult at all.

In fact, the rules of this competition restrict the magic users to using only the most basic magic techniques. It tests the players' reaction time, movement, casting speed, accuracy of attacks, and offensive and defensive strategies.

After watching for a while, Kahn gave the following assessment:

There's something there, but not much.

As for the players' true skill level, that's hard to tell, given the many restrictions in competitions. But judging solely from their performance on the field, he can only say—

They have some strength, but not much.

In the end, the Fire Mink team won a hard-fought victory and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, which caused a frenzy among the fans.

Azura remained silent, seemingly engrossed in the spectacle. After the event, as the two walked out of the arena, Azura suddenly sighed. Seeing this, Kahn asked:

"What's wrong?"

Azura glanced at him with considerable disdain and said:

"It's nothing, I was just wondering why you're a fire master."

"???"

Kahn was completely baffled.

"If you weren't a Fire Master, wouldn't we be able to participate too? Those newbies made it to the quarterfinals, so winning the championship would be a piece of cake for us!"

"Is that all you're thinking about?"

Kahn was speechless for a moment and said:

"I'm so sorry to be a fire master."

"It's good that you know you're sorry."

Just as the two were joking around, they suddenly saw a couple being extorted by several thugs who were also mages.

However, neither of them paid much attention and continued walking forward. Unfortunately, neither of them were the kind-hearted, warm-hearted gentlemen.

The reason they took action against the thugs was simply because those fools had offended them.

"Buzz—buzz—!"

But just then, accompanied by a roar, a group of oddly dressed guys on motorcycles suddenly appeared and sped towards the thugs.

What happened next made Kahn and Azura stop in their tracks—

The strangely dressed men jumped off the motorcycle and fought with the thugs. They quickly defeated the thugs, kidnapped them, and sped away on the motorcycle.

However, the techniques those people used made Kahn and Azura raise their eyebrows in unison:

"Qi-intercepting technique?" ×2

That's right, what they were using was clearly the Qi-blocking technique created by Terri herself.

The two exchanged a glance, then turned and walked toward the couple.

"Are you two alright? Do you need help calling the police?"

Kahn walked up to the couple and spoke to them with concern.

"Thank you, but no need, we're fine."

The couple were still shaken and tense when they heard Kahn's voice.

Seeing that the two men were good-looking and well-dressed, and didn't seem like bad people, they felt a little relieved, and the husband forced a smile and thanked them.

At this moment, Azura, who was standing to the side, asked with some 'concern':

"We've just arrived in Republic City. Is it always this chaotic here? Who were those guys we just saw?"

The husband sighed and said:

"The thief who robbed us was a gang of thugs called the Triads, and the other group was the Equalizers. Neither of them are good people. Stay away from them if you see them in the future."

"Equality Party?"

Azura exclaimed in surprise:

"I even saw them promoting themselves on the street before. Aren't they standing up for us ordinary people? They even said they wanted to overthrow the government of the sorcerers?"

"So what if you're a magic user? So what if you're just an ordinary person?"

The husband smiled wryly:

"My boss is just an ordinary person, but he exploits us subordinates no better than a sorcerer."

"In short, young lady, take my advice: don't get involved with these things. Who knows what kind of people are behind them?"

"Okay, I understand."

After offering her advice, the couple left arm in arm. Watching them walk away, Azura sneered:

"Looks like the Equalizer Party's propaganda isn't very effective; they can't even fool ordinary people."

Kahn sighed:

"But there are probably not many people as clear-headed as this couple."

"indeed."

Azura watched the direction the Equalizers had left, finding it quite intriguing:

"However, I'm becoming more and more interested in this Equality Party."

No, I feel like the writing pace is off. At this rate, how many chapters will it take to finish this side story?

(End of this chapter)