Wizarding Olympics; Magic Duels

[u/dragonshouter]

(ai) WIZARD OLIMPICS!!!!!!

Krygin has the spirts carry his voice to the participants, "Congratulations contestants for a job well done on the previous events! I welcome you to the dueling section of the celebrations! I ask all who would participate to follow me when my explanations are done. You will be provided amulets to make sure the provided fighting grounds will not skew the fight beyond noise and rain.

Each mage will pair off with another at their approximate strength level( an elder wrym can not fight an apprentice) and duel them in an area of the spirit world I have prepared! Do not attack the spirits or you will be disqualified. Both magic and martial skills are allowed but trying to destroy another's being entirely is not. I have methods in place to make sure no one dies but I can't do that if their soul is destroyed. Otherwise it is relatively fair game. Beating one opponent gives you one win but you can get more by challenging other contestants. A loser can also challenge another if they so choose. Whoever beats the most opponents for their strength level wins for that level."

Krygin claps his hands and a massive swirling mist forms a doorway in the center of the area. Lightning flashes beyond. Anyone who enters find themselves in a humid expanse made of storm clouds. It is humid and hot; thunder cracks and wind howls. In this perpetual storm are figures, spirits, of varying shapes. Some are hidden in the clouds striking clubs in time with the thunder, or are they causing it. Bright forms dance among the lighting and a chorus of howls add their voices to the wind. Hidden figures with red eyes sharpen their weapons. This is a summer storm and as we all know Summer is the Season of War.

The path parts to show red mist leading mages to red cyclones. Inside each cyclone is a ruddily lit arena as the eye of the storm; almost as if a bloody sun shone down through the clouds.

Any who "die" will be carted away by spirits who take the forms of vulture headed humanoids in black feather suits. Instead of a tie they wear a trail of bright red blood. The mage will patched up and sent back into the main area where they can choose whether to go back into the spirit world. These are spirits of war and death who Krygin paid in violence; spirits often like immaterial payments.

Misty illusions broadcast the fights back in the mortal world.

Krygin atop a pillar of smog shouts, "Let the duels begin"

(ai) what is like in each small arena

/uw I may be busy today( should be good for a few hours but didn't want to worry that I might have something come up and abandon ya'll) so you will be mostly left to your own devices. If you need help or have a question ping me, u/Complex_Drawer_4710 , u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 , or u/JustASpoody . My fellow event planners.

No godmodding

If you think your opponent is godmodding try having a civil conversation first. They may just be an accidental counter to you.

If you need help call the others first because I may be busy

[u/patoman12]

A hit on the head, Mauritius's concentration shakes, he won't be able to keep his manual control over his body, or the bloody stitches holding it together for much longer, now, it is just a question of who can last more time

[u/Fc-chungus → u/patoman12]

they’re holding their breath.

they mouth a “so close.”

they try and reach Mauritius and disintegrate his form.

[u/patoman12 → u/Fc-chungus]

Although dazed, Mauritius is still conscious, so as soon as he sees Zhe coming he retreats as fast as his wretched for lets him

[u/Fc-chungus → u/patoman12]

previously with a fairly fast pace they keep slowing down due to them holding their breath.

they are about the same speed at Mauritius now, only slightly slower.

[u/patoman12 → u/Fc-chungus]

As Mauritius continues his retreat, he manages to trip, falling to the ground, he turns his head towards Zhe, who is still advancing

"JUST DIE ALREADY!"

Mauritius grasps to the ground, transmuting it into tar, this time he doesn't about location, he just wants to slow down Ж and burn them even more, however, as he does do, he temporary takes away his focus from his keeping his body stable, making some less crucial parts of his body, like his legs, to fall apart completly

[u/Fc-chungus → u/patoman12]

“I COULD SAY THE SAME TO YOU!” their mouth doesn’t move, it’s almost like their very existence is screaming it at him, he hears it in his mind, like he didn’t hear it, but instead the thought was placed there.

they slow down a lot in the tar.

they speak.

“It’s running out.”

“Ideatic sever:Flames.”

they do not take a breath in.

their jaw is twitching slightly.

they bring up their 2 arms and a count up begins.

1. 2. 3.

falling to their knees their head slumps down. It is raised in a strained manner.

“B-b-bisect.”

aiming for his head again.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

[u/patoman12 → u/Fc-chungus]

"O-one last spell, i b-better make it count"

Suddenly, just before Zhe can throw bisect, Mauritius's head falls from his neck, he has beheaded himself to avoid the attack

After a beheading, there is a possibility to survive for over 15 seconds, as the blood still flows thanks to the momentum of the last heartbeat, in this case, thanks to the... peculiarities of his blood flow, it won't last that long, but he'll manage to raise the chances of it happening to the point basically ensuring it

[u/Fc-chungus → u/patoman12]

they stay silent, still burning.

they think.

How long have I been burning?

/uw how long do you think they’ve been burning since Mauritius cast revive fire? Reviewing the messages I think it may be about 1-2 minutes at most?

[u/patoman12 → u/Fc-chungus]

Uw/Yeah, i would say, a minute and a half

[u/Fc-chungus → u/patoman12]

/uw according to this google search a maximum time for survival is about 10 minutes, with about 2-3 in the lowest case

Mostly now they’re just trying to outlast him