Kashyyk walks out onto the floor of the arena. With a wave of his wand Muave runes appear in the air around him. He brings down his wand in a quick slash, and the runes erupt in flames!
Neruz enters from the other side, and lazily spins his wand in his hand. Cobalt runes begin to whirl and spin around his arm, and soon a blue-tinged wind rages about him.
The multicolored spray of light shines across the Arena as the Marshal begins the duel. Neruz stops the spinning wand with a snap of his hand, the tip pointed straight at Kashyyk. A torrent of air and dust slams into the Muave wizard, sending him flying backwards and tumbling on the ground. He rolls to a stop and staggers to his feet, wand jabbing out at Neruz. A great gout of fire erupts from the wand, engulfing the blue mage. As the fires dim you can see Neruz standing, flickering runes fading as he beats wildly on his arm to put out a stray flame that broke through. His opponent distracted by the flame, Kashyyk hurls a ball of fire across the arena. Neruz barely manages to dance to the side, his defensive aura flaring to life again as the fireball passes by his head.
Grimacing, Neruz slashes downwards with his wand. A great twister forms high the arena and snakes down after Kashyyk. The muave wizard is buffeted by the winds, but he holds his ground. Neruz slams him with yet another twister, this one sending him spinning into one of the walls of the arena. His head slams against the hardened stones, and you can see blood pour form a cut on his forehead. Kashyyk staggers back into the arena, Muave runes erupting in the air around him. He hurls the flaming runes at his opponent, but the blue wizard just smirks as they fly wide of the mark.
Kashyyk wipes the blood away from his eyes and hurls another barrage of fire at Neruz. The cobalt wizard's runes flare up before him, but you can see the strain in his face as he struggles to maintain his defenses. A blue-tinged wind slices down from above at Kashyyk, but the distracted blue mage cannot hold his concentration on it, and it fades before even reaching the muave wizard. The next attack strikes harder, slamming into Kashyyk and blinding him for a bit, but not long enough to prevent a renewed gout of fire from engulfing Neruz. Blue runes flre around him, shining brightly and then fading as Kashyyk's assault intensifies. Staggering backwards, the singed blue wizard slashes wildly with his want. Blue crescents of wind slam into Kashyyk, driving him once again to the floor.
Again and again the two mages hurl their magics at one another, each straining to breach the defenses and wear their weakened opponent down. Time and time again you watch as each mage barely deflects the assaults against him.
Finally, Neruz rushes forward. Blue runes swirl about his arms and he pummels Kashyyk with twisting bands of force. The muave wizard his driven to his knees, his defensive runes sparking and fading. A final barrage of blue runes slam against him, and Kashyyk falls senseless to the ground.
Staggering slightly and missing a good bit of hair, Neruz walks out of the Arena. Kashyyk rallies enough to rise to his knees as the Healers reach him, and they gently escort him off to the Healing Ward.
As the fight concludes, many of you are shocked to hear a bestial roar from behind you. Turning, you see that webadict has transformed into a hideous demonic creature and is attacking Mr.Person! Security intervenes quickly, but not before Mr.Person suffers grievous wounds. Both the injured mage and the subdued demon are dragged away.
Looking up at the glowing Announcement Board, you see the following Statements:
Kashyyk, Wizard of Water has lost a duel, and is removed from the Tournament!
Mr.Person, Archmage of Earth has suffered an accident and is removed from the Tournament!
Webadict, Dark Battle Mage of Air has been found in possession of Dark Magic, and has been banned from the Tournament!
It is now time to vote for the next round of Duelists! Voting will stay open until ~5pm Pacific Monday