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章 297: Verbal Duelling

Nirya pauses for a moment as she decides what she wants from the duo, "What I want? When I win, you will both drop to your knees and kiss my feet for forgiveness." she states with crossed arms.

The two Nords scowl, but ignore the slight to make their own demands as well, "And when we win, you'll spend one night with each of us." Jernil says with a cruel grin.

Nirya and many of the other Apprentices listening are taken aback by their demand, some laughed and jeered at Nirya for it, while others just wrinkled their noses at Jernil in disgust. "That is hardly a fair trade." she retorts.

Jernil just laughs, "An apology from us is equal to a lifetime with your body, bitch, just be thankful we only want to show you who's in charge for a single night."

Michael frowns at the duo, "I thought 'honourable Nords' such as yourselves wouldn't lower yourselves to touch an Elf?" he sarcastically asks, "How about we even the stakes? Unless you guys are scared of losing? Two fresh Apprentices versus two Senior Apprentices, it seems obvious who should win, right?"

Jernil scowls but nods, "Fine, say your piece so we can get this over with!"

Michael smiles in response, "You will apologise to Nirya, and you will pay her ten Septims for every day you've been fighting." he turns to Nirya, "How much is that again?"

She glares at the duo, "Almost half a year now."

Michael nods, "Then, that should be around... One thousand seven-hundred septims give or take..." he shrugs, "Math was never my good point... That fine with you two? Or are you going to chicken out at a little gold?... How about this? If you win I'll pay the same amount." he says, sweetening the deal... He had zero doubt that he'd be able to beat these idiots.

...

The duo talks amongst each other for a moment before eventually agreeing, "That's fine for us, just be ready to hand over the gold!"

With the terms agreed upon, the two sides separate a good distance and Master Faralda is given permission to begin the duel. "When this coin hits the ground, the duel begins!" she announces and flicks the coin after a moment.

Unfortunately, the Nords were hardly playing fair, as before it even hits the ground they were already casting.

*Ching!* *Ching!*

The sound of two separate portals to Oblivion opening rings out, with two Atronachs appearing from them. One 10ft Frost Atronach with club-like hands, and one Flame Atronach, which glides out like a dancer and immediately starts hurling fireballs at them.

Nirya ignores their apparent cheating and instead throws up a Ward to block the fireballs with her left hand, all the while, her right hand begins channelling an attack of her own. Not a second later, she throws her right hand out, casting Ice-Spike which hurls a sword-sized sharp piece of ice, not towards the Flame Atronach that'd attacked her, but at Sorkas just behind it.

"Aha! You think a weak attack like that would harm me!?" the Nord laughs as he throws up a Ward of his own. Already the duel wasn't looking good for them, it was a four versus two fight now that the Nords had conjured their summons, leaving Faralda on the back foot.

She glances over towards Michael to see how he was doing, her mouth opening slightly as she spots him teleport on top of the Frost Atronach...

Michael sits atop it with a shit-eating grin as he looks down at Jernil. The Frost Atronach were usually large and inflexible, this one, in particular, having joints that didn't allow it to raise its arms above its head, leaving Michael completely safe from its attacks. "Man, you guys must really suck at this... I've just started learning here and I'm way stronger than you!" he mocks, causing Jernil to almost froth at the mouth in indignant rage.

The scene was pretty comical to an outsider's perspective, Michael casually sitting atop Jenril's Frost Atronach as it stumbles and waddles around in a vain attempt to attack its new rider. All the while its summoner shoots and misses a barrage of Ice-Spikes at him.

Truth be told, Michael hadn't yet learned how to cast a Ward, so he was basically just forced to dodge the attacks... Were he not using a dagger to keep his seating atop the Atronach he'd have been hit a couple times as well, his Gandalfr runes providing the speed and reaction speed he needs.

"Sorkas! Help me kill this fuck!" Jernil growls with a bead of sweat beginning to drip down his cheek.

"I got it." the Nod retorts, halting his Ward and thrusting both hands forwards, but not towards Michael... A light spark to life around the Atronach, and suddenly it's completely surrounded in a Cloak of Flames, forcing Michael to leave his new mount.

He lands on the ground with a roll and glances over at Nirya who'd just finished off Sorkas' Flame Atronach, "Shall I end this already? Or do you still want to show off a bit?" he asks, causing a frown to touch her face.

"I'm not here to play, Michael, my pride and dignity is on the line. If you can finish this then do so!" she exclaims, having to use both hands to block a Fireball cast by Sorkas, it explodes against her defences and she barely manages to hold it off... Another attack like that though and she'd be done for.

Michael just throws her a thumbs up and looks to Jernil, "Hey, buddy, I wonder how much you've got left in your reserves."

The Nord grins despite himself, "I've more than enough left in me! Enough to bed that knife-eared bitch at least!" she shouts, causing a couple High Elves in the crowd to scowl at him for his racist insult.

Michael nods, "Good, then this shouldn't instantly kill you. Mana Void."

"CHRAAAAK!*


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章 298: One-Tap

"Mana Void." Michael casts and Jernil attempts to block it with a duel cast Ward, but the spell just bypasses his defences completely and causes blue light to explode from the Nord, encompassing not only him but Sorkas as well.

*ChraaaaAAAK!*

"AAARGH!"

"AAAAHHHGH!"

The distinct shouts ring out as people shield their eyes from the sudden light show. It ends quickly enough, however, leaving both Jernil and Sorkas' bodies on the ground unmoving.

...

A moment of quiet passes when people realise that the duel had ended, a few Mages versed in Restoration magic rush over to see the damage the Nords had taken. No one knew what spell had been used, so some were just checking on the bodies to soothe their curiosity over its effects, more than just healing the two Nord douche-bags.

Indeed, they were both lucky that Jernil hadn't wasted that much Magicka, otherwise they'd have both been instantly killed by the spell. For now, they were just left with most of their Magicka sucked out of their bodies in a manner not too dissimilar to what Tiffania and Charlotte had experienced.

They were both pale-faced and running a fever, but with the number of Restoration users around here, they'd probably survive... Probably. Michael inwardly smirks at the results and glances over to Nirya, "Good enough?"

She slowly nods, "I-it seems so... I thank you for your help, Michael..." she catches herself and straightens her posture, "Rest assured I will leave your friend alone, she will see neither hide nor hair of me!"

Michael nods, "Good, then, I'll see you around, probably." he says and starts walking off towards the Kitchens to finally grab a meal.

"I-uh!" Nirya's voice continues however, "Would you-, do you want to... Have some tea?"

...

Michael is actually surprised to find himself considering the offer... Man, he really did just have a thing for elves didn't he? Regardless, he catches himself before he does something stupid and shakes his head, "Sorry, but I've got other things to do."

"M-maybe another time then?" the High Elf presses, leaving Michael to let out a sigh.

"Nirya, I want nothing to do with you, leave me and my friends alone and we'll get on fine. I may have helped you, but that was less for you and more for myself." he states, causing her expression to quickly change to one of both sadness and anger. She hides it though, forcing herself to nod and walk away.

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The duel between Nirya and Michael versus the Nords quickly made its way through the rumour mill, and soon enough everyone in the College of Winterhold, and even the town of Winterhold had heard about it.

This is probably why Sorkas and Jernil fled the moment they woke up. Either not having the money, refusing to apologize to Nirya, or a combination of both. Either way, Michael didn't think he'd be seeing them again, not unless they planned to ambush him outside of the College, which wouldn't go well for them.

Of course, there wasn't really any consequences for Michael, aside from earning Master Malyn's ire for forcing two of his students to flee, and the Arch-Mage who had Michael show him the spells he'd used in the duel, both Blink and Mana Void.

None of this really impeded Michael's magical education, however, allowing him to learn a couple spells from almost every school after a month or so in the College. Aside from the Candlelight Alteration spell and the Flames Destruction spell, one of the first things he endeavoured to learn was a spell called Equilibrium.

It was a Novice Alteration spell that would exchange health for mana, something that most mages couldn't really do without risking their lives... But for Michael? Who had stupidly powerful regenerative abilities like Shadow Dance? He could spam Equilibrium all day without a single problem.

So long as he stayed out of sight while he cast it, he'd regenerate most health than the spell exchanged, essentially allowing him infinite mana to play around with... There were still a few problems with this however, Equilibrium only exchanged a fixed amount of health, mainly to stop people from dying instantly when first trying it. A good amount of mages weren't the most healthy people, so exchanging more health than it did would be incredibly dangerous.

Of course, this also meant that Michael could only regenerate so much mana per second. He'd have to channel the spell for a minute or two just to gain enough to cast a Laguna Blade, not something he could do mid-battle, along with the fact his Shadow Dance wouldn't be active if seen.

Aside from Equilibrium, he also learned the Fury Illusion spell, and the most basic Healing Restoration spell. Which, while not really useful for Michael, could be used to save someone else's life should the situation require it.

Michael's new training method of constantly casting and draining his magic had a number of effects of course. While it helped him get familiar with this world's particular method of casting magic, crafting Formation with his magic before expelling it, it also acted to constantly strain his magic, steadily increasing it faster than his old methods of training did.

Indeed, even the Book of Heroes displayed his progress, in both stats and new abilities :

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Name : Michael Tahlin

Rank : Hero

Stats :

Strength : 28

Agility : 47.2

Intelligence : 32 > 35

Birthsign : The Mage

Abilities :

[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.

[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Basic Mana Manipulation] > [Novice Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.

[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.

[Apprentice basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.

[Apprentice basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.

Affinities :

[Lesser Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity]

Spirits :

Commoner Tier :

Shadow Shaman : MAX

Slark : Lvl MAX

Riki : Lvl MAX

Hero Tier :

Anti-Mage : MAX

Lina : Lvl 10

Magic :

Tamrielic

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The book allowed Michael to select the new 'Tamrielic' magic subset to see all of the spells he'd learned, this would probably extend to every other magic system he learned.

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Tamrielic magic :

Alteration :

Novice :

Equilibrium

Candlelight

Illusion :

Novice :

Fury

Destruction :

Novice :

Flames

Conjuration :

Novice :

Empty Link

Restoration :

Novice :

Healing

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