"Are both fighters ready-kabo?" Mato asked as he looked back and forth between the two soon to be combatants.
"A wizard saint vs. a S class mage from a new guild, this match should prove to be a good one..." Jenny said as she crossed her legs, resting her elbows on her side of the table.
"You got it, Rylo!" Flynn shouted.
"Hm..." Evanee crossed her arms, just looking at the arena in general.
"Come on, Jura!" Lyon shouted.
"I am ready," Jura nodded.
"As am I." Rylo replied with a nod.
"Then begin!" Mato shouted as a bell rang.
"Nothing up my sleeve!" Rylo shouted as he rolled his sleeves up, a clear magic circle appearing in front of him as he unleashed the swords he captured in the magic circle from Erza's assault during the preliminary.
"Those swords..." Erza mumbled to herself while eying Rylo.
"Hm..." Jura extended his hand, bringing up a finger, resulting in two pillars of earth to appear in front of him, easily blocking the swords with no trouble. "I can tell he is a powerful wizard..." Jura thought to himself as a golden light surrounded his body, and he extended his other arm forward, sending the pillars he used for defense for offense, sending them hurtling towards Rylo.
"Ah...so this is what he was talking about..." Gaia said to herself.
"Tch..." Rylo narrowed his eyes, but quickly got an idea as he removed his top hat, pointing it towards the incoming pillars. Rylo's hat then unleashed a high pressurized stream of water, cutting through the pillars with ease reducing them to nothing but rubble, and sped towards Jura.
"Impressive reaction time," Jura thought to himself once again as he created a wall of rock and iron in front of him, allowing it to take the high pressurized water, and even shatter after taking the hit. This was a part of Jura's plan, however, as he clapped his hands, now taking control of the rubble Rylo created from the water, and sent all the rocks hurtling towards the slight of hand mage.
"He reacted so fast..." Rylo thought to himself as he used his break dancing background to dance away from most of the rubble now coming his way, but he wasn't able to evade all of it, and a few pieces of rubble hit him hard, forcing Rylo to slide back a few feet.
"It appears we've made it just in time..." Jellal said as he, Meredy, and Ultear took a seat in a near secluded section of the stands, hoods covering their faces. "Jura is fighting..."
"I wonder who he's fighting against..." Meredy tilted her head somewhat.
"Hn..." Ultear paid no attention to Meredy or Jellal; she felt an odd presence in the air around her...it felt familiar to her, however, and that was exactly what made her feel uneasy.
"I can tell just by watching that Jura's already improved since last year," Jellal said while giving a slight nod. "He's is a worthy opponent."
"Ranked 5 on the ten wizard saints; that mage is in for a fight..." Lyon said while giving an already victorious smirk.
"He's powerful..." Alexander commented.
"Rylo can handle him," Evanee replied to Alexander, but she didn't take her eyes of the match.
"Not bad, Jura!" Rylo said over to the wizard saint with a smirk. But, you can't hit what you can't see!" And with that, a magic circle appeared under Rylo, running through his body as he seemingly vanished from the naked eye.
"He vanished?!" Yuka said with widened eyes.
"Keep your guard up, Jura!" Chelia shouted, cupping her hands to the side of her mouth to amplify her voice.
Rylo moved from his original position slightly, then flicked his wrist, creating a card behind himself, and a card behind Jura, which then released a violent gust of wind aiming to sweep the heavy male off his feet. "Is this your card?"
"Interesting move, Rylo-Dono!" Jura replied with a smile as he quickly extended his hand, creating a pillar of rock to shield him from the violent gust of wind. "But, just because I can't see you, doesn't mean I don't know where you are!" Jura shouted, pointing his index finger and middle finger upwards, sending a giant fist of rock and iron from the ground hurtling to the exact location where the invisible Rylo was, using his phenomenal ability to sense the magical power of others to pinpoint Rylo's location. "Rock iron fist!"
"WH-?!" Before Rylo could react, the fist slammed into him, sending him halfway across the field before he finally managed to recover, sliding across the ground as a result, his invisibility fading.
"He hit an invisible Rylo?!" Flynn said in amazement.
"Even I could figure that out," Daryan replied while waving a dismissive hand.
"And Jura never fails to show why he is the fifth ranked Wizard Saint! Hitting an invisible opponent like it's nothing!" Chapati commented, his eyes glued onto the battle.
Jura wasn't even close to being finished, however. As soon as Rylo was in sight, Jura extended his other hand, bringing up his middle and index fingers as the same time, this time sending two iron rock fist in Rylo's direction. "Iron Rock Fist!"
"Again?" Rylo narrowed his eyes, not to he outdone by the same trick twice. As an iron rock fist hurtled towards him, Rylo jumped up, and actually landed on the fist, starting a sprint forward. This didn't last long as the other fist quickly headed in his direction, but the s class mage smirked, rolling his sleeves up as a clear magic circle appeared in front of him, absorbing the iron rock fist, since in the end, the large chunk of earth was nothing but a projectile. "Nothing up my sleeve!"
"He took in the fist?!" Chelia asked with utter amazement.
"Hm...not bad..." Lyon thought to himself. "But, against Jura, that's not good enough."
"That's a clever move," Jenny explained while giving a nod of approval, showing she was impressed.
Rylo continued his assault, sprinting forward across the arm of the fist that failed to attack him and jumped up, pointing his top hat forward as he unleashed another powerful vortex of flames upon Jura. "Eh?" Jura reacted faster, and somewhat hastily than before as be brought his hand up, creating two pillars to protect him from the flames, since that's what he had to do last time, but Rylo used far more power than last time. So the flames managed to break the first pillar, and some of the fire burned Jura's clothing, but it wasn't anything the wizard saint couldn't handle.
Rylo was now a few feet from Jura, and with a smirk, he rolled his sleeves down, creating a clear magic circle in front of him. "Nothing up my sleeve." The circle then unleashed the iron rock fist Rylo took in just before.
"Iron rock wall!" Jura pointed his index finger up, creating multiple walls of rock and iron in front of him, but the Iron Rock fist destroyed each and every wall, turning them into rubble, and slammed into Jura, causing the Wizard Saint to slide back a few feet, though the impact was softened somewhat due to the iron rock walls from before.
"He hit Jura!" Jellal said in amazement.
"Impressive..." Gaia said with an approving nod.
"And look at that!" Chapati shouted in amazement.
"He struck the wizard saint...?!" Jenny asked as her eyes widened.
"Oh, this is an impressive mage, that's for sure..." Yajima said with a nod.
"Wizard saint is just a title..." Adam said as he crossed his arms. "Sure, the mage is powerful, but he's not unbeatable...I don't see what you humans are getting so worked up over..."
"You're a dragon, I'm sure you could beat a man such as him no trouble," Cygnus replied.
"For humans, however," Luke continued as he leaned on the railing, watching the fight intently. "A man such as him is no easy opponent."
"Impressive, Rylo-Dono..." Jura said with a smile and a nod, but before he allowed Rylo to get too comfortable, the wizard saint moved his hand, taking control of all the rubble on the ground, and moved his hand in an arc, sending the rubble raining down harshly on Rylo. "Rock Avalanche!"
Rylo nodded at Jura's comment, however what happened next took him off guard completely. The Rock Avalanche was so fast and Rylo literally had no time to even defend himself, so the rocks slammed into him, falling to the ground harmlessly after, revealing a heavily damaged Rylo. "I-I guess they don't call you a wizard saint for nothing..." Rylo said somewhat quietly over to Jura before placing his top hat on the ground, smirking slightly as he lifted it up, revealing a beautiful woman, who actually happened to he a sort of spirit. "Jura, I'd like you to meet my lovely assistant!" The assistant nodded, and a glow started to appear around Rylo's body as the assistant started boost Rylo's stats.
Jura knew Rylo was planning something, but he didn't allow it to continue as he took control of the rubble around Rylo, using it to attempt one of his strongest attacks, Supreme Rock Crush. "Not so fast!"
Rylo took notice of Jura's reoccurring hand gesture and smirked as he placed his top hat on the ground once again. "Oh no you don't!" The bottom of the top hat let out a cyclone of water that circled around Rylo, protecting him from the incoming stones with relative ease. Rylo the picked up his top hat, and aimed the cyclone of water towards Jura.
"Iron Rock Wall!" Jura brought his fingers up once again, creating a thick wall of rock and iron in front of him. The power of the cyclone gave it a razor sharp edge, which allowed it to cut through about half the wall before vanishing.
"Is this your card?" Rylo asked with a smirk as a card appeared behind him and Jura; the ace of spades.
"An explosion...!" Jura thought to himself as he sensed the magic pressure building up from behind him. With his amazing reflexes, he brought his fingers up, causing an Iron Rock wall to appear behind him, just in time to protect himself from the explosion. The explosion shattered Jura's wall and the force sent the Wizard Saint stumbling forward.
"Now's your chance!" Melanie shouted.
"Get him, Rylo!" Tsami shouted from the sidelines.
Rylo pointed his top hat forward once again, this time releasing a violent gust of wind that struck Jura in the chest, now causing the heavy male to stumble back, noticeably damaged by the attack. Rylo then thought to himself about the results of the battle so far.
"Jura, snap out of it or so help me!" Ooba shouted, her irritation causing her to spin two random members around.
Jura regained his senses rather quickly, and stomped on the ground, sending spikes of rock and iron towards Rylo. "I'm not going to lose!" Jura shouted.
"Neither will I!" Rylo shouted in reply, causing another card to appear, the 8 of spades, which triggered a miniature tremor that only affected the arena, diverting the spiked away from him, but a few managed to clip his arms. "Tch..." Rylo then looked to his assistant and smirked, snapping his fingers as multiple magic circles appeared all around Jura. "I think it's time for the finishing act!"
"He's trying to end it!" Yuma shouted with widened eyes.
Jura clapped his hands together, a giant humanoid rock figure in eastern armor appearing around Jura. "Rock Mountain!" Jura exclaimed as the armor's red eyes glowing intensely as a black curtain appeared around the two, shielding them front sight, and since Rylo's assistant was still available, she fired down a large magic beam towards the heavily armored Jura. The only thing that could be seen after the collision through the black shades was a blinding light, and a powerful gust of wind. After the wind died down, the shade vanished, and Jura was standing unharmed.
"No way..." Alexander's eyes widened somewhat.
"He's unharmed..." Evanee commented with the tiniest hint of concern for Rylo at this point.
"Isn't that his strongest move...?" Flynn asked while completely astounded by Jura's skill.
"I guess I'll just have to get up close and personal then..." Rylo said, acting as though the fact his strongest attack unfazed Jura didn't bother him in the slightest. Rylo charged forward, using his break dancing background to throw a barrage of punched and kicks towards his opponent. Jura complied, entering hand to hand combat with Rylo, using his pure strength to block and counter Rylo's punches, but Rylo swayed to the side every time Jura countered. This continued for a few seconds until Jura raised his hand high and brought it down on Rylo; a swift chopping motion with so much power Rylo let out a cry of pain (despite his attempt to hold it in) and was slammed into the ground face first, the force of it creating a crater, and Rylo laid there, motionless.
"And a crushing blow by Jura! Is it over?!" Chapati shouted, nearly standing up to see if it was over.
"I can't imagine taking a hit like that..." Jenny winced at the thought of it, though she had a faint memory of a full powered Mirajane OHKO'ing her just last year.
"R-Rylo!" The entirely of Twilight Zone shouted.
"Heh, like I said, not good enough..." Lyon said with a victorious smirk.
"Damn...I felt that one..." Reve said while rolling his neck.
"He's down..." Alex said with wide eyes.
"That's all she wrote!" Byron said with a cocky grin. "I knew Iron Rock Jura was gonna win! Now pay up, those who said otherwise!"
"I don't believe this..." Tobias said while sliding his jewels over to Bryon.
"Only an idiot like you would think that," Kiora said to Tobias, who merely sighed.
"I-It looks like Rylo is down-kabo!" Mato finally managed to say after a few seconds of shock. "It looks like-"
"H-Hold on..." Rylo coughed, slowly making his way to his feet, blood trailing down his face from the hit. "W-Who said I was done..."
"Oh! Who's the idiot now?!" Tobias said with a smirk.
"He's getting up?!" Chelia's jaw dropped at Rylo's endurance, completely awestruck by it.
"Impossible!" Ooba shouted while twirling the no name member around faster.
"That's better," Evanee said with a nod.
"You have done excellent, Rylo-Dono; but it's time I ended this!" Jura shouted as he joined his hands together, causing the ground to tremble immensely. "Rumbling Mount Fuji!" The ground started to leak out magic energy under Rylo, but before it could erupt, the bell rung, signaling that the thirty minutes were up.
"T-Time!" Mato shouted, looking to the scoreboard after. "It's a draw! Both Twilight Zone and Lamia Scale gain five points!" With that, Twilight Zone now had 13 points, pushing them to first for the time being, and Lamia Scale gained 5, pushing them past Sabertooth, Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, and Fairy Tail.
"H-Heh..." Rylo gave a slight smirk. "Not bad...Jura..."
Jura gave a now of respect to Rylo, smiling after. "Excellent fight, Rylo-Dono."