I created my own system

Under a sky that crackled with distant lightning, in the heart of a dense and humongous forest, a mage stood opposed to a very strong foe. He wore robes enchanted with magic, and every symbol across the garment blazed in intensity like some kind of raging storm. Magic pulsed in the air around him, while each beat of energy moved as if it were alive.

The opposite of the mage is a man who wears simple but strong leather armour, he is calm yet his fist trembles slightly as if holding back his excitement. The opponent of the mage has nothing visibly special about him, no waves of magic and even weapons, and yet his demeanour is flawless. It's as if he was an impenetrable wall that can't be broken.

With him just standing there anyone could tell he is a master in martial arts.

The duel began, and the mage made a move first with a flick of his finger a rain of spells came down. His opponent responded to the mage's attack, he sidestepped smoothly while making a quick transition of weight to attack. The mage anticipating such a move launched a series of fireballs that immediately turned the forest into a picture similar to hell.

The combatant who was about to attack switched to defence, he positioned his body to safety and moved that almost seemed like a blur.

Fireballs fly to circle him, they were controlled with great ability to corner the martial combatant.

Even with the fast motion of spells, it didn't matter because they weren't able to hit their target. In a heartbeat, the spells might be closed but it would be dodged. Fireballs were then replaced by a strike of lightning before it could hit the target, a swift reinforced kick, disrupted the mage's concentration and made his spells wash out.

"What the!" the mage exclaimed while his head began to ring as if someone had strongly shaken him.

He was momentarily stunned but tried to cast a shield. However, the second he showed weakness, it was perceived as an opening. His opponent seized the opportunity and moved to a speed that was hard to match.

In that moment a sharp pain began to spread across the mage's body. As he located its source he was suddenly taken aback when he realized it was his opponent. His approach remains undetected to the mage and if it weren't for the pain he won't notice that he is slowly dying.

The mage tried to fight back but in a final decisive motion, the martial combatant disarmed the mage with a spinning kick, sending his staff sliding across the ground.

The mage now found himself kneeling with his strength gone. His body was bruised while the enemy's aura blocked his mana. Now he couldn't cast any spells and was defenceless.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Damn it!" the mage shouted, although defeated he didn't want to admit it. So he commanded the space ring, and upon his call, it began to glow activating an artifact he had kept. However, his opponent was very fast to act and immediately seize the opportunity. A thick mass of aura tainted with killing intent created a paralyzing effect and this almost killed the mage.

Watching the mage gasp for air made his opponent stand in satisfaction. As he knows that the mage is slowly dying. However, he didn't land the killing blow and just left him to die on his own.

The proud mage, wounded and close to death, slowly recovered under the effects of his other artifact. His pride and ego were broken and now he couldn't believe how he was defeated so easily. His damaged ego was even more important to him than his life.

With a struggling breath and fractured limbs, slowly he followed his opponent closely, holding the urge to seek revenge. His spells kept him under the cover as he tracked his opponent through the forest. His eyes are that of a deranged man, a person whose rationality was swallowed by his desire to get back at the person who defeated him.

The mage followed the trail to a secluded camp. There, the followers of his opponent came, there were several skilled warriors while the rest were mages.

He no longer has any reason, his decision lies in the fact he could kill the one person who humiliated him.

With a flick of his wrist, the mage produced an invisibility spell and slipped unnoticed into the camp. As he walked into the den of monsters he suddenly felt the tension, however, despite the known danger he continued heading inside. Then the most perceptive of the followers felt the mage's presence and alerted others.

Knowing he was already known the mage began to attack setting the place on fire. The camp exploded into chaos as the followers scrambled to defend themselves. The mage was still unseen in the shadows, casting multiple storms of magic. Those spells send the warriors scattering and forcing them to take defensive positions.

Although surprised, the warriors and mage of the camp rallied and joined in order to create a defensive circle. With the chaos rising their leader finally arrives and immediately locates the crazy mage.

A maniac smile curves onto the lips of the deranged wizard and immediately casts an even more powerful spell.

"What a lunatic," said his opponent and calmly ordered a one-coordinated assault.

The summoned gollem of the mage turned to dust though that didn't matter to its caster.

"With this you are dead!"

He said as he activated an artifact and all the ki and mana of his enemies disappeared.

"Interesting" the leader could only say while he made his men retreat.

"I will finish this" he added coming face to face with the man who his crazy to kill him.

"Hey there"

"You!"

The wizard was mad more than he could handle and the only thing he could think of was how to kill the man in front of him. So he cast a spell with the power of the staff on his hand. It was a spell that consumed a part of his life, a forbidden magic. As the discord arose the surrounding mana was affected and the spell came to life.

A fire spell that swallowed the entire forest activated turning the place into hell.

"Just die!" he was still hysterical but his spell continued to burn the ground.

Amid the chaos, the enemy emerged from the inferno with sharp glances at his attacker.

"What's this I thought your spell could due something" he simply said while cracking his knuckles.

The mage upon seeing his opponent unscathed felt conflicted.

"How! I sealed your mana and ki how come you are still alive!" he shouted while casting another storm of spells.

"How! How! HOW!"

He continued firing however no matter what he did his spells cast no damage to his enemy.

"I thought this would be fun but I guess I was a bit stupid to think of that" Every word he said made the wizard in front of him infuriated.

With his curiosity gone he began to make a move, taking a quick step, he produced a powerful shockwave to disperse the rain of spells that came to him.

The mage was flabbergasted when he saw his opponent knocking all his spells with just a wave of his hand. The battlefield became quiet, with only the sound of breathing prevailing.

"Tch!" this time the mage changed his style and went hand in hand filling his body with buff.

"A resounding stupid idea" his opponent said however the mage closed the gap between them. Calculating each of his steps, he created a movement like one perfected in an art of martial arts, he moved forward calmly. This calmness made his opponent smile.

"And here I thought you won't gain your sanity," he said as he welcomed the attack.

The mage attempted to use whatever left-over magic he could to his advantage, but the opponent would not show mercy, his single strike would break the bones of the mage while the latter activated a spell to instantly heal him.

"Come on is that all you got?" he taunted and this urged the mage to go faster.

Finally, an uppercut disarmed the wizard one more time, his staff flying out of his clutch. Weaken and battered, the wizard ended up on his knees, his mana dwindling as his aggressor stood over him, a winner once again. His men now, seeing how their leader defeated the attacker felt confident even though it wasn't them who beat the mage.

"Come out" Instead of finishing the mage the leader spoke such words that men his subordinates confused.

However, instead of an answer their leader attacked a tree and behind it, a person hid discretely.

"Who is that!" someone among them exclaimed, he was one of the most sensitive senses among them and was one of the people who sensed the mage. But no matter how good they are only their leader senses the individual who stealthily watches them.