Arriving on the beach, where the match was to be held, Mark struggled to concentrate, especially looking at the members of the Familia, who couldn't wait for it to begin.
'Sigh.'
"Already down in the dumps Mark? You haven't even started." -Loki told him, smiling.
"...Talking to you would only make me more tired. So how will Tione be disadvantaged?"
"Don't worry, Gareth will take care of that."
Indeed, as she had said, Gareth approached Tione. He took off some bracelets and handed them to her, and as soon as she took them, she almost lost her balance.
"These are stupidly heavy! Why the hell are carrying them?!" -Tione shouted as she struggled to put them on her wrists and ankles.
"I originally used to use them for training, but now I use them so often that I forget I'm wearing them, hahaha."
Laughing merrily, he also headed toward the rest of the Familia.
"Tch it will take me a while to get used to them."
Meanwhile, Tione performed different moves and movements to get used to the additional weight slowing her down, but there was one thing that worried Mark.
'Won't it be bad if he hits me even once?'
Tione's strikes could be slowed down by the weights, but at the same time, it meant her strikes would be much heavier.
"I repeat the rules in case you have forgotten. If Tione manages to land Mark five times she wins, but if Mark manages to land even a small wound on her before then, he wins. Any questions?"
"No." -Mark said.
"Come on Loki hurry up." -Tione said nonchalantly.
"No respect for your goddess I see. Anyway, get started!"
When she lowered her hand, Mark immediately activated his skills.
'Limit Break.'
'clank'-To his ears, rang the clank of the chains to which he was now accustomed.
'Golem Heart.'
Mark's world lost its colors, but no matter how strange this ability made him feel if he could grow faster with it he was willing to pay a small price, as long as a piece of him remained intact.
'Defeat my opponent.'
'Take care of guiding the body, I deal with sensory perception and magic.'
For some, it would seem like a long time had passed, but with the processing speed of Mark's brain, not even a second had passed since Loki had lowered her hand.
On the other hand, when Tione saw Loki give the go-ahead, she was ready to sprint toward Mark and finish as soon as possible, but when she saw the change in Mark, she became alert. Whenever Mark was in that state, he would pull out spells with devastating effects that would make even level 6s fear for their lives.
Of course, Tione knew about the fact that Mark could not use those spells normally, but it was better to have the doubt.
The first to move was Mark, who walked slowly around Tione, who continued to maintain eye contact. He kept moving until he was up against the sun, which forced Tione to squint, and at that point, he began to attack.
"Electric javelin."
An electric javelin came out of the magic circle in front of him and headed toward Tione.
It was not difficult for Tione to see the blow and she managed to dodge it, though a little unsteady because of the weight, but she had to move her arm when she saw Mark was close to her and about to cut her with the lightning-covered blade.
'Clank!
Sparks flew as Mark's sword collided with the bracelet Tione had on her wrist.
"You have become more skilled at fighting, before, you would charge directly, but now you also take advantage of the external environment, but it's still not enough." -Said Tione smiling, since when she took the blow, she did not even move.
"It seems that the captain is watching you closely Tione." -Speaking coldly, Mark did not even seem to hear her words.
"Eh really?!"
As soon as she turned around excitedly, Mark tried to stab her in the back, but she lowered her back and counterattacked with a side kick on Mark's shoulder, which caused him to create long deep trails in the sand.
Mark slowly moved his shoulder to see if it was okay, as he could not feel the pain at the moment and there seemed to be no problem. Fortunately, the weight on her ankle had prevented Tione from exerting enough force in the kick.
"Did you honestly think I would fall for that?" -She said with some irritation.
"The chances were there, your IQ is, moreover, very low." -Even in his indifferent voice, there was a hint of sarcasm, which made Tione's expression contract.
"So I would be stupid, huh?"
Clenching her fists so tightly that her fingers creaked, she charged Mark like an angry ox.
Seeing Tione's angry charge calmly, Mark cast the next spell.
"Snake shock."
An electric snake raced toward Tione, who simply moved to the side dodging it, and then came in front of Mark, who slid beside her and created some distance before lowering his finger, which controlled the magic, causing the electric snake to fall over her head.
Sensing something, Tione did not hesitate to jump back, thus avoiding being hit, but she had to remain on her guard because Mark had already started to approach her.
"Triple flashbang."
Opening her eyes in shock, three magical circles formed in front of Mark, whose light and noise momentarily stunned Tione.
Mark immediately wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, but Tione did something he had not expected; she jumped so high that he wondered if she had weights on her, and taking full advantage of gravity, she delivered an extremely powerful punch to the ground, which made it shake.
"There you are."
Perhaps it was because she possessed an animal instinct, but even with her eyes closed she spotted Mark who had just lost his balance from the shockwave, and without mercy, she tackled him better than a rugby player.
"Haaaa, can you tell how abnormal you are?" -She said wordlessly still on top of him.
It was true that she was still not used to that weight and the sand did not help, but she never thought it would be so complicated. All his spells were based on the electricity that could cause momentary paralysis, some were also difficult to handle, plus she wondered how it was possible to cast three spells at once.
"Move over, your weight prevents me from getting up." -Looking at her without emotion, those words came out of his mouth.
"It seems I have been too kind to you." -A pulsing vein appeared on her forehead as she lifted herself. In the next round, she would not be so kind.
"1 point for Tione, Yaaaa! What an exciting match, don't you guys think so, too?" -Smiling with satisfaction, Loki turned to the members of his Familia, who were speechless.
If everyone had to assign a term to Mark, it would be abnormal. Magic with an extra short chant, and physical abilities that completely surpassed those of level 2, even people who had already seen him fight were surprised at his growth.
"He-hehehe-he simultaneous magical chanting, is that even possible?"
It was normal for Lefiya to be puzzled. For a magician to use multiple spells at the same time was impossible, since one could not recite two or more spells at the same time.
"Consider that Mark uses magic slightly differently from us, but I understand how you feel Lefiya. What do you think Finn?" -Riveria asked, turning to Finn.
"I would say it's interesting, but I'm more interested in its state. It seems to be an ability that ignores everything that is not necessary, different from what I thought before."
Of course, he wasn't the only one who noticed his state, all the core members of the Loki Familia had seen Mark become like this at least once, so they were paying attention to him, even Bete did, but to him, it was more of an annoyance, since it reminded him of how Mark had injured his shoulder.
"Are you ready? Start round two!"
After the two had positioned themselves again, Loki began the next round.