[INT. DIVINE STADIUM – DAY TWO OF ROUND TWO]
A golden light swept across the marble stadium, signaling the start of the second day of the Duo Battles. Spectators filled the divine seats, and divine energy vibrated through the platforms in anticipation.
Today, match five through eight would determine the next set of advancing duos.
The crowd's excitement surged as the names of the next participants flared across the Divine Board.
> Match 6: Auron Elen and Cyra Valen vs. Dael Vern and Cylith Rosse – School of Elements
The Light School team immediately stood from their seats in the waiting platform.
> Lyrion (smiling): "They're up."
> Veloria: "Let's see what they can do."
> Rika: "They've been training harder than anyone."
Auron and Cyra stepped forward into the divine-lit battlefield, hands brushing briefly as they passed through the shimmering gate.
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[INT. BATTLE STAGE – MATCH 6 BEGINS]
Across from them stood Dael and Cylith, both clad in Elemental School's crimson-blue battle armor. Dael summoned a sphere of ice in one hand and a flame ring in the other, while Cylith's twin blades crackled with wind energy.
> Dael: "You're the illusion boy and the silent stone girl, huh?"
> Cylith (mocking): "Try not to get crushed too fast."
Auron said nothing.
Cyra's eyes narrowed.
> Cyra (quietly to Auron): "They think we're easy."
> Auron (soft smile): "Let them think it."
The divine bell chimed — and the match began.
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[PHASE ONE – TACTICAL DEFENSE]
Dael and Cylith launched a synchronized storm of fire blasts and sweeping wind slashes. Auron immediately raised a camouflage dome of energy to obscure their position.
Cyra stood behind him and created a semicircle of enchanted metal spikes that redirected incoming elemental attacks to the side, preventing direct hits.
> Aria (watching): "That defense coordination… that's textbook."
> Syleria: "No, that's Auron and Cyra. They've built this pattern for weeks."
But Dael roared, charging straight through the camo zone with a burst of ice mist, catching Cyra off-guard and slamming her back.
> Cyra (gasping): "I'm fine…!"
Cylith appeared behind Auron with a sudden gust-assisted leap, nearly slicing through his shoulder — but Auron phased back with a light-bending shift.
> Auron (grimacing): "They're faster than expected."
> Cyra (panting): "We have to stop holding back."
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[PHASE TWO – BREAKING POINT]
As Dael and Cylith's pressure grew more intense, Auron's arms shook from continuous illusions and terrain manipulations. Cyra's metal was cracking under repeated elemental bursts.
From the stands, Veloria clenched the railing.
> Veloria: "They're struggling…"
> Ray: "But they haven't given up."
> Rika (softly): "They won't."
Dael struck Cyra again with a wave of fire. She fell to one knee.
> Dael (smirking): "You're done."
Cyra's eyes shimmered — but not with fear.
> Cyra (whispering): "No. I'm just starting."
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[PHASE THREE – DIVINE AWAKENING]
A surge of unnatural energy burst from beneath Cyra's feet — glowing silver patterns etched themselves across her palms.
> Cylith (startled): "What—?!"
The divine mark of Nonliving Creation flared around her as her broken metals levitated, fusing into a new weapon — a twin-edged scythe with razor-thin precision and indestructible force.
> Cyra (calmly): "You hit me one too many times."
She darted forward — not with brute strength, but calculated precision. Her scythe disarmed Cylith's blades in three moves, slicing clean through elemental enhancements.
Dael tried to counter, but Auron stood beside her now, eyes glowing brightly.
> Auron (low): "I won't be invisible anymore."
Behind him, the sigil of Living Creation glowed as tiny vines, light particles, and terrain motes fused around his legs and arms. His illusion magic shifted to form not just visuals — but constructs.
> Auron (firm): "Illusions are meant to deceive."
> "But now… they'll strike."
He raised his hand — and a mimic of Dael himself appeared from nowhere, punching Dael in the back with his own fire signature.
> Dael: "W-What?!"
Then the real Auron followed through with a wave of creation vines — binding Dael in a twisting prison rooted chains.
Cyra, silent, had already dispatched Cylith with a brutal spinning kick reinforced by her scythe, leaving her opponent unconscious at the edge of the platform.
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[INT. STADIUM – BATTLE ENDS]
> Divine Announcement:
"Match 6 Winners: Auron Elen and Cyra Valen of Light School!"
The Light School platform exploded in cheers.
> Syleria (grinning): "That's our gentle duo for you."
> Kairo: "Don't cross them when they're cornered."
> Lyrion (quietly smiling): "They awakened their light."
From above, the gods observed in silence.
> Light God Alarion: "They are beginning to hear the call of their bloodlines."
> Living Creation God Kaelith (to his wife): "Did you see it? Our legacy, waking within him."
> Living Creation Goddess Liora : "yes They're growing in every Match."
>Nonliving Goddess Sylra (to his husband): "Cyra's control exceeded my expectations."
>Nonliving God Drenas : "well their growth is really impressive."
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[INT. EXIT HALLWAY – POST MATCH]
Auron and Cyra walked back into the waiting room corridor, quiet again.
Cyra held her arm, still aching slightly.
> Auron (softly): "You okay?"
> Cyra: "You asked me that during the battle, too."
> Auron: "Because I meant it then, and I still do now."
A small smile curled on her lips.
> Cyra (gently): "Then thank you. For fighting beside me."
Auron smiled, blushing faintly.
> Auron: "Always."
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[INT. STADIUM TALLY BOARD – DAY TWO SUMMARY]
> 10 Matches Completed – 10 Duos Advanced.
5 Matches remaining
5 Duos will survive.
A storm brewed just beneath the surface of the tournament.
And the true awakening of the heirs had only just begun.
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TO BE CONTINUED…