Graduation Part 2

The king looked at both of us and when we both nodded he yelled out: "Let the battle begin!"

I quickly shot forward as I waved my hand, casting Gates of Faithylon, creating thousands of flaming swords in the sky before drawing my own sword. I was not going to hold back because I knew the dean was very powerful. 

I watched as he snorted and cast a spell similar to my own! His were made of water element and as I fired mine at him fired his at me. Luckily I put up a flaming spinning barrier. But he was not dumb either, copying my spell once more and casting a spinning water barrier to ward off my attack. 

This kind of annoyed me since he was matching me in tit for tat. Whatever I cast, he would copy with the opposing element. And when I got close to attack, he would easily defend against it. "Are you not being a bit too much of a copycat?"