The Guard Squad escorted the Mage Apprentice straight into the Hellfire Corps' goal.
Femi immediately glanced at Luoxi, who hadn't had time to hide his smug look.
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The whistle blew. One point to the Guard Squad.
Guard Squad fans cheered, Hellfire Corps fans groaned, and tourists who had only just learned the rules wondered if the whole thing was a bit of a joke.
The players returned to the center of the field. The Hellfire Corps had possession.
After a brief moment of confusion, the Hellfire Corps realized there was a Mage Apprentice hidden among the Guard Squad players...
"Stop that mage!"
Play resumed. The Hellfire Corps immediately sent three players to crowd the Mage Apprentice toward the edge of the field. The rest charged forward, shouldered an opponent out of the way, and fired a powerful shot at the goal!
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The football, stitched from giant beast hide, curved toward the open goal. But it suddenly slowed, then stopped just short of the goal and hung in midair.
"Attack!"
The Mage Apprentice seized the football with Mage Hand and, sounding neither noble nor elegant, roared as he led his teammates on a counterattack.
The Hellfire Corps charged at them, eyes red, trying to stop them with body checks. But they could do nothing about the football floating three or four meters overhead. They could only watch it drift into the goal.
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Three minutes into the match, the Guard Squad had scored twice.
The Guard Squad fans cheered even louder.
The Hellfire Corps Captain picked up the ball and gave the Mage Apprentice, who was high-fiving his teammates, a cold look. "We really can't stop that move... but how many times can you use it?"
The Mage Apprentice chuckled. "Five. Enough to put us ahead of you."
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