Naturally, there were no objections, and both combatants nodded.
Karin could see Polly Moni's slightly trembling hands. She was a little nervous... but fortunately, the tall mage facing her seemed even more nervous than she was.
"I major in the School of Evocation and minor in Conjuration!" Polly said.
"I... I'm from the School of Conjuration, with a minor in abjuration!" her opponent said.
The two raised their staff and wand respectively, and the battle began!
The tall mage was also at the third ring, but his major was the School of Conjuration! Conjuration mages were terrifying in combat at higher levels, but at only the third ring, he was at a slight disadvantage against an evocation mage.
Polly had a fairly good command of evocation spells!
Apart from summoning a boar at the start of the battle, which charged into Polly and dealt a little damage, the tall mage spent the rest of the time being chased all over the field.
Polly Moni held a huge advantage. She practically just attacked her way straight through.
Five minutes later, Modera, acting as referee, called a halt to the battle.
Polly was undoubtedly the victor. Apart from a faint red mark on the left leg, her robes remained entirely white.
Her opponent, the tall mage, was already red all over.
"Well done!" Even Archmage Modera could not help praising her, while the many evocation archmages on the platform up front were pointing her out to one another.
"Thank you..." Polly bowed respectfully to Modera, then returned to her seat with a smile.
"That was impressive!" Karin could not help praising her as well.
Her opponent, the tall mage, looked utterly dejected... with such a poor performance, perhaps he would leave empty-handed today!
With the first battle over, Archmage Modera read out