[Are you telling me her real name isn’t Fluffles?] I demand.
[Of course not,] Grey scowls. [What kind of a name is Fluffles?]
[That’s the name she gave me!]
[I believe I told you before, we do not give out our names so easily. My name isn’t Grey, and my student’s name isn’t White. These are aliases we use. Our real names are only shared with those we are close to.]
[Wait, so that guy’s name isn’t Barker? Somehow that fills me with relief.]
[What kind of… no… his name isn’t Barker. It’s Woofington the third.]
[REALLY?!]
[Obviously not.]
[Dang. That would have been amazing.]
[Are you going to let Phil get up yet?]
I look down at the turtle-Folk, struggling to rise under the weight of my empowered gravity field. I was nice. After I caught him in it, I made sure to turn up the pressure gradually until we reached this point. If I slammed him with full power from the get-go we’d have turtle pancakes here.
around looking at a turtle-guy who can’t stand up. Surprisingly, they don’t seem uninterested in
right? Shouldn’t I hold him there until he
any more swings at me. Phil carries a blade much larger and heavier than what Barker used, but holy moly is
something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his expression, Phil
in there. That can’t have been pleasant. I’m going to assume that you aren’t a blademaster
believed I could hold out until your power, whatever it was, became exhausted, then the fight would
my
up for a day and night. Besides, that
taken aback by that, so I
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chip my carapace!
of the arena, clearing the way for the next challenger.
sword, and therefore weaker than my master, but I hope we can engage in
Let’s have a good
him in gravity immediately. Gweheheheheh. Pete manages to unleash one wild swing before his sword becomes too heavy for him to lift, but the sword light sparks off my carapace without harm. After struggling to resist the pressure
little quicker, I’m afraid,] I tell him. [Once I’ve got you in that field, you’ll struggle
never experienced anything like it,] he frowns, clicking his hooked turtle beak.
something
than I have to. If other people want to learn the secrets I worked so
up next and offers to fight, her cool dignity and calm demeanour unruffled when facing down a tier seven monster such as myself. I make sure
incredibly fast, but it appears almost effortless, like she’s floating above the ground. In one hand, she holds a long, slender blade, a gentle
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