[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.
see a skillful, honourable fight, I assume. Instead, they’ve got me standing around looking at a turtle-guy who can’t stand up. Surprisingly, they don’t seem uninterested in the slightest. There’s no anger or disapproval even, they simply watch, eyes sharply focused on Phil as he
right? Shouldn’t I hold him there
to avoid. Also, I don’t particularly want to let him take any more swings at me. Phil carries a blade much larger and heavier than what Barker used, but holy moly is he able to hit a lot harder with
standing to one side with his arms crossed, Grey speaks to Phil, who snaps back something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his
going to assume that you
hold out until your
my
I could have kept that up for a day and night. Besides, that wasn’t close to how strong that pressure can
little taken aback by that, so
story on Amazon, know that it has
Look, you actually managed to chip my carapace! Right here… wait… I think
his way out of the arena, clearing the way for the next challenger.
sixth sword, and therefore weaker than my master, but I hope we can
Let’s have a
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 for five
to be a little quicker, I’m afraid,] I tell him. [Once I’ve got you in
experienced anything like it,] he frowns, clicking his hooked turtle beak. [What type of
something I stumbled
other people want to learn the secrets I worked so hard for, they can jolly well do it without help from me! Until they earn a bit more trust
and calm demeanour unruffled when facing down a tier seven monster such as myself. I make sure Grey
floating above the ground. In one hand, she holds a long, slender blade, a gentle curve running through its length, and when
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