[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.
skillful, honourable fight, I assume. Instead, they’ve got me standing around looking at
still trying, right? Shouldn’t I hold him
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 it. The guy actually managed to put a chip in
standing to one side with his arms crossed, Grey speaks to Phil, who snaps back something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his expression, Phil
done hanging in there. That can’t have been pleasant. I’m going
could hold out until
my mana
a day and night. Besides, that wasn’t
by
story on Amazon, know that it has
you actually managed to chip my carapace! Right here… wait… I think it healed already. I assure you it did,
over in defeat, Phil makes his way out of the arena, clearing the way for the next challenger. Pete steps up
sixth sword, and therefore weaker than my master, but I hope we can engage
Let’s have a good
him to lift, but the sword light sparks off my carapace without harm. After struggling to resist the
afraid,] I tell him. [Once I’ve got you in that field, you’ll struggle
anything like it,] he frowns, clicking his hooked turtle beak. [What type of magic
just something I stumbled
secrets I worked so hard for, they can jolly well do it without help from me! Until they earn a bit more trust
to fight, her cool dignity and calm demeanour unruffled when facing down a tier seven monster such as myself. I make sure Grey is fine with it before
fight begins, she’s moving. She’s fast, incredibly fast, but it appears almost effortless, like she’s floating above the ground. In
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