[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.
places to 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
he’s still trying, right? Shouldn’t
what Barker used,
with his arms crossed, Grey speaks to Phil, who snaps back something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his
have been pleasant. I’m going to assume that you aren’t a
could hold out until your power, whatever it was, became exhausted, then the fight
check my mana
have kept that up for a day and night. Besides, that wasn’t close to how
little taken aback by that, so I hasten to
on Amazon, know that it has
my carapace! Right here… wait… I
in defeat, Phil makes his way out of the arena, clearing the way for the next
than my master, but
have a
wild swing before his sword becomes too heavy for him to lift, but the sword light sparks off my carapace without harm.
tell him. [Once I’ve got you in that
frowns, clicking his
something I stumbled
I have to. If other people want to learn the secrets I worked so hard for, they can jolly well do it without help from
her cool dignity and calm demeanour unruffled when facing down a tier seven monster such as myself. I
isn’t what I’d expected. The moment the fight begins, she’s moving. She’s fast, incredibly fast, but it appears almost effortless, like she’s floating above the ground. In one hand, she holds a long, slender blade,
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