[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.
negatively in some way. They come to these places to see a skillful, honourable fight, I assume. Instead, they’ve got me standing around looking at
trying, right? Shouldn’t I hold him there until he
than what Barker used, but holy moly is he able to
who snaps back something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his expression, Phil capitulates and surrenders, so I
That can’t have been pleasant. I’m going to assume that
of the seventh sword,] he growls, [I believed I could hold out until your power, whatever it was, became exhausted, then
my mana
for a day and night. Besides, that wasn’t close
little taken aback by that, so
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strong, though. Look, you actually managed to chip my carapace! Right here… wait… I think it
the arena, clearing the way for the next challenger. Pete steps
than my
Let’s have
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
him. [Once I’ve got you in
it,] he frowns, clicking his hooked turtle
just something I stumbled
I worked so hard
monster such as myself. I make sure Grey is fine with
ground. In one hand, she
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