[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.
some way. They come to these 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
trying, right? Shouldn’t I
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
side with his arms crossed, Grey speaks to Phil, who snaps back something, causing Grey to frown. Seeing his
I’m going to assume that you aren’t a blademaster
he growls, [I believed I could hold out until your power, whatever it was,
my
day and night. Besides,
looks a little taken aback by that, so I hasten to reassure
Amazon, know
was amazingly strong, though. Look, you actually managed to chip my carapace! Right here… wait… I think it healed already. I assure you
way out of the arena, clearing the way for
the sixth sword, and therefore weaker than my master, but I hope we can engage
Let’s have a
heavy for him to lift, but the sword light sparks off my carapace without harm. After struggling to resist the pressure for
afraid,] I tell him. [Once I’ve got you in that field, you’ll struggle to
clicking his hooked turtle beak. [What type
just something I stumbled
have to. If other people want to learn the secrets I worked so hard for, they can jolly well do it without help
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 Grey is fine with it before accepting the challenge, and he
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.
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