“We have much to discuss,” Jurot said. “There are the Duskval fights soon.” Jurot pced a hand on Adam’s shoulder and nodded. “You must fight well, Adam.”
“Are you going to fight?”
“If there is a need.”
Adam nodded his head. “Alright. I’ll do my best, you know that. If Lanarot watches, then I definitely won’t lose. I’m three for three with her watg me.”
“Three for three?” Jurot asked.
“Yeah,” Adam said. “Well, teically it’s four for four. There’s Shikan, Timojin, Nirot, and someone else.”
“Who else?”
“Oh, you don’t o worry about it,” Adam said, his lips twitg into a smug smirk. “Let’s go see Lucy. I gifted her the Drago a while ago, and I haven’t seen her since.”
Jurot nodded, following Adam. Dunes remained behind to meditate with the sword and train with it. Jaygak, oher hand, could smell a story, so followed Adam quickly. Kitool, sensing trouble, followed after her friend.
Jonn and Brittany watched, having been ighe eime.
“I didn’t get to show him my Deadwood bow,” Brittany said, holding the bow in hand.
Jonn gnced down at Brittany, befuidio shoot more arrows.
Adam wasn’t sure where Lucy was, but it didn’t take long to find her.
“Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you know where the Demon is?” Adam asked a passing Iyrman.
“She’s ih training yard,” the Iyrman said, motioning a hand to the general area where the tunnel was.
Adam gnced back to Jurot, who nodded. “Thank you,” Adam said, bowing his head to the Iyrman, before letting Jurot lead.
The twelfth training yard retty much what Adam expected. A rge field with plenty of space to train at least a hundred people fortable, each with their own little area.
“How big is the Iyr?” Adam asked.
Jurot smiled.
They found Lucy midway through training, pung a wooden training dummy. She was growling like a beast, filled with a rage Adam hadn’t expected.
“Lucy?” Adam called out, walking over towards her.
She paurning back to face him, a wildness in her eyes Adam hadn’t seen before.
“What’s wrong?”
She gred at him, still panting for breath. It was as though she had fotten to speak. “You…” she said, trying to keep her voice calm.
Adam cleared his throat. This was not what he expected. There was only one reason why Lucy would act like this.
“You must be having so much fun, rexing in the Iyr,” she said, staring into Adam’s eyes.
Jaygak exged a look with Kitool, who shook her head. This was a matter betweewo of them.
“I’m having a fair bit of fun, yeah,” Adam said. “I’ve been w fairly hard, what with all the enting, but otherwise, I’ve been kig it.”
Lucy was wearing the clothes of the Iyr, and she seemed to take to them well. She was so much different thahey first met, and so much different even after she had bee a tall beauty.
“Let’s fight,” Lucy said.
Adam stared at Lucy, the wild look in her eye, the way she ched her fist. He swallowed, finding a lump in his throat. He wao ask, but he was uo. “Okay. I get my armour?”
There was an awkwardly long silence before she nodded her head.
Adam turned, wordless, and the other Iyrmen followed him. Lucy made her own preparations too.
“What was all that about?” Jaygak asked.
Adam did not respond.
“Adam, speechless?” Jaygak joked, before Kitool elbowed her side. “What?”
Kitool shook her head, warnio stop.
Adam returo the estate, where he found the others currently preparing food, which was almost plete.
“e,” Sonarot called.
“Sorry, but I’ve got something to do,” Adam said.
“Something more important thaing?” Sonarot asked.
“Yes,” Adam said.
Sonarot bowed her head, noting the aura around him. Adam went to don his armour, all the while Sonarot looked to her son for him to expin.
“There is something wroween Adam and Lucy,” he said.
“What is wrong?”
“Adam required the heart of an Adult Dragon,” Jurot said.
Sonarot nodded her head slowly, uanding what had happened.
“Oh,” Jaygak said, suddenly full of disfort.
‘God fug damn it!’ Adam angrily put his armour on. ‘I should have realised that it wasn’t good enough. It wasn’t just a Drago, was it? The one I got was a little bitch Drago. Fuck!’
Adam was angry at himself.
He couldn’t imagihe relief that Lucy had felt when he had brought the heart. Then, the utter despair she felt when it wasn’t enough.
‘No wonder I didn’t see her for so long.’
He finished donning his armour, and waited iate for a short while, thinking. ‘I ’t hold back, I?’ He sighed.
“Are you ready?” Jurot asked, seeing the Half Elf in his puthral pte, his axe and shield at his side.
“Yeah.”
They eventually returned back to the twelfth training yard, where Lucy had ed up her fists, and had been sitting down, her head in her hands, in her owation.
Only Jurot had e, Jogak having the fht to uand that Jaygak would only bring trouble, and Kitool uood that Jaygak would pin if she went.
Adam stood, silent like a statue, waiting for her to take her pce for the fight.
Eventually Lucy shifted, standing. She stared at the Half Elf in his puthral, and her forehead pulsed. She took her pce ahead of him, holding out her hands, opening them up to reveal her cws.
“Don’t hold back, or I might kill you,” she said.
Adam inhaled deeply, donning his shield, and he pointed his axe towards her. “Try it, if you .”
The Iyrmen nearby, who had been training Lucy, gathered to watch. They were ie tweo their early forties, each of them a different tier of strength for her to practise with.
“The boy should be careful,” an Iyrman said. “She is an Expert.”
“It does not matter,” Jurot said. “He is my brother.”
“Your brother?” an Iyrman asked, noting his tattoo. “Unrivalled Uhe Heavens?”
Jurot nodded.
“I will ge my bet,” the Iyrman said.
Battle OrderD20 + 1 = 16 (15)
Warrior Spirit: 3 -> 2
AttackD20 + 8 = 10 (2)D20 + 8 = 14 (6)Miss!
Adam leapt into a, but though he had been eager with his words, there was still hesitation in his axe. This fight was for Lucy to get some repense for what he had done.
“What are you doing?” Lucy hissed. “Is that all you have?”
AttackD20 + 8 = 10 (2)D20 + 8 = 12 (4)Miss!
‘I k,’ Lucy thought, grittieeth. ‘He was just messing around!’
The Demon took the opportunity, leaping onto him, and sinkieeth into his flesh.
Health: 65 -> 42
Adam winced as her teeth struck his neck, drawing blood.
“While you’ve been pying around, I’ve been training!” Luarled into his ear.
Adam remained silent, whily added to her suspis.
Warrior Spirit: 2 -> 1Health: 42 -> 47
AttackD20 + 8 = 14 (6)D20 + 8 = 25 (17)Hit!1D6 + 1D6 + 6 = 11 (2)(3)Damage resisted!7 damage!
Adam mao push her off with his axe, managing to strike deep into her mind with his axe. She clutched at her head for a moment, but shrugged off he attack, which did little to dissuade her.
AttackD20 + 8 = 10 (2)D20 + 8 = 21 (13)Hit!1D6 + 1D6 + 6 = 14 (2)(6)Damage resisted!10 damage!
As he hacked down, she caught the axe with one hand, before biting into his hand.
Health: 47 -> 22
Adam grunted as her teeth sank deep into his hand, causing it to twitch, almost dropping his axe.
“Mary is suffering while you’re here having the time of your life making ons and pying with some stupid baby!” Lucy’s eyes were full of tears, though she fought them babsp;
‘What’s with this damage?’ Adam thought. ‘Did she really crit me twice?’
Warrior Spirit: 1 -> 0Health: 22 -> 27
AttackD20 + 8 = 27 (19)D20 + 8 = 28 (20)Critical hit!Mana: 10 -> 9Vulnerability exploited!Phantom Charges: 3 -> 22D6 + 8D6 + 6D6 + 6 = 59 (1, 1)(1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6)(2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6)Damage resisted!55 damage!
“I’m sorry, Lucy,” Adam said, grabbing the back of her head, pulling her off his hand. He ched his hand around his axe tight, before striking Lucy against her shoulder, using both his Smite and his Phantom to bst her with enough damage to knock her out.
Lucy’s face, which had been torted into a sad rage, twitched as her eyes rolled bad she fell. She didn’t even have the time to realise what had happened.
Adam caught her, pulling her in to his chest, not letting her drop.
Mana: 9 -> 7Spell: Healing Word2D3 + 3 = 9 (3, 3)
“Sorry, Lucy,” Adam apologised, his voice full of healing magibsp;
The Demon came to in his arms, colour returning to her face, staring up at him, fused.
“I held back,” he expihough that wasn’t why he apologised.
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