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Thanks for the golden ticket, Draigo1113. Your support is much appreciated!
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[By the way Rune, you didn't cash in the rewards from your last quest.]
I barely read what Nexar wrote before sparks flew past my eyes, as I parried Lydia's dagger making it miss my neck by an inch and burry itself deep into a tree beside me.
Damn it, she used her aura.
"Hey! I told you! No aura!" I shouted, scanning the forest around me. She was moving fast, hidden among the trees.
"And I said we train for real!" Lydia's voice came from everywhere at once. Her Phantom Cloak(S) was distorting her location.
'Did she really say that?'
[Nope, she just made that up.]
Figures.
A sharp whistle cut the air as a water shuriken flew toward me from the right.
I swung my sword through the air, and a black arc of energy intercepted it mid-flight. The explosion filled the forest with steam, heat prickling my skin.
(115 → 90)