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A Hero Tale {Complete}

Jenso just barely escaped the walls and the puddle, with spikes following him until he was out of Ada's radius. The three imps then darted towards him, and the walls fell. Ada chuckled at his remark and shrugged. "He was also a lot stronger and a lot prettier than you, little boy," Ada mocked, crossing her arms. The imps all jumped at Jenso with puddles beneath them, and their claws at the ready to tear into his flesh.

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Spikes continuously welled up from behind Jenso, getting closer and closer with time. The fireball that he launched however, fizzled out before it even reached Ada's body. She opened her eyes and ducked low to the ground, allowing Jenso to fly right over her, and into the wall that was still risen behind her. She then rose, spun around, and created another wall behind Jenso, trapping him like he was part of a sandwich. Within moments, the walls began to move together, threatening to squish Jenso outright.

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Ada spun around again as Jenso was airborne, and thrust her hand at him. A giant spike barely missed, getting closer than any other spike had gotten to hitting him while he was off the ground. If he kept jumping around, it could have sealed his fate. It was easier to hit a target moving along a path if you got used to their speed, after all. Ada shrugged and shook her shoulders to a beat that wasn't there. "9 minutes," She whispered seductively, flaunting her curves while turned away from Jenso. The fireball struck something, creating a bit of smoke, but as it cleared, it appeared that the good from below had risen to block its path, before dropping back into the puddle. It was like it had a mind of its own, and Ada was just there to watch it do her work for her, like she'd always done. Was she even fighting right now?

This time, Jenso's approach was blocked off before he could even get near Ada. A wall of goo rose as he got close, and stopped his planned assault dead in its tracks.

A Hero Tale {Complete}

As Jenso jumped, more spikes came up, just barely missing him, but when he landed and punched at her, she spun around, arced her back, and dodged it elegantly before posing and aiming her hand at Jenso like a gun. Ada opened one eye, "Bang," She whispered, pulling her hand back like she'd fired a gun. But nothing came out. Instead, spikes jutted up from below all around Jenso, aimed for his abdomen. The puddle where the imps were before began spawning more imps, three this time, their figured rising from the goopy mess and taking the same crude form that they had moments earlier.

~The Kumite~ (Casual/Martial Arts Fantasy)

I have not been in the Arena for ages jfc.

Kind of interested in this, but it doesn't seem like there's much steam behind it yet. How many people were you looking to recruit before starting this out?

Regardless, I'll be keeping on eye on this thread.

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The exploding stone split into shrapnel and tore through the imps, dispersing them into the good at their feet. Ada kept dancing though, and spikes struck Jenso in the back of his legs when her turned around. "Come now, don't take your eyes off the prize, golden boy!" She taunted, stepping even more and clapping her hands above her head as she let her body move to whatever music was playing in her head. She swayed her hips from left to right and let her neck rock aimlessly, "The fun's only starting!" Her eyes were closed now, but it was as if she could see everything going on despite this.

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Jenso was faster than Ada had anticipated, and the puddle beneath him retracted and moved to lock onto the imp that he had just dodged. As he got within Ada's range however, she didn't seem too worried. She stepped away with rhythm, like she was dancing, and with each step, or beat, a spike of purple goo shot up into Jenso's way one after another. She kept dancing, and they kept coming, every half second, like a metronome- based attack. She also moved further away from Jenso as she did so, humming happily to herself.

Jenso's fireball was dodged by the imps, but it held its form until it crashed into the ground further behind them. They then reunited with their third brother, and all three of them ran towards Jenso from behind, over a shadow-like puddle of goo that followed them.

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Jenso's foot crashed into one of the imps. It tried to jump, but couldn't quite avoid his attack. But as the two imps got closer, their puddles fused into one and Jenso willingly positioned himself over it. The second imp dodged Jenso's foot in the nick of time, and Ada rose her right hand, while moving her left hand left-wards and striking a pose with her fingers flourished. The second imp fell towards Jenso's back and tried to claw at his spine, while the puddle from below rose up into a collection of tentacles and tried to pull Jenso into it. The two imps behind him continued their chase.

A Hero Tale: Mikhael

~ Chapter 7 ~

_Critters

Ezekial looked to Mikhael, expecting the boy to understand his idea immediately. That's right, Henry's glasses were enchanted to track magic! "Maya be praised," Ezekial murmured, pulled the glasses closer to his eyes, "These might even be able to pick up on the smoke invisible to us. Unfortunately," the royal knight jerked the glasses away from his eyes and blinked uncomfortably, "These lenses blur my vision far to violently for prolonged wear. We may be able to track the source of the mana font if it is used again, but I will not be able to fight with these equipped. I'm still depending on you to guide me, Mikhael."

A few moments later, something began to shuffle across the forest floor, creating a barely audible crinkling sound as it strode through the remains of dead leaves and rotted twigs. Ezekial turned his gaze away from Mikhael, and put the glasses away. The crumpling of leaves stopped, but there was still a very quiet pattering of tiny feet, and it wasn't just a single set. It was hundreds, perhaps thousands, and the number of shuffling steps grew, quickly surrounding the two knights in a sea of subtle noises. There was nothing in sight just yet, but with so much wildlife covered the majority of the upturned dirt, there was no telling how big the approaching creatures were, or when they would be upon them. One thing was certain though, they were ground-bound, at the very least.

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Ezekial though for a moment, and then reached into the hollow recesses of his breastplate, pulling out Henry's glasses. "We just might," Ezekial muttered, gazing into the enchanted lenses with a great deal of hope.

~ End Of Chapter 6 ~