Iris and Istar immediately nodded and didn’t say anything else.
After glancing at the clauses of the contract, Tharn signed it, and Gula asked, sounding puzzled, “You are not even going to read it? You just took a peek and signed it.”
“I trust you wouldn’t be dumb enough to fool me. Besides, I already read this kind of contract when I visited your older brother. It is similar, but with different names for the products. Now that we got this out of the way, aren’t you going to talk with Archa at that table over there? She keeps looki
While holding two thin necklaces with a small green gem attached to each one, Archa asked, “Gula, do you think this would be a good gift when we start dating? I could buy these as a pair, and you could use one, and I could use the other. What do you think? Aren’t they pretty?”“Humm… they are pretty… but we… I mean, you and me…”“I said when we start dating, girl, not now! Omarosa, can you save these two necklaces for me? Maybe for one week or two? I hope to conquer this stubborn Cathra in that time, but
Two weeks later, Tharn landed his Pegasus on the main road that led to the City of Ulsleve, near the border with the ‘Kingdom of Heszils’.With his group landing behind him, he looked at the high walls, remembering that the last time he was there was after hunting Swamp Nightmares in the swamp nearby, and then he went to the Guild of Adventurers to contact a Necromancer who was a member of the Brotherhood of Necromancers.As the Pegasus was walking towards the main gate, Istar was riding another at Tharn’s right side, and she asked, “It seems your Elementals are a success anywhere we go. We arrived on time, luckily. We have time to take a walk in the City before going for dinner. Considering that Kishar took care of our rooms last week, we won’t need to be worried about where to sleep.”“Yes, she took care of that the moment the City for this round was announced. After this, the next round will be in the City of Vaeggerlose, and the final will be in the City of Elkenore.”“But to go t
With no other word, not even a slight nod, the Mayor continued his walk, and the girl whispered to her Party, “One of us needs to go check which room that man is going to sleep in and make sure he doesn’t go to the Tournament tomorrow.”The Cat-kind boy volunteered, “I am not going to enter this round anyway, so I might as well remove some of our obstacles.”“Alright, I will leave that to you. But if you get yourself into danger or if he notices you, retreat immediately and try to be sure that no one follows you. It would be very b
Tharn woke up Iris, and while she returned to her small form, he got dressed while looking at the fainted Cat-kind boy.As soon as Tharn was seated on the edge of the table, Iris poured a bit of her Healing Magic over the knocked-out boy, and the moment he opened his eyes, Byia Calla grabbed his neck with one paw while the other was pointing a claw at his left eye.He stopped struggling to get up, and looked at the bed when he heard Tharn ask, “Why did you invade my room? And who are you, anyway?” Outside the City walls, there was a large space with benches leaning on the wall, facing the place where the Duels would happen.On those benches, there were Nobles, Clerics, and Merchants, all richly dressed, with their families next to them.A lot of people were gathered around the square where the National Tournament round would be held to see the Duels.From their clothes and how they were divided into groups, it was noticeable that there were people from other countries that travelled to get there to watch that round which would last for the entire day.A man dressed in dark green clothes and with a dark cape went to the middle of the empty space, and while taking off his large hat, he made a deep bow to the people on the benches.He put a metallic megaphone on his lips and shouted, “Welcome to Round One of the 634th National Tournament! This round today will be with teams of Adventurers from all parts of our beautiful country! Today also starts the round amongst the Schools of MLord Tharn Zon Chapter 93 – National Tournament, round one – Part 1
With another yawn, Archa walked back to Salama and gave her the spear while saying, “I won’t even need this. Only the shield will be enough.”While the Centaur girl was mocking Archa for returning to her place, Salama asked, “Are you sure? She could be better than she seems, you know?”“If she was, she didn’t need to make such a spectacle. No, she is too weak for me, and with the spear, this would end faster than your fight.”Archa returned to her side of the square, carrying only the shield, and the Centaur girl laughed, “Ahahah! So you came back! I thought you were going to quit!”Archa lifted her shield and peeked at her opponent from the top of it, and remained silent.The moment the announcer told them to start, the Centaur raised her arms and chanted while gathering her Magic, “Mighty sky, mighty soil! Grant me power over everything! Come forth, my champion! Summon Old Elemental!“A yellow horse appeared, with a long tail that was moving as if it was a whip. Archa casually walke
The announcer declared the continuation of the Tournament, and Osman came back from the betting booth with Muranu and Istar and gave Tharn a big smile. “You won’t ever guess what the new bet is about.”“Something weird, I suppose.”“It is about who will die, Salama or Archa! And the odds against them are huge! It seems every Mage still in the Tournament hates them, and there is a rumour going on that all the Mages want to kill them!”“
The young man struggled to get up, and he tackled the shield, only to feel his entire body vibrating, and he got dizzy.He did his best not to faint and said, as he tried to regain his focus, “A Mage can’t quit… I have to fight until I can’t anymore... Even if it kills me…”He tried to get up again, and Archa punched him straight in the face, knocking him out.She backed a