"Alright!"

I Multicast Thunder and Flare onto my blade adding 18 damage in total to it. Ted looks at me impressed.

"Well I'll be, this is gonna be fun! Never cut up a Spellsword before!" He charges me with his sword at the ready. He's to fast for me to dodge so I'm **** to parry it.

-8 Dmg

I can feel the vibrations in my arms. He starts swinging wildly and despite parrying and dodging the best I can I soon find myself nearing half health. I cast Shockblast on his next attack. His blade gets knocked away and I cast Air Cutter on my blade before bringing it down on his right shoulder.

-64 Dmg

My blade cuts deep into his shoulder and an idea hits me. I start Multicasting Flare and Thunder right onto his face.

-18 Dmg

-27 Dmg

-18 Dmg

-27 Dmg

-27 Dmg

-18 Dmg

He grips his sword and screams in rage. I barley managed to jump back in time to dodge his attack. I add up the damage and realize he's at 97 HP. He slowly stands and I decide to try something. I remember Thunder saying it is pure electricity and it moves incredibly fast. I Multicast five Thunders at him.

-18 Dmg

-18 Dmg

-18 Dmg

-18 Dmg

-18 Dmg

As the last one connect he falls to the ground ****. I walk over to him and see he had somehow stopped his bleeding. I check him for rope and find some cloth that I use to tie him up. Suddenly I get two new notification.

Ted Kennedy Defeated, +200 Exp, +168$

No item drops since target is alive!

New Achievement: Mercy

You spared someone's life when they tried to kill you. Rewards: +3 INT, +3 WIS.

I sigh as I finish tying him up. I'm about to start walking away when I get a idea and smile. I start using Observe on everything Ted is wearing. I don't find anything of value other than his sword.

Steel Sword Lvl 10, Common

This steel sword is simple and effective. Its sturdy and the blade has been kept sharp. Stains from past battles can be seen on if you look closely. Deals 20-30 melee damage.

I sigh storing it in my inventory. I open up my Map and see myself and four others. I tap on all four other Lyna(?) icons.

Myla Garden

Hino Locus

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So Myla and Hino are here as well... I'd like to meet up with them but they are awfully close to the other two. Lets make my way there carefully. I doubt they're working with the Katorg guild considering they're both Heiresses to other guilds but they could... no Myla's way to nice for that. I start walking down the hallway towards the others. I step into the empty cafeteria. I use stealth and hide behind a line of tables folded up and put against the wall. I turn and see Myla, she's wearing metal armor with chainmail around the back of her knees and elbows. In her hands are a sword with a grip and guard made of vines. The blade is long and sturdy looking, and seemingly emitting a faint light. She's panting and there's blood running down her face. Hino's at her side wearing a blue leather outfit. The chest and legs a blue matching her hair and her armor seems to made of something magical from the way it feels looking at it. She's raised both hands, wearing a gauntlet in each. The gauntlet is a brighter blue than the rest and almost seems to be flowing like water. She has a cut on her left shoulder and blood running down her arm. Looking across from them I see two people. One is a man, he has a sword in his right hand and a staff in his left. His sword is the same steel one I got from Ted. His staff seems to be made from steel as well but has a red gem on top with small steel spirals wrapping up and around it. The other one is a... well I don't know. They look like a man but they have golden skin. They have a shirt and jeans with nothing special on them. His hands are golden claws and on his head rest 2 golden horns. his hair looks like liquid gold flowing down. I use Observe on them both.

Barry Miles Lvl 36, Class: Spellsword, Title: Katorg's Second In Command. RP: -19, Hearts: 0

HP: 526/750 MP: 434/600

?? Lvl ??, Class: ??, Title: ??, RP: ??, Hearts: ??

HP: ???/??? MP: ???/???

Great... there both strong. And that golden one is at least 5 times my level. But what now... I want to help Myra and Hino but that gold guy worries me. I decide to help them out and jump into the fight before stopping. I remember my Summon Beast spell and use it, hoping for something to help fight.

RARE SUMMON. Spectral Owl

The Spectral Owl is unable to interact with any physical objects or people. Instead it can project its summoners voice in a distorted form.

I silently curse my luck before I hear Barry say something that makes me smile and thankful for this owl.