The next morning, Emma almost started a war with her dear husband. He didn't contain himself no a single time last night. Not only he was eager to make a baby with her, but he wanted to make her remember her promise. To go to him whenever he called, and she couldn't say no to him. However, the next morning when she was a bit more conscious of everything, he dared to escape after doing one last morning deed. Only a soft kiss on her forehead was his way of asking for forgiveness.
When she came out of the room, Ina was already waiting for her with a warm drink in her hands. She said it was a gift for the Duke and that it would help her recover from the training.
"Tha… thank you, Ina," Emma didn't know if the loyal knight had stayed at the door the whole night, but she must know why the Duke had left her room all happy, right?
The warm liquid was a strange potion. Emma hadn't heard about it before, but it was helping her body stop feeling pain. Even though th
A few hundred miles from Avalor, the knights led by Neo were in shock at the horrible sight in front of them.They never thought that such malevolence could be possible, to kill mercilessly innocent and defenseless people was going too far. These people were under the care of the alliance, under the protection of the Duke's knights and the Kingdom. However, they were slaughtered in the worst possible way only for a few drops of blood."Your Highness, this…"Neo didn't know what to say, he was speechless from the moment he found the corpses hanging, it was a sorrowful sight. The young dragons guarding the little town were found in a crazy state. Their minds had already left the real world, and they were just empty vessels. Only the power of an elder could guide them through the right path now, but that will take many years."Bury them with the highest honors, notify the alliance and start a search in secret, don't let anyone know who was the culprit
The first one to enter the platform was the Duke and General Jin. The two of them bowed as equals and stood their stances for a few seconds before the Duke made the first movement. Though it was not his style at all. He was always the one waiting for the other to start the combat but he knew that General Jin was not an ordinary contender.If he gave him a slight advantage, he will use it against him not minding that he was his superior in rank. When in combat any title didn't seem to matter.The Duke took out his sword, the black sword with a raging red dragon engraved in the handle and growing into the blade. It seemed fantastic and imposing. How many had lost to that sword?No one would dare to answer as it had passed from generations to the most powerful descendants of the Royal House. This time, no one would dare to claim that position but the Duke."Excellent, boy," the man smiled, though he wasn't that old, he should have been at least a couple of y
The battle with Regulus and Elton didn't last long. Elton was a very experienced man in magic and illusion and had tasted first-hand combat with the Duke. So it was only a matter of minutes to send Regulus outside the platform."You should be proud of your achievements, young man."Elton came down the platform and gave the brave man the hand to shake it with respect. "I would like to invite you to join my guard and army if you like, at least for a few years if you want."Regulus smiled and shook his hand, "I am sorry my lord, but I had accepted another request earlier. Though, I will be honored if you consider me part of your allies.""You are a very brazen man, may I ask who is the one that offered to join him?""His Highness, the Duke Kobach.""Dammit!"Elton turned to look at the man that was flirting with his wife. Not long after he finished his battle the shameless Duke made Emma sat on his lap again, not minding her embarrassed
The battle lasted for a few more minutes before Gia created a distraction and mercilessly pushed Devon outside the platform. It was a dirty trick, Devon was already sweating from the extreme abuse of countless fireballs she had to dodge and was about to give up but Gia kept taunting her until she was weak enough for Gia to punch her in the stomach with a quick move of her feet. Devon was sent flying outside the platform.Elton was already prepared to catch her not before sending a glare to Gia. They were friends from childhood, and so she knew his affections towards the beautiful fairy, but it seemed that she chose to discard any sense of friendship and rationality that day.Gia only glared back and smirked, but her smile was not on Elton but the woman behind. The one seated in the lap of the beautiful man she had been obsessed with long ago. Right now, she didn't care anymore to be seen as her true self. Right now, she wanted to show everyone what she is capable of, e
The battle between Allen and the beautiful fairy was impressive. She didn't contain any of her powers, no even when she knew that he was a superior."Vania, you have improved," Allen praised the young woman in a dark blue uniform and pointy ears. She had a delicate face and soft features, even her frame was not that of a warrior but as a fairy from castles and gardens."Thank you, Master Allen," she bowed a moment and her green eyes as emeralds showed respect and admiration to the man before her. She had gotten far into the last tournament, but it was because she was never confronted by a truly powerful fighter. Now she was contented even if it means that she would lose her position.They used direct confrontation, instead of magic as they were very well versed in those kinds of enchantments. Mostly Allen, so Vania had to move into a more close-ranged fight. She pulled out two daggers with red engraving in both of the handles and moved so fast that it was almost
Ilian was not someone to use dirty methods to win a fight, he will always be a straightforward warrior. That was the way his Master taught him even if all his life had been a constant battle of wits and schemes against him. He was an outright person.However, that didn't mean he was a fool and even if he was young, in fact, much younger than many of the dragons fighting in the tournament this year, he was a bit more experienced in fighting the ones hiding in the shadows. Secret attacks, assassination attacks, poison, concealed weapons, potions, and so on. Not only once he was attacked by those. He had been protecting his mother for so long too.So, when an idiot called Shane dared to use a secret weapon with poison just a second before being pushed outside the platform, he was supposed to see it coming, there was no doubt on that. No one would believe he was distracted. And he wasn't.He decided to use that single idiot moment of Shane to his advantage and take
The battle started after a few more seconds. It was usual to wait for a few seconds for a witch to plan carefully his movements. Then Master Viel sent a powerful attack, his specialty. An illusion attack.He disappeared slowly as if he were a mere ghost and not long after, the platform transformed into a creepy forest with remains of a small town in ruins. It gave a frightening feeling from a haunted place. Even the sky had changed into that of a cold night with several clouds trying to cover the light from the moon. The temperature and the smell had also changed. That was an impressive skill.Emma knew this kind of magic very well, it was used to confuse the enemy and to hide from physical attacks. If one was not enough careful then it would be difficult to get out of the labyrinth.Her eyes analyzed carefully the ruins, some dilapidated walls of houses were around her feet and a castle was seen far in the distance, then the tall trees on the sides were hiding
Master Viel was impressed, he had seen the little woman fight in the second stage, and he knew right away that she was a witch though she was trying to hide her identity. However, what impressed him was not her space magic like many others but her stubbornness to not show her true abilities and skills. Even if those could be stronger than those other powers.There is much more than meets the eye with the little duchess. Not once she had used her inborn magic as a witch to let out her identity, not even now when she can use it to her advantage."Impressive," Master Viel conceded, but he didn't lower the illusion, moreover, he made it more powerful, the mist became denser and the waves of weapons increased at random. "However, this will not be enough, little fairy, what can you do with that?"Emma didn't answer but sneered, she didn't hide those balls of fire just to play around, they were to be used for an emergency. However, this time they will be useful, later