the last second.
He glared at her as her white robes materialized out of thin air and over her body. Her grip instantly got stronger as she felt a surge of energy coursing through her veins.
“You won’t hurt her anymore,” she growled as she threw him back into the alley. He fell onto his back and then rolled backwards to his feet. He studied Remi’s transformed state carefully as she examined her friend’s wounds. Olivia waved Remi away and she obeyed. Remi walked to the center of the alley and faced her enemy. A white hood formed around her head, covering her eyes. She clenched her fists.
“So you are dangerous,” the stranger replied. “That’s why you’re marked. You can transform like the Sages…I thought you said you weren’t from Paragon.”
“I’m not. I was born on Terra.”
A look of horror went over his face. “No…that’s impossible! Since the worlds became one…there has been no more Sages. No one can release their eidolons in the new atmosphere, let alone transform. Only the Deja Sages can still do it.”
“Apparently, that’s not true.”
“Then I no longer want to leave this alley,” he said firmly, standing slowly to his feet. “I must kill you myself. Since you are marked, I’m allowed…and honestly…I will be revered once they find out about you. You shouldn’t have told me your secret. Once the world knows, you will never be safe. Never.”
Remi felt her body shudder.
No! her mind went off in alarm, I’ve been talking for too long in my transformed state! I don’t have too much time left.
“Let’s make this quick,” she said aloud, and the stranger grit his teeth, preparing for the worst. Remi made the first move, her Falchion eidolon erupting from her hand so violently that it lit up the entire alley in a flash of light. The stranger was momentarily blinded and Remi was able to slash him across the chest. Unfortunately, it was a shallow cut, and the stranger was able to regain his footing after being knocked back from the blow.
He punched Remi in the face so fast that she barely had time to recover when a second punch connected. She swung her eidolon but he stepped back and it narrowly missed his throat. She continued thrusting but he was dodging it easily and after each miss, he made sure to hit her again, no matter how weak the hit was. He wasn’t just breaking down her body, but her mind, letting her know that he was the superior fighter in every way.
She grunted and tried to punch him with her free hand but all he did was grab it. She tried to stab him but he leapt over the thrust at the last second and kicked her in the jaw. He let go of her fist as she went flying into the brick wall.
Her vision got blurry as Olivia came to her aid. The stranger wasn’t impressed with her attacks. Olivia was even slower than Remi was, and so he easily dispatched her with a few well-placed kicks to the head. He lifted one of his long legs in the air right over Olivia, preparing to drop it down onto her skull when the lower half of his raised leg was suddenly severed.
He screamed and fell backwards as Remi looked toward their savior.
Scarlet was just putting the tip of her halberd back on the brick floor.
“Looks like the trouble came to you,” she said as the stranger howled in pain.
“You’ll all pay for this!” he screamed. His eyes were so bloodshot that they nearly matched his eye-shadow. “Cimmerian will hear of this!”
“Not if you don’t have a tongue,” Scarlet seethed as Eckard appeared behind her. “You won’t say anything about this.”
“You can’t stop me!” he shouted. Then he pointed to Remi. “She’s from Terra! They have to know!”
“You told him?” Scarlet asked Remi in disbelief. Remi could barely respond as her white Sage robes and her eidolon vanished. Eckard came to her side as Olivia rubbed her head.
“She told me enough,” the stranger said. “And if you think only having one leg will stop me…” he rubbed his
He glared at her as her white robes materialized out of thin air and over her body. Her grip instantly got stronger as she felt a surge of energy coursing through her veins.
“You won’t hurt her anymore,” she growled as she threw him back into the alley. He fell onto his back and then rolled backwards to his feet. He studied Remi’s transformed state carefully as she examined her friend’s wounds. Olivia waved Remi away and she obeyed. Remi walked to the center of the alley and faced her enemy. A white hood formed around her head, covering her eyes. She clenched her fists.
“So you are dangerous,” the stranger replied. “That’s why you’re marked. You can transform like the Sages…I thought you said you weren’t from Paragon.”
“I’m not. I was born on Terra.”
A look of horror went over his face. “No…that’s impossible! Since the worlds became one…there has been no more Sages. No one can release their eidolons in the new atmosphere, let alone transform. Only the Deja Sages can still do it.”
“Apparently, that’s not true.”
“Then I no longer want to leave this alley,” he said firmly, standing slowly to his feet. “I must kill you myself. Since you are marked, I’m allowed…and honestly…I will be revered once they find out about you. You shouldn’t have told me your secret. Once the world knows, you will never be safe. Never.”
Remi felt her body shudder.
No! her mind went off in alarm, I’ve been talking for too long in my transformed state! I don’t have too much time left.
“Let’s make this quick,” she said aloud, and the stranger grit his teeth, preparing for the worst. Remi made the first move, her Falchion eidolon erupting from her hand so violently that it lit up the entire alley in a flash of light. The stranger was momentarily blinded and Remi was able to slash him across the chest. Unfortunately, it was a shallow cut, and the stranger was able to regain his footing after being knocked back from the blow.
He punched Remi in the face so fast that she barely had time to recover when a second punch connected. She swung her eidolon but he stepped back and it narrowly missed his throat. She continued thrusting but he was dodging it easily and after each miss, he made sure to hit her again, no matter how weak the hit was. He wasn’t just breaking down her body, but her mind, letting her know that he was the superior fighter in every way.
She grunted and tried to punch him with her free hand but all he did was grab it. She tried to stab him but he leapt over the thrust at the last second and kicked her in the jaw. He let go of her fist as she went flying into the brick wall.
Her vision got blurry as Olivia came to her aid. The stranger wasn’t impressed with her attacks. Olivia was even slower than Remi was, and so he easily dispatched her with a few well-placed kicks to the head. He lifted one of his long legs in the air right over Olivia, preparing to drop it down onto her skull when the lower half of his raised leg was suddenly severed.
He screamed and fell backwards as Remi looked toward their savior.
Scarlet was just putting the tip of her halberd back on the brick floor.
“Looks like the trouble came to you,” she said as the stranger howled in pain.
“You’ll all pay for this!” he screamed. His eyes were so bloodshot that they nearly matched his eye-shadow. “Cimmerian will hear of this!”
“Not if you don’t have a tongue,” Scarlet seethed as Eckard appeared behind her. “You won’t say anything about this.”
“You can’t stop me!” he shouted. Then he pointed to Remi. “She’s from Terra! They have to know!”
“You told him?” Scarlet asked Remi in disbelief. Remi could barely respond as her white Sage robes and her eidolon vanished. Eckard came to her side as Olivia rubbed her head.
“She told me enough,” the stranger said. “And if you think only having one leg will stop me…” he rubbed his
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