《The Forgotten Universe》Chapter 18: The calm before the storm (A shit storm probably)
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Name: Emilliot Darkoak
Age: 22000 years old
Height: 150 cm
Gender: Female
Race: surface Drow
Home: northern mountains
Status: Fugitive
Weapons:
- none, as she is a martial artist
Noteworthy mentions: Surface Drow - similar to drow, but not as cruel; obsessively in love with Drin;
Personality: innocent, strong, spontaneous; slightly sadistic
Name: Drin (last name not known)
Age: age is unknown
Height: 199 cm
Gender: Male
Race: Drowen
Home: northern mountains
Status: Fugitive
Weapons:
- Spirit sword, mastered all three releases (shikin, bankin, and sanen). It’s his tertiary weapon, but the first one he learned
- Twin broadswords, 300 lbs each, and twin longswords, 40” each, primary
- Collapsible bow (Doubles as battle axes or quarterstaff), secondary
- Conspicuous box, not known what it is, but it assumed to be some sort of weapon
- One pair of enchanted daggers (visual delay enchantments, not seen in combat often)
Noteworthy mentions: oblivious to Emiliots’s love, even after twenty centuries together; former leader of strongest faction across universal realms, and also formerly the strongest knight; Drowen - Drow subspecies, not as cruel as rest of drow, feared by drow for prowess in battle, went extinct due to unknown reasons, Drin is last one alive; doesn’t like to use his spirit sword much for unknown reasons.
Personality: kind, warm/cold - depending on when and where you meet him, trusting, spontaneous, sarcastic
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“So, what are the terms and rules of the fight Drin?”
“Two rounds. The first is fists only. During the second round however,you can use all techniques at your disposal. Each round has something else at stake for each of us. Lay out your bets Nare.”
“My contract is my bet for round one. If you win, my contract is officially terminated with no dishonor to me. If I win, you turn yourself into the Capitol’s agents. Sound good?”
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“Yeah that sounds fair. Round two will be a fight of pride. No stops allowed except for a humble submission by one party or the other.”
“Do we have any business of that sort?”
“Rich. Especially coming from the one who accused me in the first place! You know what i’m talking about.”
“Oh. That event! The stakes are self explanatory I presume?”
“Indeed they are. Let’s head to the Arena Registry and make it official. The Capitol is bound by so many rules, it is a shock that they haven’t collapsed yet.”
“Quite the shock indeed. But it is a good thing that they have to acknowledge all duels and their terms.”
“But they will come after you after both matches are over.”
“Let them! what‘s the worst they have? The DPAC? Don’t make me laugh! I could easily overpower them with only one eye and one arm!”
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Meanwhile, in realm CaK, Challenge Overview Department (COD):
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“Hey boss? I think you should see this!”
“What have I told you about alerting me about each semi interesting duel and challenge private?”
“This one isn’t even semi interesting! I swear! I will even resign if you say that it isn’t interesting in the least! Just please, look at this scheduling that just came in. the names of the combatants especially!”
Let me see then!”
What he is reading:
Full names of participants, including all titles: 1. Narrifian Blading - Drow warrior of the highest class, tier twelve magic caster; dark element core, and currently under current government contract. 2. Drin - Drowen warrior of the highest class, tier twenty magic caster; variable core caster, former vice captain of Capital realm Supreme Knight Order, First Brigade, First Squadron; captain rank, strongest fighter, wanted dead or alive (Alive is definitely prefered, as our bounty keeper can’t deal with a dead body.)
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“Private?”
“Yes sir?”
“I give you permission to slap me right now.”
*SLAP!*
“Okay. I’m not dreaming. Nice work! Mark my words, I will make sure that you receive a promotion for this by the end of the week! Relay this straight up to the Dangerous Persons Apprehension Corps (DPAC). Bypass all other groups.”
“Thank you sir! I will do that right away!”
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DPAC HQ:
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“Ohh! A challenge file, directly from COD! Thats rare. Lets see what do we have here?
*Intense reading is ongoing.*
What!? Drin’s actually showing his face? Is he high or something!? Major, get the top five units here now! We have a Class S mission for them!”
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