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<10/21/1962 – 23:09 | Route 96, Junon, Sprawn Valley>
Swapping from one horizon to another, the imminent sunset marked the beginning of Danton's promised challenge with the official Route 96 Leray gradyent. It wasn't difficult to track the man down, but upon seeing him again, Danton had to prepare himself physically and mentally.
"You heard me!" Danton hollered from his moderate distance while pointing directly to the man he needed to rematch. "I challenge you to a full Leray battle. And if I win, you allow me and my friends here permanent passage through Route 96. What will it be, Belzer?"
The gradyent wore strange rubbery rings around the middle of each hand, with his dark hair tied in the back to a single ponytail. The denim mercenary outfit he was provided offered excellent coziness in the growing cold. With all of his preparations, Belzer is still considered the best Leray fighter on Route 96, the official Leray gradyent for this section. As a gradyent, all are honor-bound to prevent or slow the passage of traveling Leray wielders to ensure they are ready for the next difficulty density of land, preventing the weak from mixing into the strong. Though traditionally, the gradyent always challenges the wielder, not the other way around. "I know you, don't I?" Belzer soon realized that he should remember this guy, since his name is known by him. "Oh right." The memory came back in a flash. "You're that novice I faced before, Brash."
"So he remembers challenging him?" Gleeon was asking Kite in a low voice, but Kite's attention was too focused on Danton's interaction with Belzer.
"Just shut up and watch. We might learn something."
Belzer continued to taunt the man he faced before, confident that this little rematch would end in the same way. "I defeated you without suffering a single scratch, and yet you think you're ready to try again only after a few weeks?"
Danton prepared his short saber in front of him with both hands, a promise that he was not backing down. "Want to find out? I don't take kindly to those who willingly get in my way of progress."
So young and fired up, but Brash seems to be more prepared now than before. Last time, he was just senseless and overconfident. Maybe the boy has learned some patience. "Very well then. It is my job to accept these kind of challenges. If you can really defeat me in a Leray match right here right now, I give you my word to allow permanent passage for you and your entire team. Are these terms clear?"
"This sure is taking off fast." Kite never believed a gradyent battle could begin so quickly. Unusually elites like to brag about their skills or tease their opponent on for a while just to show off, and now Brash is fighting him. This should be interesting. He'll probably get the floor mopped with him.
"As clear as it gets. Now let's prepare for battle." Danton first had to make sure nobody was in range of getting trapped in the soon to be Siriean dome. When the holographic text appeared between the two, the beginning of the Leray match was soon prompted. At last, Danton can rematch this gradyent and win.
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Prepared for the beginning of his rematch, Danton began first by charging the Leray magic to his right hand while balancing the blade into his left. With his intention to get the first strike, Danton relied on spells he didn't use in his last fight against Belzer. "I'll go first! Phantom Wave!" Releasing the magic stored from his MP energy, Danton expelled five radiant photon spheres of energy the size of his fists, all of which quickly zoned forward towards the human target in front of him.
Phantom Wave isn't a common spell, but it also isn't that useful either. Belzer already dealt with Phantom Wave from other opponents, and was more than prepared to cancel this homing projectile barrage. Phantom Wave only has a slightly elevated power level compared to Shadow Wave, since the energy pattern is practically the same. Phantom Wave converts the slashing magical damage into blunt magical damage, and uses flying photon spheres instead of the floor-bound Shadow Wave spell, introducing a more sophisticated version of Shadow Wave. However, the difference in power level isn't impressive at all.
"Ragh!" Belzer slammed his glowing fist into the ground, charging and releasing energy on the fly to generate a powerful Earth Glave spell, causing the ground in front of him to shoot up into a tall pillar. The expected result used that tall rock wall to protect Belzer completely from the oncoming homing projectiles of Phantom Wave. All five bolts of magic slammed into the uplifted earth without causing any damage to the temporary structure. Belzer stopped his concentration on the spell shortly after to lower the ground and save his energy. In just a few short seconds, Brash's attack spells were again made useless. He hasn't learned very much. Going with new or different spells doesn't ensure victory in a gradyent battle. "Not very impressive Brash. Now let's see if you can block out my magical attacks."
Kite winced backward slightly from the defeating memory he had of fighting Belzer himself. The gradyent isn't easy to hit, but this guy can deflect almost anything as impressive as an area attack. Brash won't beat him! The idiot just doesn't understand that.
"Shadow Wave!" Belzer unleashed a Shadow Wave in front of him, and then prepared his sword shortly after. Danton didn't seem to be expecting the magical attack, but if he moves quickly, Shadow Wave could easily be dodged. Even so, Belzer doesn't make anything simple for anybody. "Now it's time. Octoslash!" Utilizing the special techniques he acquired long ago, Belzer didn't wait until Shadow Wave was close to Danton before using his other signature skills. He invoked the special skill of Octoslash, and enabled his aura with the magical ability to transfer through space instantaneously, the technique similar to short range teleportation (matter transference).
In one short second, Danton was suddenly being slashed with the sharp blade of a sword from Belzer, who teleported to multiple sections of space around him. Belzer would warp, slash his blade once or twice, and repeat the pattern until he managed to score in eight total hits from multiple directions. Just after the final strike, he leapt far enough away from his target for Danton to be blasted by the Shadow Wave at full force and no way to block. The ending result was catastrophic to witness. Danton was thrown back off his feet with HP declining rapidly, his energy being drained quickly. Belzer decided to give Danton enough time to stand back up and brush off the damage he just took.
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Ignoring all of the scrapes, cuts, and bruises Danton now had from those hits, Danton lifted his blade in preparation, and charged at Belzer to change tactics. Being skilled in close sword-based combat, Danton knew he would at least have an easier time up close to this lunatic. "Charge Attack!" Though the skill he shouted utilizes a conditional free-form combination attack, magical involvement isn't required, and Danton knew he needed to save his energy as much as possible fighting Belzer.
Belzer dealt with Danton's impressive sword skills before, but Danton wasn't too far outmatched by Belzer. Belzer was a sword user too, and his longer blade would soon be capable of tasting victory tonight. "We'll see how this goes." Belzer began by deflecting Danton's first sword strike, hitting nothing but the steel blade in Belzer's possession. Danton continued his sword strike combination, slashing and moving in preparation to dodge while making it harder for Belzer to get the upper hand in a single attack. For the next few seconds, it seemed to work in Brash's favor.
Belzer kept placing his sword in front of him for protection against Danton's relentless assault. Danton has gotten much faster with that sword combat than before. Belzer realized quickly that he wasn't going to be able to attack Danton directly like this. Even if he wasn't taking any hits from the guy, being only capable of defending isn't a good place to be during a Leray battle. Luckily, Danton has already lost. For whatever reason, the kid still won't rely enough on magic and his own unique skills during other attacks. If one can't use magic while attacking or defending, fighting in magical battles is pointless. Belzer continued to deflect the short blade, sheering the sound of clanking metal through the air, while he charged up additional energy into his left hand, causing it to glow with an orange aura. When Belzer found just a split-second opening, he unleashed all of it. "Earth Glave!"
Using Earth Glave this close to somebody could be dangerous, in the sense that the spell could also deal damage to the user as well, but Belzer knew what he was doing. The second Earth Glave spell he unleashed was more powerful than the first, intentionally designed to cause damage by uplifting the ground in three total waves of shooting boulders. Danton was launched into the air far away, and slammed with stone pillars twice in a row before finally coming back to the ground. Of course, Earth Glave can be made more useful at close range, especially when the target doesn't expect that skill, or has no counter for the spell. Danton was again thrown off his game, with his health declining further down at a rapid pace, but the guy was still fighting to stand back up and think of a new strategy, which is impressive given his severe disadvantage.
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This was just pathetic. Belzer expected more of a challenge out of Danton, but he just isn't showing it today. Even though he seems to have made a few new friends, that doesn't give anyone automatic strength. "Whatever. It's time to put an end to this battle. Air Strike!" Without holding back, Belzer's Air Strike spell caused several small spheres of explosive magic to rain down from the sky and barrage the floor where Danton was standing.
Danton had the reaction time to put his arms up in front of his face in a defensive manner, but he could only embrace the imminent defeat from this powerful spell. Belzer isn't letting up at all, and Danton was soon being blasted with hot explosions of energy sending shockwaves everywhere. Each blast felt like a metal punch to the skin.
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Despite the heavy damage from Air Strike and the dizziness beginning to settle in from the loss in health, Danton decided to try operation Drill Horn. It worked well on Mainne, and the very first part involves disabling an opponent with specialized pain. Belzer is tough, but even he won't be able to deal with a massive migraine. "Harmonics!" Using Harmonic Blast the same way Aero Blast is used, Danton's spell shot forward with quick unimaginable speed. Even as close as Belzer was to his current position, the man side-jumped out of the way before the projectile could scratch at his skin. Instead, the sphere of wind continued down through the air, dissolving into the Siriean dome. As soon as Danton realized the mistake, his expression changed into a worrisome fear. Belzer dodged Harmonic Blast!
Realizing what sort of strategy Danton was up to, Belzer realized how significant his dodging technique was upon registering the familiar words of the spell. Harmonics overloads the hearing senses with painful blasts of high-pitched frequencies that causes a massive migraine. It seems that Danton will resort to any particular technique to try and win, but with none of them working, he must not be willing to try and specialize them any further. What will you do now Danton?
Growing impatient to score at least one single hit on Belzer, Danton lifted his short blade again, and charged at Belzer. Even realizing how quick Belzer is to dodge or deflect sword attacks, he was ready to watch out for Earth Glave this time, but even as Danton tried to hit Belzer with the sword as fast as he could, Belzer was just as quick on his feet, dodging the hits and deflecting Danton's sword too. Belzer did try to slash towards Danton for some slashing damage, but Danton was also fast enough to deflect Belzer's swings. Given this setup, both were evenly matched.
Just when Belzer prepared to try Earth Glave again, Danton shifted away, without any visual warning that something else was about to happen. Belzer canceled the attempt to use a spell, since Danton might be up to something right now... Exactly! That glowing around his left wrist indicates an attack is imminent from a distance. Belzer backed up to allow for more time and room to counter Danton's pending spell. As several long seconds passed, Belzer noticed that Danton's MP reserves tanked by half the entire capacity, while a large fire-type glyphring began to solidify in the air. He's charging a heavy area attack!
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"It's time you tasted Flame Beam!"
Mainne twitched both her arms beside Kite, amazed that Danton could invoke such a powerful spell. "Brash can use Flame Beam?!"
Kite clenched his fists tightly and high up in a gesture of celebration. "Yes! Belzer won't know what hit him with this spell." Kite knew of Flame Beam, despite never being capable of using the spell. One of Danton's strengths is that he knows a surprising amount of heavy magical attack skills most people his level wouldn't know. Flame Beam has a power level of nine, and uses about 50% of a person's maximum MP for just one invocation into a powerful elemental area attack. Only elite warriors know how to properly invoke the spell, but Danton has this down too. Just look at all those Fire Balls forming in mid-air!
Danton's invocation was successful, as a massive spinning vortex of 72 individual Fire Ball projectile began to transfer the direction forward. The total spell resembles that of a tornado of fire and flames, packed with heat and fireballs that bombard the target with little chance to dodge. Even Belzer won't avoid the damage from this. "Haagh!" Danton had to give his concentration everything he had to launch the vortex forward by design, and his eyes were glowing with a bright blue radiance from the heavy magical build-up. Now all he had to do was watch and wait.
Belzer laughed quietly to himself while charging up energy. That massive fiery vortex would be all over him in about three seconds from now, but there was no need to worry. While casting such a heavy spell is impressive, Brash lacks absolute style in his battling techniques. All of these challengers are a total novice at this sort of thing, and he could easily dodge this by teleporting away like he did last time. Still, it would be better to defuse this situation with grace. "Whirlwind!" Belzer released the Whirlwind spell, a more powerful version of its existence given the overhauled practice he's had with the ability. Soon, his visible Whirlwind vortex collided into the fire vortex on approach.
The moment both vortexes collided, the travel speed of each of them came to a halt. The fireballs ended up transferring from the original fire vortex into the newly created Whirlwind, changing the magical composition completely. Around the same time, Danton's Flame Beam vortex faded away, while the 72 Fire Balls were all spinning out of control heading upwards. In an incredible display of fireworks, all of the Fire Balls were eventually shot upwards towards the roof of the Siriean dome. Each explosion generated a ton of lighting, and attention was drawn to that section, while Danton's powerful spell was rendered useless by a much lower level spell such as Whirlwind. Of course for Belzer, this was no surprise. Flame Beam is powerful, but a majority of that energy goes into the Fire Balls individually, not that of its vortex. As a result, the wind elemental magical power of Whirlwind greatly overcomes the currents generated from the initial vortex in Flame Beam. By using a frontal Whirlwind to protect himself from damage, Belzer easily came out of this bad situation. Danton must now look like a fool in front of his new companions.
"Are you kidding me?!" Kite cried with his arms flailing. "This guy's unstoppable!"
Gleeon assessed the same with Kite, though having little to learn since Danton was losing horribly. "Belzer knows a lot more than we initially thought." Kite would lose to him too, despite his earlier victory over Danton... It was almost a draw between those two. And besides, Kite can't use ultra-powerful attack spells that would get the best of Belzer. This gradyent really is unstoppable.
As the air cleared, Danton wasn't doing anything. Finally has he realized that nothing Danton could use to attack would ever work against a gradyent far above his level. It's time to end this. Even after that, Brash isn't the person to back down and declare forfeit from any match. He must be beaten into a knockout. "Time to wrap this up. Dualcast!" Belzer's quickly used spell surrounded his body with a dark purple aura, which worked effectively to speed up his invocation process in the background. Even with that, Danton didn't look like he would be prepared to deal with anything. He only held out his sword in an attempt to deflect any oncoming attack, but that won't work at all.
"Tri-Thunder!" Generating three electric glyphrings in a format entirely similar to Tri-Attack, Belzer simply specialized the elements of each glyphring to become electrified only, enabling him to deal more damage and make it less possible to dodge. The spell is actually exactly the same caliber as Tri-Attack, and the name difference is unofficial, though Belzer's trick worked all the same. With Dualcasting in effect, his glyphrings all formed and fired their magical payloads instantly. Danton was zapped for 1.4 seconds by three different bolts all at the same time, and before giving him a chance to recover, Belzer continued his combination streak from afar. "Bullet Blitz!" Creating two small submachine guns using two yellow glyphrings right in front of him, Belzer unloaded both clips towards Danton to cause additional damage and piercing type pain. The energy scope above him followed the changes Belzer expected to happen.
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He can survive a few more hits than the average person, but that isn't innovative either. Belzer's aura faded quickly, since Dualcast doesn't last very long, but he was still fast enough to remain on the offensive and dance Brash to sleep with his impressive training. "Triple Fire!" Belzer's small fire glyphring wrapped around his right wrist holographically, and enabled him to fire three Fire Bolt projectiles successively. In a few more seconds, Danton was slammed in the face by two of the first Fire Bolts, while the third exploded on his chest. The force of each blast easily knocked him off balance and back onto the ground. This time, Danton wasn't getting back up from the capital punishment.
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Belzer calmed down after seeing just how easy it was for Brash to crash down. A complete knockout means he loses this fight, and now none of these people watching him will be allowed to pass either, not until they grow to be much stronger. "Well that's that." Belzer saw the holographic text update appear just to formalize the result of the battle, while the Siriean dome collapsed automatically to allow Danton to receive medical attention, likely in the form of healing orbs.
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No way! Kite could hardly believe this was happening. He knew that Danton was no match for his own skills, but watching this fight was far more degrading than he feared it could be. Belzer didn't even take any damage! Not one single hit chipped away at his HP. How? How can a gradyent even be that powerful? And Danton wants to try for the champion? That idiot!
"Danton!" Mainne predictably rushed over to Danton's unconscious body holding a healing orb. Of course, the orb won't work right now. Danton has to first wake up, which will restore his base HP levels back to five percent. Then the orb will do the rest. Danton tried too hard to win, and he couldn't land a single attack!
"I guess this means you'll have to beat him if we ever want to get any further." Vanoss knew it would never happen right away, but he still has plenty of faith that Kite could defeat Belzer. He did do better against him after all, compared to Danton's botched fight.
"Who? Me?!" Kite seemed surprised that Vanoss or Gleeon would think he was ready to take on Belzer. "That guy is unbeatable. Even I couldn't take him down."
"But if you train and get even stronger," Gleeon started.
"That would take at least a full year," Kite warned. "This is exactly what I was warning you about! Danton is passionate about beating the champion this year, and I do admire that. However, none of us will ever be ready to do that in such a short amount of time. Now do you all understand what I was trying to tell you earlier?"
"It seems all of that roughhousing has brought some of you to your senses. Brash Danton has not at all learned anything from our first battle."
With her eyes squinted slightly to free her expression, Mainne stood up facing Belzer. That just wasn't a fair fight at all, but to say Danton has learned nothing is just dead wrong. He defeated her in battle after all. "Listen you! I wouldn't be feeling so confident right now."
Belzer held his tongue, curious about who these people were. Some of them felt familiar, but Belzer couldn't quite understand why. Perhaps this woman would like to test her skills next? It wouldn't be smart, since they've likely bet their best fighting skills on Brash. "And why is that? My job here is again complete for another day."
Mainne pointed to Belzer's face, as a new wave of confidence rushed over her. Belzer seems so smug now, but just wait. "Danton and I are going to do some special training, and when we come back, he's going to defeat you in battle!"
"Is that so?"
What is she doing?! Kite raised his tongue and stepped forward to project his voice over there. "Hey Mainne? What do you think you're doing? We just talked about this. We make decisions as a team, not for each other!"
"Shut up Kite!" Mainne's tone did put him to silence, but it wouldn't last forever. Kite hates it when other people try to take over training without his permission, but he certainly doesn't intend to try and defeat Belzer next, right? "Fade Belzer? When we come back to challenge you again, I promise you that Trujima will not lose!"
"I'll hold you to that," Belzer replied. All of that passionate energy; Danton didn't seem to use any of it during the match. How ironic! "If you rematch me for the third time and lose again, I'll be very disappointed."
"Ah, up yours!" Kite could tell his teammates were getting frustrated at him again, and this is all because Danton tried to force his way through a challenge. Nothing good came out of this, and it never will if they keep going against his personal advice. "Mainne? We're not doing that!"
"Oh yeah? And why not?" Mainne was yelling partially to project her voice, but she was also frustrated at the current result of things. And now Kite is being Kite again. "Are you going to step in and defeat him yourself?"
Kite calmly delivered the same advice he knew to be true from the past. "Only through time can we ever become strong enough and train long enough to take on tough guys like that. I'm no idiot."
Refusing to agree to that kind of mentality, Mainne still sided with Danton despite his current physical state proving it to be a bad idea. "Maybe with some of my training, we'll change that. You can't possibly just throw in the white flag now!"
You, train me?! There isn't anything more to learn that would work on this gradyent. It's already over. "You know that won't be able to happen either. Belzer isn't even beatable."
How odd. Belzer never recalled meeting these other people, but it appears the older one has absolutely no self-confidence. They could all stand to learn something.
"Let's—" Gleeon hesitated at first to try and side against Kite on this plan, but he was refusing to toughen himself up in the battling styles of Leray magic. Mainne wants to teach Danton something of her own, but Gleeon knew it would work better if he pitched in as well. Why can't Kite understand that Belzer is beatable? "Let's all just give it a chance and see what happens?"
Kite wasn't even angry anymore. It's just no use trying to make logic with these idiots. "Just do what you want. The result is the same either way. Sure, it may be possible to pull this off, but not ever in a few weeks' time. I'm not stupid enough to think like that, so I'm going to sit this one out and wait until everyone has learned their lesson." Kite began walking away, back towards the extinguished drumfire about a mile towards Monoc Port.
Gleeon couldn't understand what the hell has gotten into Kite these past few days. He just isn't making any sense, and he won't agree to try and get better. Why is he even the leader of Trujima? Just because he can beat Danton up in a fight doesn't mean he is the ultimate supreme legendary ruler of magic. Besides, there are things even Kite has never learned from Gleeon, or Mainne, or perhaps even from Vanoss. But Danton is willing to learn, right?
On second thought, they may not have much discipline, but Danton, Mainne, and Vanoss all have ten times the amount of drive that Kite has for himself. That's their difference, something Gleeon could see only now...
"Where is he going?" Mainne demanded.
Both Gleeon and Vanoss headed towards Mainne though, refusing to follow Kite back to their little camp-out. Vanoss was finally decided on what to do about this trivial issue. For some reason, watching Danton try his best to overcome the skills of this gradyent, it's just so inspiring. "I wonder if it is possible for me to beat Belzer if I trained harder, but I think Danton might actually be the closest bet we have."
"That's unusual to hear coming from you." Gleeon knew that what he was saying is on point. Vanoss only joined Trujima recently, and ever since, he's received a bit more special treatment from Kite in regards to training and praise. Vanoss has returned much of that loyalty back to Kite, which might be the reason those two are a bit closer. Because of this, witnessing Vanoss refusing to side with Kite on anything is about as rare as a blue moon.
Vanoss knew what he was doing, and he knew that this right here is the right move to make. Otherwise, there would be no point of being a Leray wielder. "You know what? Maybe it really will take several weeks, or months, or maybe a full year? But that won't deter me from ever trying as hard as I need to overcome challenges, like this guy." Though Belzer was being silent standing still in the night, he could hear every word about him. "Kite didn't actually teach me everything I know."
Knowing he should let this situation develop on its own, Belzer at least felt the need to properly draw the conclusion he felt before him today. "It sounds like one of your friends isn't fond of mitigated persistence?"
"Yeah," Mainne assessed. "I guess Kite gets intimidated easily, but I want Danton to be able to defeat you."
Gleeon shifted his stance. Never before has Mainne acted out this way. Why wouldn't she simply want the victory for herself? She isn't the type to have doubts about her own skills. "Is there something about having Danton do it that I don't understand?" His question, though directed at Mainne felt like anybody could have given him an answer.
"Simple," she said. "If Danton is the one who defeats Belzer in battle fair and square, it might kick Kite's senses back into shape."
"Huh?" Both Gleeon and Vanoss were now totally confused by that logic. How would that change anything?
"As it stands now," Mainne explained, "Kite simply doesn't believe this is possible, but when he was fighting against Danton directly last night, I saw something in him I've never seen before... That settles it. Danton makes a perfect rival for Kite."
"A rival?" Gleeon didn't sound so sure while repeating what Mainne was saying. It doesn't feel like that is the situation at all. Everything Mainne is saying now is all superficial and cliché. Kite doesn't do any of that touchy-feely stuff, not even finding a rival.
She elaborated further, "I think Kite wouldn't like it very much if Danton could suddenly pull this off and beat Belzer with his own skills. So when it does happen, just imagine how infuriating that will be for him. Kite will become so mad; he'll change his pace and try harder."
"Oh!" Vanoss exhaled. "I get it now. You're saying that if Danton beats Belzer, it would make things seem like he is a better fighter than Kite, and if Kite believes that, he'll do everything in his power to get on board with the champion battle quest."
"That's right." There is no denying it. Kite for whatever reason loves to be in charge, whether he does a poor job at it or not, but without any desire to get stronger, he can't learn anything new. Having Danton jeopardize his leadership position would be the equivalent to lighting a fire right under his ass. "And you two are going to help me. We'll each take turns training Danton our personal skills over the next week or two. He needs to learn how to specialize in a tactic, since he already doesn't have one."
Belzer was satisfied that things between these people will be all right, and he turned his attention back to guarding both sides of the road to ensure no new weak challengers get by. "I'll leave you all be then, until next time the rematch is ready. I will change my position in the meantime."
Vanoss however had one easy concern. "But Danton defeated all of us in battle. What could we possibly teach him that he doesn't know already?"
Mainne began to see slight signs of Danton soon beginning to awaken, and she simplified the answer for both of them. "You don't always learn everything about somebody's battling skills by battling them. You have to spend time training together. Besides, this doesn't have to be so intense of a thing either. I know we all want to win, but I think this could turn out to be fun too."
"Fun?" Whatever has gotten into Mainne suddenly has Gleeon baffled. She's acting totally different than before. She's usually reclusive and serious about everything, a total pain to be around. Still... Gleeon felt this a while ago, but watching Danton battle and fighting against Belzer, it was more than interesting. Is that what she means by fun? And to challenge Kite's position of power like that, it is a bit destructive to the respect Kite deserves, but Gleeon couldn't say no to this. Whether he believes it or not, Kite is just an ordinary human being like everyone else. He was once a rookie unable to wield a sword, and that means there will always be somebody more powerful than the next. The chain of power as Kite calls it can change at any time. The leader of that list is no exception to the rule. Danton will become more powerful than Kite in no time, unless that man gets everything together. Mainne plans to make Kite care about the honored rules of being a leader. But whether it will work...
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