(Day 167) Aprilis 11th, 12th year of the Dragon, Age of Enlightenment
He reappeared in his foyer to find Adaline in her Dark Elf form lying on the Foyer floor with arrows sticking out of her and a huge black pool of blood spreading out from her that his Place of Power was absorbing. With a thought he had his nanites destroy any arrows that were sticking out of Adaline and try to stop the bleeding. He wasn’t sure if it would work, but he had to try.
There was a Boom! As the wall shook slightly.
The Nanites reported success in the removal of the arrows but any nanites that were inside her body ceased to exist as soon as the arrows were destroyed. Adam laid his hands on Adaline and started channeling “Prayer of Healing.” He received his first shock when the energy didn’t flow.
Another Boom! echoed from the door.
He Prayed to Serena and thought “This Black Dragon is my first friend in this Universe and is like family to me.” With the end of that thought, the healing energy flooded out of him. At a rate of 100 hp per second until the wounds were closed and the bleeding stopped. 10 seconds into channeling there was another boom. There was a “Boom!” every 10 seconds for the next 50 seconds while he channeled the healing into Adaline. She wasn’t healed completely and still looked pale, but she was stable.
Boom!
Adam picked up Adaline and carried her up the stairs to her bedroom, placed her on her bed, then stepped out.
Boom!
He willed the door to close and lock behind him and then went to his room and stepped out onto the terrace. He activated his fly ability and then flew up and over to look down at what was attacking his home. A man in full-plate armor on a horse, probably a knight of some kind, was directing four other knights, also in plate armor, to use a battering ram on the door to his tower. He landed lightly on the roof's east edge of his tower and called down his best military drill sergeant voice.
“STOP!”
The Knight on the horse looked up and in a move that was quite impressive, pulled and fired a crossbow which Adam deflected easily.
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“I SAID STOP!” Adam shouted.
The Knight on the horse pulled a second crossbow from somewhere, must have a saddle of holding that has preloaded crossbows, cool idea. He also fired that Crossbow which Adam sidestepped just as easily.
Adam shook his head and made sure to talk loud enough so that all five of the men below him could hear him as he said, “Alrighty then, No more mister nice guy.” As he made that statement he also ordered his nanites to dissolve anything on the five men that was nonmagical and not part of his home within 500 feet while he dodged a third crossbow attack.
Adam dropped darkness onto the entire outside area of his place of power. The full 500’ diameter area that surrounded the entrance to his Tower. The knight on horseback drew a blade that glowed brightly in Adam’s vision but did nothing to dispel the darkness.
Using Ventriloquism to make his voice come from different directions “Now that I have your attention, this is my Place of Power. You have attacked one of my guests and attempted to break into my home. You will put the weapons you have left either in their scabbards or down on the ground. When you have done this, I will remove the darkness and we will talk like civilized individuals. Or,“ Adam said pausing for dramatic effect, “The next light you will see is when you exit this zone of darkness as you fly off the cliff to the south and fall to the forested hills a mile below.”
The four knights standing next to his front door put their weapons on the ground as their sheaths had been destroyed by the nanites. The Knight on the horse cast a spell then looked Adam directly in the eyes. He drew a Longsword which flashed brilliantly.
Adam Identified it as a Holy Sword of Zeltar as the knight utilized some form of movement ability to be in front of Adam stabbing towards his chest. Almost lazily, Adam hit two nerve junctions, one on each hand which caused the knight, more likely a Holy Knight, to lose his grip just long enough for Adam to make a very precise kick into the hilt of the sword sending it straight up. As the sword flew straight up Adam declared “By the will of Serena I return this Holy Sword of Zeltar to Heavens until a true champion of good worthy of the blade finds it again.” The sword traveled 10’ and then disappeared as a loud bell rang from the heavens.
The Knight in front of him immediately dropped to the ground beside his horse and dropped to a knee as he whispered “Zeltar, please forgive me”
Adam stepped back and released the darkness as he kept an eye on all five knights.
Adam motioned for the 4 knights to stand over by the wall while he surveyed his courtyard. As he was doing that he talked just loud enough so the knights could hear him. ” Mother Fuckers come to my home, shoot my friend, try to batter down my wall. Then when I ask them to stop, then this fucking idiot right here, tries to shoot me not once, not twice but three fucking times. Lady Serena, please give me the patience to deal with the struggles I must endure today.”
Adam turned and waited for this Knight to stop communing with his God while he analyzed him.
Analyze, Success, Kor, Holy Knight of Zeltar, Level 4,800, HP 10,800