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My power has leaked away day by day since I arrived, and now I am no higher than a Jade.”
The Burning Cloak sprung up around Lindon, a flame of black and red surrounding his body, and the dragon advanced.
“You know the Sage of the Frozen Blade, don't you?” “Like an arrow that missed my neck,” Yerin muttered. “My master almost married her.”
[Try not to panic, but you are now sharing a sealed basement with a man who could destroy this whole city. I recommend deep breaths.]
He was known for waging war singlehandedly. His techniques toppled cities and blighted forests. He had killed a dragon Herald, the Eight-Man Empire had a bounty on his head, and some cultures included him in their mythology as an omen of war. He was Malice's sharp sword, a legendary one-man force of devastation.
“Well,” she said with a sigh, “there’s one easy answer: make it to Monarch. Then you can spend all the time you want on romance and no one can say anything. Just ask my mother.”
[It’s interesting how humans decide whether or not to panic by watching others,] Dross noted. [What if all of you are wrong together?]
“If you don't even make it past the first round,” Pride said, “you will answer to me.” Lindon was relieved. “Really? Thank you. I was afraid I'd have to answer to your mother.”
[I don't know about you, but I'm relieved. Someone truly dangerous would keep their emotions in check.]
[Ah, I get it. A stealth mission. That's what I was born for: stealth. I'm so sneaky I hardly exist.]
[What! I'll have you know that I have as much courage as any dozen memory constructs! Which is...hm, that would be none. Twelve times zero is zero.
He had taken the bulk of the shield from a turtle-Remnant. It was a broad, stone-gray shell. Orthos would have been proud.
Northstrider's golden eyes flicked between them before settling on Lindon. “Your opponent asked for his last words to be delivered to you.” Lindon felt a pang in his heart. Last words. So Naian had expected what happened to him. “He said, ‘The dragon advances.’”
The girl had taken Adama's Remnant. He had given up his life for hers.
