Hail, Nickademus!" Dankei spoke out as he entered into the blazing Arena, apperently not bothered by the heat. Truth be told, Dankei liked it. As a fire mage, he felt better in really hot enviroments. "I hope you have a nice critter left for me somewhere, because I feel like burning something to the ground."

"Hail, Xiadomian!" Nickademus answered from within the shaded alcove he had retreated to in the absence of fighters. "I always have critters! Shall I bring one out that stands a chance against you?" He asked after he had gotten up and walked out into the sun to meet Dankei.

"Ha! As if." Dankei replied, jesting, but still showing some of his arrogance. "But yes please, at least a critter of moderate challenge rating. Wouldn't be much fun otherwise."

"They always go for a moderate challenge.." Nickademus said, speaking to himself with a slight shake of his head, and took out a small notebook that fit in the pal of his hand. Once he licked the tips of two fingers, he flipped through the pages and eventually stopped on one page. "That will do!" He declared and sauntered off to his shaded alcove, where all his levers were located.
"Ready yourself, Xiadomian!" He called out to Dankei and put his weight onto one of the levers, which creaked under the large knight's weight. Shortly after, a trap door at the other end of the Arena opened.

"I say at least." Dankei scoffed. "That left you plenty of room to give me a hard challenge. No worries though, when my order at the mage tower is complete, I'll come back for a hard one."
He took out his naginata, and awaited his opponent in an aggressive stance.

"Be more specific next time!" Nickademus replied before closing the gate to his alcove, to make sure the monster wouldn't try and eat him. Not that he couldn't handle anything he kept in his cages, but it wouldn't be a fair fight if the creatures tried to attack him instead of the arena combatant.

Before the platform under the trap door had even had time to completely raise, a dark form jumped up and out of the hole and landed at I13 (trap door was at H13-14). The creature, clearly canine, turned its red eyes onto Dankei and let out a loud howl!

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Battle has started!



Warg 19/19 (T10)
Dankei 10/16 (U15)


Before the echos of its howl hadn't even had time to die off , the Warg lowered its head and charged at Dankei, hackles high! Using his momentum to add to his attack, it lunged at the flame bearer's feet, trying to trip him!

Swiftly, Dankei dashed aside, somewhat amazed at the Warg's speed, but still planning to incinerate it within a few seconds.

Though Dankei had had time to react, the Warg was on him before the Xiadomian had even made a step! The corrupted wolf plowed right into Dankei's legs and sent him sprawling on his back! As he hit the ground, Dankei knocked the back of his head against a stone, dealing 1 damage!

Dankei is prone!

Dankei's turn!

Dankei got up quickly, ignoring the minor headache. He'd been hit worse. Raising his right arm, and pointing his hand towards the Warg, he send an Empowered Heat Beam straight for the critter's head!

Quick as he might have been, Dankei found that he didn't have time to utter the words to the spell before the warg was on him again!

Dankei isn't prone any more!

The Warg, quickly recovering from his previous attack and quite glad at having won a little time, lunged at Dankei's outstretched arm!

Dankei's eyes widened as the Warg was already attacking him again, and in reflex, jumped to the side once more, trying to keep his naginata between him and the beast.

The Warg's plan was paying off for it as it kept Dankei on the defensive! Its teeth deftly snapped down onto Dankei's unarmed arm and quickly drew blood, dealing 5 damage!

Dankei's turn!

Dankei screamed in pain and anger, but then quickly recovered his silence, focusing his anger and pain into his next attack. Figuring he'd have to do something about the Warg's speed, he first cast Mudslide, followed by an Empowered Heat Beam.

The Warg feeling how important his next move might be, tried his best to evade the muck Dankei threw at it and then planned on using it's lightning speed to speed out of the way for Dankei's second attack!

Ill luck befell the Warg as it was just a second too slow and mud burst out from the ground and slowed it down, pushing him back to T10! It lost its grip on the ground when came time to jump away from the incoming overpowered heat beam, the intended burst of speed hurting him more than helping, and the beam caught him on the flank! Its black fur immediately burst into flames and became even blacker as the fire spread and charred its flesh, dealing 20 damage and ending the battle!

Battle ended!
Dankei receives 560 Exp!
Dankei has gained a level!

"There, all done." Dankei said, wiping the dust of his robes. "One hit kill."
He walked over to the body, and kicked it. "A lot faster than anticipated though. I'd hoped I could fry it out before it'd have time to get at me. Guess I'll have to work on that. Sir Nickademus, thank you for the pleasant afternoon, I enjoyed myself. I'll be seeing you."
He made a bow towards the knight, and left the arena, to see if his boots were ready yet.

"Actually, two hits!" Nickademus reminded Dankei once he had come out of his alcove and before the kid left. He had to cover his nose as the smell of charred flesh wafted his way and started removing any traces of the battle, getting the arena ready for the next one.