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Chapter 14 - Like Wolves to the Slaughter

Lore sprinted towards the Wolves like a bat out of hell. He loved to fight strong mobsters. It was exhilarating to him, and he would always seek out new opponents. Lore cast Magic Arrow: Multishot, firing the projectiles at the pack of Wolves. A few were immediately killed while others only sustained grazes. The pack howled and visible streams of air could be seen swirling around. A powerful blast of wind rocketed Lore backwards, and the wind was knocked out of him. While Lore tumbled he tried to collect himself and stop his tumbling escapade. He got his feet underneath himself and two trenches were dug into the ground. Lore cast a new spell he read today; Flame Enchantment: Hell Cleaver. Aside from its cool name it was just a spell to set your sword or weapon ablaze for an indefinite period based on the user's magic. A Knight King for example may keep the enchantment active for two or three days. Lore's enchantment, though his magic capacity was high, could only maintain it maybe ten minutes.

Sprinting back into the pack of Wolves, Lore cleaved his way flesh and bone. Blood sprayed and splattered everywhere; nor only from the Wolves but from Lore too. He was slowly accumulating injuries all over. The Wolves used sonic and wind pressure techniques to debilitate and injury Lore. Some Wolves would cast a paralytic howl, while the rest sent wind blades flying towards Lore. Lore had cast his reinforcement magic so damage was minimized. Three Wolves rushed at Lore, he slashed one of their necks, while the other two sank their teeth into Lore flesh. It wasn't as bad as it could be, but it was still painful.

Adobis' adventurers finally started arriving. A giant battle broke loose as man fought beast. Screams and howkw echoed through the battlefield. Ms. Rita, and Lord Koba watched the battle from the ramparts, not deeming the encounter worth the trouble.

While the city sustained casualties the wolf pack was dwindling quickly. Lore decapitated Wolves left and right, he cast Fire Explosion and Magic Arrow repeatedly.

A couple hours pass by and the battle had ended. Guards were piling up the bodies of the Wolves. They collected the valuable parts and burned the rest.

Lore was back at Lord Koba's estate, and he was soaking in the bath. After getting himself cleaned up and relaxing his muscles for a bit he went back to his room and flopped into bed. Snoring erupted from the pillow.

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A week has passed and Lore was preparing for his exam with Ms. Rita. It was noon, and Lore was studying while eating his lunch before his studies started. Once he finished his lunch he went to meet up with Ms. Rita, and got lost in thought about his first week in Adobis. 'Nothing really interesting happened this week except for my first day with those Wolves. The past week I have really just used my time for studying. I hope I'm ready..."

Lore arrives at the hall and knocked before entering. "Ms. Rita I'm here for my exam. Let's get this over with." Lore said with a whine. Rita was sitting in a chair reading, and without looking up handed Lore a stack of papers. "Answer those and then we'll have a practical exam." Questions pertained to early Internian history, Magic theory, Knight philosophy.

Question 9: "In Imperial Year One, how did our first king come into power? What was he famous for?"

Lore answered each question quickly, and confidently, making sure to answer each question completely. Lore answered all thirty questions and turned the exam over. Ms. Rita took the exam and stood up. She moved to the door and gestured to Lore to follow..

Lore followed Ms. Rita to the the training hall where there was training dummies setup.

Rita turned to face Lore, and pointed at the dummies. "I will have you perform a multitude of different spells. In particular the ones I introduced this week. This affects little, but allows me to gauge your abilities and create a curriculum for next week." Rita eyes glimmered as she said this. She loved watching new mages demonstrate their strength.

Lpre stood in front of the dummies, and his first spell was Flame Enchantment: Hell Cleaver. He then cast Magic Arrow: Phoenix Flames which then set ablaze the arrow for an indefinite period. He fired the arrow. and incinerated one of the dummies. Lore's next spell took a little longer to cast, but eventually the spell activated, and a geyser of Flame erupted from a dummy, He had cast the spell Flame Wall: Encirclement.

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