Chapter 196 - Chapter 196 GoldenRidge Revenge encounter

As Thomas awoke he found himself in a bed with Lily and Poppy beside him. Thomas stared at them for a moment and mumbled "They must be pretty tired to." Thomas glanced around the room and stood up as he said "Sitting around isn't gonna do much, might as well take a walk." As he reached for the door he heard Lily say "Don't go your still hurt." Thomas turned around and stared at her to see that she was sitting up and staring at him as she said "I don't want to use the seal to hurt you further but I will if you don't come back here and rest." As he began to take off his jacket he said "Maybe another time." As he set the jacket down Lily smirked and said "If you teleport you won't get very far." Thomas flinched as he mumbled "She's right I hardly have any mana." Thomas began to put his jacket back on as he said "Your right, but that doesn't really mean much." As Lily stood up she pointed to the bed and said "Lay down and rest immediately." As she said this Thomas began to walk back towards the bed as he mumbled "This is a little unfair." Once he sat down Lily smiled and said "Now take your time and get better." As Thomas sat there he mumbled "There has to be a way to escape without mana." As someone knocked on the door Thomas stared at it and said "I can get it." Lily quickly stood up and walked to the door as she said "No you stay there." As she answered the door a man stared at her and asked "Do you have a demi human here with you right now?" Lily glanced at Thomas and turned back towards the man as she said "Nope sorry none here." The man smiled and said "Well even if you say you don't my detection magic can't be wrong." As Thomas snuck over to the door the man said "I know for a fact that he's around here." Lily stared at him and said "Sorry no demi humans here." As Thomas peeked our at the man from behind the door he asked "Why do you wanna know?" Lily glared at Thomas and said "Your supposed to be resting!" Thomas glanced at her and said "I'll be fine." The man stared at Thomas and asked "Where you the one that beat that man?" Thomas stared at him and asked "Do you mean that annoying guy who shown up when I was exhausted?" The man pointed at Thomas and said "That was one of my men and if you pick a fight with him your challenging me!" Lily stared at the man and slammed the door as she said "If you don't want him to get into a fight he's gonna lose watch him better." Thomas glanced at Lily and asked "Do you think he'll go away?" As the door opened the man said "Simply closing a door isn't good enough, for I have lock picking magic!" Lily pointed at the door and said "Your full of it, I didn't even bother locking the door because I thought you would've left." As Thomas sat down on one of the beds the man pointed at him and said "Forget about how I got in here I came to challenge you." The man walked towards Thomas and said "You will fight me on my terms and I will show you that we are no laughing matter." Thomas laid down as he said "Sorry but I can't go anywhere right now." Lily nodded and said "That's right I won't let him do anything dangerous until he's in perfect condition." The man pointed to Lily and said "Then perhaps I should make an example of you instead." Thomas grabbed the man's hand and said "Maybe you didn't get the message, get lost." The man pulled his hand away and said "Quite cocky for someone who refuses to fight." Thomas stood up and said "If I fight she won't be too happy about it, but I never said I wouldn't." The man began to exit the room as he said "In that case meet me outside in a few minutes and prepare for a battle." As he left Thomas laid back down and said "Well he's gone now." Lily stared at him confused as she asked "But didn't you just accept his challenge?" Thomas yawned as he said "Yeah I did, but what's the point." Thomas glanced at Poppy and said "What's the worst that could happen from ignoring him, he requests another fight, or attacks while we're distracted." Lily walked over and sat down beside him as she asked "Are you really okay with ignoring him?" Thomas nodded as he said "I'll deal with him later." Lily glanced at him and asked "By take care of him what do you mean?" Thomas stared at the roof as he said "Probably just beat him, I'll try to avoid killing him." Lily let out a sigh of relief and said "For a moment I thought you were gonna kill him." Thomas stared at her mumbled "No, I've been trying to avoid killing others." Thomas sighed and said "But unfortunately that never works out." Lily hugged him and said "Just keep trying I'm sure you'll be able to do it." As she let go Thomas mumbled "I hope your right, it could spare a lot of extra bloodshed." As Thomas sat up Lily asked "What are you doing?" Thomas glanced at her and began to walk towards the door as he said "Accepting it and ignoring it just feels wrong." Lily stared at him and said "I kinda thought it was weird that you were just relaxing instead of finding excuses." As he walked out of the inn the man pointed a axe at him and said "So you actually shown up." Thomas put his hands in his pockets and glanced up at the sky as he said "Let's make this quick I'm still a bit sleepy." The man began to walk towards him as he said "Don't act like your a big shot when you won't even take this seriously." Thomas glanced at him and asked "What do you mean I ain't taking this seriously." The man pointed the axe at Thomas's hands and said "By doing that your hindering your movements." The man lowered his axe as he said "I'll allow you to take a moment and prepare yourself for what about to happen." The man held his free hand towards Thomas and said "You have ten seconds." Thomas took one of his hands out of his pockets and scratched the back of his head as he said "I dunno, I might need those ten seconds of extra sleep." As he put his hand back in his pocket the man smiled and said "We'll see what you have to say after this!" Thomas continued to stand there as he asked "Can we hurry this up?" As a orb of fire appeared in front of the axe he was pointing at Thomas he smiled and said "With pleasure." As the orb of fire began to move towards Thomas he quickly cut it in half with his sword and stood in front of the man as it exploded behind him. Thomas put the sword to the man's face and said "Well this was a waste of time." The man smiled and said "You've already fallen into my trap." Thomas put the sword away and said "I already got rid of the trap so do like I told you earlier and get lost." The man turned around and said "If you say so." As two other orbs came at Thomas from behind the man laughed and said "It isn't always the strongest that wins, sometimes you have to be smarter." As the two orbs blew up the man turned around and said "I hope you enjoyed your last few breathes." As he seen Thomas still standing there he asked "But how?" As Thomas walked back into the inn he said "Simple, I already told you I took care of them, but those ones on more of a timer." As he entered the room with Lily and Poppy still there laying in the bed he said "That guy was dealt with." Lily stared at him nervously as she asked "Did you, kill him?" As Thomas sat down in a chair he said "No, he's alive, and it seemed like he was setting some pretty useless and boring trap." Lily stared at him and said "Well be careful I hear the people here at GoldenRidge aren't always some pushovers." Thomas yawned and said "Well whatever, I ain't a pushover either." As Thomas stared at the roof he said "If they wanna pick a fight I'll happily beat some common sense into them." Lily stared at him and said "Yeah well whatever, and don't think for a minute that I ain't mad that you fought him, even if I didn't bother trying to stop you."