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Chapter 8 - the foxes bite

as we leave are friend behind i feel like we lost a piece of ourselves the only reason we kept going was knowing we whould meet up again as i look at jillian and Natalie we continue because to get to the next teacher we have to travel three towns over which if were lucky we can make before nightfall as were walking Jillian asks what that form i used was i was about to say youve seen it before i relised everyone wasent conscious when i first used it i explained to her and Natalie what it was and how it works as we walked then after awhile we made to the second of three towns. Before we started feeling hungry we stoped for food at a local pub and ate up as i saw some people in the back eyeing my scythe one of them came up to me and without warning grabed my scythe from my hands i get up and the man says this weapon here is powerful you can tell it was once cursed a weapon this good shoudent be wielded by the likes of you.

i look at the man and demand my weapon back he says if you want it so badly take it from me Natalie and Jillian get up trying to stop me saying its just a weapon i can pick a new one but i say its not just a weapon me and Widow picked it out its ours and i cant let them have it and before they know it the bracelet glows and so does the pendent as well as fox armour is activated the man looks at me taunting me as i throw a bowl of soup at him and the bar fight begins before we new it in all out brawl between everyone in the bar starts emerging as i kick the guy in his face and then preceed to blast him with ice before grabing my scythe from him i turn around to get met with a bottle of wisky being thrown in my face i then start joining in the nonsense thats happening before me.

and after all the choas has stoped the pub owner comes over and asks what we would like to eat we order then apologize for the damge proceeding to pay him back before asking where the closest inn to stay at is he points us the way as we pack up and leave we start to head to the inn in order to gain some sleep then head out the next day to make our way to our destination.

as we walk along the path the sun rays slowly fall the more we go untill before long its was nightfall once more as we walk.

this time the night doesent feel calming it feels dangerous like someones watching us like prey to the slaughter. as i try to ignore the eyes they become like beams piercing through me until they decide to attack and as on command out of the bushes apears several people as more come out of the trees and behind us until were fully surrounded as one is aproching me i ready a stance as he clutches his fist punching me back as i look up at my attacker i realise its the man from the pub as i get up he says to me i dont take well to runts like you thinking that with the little power you have you can take on the world as he takes my scythe out of my hands once more he says this toy of yours you care so much about i will be taking and you won't be able stop me you got lucky at the pub with all the choas but were in my domain and here im king as he put my scythe on his back holster he pickes my up by face and starts to squeeze until he breaks my jaw and once he has he throws me bloody and broken jaw so hard at a tree it snaps in two as i lay there Natalie and Jillian rush over to me but im not conscious they scream my name as the bandits run off but before the boss leaves he spits on me and i sit there waiting to die any minuite to blood loss as Natalie and Jillian screem for help as they continue to cry someone finally appears and sits down beside us she asks what happened here as they explain she says she will help as they grab me and lay me on her wagon i dont know what happened next Jillian and Natalie didnt tell me all i remember was walking up in bed covered in bandages i go to sit up before hearing a booming voice say lay down i comply not knowing who said it before a women with snow white hair comes out and greets me along with her are Natalie and Jillian and they rush to see me as i tell them to lay off a little im still in pain the lady introduces herself as Victoria and shes a teacher of ice magic she looks at me and says your friends here say your attribute is ice how would you like to be my student.

before i can awnser her shes says on one condition you cant fight the people who stole your weapon i look at her and say no thank you as the words come out Natalie and Jillians mouths drop and they tell me to reconsider i tell them ive decided that once im strong enough to get out of this bed i will reclaim my scythe and make the guy pay for hurting me to point i should have died Victoria looks at me and sighs i knew that would be your awnser you may have the attribute for ice but have a will of fire inside of you young one but im afraid i cant let you do that.

i go to protest but she continues by saying i cant you do that the way you are if you insist on going out now you will die to them so i insist on having you train with me but first lets heal you so we can start. she preceeds to pull out a staff and starts chanting as the room starts to turn chilly as she's chanting my wounds start to glow as they slowly start healing until she stops and there all healed my face has no scars but everywhere else does Victoria tells me theyll disapper in time but for now to follow her outside she wants to see what i can do i ask if she has a weapon i can borrow she looks and says this will be a battle of magic no weapons will be used as i ready up i feel fierce and ready to go well she looks calm and composed as she signals me to come i cant help but feel slightly angry that shes taunting me as i charge i get blown back by what seems to be and icy wall i get back up ready to continue before having an ice shard thrown into my shoulder as the blood from my shoulder hits the ground my pendent and bracelet resonates with me as fox Armour is activated once more instead of being surprised she laughs and says so this is your ace your friends were talking about oh how funny so your a fusion user how pathetic you cant rely on your own strenght so you borrows someone elses well if you must use this form then prove to me you can handle it as i hear her say that i get angry and charge up an ice beam in my hands and shoot it at her as it's centimetets from her face i think ive got her as she raises a hand deflecting the beam like swating a fly.

in confusion i shoot another as a repeat happans i contuine to fire as she walks closer and closer showing how much of gap is between me and her until shes in my face with an ice dagger to my throat she then has the dagger dissipate as she tells me theres much to learn but with her help i can do it. Over the next 3 weeks she teachets me basic ice magic skills without me using my fusion technique but she also has me better learn how to use it after ive learned the basic skills im ready to face the man who holds my weapon as a trophy as i go to leave she hands me a ring she says it hold an enchantment as she tells me once i use it a portal will teleport me back here so when the time comes she can teach me everything else i must know about ice magic but for now she says go on your journey get your friends to there destinations and get your scythe back i then hand her my device for her number to be added before I leave.

as Natalie and Jillian are right behind me we make our way to the king of thieves hideout where i will reclaim my scythe.