Both Gerri's palms burned in vivid purple. In the previous game, Emery had had a taste of the purple flames power and it was enough to break through the [Granite Skin] spell, leaving him with only one choice: to be cautious and keep dodging, so the flames would not hit him.
"I see, you're already rank 7, Emery? I'm not going to go easy on you."
Emery replied with a smirk "I don't ever remember you going easy on me… Didn't I manage to take you down to the point you had to lie flat on the ground last time?"
"Haha! Nah, it was all just my trick. If that Lodos didn't come, you would go down in one strike after being fooled by my incredible acting!"
"…"
Emery had a retort in mind, but he decided to swallow it and shake his head. It felt like, in this academy, he had enough of shameless acolyte encounters for the whole year.
"Okay, if our smart talk session is done, I'll start!"
