Vanport glanced around as if to assess his situation. To sum it up, it was me and Leyhna against him while Fina takes forever to heal her leg.
"...I see." [Vanport]
Opening up a hand, his sword flew to him.
"Oh nah… Is this guy Thor or something?!" [Solace]
Vanport traced the edge of the sword against the floor, igniting the blade once more.
"...I'm going to be real honest with you here. That was super cool." [Solace]
Apparently, my words fell on deaf ears since Vanport just aimed his sword at me.
"You will not escape this time." [Vanport]
"Eerie words. Are you going to test me again or are you going to summon your spirit?" [Solace]
"Come, Forgenis." [Vanport]
So he summoned his spirit.
"Alert: You are in the presence of a |Greater Spirit|. Mana levels have risen." [Spirit Guide]
I can only say that it was not pleasant to see that buff spirit wearing a loincloth again.
"|Invoke Exto|." [Vanport]
The loincloth spirit, which will now be the only way I will refer to it, turned itself into a yellow flame. It then converged to a hand Vanport left open, allowing it to turn into that really cool sword with gold and silver that I never fought against.
"Okay. That's not good." [Solace]
You see, this man was now dual wielding. I was not confident in the least.
"Leyhna, are you going to do the same thing or nah?" [Solace]
"My spirit isn't |Greater Spirit| ranked, not to mention |Great Spirit|." [Leyhna]
"So what I'm hearing is that we're gonna lose?" [Solace]
Leyhna glared at me.
"Okay, okay. I won't run." [Solace]
I sighed knowing that I'm about to get tossed around like a dog's chew toy.
("Bum-rush it is.") [Solace]
I equipped Vermillion Eclipse, my not so trusty cursed gauntlets. I really didn't want to use it, but I can't really be picky in this situation.
"I see you brought out those… ominous gauntlets." [Vanport]
"Yep." [Solace]
Was all I said before taking a chunk out of the floor and throwing it at him.
"Such disrespect!" [Vanport]
He slashed the uh… rock? I'll call it a rock. He slashed the rock I threw and made a beeline towards me with anger written all over his face.
"Now, Leyhna!" [Solace]
Hearing my call, Vanport turned his head.
"Huh?" [Vanport]
You see, there was something special about how I called Leyhna. What was it? I lied.
"I like your cut G!" [Solace]
I wound my arm up until I smacked the back of Vanport's head. Although I could have gone for the punch, I found smacking it to be more funny.
"Ack!" [Vanport]
He stumbled forward, peering over his shoulder with rage in his eyes.
"What's the matter? Can't take a joke?" [Solace]
Yeah, Vanport was pissed. Was it worth it? 10/10 would do it again.
"|Quick Steps|." [Vanport]
Turning into a blur, I found two swords about to chop off my head.
"Oh my." [Solace]
I ducked down, barely evading by a hair's breadth.
"Now, Leyhna!" [Solace]
I called out again, just to taunt Vanport.
"Your mind games will not work this time!" [Vanport]
He charged up another attack. Unfortunately for him, Leyhna actually did come.
"|Resonating Point|!" [Leyhna]
Striking him from behind, Vanport flew right past me with tremendous force.
"Woah! Watch it!" [Solace]
Vanport stuck his swords into the ground, stopping himself from crashing into the wall.
"Tsk!" [Vanport]
He clicked his tongue as he stood. Vanport then took a step forward, suddenly noticing that his chestplate was falling apart.
"...You're much stronger than I thought." [Vanport]
He brought his hands to his shoulders. I then heard two clicking sounds before Vanport's armor fell off. What he had underneath was a leather tunic. I can't say it would boast much defense, but I guess it works.
"Let us continue." [Vanport]
Leyhna and I charged in.
"|Earthen Shield|!" [Solace]
I formed a wall below my feet to push me up. My aim was to drop down on Vanport while Leyhna attacked the front.
"Interesting." [Vanport]
So Vanport said as he stepped away. Turns out, my plan sucked. Just from Vanport stepping away, I accidentally fell on Leyhna.
"Oof!" [Solace]
"Ow! What are you doing?!" [Leyhna]
Piled on top of each other, Vanport took the opportunity to skewer us.
"|Revolving Shell Arts|!" [Solace]
Positioning myself while somehow entangled with Leyhna, I barely deflected both swords from stabbing us. Leyhna then followed up with a kick to Vanport's chest from underneath me.
"Urgh!" [Vanport]
We quickly untangled ourselves and backed away with caution.
"We need a real plan." [Solace]
"I got one." [Leyhna]
"Do you?" [Solace]
Leyhna leaned into my ear. To be honest, the plan wasn't half bad.
"Got it?" [Leyhna]
"Got it." [Solace]