Rukelion fiercely continued to spar against the mercenaries right up until they left. He managed to beat two of the four within three days but it took nearly a week to beat Eagor.
At that point, he had lost against Barry an additional five times and was beginning to doubt his goal of beating all of them at least once before he left would be possible. The man was too strong.
But if Rukelion couldn't beat a simple mercenary, how was he ever supposed to beat the entire royal guard and those pesky plant powers the Mirean royal family wielded? Especially if they still had those water mages around.
He wanted to believe it was only a temporary alliance—water powers were prevalent in a small province to the north of Mirea called Aveleen—but what if it wasn't? If the water mages were still in the palace, his fire powers would need to be much, much stronger.
