The court of celestial Valor was empty by the time Ivan led Maurice and his sister into the opened training ground, and Maurice could vividly remember watching the two strange vampires clash at this exact spot earlier today. The sun was gradually starting to dip along the horizon, casting long shadows across the training ground, while Ivan and Maurice stood at the center of the strange ring that was intricately designed to look like a bat…. A very scary-looking bat - Maurice mentally noted with recognition.
He glanced at his sister who stood at the safer side of the arena, whilst she shook her head with her gaze stern. A silent warning reflected in her eyes, indicating her brother should change his mind and flee from there before he gets severely hurt by his own foolish request, but to Samantha's disappointment, he averted his gaze instead, ignoring her warnings like they meant nothing before turning around to pick the wooden sword that had been neatly placed on the props.
