The people in the church evacuated when Vanport and Leyhna clashed. I was beginning to worry about Fina since there was just so much fire everywhere, but there was already an aura cool to the touch surrounding her.
("That's a cool skill.") [Solace]
Vanport and Leyhna fought fiercely. At some point, the church was in ruins.
"Leyhna! Do it now!" [Fina]
Leyhna ducked under a slash, revealing a stone arrow flying past her.
"Hm?!" [Vanport]
Eyes widening, he quickly caught the arrow with one hand.
("What?!") [Solace]
I was utterly surprised by that. Well, probably not as surprsied as Vanport when Leyhna picked up a bench and swung at him with it.
"Catch this!" [Leyhna]
Reacting quickly, Vanport cut the bench before it could land a solid hit.
"Oh wow. I didn't expect that." [Leyhna]
She spoke sarcastically. It was then that Vanport took notice of the frost accumulating around the joints of his armor.
"What sorcery is this...?" [Vanport]
As he was about to cast a spell to counter it, Leyhna rushed him with a flurry of strikes.
"I'm not letting you catch a break!" [Leyhna]
"You and your damn tricks!" [Vanport]
He managed to defend against Leyhna's attacks flawlessy, but he started to show signs of slowing down.
"|Flame Breath|!" [Vanport]
In an attempt to force Leynha back, he spewed fire at her. However, Leyhna charged through the flames and gave him a solid punch to the face.
"Agh!" [Vanport]
"Huh?! Leyhna!" [Solace]
Leyhna burst out laughing as Vanport staggered.
"Did you really try to use a fire attack against someone blessed by the |Flame God| himself?" [Leyhna]
Vanport smiled.
"I wasn't aiming to harm you." [Vanport]
"What?" [Leyhna]
It was then Leyhna noticed that Vanport's sword was missing.
"Where did it go?!" [Leyhna]
She glanced around, causing her to panick as she saw the sword sticking out of Fina's leg. While Leyhna had been distracted by Vanport's |Flame Breath|, I was panicking about Fina's wound from the sword Vanport threw.
("That damn idiot! I knew I shouldn't have trusted Leyhna with this!") [Solace]
The only saving grace here was that the sword was no longer on fire.
"Fina!" [Leyhna]
"Your opponent is over here." [Vanport]
Leyhna wanted to come to Fina's aid, but Vanport started attacking her with his fists.
("Damn it! I might as well just turn human right now and help her!") [Solace]
Just as I was about to summon myself, Fina started to pull out the sword.
("NOOO!! You'll bleed out if you do that!") [Solace]
Fina stifled her groans until she managed to take the entire sword out. Even then, she didn't make a peep.
"|Low Cure|." [Fina]
Hovering a hand over the wound, the bleeding stopped. That was only the good thing about it. The bad thing was that the gaping wound made by a longsword was currently closing very slowly.
("That's it, I'm summoning myself.") [Solace]
I originally was going to summon myself then and there, but Fina was no longer in what I considered a critical condition. Instead, I flew right out to the front of the church and used |Mimic|.
"You have gained |Experience|. |Mimic| has gained a level." [Spirit Guide]
I quickly used the |Wardrobe| skill to fully clothe myself before stepping into the church. Of course, someone like Vanport immediately detected me the moment I entered.
"You...!" [Vanport] [Fina]
I know Vanport recognized me, but I had totally forgotten Fina saw me when I first got my |Mimic|. Matter of fact, she has technically only met my human form once for only a minute or two.
"...Yeah. Me." [Solace]
"Took you long enough!" [Leyhna]
Leyhna was still locked in combat with Vanport, who then made a few complicated movements before kicking her away and turning towards me.
"Are you here to fight me as well?" [Vanport]
I shrugged.
"What's it look like?" [Solace]
Vanport let out a haughty grunt.
"You all have no honor." [Vanport]
"And how is that?" [Solace]
"Do you dare to fight against me alone?" [Vanport]
("Oh. This guy is complaining about us ganging up on him.") [Solace]
I couldn't help letting out a brief chuckle at his provocation.
"That's real funny coming from someone who attacked me with a bunch of knights." [Solace]
"Wait. When did that happen?" [Leyhna]
"I was at Medwin's manor. Vanport almost crushed my head with a piece of wall." [Solace]
"...How?" [Leyhna]
"Don't sweat the small stuff." [Solace]