Master Of None

"Are you going to hide behind your arrows, or will you have a real fight with me?" The king of the middle was wielding two close combat axes. He was not one to fight from a distance. Nor was it normal for dwarves to fight from long distances anyways. The only ones that would, are normally the crossbowman who had broken the accepted norm.

"I am an arcane archer. I can deal with you before you get here." Gil couldn't help but try and mess with the king of the middle. He didn't like that the dwarves still were all for up close and personal battles. He had a special place for the crossbowmen that had helped him when he visited the city.

The referee didn't even need to say that the battle had started. Gil had quickly pulled an earth elemental arrow from his quiver and sent it flying at the feet of the king of the middle. The reaction was a large rumbling beneath the ground followed by a large earth spike jutting out of the ground.

The king of the middle scoffed at it and stepped back to slash it in half with his two one handed axes. The earth pieces fell to the ground while the king of the middle looked at Gil unimpressed. "If you wish to fight with earth, I recommend you understand the kind of weapons I wield."

The king of the middle slammed the axes in to the ground. The entire arena shook, throwing Gil off balance. That was when he noticed the many earth elemental runes and multiple earth crystals embedded within the handles of the two axes. These were perfectly made to deal with the ground. Gil wanted to slap himself for being so foolish. The dwarves were a race that literally lived under the ground. They would actually be close with the earth.

" A little hard to walk, hm?" The king of the middle moved with speed that one would not believe he had. If Gil could not also move quickly using his own skills, he would have been caught up to. The distance he had over the king of the middle was major. Therefore, he had to maintain it.

The next arrow that Gil pulled was much more than the earth. He had chosen a wind arrow since he had some wither spike arrows with mana already within them. This would keep from interrupting Zephyr while also allowing Gil to use the elemental mana he was most accustomed to due to his own wind elemental affinity.

The wind arrow became much more energetic than Gil had seen it. He had trained using his skills and new wind elemental affinity. Yet, he had not used the arrows he had made long ago. It was simply because he did not believe that there would be a difference. However, there was a difference. The wind elemental mana greeted him as if it was returning to its home. This caused the wind to naturally envelop the arrow as if he was using the bow's skill to create an arrow out of wind alone.

The change made the king of the deep cave focus much more. This was something that could pierce his armor. He knew it. The danger he felt from his instincts screamed at him to defend against this attack. It was a feeling he rarely had since he was a king of the people. In reality, the king of the surface and the king of the deep caves had more real battle experience than a king of the people would.

Once the wind arrow had been unleashed, Gil lost his balance completely. The shaking of the arena had still not let up even though the king of the middle was moving with axes in hand. The arrow flew at a faster speed than anyone watching expected. They had not imagined that an arcane archer had such power. Only the elves were able to see that Gil had reached a higher level of training than they had. It put them even further in admiration for him.

"One arrow will not break me!" The king of the deep slashed down with his axes again. This time they met the arrow in the air causing earth to fly about in a storm. The wind caused slashes to arrive on the exposed portion of the king of the middle. However, he was a dwarf. Dwarves were tough and could charge through stone if needed. Mountains would crumble to their strength.

The charging figure in front of Gil as he stood up proved that he couldn't escape close combat this time. He had no choice but to let the bow fall around his shoulder and pull his daggers in a swift motion. Gil had trained this motion over and over for situations just like this. He would never be caught and defeated without fighting with every ounce of strength he possessed.

The swing of the axes were easily dodged since Gil could predict where they were coming from. The king of the deep cave's battle style was predictable yet too powerful to just counter. This left Gil with the only thing he could think of. He had to use more wind elemental mana and his affinity.

"Zephyr, I am sorry about this. Please keep resting." The wind pulled around Gil as he used the steps he had learned from the elemental dagger techniques of the elves. He was far from rebuilding them but he was sure that he could use the wind with his dagger. The result was a flurry of small slashes sending wind blades out at the king of the middle.

They were able to perfectly counter the sudden closeness. He had thought that Gil was a purely long range fighter. Having a close combat battle against wind elemental magic was tougher than expected. But still easily countered. "That last move was impressive. I will allow you to walk away from here." The king of the middle let his axes fall in to holsters on his hips before walking away. Gil was at a loss. The battle was over as soon as he had earned the respect of the king of the middle. That was what it had all been about.

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