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Everyone knows that Elves have mysterious powers that can cause unexplainable results; Selma will surely be making use of those powers in this tough match. Her opponent is a tough competitor, his evasion feared throughout the ranks of Middle. However, even without her Elven powers, Selma has the tools to take him down. With her impressive skill, she can bypass some of Arnaud’s evasion, and Silent Lake can shut down his spellcasting. After that, she still has several shots of healing to outslug the less than damaging Arnaud. Chalk up another win for the Elves! |
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At first glance, things don't look so hot for this brilliant fighter. Arnaud is facing someone with a Suiko Water Rune, which means the much-feared Silent Lake might occur. But in reality, Arnaud has nothing to worry about! His massive evade and his status weapons are all he needs to outslug his foe, and with his massive skillset, he has a multitude of options for statusing Selma before she casts Silent Lake, allowing him to outwait the accursed spell. His razor sharp mind didn't let him down in the first round, and it certainly won't let him down here either! |
Gatewalker The match started basically as expected. Arnaud used Slow Down, followed up with Illusion, got hit with Silent Lake…and that's when things started getting weird. See, you know the old expression 'blood is thicker then water'? Well, it seems to apply to cast as well. While Arnaud and Selma were fighting, Lambda and Graham Cray started arguing in the stands. Not about how much they wanted to kill the respective competitors or any of the usual things that you would expect from a pair of villains…but rather a round of 'my foes are better than your foes'. Yeah. As villains are wont to do, the two swiftly came to blows over it, and their little tussle became the center of attention rather then the two middles fighting in the ring. Laughing as he avoided strike after strike from Cray, Lambda was easily taking the upper hand and keeping it without issue until he got distracted by some banter down in the ring. "Ten bucks on Graham. I don't care how easy you guys beat him, Lambda is a complete wuss. His greatest achievement in life was killing a room full of old men." Selma snorted at that, "You're joking, right? I'll take that bet. Lambda at least made godlike, even if it is off of some lame gimmick. Cray got stomped by Maria in his first match. It's no contest!" With a sly smile, Arnaud looked over at his opponent and made a surprising offer, "Care to stake the match on that?" Now Selma may be just a swordswoman, but she wasn't dumb. She knew Arnaud's reputation and she wasn't about to let him trick her into something, "No way. You know something I don't, don't you?" "Maybe. Just watch." With a nonchalant shrug, Arnaud just turned his attention back to the fight in the stands, where Graham had made a momentary comeback, and was now getting beat down once again. Though she was tempted to just cave the cocky magician's skull in while he was distracted, Selma was too curious about just how he thought that Cray could ever beat someone like Lambda. So she stood there and watched as well, waiting for whatever miracle that Arnaud seemed so sure was going to happen to turn that fight around. No such miracle ever happened, of course. Graham was beaten soundly and then sent home with his tail between his legs(after the medics scraped him up off the floor), while Selma turned back to her opponent with a laugh, "Hah! See, I told you it was a joke to even think Cray could stand up to the likes of Lambda. I should have taken you up on that offer!" Smiling, Arnaud nodded, "Yeah, you really should have. Since, ah, your Silent Lake is worn off now and you only have the one charge of it. And you really don't have a chance against me without that." Standing there dumbfounded, the realization of just what Arnaud had done settled in on Selma. The absurd claim, the complete assurance in it, all designed to make her so curious that she'd pay more attention to the fight in the stands then the duration of her spell. But not about to just give in gracefully, the elvish warrior snarled at the deceitful drifter and lunged, only to miss over and over again as Arnaud whittled her down with Hi-Blast after Hi-Blast. As she finally fell to her knees, Selma looked up at her opponent with one question in her mind before she fell, "Tell me…did you plan that whole thing? The argument, the fight, all of it?" While prepping the last Hi-Blast he would need, Arnaud shook his head, "Nope, that was all them. I just capitalized on it. That's what happens when you mess with a razor sharp intellect." As Arnaud loosed his last spell, and Selma slipped into unconsiousness, her only thought was that she had pity for any others who tried to stand between this man and the championship. Selma: 12 |
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