King of the Fireweilders

Chaster 7: The Rightful King

Well, she kept her word. We rode directly to the house of the rightful king. She told him all about my birthday and the prophesy (which he knew already apparently). So I am standing here, with a blade in my hand, ready to fight him.

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Earlier, after Delli told him all about the tales and such he turned to me and said, "If you are really whom my daughter says you are, then you must fight me in a one on one fight, if you win, you can command my army. If you lose, you will just become a petty soldier; Deal?"

At the time I thought 'What do I have to lose'. But now that I am standing here with a blade in my hand ready to fight a real soldier, oh I am so screwed.

He starts to run at me. Okay, now I am panicking. I stand and position my feet so I can take the impact of his charge.

He is about six foot seven and covered in leather armour, not intimating at all.

I try to block his attack but he just knocks my sword out of my hands and I stumble backwards, then I fall on my back. Pressed against the muddy ground, I look up at Mercer whom is standing over me with his sword pointed at my throat. "Surrender?" He says, in a stern, hardened voice.

I can't let him win so easily, I need to think. Oh right, I do have powers.

I aim the palms of my hands at him and blast fire out of them. He stumbles backward, buy regains his footing. I flip unto my stomach and get up and quickly as I can. I look over at him and he has already started to make another assault at me. He is close so I dive out of the way. I stand on my feet and shoot a ball of fire at his legs. He falls to the ground holding his shins.

I stand over him now. I hold my hand next to my ear with my palm facing outward, towards Mercer. "Surrender?" I ask, politely.

Just then, I feel the ground start to shake. Then I start moving upward into the air. I look down to see that the piece of ground I was standing on is being moved. Apparently, Mercer is an Earthshaper and no one told me.

I quickly jump off of the piece of land and look back at Mercer whom is already standing with the muddy earth which I once called the ground, floating next to him. As fast as an arrow, the muddy blob flies towards me. I put up my flaming fists and did the only thing I thought of. I punched the dirt with a flaming punch. Then, with a mixture of fire and ground, it exploded. I looked around at the crowd which had gathered. Anyone who was watching this fight was now either slightly on fire, or covered in mud. Or both.

Mercer and I locked eyes.

"You are actually more skilled than I thought you'd be." He says in almost a cocky manner.

I run at him at full speed, I just want this fight over with. I leap into the air and with my hand on fire, I punch at him. He tries to block the punch, but somehow, I break through the block and hit him right in the face. With a small explosion, he flies unto the ground.

I walk over to him and he puts a hand up.

"I surrender. My army is yours."