D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad Chapter 713

Chapter 713: Dust Plate

After Kat’s statent about the risk of forest fires there wasn’t much else to really get into. Kat would have happily narrated everything she’d been up to so far but Lily was already yawning and Kat felt she owed it to the rest of her team to have the best sleep possible for the tournant. Well, that and she didn’t want to wake Blue. Using ntal communication ant it wasn’t a big risk but it did weight slightly on her mind. So, the two curled back up together and fell asleep again till morning.

This actually ant Blue was the first one awake the next morning. When the light started streaming in through the window acting like a natural alarm clock as the sun or fake sun, whatever Thy was using seed to concentrate right on her eyes. Groaning Blue got up and rolled out of bed before looking around and finding Kat peacefully asleep. Face down. Avoiding the accursed light.

“Clearly she had the right idea,” grumbled Blue as she headed for the bath to wake herself up more. It wasn’t until after she got out that Lily started to wake up, bringing Kat with her. The pair managed to wake up just in ti for Blue to pull on her robes. They didn’t see anything they shouldn’t, though Blue paused as if she was being caught doing sothing naughty, arms halfway to closing the dresser.

Kat just gave her a raised eyebrow as Lily looked over with a similarly curious expression. “Yes?” asked Blue confused.

“That’s what I want to ask, why did you freeze? We just woke up. Why do you look like you got caught with your hand in the cookie jar or sothing?” asked Kat.

“I... I...” Blue stamred trying to find a good excuse. It was just instinct really, she was getting dressed and her mindset hadn’t quite shifted back to normal. Kat and Lily had just woken up though, and didn’t realise how close to a show they’d were. All they saw was Blue standing weirdly over a drawer. “Don’t worry about it, please.”

Kat raised an eyebrow. *Well now I really want to know what’s going on. Clearly you’re hiding sothing and last ti I let Sky betray us. Well, it wasn’t really betrayal but I let her get away with putting Grace and I in danger. Still...*

.....

Before Kat could make a decision regarding how appropriate it would be to push Blue, Thy summoned themselves back into the room grabbing all the intention. This ti they had an old set of plate mail armour that was clearly a size too small. The joints didn’t line up nicely revealing slips of green fleshy bark. The armour itself had scratches all over it. Most looked like they’d been buffed out sowhat leaving only the slightest imprints but were easily spotted by two sets of enhanced eyes.

Thy carried a halberd in one hand and a tower shield in the other. They stood tall, with dirt and gri and what certainly looked like dried blade caked over the outfit. The only thing preventing Thy from looking as ragged as the armour was the distinct lack of these substances anywhere else. It was only the armour, making it look more like Thy had stolen it from sowhere or was using it as a prop instead of real armour.

“Co forth ye na?ves!” said Thy in a weird mix of a French and Danish accent. Kat wasn’t quite sure how she knew it was Danish, considering she wasn’t sure she’d ever heard a Danish person speak, but sohow she knew, and none of it made any more sense for knowing that fact. “The next round awaits you!”

“I have questions,” said Kat seriously.

“Well I don’t have answers,” returned Thy with a smile and a clap.

At the sound of Thy’s hands clapping together a bright light coated Kat’s vision before she felt herself being dragged into teleportation. When she was spat out the other side, it was onto a dirt floor on a raised platform. Looking around there wasn’t anything else. Just, dirt and all the contestants from all four teams.

Thy summoned themselves back into the centre before tripling in size to speak louder instead of using a microphone or a spell like a normal person, “Welco to the next round!”

The ground started to shake and Kat found herself being moved. The dirt shifted as she was sent flying over to a grouping of the n With Hats and her own team mbers. Kat stumbled slightly when the dirt escalator ground to a stop.

*Lily?* Kat asked sowhat concerned as she noted her girlfriend wasn’t anywhere nearby. She’d disappeared at so point. [I’m fine. I’m in a room with sitting on a pillow, there’s so food and water nearby, in both a cat bowl and a plate and I’ve got a few big glowing screens showing what’s going on.]

*Oh, that’s nice.* Thought Kat as she relaxed noticeably, looking around at the other groups. The dirt stadium was moderately large, about half the size of a football field, though larger in the sides to compensate for the oval shape.

[Oh, sorry, a Thy just popped in and said I won’t be able to talk to you once the round starts. If that gets too hard Thy offered to just let go back to sleep. Which... I an, I don’t necessarily like the idea and I feel fine, not tired really... but if that’s what needs to happen I’m not too bothered I guess,]

Kat frowned, *I don’t like the fact that you’re being forced back to sleep.* She could also feel the shrug Lily sent back. [Thy just said it’s because I’m not allowed to interfere. Comnting or freaking out or whatever clearly constitutes interference and I can’t say that’s wrong. I imagine if it was safe Thy would temporarily cut or mute the link but I’d imagine that probably isn’t the case.]

*At least this will be good practice for not sending every one of your thoughts?* Offered Kat trying to project an air of cheerfulness he didn’t truly feel. Of course it failed spectacularly because unlike the ntal sharing part where sharing just so thoughts was sowhat easy, the emotional component was much harder to adjust. Lily did get so cheer, but the undercurrent of unease was very apparent as well.

Kat’s thoughts were pulled away form Lily when Thy’s voice bood out again, “Welco welco one and all. Now that you’ve had a chance to centre yourselves I can speak on this round. Currently, two teams are tied for first place, ‘n With Hats’ and ‘Demon and the Misfits’ together they can pull further ahead, but as they are paired for this round we will not find a winner between the two.

“After this we have ‘The Wild Ones’ and then ‘The Numbers’ coming up last. Still, if they can pull out a victory right here, right now, it could be anyone’s ga... probably. Anyway, that’s not important to you RIGHT NOW. What you need right at this mont is to prepare yourselves for a good old fashion BRAWL!”

The ground shook as their dirt platform started to rise. Kat held her grown, tail letting her balance well now that she was prepared. Most others managed alright, Green had to lean on Gareth... but that was probably more a case of want then true need, or perhaps just a different need. Once the platform had further raised and it was clearly separated from the ground Thy sucked in a deep breath to continue.

“You’ve been separated into two teams. You’ll both have five minutes to strategise then you’ll be turned loose onto each other. Knockout occurs when your opponents fall unconscious, they beco unable to battle in so other way, such as freezing them completely solid, or tying them up with rope, or trapping them in a hole, for at least five seconds in every case. It’s not much of a trap if they can deal with it so swiftly. Additionally, anyone who falls off the platform is considered to have lost. It doesn’t matter if you can fly, or move the dirt to catch yourself after you fall. If you leave the ground near the edges, you’re out,”

Thy waited for this information to sink in, staring out at the contestants through the slitted eyehole in their armour so you couldn’t properly see where they were looking. It was all up to the point of the helt to give you a clue, though as Kat knew Lily had multiple viewing angles, she could also guess Thy was watching from other places.

When people started fidgeting Thy snapped their fingers, the ground rumbled again and vines shot out. They moved exceptionally fast, faster then Kat could with the band suppressing her and maybe faster then she was even without it. The vine grabbed her leg and pulled her into... the elven team mber, the one with a snow globe.

Kat watched as the vines circled their legs and bound them together. She gave it a light tug and found a surprising amount of give. *What is Thy’s plan with this?*