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"Just a bit farther, I swear I see it" Syrik said as he jumped through the trees. He jumped once more and was tripped by a branch that appeared out of nowhere.

After tumbling through the air Syrik launched his arms forward, breaking his fall with a roll. "I could've have sworn that branch wasn't there a second ago."

"It wasn't" said a male voice maliciously in the distance.

"SHOW YOURSELF" Yelled Syrik as he searched his perimeter. His mystery foe was cloaked in shadow and leaves. Another branch came from his right, he jumped just above the forest just to be followed by more earth. He clawed his way past the branches to the safety of ground. As he landed he found his assailant, a geomancer standing 20 meters away.

"You're not getting out of here alive!" The mystery man declared. The man sends spikes of earth towards Syrik.

"Why are you doing this" he said with a punch that returned the spiked earth to its original state. "We don't have to-" he was interrupted by spike to the gut that sent him on his back. He sent two more spikes towards Syrik's face, Syrik crossed his arms over his face and absorbed the hits

"I want that lance in your possession. Claire told me everything" "Mom!?" Syrik yells puzzled. The geomancer used terrain once more sending Syrik in heavy pain.

"If you want the lance so bad" he says through his teeth, "YOU CAN HAVE IT!" Through the pain Syrik regains his footing and unveils his lance. He leaped twice as high as before beyond the reach of the earth magic, silhouetted by the moon, and sends the lance crashing through the foolish mage's chest.

Kneeling before the nearly lifeless body he coughs blood and says "What's so special about this lance" The man manages a weak laugh and says "You still don't know do you?" He perishes with a slightly satisfied smile.

Angered and bloodied Syrik limps away from the crash site, using the lance for support, leaving behind only the disfigured geomancer and taking all he could find on his dead body. "Forward...to the city...to the inn..."