Leon vs The Eastern Kingdom

Seeing he wasn't going to get a break from her onslaught naturally, he tried to create that break, reaching into his pocket to grab one of his items.

(Calling Card: Mira(Shrink))

(Rising Slash -roll [96, 74]- Success!)

Mira appeared and shrunk the female warrior, but that did nothing to stop her blade from cutting Leon's leg as she shrank down.




Leon: 7 Willpower + 13 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 26 Stamina + Lovely Protection + Shrunk(3)

Leon took a few big steps backward, hoping to gain the necessary distance from her to focus on transferring his mana into willpower.

(Mana Conversion(13))

(Mana Conversion -roll 67- Fail!)
(Cleave -roll [66, 95]- Crit Fail!)

Leon back up a tad to far and ruined his concentration by bumping into a wall.

The shrunken knight chared at him but only made it half way at her current size before she tripped and fell.



Leon: 7 Willpower + 3 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 25 Stamina + Lovely Protection + Shrunk(2)

After wasting all his mana, and seeing she was a fair distance away still, Leon tried to calm down and collect more mana.

(Meditate)

(Meditate -Auto-)
(Cleave -roll [11, 85]- Crit Fail!)

Leon took a moment to gather his power. He then absently kicked the shrunken warrior once she started getting close enough to actually attack him.


Leon: 7 Willpower + 8 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 24 Stamina + Lovely Protection + Shrunk(1)

Knowing the time limit for shrinking was limited, Leon tried to get to his book before Sonya regained her size.

(Rearm)

(Rearm -roll 3- Crit Fail!)
(Lovely Infusion -roll 37- Fail!)

Leon looked for his book but failed to find it before his opponent returned to her full size in front of him. She smirked playfully before she jabbed him in the gut with the hilt of her weapon.



Leon: 6 Willpower + 11 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 24 Stamina + Lovely Protection

"Third time's the charm," He said to himself as he tried to burst into a ball of light, knowing one of his only chances at this point is to blind her and get to his book.

(Light Burst)

(Light Burst -roll 34- Success! Disadvantage -roll 46- Fail!)
(Cleave -roll 37- Fail!)

The flash of light went off in the paladin's face and she was forced to back off.



Leon: 6 Willpower + 11 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 23 Stamina + Lovely Protection

Leon tried to keep the pressure and light up, release another burst of light as soon as the other faded.

(Light Burst)

(Light Burst -roll 8- Crit Success! Normal Success due to Lovely Protection! Disadvantage -roll 48- Success)
(Cleave -roll [20, 60]- Success!)

The woman let out a pain as the flash went off in her eye again. But, this time, a pink barrier absorbed the worst of it before breaking. The paladin blindly swung her sword and got a lucky hit in on the mage.



Leon: 4 Willpower + 11 Mana + Disarmed(Book)
Sonya: 22 Stamina + Disadvantage

Leon tried to take this chance to find and regain his book, trying to carefully move around the blinded paladin.

(Rearm)

(Rearm -roll 100- Crit Success!)

Leon managed to find and grab his book before the woman fishined recovering from his repeated flashing.


Leon: 4 Willpower + 14 Mana
Sonya: 22 Stamina

Hoping she would still be recovering from the previous, he went for another flash of light, hoping to blind her once more before trying to due any form of recovery.

(Light Burst)

(Light Burst -roll 31- Fail!)
(Rising Slash -roll 54- Success!)

This time, the barely clade warrior turned into time to avoid the blinding light. She continued her spin and used the momentum to deliver a great slash to Leon.


Leon: 1 Willpower + 14 Mana
Sonya: 22 Stamina

Knowing he was on the edge of yet another loss, Leon desperately tried to convert all his mana into willpower.

(Mana Conversion(14))

(Mana Conversion -roll 65- Fail!)
(Disarming Charm -roll 88- Crit Success!)

Leon's desperate attempt to heal was ruined by the woman pulling him into a tender kiss that sapped the last of his will to fight.

(Leon has been defeated!)

Leon just stood there dumbstruck by the kiss, his body not making any more effort to resist.

The woman held the kiss for a moment before she stepped back an nodded. "Alright, you're cleared to go in." she told him.

"Bu-but I lost," Leon said, thinking he needed to best her to see the queen.

"Yes, and thus proved that you're not actually a threat to anyone in the castle." she told him before she turned and headed back to her post.

"But that... Never mind." He said, stopping himself from pointing out how guards are usually stronger than who they are protecting, so the logic she is using makes no sense unless whoever is in the castle is stronger than her, which would bring up the question of why they need a guard then, so this situation makes no sense to him as he headed into the castle.

"Queen Charlotte was able to defeat a hundred knights at once by herself when she became the ruler of this land." the guard pointed out as he passed. "Thus, if you can not beat me by myself, you are certainly no threat to her. And the Royal Mage is someone I have never bested in single combat."

Once inside, there were a pair of grand doors that obviously led to the throne room. Does Leon head straight in or does he explore more of the castle first?

Since it was what he came here to do, Leon headed straight towards the throne room.