Aric, reaching the training grounds, found knights of Daegal fighting each other, training.
"knights of Daegal, I offer you an alliance, I know you might not accept, but, I have to ask, would like to be, part of this war against the elves, on our side"
One of the knights, walked up to the front, he seemed to be their leader.
"I know who you are Aric, you're the st knight of honor, and I know what you're going to say, that the others are still alive, and I believe you, but that's not the point yet, you're the st Adeide knight who can still use magic, am I right?"
"and what if I can?"
"you see, those mages of Adeide, they had one of the strongest types of magic, which you can use, now, I I would like to request you use it, because if you don't, we'll have lost the war, which would mean, we wouldn't join"
Aric, knew what they wanted, he just didn't want to speak, he wanted them to announce it to him.
"Last Knight of Honor, Aric, we, knight of Daegal, I, Vauquelin of Daegal, would like to request, that you teach us this magic, and if you do, we'll help you search for your fellow knights."
Said the leader, kneeling down in front of Aric, as did the others. Aric knew it was an offer he couldn't reject, he didn't care about the opinion of the king anymore. He had to accept for his best friend's wife, and for his own sake, after all, using this magic would give them a big upper hand.
"don't kneel in front of me, I don't like seeing that, and I accept, I'll teach you my magic, however, I would like to request something, that my younger knights would also come to learn with you"
"I don't care about that, do as you want, just teach us, do your part, and we'll do ours"
"it's settled then, but we're not going to train here, we train somewhere else, near the great tree"
"sure, we start tonight, by sunset"
Aric nodded, as he signaled for the Daegal knights to go home for now, as they mounted their horses and left Adeide. One of the young knights came to Aric.
"what was that about?"
"tell your fellow knights, that tonight at sunset, we meet near the great tree, I'll teach you magic there"
"yes sir"
And with that, the young knight went away, to inform his friends, Aric knew this was going to be hard, but he knew it must be done.
After a few hours, the sun is about to set, Aric is waiting next to the great tree, a giant tree alone, in a vast and empty green field, knights of Daegal have finally arrived, on their horses, as they dismounted them, they greeted him.
"where are your younger fellows?"
"they should arrive ter, so the king doesn't know"
"I see, now if you don't mind show us a demonstration of what you can do"
Aric nodded, as he unsheathed his sword from his left hip, pulling it out, it slowly lit up with fire, the sword now situated on his right, lighting with immense fire. The Daegal knights were impressed.
"let's fight, but don't forget to hold back, I don't want to die"
Aric and the Vauquelin each stood on either side of the great tree, far away from each other, as the other knights were watching.
One of them signaled the start of the fight, and without any waste of time, Aric with some magic, moved at a great speed towards Vauquelin, in the blink of an eye, Vauquelin couldn't react, Aric made sure to press his sword on Vauquelin, putting them in a stalemate, Vauquelin drifted back a few feet, he was overwhelmed by Aric's strength and magic.
Then in the blink of an eye again, Aric used his left arm, to hold his scabbard and sweep Vauquelin feet, lifting him off the ground, the scabbard, even though made of leather, it was somehow harder than stone, Aric winged his sword to hit Vauquelin's, making him skip on the ground, bouncing, until he was far away from him.
"what do you think" said Aric.
"you're quite strong, I'll give you that"
Vauquelin said through pants, as he tried to pick himself off the ground. The other knights were impressed to see their leader on the ground after mere seconds from the start of the duel.
"now get up, it's time for you to learn, and you too youngling"
