CH891 Return of the Gnomish Mountain of Gold
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Alex returned to the Back Mountain Lodge hours later, close to nightfall, barely able to walk on his feet.
Jared had upped his thrashing with the looser conditions. So, the more Alex used spells in their sparring, the greater the pain Jared inflicted.
The Dark Knight even 'allowed' the youth to heal himself back to shape so they could continue for longer—much to Alex's dismay.
It was one of the few times he regretted knowing healing spells.
Unfortunately, Alex couldn't lose face by revealing he had been thrashed. Instead, he simply mentioned that he had been sparring with a Legend and was left physically and mentally drained.
His group of retainers and Silver Fangs of course assumed the Legend was Drake, since Jared's ascension was still a hidden fact—made possible by the expansion and development of the Dark Knight's concealment concept now that he had an understanding of Darkness Law.
