"Aye, yer all on time, good!" Brone Heavyaxe called to them as he walked out of the darkness and into the light of the lanterns. There were slightly startled, forgetting that the dwarf could see perfectly in the darkness, "I've called ye here for some sparring" though the dwarf said this happily, the patrolmen flinched. They were use to being directly trained by him, but never did they ever sparred with him. They knew well the damage he could cause and they never looked forward to the day he would ever ask them.
"S-spar with you sir!?" Alex stuttered as he spoke up, hoping he was wrong.
"Oh no, you won't be sparring with Brone" The voice came from the gnome, Gnicholas, as he pulled himself from the cowl of the dwarf's cloak and climbed his way down from the stout body and making it to the floor by Brone's feet. The patrolmen exhaled a sigh of relief. They weren't sure why the gnome would spar with them, given his size and the fact that he wasn't a being of confrontation, but they would prefer him to the Shield of Dawn, "You'll be facing off against my student - Lumikki" Though Gnicholas said this nonchalantly, a chill ran up the spine of all of them patrolmen. The hairs on their necks stood up. Facing off against Brone was dangerous, but even the dwarf knew when to hold back, but his niece, the ice demon, the frost witch, La Bruja de Noche. She was an entirely different danger who had placed many of the patrolmen in critical condition, toying with them while she smiled, or tightening her cold grip when she was irritable.
"Can I take a sick leave?" Dante asked as he raised his hand. He had accumulated a large amount of Sick Time so he could take a vacation during the summer, but this day was an acception.
"No" Brone said, simple, straightforward, and still smiling.
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