I looked at Lillian. The two of us were still in the Town of Beginnings.

"Hey, Lillian, what's your preferred weapon?" I asked her.

"Why do you ask, Zycron?" She seemed curious to why I was curious.

I sighed. "Well, you see, the point of this game is surviving," I said, "different weapons have different stay requirements."

Lillian looked at me. "Hey, why don't we duel? First to dip into Yellow loses."

I looked at her. "Using the duel system can even be considered dangerous, Lillian."

"That's why we set it up with the ruling I said," she replied instantly.

I looked around. People were already betting Col on who would win. I opened up the menu and set up the request. "Fine, but only because you remind me of someone."

Lillian accepted the request and equipped a long standard spear. "Take out your weapon, Zycron. The ruling will end this fight before either of us dies, so no need to worry about death."

I equipped the standard sword I had bought, equipping bracers as well to allow for a more open movement than if I had a shield. "It's not me dying I'm worried about..."

The timer ended. Before I could even blink, Lillian was spinning the staff directly at me. I barely raised my left arm in time, my life bar lowering a small amount. "Your quite fast for a spear user..."

Lillian smiled. "That's not all I'm good at, Zycron." She spun the spearf around and I tried to party it. Her spear seemed to latch onto my blade, then I realized it had small grooves on the edge of its blade. She tossed my sword aside and it shattered, then she rapidly struck me three times before I could equip my backup sword. My health dipped into yellow.

The winner sign appeared above Lillian, and I heard a lot of people talking about our fight. I just shook my head and shrugged. "I guess you got me."

"I got lucky," Lillian said, tossing me some Col. "Take this, it should replace your sword."

I nodded, then felt an urge to ask her a question. "How exactly did you get your spear skill so high? That spear is at least a level ten weapon, and your only level three."

Lillian smiled, "oh, you know, practice."