You are now Alex. You head to your bed so you can sleep and fight some guy with a sword. If that's not a weird sentence, I don't know what is.

You head to sleep and awake in the dream bubbles. You quickly walk around and find the person you are looking for. Which is fucking amazing because of how big these bubbles are.

"Hello." You greet the strange ghost.

"Sup." He replies casually. You have no idea who this is a ghost of, but you do know that there aren't any knights of rage in your session. Maybe he's from a doomed timeline where he became part of the small collective of friends in your session.

"So what are the rules of the duel?" You ask.

"Simple enough," he answers, "We may only fight using swords, use of a shield is up to you. You may kill your opponent due to us both being immortal, but try not to be brutal about it. First to either kill their opponent or make them admit defeat is the winner."

"Okay, simple enough. Let's get started."

"Okay, we will start when my friend over there," he points to a guy in a bard outfit on the edge of the ring, "finishes counting down from three."

As if on que the guy on the side of the ring begins counting, "Three! Two! One! Fight!"

As he yells the word fight you draw the Monado from your back and just manage to block an in-coming swing from his sword. As his golden blade clashes with the light of your sword sparks glow brightly as they shoot from the collision.

"Hey," he shouts to you as he jumps back, "what kinda weapon is that?"

"It's my weapon." You reply like any true smartass would.

"I know, but what's it called?"

"It's called the Monado Aperture."

"I thought it looked like the Monado. Good to see that you got to play that game in your world."

"It's almost as cool as a SUPRISE ATTACK!" You scream as you charge toward him with the blade and slash to only be stopped by his shield.

"See, my weapons are pretty cool too. The sword is Excalibur and the shield is the Aegis." He says before he pushes on the shield and send you back.

"Wow, dude. So unoriginal."

""What?"

"Think about it. How many times is Excalibur used in a story or show. A ton. And the Aegis isn't thinking that far out of the box either."

"Wow, rude. It took a lot of grist to make these weapons." He looks at his sword and shield with a sad look on his face.

"Don't get me wrong, they're still effective, but it's kinda in the realm of over-used gear."

"I get that for Excalibur, but how is that true for the Aegis?"

"In games they call shields and shielding powers an 'Aegis' all the time."

"Good point." He says before he charges with the shield raised.

You raise your blade and slam it into the Aegis and knock him back. "You should look into other cool swords and/or shields. Like Excalimune."

"What's Excalimune?"

"It's from a game. It's a sword that shoots fire and lightning."

"That does sound pretty cool!"

"As for a shield I don't have much of an idea what to use."

"Well thanks for the help, but I'm gonna have to kill you now." He charged again, this time much faster and with his sword against the side of the shield, allowing him to attack while keeping safe behind the wall of copper and gorgon head.

"Too bad, I don't die that easily!" You dodge to the side and bring the metal of your sword down upon his blade and knock it out of his hand. In response to this he slams the shield into your chest and you fall to your knees in pain as he scrambles for the weapon he dropped.

"Well I didn't want to...but I guess I'm gonna have to start using my powers."

"Oh, if we can use powers then you're gonna lose!" You regain your footing and ready your sword.

"I'll make you eat those words!" He raises his sword and shield. He stands in a fighting stance for a few seconds and then he's gone.

"What the—" before you can finish you feel a shield slam int the side of your head. You barely manage to keep on your feet, but slide to the right a couple of feet.

"I'm the knight of rage. I have incredible strength and speed when I'm angry."

"Okay, if that's how you want to play, then I can give you a good fight." You raise your hand and feel the temperature around you drop.

"What the hell? What did you do!?"

"I'm the Mage of void, I can control nothingness and stop the existence of things around me. I'm assuming you know what makes temperature, correct?"

"What?"

"Temperature is controlled by the amount of energy the particles in the air around us have. If I get rid of some of that energy, the temperature drops, and the particles slow down. With the drop in temperature you'll become less in control, your senses will dull, and you'll tire out faster. Now I get to play the waiting game."

"Well played. But I'm not going down that easily!" He lunges toward you with his teeth chattering. You dodge to the side and he meets with a face full of dirt.

You place your blade behind his neck. "Is that all you've got? Shame I didn't get to use any cooler powers." You raise the blade, but before you can bring it down he rolls to the side and trips you.

"I'm not done yet, I won't lose that easily!"

"Actually, you will." He slams into the ground as you destroy the ground under his feet and leave him in a pit of your design.

"Fine, I surrender!"

"What! You're gonna give up just like that?"

"I can't beat someone who can destroy the ground I'm standing on."

"Wow, talk about a boring fight if it's over that quickly!"

"Alright, let's have a rematch some time then."

"Fine, what time, what place?"

"Your session, two weeks."

"What?"

"Huh, I figured you guys knew we were coming. My friends and I will be at your session in two weeks."

"Wait, you're friends with Grimm's daughter! One of my friends said that you guys were coming to our session."

"Yeah, I'm her brother, Sam. And that wonderful judge over there is Tim."

"Hey." Tim chimes in.

"Alright," you say, "I'll see you in two weeks, we can have a rematch then!"

With those words you are awoken from your sleep by Brandon.

"What are you doing in my room?" You ask.

"Dude, I have the greatest idea!" He replies.

"What?"

"We're gonna help Nate save Jon from church, but we're gonna do it the cool way."

"What's the cool way?"

"I'll explain more as we go. First, captchalog some drunk snake people!"

END OF CHAPTER 34