Chapter 82

“Good job convincing the captain to not skin us,” Adam joked as they soared through the air on a barrier, the other two stretched to be longer and curved around them in half-circle screens. They were constantly moving to not block their view of the surroundings, but Adam had given them the command to fly out to intercept any projectile if it came within 10 metres. He wasn’t entirely sure the complex command would work, but if it did it would basically be like reactive armour, which was pretty cool.

“The trick with the Stages from here on is to play within their rules and lore,” Emelia said. She was sitting in front of him on the flat barrier, between his legs, which made it a bit hard for him to concentrate. Especially since she kept shifting and pressing herself against him.

“How do you mean?” he asked, trying to distract himself.

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