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"What do you mean by wait!?" Tetsuga complains as he felt that waiting was just spelling out their doom. "Trust me Mr Tetsuga! All we need to do is just stall them" Derrick tells him as he hesitantly thinks about it. Deciding that there were no other plans, he agrees as he gets up and turns towards the smugglers who were approaching them both. "Hey, butt munches! Y'all like to play with magic right? Then let me show you real magic!" Tetsuga exclaims to them as they look on, perplexed as to what he would do after declaring such a thing. Tetsuga then puts his thumb into his other hand, then miraculously and magically detaches it. "Yeah, you see that? Magic!" Tetsuga says with a cheeky smile as he performs a simple parlor trick in an attempt to stall them. "Mr Tetsuga, what are you doing?" Curious, Derrick asked him as he tried to look over his shoulder to see. "Cut me some slack, it's been a while!" Tetsuga whispers to him back as he performs another. "You guys don't look too amazed, how bout I detach ALL my fingers?" He says as he magically shows them all of his fingers gone from his one hand and are seen on the other.

"Hey, he's pretty good." One of the people commented which earned them an elbow from one of them. "Shut up... is that all you can do? Do another one." They commanded as Tetsuga rolled his eyes, but followed as he showed them yet another trick. This went on for a bit, him entertaining the people while Derrick kept his gaze upon the rodent that was next to their saving grace. "C'mon little rat... all you need to do is nudge it." Derrick muttered under his breath as he waited for it patiently. Then suddenly, the rat scuffled away but not before hitting the vial on its way out. "Yes! Mr. Tetsuga! Now!" Derrick shouts as the Vial rolls over and falls through the hole. Descending upon the two in a free fall. "Shows over!" Tetsuga says before quickly going down face first, placing Derrick on top as the vial lands and breaks upon the ropes that bind them two together. The acid didn't take long to take effect as it instantly corroded the robes as it easily broke apart after the slightest pressure Derrick applied to free himself. "We're free!" He yells as he gets off of Tetsuga who immediately after being set free, uses his actual magic to latch onto the tables behind the wall of people in front of him before pulling, dragging the tables behind them towards their backs. Tripping them all up. "Argh! Get him!" They shout as they get up to attack. Tetsuga rushes in this time as he takes on the offensive.

One throws an overhead strike which was disarmed quickly by a swift punch to the side of the face. One tried to come in from behind which was then met by a hard kick to the stomach, making them drop their weapon. Tetsuga takes advantage of it as he grabs it before it hits the ground then clashes it against another. Preventing another attack from hitting him. He pushes their weapon to the side before kicking him away when he had a clear shot to their chest. "What enchantment you got sword?" He says before noticing three other attackers coming in. He decides to stab the sword down to see if anything would happen and it indeed, happens as a stream of ice trails away from the sword and creates a slippery floor. Causing them to start fumbling on their feet. Tetsuga then uses their momentum towards him and clotheslines them with the blunt end of the sword. "Ha! Ha! And they said I can't use a sword!" Tetsuga stated as he checked the sword out. "Raaahhh!!" Suddenly, the club man comes in with a vengeance as he goes to swing at him. "Ah!" Tetsuga tried to block the hit but it ended up flinging the sword out of his hands due to its power enchantment.

"What'd you say about me not being able to use a sword!?" The man mocks him as he looks at Tetsuga who is now unarmed. "Mr Tetsuga! Head up!" Derrick yelled before tossing over a club for him to use. He catches it and points it towards the man with a club in front of him. "Even Stevens! Rah!" Tetsuga shouts as both rush towards each other to clash. The hits were pounding, the vibrations rattled the very surroundings around them. The man hits Tetsuga with a side swipe which he blocks with the club. Sending him a few bit away. "You can do this Mr Tetsuga!" Derrick cheered but so did the smugglers as they started to root for the club man as well. "Beat his skull in!" "Take him out!" They shout. "Grah!!" The club man rushes in, his club held up high. But Tetsuga stayed put and dug his heels into the ground as he readied up a swing. Once he got Into a perfect distance, Tetsuga kicks the dirt onto the man's face. Blinding him. "Argh! My eyes!" He says as he was now rushing in, blind. Using this opportunity he set up himself. He swings his club to their face, a slow motion view as his face caves in from the impact while the other looks on with slight cringe. The hit knocks the man away. All the way to the other side, to a support pillar.

Their unconscious body hits the support pillar a little too hard as once they landed onto the ground, the whole entire place started to shake violently. "... oops." Tetsuga said as the shaking intensifies. So much so, it was noticeable from outside as bystanders looked on from the side with curiosity. "What's happening!?" Tetsuga yells as he glances over at Derrick who was assessing the situation for himself. "The house looks to be collapsing!" Derrick informs as part of the house floor fell into the basement. Crushing anyone who was beneath it which, luckily, wasn't either Derrick nor Tetsuga. "Then that means it's time to bounce!" Tetsuga says as he jumps over a downed smuggler and heads for the opening into the sewer system. While on his way, he grabs Derrick and proceeds to carry him like a log of wood under his arm. After making a fair bit into the sewer system, Derrick remembers something important as he yells it out in urgency. "Oh no! We forgot Gerald!" As he yelled it out, Tetsuga skidds to a stop. Mentally facepalming himself for forgetting the thing that they were there to get. "Gerald! Crap, I forgot about him!" Tetsuga exclaims in exasperation as he makes a 180 back over to where they just were. As they got there, it had only gotten worse as more rubble and planks had fallen in. Almost decimating the people within it as some were knocked out or trapped under the rubble.

"Search everywhere! We don't have much time!" Tetsuga tells Derrick as they both start frantically searching for the duck. They looked over everything. Under the rubble, under the unflipped tables, everywhere but there was no sign of Gerald the Duck anywhere. "Where the hell did that stupid duck go!? Where'd you put him!" Feeling desperate, Tetsuga tried to pry info out one of the downed smugglers as he held them up by their collar. Unfortunately, they could only respond to him with a painful groan. "Useless." Tetsuga says before dropping them back down to the ground. "Mr Tetsuga! Over here! I found him!" The boy shouts as Tetsuga immediately goes over to him, but not after stepping over the smuggler that he dropped to the ground. Once he was over where Derrick was, he looked over to see Gerald the Duck... sleeping soundly inside a crate. "Look at him. Sleeping like a baby." Derrick comments as he admires the still calmness of the chaotic creature before them. Suddenly, a large crack was heard before being followed by a big crash as a big chunk of the house fell right into the basement. "Grab the duck! Grab the duck! Grab the duck!!" Tetsuga says in a hurry as they quickly grab the duck out of the crate and proceed to hightail it out of the area. From an outside perspective, not only did the house start to fall apart into itself, but it proceeded to sink into the ground where its foundations were. Filling the basement with debris and wood with the immediate impact causing a strong gust of dust to blow through the narrow tunnel of the Sewer system. "Argh!" Then not before long, the dust reached the 3 as they were then covered in the soot, debris, and dust that was once called the home of Solomon.

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It was now night time as we take ourselves to the Tavern for a fateful reunion between an owner and his duck. "Here's your stupid duck!" Tetsuga rudely yells as he passes the dusty feathered animal over to its rightful owner as it snuggles up to his arms. "I can't believe it! You found him!" They say, ready to leap up in joy. "That's dandy and all... but what happened to you guys?" The bartender decides to interject into the conversation as he points out the other two dusty people other than the duck. "Long story. Not gonna explain it." Tetsuga who was already fed up with the day, says to the bartender. Leaving now room for him to explain what happened. " anyways, pay up! I didn't go through all that trouble for nothing." Tetsuga says as he holds his hand out to receive his reward. "Of course, of course! Here! 4 gold coins just as promised!" They then give him the reward with a smile. Feeling great about being able to see his duck again after losing him for a while. "Let's go Gerald. I'll make sure to keep a better eye on you this time." The lad says as he exits the tavern with his duck friend in his arms. "Whelp... seeing as you helped me back there... again. Here's half." Tetsuga says as he takes out half of the 4 gold coins he had and hands it over to Derrick who accepts it. "Thank you!" Derrick thanks as he looks at his 2 gold coins with a beaming smile. "So what are you gonna do with your half Mr. Tetsuga?" Curious, Derrick asked as he glanced over to the man. "What I always do kid.... Beer." And without a second thought, he heads over to the counter to order himself a beer. "Bartender! Serve me up!" Tetsuga yells as the bartender rolls his eyes at him. "Alright alright. I'll get on it."

Looking at his spot, Derrick decides to join in on the drinking as he follows suit behind Tetsuga. Taking a seat next to him. "I too, will order a beer!" Derrick says, placing down his gold coins. "Nice try kid, but all you get is juice." The bartender tells him as he goes to whip Derrick something up to drink. After handing over the juice to Derrick. The boy stares at it for a moment or two before looking over to Tetsuga who finishes a sip of his beer. "Ah! That hits the spot!" Tetsuga says with a smile. He then notices Derrick looking at him which prompts him to question him. "What's up kid?" Tetsuga asks. And without saying anything yet, Derrick raised his cup of juice in front of him which perplexes Tetsuga for a second. Thankfully, that wasn't just the only thing Derrick wanted to do. "To the greatest duo!" Derrick says with a smile. Though, Tetsuga was a bit more hesitant as he seemed to have contemplated something in his head. But then he shakes it off as he decides to just go with it "screw it. To the greatest duo!" He says before clinking his mug against Derricks'. Thus, ending the day in a merry toast of partnership between them two.