Frey sat against the wall, staring at the demon as it tortured itself. An army of rainbow-like sparkles invaded his vision and flew around even when he closed his eyes and let his body relax. With each breath, a portion of the sparkles vanished. His mind grasped reality again and the weight of everything crashed down upon him. "It's over." He sighed. "It's all over. Thank you and, I'm sorry for being a dick."
"No," Doevm said as he plopped down on the stone ground right next to Frey, his bones rattling against the stone. "I'm the one who should be sorry."
"About what?" Frey asked. The white, flaming aura around him vanished in a puff of smoke. "It's all my fault. If I had just trusted you more, none of this would have happened. You always have a reason. I knew that and yet I pushed that feeling to the corner of my mind."
I got one, maybe two more chapters after this and the swamp arc will be concluded! And I just want to say, THIS WAS A TRAINING ARC THE WHOLE TIME!! HAHAHA New powers, new understandings of fighting, learning of the world, and character development. The most boring type of arc was made into something fantastic. Next comes the dreaded "academy arc". And I can safely say to the people who hate that kind of arc, I do as well. I don't want to read about people sitting in class. I do that in real life. Usual academy arcs are just info dump after info dump. Screw that. I will remake the academy arc into something amazing, just as I have done to the regular training arc.