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"Students, line up with your backs to the water," she boomed "Experts, take twenty paces and face the students"

Everyone moved to the requested locations "Experts, prepare your defenses"

The experts held up rusty shields that looked to be siht use if attacked

"Where’d they get those?" Alex whispered to Sauessed "Or just made the anybody stole theured soht to the Quillitary yard, ed theh"

Florence cast a withering look at the two boys "Students! Prepare to fire Five rounds!"

Alex hurriedly pulled five newly created weapons froet out of here, anyway?" he whispered again as Florence walked down the row to inspect the weapons "Just open the gate?"

"Nah," Samheed said "That wouldn’t work It’s locked from the outside"

"What, then?"

"I don’t know" Sa lanced uneasily around

"Quiet!" thundered Florence "Students, fire five rounds on the count of three"

Alex bit his lip and prepared his first origaon When Florence called out, "Three!" Alex whispered to the dragon "Attack eneon a little too hard in his exciteht in a nosedive, unable to recover It hit the ground, exploded into a small fire, and fizzled "Blast it," Alex on hit its mark

"There’s art in the toss, Alex," Florence said