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Not what I—
*Shakes my head and uses shadow walking to distance myself from the armor, before reemerging and firing bullets at the light*

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*the orb dodges the bullets and the armor charges you while its other arm morphs into a cannon and fires a magical blast like a shotgun*

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*Senses the danger and somersaults over the blast before obscuring my presence and kicking a rock through the smoke to trick the armor*

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*the armor still follows your movement and I float near the walls keeping an eye on you and the orb*
Tricks like that can’t fool magic armor.
*watches the orb then sticks my hand out towards it*
This thing is actually hiding in the mess of magic in the walls! Fascinating!!

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It has before!
*Attaches a putty to the armor and leaps backward*

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*it flies towards you like its haphazardly sliding its feet on the ground with the wrist blade extended*

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*Creates an efficient magical barrier only resistant to percussive forces*
Goodbye.
*The plastic explosive I attached to the armor detonates, blowing the arena below it to smithereens*

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*the armor splits apart and multiple platforms appear where they land*
*watches the orb and looks around*
Gio, can you send a magical wave with any spells you know?

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A magical wave? Like a magic circle?

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Any magical attack that you can throw.

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At you or the orb?

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Anywhere. Just mainly in the space.
*looks around then back at the orb*
*the armor slowly reassembles*

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*Fires off an unenhanced magic blast toward the orb through a magic circle in the barrel of my pistol*

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*string-like lines vibrate and light up and it shimmers down the the fully re-assembled armor*

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Okay. What did that prove!?

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It’s not an animated armor.
*looks at the ceiling and watches the orb*
This is interesting.
*flicks my finger and a raw magic wave smashes into the strings that bend harshly but doesn’t snap*

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You're being cryptic.
*Bounces back a few paces from the armor*

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Something is controlling the armor. But the walls are making it hard to see what it is.

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So the orb's a red herring?

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Or its a part of something bigger.