The ship Xena has taken to go to Valkyrie is a giant cargo ship. The ship itself will not go to Valkyrie, but the company that operates the ship is a giant commercial operator. As such, they have arrangements to transport a person from Espana to Valkyrie in an unbroken chain. These ships do not make stops at any major cities between Espana and Valkyrie. Rather, they stop in small dedicated bays within the vicinity of the gigantic cities, such as Praha, Qatar, Torrent , Lehsa, and Raheyne. It would take at least three days to walk to any of these cities on foot. Simply put, it’s a distance bandits on horses can’t attack, nor the lords feel comfortable marching an army. Provided a local strongman marches the army, flags would go down, or changed in a subtle manner. The person who knows the meaning would not dock the ship at the bay. This way, the looting becomes hard, so the companies happily operate their giant ships. As Xena traveled from port to port, the information came to h

Drip …Drip ..Drip .The sound reverberated in Caspian Hart’s ears. His head squeezed in pain along with the dripping sound. He tried to twitch his fingers, but it was as if he was drowning under the sea. While he could breathe, his body felt as heavy as a rock. Oranges and reds swirled in front of his eyes, but there was no smell of molten steel. The entire cave smelled like rusty iron and sunshine.Moreover, the place felt fairly cool. The entirety of molten steel caves is sweltering hot. Caspian tried to open his eyes, but it’s as if they are glued shut using excessive glue. He could feel something on his hands and feet, which felt surprisingly like shackles. Am I being sold as slave ? he wondered. He was told by his compatriots with in the forge more than once they will sell him as a slave. After all, he was good looking, had an even more good looking body, ringlets of black silky hair, ocean blue eyes, and bronze skin that tanned so evenly, not even a tanning station co

Xena got down from the ship in Valkyrie with a practiced gait. It’s miles apart from when she stumbled on to the land the first time she got off a boat at Espana. The androgynous girl from then has grown into a charming and magnetic young woman. There is a grace of movement of the dancer about her, in the way she gently swayed away from the wandering hands of pickpockets or the grabby hands of the eager merchants. She arrived at her first stop, the tavern that served the pier. She is thirsty for news from the Sunset kingdom. “ A penny for the words, Lady! “ The tavern boy told her. Xena tossed a coin to him immediately. “ They say, the Mad Queen of the first step is attacking her daughter in law. In the north, the winter princess is gathering an army to take back her throne. It is said that the winter princess is cruel and reckless. She could even defy the drakons, but then, I don’t see why anyone who goes against the Drakons could be bad. Don’t you agree ? “ The boy was eager

“ So, could you use it ? “ Xena asked nonplussed. Nadia shut up . “You can’t use it ? “ Xena pushed. Indeed, Nadia could not use it. One needs to cross a certain magic threshold to use Waterblade. This needn’t be water sorcery only but any kind of magic. It’s important because it was the only relic of Gavin the great they were able to save. Sometimes, during the darkest periods of her training, Nadia wondered if the waterblade is something as simple as a shaving blade, and all it’s notoriety and sanctity came from later generations. However, her doubts about the origin of her relics does not mean losing an argument with a foreign envoy. “ Could you use it ? “ Nadia questioned smartly. “ I think so. “ Xena answered readily. Nadia snorted. “ You are a shadow assassin, while I am a mere woman, despite being a sorceress. What’s the guarantee you are not working for opposite factions and want to steal our relic to humiliate us ? “ Nadia asked. She did not even consider the poss

However, kalim's realization came far too late. He has been advising Dahlia for more than years now. There is no way he could turn his back on her, unless he wants to die. For all her beauty, Dahlia suffered from a strange inferiority complex. She held any man about to leave her with as much tenacity as a quagmire. Any number of pretty words about ideals could be spoken to stop a person from leaving her, but in the end, they all mean only one thing. " Leave me in death. " Kalim believed with her magical talent, Dahlia would be more than capable of conquering all of the world. However, he has forgotten. Drakons had never been the strongest bloodline carrying sorcery. That title belongs to Winter children. Untainted by anything unnatural, the magic of winter children hails from time before the age of heroes, first age of calamities, and some say, it's even older. The winter children had been kings and queens when Drakons were nothing but stable grooms. As inconsequential as