Without saying any more, the elder ran straight for Esther. Farida that he had hit to a corner earlier on, streched her hand to make runes in front of him, but he broke through them like there were glass.He threw a very heavy punch that caused a loud noise as it went through the air. Derek and Esther were before that punch.*Boom*"DEREK!!!" Tiny screamed in worry. And even Lydia and Madeline were struck with worry.Gravels and dust went up in the air. The elder had a smirk on his face, but before he could relish in his joy, the dust did him the favour of clearing up a bit.His eyes contracted in surprise. Before him was something he never would have ever imagined. With all the momentum he had come with. With all that pressure and and all that force, it had made no effect.His big hand was blocked in place by Esther. Her small statue a striking contrast to his big muscular frame.Her petite hand holding firmly his fist in place. She had blocked that attack with just a hand."I don't
The lieutenant looked to the sky. He could not believe what he was seeing. one might think it was something from pictures in a book or mythical from stories but before him, it was reality.A series of high-pitched whistling notes was heard.For a slight second there, every sword, knife, gun pointed, spear or any weapon stopped in it's assault.Every body looked up in the sky. And then, the chaos continued, except that it was not the way it was before were every body was fighting each other. Now, they were running for their lives. Two big beasts landed from the sky. They were made entirely of Yellow glowing aura. One was a chimera and the other a Cerberus.One was a mythical creature known for its three heads of lion, snake and goat that vomited fire, poison and gas respectively.While the other was a beast that the legendary stories proclaimed was a guardian of the gates of hell itself. A giant three headed dog of pure chaos.These two beasts made home in the battle field and start
"wait!" Tiny called to him. "Yeah!" "Hu..try up!" "Of course." Derek smiled at her as he dived out of the ship. "Lydia. Take her somewhere safe." The engines of the ship roared a bit and it went through the hole Madeline had created on the wall. Derek joined the fray once more. Fighting against the Ebora members that seemed like an undying ever flowing stream. Just pouring into the hall. It was chaos every where, or at least in most places. Some fights between particular opponents was avoided at all cost. One of which was the brawl between Farida and Mr Woody. Farida was a level four(4) Whisperer. Even though she was not of Noble blood, she was still a Writer. In truth, she was never suppose to be in the central Mesis Humus in the first place since she was not at least a noble, but to every rule, there were exceptions and this was definitely one of them. Are undying love and loyalty to Esther won her the opportunity as an escort to a place such as this. To Esther, she wa
At nearly the same time. Esther was also making quick work of the elder.No matter what he did. Whether it was usage of aura into technique, he was not her league and she made sure that the lesson made home in his head with the hard punches and kicks she gave.He was made to feel tremendous pain even when he tried to block her attacks with Aura.For her, his aura was as Strong as a sheet of paper.*Pow!pow!!pow!!!*Like she was spanking a child for the error of his ways and not a middle aged man.Finally, the elder could not take it again as he was sent to the ground like a ragged doll.Blood came out of his nose, ears and mouth. His body was also not in the best of shape. His muscles were swollen at some points and at others, curved in.Esther walked to him. One step at a time. Never in a rush neither was she too slow. She had felt a bit insulted that a child like the elder had even thought that he was her opponent.She lifted her hand to the sky. Runes gathered around her hands glow
....Meanwhile, back at Bastets temple, a crisis had come knocking. A very bad crises. And at the moment, Bastet was at a loss for what to do. Although she did have contingency plans especially for situations such as these but at the moment, she hesitated to use them. And the reason for that, was non other than the fact that her most precious Derek was currently out of the nest and fighting with his friends for a friend.If she took that step now, it might not be an easy fix. But she had no choice. She had to do it.Because, right at the moment, the forces of not one but two noble families were at her door step.She did not know how they had managed to find the node in the outside world that led to her temple, but at the moment, it did not matter. Bastet was smart. in fact, she was very smart for her age of barely a few thousand years. She had managed to outsmart the entire nobility of the Writer world and stayed hidden for a very long time. She had outsmarted old Writers of severa
And to make matters worse, there was this continuous ringing in her head whenever both of them came close enough.The ringing made for concentration to be impossible. But that was no excuse for this warrior maid to back off from a fight.She thrust her chain with knives at its edges at him, but he blocked it with a bone knife. Moving his hand in a circular motion, he wrapped her chains around his hand and pulled her closer.By now, he understands that she was somehow weakened before him.As he dragged her closer, the ringing sound in her head increased. She was forced to once more let go of her rune chain.But not before his attack brushed past her thighs, taking with them three lines of flesh. One for each bone knife his elbow had to offer."Hahaha!!!" His maniac laugh was loud and irritating to the ears. It sounded like an echo of laughs came after his own."Yes! I have always wanted to know.what the colour of a Writer's body was like. I am indeed disappointed that your kind does no
"DEREK! MOVE!!" Hayaa screamed in his head and he barely rolled over to the side in time.A massive red gas of souls left Mr Woody's dead body. Dissolving into the air as there did. Derek looked back at the body on the ground. It had shriveled into skin and bones."You are very lucky. That was really close. If those demented souls had gotten into you, you would have very much regreted your identity as a Writer." Hayaa adviced."Wait is that what was caught all the ringing in my head?" "Yes! Writers are destiny's instrument for maintaining balance. The deafening ringing you heard standing close to him was as a result of their beg and resentment towards your kind. Mortals being what they are have little to no control and sensitivity to the soul. But once they become dead and in soul form, they can sense the authority your soul rune has over them. They can also sense the abundance of life your soul rune carries. Normal dead souls would have done nothing and maybe even stay away. But no
"Damn it! At this rate,we will not be able to switch nodes in time." Bastet lamented in annoyance."We have to stall them. Before they get through."She turned to an acolyte beside her. "Bring out the canons!""Yes madam!" She responded and left but then she turned back, "which of them, madam!? Mortal cannons or the ones used during the war?" She asked panicking.Bastet faced palmed. It was moments like these that she missed the presence of Lydia. She would have probably brought out the cannons even before Bastet ordered it."ALL OF THEM!!!" She screamed in anger."Yes! Madam Bastet." The acolyte bowed in panic before running out of the room.Walter opened a small zodiac gate that led to his room. Stretching his hand in, he brought out a bottle of wine and a glass. He poured the contents of the bottle into the glass and using his walking stick, he walked to Bastet."Here, have some. You need it." Bastet took the glass from his hand and downed it's content in one gulp."You should tak
"Welcome Madeline, we have been waiting for you!" A voice whispered and she turned about to the sound of the voice.There stood a very tall slim woman. She had on a white crop top that revealed her very slim waist leadingdown to her white blouse. She had a pair of glasses on, and she smiled sweetly to Madeline."Where I'm I!?...And who are you!?" Madeline asked."Follow me! I'll explain" she said, gesturing to Madeline a path that opened up in front of them.Madeline frowned and at first did not want to, but still followed behind the woman taking gentle steps.Through a yellow path in-between trees that surprisingly had both carrots and cabbages growing on them, to a hut on a hill side. Madeline followed, while her eyes examed her environment with nothing but wonder and surprise.At the small hut, the woman entered, and then she gestured for Madeline to follow. Although she did not want to, she had no choice and followed.Madeline thought that her sense of reality was warped because
Aesir willed and his sword acted as an assist as it went straight for the bird's other wing.*Caw!*The eagle screamed in pain. Manila ran straight for it. And mounting it's back, she delivered a crushing blow to its neck.*Caw!* It screamed again. However, she did not stop for a bit and after the fourth blow, the eagle passed out. Derek and Aesir stared at her in surprise as she slowly stood from the eagle's back. She made fierce eye contact with Derek and then looked away. Aesir turned to Derek with a brow up, and Derek raised his hands in surrender, "what I'm innocent. I swear!" "Of course you are." Aesir smiled and walked away.Manila began work immediately. The plan was to use the bird as a distraction for the scorpions so that they could pass.The best way to do this would be for them to make sure that the beast could no longer pick up flight.Manila was unsurprisingly skilled at this. She cut out the feathers of the beast.Aesir and Derek also joined her and helped. Soon eno
"Exactly! So if you can't solve them, why bother about them? Yet, before you lies a problem that deserves you immediate attention which you can or at least try solving. But you are too concerned with the rabbits in the wild to realize that you should first deal with the one on your plate." Priestess Ada adviced.She smiled and walked away, "Don't forget, listen as a passerby and it will flow naturally." Madeline watched the back of the old lady leaving as the words she had just spoken played again and again in her head. She sat crossed leg once more as she continually told herself to let go. Her eyes closed tightly and suddenly the thoughts as expected came once more.This time around, she decided not to quiet it or silence it. Rather she let it flow naturally.At first she couldn't help but be swept up in the thoughts and the different scenarios they played. Some even ended in tragedy. And this made her ache in worry. This was a disadvantage of over active thinks. A disadvantage t
Derek could not help but look at them and observe them. These were not like the scorpions he knew from earth. For one, they produced webbings from their tail end. Also, there seemed to be very organized and particularly busy.Some of them were bigger, but those big ones were few. And from the looks of it, they monitored the activities of the smaller ones. These creatures were hard at work building it seemed."Scorpion colony! We will have to navigate round them." Manila spoke."Navigate?" Aesir asked, "how far are we talking of?"She pointed to the hill far in the distance. "That far? But that will take at least an extra day off our schedule." Derek added."Yeah! It will. But it will be far better than to have those things have our scent. Cause ones they do, they will follow us for a very long time." Manila advised."Hmmm. Is there no way to distract them?" Derek asked."Well, there are a couple of ways that could work. However, we don't even have the necessary materials to make tha
Madeline nodded her head in understanding to Chief Sasha's words."So what does this have to do with aura?" Madeline asked."Well! Every thing." She picked up another stone from the ground, "according to your definition of aura, then aura is this object in your hands. And has stated earlier, it weighs you down over time." Chief Sasha turned and threw the stone into the water, then she turned once more and slowly released her aura, "However, if you understand that all it is, is an extension of your body, then behold the weight is gone. After all, your hands have always been attached to the rest of your body and you don't hear them complaining."Those words suddenly stroke difference to Madeline. She felt like she was at a state where she wanted to understand. In fact, the enlightenment was just Infront of her, however, it was a yard bit out of reach.She even sat on the ground as she tried to think hard on Chief Sasha's words. However, for the first time in a while, her brain was una
"huh!?" Madeline could not believe what she was hearing."Don't worry! I am not as weak or fragile as you think. I am sure you noticed that we are a small tribe. Yet, we have survived for so long with terrible neighbors such as the Kaka tribe. Although we rarely bring out our full force, we are definitely not weak." Chief Sasha smirked a bit.Madeline nodded and then she commanded the Cerberus to attack. The beast used one of its paws and a heavy blow landed on the chief. *Bam* Some where within the carven, Priestess Ada was attending to a pregnant woman when she heard the boom of the attack. She raised her head and sighed, "So the the training has started."She pretended not to hear it and continue with the pregnant woman in front of her.....Meanwhile, Madeline was panicking. There was a lot of dust and it was difficult for her to see what had happened. As far as she was concerned,she had crushed the chief."Chief Sasha!" She called out in a low tone. Afraid that her eyes might m
A few hours later, Derek ,Aesir and Milan said their good byes as they started their journey to the Gaka tribe.However, before they did Priestess Ada had come to see Derek one more time."Please take care of yourself properly Repono. And if there is absolutely anything you need, do not hesitate to contact me. I maybe far from you, but some of the things I can do will very much amaze you."Once she said this, she touched behind his ear and Derek clearly felt another radio rune added to the one he already had.Radio runes were special but not ominipresent. One had to be within a certain range for it to be used.Derek knew that If she was giving him one, then it meant that she was sure of reaching him as far away as even the Gaka tribe.A sudden realization hit Derek. One that he had not thought of before. Priestess Ada was a Familiar. Which meant that she could also weave runes.He remembered his experience at the cave when he first came and the one that had happen during the fight aga
"And what might the main dish be?" Milan asked with raised brows. Chief Sasha did not exactly know how to have this talk with her daughter. But she knew that she had to. "Erm... Milan how old are you now?" "I am nineteen now!" Milan replied, "but in a couple of months, I'll be twenty." "Oh! That's nice. That's around the same age I was when I had you. Oh, how I remember it like it was only yesterday. That was the happiest day of my life. You were so little and so adorable. Your butt was not this big and chest this full then. It was all so..." "Mother!!!" Milan stopped her. Her cheeks had become red from embarrassment. "Just go straight to the point. Please!" Chief Sasha laughed a bit, "okay! I understand you are a big girl now." She sighed and then laughed some more. Apparently, she was still rolling down memory lane. "So tell me. What do you think about that Master Writer?" Chief Sasha asked. "Huh!?" This question had taken Milan off guard. "What do you mean mother?" "I mean
Meanwhile, back at the mountain that belonged to the Waka tribe, Derek sat crossed legged in a cave assigned to him. This cave was by far a better one than the one he had and his friends had been sharing on first arrival. Also it was decorated appropriately and it even had a bed in the middle made of several animal fur. Derek had already given out instruction that he would loved to be left alone for a while, if not the entrance to this place would have been crowded by people. With rumours of the tribe having a writer as a guest, every body wanted to meet him. Also, tales of his marvelous feat from the battle earlier in the day had reached their ears.He was as good as a god to them at this point. At the entrance of the cave already lay all sorts of gifts for him. However, Derek was not all that interested in playing messiah at the moment. He just had too much on his mind. Too much problems that needed his attention. One of which was the pressing matter that both his women were mis