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2024-10-29 19:42:56In the forest, east of Alophia City, a man woke up and rose up from the forest floor. He was confused at first as his entire body felt like it was crushed by a boulder.
It was late morning and the man took in his surroundings. As he did, his memories of recent past events began to flood back.
He scrambled around to see if the memories he had just remembered matched up with reality.
To his horror, he saw the corpse of an archer with a sword still impaled in his stomach.
‘No, it can’t be…’
The man climbed out of the clearing and towards the forest path. As he made his way to the path he noticed drops of blood on leaves. Some were dry, others fresh. He followed
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In a Cleardale, a small town in the country of Verglacia, Lucien was reunited with his family for the first time in six years.His parents embraced him tighter and tighter as if afraid he was just going to disappear.“It’s alright. I’m home.” Lucien tried to console them, but they just cried even harder.Eventually, they let go of Lucien and they all went into the house where they all explained each other’s stories about the last six years. Although, Lucien failed to tell them about the assassination attempts on his life as well as he being able to use ice magic.“You hungry Lucien? I have some soup that’s almost finished,” his mother offered.
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A day and a half later, Lucien made it to the south gates of Alophia city. As he walked inside, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The streets were damaged as well as the building as if a mini war took place.The streets were a less crowded then when Lucien first arrived. Those who were on the streets were constantly checking their surroundings as if something was out to get them.‘What happened here?’All the usual shops and venders were closed and gone.Lucien heard a low rumbling beneath his feet as he walked through the city. It was the same feeling as his first visit there.Lucien approached a passerby and asked him what was going on.
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The day after Lucien left for Cleardale, Kalin woke up and made himself breakfast and readied himself for the day ahead.He exited his house, locked the door behind him, and headed down his usual route to get to the Helix guild.As he walked, he felt rumbling beneath his feet.‘That’s becoming more and more frequent. I wonder if it’s those idiots fighting amongst each other…’Kalin turned a corner to see a brawl between two guilds, each with three members, fighting against each other. One team of three was from the Hellthorn guild while the other was from the Hallowwell guild. A knight, assassin, and archer were from the Hellthorn guild while a healer, mage and assassin fought from the Hallowwell guild.<
Ice Monarch Line Crossed
Kalin and his team traveled through Alophia city for hours on end. Whenever they came up upon a fight between guilds, they would stop it. They tried to get information on whether a certain someone or group was causing it all, but they denied everything and accused those they were fighting against.The sun began to disappear over the horizon as the day drew on and they all made their way back to the Helix guild.“I’m so tired. Beating all those guys really took its toll on me,” Deion complained.“I thought it was fun,” the female knight commented.“Claris, anything violent is fun for you,” Gloria stated.“Yeah, you’re right.”
Ice Monarch Down with Hellthorn
Everyone in the Helix guild, except for those elsewhere in the country, gathered in the Helix guild as the master had ordered.Kalin stood among them as everyone began to have their own side conversations as they waited for the guild master to give his orders.“What are we doing here? We should go to Hellthorn right now!” a knight shouted.“Yeah, they shouldn’t be allowed to kill one of our own and get away with it!” agreed another.“Shut up and await orders,” Kalin snapped as he waited.“Kalin, don’t you want to get back at them?”Kalin clenched his fists, “Of course
Ice Monarch Capture
A huge explosion distorted everyone’s view of the area where Kalin and Callavan were fighting as well as blew the top floors of nearby buildings completely away.Callavan has breathing heavily trying to catch his breath after exerting so much energy.‘He must be down after that. I used most of my mana on that shot.’Just after having this thought, he heard steps coming in his direction and the silhouette of Kalin through the smoke, but then the figure disappeared.‘What!?’The footsteps then came from behind him. He turned to face the footsteps, but as he did, the footsteps where then coming from his left, then his right.
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… A little while later…“Sir we just got a message from one of the guild members. It turns out the cause of Kalin’s group’s disappearance was Hellthorn. A lot more members of Hellthorn were sent than expected.”“I see.” The guild master sighed. “If they were able to send such a force that probably means that Hallowwell and Hellthorn have teamed up. That is probably why we haven’t heard from Soren yet either. He probably had to deal with a bigger group that expected as well.”“Also, sir. Do you remember Kalin’s friend? Was his name Lucien Verglas?”“Yes, that’s right. Why do you as
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Lucien swiped both of his hands at the shower of needles and a very large amount of magic shot forth forming blades of ice in the air like a net, slicing through the needles and turning them into harmless pebbles as they fell back down to the ground.The Helix guild member’s mouths hung open as Lucien obliterated Soren’s attack as if it was nothing.Although Soren was surprised by this, he now grew angry.‘I can’t believe I have to go all out on someone other than the master!’Soren dug his metal boots into the ground and shot off towards Lucien who stood ready with his claw like ice gauntlets.With his mace held out towards Lucien, a metal spike shot ou
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Seeing Alisha’s dead body on the ground, Lucien turned back towards the battle still going on between the revolutionary army and the Monarch’s forces. ‘Now to take care of the rest…’ Lucien’s eyes glowed as he raised his right arm and extended his hand with his fingers spread out. The temperature began to drop immediately and a few soldiers in the back watching the fight go down in the front line felt their bodies begin to go numb. As they wondered what could possibly be causing this, a few saw their skin begin to freeze and turn black and began experiencing symptoms of frostbite. Some began to scream as they saw this on their skin and their skin began to burn due to the extreme cold. The screaming would continue until their lungs and vocal cords froze and they stood completely still and silent. Some of the soldiers hearing the screaming turned around to see why they were hearing it and were more confused by the sudden stops. T
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‘This can’t be… Alston killed by Lucien? How…’“Stay back!” Alisha yelled as he drew another arrow and shot it straight at Lucien.Lucien limped forward and extended his good arm again.Clap!The arrow disappeared as Lucien breathing became even heavier. Lucien stumbled and fell to his knees, but he never once took his eyes off of Alisha.‘He may have killed Alston, but it is obvious that he is close to death himself, so why am I so afraid of him?’Alisha franticly drew more arrows, unleashing them all upon Lucien.The numerous arrows were deflected and ended up destroying Alisha’s own troops as Lucien tried saving some magic power. Neutralizing them took more out of him, but in this way, Lucien was able to cause the deaths of the enemy soldiers.Lucien was now lying on the ground as he used up an enormous amount of energy to deflect them all.‘I&r
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As soon as Alston yelled, the Monarch’s forces let out a roar and charged forward. As they did, Alisha drew her bow and arrow and aimed at the center of the Revolutionary army forming a massive magic arrow. She allowed the string to slip through her fingers and the arrow shot off with massive energy behind it.The Revolutionary army watched as the arrow screamed towards them. It grew bigger and bigger in their vision, and they felt death was just around the corner as they closed their eyes.There was a loud sound like that of a thunderclap and then a blast of wind as the ground beneath their feet shook.The Revolutionary army opened their eyes with confusion to see a cloud of smoke where the arrow just was.Lucien stood before them, staring at the Monarch’s forces as they continued to charge forward.Alisha couldn’t believe her eyes as anger began to boil within her.‘He blocked that?! That shouldn’t even be pos
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The plan to let the Princess be the face of the proposed revolution was a great success as many people form Alophia gathered in the city square in front of a rather makeshift platform that was thrown together to hear what she had to say.Roseline stepped onto the stage and the crowd grew silent.Using magic, she amplified her voice so she could be heard amongst all the onlookers.“Thank you, people of Alophia city, for coming out to day to hear my proclamation. As you know, I am Princess Roseline of Verglacia. I have come to let you know about the wrongdoings of my father. Did it seem strange to you, all the wars we were fighting with the other nations seemed to give no results, other than throw away the lives of our soldiers?”She paused and the crowd began agree, some shouted while others just nodded their heads.“It did to me. With further investigation by a colleague of mine found out about a certain ore the Monarch has been g
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“Hey man! What did you talk with Roseline about?” Kalin whispered as he sat down next to Lucien.“I apologized to her,” Lucien answered simply as he looked at her as she picked and ate some berries nearby with Gloria.“Are you sure that’s all? I heard some yelling and moaning? You didn’t do anything to the princess of Verglacia did you?” Kalin prodded as he nudged Lucien with his elbow.“Come on Kalin. Give it a rest. She was just setting me straight is all. I was at a pretty low point last night. I was ready to give up, but now I know what I need to do. We need to get to Elesron and gather supplies first.”“What might that be?”Lucien looked at Kalin and smiled, “I’m going to leave him with nothing, just like I was.”Before Kalin could ask what he meant by that, Lucien stood up and began to walk in the direction of Elesron.“Let’s go
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Absorbing Reality
Kalin coughed as he lay on the forest floor, or what was left of it. His vision adjusted and saw uprooted trees as well as splinters of wood and dirt everywhere.‘One shot did this?’Refocusing his attention on his objective he got to his feet to see that Roseline and Gloria were struggling to theirs as well.“Is everyone ok?” Kalin asked.“I’m alright,” Gloria answered.“No, look at Lucien!” Roseline pointed out.Lucien’s skin continued to grow darker as his body began to freeze up.“We need to hurry! Where are the horses?” Kalin yelled.“One was killed the other two ran off,” Gloria explained.They began to hear shouts coming from the direction of the capital nearing their position.“SHIT!” Kalin quickly picked Lucien up onto his shoulders and began to run off, the girls close behind.They dodged fallen trees,
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The Altrite's Purpose
Lucien pushed Roseline, who was still crying, off of him and began to walk forward.“A-a-ah! I wouldn’t move any closer or I will have them killed here and now,” the Monarch warned.Lucien stopped as the guards pushed the swords closer to his parent’s necks, drawing blood.“Why?!” Lucien shouted. “Why are you doing this?! I’ve done everything you asked me too!”“Why? I’ll tell you. You’ve become too influential, and you know too much,” the Monarch answered simply.“Know too much?”“Don’t answer as if you don’t know anything. I saw you near that room. No one is able to get there except me due to the spell cast on it. However, you were able to. You also know about the altrite and its actual purpose. You are too smart not to but two and two together by now. That is why I am going to have you disposed of. You took away the hearts of my peo
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Bout
Kalin made the first move and quickly rushed forward and threw a jab.Lucien tilted his head out of the way and countered with a fist thrown towards Kalin’s side. However, before Lucien’s fist connected, he felt Kalin’s arms wrap around Lucien’s head and was yanked down causing him to miss. Instead, he felt Kalin’s knee drive up into his stomach.Kalin then threw Lucien onto the ground and pounced. Lucien avoided and swept Kalin’s legs out from under him.While Kalin was on the ground. Lucien drove his elbow into Kalin’s chest with such force, Kalin felt the bones there break in half as well as the floor crack under him.‘Fuck! It hasn’t been a minute and I feel like I was run over by an entire caravan!’Kalin, out of desperation, grabbed onto Lucien and then threw Lucien over him with his leg, allowing him to get up.Just as he got up, Lucien swung his foot in a big sweeping motion
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Submission
…A few weeks later, within the capital…The people of the capital were bustling around with news of recent events. No one couldn’t help but bring it up. Two women were doing this rather loudly…“Did you hear most of the guilds are signing the order that went out?”“Yes! I have also heard that others decided to just disband themselves rather than go through with the signing. But what was most interesting to hear was that for the ones that refused to do wither of those was destroyed by Sir Lucien Verglas!”“I know! Did you hear about the first city he forced into submission? Anyway, he froze up the entire town and then demolished their guilds! A bit extreme I think…”A man who overheard their conversation then joined in.“It’s not like that was the furthest he went,” the man explained. “I heard that after he destroyed a guild hall in a d
