Within the darkness, Vladaroth’s hands trembled while he knew not of how to respond to the voice in his head, he most certainly did not want this voice as an enemy and this show of power had convinced him of that. Yet, he was still confident in overcoming whatever power this voice used to instill fear in him, he was confident in successfully purging it if needed. ‘What do you want from me?’ Vladaroth asked the voice in a cautious tone. ~'To stop controlling this body, you are Not its host.'~ The voice replied in an ordering tone, before continuing with an explanation. ~'This seems to be a special case, an awakening of your persona due to the child's weakened state and forceful transformation.'~‘What do you mean?’ Vladaroth asked, bewildered by what the implications of this explanation could mean. ~'The mage's eyes had activated this body's blood, in turn awakening your power. This isn't a power the child should be using this early on to begin with, and because of the weakness
The situation went from an awkward silence to a dreadful standoff in mere moments, Shana had been taken hostage and the slumbering Elyenora as well as the man whom neither Siya nor Drull recognized were also in grave danger. “Come on! Weapons on the ground!” The assassin holding Shana by the neck barked orders, “Else you’ll see this girl bleed out before your eyes!” “Hmpf, seems like you missed the last few minutes.” Siya snorted, “Siya just told her not to put Siya and Drull in danger! Why would Siya give up hers and Drull’s life for this girl then?” “W-What?!” The assassin looked rather shocked, stepping back a little in a defensive way. “Siya, calm down.” Drull said, stepping forth, “We’ll comply with that demand.” “Eh?! Drull!” Siya yelled. “We still owe a debt to those two.” Drull answer, looking towards Elyenora and Mon’Ter as he thought to himself, ‘If I were a betting man, I’d have to guess this person helped us in some way.” Having said his piece, Drull moved his sw
The morning rays of the sun lit up the vast lands surrounding the city of Breles, people woke up and began their daily routines with many conversing about the previous day’s announcements that explained what had been transpiring behind their backs. A thing that they were enjoying was that the city lord had finally been changed to someone a bit nicer and who they actually get to see and communicate with. “We’ll be off now.” Elyenora turned around as she held Mon’Ter over her shoulder, looking towards the people behind her. Mon’Ter seemed to be slumbering still, not showing any signs of waking up from his sleep any time soon from the looks of it either. “Mm. I wish you safe travels Ely.” Nadia nodded with a kind smile, waving together with her fiancé and Shana who’d come along with her brother to the group before them. “Be careful out there!” He shouted out. “Goodbye everyone! Enjoy the roadside scenery!” Shana waved as well, smiling lightly to the departing people while her l
“I’d like to ask you, my lady, where exactly is princess Elyenora?” The man asked, walking up to Nadia’s desk and revealing his visage clad in black garbs, there was a pair of jagged daggers at his waist and a dreadful aura surrounding him. Nadia furrowed her brows, thinking to herself, ‘An assassin...? Already?’ She’d been expecting someone like this to arrive, but not today, not so soon... … “Thank you for the tea, Nadia.” Elyenora spoke somberly, drinking from the cup which the soon to be newly appointed city lord had given her. “It’s of no problem, princess.” Nadia sat down at the table which the two women were using, “But pray do tell, why the sudden visit?” She asked. This was the discussion of the night before the princess’ departure for Nepel, when she visited Nadia and asked for a private discussion. “Hmm...” Elyenora mused at the question, wondering how to start this talk of hers, “I’m worried.” “Worried? About what exactly?” Nadia asked, feeling a little concerned
At the small town of Nepel, in one remote section with an Inn inside of which a group of people were staying, there was some commotion going on during the night... “Drull! Give Siya the butter!” A short girl with white hair bellowed, pouting her face as she extended her arm. “No! You’re eating too much of this, Siya!” The tall man with ruffled black hair in front of her responded, pulling his hand back which held the butter in question. There was a group of four sitting down at a small table, the two in the midst of arguing being across each other. “Now, now Siya, don’t be too greedy about food.” A beautiful blond girl sitting on the right of the short white haired one tried to calm her down, looking to her pleadingly. “No, Ely! No! Siya wants butter!” Siya bellowed, stomping on the ground with both feet one after the other. “Are you a child?!” The bald man who’d been sitting to the other side quietly shouted, slamming the table with his palm, “What’s with the tantrum? Shut up a
The morning rays of the sun went through the window panes, reaching throughout the room of the five slumbering party members and illuminating it with their bright light.Elyenora was the first to wake up, sitting up to glance over the small carnage that her comrades had left behind after last night’s drinking party. She simply shook her head slightly and began getting out of the bed with a hum of melody surrounding her.The friends she’d made so suddenly on her quest had indeed become precious to her, even with the short amount of time she’d known them for, she’d learned much about their personalities and lives after the many talks they’d had during the travel to Nepel and within the town itself.It did however pain her that those who’d been lost in battle never got the chance to give their story to her, perhaps she’d come to know them as friends as well.But that’s all in the past no
The princess may know how to ride a horse from her days back in the capital when she was still in training, however a carriage is outside her realm of expertise.‘It can’t be too different from a horse, right?’ She thought, using the reins to try and command the horses forward.The reins hit the horses’ backs and they began to march forth leisurely, walking away from the stable grounds and towards the streets.“It’s not that hard, I guess... I did see others do it too, before when I rode on a carriage with them.” Elyenora mumbled to herself, feeling a bit proud to have taken up the role of carriage coachman so quickly.She had the horses move through the streets mostly on instinct, there were a few close calls where she nearly had them go off course or almost made them rush forward, but she thankfully didn’t even notice the blunders nor committed fully to them.Having mos
…Four years ago, at the Western outer edges of Benulis that border with the Sultanate of Pia, a desert country whose population is far different from that of Benulis’ and has always been one to regularly cause skirmishes with all their neighbors.Like any other year, the men of Pia would send their youths to battle their enemy’s forces as a trial of manhood, those who survive would be pronounced warriors and would get to return home with honor while those who fail to survive only bring shame to their families with the death of a weakling.And today was one such day where Benulis’ border was once again under siege.“Bows at the ready!” The gruff voice of a middle-aged man bellowed across the whole area, “Ready! Aim...!”His voice continued to sound from atop a stone wall as a horde of silhouettes charged forward and towards the very walls this man see