The bestial growls continued to come about from Mon’Ter’s lowered frame. He protected the unconscious Elyenora as the fingers on his newly formed left hand kept rotting and corroding under the effects of the enhanced Mordax steel. Breathes of fire still slide across his cheeks while his white hair stood on end.
His eyes sharpened, glowing in the dark vision of the enemy assassin. Cazimir couldn’t completely grasp the appearance of the beast, but his senses were already on a level high enough to pick up the dangers that he faced.
‘What an intimidating monster...’ Cazimir thought with a dripping brow. Cold sweat ran down the side and to his cheek, he kept thinking about how he would go about this encounter.
“What’s wrong?” a sizzling voice permeated to his ears. “Are you... Scared?”
Mon’Ter’s remark annoyed the assassin, but he wouldn’t allow himself to be provok
The sun raised itself over the horizon and lit up what remained of the forest canvas, blue skies loomed over, along with a fair number of clouds which still remained even after last night’s fiasco. There were some embers that still burned here and there, the fires in the woods had spread out far and wide, they’d thoroughly managed to burn a majority of the entire forest.In one of the clearings where everything had been blackened, stood a single tree which had been unaffected by the raging blaze of the night before. Its crown swayed with the morning winds and proudly showed its lively greenery.Beneath that very same tree, laid a sleeping girl. Her golden strands of hair blew along with the wind, her cherry colored lips parted to take in soft breaths, and her hand gently moved to rub her closed eyes.Elyenora awakened in the midst of the aftermath of carnage, right next to the seemingly only remaining plant that had retained its liv
Elyenora walked together with Mon’Ter around the burnt up Canvas which used to be green and flourishing with life, looking around at the damage all the while and seemingly filled with her own thoughts on the matter.She had torn her left sleeve off, as well as part of the seam on her left leg. In turn, she’d used the fabric as a bandage for her grueling wound on her stomach. It would take a long while before she could heal it after all, there was still a decent way to walk in order to reach the city, so at the very least she wanted to cover it for the moment.“We sure did do a number on this forest, huh?” Elyenora said as she walked.“Mmm...” Mon’Ter nodded, whispering a reply back. “There was no other... Way... Those guys were strong...”“Even still, it’s a shame,” Elyenora touched the bark, or what used to be the bark, of a blackened tree. Its crown had been erased completely and on
Far off and away from where Elyenora and Mon’Ter stood, deep into the mountain ranges that divided Benulis from a northern country known as the Union of Lugrum, laid a hidden structure obscured from view and removed from any map. A building that was as dark as obsidian, with no windows to peer inside and no gateway to lead within it.It had the shape of a dome, sitting beneath a giant cavern that had opened its maw wide enough to fit a small town within it. The shadows made sure that this building was imperceptible, coupled with a few magical arrays, it made for the perfect hidden base.This was the Assassins’ main branch, the HQ and guild hall of those who dwell in the dark.“Finally, we’re back,” murmured the voice of a woman, she hopped down from a flaming bird and slowly made her way towards the giant cavern in the side of the mountain.“How do we explain what happened? Lady Alinesia?” the man who rode the bir
Dusk had befallen the kingdom of Benulis. It was slowly growing colder as the night’s veil descended over the capital city. Banul. The people on the streets started making their way home and leaving behind their daily activities. Be those activities finished for the mere day or gone and done with for good, only having been needed on this sunrise till its sunset.Up above in the palace, within the throne room where prince Aydian, the soon to be king and brother of Elyenora, stood. There were a couple of disgruntled faces going about, both of servant and of master.An old man covered in robes was holding a staff to his side, supporting himself while he laid close to the ground. He was kneeling before the prince and speaking to his lord with displeasure from the news he brought.“The assassin guild has failed, sire,” the elder’s voice permeated the room, it was the old court wizard that served the prince, Gandar.The prince showed a d
The sun had long since risen to awaken both Elyenora and Mon’Ter. Or well, at least it had wakened Elyenora up. Mon’Ter had decided to forsake his sleep and instead keep watch for the night, making sure nothing out of the ordinary happens. It wasn’t to say that he wouldn’t instantly wake up and act were there something dangerous to occur either way, but it was more so to say that he didn’t wish to sleep in this moment.He much so preferred to gaze at the stars that night, and contemplate on how drastically his situation has started changing in the small amount of time he’d spent with the princess, with Elyenora. He enjoyed it immensely and it was the most enjoyable time he’d had ever since he could remember.‘All my life has been nothing but a solitude filled with me, being alone, and people fearing me... Until you came along,’ he thought as he turned his gaze to the side, looking at the girl’s sleeping form.<
Elyenora pulled Mon’Ter along with her and neared the line of people. She looked herself over in displeasure and thought, ‘Mmm, on second thought... No matter how you look at it, it’d be obvious whose coat I’m wearing, huh?’Thinking as such, she contemplated for a bit, ‘Well, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem... But what if I?’ She then suddenly came to a halt and moved her gaze towards the guard at the gate, an idea flashing in her mind.“Wait a second,” she looked back to herself. Her face contorted in displeasure again. ‘Wouldn’t work if it were me...’But then, she looked at Mon’Ter, “Hmm but you...”The princess placed a finger on her chin and looked Mon’Ter all over, this time having an obviously pleased grinning expression on her face.“Ely? What’s wrong? Did something... Happen?” Mon’Ter asked, his head turning
‘She said to buy clothes but...’ Mon’Ter thought as he found himself on the streets of Weylorn city, ‘Where do I go to buy them from?’He stood amidst a vast street with numerous people walking in all directions. The masses were blinding out his vision from the sheer amount of them. Men and women walked with a different array clothing on each of their persons, some seemed poorer than others while a few had rather expensive looking garbs. Carriages also passed through the center of the street and carried either people or goods, as for their destination, that would be quite unclear. The size of this city was immensely huge, there were too many hot spots that people move about to every day in order to simply take a wild guess for where each person would be headed.Mon’Ter walked amongst the people on his own, he’d put his coat back on and easily hid his hand both in sleeve and pocket. There was also a bandage wrapped around it for
The white plank carriage for passengers which Mon’Ter had decided to take, in order to reach his desirable destination, slowly made its way across the wide streets of Weylorn city. The path was steadfast and straight with no holes to impede the wheels, thus making it a pleasant ride along.The monster mistaken for a nobleman looked on outside through the small glass window at his side, it was right between the pair of seats meant for passengers. There was a multitude of different activities being done and it was seen with the first glance. People went about their daily lives, buying goods and running shops. Walking from place to place and sometimes carrying stuff.It was the city life, through and throughout. And Mon’Ter was fascinated by every bit of it. All he’d ever known was the wilderness after all, and while he did have a brief visit at a city called Breles, he hadn’t truly paid much attention to the environment at the time. Currently, Ely