Some hours after the brief meeting Elyenora had together with Randus Lioncrown Gaia, she found herself spending time at the side of her old uncle, and gramps, Leonidas. At first, she felt quite saddened at the fact he’d been reduced to being bedridden, however now she was rather calm about it all.
‘How strange, when I first saw you, grandpa Leo, I felt ready to huddle up in a ball and cry over what had happened. But now... Now I feel so calm about it, like this is merely a long nap you’re taking,’ she thought to herself with a wry smile spreading across her lips. There was little to no doubt in her mind at this time, that she’d be successful in attaining a cure for the old man.
All that needed to be done, was a bit of preparation on Arch-mage Randus’ side before they could venture off into the far-off lands, that the cure is apparently located at. Randus had already briefed them on its location, and they would set out towards retriev
Samuel watched from the sidelines as Sereia brandished her sword and entered her stance, she had a serious gaze on her face while she looked over every part of Mon’Ter’s body, his movements, his breathing pattern, and especially that eye of his.Mon’Ter himself was paying a large amount attention to her intent and her eyes in particular. He knew for certain that she was a capable fighter and did not wish to make any mistakes during this little bout of theirs. No underestimating her, and certainly not crossing out the fact she may have some insane magical eye ability.Now all that needed to happen, was for either of them to move first.Yet neither did.‘Sereia is a low-ranking Lord class combatant, while Mon’Ter himself shouldn’t be anything lower than one either,’ Samuel analyzed the two fighters for himself. ‘However, Sereia has the advantage of having a special blade such as the Silent Rain. If I had to pu
Samuel looked on from the sidelines. “Sereia really has grown a whole lot stronger in the past three years, huh?”The area he was in was protected magically from any stray attacks, there were magical barriers that allowed people to pass through, however when combat was detected within the arena it would close off and protect the onlookers.However, despite being protected from any incoming attacks going his way, his pride was still taking some hits the more he watched these to be teammates of his.‘As I am now... I could probably win against the nineteen year old Sereia that beat me before in the Winter Blade tournament... But in just three years she’s already advanced this much, what can I possibly do to catch up at this rate?’ Samuel grimaced, feeling as though he wasn’t doing enough.For him, Mon’Ter was untouchable. Yet this woman whom he’d once faced had already managed to push the chimera a lot farther
Sereia cheerfully led Mon’Ter and Samuel to the dining area of the mansion, the hallways were rather huge in size and volume but she seemed to have no issue moving about.“This place seems a lot bigger on the inside... than the outside...” Mon’Ter mentioned as they walked.“Yeah, my father has made it like so, with some specific arrays he’d built into the foundations of the building,” Sereia explained, “If you’re not careful you may end up getting lost in a maze here, the magical doorways don’t really help much with that sadly...”She scratched her cheek, then turned to the door on the right, “Oh, but in other cases they do actually end up helping out a lot!” Sereia said and opened the door she’d seen.It appeared like normal a small room from the outside, nothing special about it and definitely not a door you’d pay much attention too. But once she went through, it a
About twenty minutes before the food had been served in the dining room. Elyenora was still staying peacefully at her grandpa’s side when the door to the room opened. The princess turned, thinking that perhaps Samuel had returned with the food rather quickly, however it was someone else instead.“Sir Gaia?” Elyenora questioned, surprised to see him here at this time.Randus made his way inside the room and looked at Elyenora from afar, “Princess Elyenora, I have something I wish to discuss with you.”“Is it something important? she asked. “I’m waiting for Samuel to come by with food for us to dine on.”“Indeed, it is definitely an important matter,” Randus said and waved her over, “Come on, I must lead you somewhere. And this will take more than just a few minutes.”“Alright then?” Elyenora looked at him quizzically, but followed regardless.She turned
“Leave this household!” Christela yelled whilst chasing after Mon’Ter.Mon’Ter jumped on top of the table and moved farther away from the woman, still munching on a freshly roasted steak that was half inside his mouth and half outside.“Hahahahaha! Oh gods! I can’t! I cannot!” Sereia held her belly whilst laughing like a lunatic, “This is way better than I expected!”“Barbaric cretin! Get off the table right now!” Christela glared at Mon’Ter whilst shouting and trying to circle around him.Mon’Ter slurped up the rest of the steak and quickly devoured it, “But if I do that, you’ll... Slap me again...”Yes, she had slapped him.“You’d better believe I’ll slap you again! The audacity of eating like that in front of me and my daughter! Have you no shame?!” Christela bellowed at the top of her lungs.“Well, I don&rs
The day had passed and night had descended, Sereia was already sound asleep in her bed, with a large cylinder-shaped pillow tucked between her legs and drool running down the normal one she was hugging. Her blanket was off her body, but that didn’t seem to bother her deep blissful slumber at all.Mon’Ter still couldn’t get a proper read on Elyenora’s location, and that bothered him. He couldn’t sleep and had thus exited the room he was given, instead moving up to the rooftop of the mansion where it was quite calming.‘What could she be doing with that Lord Gaia fellow...’ he thought whilst gazing at the incomplete moon surrounded by stars, it was a pretty sight.“Can't sleep either, huh?” Samuel’s voice came from the side.“Sam...” Mon’Ter turned to look. the young knight was walking towards him from the roof side, he’d apparently decided to climb up the roof too.S
As the group made their way through the hallways, the awkwardness which Mon’Ter and Samuel felt didn’t wane in the slightest. Sereia was still walking with puffed up cheeks, quite annoyed with her father, and he didn’t give her the time of day to start an argument she so desired to make.Minutes slowly passed, until eventually they arrived in the room where Elyenora was staying with her uncle. She held his hand at his side and seemed to be in deep thought.“Princess Elyenora,” Randus called out from the doorway, “I do so hope you’ve found enough time to bid your farewells for the time being?”“I have, thank you for giving me some time,” Elyenora said whilst standing up from her chair. She turned towards the group with a resolute stare. Her eyes were sharp. “Shall we head out then?”“Ely... Have you eaten?” Mon’Ter asked worriedly. He wasn’t sure if she’d
The group of four stood on the white platform in the center of the room. They were right atop the magic circle which would send them off, all the way to the far side of Benulis. It was a three layered circle with four individual smaller circles on each side. One for each person.“Good luck. I wish you save travels, you four,” Randus said, his gaze stern.“No matter what it takes we’ll bring the sacred tree sap back,” Elyenora nodded at him, “If it means saving grandpa Leo and you, sir Gaia, then I’ll stake my life on it.”“Me too,” Samuel assured.“Me three then,” Sereia added, grinning as she stretched her arms, “I ain’t letting you croak at sixty, old man! You haven’t seen the best of your daughter yet!”“Ain’t you a funny one,” Randus smiled, suppressing a chuckle, “Go and make me proud then.”“Well, me four
Just as Mon’Ter was busy rotting on the inside, Samuel and Sereia were finally able to get back on their feet. Samuel could now see properly and move around, and Sereia had drunk a high grade healing potion that brought her back up to speed. “Agh… My back was killing me there…” Sereia said as she stretched, trying to get herself back into shape. “Do I even need to mention my head…?” Samuel held it, he still felt like it would start spinning again but thankfully it was over. “We really need to go and help Mon’Ter out,” Sereia mumbled out loud. “It seems like he got two of them but he’s facing that guy that my dad said was the best assassin in the world…” Still, they were a bit far away from the chimera and couldn’t assist him right away, especially since Mon’Ter’s fear came true. “It seems like we have our own troubles to deal with first…” Samuel pointed out as he gazed at the sky above them. “Huh? That guy again?” Sereia said in annoya
As Mon’Ter stood in a confrontation between himself and the three assassins, Sereia and Samuel did their best to catch their bearings and get to assisting him rather than being a burden for him. Thankfully, Samuel had some recovery potions on him, but due to his issue with coordination caused by Hendrick’s eye ability, he couldn’t move his arms in the right direction much less find where he’d stored the bottles.And as for Sereia, she actually did try to get to Samuel and find the potions for him, but, given how wounded her back really was she was having some difficulty pushing herself to stand back up and move towards his bag. Of course, this would only take her seconds to do in real time, maybe ten or twenty, but in the moments of combat those seconds would be more than enough for her and him to lose their lives at once many times over.They were dealing with assassins after all, and while these assassins were definitely slowed down from the g
Just as Elyenora was dealing with Alinesia with the help of Randus’ Gravity Zone spell, so were Sereia and Samuel working on using the spell to their advantage too. Seeing as they were able to outmaneuver their respective match ups and bring down two specters, they had now managed to get away from the other two old men who’d targeted them and made their way towards where Mon’Ter was being held down by Alinesia’s parents.That, of course, didn’t take long at all with the help of Samuel’s teleportation magic.Sereia quickly landed right over the female assassin with super long nails, Allison, while Samuel waltzed right into her husband, Hendrick, and swung straight at his arms that were holding Mon’Ter’s head up close to his eye level.On Sereia’s end, things were quickly and easily dispatched. Having had the jump on the opponent she was able to instantly get Allison to dodge her first blow and leave Mon’
With Alinesia’s light blinding everyone, Randus was able to easily move about by practicing a simple spell to allow his eyes to perceive past the blinding shine of her. He had basically created pseudo shades on his face which he used to escape from Lerroy’s immediate reach.During the course of the battle so far, the two of them had been flying high up in the air and blasting each other with all manner of magical spells, it had gotten to the point that most of the soldiers down below were getting nervous just by standing underneath them. However, Randus hadn’t just been mindlessly flying about and chucking explosions at his old master, no, of course not, he wouldn’t be where he is at today if he did something so basic.The whole time they were moving around the air space, Randus had been leaving small sigils in specific locations high above the ground and laying out a layer filled circle of magic large enough to encompass most of the existing su
Alinesia had completed her transformation, however, she wasn’t the only one making moves during that last minute of action. There were still many people on the battlefield, and the ones who made the biggest change aside from her, were definitely Randus, Samuel and Sereia who all made good use of the previous minute or so of time.On their side of the field, just as Elyenora and Alinesia were having their clash of wills, Samuel and Sereia both found themselves pushing against their respective spectral opponents. It had gotten to the point where they were chasing after these Low ranking Arch Lord Class entities as if they were hunting rabbits.It was at this time that both Gandar, the court mage of the Royal palace and the elderly master of the assassin’s guild intervened on their little chase. Gandar shot through the sky atop a conjuration of wind and flew near enough to be within his range of Samuel, he weaved his staff and made a spiraling motion with it b
Back to the princess’ side of the field, where she was facing off against a previous foe. Elyenora could feel that things weren’t going her way at all, she knew it in her heart with every strike she sent towards Alinesia and every second she wasted on fighting against her. But what could she do while everyone was being held back like this? There was one and only thing she could really do to try and help out.Ending the fight swiftly.Alinesia had certainly grown significantly since their last fight, she was more than the princess’ match even after Elyenora had gotten her significant growth spurt after releasing the spiritual cultivation shard from her body. However, it didn’t seem like the Lioness would be able to keep up with Elyenora if she just made a simple action and unleashed her newly acquired artifacts.“I’m sorry, but I’ll be ending our little rematch early,” the princess said as she pushed back on the fla
Cazimir fell, cut in half and in a completely stupefied state. Someone meant to have been on his side, an ally, had just taken him down. His bloodied eyes shone with a bright light and created shadow soldiers that tried to hold him back together, barely, even as his own blood and organs left his body to splatter down on the ground. “W–wh–y…?” Cazimir asked as only one of his eyes barely managed to move and look at Finn. “Because you interfered where it was not your place, stupid assassin,” Finn said, his eyes wider than an open door and staring the vampire down with intense pressure behind his every word. “Couldn’t you follow simple instructions? I told you. Don’t interfere with my fight. Leonidas is mine to do battle with.” “Bast–ard…” Cazimir barely mumbled out, and with another glow of his eyes he forced the soldiers to move him about ten meters away from the now enemy. With yet another glow, he summoned out a potion that fell from a litt
Alinesia glared at Elyenora with her fiery blade burning at her side. “It’s sure been a while, hasn’t it?”“You again?!” Elyenora clicked her tongue, she had been forced to stop right in her tracks by her once again, for the second time. “Why are you here!?”“Why?” Alinesia grit her teeth. “Did you seriously ask me why, you blond bimbo?!”“What?” The princess felt a little taken aback by the assassin’s words. “Don’t you understand what you’re working towards right now? Do you even know what my brother is trying to do!? It’s all foolish! Why would you work for him? You’re smarter than that!” Elyenora tried to change her mind if she could, though, it didn’t seem like Alinesia was here for money or anything of the sort by the look on her face.“You think I’m here just because that prince twat brother of yours asked t
“We kill all of them to get to him,” Mon’Ter’s voice reverberated throughout the entire space, being heard by everyone that surrounder him and his comrades.It caused several laughs to erupt, which then continued into multiple more and more until the entire enemy legion made a laughing stock out of Mon’Ter’s words.“Bold words from someone bound to die,” Gandar, the royal court mage, snickered at his words. “Who even are you, boy? Another knight? Not with that get up you’re not. Perhaps a mage? Shall I teach you some proper manners in speech?”“I’d actually like that,” Mon’Ter said truthfully. “But it’s not the time to be learning manners.”His hand extended and his fingers grew as his nails elongated into sharp swords capable of piercing the thickest of hides and slashing the hardest of steels. The strange development caused many to put their guard