L A K E O F Z U B R I S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[ T R I N I K A, M E T R A ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K I T A’S H U T. . . . . . . . . . . . . .The night wind whistled gently across the top of the small lake, clouded with several stones. The lake basked under the moonlight and its bright light made the lake sparkle like it had a touch of magic, but it was only a mere lake with mundane water. . .Surrounded by the deep wild trees and shrubs was the lake, but it was not the only thing that stood within this pile. There was one more thing that was not green, although, built from wood.There was a tiny, yet beautiful house that sat at most 20 steps away from the shore of the lake. It was as wild as the wilderness it stood in, with lots and lots of creeping plants and trees winding their stalks around it.The inside was no different; it was shadowy, and they were different herbal plants growing in several vases that sat up on the shel
K I N H I L L * * * * * * * * * As it was upon Metrá, so it was also upon Kin and its hill. . .The whole land basked underneath the moonlight. The kranìans had retired, and they had gone into their tents. The women and the young ones were all asleep, some of the men too had fallen asleep, but there were some who were charged with the responsibility of keeping an eye on the prisoners and the surrounding as well. It was not as if the Kranìans were scared, if anything, but Malak, who was just a new member and was still not used to everything, thought it to be safer if some of them were awake. . .Amongst those who he had given these orders was Lokaa, the Kranìan who was charged with the responsibility of guarding the prisoners in the cage. After breaking Isher's wrist, he had refused to let his eyes off him, not even for one second. Lokaa kept staring at Isher and rarely looked at any other person in the cage. It made him focus on the cage as a whole, including the people in it. H
L A K E O F Z U B R I S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ T R I N I K A, M E T R A ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K I T A’S H U T. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kita bidded Era to join her by the lake. . .Era was quite shock at what she saw Kita do with the smoke that she could not help but become curious and wish to follow her wherever she was taking her to. Magic was not supposed to be knew to her, because she had seen it in excess while with Castar and Callagh, and she was not supposed to be that much intrigued by Kitá’s little trick, but the thing was that she could remember none of those moments. Almost everything was new to her and little things excited her. If she could remember, she would have known that Kita’s magic was not normal and was a bit strange. She would have remembered that only the Kranìans bore magic, and no other tribe could do what they did. How then could Kitá be toying with some strands of magic? It would have brough
* * * * * * * * *K I N H I L L * * * * * * * * * The fire was still burning, and the night wasn't young anymore. There were deep into the night, but still not so close to dawn. There was utter silence, and nothing could be heard apart from the chirping sound of the birds that came once in a while. . . Everyone had retired, even the Kranìans that were extremely stubborn and hardly felt the need to rest their heads. They had all spent the day preparing for the siege on the Syrn empire. Isher gave up some moments ago, after he could no longer see the figure. He glanced through the other prisoners who were his men, and he saw through the tiny space between them that Lokaa had fallen asleep. . . He never would have believed it if someone had told him Lokaa was going to fall asleep. Keeping an eye on Isher had been his priority, so it made Isher wonder if he would ever take a break. . .But at this moment, not only were his eyes off Isher, he was also in a deep slumber. This was so
L A K E O F Z U B R I S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ T R I N I K A, M E T R A ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K I T A’S H U T. . . . . . . . . . . . ..The wind rushed past her ears as she maintain her balance on the rock that was halfway buried in the lake. The roughly circular top of the rock was where she had been standing, motioning her hands through the wind. . . The night had just passed. . .now, it was the time that crept between night and day. The sky was grey and silver clouds embedded in it. “No! That is not it. You are getting it all wrong!” Kitá shouted from behind Era, and she trembled and almost fell from the rock top into the lake. She had been trying to get what Kitá had been teaching her since very early in the morning and she had not got it yet. It was though for her to learn all the steps in one single training session. Besides, this was her first ever. Kitá insisted she must learn how to assimilate it that very da
* * * * * * * * B O R H N* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K I N — M É T R A B O R D E R* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lokaa wasted no time. He tried his best to follow through with Malak’s order as quickly as he could. He walked out from Malak’s tent with Isher's body, and he didn't go anywhere else. His walk took him straight to the border between Metrá and Kin, and at the border, he dropped Isher's body and turned back towards the great hill of kin. . .Silence reigned, and the wind coming from around the hill swept over Isher's still body. . .Lo. . . there had been a man in the woods nearby. Isher's body was to being watched. Mafik was only waiting to confirm Lokaa's departure from the border. He was waiting patiently until he saw that Lokaa had taken the turn which was definitely going to take him to the hill, and then he looked around one more time just to be sure no other person was watching. He walked out from where he was hiding b
L A K E O F Z U B R I S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[ T R I N I K A, M E T R A ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K I T A’S H U T. . . . . . . . . . . . . .“Hands to the side!” Kitá shouted, instructing her. . .“Call forth!”“Possess!”Era followed the instructions strictly. She was beginning to learn. She had not rested since they started. The began the training at dawn, and now the sun was setting, but she was still in the process of learning the first step. . .Beads of sweat formed on her forehead, and her legs began to shake violently on where she stood at the roughly circular top of the rock that was buried halfway in the lake.She was tired. She has been up there for so long that her bones had weaken. Her entire body was begging for rest but she could not rest, Kitá won't even let her come down from where she stood at the top of the rock.Kitá was frustrated. For every single time Era started afresh, she felt like she was wasting her time. It
E A S T L A N D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D I G A R. . . . . . . . .[ S Y R N E M P I R E ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SAO'MA'S Q U A R T E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The moon fell upon Digar, and just like every other land in Digar, the Syrn empire had been covered in darkness. . .The light from the moon was sufficient to an extent, but a city that large would need more than that to keep through the night, especially one that was this cold. The rain was pattering on almost everything, and the night was wet. It occurred to the guards to keep the torches burning no matter what in order to keep the watch going as Faral had instructed them.Faral had been singing about it into their ears. He made sure that every guard had a good rest in the afternoon, and they were all forced to drink a special night tea that was meant to keep them awake —helping them to resist the urge to fall asleep— through the night.Etri came into the city after leaving the