The Elderien Chronicles

The spear of Magic

Alastair crunched and watched as the mages swum towards the ship, hands on the deck as he listened to the vibrations within the large vessel.

None of them had infiltrated the ship yet, and that was a good thing. He could see the panic on the Captain's face and he could only wonder what was going on in the man's mind.

But yet, he could not help but wonder how the mages found them so quickly.

Was that Blaize's doing? It couldn't be. He had always cleaned his tracks after using magic and there was no way Blaize or any other mage could track him, atleast, not yet.

Then those Mages were not from Blaize, they were under someone else's authority.

One of the mages grabbed the ship and began to climb. Alastair sent a wave of energy to surround the ship, knocking the mage badk into the river with a cry.

Others began to climb as well but the same wave was sent to clear them off. They fell into the river, screaming when the wave hit them.

The wave was not kind, and Alastair did it that way for a reason.

"Look, whoever you are, I do not want trouble. This ship is under my protection and nothing must stop this delivery or the king have my head."

The captain began, he did not know how to tell Alastair that he contemplated having the mages on board to grab him. It was pretty obvious to everyone that they were the reason why the mages were attacking.

Alastair took off his shirt and walked towards the edge of the ship. He could see the mages performing spells underneath the water.

"Don't worry, captain. This will be over soon."

Alastair said and jumped into the river.

Cara rushed to the side to observe what was happening in there, but she could not really see anything.

The river was pitch black and she squinted her eyes to get a better vision. But then, a light shone underneath the river for a brief second and Cara knew something was going down.

Alastair had leveled up. He had become stronger.

Name: Alastair

Status: Undecided

Energy level: 600

Affiliations: Undecided

Animal Companion: Nil

Deep in the river, Alastair was holding a mage by the neck.

The mage struggled to free himself off Alastair's grasp but it was not successful. Then, Alastair created large, ice chains that suddenly grabbed the mage and threw the mage far into the deep end of the water.

But he also created an energy globe around the Mages head to prevent him from drowning.

"If you use your magic, the globe breaks and you die."

Alastair's mind said to the Mage who nodded quickly, terribly afraid of how superior Alastair was to him.

Suddenly, Alastair felt a spear being thrown at him.

He quickly glided, grabbed the spear and began to freeze it. The mage who had thrown the spear began to swim towards him in a very high speed and when he was close enough, Alastair threw the spear back at him.

The mage was quick enough to dodge it but it was never Alastair's intention to stab him.

The spear shattered into several pieces and each of them grew into large chains that also wrapped themselves around mage, holding him still.

The mage struggled to get free, but nothing could be done.

Suddenly, Alastair felt a sharp pain at his back. His body reflex kicked in as he swarm away in that second turning around to see another hurling towards him.

There was blood mixed with water in the area where the mage had cut him and as the mage came at him again, Alastair caught the spear but instead of freezing it, Alastair made it very hot.

And he used his powers to fix the mage's hand to the burning spear.

The mage nearly drowned as his hand sizzled, the great pain radiating from his body as he struggled to let go but could not. Then Alastair wrapped him up also and locked all three inside a large globe.

Then, pulling most of the energy he could gather at that moment, he pushed the globe far away from him, back towards the shore. Then, he resurfaced from the water and used his powers to levitate to deck.

The captain and his crew gazed at him in wonder, but that was the least of his worries for he wanted to know how the mages had found them.

It almost seemed like they were waiting for them to come aboard. There was only one explanation; someone must have overheard them back at the palace while they spoke about going to Rheina.

And if that was the case, then it meant that someone had planted a mage to spy on Miranda as well.

Alastair groaned.

He really wished he could be there, helping her at the moment but things were not working that way.

"Do you know who they were?" Cara asked him as he pulled his shirt on. He saw the captain dash inside and the rest of the crew looking at him.

"I have a guess. But I believe we are safe, for now. It will take time before they regroup and we should already be in Rheina by then."

The Captain emerged and walked towards them. He cleared his throat and raised his head up.

"As per the Princess' command, I have prepared bed spaces for you both. You can go inside and rest now."

"Go. Follow him. I will keep an eye out should the mages decide to return again."

Alastair said to Cara who slowly nodded and followed the captain in.