"Holy shit it really is him!" There was only one person that would know something like that and have the balls to come to her gate and say it. " Bring him here now!" Sarah, Garrett and Vanessa all looked to each other, they were afraid Chris had just offended their one last hope. "Lady Cassandra I apologize if that man has offen-"
Before she could finish the sentence Christopher was half dragged into the courtyard. "Hello beautiful ladies, I'm back." smiling Chris waved as if nothing significant had happened. Before anyone had the chance to process everything a blur shot past everyone tackling Christopher to the ground. Brianna was now hugging Chris as if the most sacred treasure in the world had just dropped down in front of her. "Welcome back." She smiled and planted a kiss on his lips. "Good thing Elise isn't heeeere" Sarah whispered to Garrett and Vanessa in a sing song voice.
"Hey Bri." Chris smiled then turned to Cassandra. " Hey could you prepare a room for everyo
Everyone had already got settled in their rooms. The manor was indeed massive with plenty of spare space for anyone who needed a room to stay in. While Christopher slept everybody gathered for dinner in the dining hall. Not room but Hall. Helenfel's manor was indeed a place that could outshine most the royalty of smaller kingdoms. A Giant Marble table, chairs cushioned and adorned with the work of custom made craftsman ship. Each arm rest having different hand carved creatures, and it was not just for the seats for the high ranking visitors, it was every chair in the hall. Immaculate engraved pillars, paintings from the most infamous creators both old and new. It was a marvel to behold, Sarah could hardly compare the great feast hall in the City Of Eternity.Helenfel was always wisely managed and had an abundance of resources and was a major trade hub connecting to the highways going in every direction. Their wealth allowed them to maintain an active and highly trained army.
Three and a half years ago. The ruins of Cavara."Repeat that message for me one more time." Cassandra growled through grit teeth, Gripping the table so tight her knuckles were turning white."King Robert said if we try to fall back any further, he will have yourself, and every single soul that moves executed.""That son of a bitch!" "Lady Cassandra that is our king.""No he's a selfish piece of shit. He's willing to send anybody to their death so long as it's no one he cares about. Ever since I rejected the marriage proposal to that shit stain Halbert he want's nothing more then me to die."Cassandra wanted to survive more then anything now just to run back to the capitol and strangle the king with her own hands. Word had made it's way through the grapevine that he had indeed begun preparing to move the main army, but she had been informed it was to move northwest, not north east to their current location. Cassandra and her men were being hung out
Talking down to a god of death? What was that supposed to mean? She had heard some stories about Chris but mostly brushed them under the rug. These soldiers of all sorts of backgrounds were willing to risk everything to support him. It was not even a full year since being in The Black Guard, yet he already commanded so much respect." Lady Cassandra, is this really ok?" Taelin had remained silent during the entire exchange. Afraid of upsetting Cassandra for his men's complete failure in scouting and security."Worse thing that could happen is Robert would send someone to collect them, maybe we'll really get lucky and they would get caught up in the battle." She shrugged. "The man seems to clearly want us dead so screw itNever in his life had Taelin heard anyone so openly mock the king without hesitation. Honestly speaking for some reason when he was near the group he was terrified of them. The aura that emanated from them rattled his nerves. Of course it wasn't a
Two days after the arrival of Christopher and the other soldier's.A cool breeze blew through the forest carrying the multi colored leaves that danced on the wind. The end of summer was here. The natural beauty and sounds of the wild life going untouched by man for centuries was something to behold. Even the ruins had been taken back by nature. Moss grew on the bricks, tree's were sprouting in what was once buildings of some kind. It was enough to make even the most warry of souls be put at ease."Everyone in position?""Yup they're all set for your signal." Alayna sat next to Christopher who was sitting on a stump looking down a path."I bet this is something you don't see every day where you come from.""Actually there are quite a few forests right next to the capitol, and when it is night time there is simply nothing more beautiful!""Oooh is that so? That's quite amazing. I was not expecting there to such things there. We should go together when
About two hours had passed since the massive pillar of flames were seen sprouting into the sky. Even from the camp the smell was similar to one massive bonfire."My lady it would seem we have found Christopher Hayden and the other members of The Black Guard... They seem to be quite fine."Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, maybe they had the chance to witness what the hell just happened.....With one look it was very clear the scout wanted to say something. "Don't hold back. If you think there is any other information I should know, let it out no need to be so reserved with me.""W-well this is pure speculation, but I'm almost positive that they were the cause of the giant explosion."..."That has to be wrong right?" asked one of the minor nobles."Are the fools trying to give away our position?" one demanded."Well sir, about that. I'm pretty certain them causing the explosion and giving out our position is irrelevan
Christopher's eyes were as cold as ice as he drove the blade into the boys throat. He looked directly at Cassandra. Blood began to leak out from the wound and the boy's mouth he looked to Cassandra a horrified expression on his face. Reaching out mouthing help."Wait stop! If you don't remove the blade we could heal his wound!" Taelin called out. Christopher looked at him and smiled, then turned to Cassandra and looked her in the eyes. After a brief moment ripped the blade through half of his neck. His head flopped to the side hanging from a bit of meat and skin. Chris turned and began to walk away. The now deceased boy's body left in the kneeling position...."W-What do you think you're doing!?" Taelin Called after him. "Your commander gave you an order and you blatantly disregard it!"Christopher stopped mid stride and turned to face the man."First of all my commander is on the other side of the country, so no the only order I ignored was not to come
"You bitch! What do you think you're doing!? Do you know who I am!?" A voice rang out through the camp.Christopher and Cassandra both frowned. While Chris was just worried about a fight breaking out, Cassandra recognized the voice of the man shouting just now. It was Heinrich.Already a large crowd was gathered around the voices. Take that back a large portion of men were surrounding Lord tons of fun and a silhouette not yet in view. many men were facing outward keeping a perimeter and another group surrounding someone with Heinrich, and his left hand man."You should be honored! Commoner trash like you would beg to accompany Lord Heinrich! He just asked you to go for a walk!""Now, now George. She is just a commoner perhaps she just is not aware of who I am? I am Lord Heinrich, Lord of Bigellia. Now would you care to accompany me? We could even go further then just a walk?""His domain couldn't possibly be as big as he is?""What did he say? Big
"Well as much as I wish you were wrong about the information you got, fifteen thousand men did in fact arrive in the forest today." Cassandra sighed. She placed an imperial crest on the map where their camp was currently positioned. " I really hoped either you would be wrong about the day or their numbers."We're pretty good at getting information. We convince them it's in their best interest to cooperate, and that we really, really don't like fake information.""I would be very interested in learning how you-" Taelin had begun but stopped mid sentence when he saw the smiles on The Black Guard squad leader's faces. "Yea never mind. So both fortunately and unfortunately they are proceeding slowly. While it means giving us more time to prepare, Obviously their leader is not incompetent enough to not notice over a thousand men going missing so he's moving in slow and being as safe as possible.""So they're not triggering as many traps as we would like?" Mumbled Cassandra