“Well...”Drom began his narrative, the soldiers tentatively listening.FIVE YEARS AGOWhen Drom looked down, he saw the dagger impaled on his side, piercing his heart. He couldn't see anything in Daito's eyes. They were devoid of detail. His irises were completely dark, and he couldn't see anything through his gaze. Drom was kicked out and fell to the ground. The heads picked up his lifeless body and set sail, finally appearing on top of a hill outside the city walls.Soon after, Alvatrone fired the arrow through Alicia's stomach, and they disappeared, reappearing in front of the Master heads at an unknown location. Alvatrone took a step forward, slitting his wrist and following the Master heads' awakening ritual.“Masters, the Dark Bender has been acquired, and the king has been slain.”The Masters continued to shift in their thrones.“That's fine. We'll go on to the next stage in the strategy, then we'll...”A thunderous sound erupted from inside the building before they could fini
“That’s the last of them. Let us get going before more enemies follow us!”Thomas said, collapsing a chunk of rocks he had suspended over the remaining group of assailants that were following them. They managed to push the refugees out of the forest and into an open field where the path they had followed lay.Drom was amongst the state guards, he tried hard to control the pace of his breathing but he could not. His body was without a functioning heart which made doing anything that required rapid movement a strenuous affair.“How’s the king doing?”Thomas asked the crowd of state guards surrounding him.“Uh, not good sir. He might be losing consciousness.”Robert answered back. As he was giving his response he looked back at Drom and noticed a patch of red coloring on his top. He slightly peaked through the sagging shirt and noticed the heavy layer of bandages running across his chest.“I think he might be injured. And he is losing a lot of blood!”“Quickly then! We have to get clear
To find her, he searched the crowd. When he finally did, he motioned to one of the undead knight guards, and the two of them forced their way through the crowd toward the woman. Her sobs were heavier when she knew they were coming after her, and she made her way through the crowd in an attempt to flee.She didn't get too far; once she was out of the crowd, one of the knights on the outside of the gathering fired an arrow through her chest, and she fell to the deck, clutching her chest. The remainder of the audience gasped in terror as one of the knights approached her and began pulling her by her hair outside the gates, where the Vurhans remained. They grabbed her and ripped her to shreds.“This is not a place for the faint of heart. I would not tolerate cowardice; I have come to establish a kingdom in which the strong survive and the weak exist only to support the victorious. I've brought you all here to recognize me as your new ruler. Your king has succumbed to my grasp. And the lea
The covenant cycle still stands Alicia, meaning the king is still alive!” The atmosphere in the room shifted immediately. “Stop your lies!” “Honestly how many times do I have to tell you I have nothing to gain from lying to you. Think about it. You have been staying inside these walls for five good years after the invasion. The only reason you haven't been attacked by Tyndale is the same reason why you haven't attacked him…. The Vurhans. Dakario placed a strong boundary made of Vurhans between the two of you. Keeping both of you at bay so that they can have more time to find the king and finish him off the end the covenant cycle for good, because if you and Tyndale went to battle and you died it would ruin everything. That is why they were cautious not to leave anything behind that could help you get stronger and break through the boundary.” “… That is why they took the covenant book and killed Hashi,” Alicia responded in realization. “Exactly. So, they sent spies here to monito
They overpowered the knights trying to secure the castle and fell to their blades, most of them cowardly retreating. The vurhans continued their orchestra, by then the whole city had awoken and some started to flee. Tyndale pulled on the cords of his sleeves, soaking in the etches on his sleeve. He blasted colossal clods of energy that exploded on impact, blowing off whatever was near it. Most delegates fell victim to it. The army swarmed into the castle. Thomas Milner fought them off alongside Alexander Xermia and Sigrid Hermon. Julius Aldeim was up against Jrue Deryleen, but he was the first of the twelve family leaders to fall to Deryleen's blade. His arrows were no match for his tempo. He dodged them handily, at long last he ran a blade through his throat and off he went, off to the dead. Arthur Callusios was up against Tyndale. Brute strength against brute strength. He managed to land a hit on the tyrant, using all his martial arts skills to weave and bend himself to make the b
Dai raked the cover of the book and pulled out the dagger. Holding it firmly under his grip he clenched Drom’s arm when he began walking away. “You're not going anywhere!” “What's gotten into you?! Stop this!” At the exact moment Harmel violently pushed open the doors, a monk from the Forgotten Temples of South Angus was beside him, panting his lungs out. “DROM! It's URGENT!” Harmel shouted, taking a moment to cup his knees with his palms. The monk jumped in and carried on where Harmel left off. With the last word slipping through the cracks of his teeth along came a ghostly radiation. Drom was overcome by a sudden burst of vigor, his broken ribs searched for their severed parts and wound themselves together. His scissored knee reshaped and reverted, allowing him to bend his leg again. Within moments he was back to his old self again, perhaps better. “Now, the link has chosen you to be one of the people who should witness the truth, just as he chose us.” “Truth?!” Drom said, st
Alicia appeared to have transformed into a tree, and when Daito's reprimanding session began, she vanished. She joined in on the lecture and took Daito's hand, tired of being an assumption. "Actually, it wasn't his fault; I was there, and the knight guards were about to attack me, so he jumped in and stopped them." Lora noticed the foreign voice and returned her gaze to Daito, knowing it was something he did often. 'Wait, who's that?' Lora pondered this. She had been completely oblivious to Alicia's presence for the whole time. "Wait, who are you again?" she asked. "My name is Alicia," Alicia replied. Lora and Slejj shared uncomfortable glances. "Don't look at me!" Slejj replied, in response to Lora's strange expressions, "Well, she knows about the weapons trade, the deity, and Daito... pretty much everything," Slejj replied. "So who is she again?" Lora inquired once more. Alicia suspected she was going to be at odds with her from the start. "I just said my name is Alic
“Lisa already treated her hands with healing magic. So in about three days, they will be as good as new.” She added on. Daito remembered the hug from those bandaged arms Lora gave him before taking off for headquarters. He felt nothing but guilt under those arms, and nothing seemed to be taking his mind off of it. He chortled softly, continuing to sway his cup. “What's so funny..” she asked. “... Nothing, well maybe you.” “Huh? Me...” “I mean you came here to take me back to Royal republic yet three weeks later you are still here. You do know after this you might wake up one morning and find out we vanished again” “Well...the only reason I stayed was because of the vurhans, and the villagers. Though they are stupid and annoying as you they still needed to be protected. And as long as I’m a state guard and have the power to help people I will.” “... If you know what's good for you, you better stop hanging around us.” “Look. The only thing I hate, well I mean other than you are