The same could not be said for his fellows though as every single one of them was pinned on the floors they once stood upon.
The leader realized that this was a foe he could never outmatch in battle and there was a momentary decision for retreat.
But when he remembered the creed that he had sworn and lived by for thousands of years already, the leader shouted his resolve.
"LET MY ENEMIES SHIVER BEFORE ME! I AM FEARLESS!" the leader stood tall and firm. But this was not merely empty bravado because he used this time to throw a rolled papyrus behind him.
The thing opened up when it landed atop his subordinates and what followed
If only their master would stop this path of vengeance and mourn for her useless son in silence. Every single one of them were knowledgeable of how bad Ricky had stained the reputation of their master.Gambling, women, and all the vices in the lands were not spared by the late son of their master. It was fate that he finally died by offending the wrong person.Justice served at last, the man thought as he sighed to stop his wandering mind from cheering any further."Hmmm." the woman was lost in thought and decided the next of her actions. She can't act while her foes were inside the city because that was one of the great taboos in this domain.
A few minutes of silent walk and Juliet neared the source of the sound. With each step she took, the louder the beating reverberated around.And the vibrations can be felt in her feet with every thud that landed on the anvil.When she got to the end of her path, she hesitated slightly. Her husband had been here for the last five hundred years already and he still wasn't finished in whatever new craft he was doing.He said it was going to be a masterpiece and Juliet hasn't doubted her husband one bit.He was one of the greatest wizard smiths in the world and his works were known throughout the entire lands of Muren.
"I can't let it go that easily, Juliet. I won't let the man who did that to my son get away with what he did. Just like that." Jaden replied and his tone hardened with every word he uttered.He recalled the time he'd spent caring for his little boy. Ricky was not always that bad. When he was a child, he started off innocent and precious like any other babe.It was not until he realized that he could not become a wizard that everything changed for the worst.He became secluded and got into the influence of questionable characters in the city who were the same as him, unblessed with the gift of wizardry.Jaden was guilty because
But how could that lovely woman win all her hands and not lose a single thing for hours on end? The owner chugged a drink in one pull to numb the pain in his heart.“My money…” he cried within.________________________"Did you lose once again, Maru?" Lyra said when the man on her side only lent her a smile and not a word of reply."I don't think we're good enough in this kind of game, Lyra." Maru answered. He and his lovers had not used their abilities to gamble.So just like the other normal bettors, they would win but they lost more
Lyra was not abhorrent to the practices of wizards in harvesting some parts of nature because almost all staff makers only collect from the aged trees in the forests.Though some eager wand and stave creators would use younger trees as a means of practicing their craft and those people were included in the hate list of the wood nymph.But Lyra perceived that the weapon used by the man was indeed a tree that had matured well enough with time.She could even feel the gentle aspect of the staff resonating with her own existence as if saying hello to a close relative and even much closer than that, to a loved one or family."Yes,
"Be invisible and do your job well. Get home and be with your wife and kiss your children later tonight." The dealer wordlessly chanted the mantra that had kept him alive for almost five years in this place.Please don't let me die just yet, and he added a prayer to the unfeeling gods in the heavens. If there was ever a chance that they exist, then it was now high time to ask for some kind of mercy from above."Okay. If you say so. Lyra believes you. But next time send me some good cards okay?" the wood nymph replied and uselessly lowered her voice as she made a deal with the dealer.The jolly atmosphere brought about by Lyra was the only thing that was light in the round table because the rest of t
"Follow me then if you want to die that badly." Maru said to the pair.“TAP! TAP! TAP!” He turned around and began walking away. His footsteps may be soft to people around yet it sounded piercingly clear to the couple behind him."Are we really going to do this, Jaden?" Juliet asked her husband for the umpteenth time. She knew that following the steps of their son's murderer was a sure path towards their demise.Yet here she was, still doing what her heart willed even if her mind was screaming for its blatant stupidity."You can still go back, Juliet. I don't want you to die with me." Jaden replied in a soft voice.
Years, eras, epochs and eons had passed by then. Yet the memories still lingered as if it had just happened yesterday.Jaden had lived a good long life and at this time, he could no longer ask for anything else. Save one thing."Indeed you were. But you are the loveliest frog of them all, Jaden. The only frog that had captured my heart. That's an unprecedented achievement if you think about it."Juliet commented and laughed a little towards the end."I guess you can look at it that way." Jaden replied and turned to face his wife. She was precious to look at and her beauty had not faded even at the harsh realities of time.