“Are you sure Abe? Is it the same symbol as that time?” Jake asked Abe with furrowed brows. They hadn’t left the monitoring room yet. The wielder they killed had been burnt by Jake so there was nothing of him left.
“It is” Abe replied with a solemn expression. I would never forget that symbol. I would recognize it anywhere” his face was filled with dread as he recalled the terrible experience a few years back. It was back when Mane had just embarked on the path of wielding and was only at the 3rd stage of the mortal realm. At the time their captain didn’t have the battle ability he had now. Mane was young and largely inexperienced and was only able to deal with wielders at the 5th stage of the mortal realm. It was extraordinary that he was that strong, but compared to his current ability to deal with wielders several levels above his realm, this was shabby. And it was that very incident that had pitted Mane again
“What do you people think you are doing?” Abe acted bravely and asked. “This is the territory of the Western Empire! You aren’t welcome here” the young prince tried to talk him and his friends out of their predicament.“Oh? So where are we welcome?” one of the black cloaked men asked. Unlike the others there was no sword symbol on his cloak. Instead there was a red colored scar in the shape of a sword that run across his face and over his left eye. It signified that he had the greatest authority amongst the Dark Kingdom wielders here. It was proof that he was at the peak of the mortal realm.“That…that…that” Abe stammered as he struggled to come up with a reply to the intelligent question that caught him off guard.“It doesn’t matter whose territory this is, Young Prince. What matters is who is here now” the leader coldly snorted.Abe looked startled that the man knew wh
“There’s no one there” Mane did a brief scan of the true throne room and affirmed that it was empty. Still, he was cautious. He slowly opened the door, leaving a gap big enough to fit a small adult. He quickly went through it and scanned the place again just to be safe.“You can come in” Mane looked a little more relaxed after scanning the place one more time. Selina and Frederick followed him through the gap in the door, not specifically in that order. Frederick got through pretty easily. Selina found it a bit difficult though. She was a teenager alright, but she was also a girl. Girls grew up much faster than boys. So although she was about 16 years old, she as very curvy. With all her ‘assets’, it was a bit challenging for her to get through. And Frederick wasn’t helping either. He was staring at the scene with relish.*smack*“Stop being an idiot and help her” Mane rebuked Frederick and opened the d
“How much time do you need?” Mane asked Frederick.“Not long. Just a couple of minutes” Frederick replied as he gave it his all and concentrated on the task at hand.“Don’t disturb me” sensing that there were more questions on the way, Frederick lifted up his left hand and stopped Mane from asking anymore questions. The captain of the Silver Wolves shut his mouth and didn’t ask anymore. He didn’t know the difficulty associated with dismantling a Tool of Blessing, but from the sweat that had formed on Frederick’s forehead and the pure look of concentration in his eyes, Mane could tell it wasn’t an easy job. Although Frederick acknowledged that it would be simple to deactivate, the older boy did so because he had 100% confidence in being able to do so. But that was under the condition that he wasn’t disturbed.“What about ‘the’ thing?” Selina moved closer to Mane and wh
“They are a vast army indeed” Duke Essandor’s expression was stern as he took in the huge army facing the Kingdom of Aira’s walls. The Kingdom of Aira was the Northern Empire’s first line of defense. It would be best if they didn’t lose it.“Yes” Grand Marshall Blunt replied solemnly. When the Eastern Empire’s army was several kilometers away, the two saw that it was a large army. But even when they drew closer, there didn’t seem to be an end to their numbers. The Northern Empire soldiers who stood on the walls with the Duke and Grand Marshall gulped as they watched the army slowly grind to a halt. They were scared, but they were more terrified of what would happen if they lost. That fear overrode the fear they had of the army before them.“Halt!” a wielder in front of the Eastern Empire’s army commanded, and the entire army stopped their march with great discipline. There were three men lead
“Aim!”“Loose!”Hundreds of arrows augmented with inner energy descended upon the Eastern Army. Since the walls of the Kingdom of Aira were very high, gravity gave extra force to the descending arrows.“Shields!” Captain Zack commanded. Although most of the wielders of the army were at the very least, above-mortal realmers, even they would be injured if they were struck by the descending arrows. After all, because they had attained their power from the Tool of Blessings, their battle prowess was lower than average. And although the arrows wouldn’t do much damage to mid-level above-mortal realmers, high level above-mortal realmers and profound realmers, it would be a shame to lose even a tiny fraction of their men to an army of mortal realmers.The shields were also cloaked with the inner energy of the wielders. Since they were stronger, the inner energy coat around their shields looked denser than the ones on the
Deep within the capital of the Northern Empire, at the mansion of the Grand Marshall, a beautiful figure was seated on the bed of one of the upper floor rooms. The skylight allowed the rays of the sun to fall gloriously upon the marbled floor and it served as the source of light in this secluded room, highlighting the beautiful figure of the woman who sat on the bed. She sat cross legged with her eyes closed. Her breathing was rhythmic and calm, and with the rising of her chest the small objects in the room rose as well. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and her lips curled into a smirk. She smiled cockily and looked at the door. Yet her gaze wasn’t on the door, it went beyond it. She seemed to gaze into space and see what no one else could see.“I didn’t think that he would send a heaven realmer on such a small mission” she spoke to herself. The fate of an entire empire was seen as a small mission in her eyes. But it wasn’t because she was contempt
*Bam*Mane’s fist went right through the wielder who had tried to get in his way, killing the poor man immediately. After they stole the Tool of Blessings, they were quickly tracked down by the wielders in the palace who seemed to have been informed that something precious had been stolen. However without the Tool of Blessing, the Eastern Empire’s wielders had their strength returned to the mortal realm. So they weren’t a threat. Yet Mane’s facial expression suggested that he was anxious.*Bam*Frederick easily sidestepped the ambush of a 4th stage mortal realmer and sent the man flying with a kick. The snap that was heard after that heavy blow suggested that the kick had snapped the man’s neck and killed him. But Frederick didn’t have the time to feel repulsed by another kill. He had already done this at least 7 times since they exited the throne room.“We need to move faster!” Mane informed his
“I don’t want to stand in your way because that is a very rude thing to do” Dominic strolled around the teleportation circle, seemingly infatuated with it. He spoke calmly and nobly, and he had a certain flair about him.“But you see, you have something that doesn’t belong to you; something that is mine; and I want it back” Dominic broke his stride and faced the Silver Wolves once again. The smile on his face would have been kind if they didn’t know who he was and what he was capable of.“We both know it cannot be given to you” Mane shook his head with a wry smile. The Silver Wolves had come all the way here for the Tool of Blessings. If they handed it over, the mission would be a waste. Plus, Mane was never going to admit that such a powerful tool was in his possession.“Why not? I can feel that you have no fear of the motley crew ‘protecting’ the palace, but you certainly cannot be so conf