“You are strong”
Deep within the palace two men were fighting – well a man and a boy. The boy had brown hair and a handsome face. This boy was Abelard. The man he was fighting against was the guardian of the device that recorded the auras of the Eastern Empire’s wielders. The device was easy to spot. It was a large box-like object which could light up. It worked like a television set. Yet right now it had a huge hole in it, rendering it completely useless. The culprit was Abe.
The one who dished out the compliment was Abe’s opponent. He had long black hair and black eyes and was very dashing. He was a charming middle aged man. However he wasn’t at his best right now. There were bloodstains on his lips and his clothes, and it weren’t his enemy’s blood – it was his.
He acknowledged Abe’s power. The young boy’s power didn’t match his looks. Not only did he fail to feel the boy sneaking up on hi
“So can I go ahead with my plan then” Back in the false throne room Selina was itching to get her plan underway.“You need my help to sneak out again” Mane nodded. There was no way she would be able to evade the 3 openly patrolling guards without Mane. Selina was too inexperienced for such a sneaky endeavor.“No I don’t” Selina shook her head and argued. “I saw plenty the first time” she continued and quickly exited Mane’s barrier (which neither she nor Frederick knew about) and disappeared around the corner.“What is she-” Mane was furious about her lack of tact and was about to go after her when a hand stopped him.“What are you doing” Mane asked. The owner of the hand was Frederick. Everyone on the team knew that Frederick was attracted to Selina. He should even be more eager to stop her but he was preventing Mane from doing so now.“She may be inexperience
“Let me go” Selina pretended to struggle with the men who were holding her captive.“Stay quiet pretty bird” one of the men smiled lewdly as he licked his lips. The other was quiet but his eyes radiated excitement whenever he roamed them over Selina’s beautiful body.“What is this?” one of the guards inside the false throne room enquired. But even he was distracted by Selina.“We found her trying to sneak inside just when we were coming over for our shift” one of the men holding Selina replied. The reporting guard didn’t speak with much respect. And why would he, when he was much stronger than the one asking the question.“What about the other two?” one of the guards in the false throne room asked.“They weren’t there. I’m sure they had just left when we arrived. You know how arrogant those two are” the other guard holding Selina replied. He didn’t
“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