Four hooded figures arrived on horses to the ruins Rex had been held captive in before his friends rescued him. The man leading the group stopped before a small fire, slid off his horse and looked down. “They were here, this fire and these tracks shows they made camp, at least a few days ago. Look around, I need to know where she is and where my guest is. Look around!” The hooded figure said as he leant over the fireplace, touching the coals and scanning the edges of the fire with his eyes. Immediately the other three companions nodded in unison, slid off theirs horses and fanned out in a search pattern. “I will find you” the man snarled looking at the tracks. Rex’s blurred vision had just finished clearing up and he noticed his companions, who were also tied up with him, started to awaken with groans and sighs as well. ‘At least they are ok, I wonder what happened to Teka.’ He said to himself with sadness. Last thing he could remember was attacking the guards that were about to ruin
Once Shaitan saw the slender person arrive in front of Rex he turned to his second in command and asked, “Who the hell is that? I thought I said I wanted someone from the mountain clan, clearly that is not one of them!!” “I do not know who that is or why they have taken his place, but I know for certain that he was there, I met him this morning, a bird-brained brute who liked to smash things, exactly what you asked for” stammered the man, starting to sweat under furious Shaitan’s gaze. Shaitan was just about to continue chastising his second in command for his incompetence when the crowd let out a loud roar, turning his attention back to the arena, even Shaitan and his men widened their eyes and gasped at the sight. Just after seeing the figure walk out gracefully into the arena, Rex asked for a sword and shield combination, he had hoped with some defence and attack he may be able to stand a chance against his unknown combatant, he knew with the way this person entered the arena so c
Once they had arrived at the west gate, they readied themselves for a fight to escape, but to their surprise all the guards that were supposed to be at the gate were not present, allowing for Rex and his companions to leave without issue. Shortly after passing through the gate they could see Lizz, Charr and Nessa all standing next to 5 horses with worried looks on their faces. “They should be here by now, I bet that snake lied to us!” Nessa growled angrily casting her eyes back to the city, she was secretly worried something had happened to Rex and tried hiding it behind anger. “Worried about me are you?” Rex said with a broad smile once he had reached his friends. Once the three saw Rex arrive unhurt, they were all relieved, even Nessa much to Rex’s surprise, “Only because I want to kill you, I don’t want them to beat me to it” Nessa growled turning away trying to hide her smile. “Well, we should leave before we continue this happy joy moment” said Lacey with an exaggerated fake h
“This would be so much faster if you were not slowing down this bloody horse!” Lacey called over her shoulder to Rex with a scowl, she could see the dust cloud getting closer with each passing hour. “Let me off and you will move faster, I’ll be fine” chuckled Rex. “No chance idiot prince! My father will never forgive me if I do that and then I’ll have to find what remains of your corpse!” Lacey yelled back rolling her eyes, what a stupid time for humour she thought, she knew Shaitan’s forces were closing the gap quite quickly and it was still another day and a half ride to the border and safety from those pursuing them. “Your father!?” Rex exclaimed in slight surprise, “Who is that?” he asked. “He is right behind us idiot!” she said through gritted teeth,” This is a stupid time for 100 questions!” This woman seems to have a quick temper and easily agitated Rex thought, if this was the daughter of Markus, she definitely did not have his temperament or patience he thought. “You nee
Once he had defeated Sampson and was heading towards Rex’s last known position, he caught up with his underling who was still also giving chase. “Master they are close to the border guard, if they get there it will be very tricky to retrieve him” the hooded man said bowing his head as he approached. “I’ve already thought about you idiot! Come with me, I have a new plan to get that bastard!” the man sneered with an evil grin. Coming up close to his underling, he put one palm on the head of his beast and the other on his underling’s beast, his eyes started to glow red before he called out, “Forward!” Feeling a sudden intake of energy, both beasts rocketed forward at lightning pace. They had overtaken Shaitan’s army and very soon Rex and his companions as well, “Do you mean to block their escape master?” the underling said as he noticed they did not target Rex’s group but instead continued forward. “I will give the guards at the border an offer they cannot refuse before Rex’s party ar
Seeing how determined Ean was in obtaining Rex, Markus knew they were not going to be able to leave without a fight, he was worried that even with their combined strength, they would not be able to do more than slow him down, Ean it seemed, had enough power to destroy an entire town of some of the Magnus family elite soldiers. Even though Markus was on of the three great generals of the land, he knew it was going to be hard, if he was by himself, he would be able to focus on his target to provide an equally matched fight, but he knew Ean would target Rex and his companions, maybe even Lacey and that would distract him giving Ean an edge. “For a general of your calibre, you seem hesitant Markus, is that fear or something else?” Ean sneered seeing the look on Markus’s face as he was deep in thought. “I have no fear of you, even with this new power you’re boasting” Markus said coming back to his senses and waved his hand at Ean, which wiped the smile from Ean’s face at his disregard for
Seeing that his killing blow had been stopped so easily, by one hand shook Ean to his core, looking up to see who had done it shocked him even further, standing in front of him was a man covered in red scales and green eyes, he knew who this was instantly. “Brother..I.I.” Ean stammered, completely lost for words, being in his brothers’ presence seemed to destroy every bit of arrogance he just had. “You have gone too far this time” the emperor said shaking his head with a look of pure distain in his eyes, lifting the blade away from Markus with a small stain of green blood on the blade, Rector summoned a ball of golden light in his hand before throwing it close range at Ean’s chest, sending him flying a good distance from where Rector and Markus were, rolling over a few times he stopped, laying motionless on the ground, satisfied, Rector looked back to Markus before whispering to him with a smirk and wink, “sorry I am late old friend, thank you for the flare, was a good idea.” Noddin
Riding North on their horses, Rex, Markus and Charr chatted, updating Markus on all the events that had transpired right up to their rescue from Shaitan’s arena. “You fought against an elder spirit and won??” Markus asked Rex after Charr recounted the battle with Balrog and her minions. “An elder spirit? That thing was from the spirit realm? Fafnir only said they had a prior grievance and asked to deal with her” Rex asked, he did not know much about the spirit realm, only the patches Fafnir had told him during their lessons. “Yes, the spirit realm is a place that only one human has gone and returned, it is a dangerous place for the living, it is where the soul of mystical beings like the dragons go after their deaths. Speaking of dragons, why did you not use Fafnir to help me deal with Ean, or at least against his assassin inside of the arena?” Markus asked raising his eyebrow at Rex. “That is something I don’t fully understand, Ean’s daughter did something to me, it seems to have