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
Feeling the force of so many magic users bearing in on him made Rex feel strange, he started to feel tiny surges of strength in waves course through his body, making him shudder slightly. Markus seemed to sense changes in Rex and whispered to him, “Are you ok Prince, what’s going on?” “I don’t know, I feel strange and my chest is starting to ache” Rex replied clutching his chest. As the witches came to close their circle around the group, Charr rushed out roaring swinging his axe trying to claim one of the women surrounding them, in his mind, if he was going to die, he would die like a real warrior, fighting until the end, he had forced one of the women back out of the circle and was dodging from side to side while bringing his axe skilfully into the fight, it seemed the woman was also just as quick, slipping past each swing and thrust. “I like the mountain men, always full of honour and courage” smiled Markus, seeing what Charr had done always made him feel honoured to be in the co
Once Rex and Charr were brought in and were laid out onto the free beds, the physician got straight to work, starting with Rex, she went straight into the basic check-up, with deft hands and an expert eye, ran over his body, before having a quick conclusion. “His temperature is through the roof, his pulse is weak and his breathing is very shallow, there is also this strange marking on his chest, any idea what this is and why it’s here?” the doctor asked Markus, pointing to the red symbols on Rex’s chest. “I don’t know what that is or why it is there” Markus said shrugging his shoulders, before an idea suddenly came to him, “that is the reason we need to the prince back to Dracones, to research those symbols with the academy, it was to be completed under secrecy, so I implore you, to keep any of what happened here it to yourself, for your sake and your towns.” He was trying to get the doctor to treat Rex as quickly as possible so they could return to the road, also while ensuring the