WRITTEN BY SOLOMON
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CHAPTER 1
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The Old Ones...
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The deer was so busy enjoying its meal; it didn’t hear the
bend of my bow nor the whistling of my arrow gliding
through the air towards its head. By the time the poor
little thing noticed it wasn’t alone, it was too late. The
arrow had hit its mark and the lovely deer was gone in
seconds. I felt bad after what I just did and why I still
get being pricked almost immediately after killing
something still amazes me, considering the fact that I
have been doing this for the last twenty years. I
shrugged off the feeling as usual and slowly walked up to
the dead animal. I pulled out the killing tool and wiped
the blood off it before returning it to my quiver. It took
me quite some time before I started the cuttings and all
as the sheer beauty of the deer mesmerized me. The
horns of the deer weren’t like the usual ones as this one
had some peculiar curves. I wondered where I had seen
such before but I just couldn't get a grip on it, and that
it was particularly strange as I wasn’t the sort that
forgets. Then it hit me; this was what was called the “old
ones” as they were extremely rare to find and quite
difficult to hunt. My dad once told me that killing any of
this was the dream of any hunter. My dad was no ordinary
hunter, he was the best of the best, but he was never
able to kill any of these deer before his death. My joy
knew no bounds as I quickly cut the animal limb by limb
and carefully put the parts in my hunting bag. It was
said that killing any of these deer brings good luck,
though I am not a fan of superstitions and magic, but I
couldn't help but hope that my wishes of having another
child after my first six years ago will be finally answered.
My mission for the day had been accomplished; it was
time to begin the long walk back home. I headed home
and that amazing feeling washed over me as I couldn’t
wait to tell my beautiful wife and daughter the good
news. I ran through the woods, scaring the little animals
in the process. I still couldn’t believe it; I have done what
no hunter has done in generations. Has it even ever been
done? “yessssssss”I screamed and punched the air,
tonight is going be wonderful. I soon stopped running and
continued the journey home, walking. Soon, I was close to
home as I could see our little apple farm, I stopped and
plucked an apple, munching it and smiling as I felt like a
god. But that smile soon came off my face as I noticed
some weird tracks along the path to my cabin.
I followed the tracks and tried to make meaning out of it
as it seems the tracks started and stopped at the farm
which didn’t make any sense. I was still trying to figure
out what happened there when I saw a black substance on
the ground. It was tar, what could such a thing be doing
around here, I wondered . I got a little nervous and ran
all the way to my cabin but there was no longer a cabin as
what I once called home was a shadow of itself.
My cabin had been set on fire and everything had
collapsed to the ground. My bag fell off my hands as I
was in shock. I left here a night ago and if my cabin was
on fire, surely I would have seen the flames. Dear
Spirits, what happened here? I ran quickly to see if my
family was in the cabin when it was set a blazed or they
were kidnapped. I silently prayed for the latter but it
was not to be so, as I found my daughter burnt beyond
recognition inside the cabin but her mother wasn’t beside
her.
“Mellissa!!!! “ I screamed my daughter’s name but she
didn’t answer as she must have passed the threshold into
the underworld long ago. I didn’t know how I was supposed
to react and so I covered her with my coat and went in
search of her mother. I looked around the area hoping to
find something that might lead me to her as she wasn’t
in the cabin. I searched and searched but I couldn’t find
anything until for some reason I decided to look up and to
my horror, there she was, hanging from a tree. The
tracks that didn’t lead to nowhere finally made sense as
it was right under there she was hanged .
Tears ran down my eyes as I quickly climbed the tree to
bring her down. Her eyes were wild open suggesting that
she was watching something horrifying before her death,
probably the fact that her daughter was being set on
fire. No, it was something else as her clothes look
ruffled. I pulled up her gown to discover that her
trousers were ripped around her vagina. Katharina was
raped before she was hanged. Who could have done this
wicked thing to a harmless mother and daughter? I went
back inside and carried my daughter out, placed her
beside her mother. With tears flowing down my eyes, I
stared at the still bodies of my last living family. In a
night that was supposed to be for celebration, somehow
it's now a time of grief. My luck still remains rotten.
Once again, death has come calling and yet still, I can’t
seem to stop it from taking the ones I love.
KIERAN
" .........Ethan!! alright, that's enough shooting lessons
for the day. Kieran, dinner is ready." Mother said. " But
Mother , we have only just begun, besides you have been
stopping me from doing any of this for the past few
weeks. Please ,just an hour more, please." I pleaded with
her , putting on my best good look. " No, drop that bow
and get to the dining before your meal gets cold."
Mother replied.
I reluntantly dropped the bow and went inside. Obviously,
my plan didn't work and Father couldn't even help, just
stood smiling at his wife . I washed my hands and face
before sitting to eat, failure to do that usually get me
some glaring from mother .
" What did you learn from today's practice?" she asked.
Mother can be really annoying some times, I mean she
stops me from going on with practice today and now she
is asking what i learnt. I actually didn't want to answer
but i knew better. Shey hated hunting , which my father
does because it takes too much of his time and doesn't
give room for him to be home much. She hated it so much
and several times she has spoken to my father about it
,who will calmly tell her he won't change and mom will
keep coming back with the same demands and the whole
cycle begins again.
" I learnt how to pull the bow and how to place the arrow
at the right place along the string. I haven't learnt how
to release the arrow yet." I finally replied. Mother was
actually happy with what i said and then asked me to tell
Father about the new names of plants i learnt today. He
listened attentively to all the names i pronunced ,
correcting me in places I erred.When I was done, Mother
gave me another plate of food while Father ruffled my
hair. I knew she would be very happy after what i just
did. She has always wanted me to be a healer just like
her but that wasn't what i wanted. I felt drawn to the
woodlands but not because of the plants there but
something else i can't just explain yet.
Father didn't seem his usual self tonight , he was very
quiet and he looked sad. Well, I didn't have any chance to
ask him what was his problem as mum kissed me and
walked me to my room , after which she returned to be
with her husband. " I have been enlisted to join the King's
army as a foot soldier." I heard him say.
" Why would you do that, Ethan? We already talked about
this and you promised you won't be going on withe this
plan of yours." Mother replied quietly but i could hear
the venom in her words, she was very angry.
" I did ,love but I had a change of heart. The hunting
business isn't bringing much Gold as it used to anymore. I
can't stand to see you and our son go sick because of
limited resources. I hate to see you wearing those worn ou
clothes. I...."
"....I don't care about all that, I knew all these before I
decided to marry you. All I ever wanted is a happy home,
not riches. Ethan, we have a son . You can't just wakeup
and decide to choose your path to death. There is more
to a successful home than money, please don't do this."
She pleaded. " I am doing this for our son, most
especially. For weeks now , I have thought of alternatives
but they are none at the moment. The King desires
Scultors,crafts-men, artists, healers and fair women and
you know I don't fit in any of those categories. I am a
plain bow-man, a hunter , rejected by his family because
I wasn't born with the gift. The only place i fit in is the
army. As wicked as the King is , he keeps to his word.
Besides, the battle is already half won and we have
Magicians and all kinds of sorcerers on our side, so I
won't be doing much and I won't be away from you lot
for long. Let your mind be at peace because i will surely
return. " I heard Father say before they both started
their noisy lovemaking.
I drifted off to sleep and woke up the next day to a
home without him. I decided to look out for Mother and
practically followed her everywhere she went like I could
actualtually protect her. Things were going pretty normal
for us until mom started getting paranoid because Father
hadn't returned after four full moons. She prayed to the
spirits everyday and they finally answered her prayers
when the victorious army returned but he wasn't among
them. We were later told that a lot of foot soldiers were
lost and Ethan Carrows was among the fallen. Mother was
paid his allowances and things returned to normal in the
city but not in our family as shewas slowly losing her
mind.
One day, I returned from the woods after getting some
herbs to help with Mother's hallucinations when I found
her on the floor at an odd angle. She had white substance
around her mouth, I screamed and called for help and it
didn't take long for the healer to tell me that my mum
was dead. That was the beginning of my sorrowful life. In
one season, I lost both of my parents at twelve years of
age. Twenty years later, I lost my daugther and wife to
unknown circumstances. It seems I have the worst luck in
the world or I am just cursed, which is it? I screamed to
no one in particular as I buried my fallen.ELPHISIUS
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How is this possible? No, no , this can't be happening, One
golden destiny is enough but two in one generation is
surely an anomaly All of my years as a Wizard, I have
never seen anyone born with both dimensions of the gift -
sorcery and wizardry until Lucien. He was what every
wizard and sorcerer strived to be. We have a way of
making ourselves more powerful by putting in us what we
weren't created with using despicable means.
Lucien's gifts weren't balanced when he was born. His
gifts were more on the wizard side than his sorcery side
and since when he discovered this, he has gone through
dark paths to balance the scale, killing and harvesting
souls of those born with of sorcery . He might have gone a
bit too far this time as his latest victims belongs to
someone exactly like him, which doesn't make any sense.
If someone like Lucien was alive all these years, how come
I didn't to know until now,except if his gifts were locked
for reasons unknown to me. I must see Lucien quickly.
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ANNA
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No, this wasn't how it was supposed to go. How did Lucien
find his family in the first place? His family was cloaked
by me, how was Lucien able to by-pass my barrier. This is
really worrisome , he must be getting more and more
powerful. He must have been after Kieran's daugther
since she has the gift of sorcery which she got from her
father. Thank the spirits Kieran wasn't around when this
happened, it could had been much worse.
" Mother, what is it? What is so important that you had
to summon us at this time of the night." Claudia asked as
she came into my chambers together with the remaining
guardians.
" You have to find him, you have to find the one with the
broken soul quickly before that evil king finds him."
" I thought his gift was locked and only a chosen
supernatural occurence that only you could bring to pass
could release his gift. " Dahlia asked.
" I released his gift but I didn't see that Lucien would
murder his family over his persistence pursuit of power. I
know I had his family cloaked and somehow he was able to
find them,which means......" " .....He must have sensed
Kieran's gift by now as he is currently in grief." Claudia
completed my statement for me.
" Yes, he is not in control right now and his changing
emotions will act like a beacon announcing his gifts to the
world, something the king won't miss. We have to get to
him as soon as possible. We are already at a disadvantage
as he is in the other side of the kingdom , far away from
here. Claudia, you will go after him and bring him here
where he can be protected from Lucien."
" But why me, I am not good at field work. I am just a
historian, please can't you send......" ".....There is no
time for all this, get your stuff and move. I will
communicate with you as you travel. In the mean time, I
will keep Kieran busy." I just hope it's not too late.
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ELPHISUIS
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massive kingdom Lucien has emassed for himself is proof
of his sovereign power over all his enemies. He has
conquered cities,villages, brought powerful kings to their
knees, before giving permission to his soldiers To Molest
the wives and daughters of those unfortunate rulers. He
is the most ruthless king I have ever been graced to see,
and far more visious than his father who was evil in the
flesh. He is skilled in all physical combat and has since
become a household name when it comes to Magic. Being
born with both dimensions of Magic has made him
invincible as no one has ever been graced with both gifts.
That unique property has made his name only spoken as a
whisper, but it seems he isn't that unique afterall as
someone has the same gifts as he is, something that
shouldn't be. Can this chariot go any faster?
" Welcome Father, the king is in his chambers." I heard
Heris say, the head of his personal bodyguard. I went
through his huge hallway before turning to the right and
turned towrads the left , before opening the door that I
came in contact with. I practically walked through the
magical barriers in the hallway because without being in
close proximity with the King. Any other person who
attempts that without the aid of the king will end up
vaporized. I am not harmed because I set up the barriers
myself. I entered his room to find Unclad women on his
bed, they weren't moving. He must have killed them while
in one of those fits of his, I will have to be careful with
him before he turns on me.
"You must have sensed the anomaly,isn't it?" He asked
me while facing the window in his deep resonant voice. I
didn't answer, I knew better. " How is it that we didn't
know until early this night, how could something so glaring
miss your all-seeing eyes? You can see the tiny little
rabbit in the far corner of the midlands right now, you
can sense the faintest use of magic from as far as the
forgotten lands, you can see the gifts of an unborn, yet
you couldn't see an anomaly as glaring as this!!!" He
screamed the last sentence in a fit of rage before
releasing a bolt of lightening in my direction which I
easily thwarted.
" You have to calm down and let's think this through." I
said.
"....There is no us here, this is squarely on you. You have
to find a way to fix this and quickly. I have so many
enemies and I shudder at the thought of what they might
to do to me if they find the man before you do. If they
harness those powers from him, we are all dead men."
Lucien said, cutting me off. Well, he is right, I didn't
think of it from that perspective. " What are you waiting
for? The simpleton is not doing us or himself any favors
by letting his emotions loose." The king screamed.
Well, he wouldn't have been in such grief if you didn't
murder his entire family. I said that within me as I
walked away to get that freak
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massive kingdom Lucien has emassed for himself is proof
of his sovereign power over all his enemies. He has
conquered cities,villages, brought powerful kings to their
knees, before giving permission to his soldiers To Molest
the wives and daughters of those unfortunate rulers. He
is the most ruthless king I have ever been graced to see,
and far more visious than his father who was evil in the
flesh. He is skilled in all physical combat and has since
become a household name when it comes to Magic. Being
born with both dimensions of Magic has made him
invincible as no one has ever been graced with both gifts.
That unique property has made his name only spoken as a
whisper, but it seems he isn't that unique afterall as
someone has the same gifts as he is, something that
shouldn't be. Can this chariot go any faster?
" Welcome Father, the king is in his chambers." I heard
Heris say, the head of his personal bodyguard. I went
through his huge hallway before turning to the right and
turned towrads the left , before opening the door that I
came in contact with. I practically walked through the
magical barriers in the hallway because without being in
close proximity with the King. Any other person who
attempts that without the aid of the king will end up
vaporized. I am not harmed because I set up the barriers
myself. I entered his room to find Unclad women on his
bed, they weren't moving. He must have killed them while
in one of those fits of his, I will have to be careful with
him before he turns on me.
"You must have sensed the anomaly,isn't it?" He asked
me while facing the window in his deep resonant voice. I
didn't answer, I knew better. " How is it that we didn't
know until early this night, how could something so glaring
miss your all-seeing eyes? You can see the tiny little
rabbit in the far corner of the midlands right now, you
can sense the faintest use of magic from as far as the
forgotten lands, you can see the gifts of an unborn, yet
you couldn't see an anomaly as glaring as this!!!" He
screamed the last sentence in a fit of rage before
releasing a bolt of lightening in my direction which I
easily thwarted.
" You have to calm down and let's think this through." I
said.
"....There is no us here, this is squarely on you. You have
to find a way to fix this and quickly. I have so many
enemies and I shudder at the thought of what they might
to do to me if they find the man before you do. If they
harness those powers from him, we are all dead men."
Lucien said, cutting me off. Well, he is right, I didn't
think of it from that perspective. " What are you waiting
for? The simpleton is not doing us or himself any favors
by letting his emotions loose." The king screamed.
Well, he wouldn't have been in such grief if you didn't
murder his entire family. I said that within me as I
walked away to get that freak
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RUNNING
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KIERAN
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I watched in admiration as she turned and turned,
twisting her waist at the same time, how she does that
is still a mystery to me. Putting on the traditional
costume meant for this festival - the Randin, this
strange woman danced to the beats from the relentless
drummers. The costume was made up of cotton which
made it light and in their case, it was sewn to be quite
firm around their waist, bringing out the wearer's hips
to view. In this case, this particular woman's hips were
quite different , in the sense that it wasn't too big or
too small - it was balanced and it suited her thick body
really well. For once in a long while, I felt a stir in my
c.ock when the thick dancer came close to me and
started moving her big buttocks around it. The men
around the circle shouted and clapped when they saw
this and I wondered why. Anyway, after twisting and
turning for a while, she returned back to the center
circle where she was dancing with her fellow dancers.
She must have gotten tired of dancing to a statue who
didn't return the favor and who didn't drop a penny. I
had no intentions of dropping my hard earned gold just
because a certain thick lady could dance. I was booed
and laughed at though after she left me to the circle
and that made me to leave the scene and return back
to my cabin.
As I settled down to eat burnt meat after getting
home, I couldn't help but wonder why those drunkards
were laughing at me. Then it occurred to me that my
c.ock must have been trying to get out of my trousers.
Dear spirits, I whispered as I slapped my forehead
laughing at my own embarrassment. The lady must have
really had a strong effect on me for me to even have a
stir. Shame though, I may never meet here because she
was wearing a mask as they all do. I only moved into
this town about a season ago and I only go into the main
town whenever I want to sell my games. I have no
friends and I loved it that way, just me and my bow. I
didn't want to attend the festival earlier because I
didn't believe in all these beliefs of spirits, magic and
all those nonsense. I believe in Life and death, which
affects all living things and I, myself take life
whenever I killed any animal. I have stayed in four
different cities scattered all over the huge Kingdom
.In all this time, I have never been attracted to any
woman even if I do get questionable looks from them. I
have never felt my rooster stir, only at night does it
happen. Well, until that strange dancer.
For more than four nights, I couldn't stop dreaming
about her, it just feels strange dreaming about someone
without a face. I thought of searching for her but that
would be pointless as there were so many people in the
town. On the seventh night of hell, I dceided to go the
exact place where we met earlier hoping she would
come. I stood there till when everywhere became quiet
and still she hadn't come. Probably, she has come and I
didn't recognise, my hope was that she would come to
me but it wasn't looking that way. I headed back home ,
disappointed and angry because this night would surely
be another torment. I was nearly home when I heard a
snap.I wasn't alone in this woods, I stopped and listened
hard for another strange sound but I heard nothing. It
could be a thief and I was at a disadvantage as I was
without a weapon. I decided to run back home to get
something to use to defend myself should the need
arise but I stopped in my tracks when I saw a figure at
my door step. It was that of a woman. I recovered and
walked slowly towards the woman, but then it occured
to me that she must have heard me coming. She was
probably here to see me, but I couldn't be sure. As I
got closer, I heard her say,
" You are not a hard man to find,Kieran Carrows. You
should be more aware of your surroundings. " She
turned and I was able to see her face as the moon was
full tonight. I staggered back and shook my head, no,
no, this isn't the woman I met at the dance. She isn't
this tall and big and besides she had raven black haired
and not red hair.
" Who are you? " I managed to ask. Immediately, I
woke up to discover I was actually in a inn and someone
was at my door,screaming,
"Open the door, your life is in great danger." Dear
spirits, what's going on?
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CHAPTER 2 CONT.D
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ELPHISIUS
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Lucien’s rage never ends until the reason for him
getting angry in the first place gets sorted out. It’s
likely that more bodies will be buried in the coming days
and no one will be able to save the unfortunate souls. I
am not safe either because when he gets bored of
killing people who were never going to fight back ,he
will surely come for me and I might not be able to hold
my own. It is therefore very important that I find this
strange man quickly. My task was easy as I knew he was
in Yugard presently and we should be able to get there
by night fall of the next day. I called for the best
trackers and the fastest horses among the fleet and
soon we were on our way.
The charade was a few metres away from the repulsive
town filled with redundant fellows and the lowest scums
of the Earth when I sensed something strange in the
atmosphere. Someone was using magic not of my
signature and different from what I teach my
followers, this magic was ancient and tells of the
nature of the person. I should be able to see what the
person’s gift is made of but for some reason I couldn’t,
rather I was seeing the person’s nature which should
mean that the person is actually dead, which of course
makes no sense. Whoever was behind the mask of nature
is quite smart but the longer he or she lingers in my
hold, the faster the fellow’s magic yields to mine. I
shrugged off the strange magic and focused on the
task at hand as it seems I wasn’t the only one after
the anomaly.
Soon, we arrived at the town and it didn’t take too
much asking to find the dirty, filthy place someone of
such glorious gift is residing. We were told whom we
were seek was sleeping, I couldn’t tell if they were
saying the truth or they were scared of the drawn
swords. I was also skeptical too as the strange man’s
gift seem to disappear but came back in full force
moments later as the strange nature magic faded
without trace. Without doubt, someone was actually
after the strange man. After tasking some of the
soldiers to guard each of the entrances out of the inn,
we went upstairs where we found a man with long hair
and a strange old woman arguing. Immediately, they
spotted us, the strange woman seemed to lose her mind
and grabbed the young man with unsual strength as
they both took to their heels but they didn’t go far as
I stopped them with a barrier spell and then I witnessed
the impossible...
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KIERAN
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I took an arrow and got close to the door , opening just
slightly to see an old woman who looked like she will
collapse any minute . I was surprised and immediately
hid the arrow behind my back, although her eyes
followed my every move .
“ What do you mean that my life is great danger.” I
asked. She was about to answer my questions when
strange looking men walked up the stairs raising swords
and one strange, tall man in particular in a black robe
which didn’t reveal much about his face apart from a
big long nose pointing at us. The old woman panicked
after seeing them and quickly grabbed my hand ,
sprinting off to wherever. But we didn’t go far as an
invisible wall seem to stop us. I have never seen
something like this before, could this be magic? We
turned around to see the men gaining on us. For some
strange reason, the old woman threw something she got
from her bag towards the men and as soon as it
touched them , whatever she threw became tiny bugs
that started eating into the men’s flesh. They cursed
and scratched but the tiny bugs didn’t go away. The
tall man didn’t seem affected by the bugs and stretch
forth his arms as blue flames emerged from the palm
of his hands which was both beautiful and horrific. He
released the fire and instinctively , I pulled the
horrified old woman behind me and receive the full
blast of the flames . I closed my eyes as I expected to
be burnt meat by now but I didn’t smell anything save
for my smelly clothes.
I was surprised but the man wasn’t and tried to come
after me with fists. I dodged his first punch and threw
my fist at his manhood making him scream and move
back. That was the break we needed as I and the old
woman took to our heels. We used the back door to try
and escape but we met resistance and the old woman
did what she did the other time. We left the man in
pains as I followed the old woman to a black, beautiful
horse.
“ Get on it, we need to get to the border quickly. “ I
didn’t have time to argue as the soldiers came out and
embarked on their horses as they came after us. As I
looked over me before we took off , I couldn’t help but
wonder what I did to these nasty people who were after
me and who most certainly killed my family.
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Kieran
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She kept on saying that we needed to get to the
border over and over again till I couldn’t take it
anymore. I had to tell her politely to keep quiet, as I
thought of ways to get us out of this mess. The soldiers
were hot on our trail and might soon catch up with us.
But despite her fear, she kept on riding through the
woods like she was born there. She glided her way
through the thick forest without leading her horse to
any halt and I wondered how she was doing it as there
was no clear path through which one could travel. It
then became clear to me that she must probably have a
sort of special connection with her horse or the horse
was well trained. We rode all night and through the
next day without stopping once. I thought we should as
the horse must have been very tired. I told the old
woman my thoughts but she didn’t reply or say
anything after. The soldiers didn’t stop coming after us
and I wondered how their horses were still alive, but
then these people don’t care about their fellow humans,
surely they won’t be so bothered about a beast. I knew
that if there was a bowman among them, we would have
been long apprehended, stupid of the strange man not
to have brought one along. The unusual thing about the
whole chase was that for some unexplained reason, we
kept the same distance apart, well until we got close
enough to the border, where it all began to get rough.
As soon as we got to the wide path that led to the
border, the old woman quickly disembarked from the
horse with so much agility which surprised me and I
followed her move, hoping it might get us away from
these mean men. She left the horse after whispering
some words to it and then headed for the huge gate
separating the kingdom from the north. Soon, the men
arrived and I heard one of them screaming for the
gates to be shut.
“We must hurry, we must be behind the gate or even
the good spirits won’t be able to save us. “She said. The
men disembarked from their horses screaming for the
innocent travelers to leave the path and pushing those
who didn’t move on time, the unlucky got some kicks.
They must have seen us come down from the horse; this
wasn’t looking good at all as the huge gates were
beginning to descend. We were really close to the gates
when someone pulled both of us away from the crowd,
and asked us to get in the back of a cart carrying hay.
We were trying to resist but the man who was a soldier,
going by his dress was surely not a patient one and just
pushed us inside before locking the door up.
“Move Jelai and drop them at the northern gate. Tell
Anna, old lady, I do not own her anything after this.”
The impatient soldier said before we headed for the
gate. The gates were almost down and everyone was
ordered to stop but our cart was allowed to go through
and I wondered why. From outside the gate, I could
hear men asking if they saw a tall man with black hair
and a pale old woman. I breathed a sigh of relief as I
could now stop looking over my shoulders for the time
being. In the tiny little place we were hidden, I faced
the old lady who all this time had been staring at me
and I wasn’t even aware , and I asked,
“ Who is Anna?”
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ELPHISIUS
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Lucien’s rage never ends until the reason for him
getting angry in the first place gets sorted out. It’s
likely that more bodies will be buried in the coming days
and no one will be able to save the unfortunate souls. I
am not safe either because when he gets bored of
killing people who were never going to fight back ,he
will surely come for me and I might not be able to hold
my own. It is therefore very important that I find this
strange man quickly. My task was easy as I knew he was
in Yugard presently and we should be able to get there
by night fall of the next day. I called for the best
trackers and the fastest horses among the fleet and
soon we were on our way.
The charade was a few metres away from the repulsive
town filled with redundant fellows and the lowest scums
of the Earth when I sensed something strange in the
atmosphere. Someone was using magic not of my
signature and different from what I teach my
followers, this magic was ancient and tells of the
nature of the person. I should be able to see what the
person’s gift is made of but for some reason I couldn’t,
rather I was seeing the person’s nature which should
mean that the person is actually dead, which of course
makes no sense. Whoever was behind the mask of nature
is quite smart but the longer he or she lingers in my
hold, the faster the fellow’s magic yields to mine. I
shrugged off the strange magic and focused on the
task at hand as it seems I wasn’t the only one after
the anomaly.
Soon, we arrived at the town and it didn’t take too
much asking to find the dirty, filthy place someone of
such glorious gift is residing. We were told whom we
were seek was sleeping, I couldn’t tell if they were
saying the truth or they were scared of the drawn
swords. I was also skeptical too as the strange man’s
gift seem to disappear but came back in full force
moments later as the strange nature magic faded
without trace. Without doubt, someone was actually
after the strange man. After tasking some of the
soldiers to guard each of the entrances out of the inn,
we went upstairs where we found a man with long hair
and a strange old woman arguing. Immediately, they
spotted us, the strange woman seemed to lose her mind
and grabbed the young man with unsual strength as
they both took to their heels but they didn’t go far as
I stopped them with a barrier spell and then I witnessed
the impossible...
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KIERAN
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I took an arrow and got close to the door , opening just
slightly to see an old woman who looked like she will
collapse any minute . I was surprised and immediately
hid the arrow behind my back, although her eyes
followed my every move .
“ What do you mean that my life is great danger.” I
asked. She was about to answer my questions when
strange looking men walked up the stairs raising swords
and one strange, tall man in particular in a black robe
which didn’t reveal much about his face apart from a
big long nose pointing at us. The old woman panicked
after seeing them and quickly grabbed my hand ,
sprinting off to wherever. But we didn’t go far as an
invisible wall seem to stop us. I have never seen
something like this before, could this be magic? We
turned around to see the men gaining on us. For some
strange reason, the old woman threw something she got
from her bag towards the men and as soon as it
touched them , whatever she threw became tiny bugs
that started eating into the men’s flesh. They cursed
and scratched but the tiny bugs didn’t go away. The
tall man didn’t seem affected by the bugs and stretch
forth his arms as blue flames emerged from the palm
of his hands which was both beautiful and horrific. He
released the fire and instinctively , I pulled the
horrified old woman behind me and receive the full
blast of the flames . I closed my eyes as I expected to
be burnt meat by now but I didn’t smell anything save
for my smelly clothes.
I was surprised but the man wasn’t and tried to come
after me with fists. I dodged his first punch and threw
my fist at his manhood making him scream and move
back. That was the break we needed as I and the old
woman took to our heels. We used the back door to try
and escape but we met resistance and the old woman
did what she did the other time. We left the man in
pains as I followed the old woman to a black, beautiful
horse.
“ Get on it, we need to get to the border quickly. “ I
didn’t have time to argue as the soldiers came out and
embarked on their horses as they came after us. As I
looked over me before we took off , I couldn’t help but
wonder what I did to these nasty people who were after
me and who most certainly killed my family.
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... Chapter !! cont.d
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Kieran
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She kept on saying that we needed to get to the
border over and over again till I couldn’t take it
anymore. I had to tell her politely to keep quiet, as I
thought of ways to get us out of this mess. The soldiers
were hot on our trail and might soon catch up with us.
But despite her fear, she kept on riding through the
woods like she was born there. She glided her way
through the thick forest without leading her horse to
any halt and I wondered how she was doing it as there
was no clear path through which one could travel. It
then became clear to me that she must probably have a
sort of special connection with her horse or the horse
was well trained. We rode all night and through the
next day without stopping once. I thought we should as
the horse must have been very tired. I told the old
woman my thoughts but she didn’t reply or say
anything after. The soldiers didn’t stop coming after us
and I wondered how their horses were still alive, but
then these people don’t care about their fellow humans,
surely they won’t be so bothered about a beast. I knew
that if there was a bowman among them, we would have
been long apprehended, stupid of the strange man not
to have brought one along. The unusual thing about the
whole chase was that for some unexplained reason, we
kept the same distance apart, well until we got close
enough to the border, where it all began to get rough.
As soon as we got to the wide path that led to the
border, the old woman quickly disembarked from the
horse with so much agility which surprised me and I
followed her move, hoping it might get us away from
these mean men. She left the horse after whispering
some words to it and then headed for the huge gate
separating the kingdom from the north. Soon, the men
arrived and I heard one of them screaming for the
gates to be shut.
“We must hurry, we must be behind the gate or even
the good spirits won’t be able to save us. “She said. The
men disembarked from their horses screaming for the
innocent travelers to leave the path and pushing those
who didn’t move on time, the unlucky got some kicks.
They must have seen us come down from the horse; this
wasn’t looking good at all as the huge gates were
beginning to descend. We were really close to the gates
when someone pulled both of us away from the crowd,
and asked us to get in the back of a cart carrying hay.
We were trying to resist but the man who was a soldier,
going by his dress was surely not a patient one and just
pushed us inside before locking the door up.
“Move Jelai and drop them at the northern gate. Tell
Anna, old lady, I do not own her anything after this.”
The impatient soldier said before we headed for the
gate. The gates were almost down and everyone was
ordered to stop but our cart was allowed to go through
and I wondered why. From outside the gate, I could
hear men asking if they saw a tall man with black hair
and a pale old woman. I breathed a sigh of relief as I
could now stop looking over my shoulders for the time
being. In the tiny little place we were hidden, I faced
the old lady who all this time had been staring at me
and I wasn’t even aware , and I asked,
“ Who is Anna?”
