Three people gathered around a camp fire, surrounded by trees. Nearby a stream of water flows gently as the evening clouds.
"The ruin is here somewhere, we just need to get more deeper. I can feel it, that artifact is calling us." Said Abrea.
Claes was slowly walking towards Abrea, pretending to hear something from afar, only to land on her chest, to which Abrea took a second to react to, sending her fist and staff to the guy.
"Well if it's calling us, I certainly can't hear it from here. Maybe just a little bit closer, oh wait, Jedrek I think I can hear it now, IT is calling me- i mean us..."
A punch came flying towards Claes, followed by a staff that illuminated as it hits Claes on the head that sent him stumbling to the ground.
Abrea was still forming a fist as she knocked down Claes.
"Why you dirty pervert, you're lucky I didn't blow you off from this side of the forest."
"Ahehe, I was lucky indeed. Did I smell lavender..."
Claes got cut off as Abrea jumped and hit Claes again and again.
"Jedrek, help! Jedrek? Jedreeek?!."
"That's quite enough you too. We're near the edge of this forest, I will be first watch for us, later Claes take your turn. We don't know if some stray beasts gets a hold of our scent."
"Well, no need to worry about that. I bought a Tier 3 item deep within the market place before we went out for this journey, not even a horde of giant beasts can resist what this item can do to them."
"Oh, you mean this crystal? Why only two though? You could have at least bought three."
"Yeah about that, a guy beat me to it. He was going to buy all three of them, I managed to buy two off of that heckler at a little bit off price, but it's worth it. As long we get that artifact."
"Why would a person buy this specific item anyway, it's only used for scaring off giant beasts. Seems suspicious."
"The guy didn't look the part Abrea, he said there was one more way of using it, said something about taming beasts with it."
"Really? Never heard of it. No such books in the Arcanum told of that."
Claes mockingly waved his hand as he replied to Abrea.
"There's a lot of mystery in this world that even the oldest book can't contain Abrea. Have you read a book containing the history of the ruins? I'm sure, there's someone out there that doesn't want us to know."
Abrea held off her annoyance and then let out a sigh.
"Could be, maybe we can uncover some in the ruins tomorrow. Who knows. I'm going to sleep, don't you dare get close to me you dirty pervert. "
"I may look the part, but I certainly am a man of honor milady, off to sleep we go."
Few hours have passed and for some reason the two are hugging each other as they sleep. Jedrek didn't notice anything off with the surrounding as he stood watch. He did notice the town situated at the other end of the forest, smokes rising out of some of the houses. Reminding him of his family back home.
"I'm sure Naylene's telling them another bedtime story. Faryn's birthday is nearing, if all goes well I might be able to bring her a gift from the ruins. It's been three years since King Mordo had me as the captain of his guards."
Within that thee years a lot has happened, it was hard for Jedrek to leave his family behind. Cayden was only five that time. He thought he was done being a warrior, but after saving their town from a group of Felling that got summoned by an artifact that mysterious person took from another kingdom's ruins in the mountain. The neighboring kingdom's King Mordo took notice of it, and held a negotiation to obtain him.
Jedrek was hesitant, for he has a family now to protect, but his wife understood that she could never stop Jedrek from a warrior's life, it was selfish of her to do that. When Jedrek was asking for her hand, Naylene's father gave him an impossible task. But Jedrek pulled it off somehow, for when he came back to a neighboring mountain, not only did he obtained a relic, but somehow, he was changed. Jedrek gained more strength from his year long adventure, he was already an amazing man, but his first time to venture alone in a distant ruin made him more than just that. And so Naylene understood that a normal life with this man would be impossible. Soon Jedrek left for King Mordo and Jedrek and Naylene would exchange letters every quarter of a clearing.
As Jedrek's thoughts wander off into the night, he noticed it was almost day break, but he was neither fatigue nor exhausted. Jedrek woke the two up.
"Mmhmm, daylight already? I just had the sweetest of dream..."
Abrea felt something or someone, her beautiful face looked cute with a shock of surprise as she hugged Claes who was also starting to wake up. Claes realized what was happening but turned red as he noticed that Abrea's top three buttons were undone. Abrea noticed it to, but before she could say anything, Claes said something first.
"Jedrek, I have a request to make my brother. Scatter my ashes atop the cliff of Loria, for I am about to trade my life for a glimpse of a well blossomed future in front of me. For the King!"
Claes looked at Abrea's eyes, Abrea was red as blood from embarrassment and anger, then Claes looked down, and gazed upon what he could only describe as a well-endowed, puffed out pair of soft and heavenly front chests, so close to his face, then closed his eyes, for he new his time has come.
"For the King, goodbye Claes."
Jedrek turned his back from Abrea and Claes and started killing the fire they made for the night and gather his belongings.
But Abrea didn't erupted, nor swung her staff at him, she let out a sigh to release her anger, smiled and said,
"So you have chosen death? I'm surprised, I thought you wanted to marry off one of the King's daughter Claes, but instead chose these, I'm honored."
Then threw Claes into the pond nearby, as he threw him, she attached a firecracker on his groin and smiled. But the firecracker only made a puffing sound, as the speed that which she threw him was faster than the firecracker's lit fuse could reach the powder inside.
"Alright, fix your things and let's move out. I'll take point, Claes and Abrea, plan something for the beasts we might encounter at the ruins, I have a feeling something's not right."
Claes quickly stood as if nothing happened and happily said.
"Aye aye captain! My heroic adventure still lives on"
Abrea gave him a glare and Claes took off running, Abrea noticed something fell off from Claes, she took it, as she look at it, she smiled. It was a sketch of her, at the back it says, "Princesses and high Houses, non compares to a Queen of my longing." She followed after the two.