"We are leaving, little girls!"
"Sir, yes sir!"
The soldiers got on their horses and some carts and started to move...
Macalister was a common guy, 1.75 meters tall with Asian but sharp facial structure, long black hair down to his shoulders, and a charming personality.
He put Nick on his feet and put an arm around Nick's neck in a friend-like manner, and said to his ear.
"Don't worry bro, the captain can be an *ss sometimes, you aren't from here right?"
Nick frowned but didn't respond.
"Look, you see those guys with red bracelets over there?"
"They are like us, we were abandoned by our families but the army brought us in, you are still too young so don't worry"
Macalister shouted from the back
"Yo, Captain!"
"Yes, Mac?"
"He is still too young, will he go to The Academia or what?"
"Dunno, wait until we regroup with the others so they send all of this kiddos back, it's up to him if he can get in or not, either way, he is going to join the army."
Leaning towards Nick he said in low voice again...
"You see, he is not that much of a bad guy, but he is the captain and we are in a war, so its the only way to avoid problems, he is just stressed, as all of us..."
A gloomy expression surfaced on Macalister's face.
"My name is Macalister Shepard, hope we can become friends."
Macalister stretched his hand towards Nick
"My name is Nick, it's a pleasure to met you."
Somehow Nick felt that Macalister was an easy-going guy that just got dragged into this mess so he felt like making friends at the moment...
The carts slowed down until they got to a stop and a big looking guy hopped off the cart Nick was in to ask the captain the reason.
"Sir what's the matter?"
The captain responded in a low voice while the big looking guy slowly turned pale, he hopped on the cart and said to the driver to turn around...
But it was too late...
*BRbRBRBRBrbRRbrbRbrb*
Earth started rumbling and dirt flying while slowly silver like creatures started surfacing from bellow...
"Everyone! Defense positions! Iron Skin Worms are attacking. Careful!"
Soldiers started jumping off their horses and carts ready to battle in a semi-circle like formation protecting the carriages...
"Macalister, we need light!"
"Sir, yes Sir!"
stretching out his hands Macalister yelled with determination.
"Spirits of the clarity and compassion, guide this tired soldiers to their victory once more! Golden Sun!"
Slowly a golden orb made out of light formed in front of Macalister and was pushed out as he looked a little tired...
The golden orb the size of a soccer ball exploded mid-air in hundreds of specs of light that provided illumination around the battlefield and hurting the underground creature senses in the process.
"Soldiers, now! Attack!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity that brought the 'Golden Sun' spell soldiers in groups of three jammed up the iron skin worms from all directions making them unable to go underground again, ultimately killing them.
"Everybody good?!"
"Captin Robert needs medical attention but is not urgent just a few cuts."
"Send him to Macalister, anyone else?"
"No Sir, we were lucky."
"Good, let's keep moving then."
"Sir, yes Sir!"
A group of two soldiers slowly brought the big looking guy in front of Macalister as he had a deep cut in his leg made by a Silver Skin Worm...
"Hahaha, Robert it's you again?"
"You know me, Lil Mac! I'm a big guy I thought I could kill one by myself hahaha!"
"If that's the case I will make sure your treatment is extra painful to see if you learned your lesson then..."
An evil-looking grin formed in Macalister face
Robert's smile suddenly paralyzed as his face turned pale in fright.
"Yo, yo, I was kidding I was a little careless just a lit- AAAAHH!!"