As Violet fell down the massive hole, she tried to make a wind spell that would allow her to fly, but just before she landed, someone saved her using ice magic, they created a soft yet hard texture on the ice and froze Violet up to her waist in order to stop her fall completely, "man looks like I made it just in time, that sure was tough to position the ice correctly with such limited time though, what a challenge!" the mystery mage said.
"hiya Vemillia! long time no see, where have you been, we all thought you died, wait you don't look like Vemillia, but your aura is exactly like hers, never mind save the explanation for later, we have a fight to finish! now come at me with everything you've got Snhek!"
"Snehk? who's that? is that the name of that person covering themselves with the shadowy aura? and Vemillia was the god I was before I reincarnated right?" just then Violet remembered how to use light magic as well as ice magic after seeing what the other person just did, "ok I should use a bright light to temporarily blind them then use ice magic to freeze them in place." before Violet could put her plan into action, the ice mage and Snhek had already started fighting.
Violet changed her plan and decided to have the ice mage freeze Snhek instead, Violet took some time to finish the spell as the ice mage used a sword made from their ice and the Snhek was using the same weapon that cut Felix's arms, the clanging of metal rang throughout the forest scaring away all the animals in the surrounding, the light magic blinded Snhek as planned, but the ice mage waited for it to fade, "what are you doing freeze him while you have the chance!" Violet shouted towards the ice mage as they looked at Violet, "don't butt into our fight, stay out of this!" the ice mage shouted back.
"wait, that ice mage is insane! I gave them the chance to attack yet they didn't?" Violet mumbled, after the light diminished, Snhek and the ice mage started fighting again, but after a little while, Snhek tried to run, but was stopped before he had the chance, Felix had been teleported by Timothy behind Snhek and the ice mage froze his feet whilst Felix stabbed him in the back.
"Felix!" the ice mage shouted, "oh hi Inz, long time no see." Felix then looked towards Violet as the trap faded with the death of it's caster, "what's going on?" as Violet was asking Felix and the mysterious ice mage, Timothy showed up from the portal as it closed, "hi Violet, sorry I got knocked unconscious, I didn't expect the sword to be that big."
"I did use up a lot of magic for that spell, no wonder it was bigger than I had anticipated, hehe." Violet said with a shaky voice, "anyway could you tell me what's going on and why does this girl here have the same aura as Vemillia?" Inz questioned, "it's a long story but I'll keep it short, so basically, Violet here is the reincarnation of Vemillia after she got into a near death situation and ahs been helping us with our travels." Felix explained, "I see, well nice to meet you, Violet! I'm Inz the god of ice and sorry about earlier I know you were just trying to help, I appreciate it but I could've handled it myself." Inz apologized.
"I just really wanted to face off against him but it looks like he ran away."
Violet looked at where the body should have been but there was no body there at all, "after all the trouble he just made us go through, he just ups and runs away? what a coward." Violet said pouting.
"I doubt this'll be the last time we see him though." Timothy said, "I agree something definitely seems off about him." Felix said, "well since Felix and Tim are here, how about I join you in your little mission?" Inz said, "I'm rather curious about Violet as well." she continued.
They all went back to the town but all the townspeople kicked them out because of what they caused, "oh no, this is bad, where should we stay now? I don't know anything about this world so I won't be able to teleport us anywhere." Tim said worriedly, "don't worry, I know a certain captain in a certain castle somewhere, here is the map." Inz points to the spot where thee castle is located and Tim creates a portal and teleports everyone there.
"wow this is the first time I've seen a castle that's not destroyed before." Violet stared at the huge castle in awe of it's size and strength, they all head into the gate and the soldiers solute to Inz, "you see, I'm one of the generals of this place but I have an assistant who is much better for the job, I was only made a general since I'm a god and all, but you all are gods as well, and powerful gods as that, like look, we have Vemillia here."
"well I would much rather not be an example." Violet replied looking away from Inz.
"you can stay in the castle for as long as you want, you all are our honored guest, man it sure is nice not being the only god around this place you know, I'll bring you to the king first."
Violet, Felix and Timothy were looking at all the merchants, blacksmiths and other markets, in the center of the city is a giant bridge that goes over a large river which cuts off the town and the castle if it weren't for the bridge.
while walking across the bridge. a cracking sound came from underneath followed up by an explosion that destroyed the part of the bridge they were all walking on, Inz quickly created ice underneath them, she had created the same ice that stopped Violet from hitting the floor before to save everyone, "is everyone ok?" Inz looked around to see if anyone else had fallen in. "damn it, this must've been their plan all along to get us to this very bridge." Violet said angrily. "their plan wasn't to assassinate us, it was to trap us here, they purposely sent Snhek into the tower where that kid told me to go, that kid was in their plan as well, he was just a decoy so that I would go into the tower, they had intended on keeping me alone and waiting for you all to arrive and help, then to avoid any casualties they lured me into a large magic trap that was set up beforehand, so that Inz would have to come out of the forest, then they threatened the townspeople to kick us out once we got back so that we would have no choice but to go to the nearest settlement which was here, and since they didn't know where we would be once we came here, they must've put their spy's in every town and village in the area, and now here we are." Violet explained their plan she had realized earlier.
"even for Mede, that plan is still way too smart for someone like her, her plan would've been to just raid the whole castle while looking for us." Tim said, "ya ya, I agree with Timothy on this one, there's just no way for Mede to come up with a plan this smart!" Felix followed up, "then there must be someone else behind it, like perhaps a extremely good strategist on her side?" Inz followed after.
"that seems like the most likely scenario, so before we look for the shard we'll have to look for that strategist, or else they're definitely going to cause more chaos." Felix said.
Tim decided that he and Inz were going to look for the shard, while Felix and Violet were to go look for the strategist, "hm..., if I were a strategist, where would I hide?" Felix mumbled, "in a inconspicuous castle where I would blend in with the crowd? perhaps?" Violet whispered into Felix's ears. "yes! that's where I would be in order to see if my plan worked or not! you're so smart Violet!" Felix complimented Violet, "thanks" Violet replied.
"now that we know the strategist might be here, where should we look first?" Felix asked, "hey, Felix I just saw someone wearing a cloak on the top of that tower." Violet says as she looks at where the person is, "they're still there look! Felix!" Felix turns his head around just in time to spot the figure as it jumps off the tower.
"they jumped off!" Felix said, " I can see that Felix, don't worry I haven't gone blind just yet." Violet replied and laughed.
Violet and Felix head towards the tower and on the way they spot the figure in a alleyway and proceed to pursue it further, upon arriving at a market, every person there seemed to relax and the all had swords, there were at least 100 soldiers there, but this time they were just ordinary men, as Felix and Violet prepare to engage the men, the cloaked figure reveals who is under the cloak.