Felix's pov
'what do we do now'
I ignored the fact that I had just been saved by one of my all time favorite hero's (Damien Brightburn) and the fact that he had referred to my best friend as brother, instead I decided to send a question his way. He looked like he had just taken a trip through hell, he was currently being healed by Jesse while leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, we had just been briefed on the situation surrounding our mission. In short, we had been duped
'you think Langris would do all that"
he opened his eyes and looked at me with a blank expression, but in his eyes I could tell, whatever thoughts my best friend had on the first Don they weren't pleasant,
"but still that's madness, setting us up as bait so that you could handle two Don's while the rest handle 3 its like he's trying to kill you"
said lucas in disbelief, Kalen simply sighed and looked up startling Jesse a bit who was still shaken up by what had previously happened, he spoke like a man narrating a dream
"you guys don't get it Langris's plan, it's quite something, and depending in how I act I could either make or break it, I don't think I hold much hope in it, at least I think so but it'd still be safer to get rid of me than to have me screw it up from the inside, and it's just brilliant to do the same while getting rid of some troublesome opponents, doubtless he knew I'd win against Jurad"
most of us here probably didn't catch it but the way he said Jurad was quite unusual, it was almost like the way he said Lorain. Maybe I'll ask him later
"wait so your saying he knew just how strong lord Jurad was like down to the decimal"
Aegis's fifth Don chipped in, I'll be honest I was still miffed that tried to kill us but I'll let it slide, its a dog eat dog world and we were technically enemies at the time
"it's unlikely he knew that much but he could definitely tell that I'd either win or lose by a slight margin, a margin small enough to make it easy to end him"
he then let out a chuckle and said
"this guy just got a whole lot scarier"
'what do you mean'
I said
"Langris may have tried to hide it but he truly believes that none of the other Dons can touch him, except me, he played it cool but I could feel the fear in his eyes, and it all pointed towards one thing, if this guy doesn't do as I say I can't stop him, but what if that was a sham, think about it, Trident and Aegis had been at a boiling point for years but its only now that things have spilled over, why didn't Aegis make a move back then, why not when they had the absolute advantage, Jurad and Eron VS Langris, it would have been a much easier fight"
"Pride?"
said Desmond his face showing that he was desperately thinking about the answer to this
"unlikely, Eron sent two Don's to kill only me and Langris always played passive as if avoiding a reason to fight me, even when I insulted him albeit strategically"
"cuz it was a hassle?"
said Damien, an answer with which Kalen replied with a disappointed expression while saying
"seriously bro"
with a disgruntled expression Damien waved his hands saying
"what does it matter with me here none of those kids can touch you"
with a small smile Kalen replied with
"you claim you're not that old yet you're already calling them kids I think there's only a few months between you and Eron, besides it very important"
I didn't let the realisation show on my face, instead I said
'you think Langris has been playing down his strenght'
"exactly"
the silence was brief before Jesse asked
"what do you mean"
instead Kalen looked to Damien and asked
"if we were to fight what are the odds"
"of me verses you, I'd say 70-30, my numbers the higher one obviously"
he slightly puffed out his chest, an act that would have sounded boastful if not for his previous display, Kalen looked down for a moment and spoke
"that's a fight I would never enter much less Langris who's naturally cautious and if I'm correct even less for Eron"
"enlighten me"
said Damien
"from what we know Eron cares mostly for himself and his pleasure that's why all he does is enjoy himself and Jurad treasured his life solely for the purpose of brining back... fulfilling his dream"
Kalen switched his words halfway through them, I would have asked but I got the feeling they weren't something he wanted to talk about right now
"what if Langris is as strong or at least relativistic to Damien over here, he'd definitely beat me but to some one like him it's too much of a risk Langris wouldn't dare to pick a fight if the odd weren't at least 85% in his favour, Eron only wants to enjoy life, Jurad has his own goals and all three of them know each others strength Langris would definitely lose if it was two on one but if he could corner one of them bringing down the other would simply be a matter of time, but what if the first person leaves a fatal injury on him, what if he ends up encountering both, what if outside forces come into play for someone like Langris this would be all the thoughts running through his mind while the opposite would be on the mind of Jurad and Eron"
I looked at him In shock, we all did not knowing how to tell him, luckily there was someone here who didn't give a fuck that he was a Don
"DUDE, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS LEAP IN LOGIC"
yelled Damien
'yeah seriously man don't you think you're giving him way too much credit, I mean he's strong but strong enough to make those two rethink their chances of victory at every turn, unlikely'
Kalen didn't say anything choosing instead to stare at me calmly before saying
"you didn't meet him, theres more to that man than meets the eye and that's what scares me, not knowing what my enemy truly is"
"whatever he's like that doesn't change the fact that our city's in danger, we have to go, I've finished healing you anyway"
said Jesse
"no"
""""no"""
we all replied to Kalen like so
"there's no need to go to Trident"
'what do you mean'
I said
"Langris sent the letter to Aegis remember, he probably knew how they'd react trying to get a march up on us, hell I've never met Eron and even I could tell he'd likely do something like that, he's definitely planned against it"
said Kalen
'even so how would he do that'
"Eron should have taken all the remaining Don's and their forces to Trident to make a suprise raid, all he has to do is to hold back Langris and use the confusion to have the reanining three Don's jump our Don's individually, Don's cause a lot of noise when fighting but if they work together and do it properly they can kill all three of them without anyone knowing especially with the confusion that's going to be around town, at least that's only speculated so long as the gap between Langris and Eron isn't vertigo inducing"
I thought for a moment before saying
'yes that's feasible'
to which he nodded before continuing
"but what if Langris does the same, what if he has all our forces march towards Aegis while it isn't properly defended and makes his stand with only our Don's present, it'll be 4 Don's VS 3 Don's and a whole lot of dead weight"
"a slaughter"
said Desmond, I couldn't think of a more apt name for what was coming
"they'd steam roll through all 5 guilds while their guilds would only have to deal with the unaffiliated mercenaries who couldn't be very reliable and the city guard whose even less of a threat"
"Aegis will fall today"
said the 5th Don silently, he was probably crestfallen after all it was his city, yet he looked up before asking
"do you think he'd spare the civilians"
"most likely"
said Kalen
"then what about those who surrender"
to that Kalen couldn't answer him, the man nodded then shook his head and stood up before saying
"thank you, but it seems I must leave now, even though you spared my life it seems I might be loosing it soon after all there still things I want to protect"
"I understand"
said Kalen, the man then took off moving too fast for me to see but from the way the eyes of Kalen and Damien moved they caught every step of it
"what now?"
asked Lucas
"now we head to Rowian and impose on the bastard they call a King's hospitality, there we'll eat sleep and drink to our hearts content all until this whole thing blows over besides I'd still like to question that coward"
Kalen said standing up,
'on what'
I asked
"on whose scarier, me or that blonde cunt"