Damon was in pain he could feel every muscle being torn apart as he turned his head to face the smiling woman, only now she wasn't smiling but instead she looked concerned? Scared? He wasn't sure and he wouldn't get the chance to figure it out either as the moment he made eye contact she pulled out a dagger and charged at him.
Damon was scared he wanted to run to get away but his body wouldn't listen to him and he could feel the gas start to take effect he wasn't able to stay awake much longer, not that it mattered as not even 5 seconds passed that the woman leaped towards him before he felt a searing hot pain in his neck and he was sent flying spinning though the air. But what he saw next shocked him he saw his headless body lying there on the floor unmoving.
He had so many thoughts running through his mind but before me could process any of it he felt the cold clutches of death coming for him he smiled and closed his eyes for the last time as he slipped into deep sleep of death.
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After Serina killed Damon she went over to Sven and looked at him 'well its a shame you lost your foot but at least your still alive' she picked him up and carried him back to the center of the room. She placed him on a small cart and spoke to the driver "I've chosen my student its just a shame we can only have one this time around that other kid showed a lot of promise".
Hearing her speak the driver thought back to what he had just seen "damn Serina if you do that to a kid you wanted to teach id hate to see what you do to one you don't wanna teach" he laughed joking around hoping to lighten the mood.
"Whatever scotty, just bring the other kids body to my training hall i want to atleast give him a proper burial. Don't want him turning into a vengeful spirit now do we" Serina commanded before jumping up and out of the hole in the roof.
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later that night Sven was starting to stir awake. He opend his eyes slowly and rubbed the gunk from the corners of his eyes looking around confused 'was it a dream? No if it was then why do I not know where I am and...' Sven thought as he pulled the covers of his legs "yeap, foot still missing so it wasn't a dream, but where am I then" he asked himself looking around at the large cave he was resting in it was 2meters tall and wide enough that he couldn't see the walls.
There where glowing moss, fungi and insects over the floor and roof as well as clear running waster. "Is this a dream? Or was i saved" Sven couldn't help but mumble out loud.
"Haha, that's a no to both questions, well in a way depends oh how you see things. No this isn't a dream and you where not saved as I am one of the people that took you to begin with, but hey before you do anything rash you are safer with me than another mentor. In this, how should I say organisation" said the beautiful woman as she walked out of the shadows.
Sven just watched her as she walked closer as she got closer he would release magic energy from his body in an attempt to intimidate her. "Oh Sven you poor little boy, you trying to intimate me with such pitiful mana" she shook her head slowly before she realesed her mana from her body and centred the mass of it around Sven causing him to collapse from the pressure.
"Who are you lady, why am I here why did you take all us kids and where is Damon" Sven was kneeling on the ground from the pressure but still managed to speak.
"Hmm courage i like that kid, well to start with, my name is Serina but you can call me Ms S, you are here because from all the children we had to chose from I took you as mine to train. Every 5 to 6 years we will take some of the strongest most promising children from all over the continent we then raise and train them to be strong and skilled while also being obedient.
Now why do we do this you may ask well we spend anywhere from 2-5 years training the kids so that we can then sell them off as slaves, servants or lease them for hunting and contract work. Now that brings us back to your friend umm what was his name again" Serina answered the questions but started to hesitate towards the end.
"Damon, yes where is he is he alright I need to find him" Sven yelled as he got up and grabbed Serina by the shoulders shaking her.
Serina looked at Sven and couldn't help but feel some guilt 'sigh' "alright kid here's the deal after the lot of you had been knocked out by the gas Damon was still awake and saw the face of one of the members, now each mentor can only take one student this time the rules where changed and the mentor took it upon himself and killed Damon"
Hearing this Sven felt torn, sure he hadn't known Damon for long little more than a day yet in that time he felt like they shared a deep bond. After all they had saved each others lives. "Who was it, Serina tell me who did this i need to kill them"
Serina after listening to what Sven had said she raised her hand and brought it colliding with Sven's left cheek slapping him sending him across the room. "If you can't even deal with that you won't be able to beat the person who killed your friend" she walked over to him and picked him up by the hair.
"Your too weak, your body is untrained and with your foot like that you will just die, you only have one life dont throw it away. Train get stronger under me and in 3 years you will be sold as a servant if you pass or a slave if you fail. It's upto you" after saying what she needed too Serina dropped Sven and walked away quickly disappearing into the shadows.