Chapter 43
(Town invasion, Pt 1 of 5)
Emma Pov:
At that all the knights started getting their gear and armor on. "Get these nobles back to the stronghold Reynold!," The commander yelled.
"Roger!, Follow me guys," He said as he exited into the blizzard and headed for the Stronghold. The stronghold was the fortress right beside the mansion. It was made so that even if the mansion fell, the people inside still had a safe place. It was a section separated by a wall next to a cliff.
It was made for wide range spell use on monsters coming at the them. Below the cliff was some more of the town, which meant it would cause destruction if it fell. It also meant nowhere was safe if it fell down into the town.
As we were walking the warning siren sounded and everyone, followed us. We hurried and got to the stronghold with all the civilians. But there were some blocking the path, but Reynold cleared the way. He got us in and we ran into the mansion, Night and Sunny going out back.
We took off the gear and ran into our rooms grabbing our stuff. We ran and gave it to Halfdan to hold and went into the Stronghold. We entered and went to the nobles quarters near the top where we hid out. But around thirty minutes later when everyone was inside I remembered something.
"Where's Jake!," I asked and everyone panicked then Samuel realized we had forgotten him inside.
"Reynold!," He called to the knight who looked to him. "Take a team and go get Jake from the mansion!," At that he nodded, got a team and went to leave. But I was not sure on it, I wanted to go with.
"Let me go with them!," I complained to Samuel. But I did not like his answer.
"No, think what Jake and Hunter would say if I let you go!," He tried to say. Because of that I gave him by best puppy eyes as Reynold watched. "Alright, fine, you can go, but I am not explaining to Hunter if you get hurt, let alone Jake for that matter. Take care of her, Reynold," He calls as I put on my gear and head out with Reynolds.
We descended the stronghold and went out the front gate. We headed into the mansion as fighting could be heard from the town. We ran through and ended up finding Jake by Dallas and Ellison. It seemed like they had been left behind by the looks of it as well. So they were protecting Jake.
"Found you, now come on we have got to get out of here," I said rushing forward. But as I left the knights the building started to collapse. The knights grabbed us and made a run for it, we were on the opposite side from the Stronghold.
We got out but then I heard, "You killed my brother, now you must pay!" I looked to see a demon standing nearby, by a bunch of monsters. It cast magic, so I put up a barrier around me, Ellison, Dallas, and Jake, to the knights surprise. Sure I had not gotten baptized yet, but Dire wolves were gifted with the ability to use Magic from birth like monsters. But we were not supposed to use it since it would stir up trouble.
His magic flew, and killed all the knights beside us, including Reynold, dicing them up into pieces, spraying blood on us. The shield was only a anti-magic shield, so it did not block physical attacks. I tried to back up but tripped on the unconscious Dallas and Ellison. I fell and could only look as the Demon cast another spell.
But before I could do anything a light shown down before us on Jake. He was standing, still unconscious, but you could see a silhouette around him. It was of a very old man, he was six foot with swords on his back, a shield, and a bow as well. He had as grey as can be hair down to his waist, and a beard and mustache to his chest.
Who was this man? "Activate skill, Berserker concentration, Magic swordsmanship level ten, Total isolation chamber!," The spirit looking man said. At that me and Dallas and Ellison were covered by a pitch white barrier. I could still see through and I was astonished by what followed.
Jake cast a magic circle and pulled out a sword from it. There are only two things that can be, Summon magic, or Item box! It matches the spirit engulfing him and I then notice something else. The spirit also has white eyes and seems unconscious like Jake.
"Imbue Spell, Sear!," They chant and the sword grows red. The sword has runes on it, it is single handed, and has a Cross-guard like the one in the book Samuel was reading us. He starts walking forward and the Demon casts dark magic again. But Jake avoids it with the spirit!
The demon gets frustrated and continues to cast the spell again and again at Jake. But Jake and the spirit just keep on avoiding it, he makes it within a body length of the Demon. The demon is around the size of Halfdan from the looks of it. He tries to flee, but Jake is suddenly behind him.
He strikes the Demon with the sword cutting off his arms. "You think that will kill me! Think again Bastard, we demons can regene—, Wait, why can't I regenerate?!," The demon screams.
I get what he did, Sear, is a type of fire magic. It can only be used on weapons to inflict damage, but it is a Lv.3 spell. I guess he has been practicing more than he should before he got poisoned. But then why didn't he use it in the dungeon back then?
But before anything can continue I here, "What the hell is going on here?!" I look to see Hunter as Jake collapses starting to convulse. The Poison is taking Effect!