"I saw Twenty of them near my area" Yin Spoke
"What! shouldn't you report that to the king" Yin stopped in his track and looked towards the night sky and then his footwear And dropped some water into his feet,
"You really are getting old, you can't even stand the heat of the desert huh" Fingrad exclaimed,
"Don't you Trust The king, didn't you served him for decades" Yin remained silent but Fingrad doesn't seems to appreciate the silence "What a wierd smelling village, I heard it was abandoned years ago, To think that There might be still some humans there is scary" They walked inside The village and the smell keep getting stronger,
Fingrad took out a paper and held it in front of his eye level "About few Days ago soilders who were on a patrolling duty in the village reported that they heard noice of two swords clashing But the castle was locked for years now",
Fingrad turned toward yin expecting some opinion but he didn't get any, annoyed by the unusual behaviour he blocked his way, Yin stared at Fingrad nonchalantly "During My childhood I used to visit the castle to play with other kids there",
Fingrad looked at yin in awe "I didn't know you were from some kind of noble"
Yin Shook his head "No it was abandoned back then"
Fingrad asked "I thought it was abandoned after the defeat of Silv Kingdom by 7th capital",
Yin Hummed "Well Whatever" That response angered Fingrad, even after all his attempts for yin to recognise him as a trustworthy commrade, he couldn't succeed.
They reached the Main gate of the castle "So what should we do now" Fingrad looked towards him expecting some orders
"You tell me, isn't that your expertise" Fingrad walked towards the Yin "I trust your decision, I heard you were one of the best strategist of the kings main army"
Yin keeps himself silent, "Come on We have Deadline for this mission" He still Didn't react "if you are not coming I will go myself" Yin looked at the sky "I am not in a good mood so Do as you like".
"Fine I will complete the mission by myself and make a bigger name than the Yin Sols of the shadow himself" Yin laughed "Good luck, be a good little warrior for king ruell, Fingrad".
He ignored him and walked pass the gate there was a big Garden it was good as new they are definitely taking good care of it, Fingrad thought 'The two people clashing must be here for a long time but why did they got caught just now were they just careless or is it Something else',
He stood infront of the main gate and decided to Stand in front of a random wall of the castle "That is some barrier huh, That must have to needed a strong aura to create such a barrier" He focused his eyes toward the wall and then With his ability he analysed every Inch of the castle precisely "The castle is empty and I don't see or sense anyone within my range, If i break the wall The barrier would reduce the noice and i should be unnoticed just in case if i missed someone"
He took out his bow and an arrow and shot toward the wall, Surprising to his plan that created a sound of small explosion but The hole in the wall was as large as he intended it to be, "Was it Some kind of sound explosive, But i didn't see anything".
He waited few minutes in fron of the broken wall while continuously searching if someone was there in the castle, He took a deep breath "That sound must have some kind of signal but Even with this level of barrier, They aren't trying to fight me head on that must mean I am stronger than them or is it because of Yin, regardless If something happens i am sure he will help me" he looked towards the destroyed wall "I shouldn't disappoint the king, i should finish the mission as soon as possible",
As he walked inside the wall, The smell vanished he took his stance to shoot whenever necessary and started moving forward, He noticed A girl moving at high speed but disappearing and appearing through walls constantly,
"Is She teleporting" He leaned toward the wall to counter her strategy, He waited for the right time and dodged the sword swing by front flip and Used to momentum to jump while middle in the air he shot an arrow, She barely dodged that arrow that was aimed at her Shoulder but that scratched her elbow,he shot multiple arrow towards her creating a lot of destruction, the wall was destroyed with some furniture in the range, he landed on the ground,
He stood in the centre of the hall to lure her out, surprisingly to his expectation she teleported infront of him, Fingrad Smirked "Well aren't you impatient Mrs culprit, Dare to tell What are you upto" She took her stance with her sword "you are the in disadvantage at close quarter Combat Mr archer",
He started the fight again with shooting multiple arrow, instead of dodging she teleported the arrow through her sword "That is some nice ability you got there" Fingrad said "But i don't have time to play with you The King is counting on me to bring the culprit as soon as possible"
She huffed "21st King of the Grace kingdom, King Ruell Grace, you better ready the 22nd king because I am going to kill him"
Fingrad sighed "I don't know what the King did to you, but Even someone like the King can't keep everyone happy",
"Is That your justification to capture me" She asked While blocking and teleporting the arrows
"No I don't need any justification, it's my mission and I won't disappoint The King so I won't hold back" He Took out Another Arrow and covered it with his aura and shot it towards her She dodged successfully by teleporting through a wall,
Blood started dripping out of her shoulder She looked at her left shoulder and the Arrow that pierced her shoulder She tried to teleport but couldn't "Whaa. How .. what did you do" He punched her and pushed her towards the ground She tried to get away couldn't He had a good hold of her "Now what do you intend to do, kill me" He shook his head "No, We're going to interrogate you"
He tied her Hands so that she couldn't remove the arrow "As long as The arrow is not removed you'll not be able to use your ability and not channel your aura, so please suffer the pain for a while" He stood up "So would you mind telling me about your smelly friend"
She huffed "You should be praying to never meet that person and he is not my friend"
Fingrad Hummed "Well anyway I should take you to Yi.." Fingrad turned to see the Unanimous aura that suddenly appeared "you wanted to meet me child" Spoke a tall man With a spear in his hand, Fingrad has a shocked look in his face "The Ruthless Warrior Salf Alfred" Fingrad moved backwards from horror "Weren't you suppose to be dead,... You were publically executed weren't you"
Salf laughed "Well A man in mission do whatever it takes to complete his mission"
Salf turned his gaze towards the girl "Well I expected you put up a better fight than this, he obviously understood your ability but you still fought the same way and falled in his trap"
She screamed "Shut up, Weren't you suppose to help me",
Salf turned and stared outside through the window "I am waiting for an old friend of mine, That's why I left him for you, I guess i should finish him before he come here",
Salf held his spear and attacked Fingrad, but he couldn't move he was frozen from fear of the legendary warrior's aura, A shadow emerged from the ground And a hand blocked the spear "I see you survived Salf Guess that means I have to kill you myself this time",
Yin took a look at Fingrad and then towards the girl "That symbol She's a Royal from the Silv Kingdom, I assumed they were all dead"
"Well You're right as you killed all of them yourself" Salf replied with a smirk on his face
Yin ignored him and turned towards fingrad "Take the girl and leave for the capital and report that I am going to bring Salf Alfred's head" Fingrad hesitated and couldn't move himself,
Yin understood the fear that Fingrad was in due to Salf'aura "Don't worry you are good commrade Fingrad I trust you with the task" Fingrad nodded and stood up with a shaking leg and followed the order by picking her up and escaping.
"Aren't you going to follow him, The royal girl seemed to be something valuable to you, you even taught her to fight" Yin Asked
"Well that is true She has some potential but my main motive was to finish you here" Salf Said while preparing to fight "I knew you will volunteer to take the mission after all we share a past with this castle" .
"Guess Are motive here Are the Same" They both spoke in unison "TO KILL YOU".