"I admire your strength and loyalty Handstorm , but you can't win against me", the wizard mocked ,looking at the wounded Handstorm just barely holding in sword wrapped in aura, with little to no strength to fight.
I didn't think the enemy will send someone this strong, and I don't even knw who he is , but he seems to knows me well.
"my subordinate will soon turn the tide, too bad you won't live to see it". said the wizard.
BOOM!
a beating Quasa came flying toward the mage diretion and crashed in front of him,
as if mocking his earlier statement.
"..."
.. "who are you?", he said this was not part of the plan , where is Brokyd can seem to find him any where.
"don't bother", she threw a head in front of him
The wizard have never felt so humiliated like this before, especially by someone with no traits of magic . feeling rage , he looked at Handstorm,
"I see, Handstorm was not the main weapon but you, well played Duke"
"well if you think you guys have one then you are all fools". immediately the whole area was enveloped by magic , and a young guy suddenly came out of know where"
"seriously, you cant even capture a measly young master "
"what a waste of manpower", he said
"I didn't expect them to have a body tempering knight with them sire, " the wizard was careful was bowing his head, showing a respectful attitude in front of the young mage
"body tempering my ass" by now every one remaining on the scene was sure that the mage in front of them was very formidable despite how young he looks. they say fear as his own way of penetrating even the hardest mind. The knights were afraid, but they were trained knight after all, they still try to hold on to their sword , even Handstorm was no different.
"hmph"
"I admire your loyalty and courage , but before a stronger power , all is meaningless". as soon as he said this, a strong suction of force enveloped every one present.
"you came for me don't go too far".
After seeing the whole area filled with blood and the barrier , I simply open the carriage , and head towards them by now almost all the knights where dead with few or so remaining , 3 or so babarian remaining tried to fight me , but they just died without knowing what killed them.
" Handstorm you got a lot of wound on you" I said , teasing him a little
" I see you came out on your own"
"I thought all you came for me" i said mockingly
The young mage didn't even look offended by my words , just walked towards me and said " I like your spirit young one, but we've got use for you" .
"stay away from the young master"
"Handstorm stand down, the enemy wont kill me, they just want me , i believe they want to negotiate with my father"
"hmm " feeling a little bit amazed by the duke son
"I see you have caught on a little, a tiger doesn't give birth to a puppy after all".
"young master!".
"Enough"
"the Order was to protect me, well you can't even protect your self can you?" . I said
Handstorm feeling ashamed, with words stuck in his throat.
I looked at the young mage and said
"let them go, then I can come with you" .. "well I can let Handstorm go , but she have to stay". he said , while pointing at Ember.
"oh ok " not that I care though, at least is better for her to be with me than anywhere else, after all there is no telling what she might do,
"young master ,you cant agree to their terms!" .
"I know what am doing, go back and report to father".
feeling aggrieved, still responded "ok"
bowing his head a little , the said to his remaining knights to stand down
I didn't think the little young master of the waldof will be this brave.
A magic rope was cast around the wrist of Dorain, and Ember
Voldo, you and Quisa take them lets go .
throwing a rectangular disk in the air, the five of them disappeared ,
leaving the wounded Handstorm feeling downcast
"fuck!" throwing a punch in the empty air
what will I report to the Duke about his son . he manage to summon the courage to ease his mind and address his men
"carry the wounded ,and pick our dead brothers, lets bury them properly".
"but sir what are we going do about the young master"
"don't you think I know that!, can you fight them?".
the knight that answered him, got his words stuck in his throat, and didn'"t know what to say
"that's enough lets go"
.....
In a spacious room with a big round table ,made of 13 seats, of the 13 seats only four were occupied, and the 13th been the head was also absent , one thing in particular about these sets of people his that the aura leaking out from their bodies was similar to the one who captured the young master , their combine aura alone can shake an empire
"I heard Vinto have captured the dukes son!"
"yes" .
"but we can afford to wait any longer",
"what's the rush , the Summit went with the other seven to capture the other empire" ,
"its been a week already, any word from them?"
"lets just wait, you know the Summit went with them"
"yeah! that is true". they discuss around themselves till a servant came knocking
"lord Vinto as arrived"
Vinto should be waiting for us, lets go meet our new guest. they all stood up from their seats and head towrds the door.
walking towards a narrow stairs heading down, with the thick smell of blood and decay permit the air, different rooms locked with iron , imbued by magic to keep prisoners, and different creatures, each room filled with prisoners of different species of different race.
in one of the biggest room , with different tools, use to torture the victims ,
"what took all so long to get here"
"relax Vinto" the young man heading the group responed
"we just got a message that they have captured the Selios empire"
"oh really thats good" , its expected , not feeling suprised at all, since their mobilization was seven seats including the Summit.
"where is blokyd ?". one of the four , the one being the older in facial look , asked
"he is dead", " hmm" feeling surprised.
"killed by that girl over there!".
"you know you are not good at jokes Vinto"
"am not!"
"but I don't see any mana from her". "yeah that's the thing she dosen't have mana, but her physical strength is no joke",
"she was even stronger than Handstorm".!
"oh! you mean one of the duke personal bodyguard?".
"yes!"
"she manage to overpower both Quisa and Blokyd"
"I see!" the older one, now coming to understanding
"hey guys look what we have here"
"well well well, if it is the last child of the duke"
"you don't look afraid",
I looked up at the arrival of this new men, four of them their powers almost similar to the the seven circle wizard before me, I suddenly thought of the system quest before coming here
earlier on..
while watching the battle play on through the system, a notification slowly op up
'destroy the dark castle and the thirteen seats, one of the skill 'Raji' be will unlocked '
'failure, host wont be able to use mana for a year'.
I mean the system is rutless , why cant i use mana for a year , have been living like that but, that was me hiding it since have not reached my mark yet, but what is this nonsense of restriction for a year , I feel like fu** the shit out of the system .
so I have no choice but to walk out of the carriage and have my self captured , in order to see the so called thirteen seats.
what got me amazed now was the technology used to come here and their hide out like seriously, first we disappeared with a teleportation device, and arrived near a river, the one called Voldo, imbued magic sphere around us all, then we were carried with into the river, that's where this big dark castle is located, and been guided by a water dragon like wow! they got resources, I've got to copy that dragon ability later, if it's worth it, at least not now.
removing the thoughts out of my head for now , I looked at the group of magicians before me and said
"how can six circle wizards be afraid to touch my father" , and go for his son, isn't it bullying, I said ,feigning ignorance the fact they were all seven circle wizard
"what do you know spwart",
"you know nothing about your empire kid, behind the glory and fame your king and so called dukes and baron enjoy, lies the dark secret they are afraid to spill out"
"dark secret!"
"I would say you should go and ask your father, but to bad you might not live too long"
"hmm" I smiled lightly , 'not feeling a bit scared ,I mean, should I be?, nope!, not at all!' I thought!
"my father will come for me , I said to them"
they all found it amusing ,
expect for one , the one that was asking about bloked , didnt laugh, just looked at me ,and then proceed to looked at Ember
"why didn't you kill her Vinto" he asked
"well the thing is that, I wanted to have fun with her and kill her after that"
Ember hearing the word didn't react as always , sometimes I wonder if she is a mute
"lets take a look at his memory, to see if we can get any thing from him before the rest comes back".
"yes that sound like a good idea" they all nodded, approving of the idea of searching Dorians memory.
the girl called Quisa, dragged me towards the wall and then cast chain magic around my wrist to the wall ,
a dark mana was cast upon me immediately the one called Vinto and I felt a sharp pain in my heard buzz! but endured it a little, while they pry open my memory, attempting to see a close details of my father, well is up to you now Alice, i wont be conscious for a while , I said to Alice
hmm lets see
...
Waldof castle
"sir "
Handstorm is back, with some of the men dead, but there is no sign of the young master
"have him report to me once he is treated .. never mind, take me there".
"yes sir!"
the ward was filled with corpses and wounded knights. In one of the ward , Handstorm was been tended to by a female nurse,
knock knock!
opening the door the knight and the Duke walked in "leave us for a few minute". said the Duke. The room was left with only Handstorm and the duke, and he stood up , with tears pouring down his eyes bowing down to the duke "am sorry sir" , the enemy was too strong , I couldn't protect the young master, "
"is not your fault, they came prepared",
"what was their level of strength? ". the duke was after all a duke, seeing the bigger picture, didn't so much as shaken even while his son his held hostage.
two 5 circle wizard, and a high tier six circle wizard, with a very formidable seven circle wizard, but he looks to be in his late 20s sir'
"oh!, I see" feeling surprised
"sir dispatch some stronger knights , and have Kai accompany me , I believe we can find young master".
"no need" said the duke , walked towards the window , looking out the window , watching the sun go down, with his back facing his loyal knight said
"how strong do you think my son is?".
feeling surprised by the question, and wonder where his boss was going with this , but still responded,
"he should be little far behind the 2nd young master"
"that's your observation ,hmm"
"how many move will you last against my eldest son?"
"well, in all honesty sir, we have never spar or fought before, but I could say, I will last at least 2 moves against him , when fighting as knights"
"at least you are honest Hnadstorm"
"what if I told you , that my eldest son combine with you , wont last two moves against Dorian "
"IMPOSSIBLE" he yelled feeling shocked by this revelation. I mean if it was some one else i might think the person was just joking, but this was coming from one of the 3 most strongest person in the empire, who was Darkel, he was the heir to the waldof, genius born once in a century, that guy basically graduated as the top of mage academy , and he was almost as strong as a top level seven knight even with is mage power restricted, saying he and I can't last two moves combine. Handstorm was feeling shocked by the revelation laid bare before him.
"I know what you are thinking, but its the truth", the duked turned and looked at Hand storm and said" I only ordered you to be with Dorian , cause he asked me to , since he didn't want any body or his bothers to find out, his mage out put is B, but his knight out put is high enough to make his brothers run for their money"
the duke patted him on his shoulder" be at ease, its not my son am worried about".
"its what sir"
closing his eyes, and opening them while sighing
"they won't survive whats coming ".
....
The memory started off from when I was a baby, to when I was 7 years of age,
"hmm! I thought they said the young master doesn't have mana,
the duke sure is tricky as hell,, hmm only grade E no wonder he hid it, if word went out that the tiger gave birthed a chicken that will put the duke in a tough situation". one of them said while they looked at his memory. " lets keep going" the older one said, the memory keeps going up to a point, when I was twelve till now , even Ember was watching it, and was also shocked to find out that she disappeared into his room ,and what got her annoyed was that he was the one who bath and cloth her, she felt really red all over and angry.
he lied , Ember thought, feeling angry and upset, but remained composed in front of them
"hmm, what a mischievous young master, one of them said, looking at Ember,
"now the question is where did she come from , well we will find out once we are done with this one won't we?".
"there is something wrong guys"
"what is?".
"I notice there is some black gaps in each time memory of his" ,
"how , then asses it,"
"am trying".
boom! , Vinto suddenly knelt down , with blood coming out from his ears and eyes,
"what happen?" , "something or someone is protecting his memory , detain him"
slowly opening my eyes, I saw a message pop up, intruder , intruder , forcefully, attempting to pry open system, the host has been given permission to use lycanthrope to destroy the enemy, max power 65% of the prime lycan to use
I suddenly smiled while my body started making cracking sound , I fell on my knees enduring the pain
"whats wrong with him, put him to sleep"
everyone on the scene was wandering what was wrong with me , only one person just felt bewildered, and shocked about it.
at first Ember was shocked and angry about the Dorian lying to her, but when she saw what happen to one of the wizard , she became confused and wanted to understand what happen, but never in her wildest dream will she see this , complicated, weak ,but strong mind boy , morphing to what she was familiar with, in her world
the sound howling slowly left my mouth, .