Captain pov
It's been a day since me and my men return from chasing the princess, the King nearly killed me for failing and now I and my men have to do something to make up for our failure. King Lucian said he had a solution and that I and my men should be ready to go after her. I don't know why but I think that solution is not going to be easy, especially since humans can't cross over into the supernatural realm because of the barrier, Although I wonder how princess kora crossed, something is not right in this palace but I can't place a hand on wht is so off,
Since the death of the queen ondina, the kingdom has been slowly drowning into a dark abyss. Not only that the king opend up the slave market, something that was band and forbided for a long time. Recently I have noticed the selling of black stone and other dark supernatural shits in the general market, personally I think it's not only humans that now walk this realm, we have been bridge.
Does the king know about this, I wonder but the king himself is not normal, I saw him a few months back talking to himself about smuggling things into the kingdom, everyone is mad in this kingdom.
I was in my room when the king requested my presence in the east wing of the castle, ready your men captain for your journey to the supernatural realm will begin this evening, he announced.
I have made preparations for you and your men to go after my daughter, you shall go in and retrieve my daughter so we can carry on with the marriage preparations and seal our alliance with the supernatural once and for all.
The Deamonia king must not be notified of this careless act or he might call off the deal and that is the last thing we want.
Say your good byes to friends and family for in the evening you all will embark on a long journey for the future our home.
I listened with heavy heart and tried my best to mask my feelings. I guess this is a good bye to life moment, personally I don't think we will be coming back alive. I better hurry and informed my men.
I bowed to the king and
I passed the information to them and gave them a full details of the impending mission, of course I won't tell them my personal thought, it's scarry enough that they will be sent to another realm. I saw the fear in their eyes and my heart broke into tiny pieces.
I wished it would have been different, I wished there was another way to get past this, and tho I am not sure, but I hope we make it back alive.
It is finally time for us to embark on the mission. I and my men are gathered in the kings study room when the king walked in,
"Before we leave let us all go to the temple of Gaia and seek her protection and guardians for this is no ordinary mission" said the king
We all agreed and left. The king walked in front while me and my men followed behind.
He took another trun which was not leading to the temple of Gaia and kept going, confused I asked him, my king we are going on a wrong direction.
This is a secret mission captain, we can't afford to notify the whole palace about it so we will be taking a secret passage.
A secret passage? I have been working in this castle since all my life, I know every curves and turns, in and out of the palace and I have never heard of a secret passage passage that leads to the temple of Gaia, I thought inwardly. I am but an humble servant so I quietly followed, though I felt something was off and my heart is palpitating, a small voice in my head is screaming danger but what can I do, I am but a tool and my duty is obey and never complain, so if ever I die or get too old to do my work, I get replaced immediately cause my position is not to be left vacant.
Along the way I perceived a strange gas, it was sweet like the sweetest perfume i have ever smelled. Before I could question what is happening I felt dizzy as though I haven't heard any sleep for the last couple of weeks.
I looked ahead and saw a figure of a woman dressed up in an over all robe , "who's there"? I questioned but my question went unanswered.
I tried looking closer to see if I can make out a face underneath those clothes but the figure started walking towards us.
I was about moving in front to protect the king when I heard "are the portions ready systex"?
What?
This was all planned?
But why?
Why would the king of Lucia drug and kidnap his royal guard's when he could just say the words and we will put everything in place in his name?
We swore an oath to live and die for the king, all he had to do was say the words and we are ever ready to do the worst if need be.
I looked behind me and saw all my men on the floor all knocked out cold and it downed on me that I have failed them awfully.
I need a face, someone will need to pay for this atrocity so I looked in front and forced my eye open to see her face before I pass out, the goddess so help her that I never wake up cause when I do, she is as good as dead, she will wish her stupid magic had ended me here.
As I looked up she was already close to me, so close but I couldn't see her face and in the next second I was also out of my consciousness.