Chapter 2 - The Intruder I

"Hey Mom, hey Jana," Allen said as he entered the house. "Hey bro," said a sixteen-year-old girl who came out to greet him. She stopped in her tracks when she saw the thing on her brother's back. "Who's that?" she asked. "Who's who?" he said trying to play stupid. "The person you're carrying." Allen tried going around her but she wouldn't allow it. After pushing her aside causing her to fall on the floor, Allen walked around her and climbed the stairs to his room. "I'm gonna tell Mom," she said. "Are you gonna snitch your big bro?" Allen asked as she disappeared into his room.

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Belphimore took a deep breath as he stepped out of the portal with only five men. "Aaah," he said. "I love the smell here." "Are you sure he's here Bel..." one soldier tried saying but before he could finish, Belphimore grabbed him by the neck. "Are you suggesting that I'm wrong?" he asked the soldier. The soldier tried talking but Belphimore had held his neck so much he couldn't breathe. Belphimore released his grip a little and the soldier gasping for breath said, "I'm, I'm sorry..." Belphimore gave a wicked smile. His eyes glowed red. He said in a voice which contained no mercy, "It's too late for sorries." Belphimore hand started to produce fire which caught onto the throat of his man. It spread slowly to the other parts of the man's body, rupturing and bursting his veins. The man's body produced a roasting sound as Belphimore dropped him to the ground. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!" the man screamed and Belphimore just smiled devilishly and said, "Music to my ears." "Now does anyone else think I'm wrong?" Belphimore turned and asked his men. "Nuh-uh." "Nope." "You're always right man." "You're good man." They all said as they took a step back. "Good then let's go."

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Gladius arcesse

"Hello, hello," Allen said as he gently tapped the face of the guy he rescued. He had bandaged his burnt arm and sewed the cut. The man slowly opened his eyes and saw Allen looking down at him. He quickly jumped to his feet causing Allen to fall, crashing into his things. "Gladius arcesse!!" the guy shouted and a sword formed in his injured hand. "Quis es tu et qui laboras?" the guy said but Allen could not understand. "Loquere antequam exsanguem faucium!!!" he said again. Allen trying not to seem rude said, "I'm sorry but I do not understand what you're saying." "Intrasta," the guy said as he dashed forward and grabbed Allen's neck. He raised Allen a little distance from the ground and as he tried to free himself, he threw Allen who crashed back first into his louvre-blade window. "Hello, hello can you understand now? Allen shook his head in fear and said, "Yeah." "I understand it now." "Now as I said earlier, who are you, and who do work for?" the guy said as he pointed the sword to Allen who was sitting On the floor and had raised his hands. "I'm, I'm Allen and I don't work," Allen answered trembling. "Liar!!!" the guy shouted. "That's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!!" Allen shouted in fear. "What's with all the noise?!" Jana shouted as she barged into the room. The man turned to her and pointed his hand towards her. She started levitating and shouting for help. Allen too was in a position he did not like. Allen stood up from the floor with his hands still raised. "Jana! Let her go!!" he shouted. "If you want your little wife to live then tell me the truth," the guy said as he turned his head away from Allen. He closed his hands tightly forming a fist and when he did that Jana seemed to be losing breath. Allen seeing an opportunity kicked the hand the man was using to hold the sword. The sword flew from his hand and fell tip first unto Allen's bed cutting it in half upon contact. The man held his hands in pain as Allen rushed over and grabbed the sword which was so heavy he had to use both hands to carry it. He held the sword and pointed it at the man. "First of all, that's my sister. Second of all, I don't know where you came from or who the fuck you are but all I know is you came out of a portal-like thing, got hit by some I don't know fireball, and fell unconscious. I saved you and now you want to kill me. I don't know if that's how people show gratitude where you're from but you're mad man." The man looked at him for a few seconds and pointed his hand to the sword. "Dispellia," he said calmly and the sword disappeared. Jana fell to the floor with a loud thud. Allen rushed over to attend to her. "I'm sorry we got off on the wrong foot. I'm Orphenius and you are..." "Allen," he answered sharply. "And that's my sister Jana. "You call her Jana but you still refer to her as your sister," Orphenius said laughing at Allen. Allen looked at him puzzled and asked, "Why, is something wrong?" "Oh," Orphenius said. "Maybe it is different here. Where I'm from, Jana is the name given to someone you love. It's mostly used in anonymous notes." "Your place sounds magical. I wish you could tell me about it." "Oh yes I can," Orphenius said as he put his palms together and opened it. "Hitaria bolakus," he said gently as an old-looking book formed in his hands. "The book contains all known knowledge about where I'm from." He said as he and the siblings sat on the floor.

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"Belphimore I have something too important to tell you," one soldier said as he entered the attic of one of the houses they had settled in. "But first I have to say the people of this place speak a weird language and they seem to admire me." "Did you find him?" Belphimore asked cutting him off. "Yes but..." "So where is he?" "Over here," the guy said handing Belphimore a holographic map. "Now go prepare the rest of..." "But you killed them all Belphi, except him," the guy said pointing to a guy standing behind Belphimore fanning him. Belphimore's eye twitched in annoyance. He shook it off and told the guy, "Go prepare yourself." "Okay Belphi," the guy said as he turned to leave. When he turned his back, Belphimore raised his hand, pointed it in the direction of the guy, and brought it down rapidly. In a split second, a huge lightning bolt followed the direction Belphimore was pointing and struck the guy. Belphimore and the last remaining servant started coughing as the dust cleared. As the dust cleared they saw that the blast was so strong that it had destroyed the house. "Ugh," he scoffed. "Now you go get ready and don't annoy me if you don't want to end up like him," he said pointing to the smoking pile of ash of the guy's remains. The last guy nodded and ran out.

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"Woah Sylestrica sounds wonderful," Allen said as he flipped through Orphenius' book. Orphenius was about to say something when they heard the front door of the house opening. "Allen, Jana, I'm home!!" a woman screamed. "Mom's back," Jana said. "I go make sure she doesn't come here. "Thanks, sis," Allen said as she left the room. "Now back to before what's this?" he said pointing to writing in the book. "Oh, that's a spell called Silevieara Frenore..." Immediately he said that a giant light beacon shot up from his body almost blinding Allen. "It's a spell for making yourself bioluminescent," Orphenius said as the lighting subsided. "Cool," Allen said and Orphenius nodded. As they were talking, Orphenius felt a cold shiver down his spine. "What's wrong?" Orphenius asked. "He found me," he answered. "Who found you?" Allen asked. Orphenius looked at Allen with eyes that contained an ounce of fear. He grabbed Allen's shoulder, raised him from the floor, and said, "Allen, you and your family need to get out of here." "Why?" Allen asked puzzled. "There's no time to explain. You have to ge..." Before Orphenius could finish they heard a loud boom downstairs. They rushed out to see that the front door of the house had been replaced with a big hole. The atmosphere was dusty and Orphenius waved his hand around, clearing the dust with a gust of wind. As the dust cleared they saw two men walk in. "That bastard followed me here," Orphenius said gnashing his teeth as the man came in. Belphimore took in a deep breath and said, "He's here. I can feel it."