It''s been two days since Alaric started reaching the Daegal knights his magic, it was going well, they knew the basics, but didn''t know how to use it effectively.


    On the evening of the third day, as the Adelaide knights arrived for another session, they carried news for Alaric.


    "Knight Alaric, we have some bad news"


    "what is it?"


    "the king has ordered an attack on odel, by tomorrows dawn."


    "of course, he did" Alaric mumbled to himself.


    Before he stood up again, he unsheathed his sword, looking at the dent once more, eyeing it up and down, before he sheathed it.


    "attack me, show me that you can use magic" said Alaric, as he walked away, creating a distance between him and the other knights.


    "all of us? At once?"


    Alaric nodded, as he readied himself, the other knights unsheathed their swords, as they also got into position, Alaric just stood there, waiting and waiting for their first attack. Until then, the knight farthest to the right, sprinted at him, Alaric, using his magic, lunged at him at a very great speed, as if he teleported there, a blue aura around him, and some silhouettes behind him, as if they''re of the past.


    Alaric held the knight by the throat, as he lifted him of the ground, and without struggle, slammed him onto it again, on his back, making dirt fly away, and grass and plants affected by the shock wave.


    The other knights readied themselves, one of them tried to light sword with fire, but it was only dimly lit.


    "I''ll show you how it''s done" said Alaric, as his sword lit on a great fire, as he dashes towards the knights, sweeping their legs off the ground, the fire leaving a trail behind the movement of the sword, lighting up the area.


    As the knights fell to the ground, one of them used magic, as blue aura surrounded him, making him stand up in a great speed. He was about to swing his sword, but Alaric was not done yet, he slammed his foot on the ground, creating a great Shockwave, distorting reality itself, as red and green lines appeared on thin air.


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    The knights were thrown back by the shock wave, but the knight from earlier, stabbed his sword onto the ground, yet he was pulled back, at least he didn''t fall as his sword split the ground.


    "you did well, Larkin" said Alaric, as he patted Larkin''s shoulder.


    The knights stood up from the ground, as everyone rested around the bonfire, near the great tree.


    "hey Knight Alaric, why does your armor have a cape?"


    "it was given to me and the other knights of honor, by the previous queen, to distinguish us from regular knights, because she was quite forgetful"


    "not to sound invading or anyrhing, but no one knows the answer to this, except you, why are you called a knight of honor?" said another knight.


    "we were called that, because simply put, we were noble when fighting, and we fought with great honor, we always wait for a fair fight with our enemy, I once stripped myself of my sword, because I saw that my enemy didn''t have one"


    "how long have you been a knight of honor?" another knight asked.


    "I was a knight of honor since I was 22, so that means it''s been 8 years since I earned this cape"


    The knights were impressed, but Alaric knew that wasn''t impressive at all.


    "you think that''s impressive? Because it''s not, there was a kid, his name was premsyl, he was the son of my best friend, he earned to be a knight of honor at a very young age"


    "how young?" one of the knights asked.


    "he was 8 when he first fought with us, 9 when he earned his cape"


    "but how?"


    "his father taught him at a young age, taught him the basics of honor, trained against him, and let me tell you, based on pure strength, the father was the strongest human I''ve ever seen"


    Alaric, at this point was reminiscing of old times.


    "I just want to meet them again..."


    The knights of Adelaide and Daegal both knew how much Alaric wanted to meet his friends, and reunite with them, he just wanted to.


    "my last adventure with my friends, was to The Valley of The Abyss, trying to get to Fields of Eira"


    "what happened there?" said one of the knights.


    "in that valley, every time you venture to it, it changes, I made it out on the other side, but I don''t remember how, I remember being stabbed to the chest, yet I made it out, and then I was in the fields again, the two horns in front of me, and then I... I blew the wrong one... The giants were angry, and they trampled and trampled, I ran away, using my magic, they trampled the abyss somehow, it rebuilt itself I''m sure... But I swore that when I came back the next time, I''d make things right"


    "did you die? And were you reborn?" one of the knights asked.


    Alaric didn''t know the answer, he couldn''t even answer himself. Vauquelin knew they had to keep their promise to Alaric.


    "after tomorrow''s battle, I think we should go scouting for them, after all, it''s our side of the deal, isn''t it?" said Vauquelin.


    "I guess it is, but we should rest easy for tonight, we have a battle tomorrow, one we have to win" said Alaric.


    The knights were all serious about this, they knew they had to win, not for their king, but for their own sake.


    A great battle awaits them tomorrow.