《THE LEGEND OF STAR BORN》 A START TO END A start to end A girl standing on the top of what looks like a giant tower she is really excited for something looking at the dark yet glowing with stars sky, "I want to see the shooting stars tonight dad", she exclaimed to a man that stands right beside her and with a weird look on his face he says,"Ok but as soon as it is over we will leave". He had a judgeable smile.You must be wondering why shooting star, well it''s the time of the year where all of the elders in the realm tower gather at this place and see the upcoming generation of stars. They are called star born, people with superhuman strength born to protect our lands from enormous threats. A fallenstar refers to a star born.Some of the priests (elders) are Murmuring about something must be discussing how many we will get this year. The counts usually varies 7or stars unlike this time, one of mage is very distressed,"It''s terrible,grand mage can''t you do something about this a world like this will fall". He was panicked just like the others gazing to a sky that is full of falling star!!!!! "Alright we saw enough". He had her on his back we are leaving now. She is shocked seeing all the happy and excited faces, now crying for mercy," D-Dad are they crying?!" she asks being nervous,He didn''t said a word and just kept walking towards the mountain of ice where the sky meets the snowfall. AFTER 18 YEARS, The sea is still, the wind blows from Xarekhta all the way to horizon somewhere in the north east sea,"Alright peps the storm''s visible, lower the speed",a girl standing on the peak of her ship acknowledged,"That is not a storm Zarah, that''s a monster", the lady on the top of the ship says with a disappointed tone."Alright fine, we will have to deal with it anyways", She had a confident smile, Unlike her mentor.She jumps really high in those storm clouds"This won''t take much effort", she is really excited."She''s dead this time for Sure",said one of the members on board . Her mentor comes forward. she is also the leader of the Valkyrie group LAURA CROSS."She is a star born or more appropriately a stubborn bastard. she won''t die this early but she does have a lot to learn like a difference between a storm and a monster", Said, Her friend PACE which was also on board with 15 other members. The leader takes a deep breath. When She lands on a huge snake like monster of the sea that created the storm. With a cringe face and brute confidence she says, "Ah you ugly little shit! I''ll kill you as quickly as i can". ZARAH is the only fighter in valks that confidently counts how much time will she take for striking down the enemy. So she does she puts her sword in the eye of the monster making him cry in pain and a attempt of escape?! "you are not goin anywhere!", She puts something that looks like a stone on the monster''s head and she shouts "EDEN FOTIA !!!!!!! " Edens are referred to powerful mighty gems only found in the high tower gardens and is a very expensive gem.That created a huge blast! Huge enough to blast the monster''s head.The mist clears as everyone approaches to see her in water. Pace is still confident about her friend"Told you she won''t die this quickly "The other lady on the ship MARGIE being amazed said, "Seriously what Is this girl! " She gives a bright victorious smile. "Well, what do you know I was just getting started" Somewhere in the woods, Far in the west of the land, The land that is filled with forest and greenery makes the place gloomy. "Listen to the nature, work with the nature and be a part of it that''s what you used to say didn''t you, SHINA". As his meditation is broken by the cracking wood sound. He gets up quickly without making noise with his foot, only to see a girl in his house! The girl has a hood on her head trying to hide something with some cheap clothes on and a backpack with stuff overloaded. "Who the hell are you!! ".The girl then suddenly attacks with fire pouring out of her hand!! "mage!!! what the fuck is a mage doing deep in the forest!?" She is still silent yet attacking with her magus powers! Her hood gets off while attacking, a crimson red shiny hair and face full of dirt, "Are you the owner of this house? ", she says while still attacking. He tries to get away from the fire attacks of her "Are you kidding me!?hell I''m the owner damn it!!". He is really angry now. She finally stops firing and the fires on her hand disappeared. "I''m really sorry for attacking like that, it was he- no my reflexes".she is a little embarrassed, "you got some nerves getting in here In my house, attacking me for no reason", he stands in front of her. "I said I''m sorry ,I thought you were one of those hunters" "Feel free there are hunters around because the ones in this forest were killed." she was shocked,This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. "who killed them". With an deep breathe he said, "Isn''t it obvious, I did! ",that made her to fire up her arm again. "Don''t worry I''m not going to kill you, at least not yet, now then may I know what makes you come here",he says that makes her to calm the fire. "I just happened to lost my map of the area that''s all", she said with a worried tone. " so you came here by accident". She said "sort of",With her stomach making sound of hunger. while she looks up with a begging face, "Alright alright I''ll lend you some food, it''s not likely of me to lend some fellow low wagers "."Th-Thanks", She was little happy. He brings some vegetables for her to eat."The name''s Claire", with food in her mouth."Leonardo", He replies. She looks at the surrounding of the house ,"Do you live here alone?", When he replies," I used to live here with my mentor".That makes Claire remember something without any due she says,"Is her name Shina?" he is shocked,"How do you know her?!.""Well I was told that there is a powerful mage in this region except I didn''t knew where she lived, A strong mage named Shina." With a weird look on his face he said. "was, she left, don''t know where she went, what she wanted.Not much time ago." she thinks of something, "don''t you ever felt the need to find her". He knows what she is thinking, "are you trying to trick me to help you get your way out of this forest", she is amazed by the assumption, "kind off". she takes out a paper from the mess in her backpack handing over the paper she says,"but I may know where she went, I was also told that the powerful magus is a witch or in short a undead did you knew that?" He is a little surprised knowing that only a few know that secret of his mentor, "I do". "Okay, so basically I heard that there is once in 50 years the Gods ascend on us". Ascending refers to the prayers done by the elders of Xerakhta including the grand mage for a request to be granted. "And the undeads hide themselves away in outcast bay to the south May be there is where she went". He gets up with a smile, " Alright then it''s a deal I''ll help you get out of this forest and you''ll help me reach outcast bay".Outcast bay is in the tail or south in the continent of Xerakhta. It is where the criminals were used to be kept, so that to avoid any outside contact with the world ,only to be rotten to dead. Somewhere is the east. The kingdom is reigned by LATHUS MICHAEL PENBER Or in short king Lathus . It''s a great kingdom it''s the closest one to the Wall of Eden. the palaxe is set on the mountains where the trees round with pillar it makes a magnificient combination. one of the maids in the palace says, " IRENE,let''s get it done, the king is ready to leave". To a girl that stands in front of the stables of royal court wearing a armor of steel with a cloth covering her neck.Thereis this weird rule in the books of Penber family kings that the should have a monthly visit through their kingdom. So the king is ready and lady is assured to bring horses from the stable to the royal court."my king, which do you choose",as the king Micheal penber enters the royal court the king looked astonishing as his armor was of silver and he had a axe and a sword in his back,"anyone will do Irene, you know I hate making choices", that makes her to think of something,She wonders when will she get a chance for choosing a horse for herself. A man with broad shoulders enters the court wearing the same kind of steel armor as that of lord commander but also having a steel chain around the armor." After you my king", the king replies with a smile,"you don''t have to be that formal Dracno ".He looks at Irene shakes the head and mentions few word, "it''s time you wake ''em up",the king then looks at the lord commander and says the needful," I assure the fort and the capital to you, Faith and Cade" "Assume that you get to be the king for a while", The king army consisting of 10 men and Dracno leaves the court With the lord commander standing behind. "Assuming is boring I wish I had the powers. It''s just a dream, dreaming isn''t crime". She enters a isolated room in the stable with a smile on her face,"alright Faith, Cade the king''s away you can come out ", They both have their eyes coloured in red. The girl in the corner of the stable room comes forth with putting a cloth on her eyes she says," the full moon''s tonight it''s better this way Irene, just avoid eye to eye contact". she offers the food she brought along, "I have to ''ASSUME'' that I run this place". "Well you know very well how to do that, Don''t you?", Faith said,"Yeah i''ll take that as a complement". While Cade who also had cloth around his eyes walks up, "You stil on that Dream of your''s?", Irene hands him his share of food, " Look, it''s supposed to be a good dream right?, i mean i left Dragon Chaphal for that it has to be good!". They all sat down on the grass kept in the stable as Irene peeped out of the little window from where the full moon was clearly visible. "You know she''s been calling you Irene?", Faith said with food stuffed in her mouth, "Well it is the time of that wierd ''you must do ritual'' so it was expected, but honestly i don''t think i can face her now, It takes hell lot of courage to admit crime rather doing it". "she will forgive you Irene, you know that but i can understand that guilt, just take your time rethinking that and may things change", Faith said as Irene takes a deep breathe, "Yeah, well i am sure waiting for that change too". As the talks fade away in the mesmerizing beauty of the sky with stars and the glooming moon it is only certian that the next morning things will bring changes for those who awaits it. THIER DESIRES ARE DIFFERENT, THIER PATHS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT EVEN SO WHEN GOD WANTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, NOBODY''SWILL IS STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING, GODS HAVE WATCHED US, THEY ARE WATCHING US AND THEY WILL KEEP LOOKING AFTER THIER CHILD, NOT HUMANS BUT THIS VERY LAND OF DREAMS. REBORN DESTINY REBORN DESTINY As the night closes in, the great king of Xarekhta, throws a party to fellow royal nobles of his kingdom. The dancers, the food, the jewelleries gold and the moonlight makes the night more gloomy than ever. As the man with a white cape, a platinum sword, a golden armor and a watch around his waist enters the cuisine court with a golden glass of vine, "Welcome everyone to a very special party that I, the great king of Xarekhta EFREN BLACK MORE on account of this huge achievement of mine.". As the hall is filled with nobles and richmens the murmuring takes no time to spread throughout the castle. What is this sore achievement of the king that he threw a party for! The curiosity doesn''t stop and a noble comes up with a drunk face, "And uh...what is that achieve of yours my king". The king smiles, "Killing spree! " As that said the guards of the castle began to brutally butcher all the nobles and their family. The king replies to this, "Now you''ll realize nobody and by that nobody fucks with the king" The assassination ends with the insane blood bath of the nobles in their own lust for gold. As the king gives an evil look " Nobody owns my people except me, if you think you could get away with this, think again. I have reached a new mark of killing 30 people at once . As of their children give them away to the peasants they robbed, they deserve a fair share as well, let them deal with it". As the forest glooms with the light of moon and the fireflies, the sound of hounds is not a rare case. Leonardo steps out of his house with Claire, "We will leave right now don''t worry I know the way out we won''t be lost". Claire is a little worried she replies, "How are we going to get moving again?!". As Leonardo smiles, "I have a special friend who will help us get out in dark". He whistles out in that darken forest, to get a reply of a kneeling horse. The horse then comes right in front of them from the dark forest. Leonardo says, "Meet SHADOW he is my pet". The horse looks different and strong that makes Claire wonder again she replies, "The horse looks different",as she rubs her hand around the horse, "What breed is this?". When Leonardo replies, "Honestly I don''t know, Shina gave him to me as a birthday gift when I was young, anyways didn''t you supposed to have a horse?". When she replies, " We parted ways before entering the forest. I did it because of the hounds". When she realizes they have to share a horse,"So we have to share a horse eh?, guess I can''t expect much from a wildling child". As she takes the hood off her facecompletely this time, the hair of her''s is crimson in colour that makes Leonardo to think that he barely knows her, that he must be a little more familiar with her. They both ride on the horse with Leonardo sitting in the front and Claire in the back. With a weird face Leonardo asks, "Where are you from anyway?" When she replies, "I am from east, well that''s where I was brought up so I think of it as my home".when he replies, "Easterns are really rare case here, any special objective of yours?". "Yes, like i said it was to train from SHINA, your mentor i was told that she is very powerful". When he thinks that now it''s been too long for him to even remember her face He gives a smiles, "Looks like she is more popular than I thought she would be" As the night gets darker, they both on a horse kept soaring through the dark jungle, when they hear a Roar!! She is panicked, "Wh-what was that?!!" as a group of hounds appear around them 3 of ''em with blue eyes. When he says with a smile, "you all found me again eh? ". She fires up her arm once again. When he quickly stops her, "No need, they are the my friend I guess the came to say good bye". He gets off the Shadow and pets them. She thinks of this as a no exception Considering he grew up here with them and the other animals around. When he says to them, "Ain''t you gonna miss me, I know you will don''t worry I won''t be gone for too long". When the hounds roar again, he can understand there language and is shocked, she says, "Leonardo what''s the matter?!". He replies in a unhealthy tone "They found a body of a women....". Where the sea meets the land Laura Cross confronts Zarah, "Time has come my child as we must part our way here as promised". There was a promising fight between Zarah and Laura on whether Zarah gets to go off alone, the results were as expected Laura won but still she decided to fulfill her only so called child''s wish. When Zarah replies, "Don''t you worry ''kay I''ll be just as fine, Laura". When She comes ahead on the ship that is about to reach the north Eastern BAY OF CROWS banging her head on to that of Zarah, "We will meet again soon child, but until then make sure to be alive the world is cruel, cruel enough to take your parents from you, your pride as a D''ARC family member. Just remember one simple thing, THERE ARE NO RULES OF LIFE BECAUSE YOU MAKE YOUR OWN RULES". As she parts the way on a small boat making her way to the Bay of Crows. As the name goes the Bay is a huge nest of crows. The place has a big statue of a crow which is unlikely to be visible fully in the moonlight. She was given away some stuff with her and a map of a place marked on it called Old Citadel where she was suppose to go for the start of a new rebellion. When she reaches the bay there is no sign of humans whatsoever. As she kept walking in the moonlight the statue now looks even bigger. She passes by the statue and entered the rural path that looks. Like was created by villagers for the purpose of fetching water. With having her head around all directions she says, "This place is so isolated".when she hears a sound of a women crying. She runs towards the sound to find dead bodies of people living in the local areas the local village was full of dead bodies. She panicked and asked to that same lady, "What happened here!?!". When she replies "The bandit army came again". Those are the group of bandits which frequently invade the villages for robbing proposes. She is as usual angry and with a heavy tone she says, "Where can I find them". The women points the forest with her finger. With a whole lot of confidence she says, "Fine I''ll deal with them". She roams the forest without any guard and a sound comes, "Leave this place our you will die". When she replies, "Show yourselves you fuckin'' cowards". She is hit by an arrow on her leg she looks at it and removes it quickly in a little pain cry. She says, "Damn it what the fu-".she faints with the poison used in that same arrow. A man arrives she can see a shadow of that man. "I''ll kil-" and she fainted away.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. The night is still tight and going with full darkness as the old Citadel is a perfect pray for it without of its lightings. She wakes up in a room in the Citadel, "where the fuck am I!". When an old man wrapped his body with a white cloth enters the room, "You were brought here by my student". When in a worried tone she replies, "What about the bandits!!". When the old man sits near her and says, "They are still alive, my student found you in that forest of their nest. Tell me child are you the promised D''ARC member that Laura send me a raven for". She thinks about their talkings before leaving the ship and the Valkyries and how she was given the map of this place by Laura. "Y-Yes I am, my name is Zarah". When he puts his hand on her head, "Ah I see you are welcomed here dear, don''t worry this place is safe for you, as of for your wound it''s already been healed". When she looks at her leaf she sees no sign of sound whatsoever and the old man continues, "My name is ULFREG call me master Ulfreg feel free here and when you do you are allowed to have a trip of this place". As he leaves the room making her think again on how all this happened, "Those God damn bandits!!!". When she looks outside following the sound of wood cutting, she sees a man in the shadows cutting some woods. That makes her curious and she goes outside the man on the shadow looks at her and says, "You''re awake eh? Wondering who I am?". As he comes out of the shadow a really muscular and handsome young man appears shirt less, with an axe in his left hand. "I am the student who saved you". When to all this she replies, "Th-Thanks!" as he puts away his axe,"my name''s XAVIER" she replies to the introduction "I''m Zarah". He sits on the stone beside and says, "Master says you are something unique, am I right?". When to this she replies, "I don''t think of myself any unique rather the fact that I don''t know my family". He smiles and says, "Then you are the one he was waitin'' for. Come with me I''ll take you to the place".as she is forced to follow him, they both made it to a huge hall big enough to hold 300 men but, yet so empty. She says, "what is this place". He replies, "it''s called KINGDOM HALL, it was supposed to be the center of all meetings that were used to take place before WAR OF LANDS". WAR OF LANDS a war that brought the evolution it the ruling society of Xarekhta. A event so impactful that even the walls speak of its greatness. The event that sparked this story "So you came Zarah",said master Ulfreg. He was standing at a huge wall that had carvings done in it. As he lits up the fire torches one by one around the wall it is now clearly visible, a huge wall with carvings on every inch of it. Names of legends that lived for the land and for its people with many different paintings of statues. They both stand in front of the wall with Zarah indulge in wonders of the carving. The master says, "let me tell you about your parents dear". He walks to the right end of the wall, "Your mother, MERLIN D''ARC was a legendary dragon slayer of her time, she was the Queen of the dragons. as for your father LORD CRAIG WOLFSTEIN, he was the great promised King, the same king that sacrificed himself for the sake of his people in the WAR OF LANDS". As she puts her hand gently on the crafted names of her parents, "what about mother?". Master replies, "the death of your mother is still unknown many say she died in the war sacrificing herself for the kingdom, or she was rotten to death in the dark forest. The place she was last seen by a commoner passing by".when she replies," do you know who killed them?" with an angry face. The master walking away from the wall saying, "See child, when kingdoms are at war you cannot judge or guess who killed who may be it was our allies, may it was the enemy, or something natural". Everyone walks away from the wall when she replies, "what can I do to avenge them?!". When the master advices, "you don''t go on a killing spree for that, first you need know more about your family and all the members that are alive". She is a little shocked, "ALIVE!! THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY ARE ALIVE!" "Indeed they are, you who should find them first, reunite with them and then know who you are and what you can be ". Said the master as the walked towards the passage. " It''s up to child, whether you go out and find your family members or you wait for them to come for you, but if you are going to then I shall come with you". To this Xavier replied," Are you serious you''ll leave the citadel for this". "As a loyal duty to her parents I should Xavier ". When he replies in a worried manner," I''ll guard the citadel then? " "Oh no, no child you must come with me as of this journey will finally lead to your discovery as well". Xavier hates travelling as of how many bad experiences he has had before coming to the citadel, he was called here by the same master but why? Zarah is in a deep thought, she never really thinks about all this so deeply but she is this time. As she replies, "Fine then, where do we get started!", The master have a smile, "As of what I only know is EAST". She replies, "Alright then east it is but could you give me some time I still have a work to do here". "Indeed you have, take your time dear" said the master as he walked away from the Kingdom Hall. She comes in front of Xavier, "Ah Xavier I have a favor to ask of you, can you fetch me some ropes please! And yeah don''t tell this to master please!" to this Xavier is a little shocked as to what is she planning on doing with ropes!!! Scene change The night of full moon bothers someone badly but why? Irene enters the same stable room with some food this time, "Guys I got some food for ya''". Faith replies, "Ah sorry for causing you trouble Irene" as she comes under the light of full moon and the cookout of her eyes are clearly visible, pure red eyes her hair bangs almost covering it and her big teeths looks like they are about to fall. Irene replies, " you know if someone saw you both like this they will panic out real hard". Cade enters the conversation from the back, "It''s only a matter of time that''s all". "you are right, Cade" as she looks at the moon and the stars " it is the matter of time anyway". "So how is your ''Pretending to be king'' going" Said faith with some curiosity. Irene replies with a worked up face, "Honestly I don''t really have to do anything, it''s just sitting on a side chair watching stars...", they both start eating the food she brought for them, "sometimes I think we should leave all this and go on a adventure somewhere far away in the lands of mysteries" said faith with her mouth filled with food. Irene replies to this, "some times I think I really do need a reason as to why I am here alive, with these powers, struggling". And suddenly they hear the sound of a running horse, she quickly gets up and locks the room and walks outside to see what happened, she sees 5 horses with the one leading being ALBERT WOODS. He is the lord commander of the great king Elfren Black more. "what makes you to make your way here lord Albert",she said as she walked in front of his horse. Albert gets off his horse, "Don''t worry it does not have anything with you Irene I wanted to talk to the king". When she says, "go on I''m the temporary king". "so the king is on the run again eh? Well, as you may''ve been informed about the ANTI - BRIBE MANIFEST that the great king introduced on account of his 20th year of reign as the honorable. We just needed to make sure that the manifest is being followed"he said as he stands in front of Irene. She replies, "don''t worry you could at least trust your going to be son-in-law". It is because the daughter of the lord commander fell in love with Michael Penber that Albert was forced for their marriage. "Oh please it''s her wish not mine besides I didn''t even thought Michael to be a rightful guy for that",he Said with a cringe face. "I know you don''t so does the king", as soon as she says Albert puts a sword in her neck. "Now now lord Albert let''s not flow on feelings ok it was just a joke right?? So lighten up a bit", he is really angry, "Don''t you dare even joke on my daughter you are not even worthy for that Irene". She smiles, "Alright I won''t, mind to come in castle lord". With making another cringe face, "Huh? Castle I don''t see any castle I only see that huge STABLE on the mountain is that your castle??". When she replies, "I think of it as a better option then CASTLE MIRAGE". Castle mirage is lord Albert''s constructed castle of his own." Whatever I won''t waste time here chatting with a maid of the king anyway I would rather check on the other kingdoms", he said as he commands his horses to move on with him leaving Irene behind, "This jerk still haven''t changed yet eh? What a pain in the ass". As she walks towards the castle which is on the mountain, "Don''t worry I still think of you as a beauty". The castle which is covered in all greenery is also considered as the most blessed castle on the land of Xarekhta though it still is also called as stable by some one''s like Albert Woods. She is walking on the mountain on her way to the courtyard, "once the king and the queen return to their home everything will be just as fine it''s the matter of time we have to wait and expect nothing worst to happen, whatever does I won''t let it call upon you",as she looks at the castle, "it''s a beauty to rule". When the moment is broke by one of the maids in the castle, "Irene, go get some sleep, queen will be here tomorrow, a raven arrived from the high guards". She has a descendant smile on her face, "finally you''ll be here". As she went into her chamber for some sleep, the moon is about to go off and the sun will rise above all again. Scene change It''s the high guards a place where Albert Wood''s daughter lives the sea is clearly visible, the waves of ocean sings along the wind that blows over it, the rising sun kisses the horizon as the girl on top of a fortress tower looks at the beautiful sight with tears in her eyes, "I''ll be missing you again, down the fact that this is not the first time for me, it''s always the first time for you",as her maid asks her, "Lady Brianna it''s about time we leave for Penber palace, as you must be there to welcome the king on his arrival from the run". She turns around wiping her tears off with her hands looking back on the sea, "hope we meet again". Not even the maids understands what is so fascinating and affectionate for lady BRIANNA WOOD and the sea. She then walks out of the castle with her father, Albert woods waiting for her outside pointing towards the chariot and the army of 20 men, "these men will guard and guide you safely to the Penber palace, be safe dear". She stands in front of her beloved father, " I will don''t you stress about it, besides I''ll be with Michael so I guess I''ll be just as fine". That makes Albert to think that the real threat to her daughter is Michael Penber and that is for some reasons not known to everyone. She leaves with the chariot with Albert standing begins his personal body guard, " you know JAMES she has the real threat loved". James is confused, "what does that mean sir Albert?". As Albert walks away from his horse along James, "The world has rotted to hell after the end of D''ARC reign James, every king has become one for himself including the great king and the five others, the thing is with no supremacy over them, They all are left unbounded they have fights among themselves for power, making no exception is Michael although I act like a complete jerk on his face and his men he is a man to be relied but like I said every man has become for himself in this place". James understands some of it as they reach the same top of the fortress, "so you are implying that Michael''s brother, Louis Penber is a threat to his own brother".. To this Albert smiles as they look at the same beautiful view of the sea, " you don''t know what will happen, when, where, in this world all you can do is pray for the best, fight to live and may the gods guide us the rest". The new start shall happen with a new day on its peak. The world is much more than just a revenge complex and where every man is for himself, where brothers kill brothers over filthy richness, where you must be good at having more then one faces and where the destiny is yet to be reborned. THE FILTHY CROWN THE FILTHY CROWN As Zarah walks right into the same tropically dense forest behind the crow village it is almost morning, the time she thinks many wakes up by now, "I have 20 minutes", as she sets a thin stick in the newborn sunlight, "That must really be enough!". She takes out the rope she borrowed from Xavier starts swinging it and enters the same place she was hit by an arrow but this time rather alert. The arrow if fired at her again she swings the rope towards the arrow. Now the arrow is stuck to the rope using some sticky material she used on the ropes. With the arrow attached to the rope, more arrows are thrown at her and with an ease she is able to stick them all on her rope. As she can hear some murmuring from a close tree she rushes over the tree, "YOU LITTLE SHIT!!!" as she punched the tree with her right hand and a man falls down with a scared look on his face, "wh-who are you, I''ve never seen you before hear?!". When she comes closer to him, "not the kind of person that is interested in talking to you, but since you''ve opened your mouth I would like to know a little something from you". The place where the bandits attacking the crow village live is a very rare sight too it is a cave, caves are rare to find around shores in Xarektha. The leader of the bandits gets up from the meditation he was doing on a rock in that same cave, "It is time men we shall go in the hunt again, hunt until you are satisfied!". There are 30 men that were chanting the agreement chants with him! When they all saw the gate of the cave was closed by a huge rock, it was a certain someone with a bow in the hand and a rope of arrows around her waist, " I was lacking some arrows, thanks to that guy I have some now, because i''m really not in the mood to use my sword". it''s Zarah that targets the arrow towards the fire torches turning them all off one by one , "who the heck are you??!!", the leader of the bandits exclaimed as he was stunned by her courage to come out here in the forest on her own to fight them all, "I''ll tell you who I am if you are able to barely even touch me with those lowly weapons of yours".it was some axe, bows and a couple of low quality swords that were in the hands of all of the bandits, and that without a second thought they all marched at her with those weapons, Xavier outside of the cave on a little distance looks at the thin stick she used, "So this is how you fight eh?". As Zarah takes out her valkyrian pride DOR EGO DOOM,"fine ill use it then, you eager bastards", the weapon she achieved by fighting a wildly monster that soared the sky of northern peninsula, white Dragon UMIIR, she cuts everyone with an ease of a swing with it, "told ya it''s a piece of bacon when it comes to fight low lies like you all". The leader realized that there is no chance of them winning off this fight as he tries to run away from it running deep inside the cave he falls down as a rope winds his legs together, "Oh I have a special surprise for you Mister leader". The cart is ready to go and master Ulfreg was waiting for Zarah and Xavier as they both rushed towards the cart with a horse. When Xavier asks her,¡±what exactly you did to that guy ?¡±. ¡±Oh it''s a secret, just assume I showed him the way of life¡±. As the leader of the bandits hangs from the crow statue his dead body is a proof to the villagers of crow that the faith in the world is not yet to lost, the lady herself is here and that and that the world must be reshaped again with blood. master welcomes them both,¡±now then shall we begin the search¡±. with a bright smile on her face she replied, "it only took 15 minute". In the dark forest of west the rising sun blooms the few drops on the leafs it is where Claire and Leonardo found a body of a women, it was the hounds who informed them as they rushed towards the scene only to see a horse standing by a body of a women, Claire is oddly surprised ,"ONEER what are you doing here?!". It''s the name of her horse the same horse that she left before entering the forest was standing by the body. They both get there, it is someone they both don''t know. Leonardo checks her pulse beats," she is alive but barely, we need to do something". "Hold on a sec" as Claire wonders her hand in her mess of stuff, bag she grabs some herbs hands them to Leonardo," take these I think it''s well enough for recovery of wounds". Leonardo is amazed by her quick reaction he opens the woman''s mouth and puts the herbs inside with some water to swallow them," I didn''t knew you were good at herbs too...". To this she proudly replied," I am a trainee mage after all it''s just the basics". The woman then opens her eyes, she had green eyes, purple hair and a gem between her collar bone that glowed as she gained consciousness. Leonardo then relaxed a bit by sitting back," Ah, what''s with all the women in the forest, a week ago I thought I was the only human here". When Claire gives her a hand,." Are you alright? What''s your name? ". As she gets up looking at both of them and the surrounding forest, she looks confused but she understands the situation a little," My name is LYSSA I''m from south, I was actually summoned here by accident on testing one of magic skills". Claire and Leonardo seems to be a little confused, claire replies," it''s Claire",followed by Leonardo," and I am Leonardo ". Claire asks her, " wait so what about your wounds?! ". She replies by looking at the sky," Ah, I forgot to set the altitude, damn it!! I''m still a noob in this". Leonardo gets up as well," Well now we have south, just when in the world did this forest became a tourist attraction??!! ". He turns around towards Shadow,".Come on boy we got to hit the road if we need to cross the glowing lake by night, Claire it''s going to be a long way to glowing lake". It''s the glowing lake that indicates the end of the dark forest of west and the entry to towns and villages and a short way to south. Lyssa looks at him and Claire as they are preparing to leave with Claire petting her horse," Oh how did you even got here Oneer? ". When lyssa explains to her," must be the side effects of it but hold on a sec, the side effects only occur in the one''s able to know enchanement". To this Claire removes the necklace Oneer was wearing and shows it to lyssa," must be this thing, it is sort of protection enchanement" Leonardo gets on Shadow," alright now let''s get going Claire", she agrees with him and gets on Oneer with lyssa standing back," umm guys since you are going to south can I get along please". Frankly Leonardo is a bit angry," do I look like I''m good at baby sitting or is it that I''m supposed to be The tourist guide you''ve been waiting for". To this she replies," I am honestly completely new to this place". When he looks at Claire," someone said me that yesterday! ". Lyssa is a little confused and Claire replies," hey I can share my horse besides it was you, who brought him here anyway, come on hop in".Lyssa looks at Leonardo," just hop in", she is glad to be able to get a way out of this forest," Thanks a lot". Leonardo replies," whatever making new travelling buddies is fairly new for me too". They start making their way to the glowing lake, it''s the sun that may guide for a better today to them as the group has now become 3 member group. Leonardo on the other side is much more focused on meeting his mentor, unlike the two fellow traveller and the enchanter,."the world is small my friend as shall you understand it quickly", a group of what looks like Imperials of northern boundaries by their furry outfits, were gazing at three of them with their commander standing in the center a man that has a spear in his hands and a long hair that touches his nose," Let''s get it started, Leonardo..... "Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "No outsiders, no D''ARCs, no COLOVIANS, no WOLFSTEIN, that all implies the world is free of GRAND ALLIANCE, free enough to be snatches by anyone, this becomes a pioneer for new era, prepare for worst, you''ll at least get bad",said a man standing in front of mirror looking at himself. A white coat, black gloves and a red chain around his neck he looks like a noble. But what is unique he has a mask on his face to cover the burns he had in a battle, a white mask that covers the lower part of his head. A maid enters the room, " Lord SAMUEL the Prince expects you i his chamber, he replies, "I''ll be there".As he looks at the mirror, " Ah I love THIS FILTHY CROWN". He enters the room with a man standing on the rails of the tent chamber not far away from sea coast as if he was waiting for something curiously, he is the second son, LOUIS PENBER the broad shoulders, big sword defined his love towards swordsmanship, gazing at the rising sun, "Her chariot is on it''s way to castle". Samuel replies, "fine I got it I''ll do the preparations", as he walks away with Louis standing, "Why did you chose over him all the time". He looks at the sky. The chariot is going with full speed but is suddenly stopped Brianna comes out of her chariot against the will of her maid , she looks at the front and sees some bandits with their head covered with black cloths unable to be recognized one of her soldiers asks them to leave as the start attacking them all, they killed her maid when she panics," MISA!!!", They took her away from the chariot in front of Louis with her screaming, ''''let me go damn it!! ",Louis walks up to her,"how does it feels to not be able to protect yourself without him huh?". As the guard beats her up she looks at him and spits her blood at his face,"ah you coward, I should''ve expected you, you know there is a reason why you are the little one". He slaps her hard, hard enough that she spits blood on the ground,"once I kill him I will award you to the soldiers as their gift of victory May be then you will realize how it all goes down in the end, but before that I will have a taste you". She is still angry with an angry and bloody face she says,"You bastard how much will you be wasting yourself on the FILTHY CROWN". That she now remembers how she explained to Michael to not suspecting Louis as one of the suspects of mass murders, robberies that could potentially threaten Penber reign and pride. As a maid walks in Irene''s room she sees no one and gets panicked, she then sees Cade and Faith just outside, as they come out of the stable, "HEY YOU GUYS, HAVE YOU SEEN IRENE AROUND??!!" they looked at each other and Faith replied, "Nope". As they look at the mountain besides castle mountain, that tears away a path to the High guards. Brianna is tied up on a tree just outside the camp of Louis little army, they hear a horse coming at them, it''s Irene with a sword in her hand, the sharp designed and rather thick. She looks at one of the soldiers and then looks at Brianna she takes out the soldier with her sword still being on the sword, the bell is now rang as a group of soldiers are marching towards the same camp, it''s the imperial capital army, the strongest with their lead commander, Albert wood. Louis panics as he is bound by both sides. Samuel advises," we shall probably leave now lord Louis we don''t have enough strength of soldiers to fight them all". He commands," fine take her with us". Samuel looks at the tree Brianna was tied up and he sees no one, he smiles and then turns back to Louis with a panic face," There is no one their!!". Louis is angry and panicked but he knows that he is forced to leave the battlefield," Ah damn it, you BITCH, IRENE". He ran off as the imperial army arrived with Albert standing in the middle of the camp," I knew something Like this would happen, though I knew that you would be here". He looks at a tent where Irene comes out with Brianna on her shoulders," You''ll be just as fine Lady please don''t push yourself too much". She puts her down Albert gets off his horse, comes closer to her and hugs her with tears in his eyes," That bastard, I knew he would do such a thing and so we marched a little behind you, I''m so glad you are safe". He looks at Irene," lord commander I thank you for saving my daughter I owe you one! ". She smiles and replies," oh please don''t mention it, it is my duty after all to protect lady brianna, she''s the queen after all". As they all take a relaxing breathe Albert looks at Brianna and says," so you still wanna go, bre? ". She replies," yes father, it is a duty of a wife and the queen that I must be proving at the castle". Irene whistles her horse," Don''t worry Mister rich face I''ll take your daughter success fully to the castle myself". She helps Brianna to get on her horse, then she climbs up on the front of her horse herself," just hold on tight and we will be there in no time". She looks at Irene puts her head on her shoulder," yeah let''s go....... Irene". They leave without a second noise after that Albert still looks worried as he stands with his soldiers and James looking at them leaving the camp side. At a different cave not too far away from the camps is Louis with Samuel he looks really angry," DAMN IT!! My plan got ruined how the heck did she came to know it was me and I planned this all along. With Samuel looking at him, "what ever she did, she had someone who leapt informing her, she played with us". Louis looks at the forest, "it ain''t over yet-", he is stabbed by Samuel in the back, "oh it is really over for you know Louis, surprise surprise". Louis looks at Samuel, "I-It was you Samuel!!!".. He replies with a grin, "Eh?? Who is Samuel I''m Dracno, Dracno the guardian". He is shocked as he takes of the mask that Samuel wears, " b-but you w-went with Michael!". He is still smiling, "so what if I said it wasn''t me? Will it change anything now?or will it bring back the Samuel you trusted? I killed that guy a long time ago..... In a one sided battle that is". He looks at him and then to the forest, "kill me then!!". He takes the knife out of Louis''s back and slices up his neck the blood spits out on his face, ''''lucky for me Samuel weared a mask". As he walks away from the cave he hear strange noises," it''s time she must leave, she is now ready, she must reunite, she must fight, she must RULE". He closes his ears as the voices are way too loud," What the hell I get it fine just... Just shut up!!! It''s the third time this week, I can''t get her to leave alright I''ll try again!! Just shut up!! ". The voices are now gone and he looks at the clear day sky," I''ve had enough it''s time we leave...... BERTHIRENE". The strange voices are pointing towards something big as the threat to the king in his own family falls the kingdom is grows in peace now but the voices must be heard as a warning not as a miracle. The day with the secrets and mysteries has begun as the 3 are not the only part of it. (note :- since the geography of the map is fairly huge there are time differences not by much but still can effect some events that takes place varying regions ) A MOON OVER STARS THE MOON OVER STARS As Leonardo, Claire and Lyssa are making their way to the south of the Western dark forest and to the glowing lake. After a long travelling they''ve reached the peak of the lake, their is a boulder in the middle of the lake and the lake as the name described glooms in the sunlight the lake is as majestic as a golden armor. As for Claire and Lyssa they are fairly surprised to see something like that but Leonardo is not, "Majestic isn''t it?". To this Lyssa replies, "yeah it''s amazing and to think something like this can be found in this forest and that too in extreme south, it''s a lovely miracle! But wait have you been here before?!", Leonardo smiles, "I was here with my mentor, Shina, when I was a little naive boy, see that middle Boulder it was a challenge given by my mentor to drag it in the middle of the lake". She is surprised as Claire is also listening to this conversation, "wait so you mean you took it in the center of the lake that''s almost a size of an elephant, you must be a strong star born! ". He smiles again, "here comes the interesting part I''m NOT A STAR BORN". They both are left to shock as they both looked at him Claire replies looking at the boulder, "then how the heck did that thing got in middle of the lake??!!". To this he replied wisely, "It was a challenge with no rules all it took was some strong ropes, trees that can hold heavy weights and a little brain". They are amazed not by his intelligence, but by the fact that he is not a star born, Lyssa is a bit curious, " wait so really are not a star born, that is very oddly!". He gets off Shadow, "yeah, in this world it seems almost unfair for me to not to be a star born, but it never bothered me anyway". Claire helps Lyssa to get off Oneer, followed by Claire as she pets Oneer, "good job boy". They started walking beside Leonardo as they make their way to this lake, "Frankly I''ve never seen any one who is not a star born", said Lyssa as they kept walking, "what about you Claire?" she is curious as Claire replies, "ah yeah I knew someone, my uncle, he was a brave soldier but unfortunately not a star born, he died in the WAR OF LANDS, other then that I don''t think so I''ve seen any", Lyssa feels bad, "I''m sorry that I asked you that". She replies with a smile, "oh don¡¯t worry, besides it''s really old story and I barely remember him". Lyssa looks at Leonardo, "and yet its so amazing right Leonardo! You are like a moon, a moon over all the stars, not power but you are closer, bigger and unique". Leonardo looks at her with a smile, "you''ve really got a unique way of yourself looking at things eh? I''ve never thought of it like that". He hears some noise of footsteps he is aware of all kinds of footsteps as it was included in his training. He whispers, "I can hear someone coming let''s hide". Claire is a little surprised as they can''t hear the footsteps. They all hide beside a huge tree just opposite of the foot steps that Leonardo can hear. Lyssa gets panicked she starts to sweat , "Oh this is not good I can feel some bad aura of enchantment not magic but some kind of weapon!". Leonardo is in deep thought as Claire replies, "should I confront them, with my powers I have now we can take them out easily. That is of course by not being spotted". Lyssa is confused by ''not being spotted'' phrase of Claire. Leonardo replies, "No need for that, you see everyone comes in this forest for a reason if they are here, they are here for a reason. I''ll check them out, you stay here with Lyssa and back me up if things get ugly". As he walks right in front of the beats of foot step he was able to hear. Claire whispers, "Oh good lord isn''t he too brave for a normal human, yet it will be amusing to see how he will deal with this!" Lyssa asks, "May be we should help him". He sees 3 men standing in front of him. He blinks his eyes and they are disappeared! "Illusion huh? Old tricks, TRY SOMETHING NEW" he shouts out loud a man with spear in his hand appears in front of Leonardo he looks at him, ¡°Where are the other two?!". The man smiles," Find them if you can, but before that lets exchange blows! ". He runs towards Leonardo with his spear attacking him, Leonardo is fairly fast and dodges all of the blows easily, he laughs, "so this is what Leonardo is eh?". He enchants his spear with blood magic that can be detected by its color, dark red. Then he comes charging in again, Leonardo is a bit unbalanced as the speed of his attacks are increased," What the fuck do you want?! Why the hell are you even attacking me? !! ". The man stops," my name is Jack, I am an old rival of your breed, undead and now that I know you are not undead this would be even more fun", as He sees blood dripping out of the cut on Leonardo''s face he made. Lyssa closes her eyes," hey Claire I can sense 2 magicians around and they seem oddly easy to handle". Claire gets pumped up," then what are you waiting for let''s take them out". As Leonardo and Jack continued their brawl it was Leonardo who was on the losing side as the man was getting more and more faster with his enchanted weapon, ¡°is that all you got!! Leonardo! ". Leonardo climbs up on a tree," I can clearly say that you are an undead but why are you against them?! ". As the man gets panicked for some reason," THERE IS MORE TO THE WORLD THEN YOU THINK BOY, AS YOU GROW UP YOU REALIZE YOUR ONE''S ARE THE REAL ENEMIES!!". He stops swing his spear. As Claire shouts out loud, " hey Leonardo we handled the other 2 things¡±, she makes a stinky face, "They weren''t even humans, just....... creepy creatures". The man smiles as Leonardo replies, "You knew all this from the beginning and yet you played along, why, why did you did that? What do you want?". He smiles, ¡°When I heard that the undead have adopted a human I laughed all night at it but now I look at you and I think, it wasn''t a bad Idea but tell me now why did they adopted you out of all, you are not even a star born??". When Leonardo gives an evil smile, "I''ll tell you why!". He comes barging in with a gem in his hand he throws the gem on his chest, "EDEN APORROF¨®!! it''s because my name is ALEXAND¨¨R D''ARC and I am CELIA D''ARC''s only child and the undead still paid their loyalty towards her". Jack is left shocked, ¡°So this is who you are eh? The great woman''s only child no wonder you were adopted by us, may God bring justice to your mother", as the gem absorbs him completely into it and Leonardo crushes the gem with his hand, "You are right the world is much more to know than just revenge, even without power I will find her murderer and punish him or her with all my hearts content, there is no need for us to wait for gods or depend on them for bringing justice, they all are lazy workers anyway". The great woman''s only child is revealed, the woman who single handedly won the WAR OF LANDS, yet was killed by a certain someone! And that became Leonardo''s purpose of living in this world, the miracle child shall claim his gifts! The day is beginning as Zarah and her team is now reaching a village In northern regions the land that divides the world in half the range of mountains starts from the peak of that village the same range that divides the world in two categories, UPPER LAND AND LOWER LAND. As Zarah gets curious, "What is this place it''s huge!!", she said looking at the mountain. "It''s the great wall of EDEN''s peak although it is not made of concrete it is called wall because it was bestowed on us by the gods", said master with a smile. She gets a little confused, "And what for?". When Xavier replies, "It''s unknown why, Funny isn''t it? This piece of shit is here and nobody knows why the fuck is it here". Master Ulfreg is still smiling, "Everything has a reason to happen, this is one of those everything, it''s just that we are not worthy to know it''s meaning". Her curiosity starts to fade away, "We are here!", said the master as their cart is on the top of the mountain and they can see a big coliseum with an large open ground, "whoa what the heck is that?", Zarah looks at it with an amazed glance. "It''s our first stop", master replies wisely as they start walking down the mountain because the cart is unable to go down the hill." We will leave the cart here, it''s not safe for it, it will tremble down the mountain", "So are we crossing the range of the mountain?", Zarah replied as she her sword on her shoulder. "Indeed we are and this is the shortest way possible", they look down the mountain that still has a fairly long way to go," Shortest eh? ",said Xavier as he looks up the sun," don''t know what you are thinking old geezer just don''t get us to travel to places like this I hate clear sunlight" , master asks Zarah," Have you ever seen something this big Zarah? " pointing towards coliseum. She replies," I''ve seen really big ships, monsters, dragons and creatures our mankind hates living with, but never something this huge ". Master smiles again," this place is one of the many miracle places you will get to see as you travel on the land of Xarekhta, but this has his own history child, this is the place where your mother was first ever seen! ". She looks at master," so she was born here? ". Master disagrees," Oh no, no she wasn''t born here, you see for some reason she was not allowed to be gone outside of the palace and that she was never seen before here when the people first saw her, she was 10 when she came here, she fought the dragon that lived by the coliseum here". She looks at her sword, ¡°and what kind of dragon was that like fire, thunderous or something else? ". Master gets a bit confused," I don''t remember his kind but he was big, really big and his name was EDNAS the undefeated dragon, your mother slayed him at an age of only 10". " Oh I''ve had a fair share of experience with dragons my self", as she smiles looking at the sword," DOR EGO DOOM isn''t it?" Xavier replied to her," wait you knew this?! ". He smiles," of course I do its the legendary weapon that was mentioned in the books of high guard citadel". She looks confused looking at Ego Doom," Legendary huh? ". They are interrupted by some noise, she looks up on the mountain they were tracking down and sees a black bear dashing towards them," Wait, what the fuck is that!! ". Master replies," don''t worry it is not here to harm us". The bear then transforms into a human!! Another old man with white clothes," Ulfreg!! How are you my friend! ". Xavier and Zarah looks at each other as they barely know the situation and completely don''t know the man, Ulfreg hugs the old man," I am fine DANIEL ". Master DANIEL looks at Xavier and Zarah," it isn''t often to see strangers out here on the mouth of world". He refers this mouth of world to the beginning of wall Eden." Oh they are my companion Daniel! ",Ulfreg replies as he signals them to come front," this is Xavier he is my student¡±, he points towards Zarah," and this here is the reason I''m here, she is Zarah D''ARC, lady Merlin''s daughter". The old man is left in shock as he looks at Zarah," She is lady Merlin''s daughter!! Where are my manners!! ". He bends in front of her," Pardon me my lady I must apologize for my rudeness I-i didn''t knew who you were!! ". She replies with a confused tone," Oh no, no please don''t do that its no need! ". He gets his head up," I must say that now I know the fact of who you are, you kind of resemble her!! Please come with me my lady I''ll escort you down the hill!! ". Xavier looks at her with a smirk," My lady eh?",she replies," oh please like you even know what''s going on here". Ulfreg looks at Zarah," shall we go my child? ". She gives a fake yet confused smile," ye-yes why not! Let''s get going". As they start walking down the hill and master Daniel is really excited," I''ve never thought I would''ve ever get to see you my lady it''s really an honor and my good deeds! ". She looks at him," And you didn''t introduced your self master? ". He gets panic," Oh no forgot it in excitement!!! ", he turns around," I am DANIEL MONETTE the guardian of this coliseum". Zarah and Xavier are both left in shock," You are the guardian of this huge thing! " he nods his head," yes indeed it''s a job bestowed on me by your mother, she wanted me to protect this place with all my loyalty! ". She looks at the huge coliseum," what did this place meant to her anyway?! ". He replies with a smile," isn''t it obvious, this place was HER PLAYGROUND! ".This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. "This place was a playground eh?". As they kept walking in no time The huge coliseum was standing in front of their eyes," what marvelous piece of art is this!! ",said Xavier by looking at the top of the coliseum as they walked inside," ah this place was crafted way back in the name of the new gods, it was left abandoned until my lady came and brought this place back to life! ". The coliseum is huge enough to fit at least 3 dragons in its ring and the amount of seats for the audience was countless the marble was running off, the place was full of crows and the open sky had the whole ground bathing in sunlight," this is the place where the world witnessed the strongest dragon slayer of all time MERLIN D''ARC!! ", said master Daniel as they walked right on the stairs to the top floor of the coliseum where one can see the fights from its best angle. Zarah looks the coliseum with the others from the same top view, "Say master Daniel how big was that dragon EDNAS?". Daniel assumes that Zarah knows who that dragon was he comes forth, "Big? It was humongous, that thing fitted the whole coliseum, EDNAS say, was so huge that when in soared through sky it even covered long harvesting fields all by its shadow!". She looks at the sky, "that big huh?". He replies, "Oh yes I still remember he was the terror those days, when the king came to know several soldiers were sent along with your mother but non toke part in the fight". As all of them are wondering around when Daniel recalls something, "Oh I know let''s go to the basement, well I am not allowed there but I can take you there". "This thing even has basement?!", she replied as they started walking down the stairs off to the basement, not that far away from where they were. It''s like an ancient relic cave. It had strange vibes to it as Daniel light up his fire torch and lights up the rest of the torches is that place, the place has carvings done all around it, he opens up the room, it was a closed 4 sided wall full of carvings not only that the walls were fairly huge giving more space and an confusing thought as to how exactly was it even crafted. "What is all these paintings?! ", said Xavier with anxiety as they gazed the walls. Daniel replies, "Ancient isn''t it? Well I can read some of it", he points out a craving on the wall right next to where they were standing, "Look this it''s not old, it''s of lady Merlin!". They looked at the carving of same kind like the one''s in Kings hall and there is a chest just beneath it in a hole that was dug in the wall, Zarah eagerly gets close to the chest, "And this is of mother too?", she is really eager, "Well I think so, I was not allowed here alone even if this place didn''t had any lock on it, you can open it Zarah!". She opens the chest and finds a book inside it, the book is of good condition and the pages are bookmarked. "Just a book?", said Xavier with an uninterested tone. "A book is well powered then a sword and has more potential sometimes¡±, master replied to him. Zarah opens the book, it''s all proverbs and riddles jumbled sentences and it looked like it got frequently updated with its pages of writings, while she is unable to understand the riddle master Ulfreg comes closer, " It looks like it belonged to my lady!". "Probably", she replied as she gets up, "I''ll take it even if it is all riddle still better then nothing knowing about her". Xavier looks around and closes his eyes, "Tell me master Daniel how many exact traps are planted in here it''s like a torture room!!". Daniel doesn''t know about the traps, "I told you I am not allowed here". Zarah tries to go forward in the room, "Stop you idiot!! Didn''t you hear me there are traps all around this place. Better not move". She makes a disgusted face," So are you saying me we can''t go further! "." It''s all booby traps¡±, he replied as he looked up on the roof that was fairly crafted too. She gets angry," Ah fuck booby traps!!!". She jumps with some good altitude and hits the ground with her punch! The place starts to crack open and was shaking as if it would fall, the traps are now revealed, the ropes, huge axes swinging around from the roof, arrows flying across the room, fires off the floor and Daniel is left in shock by her strength to shake and crack open such a huge place!" I must say you are really talented and strong lady Zarah!". Xavier is not really impressed," It wasn¡¯t needed at all I could sense then anyway"." Whatever its better this way", she said with a smile as the carvings of people were the real trap and the floor''s fire was about to go off the place actually looked like a torture room," What was the need of this place anyway", said Xavier as everyone was looking at those traps." Let''s leave this place it''s freaking me out! ",said Zarah with some Weird look on her face," it¡¯s giving me ominous vibes", as Xavier starts to walk away from the room and towards the stair. Master Ulfreg was still gazing at the roof wit some curiosity of his own," Ulfreg, shall we? ", as Daniel breaks his curiosity yes please". Zarah looks back at the room with them about to leave," I''ll come visit you again and at that time I''ll be acknowledged as to what you really are". They all went outside in the open field where Daniel asks Zarah," Lady Zarah I can feel your strength but can you allow it to be measured? ". She gets curios yet confused," Measured!? ". He replied," yes measure, of course we will do that by exchanging blows off on this ground itself". The old man wants to test Zarah''s strength as she agreed to face him off in this coliseum, the place proclaimed to be the playground of her mother. The secrets are more hidden inside in books rather than in hearts as she obtained the first solid proof as of the purpose of her existence. The wall of Eden followed all the way eastern part and the south drawing out a curve on the map from north-east-south. Irene is still on her horse with Brianna as they are about to reach the castle, "Don''t worry my queen we are here it''s all right now". Brianna is barely conscious and yet thankful to Irene and her father. She opens her eyes while they arrive in the castle where Irene barges in with her horse into the royal court, "TRACE!! TRACE get us some help please hurry", she shouts out panicked. A maid comes out quickly, "L-Lady Brianna!!!! Girls get her room cleared quickly we need to get her to bed!!". She helps Irene on getting off Brianna, "How did this happened!!!". "it''s a long story get her to bed first she is barely conscious!", Said Irene as they took Brianna with them in her room with Irene still standing outside, "I can''t come in queen I''m all dirty", her clothes were really dirty so she decided to step back from entering Brianna''s room with the others. Meanwhile faith arrives, "IRENE!!! WHERE WERE YOU, WE''VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU!!!". As she gazed at her dirty clothes and her horse that was sweating and dirty she touches her horse, "you came just now!!". She agrees to explain everything to faith, "I knew something was going with Louis leaving the kingdom just 2 days before queen''s arrival, I''m sorry faith I didn''t told you that it was my hunch that went in the right direction, Louis did tried abduction of queen, I was in a hurry to make sure of that is not a case but oh well". She knows that Irene was suspecting Louis for the malpractice that''s been happening lately in the kingdom and that she also knows Dracno didn''t went with the king. "So what happened to him?!", to this she replied, "Well Dracno went after him in the forest, probably you wouldn''t see him around now¡±. She sits on the ground, ¡°Ah, that was tiring faith¡±. Faith hands her a glass of water, ¡°Here take this and just relax up a bit ok, but Irene I¡¯m curious how did Albert reacted to all of it!?¡±. She smiled, ¡°Oh the look on his face was really hilarious but I think I was panicked, I mean who wouldn¡¯t right?¡±. Faith sits besides Irene,¡± Yup who wouldn¡¯t¡±. They both were gazing at the sun from the royal court as another horse arrives, it is Dracno that came with barging in with horse this time, ¡°Irene how is the queen?¡±, he said as he got off his horse, ¡°She¡¯s fine I made it here in a nick of time!¡±, she explained. Dracno hands her a piece of paper, ¡°We don¡¯t have much time left Irene let¡¯s go¡±, she looked really tired, ¡°can¡¯t we wait a week more I¡¯m allotted the duty of this castle so at least wait until Michael arrives ¡­¡­¡­please¡±. Dracno looks at her and starts to walk away from the royal court, ¡°Just a week you get that¡¯s all, don¡¯t give me any childish excuses after that¡±. Irene looked really tired she takes a deep breathe and puts her head on Faith''s lap, ¡°Ah he is really stub born!!¡±. To this Faith smiles, ¡°He is like your father Irene¡±. Irene makes a disgusted face, ¡°Yeah he is really old, but he doesn¡¯t looks like¡±. Dracno walks out of the royal court and sees Cade training with a sword blindfolded, he approaches Cade, ¡°I was expecting you¡±, cade said as he got the cloth that was covering his eyes off, still red eyes. ¡°I¡¯m just gonna assume you killed him¡±, he said keeping the sword in his left hand Dracno gets his sword out, ¡°then you might¡¯ve also heard the noises¡±, Cade is not surprised as they start exchanging sword blows on one another, ¡°I did it was 4th of the week, just how bad do they want her?¡±. Dracno swings his sword around Cade¡¯s neck when Cade easily dodges it, ¡°frankly speaking I don¡¯t know too!¡±. As they both keep going at each other Cade was at advantage because of his faster movement and sneaky moves that were hard to follow with. ¡°Let me tell you something Dracno, I am smelling something more than just reunion and ancient rituals¡±, Cade manages to throw away Dracno¡¯s sword and points the peak of his sword on Dracno¡¯s neck, ¡°that is why I¡¯ll be coming with you this time¡±. Dracno smiles at him, ¡°I thought you¡¯d say something like that, but we gonna have to wait till Michael arrives and Irene agrees to leave this place¡±. Cade gets his sword away from his neck putting it in a wooden case that was on his back, as they both look at the castle form outside, ¡°seems the only option left for us huh?¡±. Irene checks they king¡¯s court where the throne of the king is been kept vacant, she sits on the throne, ¡°I don¡¯t know how much I¡¯ve made them wait for the desires of you and that I look back at it, it¡¯s not me that was unworthy it was you, yes I will make my self worthy enough to show you my back and say ¡®you¡¯re not worthy enough to be mine¡¯¡­¡±. She looks at the same piece of paper Dracno handed her, ¡°because I¡¯m not made for thrones¡±. They¡¯re destinies are about to take it¡¯s shape and that they must withstand any forces of opposition in their paths from not being a star born, discovering realities and declining throne, the inevitable will make everything possible for them so that the new day shall be a new era, era of diamonds and stars HEIR TO DEBUACHERY HEIR TO DEBUACHERY You, who will bring demise to end. You, who will uproar the sky. You, who shall have an inevitable faithful remembering impact on this very land. So called born king is supposed to have all the qualities that are mentioned, there is always someone considered for becoming the great king and the pioneer of new Era, but that must certainly not be the king people think of, rather then that the heir to the king¡¯s throne is much more of a heir to his debauchery, the day is blooming with great sky spreading its so called capital of Xarekhta, it¡¯s called heaven¡¯s heave. The capital is always a center for all the trades and all the spotlights that Xarekhta has to offer, with food grains, clothes to weapons and unseen fabrics are all part of the market, grand market, it¡¯s the place where people look up to opportunities where the sun shines the brightest, the same market kicks the story of the day with Albert ready on his horse entering a work house just out side the market with James he sees a man in shadows who is eager for the proposal he is about to make, ¡°take a look at this Albert it¡¯s the new invention of our alchemist that were working in the castle, this thing just requires a spark and BOOM!!! Lands, ships and castles vanished in an instant¡±, he said with a point of making a long lasting impression, ¡°how much do you think you can make of them?¡±, said Albert as he picked the powder rubbing in his hand, the softness is overwhelming but the potential of the powder is much more to show joyful fineness, the man gave a wicked smile, ¡°As much you desire Albert!¡±. Albert looks at those barrels and is a little curious about testing it as much promising the new invention is, the hands always scratches up the money in pocket, ¡°Fine you¡¯ll have your money, make sure to satisfy me as much as you can with 100000 gold coin¡±. The man gives a lust full smile with droll off his face revealing his body language of some kind of old yet short in height and lack of muscles on his body he wears a plane green cloth with some kind of language written on it, ¡°oh yes don¡¯t worry it is more then enough for the whole capital¡±. As Albert walks away from the shop with an intention of the deals positive outcome the old man is just standing behind as he sees Albert and James leave, ¡°oh boy, isn¡¯t world has became such an interesting place, the ecstasy of this world is just simply overwhelming!¡±. As they leave James gets a bit curious, ¡°Sir, may I ask you why full ton of barrels of that stuff?¡±. Albert and James get on their horses, ¡°It¡¯s only reliable when you have a good stock of it James, besides you never know who comes barging in, with army and dragons, demanding the right for the throne, it¡¯s only the matter of fact that king Efren fades away¡±. James looks at Albert with a questionable face, ¡°but sir, what about the king¡¯s heir, he is still there right? Prince Howard¡±, albert is much certain with this fact than anyone else yet he opposes it, ¡°the prince is a whore, vine and gold lover not much more than that James its only our duty as the royal guards to protect him, though I don¡¯t seek any future whatsoever in him¡±. James gets the circumstances of the prince and is bound to agree what Albert implied and that even he was able to defeat the prince with his sword skills. As they kept moving, they finally reached the castle, the prince is in his garden with some women around him, 3 to be appropriate, he sees Albert and James approaching him and sends off the women. ¡°Ah Albert and James welcome, I was expecting you¡±, he said as they got off their horses and made their way to him, ¡°How are you prince?!¡±, said Albert as they both bend in front of him. "Oh I''m just as fine, tell me what would you have, wine or the exported lokree". "no my prince thanks but we are on duty so it''s not allowed to us", Albert explained. "Ha-ha, just impressive Albert, just impressive", the prince has a royal clothing on, gold chains, gold rings and a silver sword with a glass of wine in his hand just as Albert defined. They are then interrupted by a maid, "pardon my prince but the king is expecting you!". Howard looks towards Albert and James, "looks like we will talk later then Albert, see you around my friend". Albert knows that the king''s situation is only worsen as the days are past thus, leaving no strong heir the kingdoms will go on a war, if such unexpected calamity happens they must protect the prince at any cost. Howard arrives back as they waited in the court yard just besides the garden, "Prince is he OK?", Albert looks really worried, "He does, for now not for long Albert the disease is such that he is not been able to move his left leg at all now". Albert gets tensed and then sits just on the ground, "now what, the kingdoms will go on a war now, good lord save us!". "A war for what!?", Howard is a little confused, "for the Throne they all will come at us for the power, we are fucked!!". Howard gives a bright smile, ¡°ah you look so cute when you are tensed Albert!", as the prince laughed at him, "this is not a joke my prince considering you are so weak its only a mat-"..... "weak...... Do I look weak to you Albert", prince mad a intense look of his face, now that Albert realizes that he just said what, should not been said, "I was just implying my prince you are in danger-". Prince gave a wicked smile, "danger eh?", he then starts to laugh, "you thought I''m weak and now you thing I''m in danger, stop messing around Albert". Albert is a little confused, "my prince but you must lay low after the king passes away", he said with a worried look, "the kingdom would go turmoil after that my prince!!". The prince now gives a pat on Albert''s shoulder and is very bright with a smile, "Oh we will see about that Albert". They both are left behind as the prince walked away from the garden, "Oh and yeah prepare for a crowning soon, papa wants to see it happening". Albert is now shocked by the king''s decision of making Howard the next king, "but my lord you must at least have slayed 3 dragons for being worthy", as he remembers how weak the prince is, ¡°rules are just words Albert and numbers Are the same". Albert is still confused by the punctuated line of prince, as he and James now are left alone in the park, they see the same three women passing by with Albert signals James to stop them, he takes no time standing in front of them, "I''m sorry for stopping you here my ladies, but you are always with the prince, I mean I know he is a prince, any other reason you are always sticking around him". The ladies then smiled at him as one of them replies, "oh Albert, once you''ve been in his chamber you will realize why he always has women seeking around him, trust me it''s not that what comes in mind first". Albert then realizes that he was never allowed to enter prince''s room after when he was employed with the job of his protection just waiting outside was his way of making money, "you go to the stables James, I''ll be right back", as he rushes towards prince''s room, the agility gained by years of experience takes him no time reaching his chamber its door is really huge and then he realized that it''s the same anyway, he then rushed the door without permission risking his only Job in the royal capital after being retired from the job of lord commander, what he sees is what leaves him in traumatized, there were skulls of 5 dragon hanging from the roof as the chamber is wide enough to hold them, he then sits on the floor with his hand on his sweaty forehead, "Oh my lord!!", and now that he can relate many facts that came in his head, his skin was turning red as the baffled mind went through the fact that Howard never had the jeopardy against fighting him or James , it''s all damned clear, and that the prince was just clobbering away the fact of his supremacy, his scandalized body language was making his body shiver as he gazed with wide open eyes to those damn skulls of the dragons. Howard then enters his chamber, "Albert........ What are you doing here....?". The sun is getting on the top as Claire and Lyssa are left in shock as to what Leonardo even did to that man, "What did you do, how did you killed him?", said Claire with a worried look, "he was an undead, I can''t kill him nobody can, so I locked him away, as shina made me practice", he said walking towards them, "Then too Leonardo, his weapon was too much enchanted!", Lyssa explained. "It''s OK now he is gone there is no need to worry about him", he exclaimed, "then what about those creepy things we got rid of?", Claire asked, "those were just mere distraction, I could sense those with the density of forest", he explained, "You could sense the density of forest?!", Lyssa is impressed yet is surprised, "Considering the arboreal person he is, there would be no doubt", Claire was surely knowing the fact. They then started walking towards their horses, with there being no other threat to them they can finally leave the forest and enter the southern field lines, the place where the agriculture of cold crops takes place, the place where lies the outcast Bay right in the south, "we will be there by a village just outside this forest, may be they will know about some weird activity in the south", Leonardo explained as they got on their horses and started to hit the path, what lies is more interesting then something after the lake, village of Qualura, it is a village with most prosperity in unmixed beauty, Qualura is a very famous village as it is one of the oldest village in the history of land of Xarekhta, "isn''t that the oldest village out in South!?", Lyssa asked as they kept riding, "whoa! You knew that!", Claire is surprised, "Well considering a globe trotter like me, I''ve been to many places, but I''ve only heard of this village in the books!". "don''t worry people in this village are magnanimous, they''ll let us in and will also help us around", Leonardo said as he couldn''t stay silent on Lyssa''s curiosity, "well that''s something good, a place I''ve not been before, sounds so interesting", she said as she holds on to Claire''s back. The path seemed so close yet far for them. As the three do share a common direction but not a common destination. They reach at a peak of a mountain it is about to be noon, they see a village with no people in it, the area was vast and the place was so remote, "Is this Qualura, where are the people?", said Claire with a surprising tone that made them wonder, "the last time I was here it was blooming with humanity", said Leonardo as they stepped in the village with not even winds blowing, "Now this is a little scary", said Lyssa as they got off their horses and started walking, the place was full of cement houses but was so suspiciously empty, "There is nothing here for travelers", a old man came in front, he was wearing old, teared clothes and was having a stick as his only support of standing, "This village is over kids go ahead", "but what exactly happened!?", said Claire as they came forward towards the man, "What happened you say, it was a disease that took everyone''s life, that disease was so powerful not even the star born of this village was able to withstand it", he said as he sat down on one of the chairs outside the houses in the front of the village Lyssa was oddly doubtful, "Disease? In this forest? Looking at the environment that¡¯s practically impossible". "The last time I came here it was full of people", said Leonardo as the old man looked at him with a hand full of thoughts in his mind, "So you say everyone was killed, do you saw any physical changes in them?", asked Leonardo. The old man goes on a rewinding ride as he thinks of only one thing that made him the oddest amount all, "Ah, I know it was the skin color, they were pale compared to the thickness of mine", that made them 3 more confused as of the real ambiguity wasn''t enough, "Pale huh? I''ve seen such thing to happen somewhere, I just don''t remember", said Lyssa as she goes into her mindful adventure of being able to relate anything with the scenario portrayed by the old man, "OH I remember it!! It was one of the discovered diseases that were mentioned in the books of high tower, ah I don''t remember the name of it though but it was surely mentioned in the books as the water disease!". "water disease?", said Leonardo as Claire and him barely even know about that, "ah it happens when the body takes some impure amount of water with some infective substance that cause the skin paling and sometime blood vomit", her study of alchemy is nearly world class as Lyssa claims to be the mage that was able to transfer herself to high tower academy and being able to gain knowledge and wisdom she blossoms when it comes to the field of magic and pharmacy, "So then it''s water that caused it all, but how come that infective impure water came all the way to South of the forest, it''s another impossible milestone for humans", said Claire as everyone was in deep thought but Leonardo already figured the water source but was unsure of some stuff, "Say old man, the river nearby is the only source of water right?", the old man nods at him, "then how come that they went sick?", Claire also had something running through her mind, "May be its something we are missing", said Claire as they backed off from the village with their heads down and they got on their horses as thru prepared to go ahead, the old man was still sitting down there, "I am cursed I assume, that everyone died but me as he looked at them going away," so any guesses as to why it didn''t worked on the old man?", asked Claire as they started riding on their horses," No you see there are always contradicting diseases that violates the effect of other diseases, it must be that the old man is suffering from something stronger than that, it would be senseless though to think he is cursed or something". Even with the talks Leonardo was up to his own thoughts as to his mind was running as the fastest thing on land as they finally see the river possibly the source of their water, "it looks so pure!", said Claire as they gazed at the south river that was really wide, making it way All to the ocean, it started from that place thus, having two shores on either sides and is the same river that claimed to be the possible suspect of the village tragedy, suddenly Lyssa looks a little panicked, "hey guys....am I day dreaming or those are fish bodies on the shores of the other side of the river.....".Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. The sun is increasing its intensity as Zarah and Daniel are ready to show their skills, Zarah is pumped up as she tightens her gloves and takes her marks, sooner without her being known the bear was standing right behind her, she gets misbalanced as the bear hits her, she knows that the speed of the bear is her greatest disadvantage as she hopes to come up with a good idea of defeating the speed first, she uses her left hand to dodge the attack as she gets her right hand to the bear''s chest, sooner to realize that there is no clothes to get a hold of, that makes her to think of her mistake as to ignore that the bear doesn''t has clothes, even in the beginning when they met on the heaps, she gets a little sweaty as the recoil firm the dodge drags her to some distance the bear yet stands still, she them sprints towards the bear with a roar making the bear to get confused as to why is she running into him, the bear then jumps on her the weight is really heavy, heavy enough to misbalance Zarah again she fells on the ground with the bear making everyone wonder if the large talks are over in two attacks, but she gets up, "AAAH, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EAT!!!", she has the bear on her shoulder, "Gotcha bear, what''s with the weight and the contradicting speed!!", she said as she tossed the bear away which hardly scratches the bear, she does so to judge weight of the bear but the bear has quiet the idea of her strategy as then the bear changes into a tiger, ¡°Can you judge the weight now!!", she gets a little panicked as the tiger dashes on her and lands a paw on her right hand making a huge cut, she retreats back and she knows that judging the weight is out of point now. "honestly I never thought of that outcome, to be able to change forms from one animal to other, But its good because I thought I was the only one with surprises", the tiger wastes no time to dash towards her again but this time it turns into a wolf, Zarah does gets surprised but not misbalanced as she holds the wolf with her hands and ducks the paw for landing a kick but the wolf now transforms into a gorilla which counters her kick with his huge hands, "Just how many animal can that man be!", said Xavier as they were the part of the audience along master ulfreg, "More then you''ve seen, although it is not that powerful as you think, besides he is just a gate keeper anyway", said Master ulfreg as they made their concentration back on the fight, "you want to see something big, I''ll give you your good opponent", as the gorilla becomes a mammoth which roars making the ground to shake and as the grievousness increases the mammoth dashes, but this time it is been stopped by Zarah with her hands holding the mammoth''s teeth, "You don''t think you can win with that can you?", she smiles as she misbalances the mammoth on its knee and jumps on its back, "Oh I''ve fought bigger things than you, much bigger ones!", she gets right on top of its back and lands a punch with both her hands making the mammoth to fall even more, "it only needs one", she said as the mammoth transforms back into Daniel, "ah, I lose, you win my lady!!", she then gets off Daniel''s back, "please forgive me if I overdid I was flowing in motion", as Daniel gets up curious yet in pain, the fight is over as everyone gets down in the arena, "p-please tell me how you got me lady Zarah I honestly thought of it as a good chance!", Zarah is smiling in her joy of an overwhelming victory, "It was your speed, I''m sure you would know about that your attack speed were not decreasing or increasing with every transformation", she scratches her head, "I feel so naive", Daniel gets really happy as he got to fight Zarah, "Then how much did it took you", Zarah replies looking at the sun, "I wasn''t sure but it actually didn¡¯t took me my sword so I guess you can calculate". Ulfreg also looks happy, "Now then, we may leave, although what we only found was a book, yet it can be a marvelous key to untouched locks". They are ready to move Daniel stands in front of them, "Please let me arrange a cart for you, that''s the least I can do!", everyone cant do anything but to agree with him, thus Daniel gets going from the arena, "What were you thinking in the fight, you could''ve won that in fractions?", said Xavier as he looked towards Zarah when Ulfreg walked away, "Ah he looked so pumped up about it, so I thought of playing along and I thought it would be disappointing if I won in fractions", she said as they started walking away with Xavier giving a smile, "now that was expected to hear". As Xavier continued to walk along ulfreg it was sooner that he realized that Zarah is nowhere to be found, he turns around panicking, "Oh for God''s sake what now!!", he looks at ulfreg and thinks of all the places that Zarah can be at thus, making him sure of only one place, he rushes towards the basement, it is still as they left it, broken traps, hanging huge axes and the ominous vibe, it was not late that he sees Zarah getting ready for something, "hey!!what is it now we have been here, what else do you want?!", he said with a worried tone, "Ah I was hoping you''ll come a little early, well it would be rather disappointing if we left this place like this on a second thought who knows when will I be able to come here again, so it better be this way, MY way", she said as she sprints towards the hanging axes and starts to get a use of the surrounding that she will be using as tools for her way of exploration she then climbs up the axe that was in the middle with her ropes, she sees a symbol of key meanwhile Xavier plans on joining her in an easier way that was taking him sometime to analyze, "I fuckin'' knew it!!! A jackpot!", she said as she sees a key hole under that symbol, "Oi, Xavier why are you taking so long, come quickly", her punctuated words are echoed all around the room as Xavier figures out a way of his by using his soul magic,"VALERIS!!", he said as he sets on flying with purple Fog out of his hand and leg without any support, "Hold up ill be right there", he said as he joins Zarah and gazes the same key hole and the symbol, the symbol was of an dragon, "Looks like everyone loves fuckin¡¯ dragons", said Zarah as they came closer to the symbol, "An artifact up here in the wall, this room is definitely crazy", said Xavier as Zarah punches the locks, but the punches are having no effects on the lock, "Get aside dumbass", said Xavier pulling the axe away on which she was, "I''ll get it", he takes a deep breath, "CONROE", those magical words are now changing the purple fog on his right hand in red as he points it towards the lock, "Done!", "the wall starts to move on itself as they were shocked looking at it there was a gem in the middle it was glowing red in color at was looking like it was embedded here for a reason, ¡°don¡¯t touch it, it can be dangerous", said Xavier but it was too late as the excited self in Zarah was unable to hold her self back and takes it in her hand, "Ah don''t worry I''ve seen gems like this, not this one though it looks really unique", she said as she dropped her way off the huge ace and was followed by Xavier, "Speech is a never understanding field for you I guess", he said as she gazed at the stone and realizes that they said Daniel to prepare for their get going, "Let''s go, we don''t want master Daniel to wait for us!", she said as she sprinted away, "nobody understands you, I wish I was wiser", said Xavier as he chased her back to the entrance of the coliseum. Meanwhile Irene and Dracno are standing on the roof top of the castle, "You are damn sure it was her''s letter?", she said as they were looking at the natural beauty of the castle rather than each other, "You think I''ll lie about something like that just to get you out of here, nope, I''ll drag you away, the letter was written with some serious intentions", she then smiles, "Ah, sorry, sorry that I judged you Dracno, but I if the letter says me to come then we will go, to see my sister!", the letter was just a piece of a paper that had the competence to excite Irene and to make her leave, Lathus reign, the letter was still in her hand, those bold letters, "Irene, I hope you are doing well don¡¯t worry I¡¯m doing good too you see child I don¡¯t often write letters but I have to write this one only acknowledge you about some thing very serious, you see your sister, Zarah D''ARC is still alive and as per the group of Valkyries that we talked with on the bank of East Xarekhta she has now entered our land, though they said she is safe for now, I can only think of how eager you are after reading this, we don''t know her exact location but child, find your sister as she may be the long last Reason of you not giving up on your family, she might just be the Kick start of your new journey of yourself ........" With love, MILEVA DUTCH. As Irene enters her room she finds Faith sitting on her chair by the window, "Ah you are here, I was waiting for you Irene!", she is a little surprised, "Waiting, for me?", Faith then gets up, "Yup, you see Cade told me that we will be going with you, isn''t that sounds great and on the top, Dracno agreed to it!", she gets shock as to not by their company but by Dracno''s agreement as he hardly agrees for companions, "That does sounds great but will you be fine coming with us Faith?", she gives a smile, "Don''t worry about me Irene besides the marks haven''t gone yet", as she stands in the front of the mirror in Irene''s room when she undresses herself by getting off the white jacket that she was wearing making her half naked she stands backward, the marks on her back are clearly visible, Irene comes close and picks a red paste with her hands she started applying it on the marks, "you are right, I should not worry, besides it''s about someone I''ve never met in my life, yet she is the most important person to me or potentially my only reason of existence, Zarah I just wish these 5 days go by quickly", Faith then turns around and hugs her, "Be strong Irene just like you''ve been all these years, it''s just a little more and you''ll know how worth it the sufferings were". She stood by the window seeing Dracno and Cade talking about something as faith changes her clothes this time a red woolen jacket, "So you are not going to for the greed anymore", Faith asked as she gets her hair arranged sitting on a chair, "I¡¯ve decided not to, at least for now its getting old", Faith gives her a smile, "I see, well like Mileva said on that day, you are inevitably going to rule someday Irene", she looks a little off looking outside, "I hope that one day is clearly visible to my family", Faith gets up, "Oh come on now, don''t be so off mood, you should be happy, you are finally going for the search of your family with some real strong belief, even so I am really getting eager to see your sister!", she said as she sees through the same window that shots the view of the greenery of the forest and how the sky is meeting the forest no the horizon where the castle stands on one of the mountain in the range of wall of Eden. Their reunion shall happen before its late as the discoveries shall not be done on its own and specifically not alone, with the world finally going to witness its new king from the disease that can lead directly to death the world is vast, more vast then the land of Xarekhta, that shall be a lesson for anyone who sees it as his or her''s world even the miracle child will realize that the land dreamed is just a sand dust of the world and that the secrets are often opened too quickly ----------------------------------------------------------------All in the next chapter-------------------------------------------------------------------- TWO FACED EGOTIST TWO FACED EGOTIST The impatient me inside can¡¯t take it any longer, ¡°Just how much have you been hiding??!!¡±, his body language is drowning deep down as the spine chilling truth of the heir to the king is no unveiled, ¡°Well to put it simple, nobody is na?ve in Blackmores, well it¡¯s a kind of story you grow up listening on bed, nobody is na?ve Albert all the blames are to the teachings¡±, he is angry yet helpless as to what else can he even do to the heir being the truth he looks at the dragon skulls, ¡°Mind explaining this?¡±, Howard is not surprised by his restlessness, anyone would be restlessness thinking he served some false thing only to cover up a enormous poisonous truth, ¡°Well they aren¡¯t innocent though I can say that, you were not the part of the people with whom I go to tour places, not me that didn¡¯t allowed you hated being around women, well just assume they weren¡¯t that fun for tours and kind of intentional¡±. The fact that makes his memory to go on a ride, that Howard is right he did never went on any of those proclaimed rich men tourism of royals, ¡°It¡¯s a fact I agree! But why me, what was this certain need that the truth to me was unknown. While the women around you were totally aware of it?¡±. Howard is looking at the mirror on the floor that was reflecting their images, ¡°you were fairly new Albert, pardon but it was not any personal rivalry but father was being skeptical about you so he suggested not to tell you, when I thought you have proven loyal enough to know the fact, he told to act along as usual". Albert gives another helpless look, ¡°The king was huh? Fine I won¡¯t judge him for that, but what now the world will see one day your power and that you could possibly be the bright star of your generation¡±. The bright star is the one which gloom on denoting a really strong star born most likely to be the dominant among all yet not completely invulnerable, ¡°I don¡¯t care if I¡¯m a bright star or not Albert, all I care is stopping the possibility of the kingdoms going at war, even if we don¡¯t participate the economic crisis will reach our feet one day too¡±, Albert is more shocked not to that Howard is caring about his nation but to not take a part in war yet to stabilize it, ¡°So after you become the king, you will go on a treaty with others?¡±, Howard then laughs, ¡°Are you kidding me Albert? Treaty is for kids besides that the least in strategic thing to come in my mind, I sure have plans though, different plans not as childish as treaty Of Course I¡¯m not an idiot to do that kind of stuff the next day I become the king, there are lots other things too to be taken care of". Albert feels like an idiot to mention something like treaty knowing the fact that the blackmores never signed any treaty as it is considered as a childish na?ve act in their books, but then again that would be the first thing that comes in his mind, ¡°So what will you do then?¡±, he is still give laughing, ¡°Well we will see about that once I become the king, I don¡¯t honestly think that would happen soon though and it¡¯s good to know that¡±, Albert looks a last view of his chamber as to the frightening truth that closes with its door closing in with him standing besides Howard, ¡°Ah also Albert don¡¯t tell anybody you find suitable to talk about the chamber I¡¯ve seen you do that many times, now then¡­¡­.. the waits are over let¡¯s go and the king himself¡±. Albert¡¯s pale body is starting to take control of it as he will join Howard to meet his majesty and that the preparations for the crowning ceremony should start as soon as possible. The river clearly is full of dead fishes that were visible on the other side, ¡°Guys am I day dreaming or is that all fishes!?¡±, said Lyssa as everyone gets panicked by seeing those dead bodies, same as the old man described yellowish pale body color, they got off their horses, ¡°the strange odor, it¡¯s some what resembling to rotten smell¡±, said Claire as they closed in to see those bodies, there were no fixed size from small to very big every fish was dead, ¡°The water, the color is just like any normal water¡±, said Leonardo as Lyssa sits down to see the water, ¡°It has to be that disease, but I thought it works when the water is contaminated water¡±, she gets up when suddenly the water in the river started to lower down its tide the river is now almost drought on the banks as a monster like creature is Clearly visible under it, the water was possibly drank by him as the monster was fairly gigantic in size and was really ugly with big fish like fins on either side of its neck and it was expanding and contracting rapidly unlike that of a frog, ¡°What the fuck is that, get away Lyssa!¡±, said Claire as she jumps and gets Lyssa away from the spot that she might get in danger, ¡°this thing is the problem around here I guess¡±, said Leonardo as he gets his ropes out from his horse bag, ¡°No stop, I¡¯ll deal with it¡±, said Claire as she gets up, ¡°Besides it¡¯s ugliness makes me want to kill it more¡±, she fires up her arms just like she did while fighting Leonardo when they first met except this time the intensity of the fire is much more, ¡°If this is the thing that took life of thousands than I would take no second thought on killing it, HEAVEN FLAMES¡±,she uses the mighty blow of fire wind that burns the monster not even the bones of it are left, ¡°So you figured out huh?¡±, as the same mysterious old man of Qualura appears behind them, ¡°I thought it would take you much more time than that¡±, they are left in shock as if the man knew of all this, ¡°Wait so you know all this, about the monster?!¡±, said Claire as they turned around looking at him, ¡°Of course I do that thing is a part of mine!¡±. Their assumptions were wrong, the first impression was wrong, ¡°Don¡¯t worry the disease I posses is real,though I never thought of you to be able to identify the disease this early¡±. They are annoyed of course they would be, ¡°Why did you killed your own people?!¡±, said Lyssa as they went in an alert position, ¡°My people? They were never my people, they are just people who know how to agonize someone that¡¯s all, everyday, everyday those faith killing smile were burning me from inside I couldn¡¯t take it any longer!¡±, they are disgusted by the fact of that old man, ¡°And, what about us? Why did you didn¡¯t killed us?¡±, said Leonardo as Lyssa fades away in the woods, the old man became more enthusiastic while explaining his misery, ¡°Why would I kill anyone else then them, you don¡¯t slow poison me every second by some bright blooming smile¡±, he said as he shivers with the pain in his body while Lyssa in the woods takes her position aiming her hands perpendicular to that of the old man¡¯s body, ¡°One last thing, you don¡¯t belong here do you the land?¡±, asked Leonardo as he judged him earlier on their first meeting as well, ¡°Well Identified, I do not belong in Xarekhta, I came to this land, out side world is very thoughtful about it as a land of opportunity and a land where you can create your fortune eh? Fuck fortune! This fucking disease ruined everything in my life!!¡±, they were aware of Lyssa¡¯s plan so they played along, ¡°You don¡¯t belong here yet you came here killed all of this people for their independent smiles huh? Man you fucked up big time old guy¡±, said Claire when Lyssa in the woods finally responds, ¡°CHAMBER OF HEARTS!!¡±, there is a blue fogg that reaches the old man from her hands, such immense power that was able to decay the man¡¯s old and already decaying body as he says his last words, ¡°The world is much more then your satisfactory smiles and Xarekhta is not even a dust of it-¡°, he vanishes and Lyssa come out from the woods there is a moment of quietude between them as they were analyzing what the old man said, ¡°And we didn¡¯t even knew his name¡­ ¡°, said Lyssa as the silence now breaks out, ¡°I¡¯ve never felt it though it was like his body was made full of magic, I am sure that something related to that immense magic storage had been the reason of the disease in his body, God outsiders are scary sometimes¡±, she said as she heads towards the horses, ¡°Guys seriously don¡¯t act weird let¡¯s go!¡±, as she never got to listen to the last words of that man but Leonardo and Claire did as they looked at each other¡¯s faces shockingly, NOT EVEN A DUST HE SAID. The look on Zarah¡¯s face clearly expressed of her happiness not by the book but by the gem, although it didn¡¯t expressed and information regarding Merlin but still she was happy for some reason, ¡°The cart is ready my lady, you may proceed¡±, Daniel appeared with a cart at the same starting gate of the coliseum, ¡°Ah thank you for everything Master Daniel, your help was grateful¡±, she said as they got on the cart, ¡°If the path crosses we shall meet again Daniel¡±, said ulfreg as they prepared for the cart to go, ¡°may I have a talk with you my lady, alone that is¡±, said Daniel just before they were about to hit the road, she agrees as they go on a corner of the coliseum, ¡°What is it master Daniel?¡±, she asked as Daniel looked around and answered coming close to her, ¡°do you know about your brother as well?¡±, she is shocked by the fact of his brother, ¡°My brother? Who is him?!¡±, he points her to stop screaming, ¡°Please don¡¯t talk about that loudly my lady, nowadays even walls have ears all I know that Great lady¡¯s child is still alive even though everyone thinks that he is dead, I among all still believe his existence that existence that was claimed highly unlikely, but if you ever got pass him the only way you could identify him will be the birth mark on his back¡±, she gives a joyful smile, ¡°thank you so much Master Daniel¡±, she sits down and bows her head, which makes Daniel panicked, ¡°Oh no, no please don¡¯t do that it¡¯s unnecessary, besides its my job for serving the D¡¯ARCS until the end of my life¡±, Zarah then gets up and sprints towards the cart, ¡°Bye then master Daniel hope we cross path again¡±, with Zarah and others leaving Daniel stands back in the coliseum, ¡°Make hopes to possibilities, oh great lady I just hope he is still out there, YOUR FALLEN STAR¡±. It¡¯s been quite sometime and they traveled some distance as Zarah finally opens the diary, the first page is mentioning the names, MERLIN D¡¯ARC, CELIA D¡¯ARC, CRAIG WOLFSTIEN. She gently swipes her fingers on the names and then turns the next page, ¡°Have you ever visited top, it¡¯s green, beautiful, gloomy, full of crop, I wish I could stay longer¡±.This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. She looks back to the coliseum as they are far enough for it to view only a less amount, ¡°top huh? And green as well?, now what¡¯s that about?!¡±, Xavier sees her murmuring, ¡°Going through the riddles eh?¡± She then turns up the other page with Xavier sitting beside her this time, ¡°you should visit the the tail its kinky, rough, snowy and pale, I wish I could stay longer¡±. ¡°I think it¡¯s some kind of place references¡±, said Xavier as they were absolutely judging the riddles that surely are references of the geographical related resources, ¡°I will solve them, well at least being able to relate is would I can look forward, besides here on the corner of the book it says, easier ones¡±, said Zarah as she turns the next page, a note falls of the book, Zarah picks up the note and opens it up, the note had yet bold letters, ¡°Dear sister, I would be there with you as soon as the rituals are over, I can¡¯t wait to see you after all this time, I hope my little sister did a good job of maintaining the kingdom I can barely even trust Craig for that, that stupid needs a lot to learn. There is so much happened with me and I am really eager for you to hear it all just like the times we were kids talking nights over nights, oh another thing I know that you are crying Celia, but don¡¯t cry please, even if I can¡¯t see it, I can sense it you and your audacity should all be strong and don¡¯t worry big sister would be there is no time¡­¡­¡± With love, MERLIN D¡¯ARC. ¡°Seeing you after a long time, what¡¯s the meaning of that?¡±, She said as she folds the letter and puts it right on page three, where there is a riddle, ¡°It¡¯s sooner that you realize, with family and friends you must, get out of the dust, I wish I could stay longer¡±. ¡°Now what the heck is dust?!¡±, she said as she closes the book, ¡°another riddle and my head would burst open, these are just place references but why so complicated!¡±, she said as they were approaching the next stop of the expedition of her family, ¡°it¡¯s the eastern gulf one of the loyal kingdoms to ever serve D¡¯ARCS¡±, they are taking a sneak of the place as it is one of the popular places on Xarekhta is the means of foreign trade, gigantic boats, huge containers, markets and everyone working was making the place beautifully systematic, they are able to see some of it as they are not close enough to it but the bay glooms with the people and the clear water sea. The queen is healed up in no time thanks to Trace¡¯s treatment experience, some one knocks the door, ¡°Please come in¡±, the queen replied, it¡¯s Irene , ¡°Pardon my queen¡±, the queen is not hesitating, ¡°come in Irene¡±, as she steps in and stands besides her, ¡°you know I am really glad that you were there to save me back then Irene I can¡¯t be anymore thankful¡±, she said as Irene hands her a glass of water, ¡°oh no my queen it¡¯s not being thankful it¡¯s a part of my job, besides I¡¯ve finally decided it, I am retiring¡±, the queen is shock obviously she would as to the person she knew Irene as she didn¡¯t quite expected a retirement at this age, ¡°Is there something that is more important than this job?¡±, She replies with no hesitation holding the queen¡¯s hand, ¡°much more important my queen much more, it¡¯s my family¡±, the queen gives her a smile, ¡°the you are allowed to leave Irene, but promise me that we will meet again? even if you don''t remain the lord commander¡±, She said as Irene kisses her hand, ¡°we will my queen sooner or later, but don¡¯t worry I am not leaving until the king arrives, I¡¯m besides not in that much of a hurry¡±, the queen is yet smiling, ¡°I wish you good luck of high guards¡±, it¡¯s the kind of good luck that¡¯s been considered as a ever lasting charm and can only be given by a true member of the family of high guards, the only true member that was Queen Brianna¡¯s mother. After a while, Faith looks impatient the looks on her face says it all, ¡°ah this is bad, really bad!!¡±, she was trying to open up some kind of lock of a small box, Cade enters the room, ¡°What is it now?¡±, she makes a sad face, ¡°The lock I locked with my enchantment magic is now unable to work, I used the anti tone of the magic but it¡¯s not working, ¡°So you want to open it? What¡¯s in there anyway?¡±, she looks really sad now, ¡°My ring, crap I¡¯m an idiot I shouldn¡¯t have done that anyway!¡±, she sits on the chair besides her, ¡°the anti magic is not working huh? That¡¯s why I hate magic, fuck this little thing¡±, he throws the box on the wall that was locked and when it hits the floor it pops open the ring falls and rolls to Faith¡¯s toe, ¡°whoa! You opened it Cade!!¡±, she wears the ring and gets happy, ¡°Thanks a lot!¡±, he replies to all this, ¡°That was clearly not my intention, anyway did Irene talked to the queen?¡±, she then gets up with a smile looking at the ring, ¡°She did, the queen agreed for us to leave by tomorrow but it seems like Irene wants to stay more fife days, at least until the king is back¡±. He gets the situation and is about to leave, ¡°What about the marks? Are they gone yet?¡±, she gives a sad smile that expressed her feelings towards the punctuated question, ¡°I just hope they did, you ask of it every day, don¡¯t you?¡±, Cade leaves without replying to her as she knows what¡¯s been going on to his mind all the time, she goes in a flash back of everything that happened with them, the long flaming fire that gobbled the entire city and the monster in shadows that stands in the middle of the chaos looking at the child that was dying and the pain that was expressed by the cries of everyone around and she sees what looked like werewolves that surrounded the city, that man who jumps in the fire to save the child, ¡°GET AWAY AND RUN!!¡±, that breaks her flashback as she sits back on the chair again, ¡°I should stop having those kind of thoughts in my mind!!¡±, she looks in the mirror that was in front of her, she gently swiped her fingers on her face, ¡°Besides there are many thing more important to be taken care of!¡±. Accompanied by several old guys they are called the Elders of Xarekhta, is a group of people that are hoaxed to know every information about the land of Xarekhta, specifically living their lives only for the sake of people. That are knowledgeable on humanity, morality and how Xarekhta became an integral part in evolution of the world, those so called Elders are going to be the first stop for Irene and others as they live by the high Chapel known as Tower of promises, that lies parallel to castle mirage but is very much high in altitude due to the mountains on which it is build on, that makes one like Dracno wonder if there even exist any Elder as they¡¯re been no signs of any Elder getting spotted or being seen in the public as to the fact nobody is sure about their existence, but if by any chance they do exist then there might just be a chance that they could help them on their goals of finding the other members of the family. The common goal of Irene¡¯s comrades of uniting every last one of the member. Dracno is standing in front of the royal garden with a glass half filled with wine, ¡°The last thing I wanna do as the guard of this place¡±, he said as he drinks the fine wine created by the royal farmers, ¡°You are drinking again?!¡±, Irene confronts him, ¡°told you this is the only thing that I like about this kingdom, the fine wine, Like to taste?¡±, he said knowing that Irene doesn¡¯t like drinking wine, ¡°No!! I was only here to tell you that I talked to the queen, she said it¡¯s fine for us to leave besides I don¡¯t want to just run away from everyone, so when King arrives we will be free, that¡¯ll be 5 days¡±, she said as he pours some more wine in his glass, ¡°So you want to engross yourself in some other work with in these 5 days I assume?¡±, he said, she nodes in agreement, ¡°Well we don¡¯t really have much¡±, suddenly Faith interrupts the conversation, ¡°You can do some thing for me, or more specifically for us!!¡±, she is in some hurry, ¡°Faith? What are you doing here? And what¡¯s with the hurry?¡±, she comes in with some paper in her hands, ¡°I did it Irene! I did it!!¡±, she said as she was overfloeing with joy and she hugs Irene, ¡°But what?!¡±, she said as she and Dracno were really confused, Faith then throws the paper she had on the floor, it¡¯s a big paper with some kind of sketches made on what looks like a pianting of falling stars, 6 of them, ¡°it¡¯s the constellation of stars from last generation, that included your parents of course! I solved it picture clear this time!!¡±, she had several attempts on unlocking the 6 fallen stars of the last generation out of three is which confirmed to be their parents with Leonardo¡¯s father being unknown to the world, ¡°You see there are 90 constellation created during the period of the year in which we examine the fallen stars, it¡¯s unusually more by 2, so its even more hard to understand the work of God, but this is finally simplified, although still skeptical!¡±, she said as Irene gets a little excited, ¡°Well then go on explain it¡±, but then Faith sits back, ¡°I need a final touch, all I can say obviously by approximation of the birthdate we came up with in the expedition and the constellation matching it is that the bright star¡±, she points at a bright spot in the sky with 6 falling star, ¡°has to be great lady!¡±, Irene is not surprises by the fact of bright star as she knows great lady''s true strengths, ¡°So what about the rest?¡±, she said as Faith replies, ¡°Would you come with me please, in my room?¡±, she looks at Dracno who is no eager in hearing the fact, ¡°this won¡¯t take long, alright let¡¯s go!¡±, they left. Dracno still was sitting on the same chair, ¡°I don¡¯t care about who your family was, I don¡¯t care about how you decide spending your life and I don¡¯t who you marry, all I care and know is the fact that I must protect you until I live, I may be the most heartless and soulless person you will see and I may be the most arrogant guy or a EGOTIST, for you I must have as many as much faces you desire, that¡¯s the kind of teaching I got from him, so I must do anything to protect you, QUEEN¡±. ¡°And yet people say you look so polite, they don''t know the arrogant you inside¡±, said Cade as he enters the room now, ¡°What¡¯s with the sudden urge of wine?¡±. ¡°Well we are leaving this place soon so I thought may be have some mindful of it¡±, he said as he offers a glass of wine, Cade accepts it, ¡°so you are you are not going to take some with you huh?¡±, he said as he tasted the impressive wine, ¡°You know the rules, nothing to remember PAST once we leave, this place becomes past to me¡±. Cade smiles, ¡°That¡¯s more in the facts of making you selfish¡±, he said as he puts the glass of wine on the table, ¡°But you and I both know it¡¯s coming, will she accept the throne?¡±. ¡°I don¡¯t know about that, all I can say that she won¡¯t run away from ruling¡±, he said as they both looked at the garden. THE MAN WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO ACCOMPLISH HIS ONLY TARGET OF LIFE, RATHER THE REASON BEING UNKNOWN, THE ALSO THING UNKNOWN IS HIS PAST AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND THE WISHES OF IRENE BECOMING QUEEN AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, QUEEN OF WHERE? THE KING IS TO BE CROWNED TOMORROW AND THE BOOKS WITH MUCH MORE THAN LETTERS AND RIDDLES SPECIFYING SOME PLACES IS DISCOVERED, THE REAL IDENTITY OF LYSSA IS REVEALED AND THE FIRST SIGHT OF SOUTH EASTERN KING IS ON SET ONLY ON ONE THING, DOMINATION. -------------------------------------------------------ALL IN NEXT CHAPTER----------------------------------------------------------------- Title- CROWNED MASTER AND HIS MARIONETTE CROWNED MASTER AND HIS MARIONETTE CROWNED MASTER AND HIS MARIONETTE The only thing that Albert can agree on is to let go of all the talks that happened between him and Howard in Howard¡¯s chamber as they now realize standing in front of a big door, the two soldier besides the door now approaches it and opens the door from middle as if they are tearing the sky as the Sunray entered the room¡¯s balcony and then were hitting their eyes, Howard stands still while Albert covers his eyes to avoid any flash, the King was laying on the bed besides the balcony, ¡°Pardon me my king¡±, Albert bows his head, the king gets up taking the support of the wall behind bed, ¡°Ah Albert and Howard I was expecting you two to come here soon, get in¡±, Howard acts usual and sits on a chair besides the bed his father was on and meanwhile Albert stands right opposite to the king, ¡°You were expecting me my lord?¡±, Albert is somewhat surprised, ¡°I did¡±, the king said as he pats his son, ¡°I am assuming that Howard told you about everything?¡±, Now that¡¯s what makes Albert a whole lot confused, ¡°Assuming, I thought I was not allowed to see it my lord¡±, the king now gives a smile, ¡°It was planned Albert, the meeting of the prince and you on the garden and then the talk with the ladies, you see its about time I thought that we might need get some inches familiar with each other, or more specifically you to get a hold of stuff that we¡¯ve been planning since Howard was born¡±, Albert is now getting used to all the surprised or the secret that he was isolated from, ¡°So why me? After all this time?¡±, he is angry, confused, panicked and scared as to why he out of all was chosen for all this, ¡°You see Albert, judging by the state of the nation its better to make stranger friends than family enemies, I can trust you now after all the time observing and please don¡¯t get me wrong, if you were to be at my place with your daughter and you entrust her to retired bounty hunter and surround her with all traitors you will do the same so with all due respect, I¡¯m sorry¡±, Albert is yet shocked, he has never seen such side of the king and an apology is not even considered as the worst case scenario. He knows and can feel what the king is feeling as he and king share a same thing, a single child with no mother over it, ¡°I can understand my lord but don¡¯t apologize, I¡¯ve took an ought to serve the blackmores and so should I remain my words on it, I would do any thing to protect the king and the kingdom¡±, the king is kind of satisfied as he takes a deep breath of satisfaction, ¡°Then the crowning should be done tomorrow¡±, he said as he kissed his son and that makes Albert to think about his daughter, Queen Brianna. Queen Brianna makes her way into Irene¡¯s room, she knocks on the door, ¡°Umm¡­. May I come in¡±, Irene was working on some papers that were scribbled and oddly distributed on her desk, she stands alert seeing the Queen, ¡°My Q-Queen you¡±, she gets aside and puts her chair in front, ¡°please take a seat¡±, as Faith enters from the other room where they pinned all the possible sketches of the star fall, ¡°Ah please don¡¯t do that¡±, the queen replied then she pointed towards her head, ¡°Do you see a crown up there, I¡¯m here as a friend Irene¡±, Faith is really concentrated on the papers she was looking, she sees the queen while walking towards her, ¡°Oh no where are my manners¡±, she didn¡¯t listened to what queen said and Irene was bowing her head, ¡°Stop it now you two, I told you treat me as a friend today, please¡±, they can¡¯t do anything but to melt down on the sweetest please they will ever hear, ¡°Ah we are sorry queen¡±, said Irene as she comes forward, while faith puts the papers in her hand on the table only to be noticed by the queen, ¡°are those star sky sketches?¡±, they are surprised as they never talked about the star sky sketches with the queen, ¡°You know all of these my queen?!¡±, Faith is surprised by this fact, ¡°Oh I do, well it¡¯s the thing my mom used to teach me while I was very young around 4 to 5 year old, you can say I grew up learning all of this¡±, she looks at the stars, ¡°it¡¯s from the last generation¡±, now that us more surprising as Brianna can read the star sky sketches easily. ¡°well I did studied from high tower books copy so I can do it easily¡±, she said as they smiled in joy, ¡°You are great my queen¡±, sad Irene, ¡°We are actually stuck here, I can¡¯t find the star for my mother, Merlin¡±. The queen then comes close to map, ¡°What¡¯s her date of birth?¡±, she said as Irene quickly replies, ¡°12 12 475 according to our reliable expedition¡±. The queen is a little shocked, ¡°are you sure of the date Irene¡±, she said as she picks up the papers looking at it from different angles, ¡°I don¡¯t see any constellation resembling to the fallen stars that were connected to 12 12 475¡±, now that¡¯s a problem when Irene and her crew searched for everything they can for D¡¯ARCS the only true solid evidence that they found was Merlin¡¯s date of birth and that too thanks to her old friend, Mileva Dutch. ¡°There has to be some problem here my queen because the date is the most solid proof I have ever had¡±, the queen then replies wise, ¡°Well may be she was not a star born then, because for you there is no reason to doubt my skills at all¡±, Faith was thinking of something when she suddenly snaps, ¡°Oh OK how about this my queen¡±, she hands her the paper with sketches of the million falling star event, ¡°These are too many!! But don¡¯t worry just give me somewhat of your approximation of birth date¡±, the queen said as Irene calmly replied, ¡°12 11 500¡±, she said as the queen was happy, ¡°Look that¡¯s your star, Constellation Cassiopeia named after a queen, there are star crossing Cassiopeia one of them has to be you¡±. The constellations are many and the days the stars fall is also many, it happens in the beginning of the month and ending of the month, thus constellation could be matched easily, these all were the thoughts running in the staunch mind of Faith as to she cannot figure out why there are no stars falling in the sketch of last generation, ¡°Damn it so it has to be the sketch or Lady merlin was not a star born¡±. Irene is on deep thought as well, ¡°May be he will know¡±, she goes to the window, ¡°Dracno! Would you please come here, I want to ask something¡±, Dracno and Cade were sharing a drink when they were disturbed by her, ¡°Alright I¡¯ll be there!¡±, he replied as they went up to her room, the door opens its Dracno and Cade entering the room when they see the queen sitting on Irene¡¯s bed, ¡°My queen, what are you doing here¡±, Cade asked while they entered the room, ¡°Ah I just came to talk and then I saw them working on this thing, The star sky sketches¡±, they came closer to have a look at the sketches, ¡°Are you judging birth based constellations Faith?¡±, Dracno asked while they looked at the sketches. ¡°Well yeah, but there is a problem here¡±, they were a little sat back, ¡°Problem?¡±, asked cade as they stood together with Irene and the Queen, ¡°So, Dracno what¡¯s with the stars I mean why do I have a star but my mother didn¡¯t?¡±. That took him quite the while to think, ¡°Impossible! YOU CAN¡¯T HAVE A STAR¡±, he said as they all went in shock, they know how strong she is, her mightiness in battles and her strength, ¡°Wait so you are telling that Irene is not a star born?!¡±, asked Faith breaking the silence, ¡°She isn¡¯t, just like her mother¡±, he looks at Irene, ¡°Our types are not considered in star born¡±, they are obviously trying to relate anything that came in their mind at that time, ¡°So who is that star with my birth date?¡±, With a wise tone Dracno replied, ¡°It has to be Zarah!¡±, with that said they can now relate all the thoughts in their mind as they came up with the same picture, IRENE AND ZARAH ARE TWINS. That makes Irene to think more about her sister, ¡°You¡¯ll know once you¡¯ll find her¡±, said the Queen breaking Irene¡¯s thought cycle, ¡°That¡¯s it¡±, said Cade as he and Dracno started taking foot steps backward from the room with Irene, Faith and Queen standing behind, ¡°Allows us now queen we shall leave if the work is over¡±, Case looks at Brianna while saying this when Dracno was looking at Irene, ¡°Allow us¡±, he said as they left closing the room¡¯s door and now the queen looks at Irene, ¡°Oh I almost forgot!¡±, she takes out a bright necklace with a diamond like gem in the middle of it, the color of the gem was changing when looked from different angles, ¡°This is my gift to you Irene, well it¡¯s that best I could get living in the high guards and it was the reason why I came here¡±, she wears the necklace and bows her head, ¡°Stop it now, I told you not to do this¡±, she looks happy, ¡°Thank you my queen!¡±, Irene kisses her hand. ¡° yeah no problem Irene I can at least do that for your service¡­ And¡­.. This one is for you Faith¡±, She takes out a bracelet from the same pocket she took out the necklace, the bracelet was bright too and looked like of same material that the necklace was build, Faith bends her knee as well holding and kissing her other hand, ¡°Thank you so much my queen!!¡±, while the Queen gave a bright smile she bends down as well and hugs them both, ¡°this is what you both need, bot service loyalty¡±, they hugged for Quite sometime while Dracno and Cade stood just outside the house with Cade with a Scared face, ¡°Dracno........that star¡­¡­.. Was not bright right? ¡±, he looked towards Dracno that had a scared face too, ¡°That was¡­¡­..that was a bright star¡±. They¡¯ve reached the port and Zarah gets out of the cart, ¡°Well that was quick!¡±, the place looked so systematic as the people working there made it look so clean and arranged, ¡°That was not something for the requirement of a cart¡±, said Xavier as he and master Ulfreg gets out of the cart, ¡°This isn¡¯t the place that we are headed to, it¡¯s just a thing that lies in between¡±, said Master ulfreg as they gazed the place, ¡°this is CLOVER royals, the family and kingdom popular for its various crops, makes it no wonder to be one of the central trade ports¡±, he said. The place was as explained by ulfreg on heck of a center of attraction, ¡°What¡¯s take of the king again?¡±, asked Xavier, ¡°Mordor Clover¡±, a man walking by them replied, ¡°If you were asking.¡±, he said as he turned towards them, ¡°Ah fellow travelers my I¡¯m used to them a lot thanks to this place¡±, he was giving a pleasant smile, he was wearing Peasant like clothes and was carrying a huge bag on his back, ¡°and who are you?¡±, Xavier asked. ¡°A fellow low wager, assuming by your surprised looks you all are travelers?¡±, he said as he lowered down the big bag on his back and threw it on the ground, ¡°We are¡±, Xavier replied. ¡°It¡¯s not so rare for travelers around here because of the trade¡±, the old man said as ulfreg finally comes closer to have a look of his old wrinkled face, ¡°We are not traders though, just trespassers¡±, ulfreg replies to him wisely. ¡°I see them you maybe quite rare, welcome then to the trade center of Xarekhta¡±, he points towards the boats, ¡°If you are trespassers then you can get a boat from there to the other side of the river for Penivile¡±, Penivile is another place that is govern by the same ruler of the trade center. Zarah looks at the huge bag and was about to Pick it up, ¡°Let me help you with this¡±, but the old man denied without a second thought, ¡°Oh no need for you to do that, it¡¯s just trade cotton, not much weight, besides I¡¯m going out of the city¡±, she then holds back. ¡°Penivile is the place where the royal family lives, Mordor, his brother Robert and his mother Emilia Clover in the castle right to the middle of the city, incase you want to know¡±, he said as he just put that bag on again and then started walking down the road off opposite to city from where they came, they were just standing trying to under stand those last punctuated words that were taking the breath out of that old man, ¡°That clearly was not cotton¡±, Xavier replied which made the most sense considering those pressured legs and hands were shaking even after that time old man they then gazed at the river Bank that was the only way to go to Penivile.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Yet the river was quite long to cross but the mastered view makes it to the other side the banks are much more Rocky compared to the port banks, the castle is clearly visible from the capital of the Clover kingdom, Penivile so was a man that stood in the balcony of one of the four towers surrounding the huge castle with a humongous Dom in the middle of it, a black coat with a white flower like brooch on the left side of his chest and a black round hat, he is then accompanied by a maid, ¡°Lord Robert, lady Emilia has called you in her court¡±, he was disturbed from seeing the view across the river, ¡°Fine tell her that I will be there¡±, the maid then bows, ¡°As you say my lord¡±, she replied as she stepped out of the tower room, ¡°its not even evening and here you are¡±, he said as he steps out of the room as well with soldiers wearing red armors matching with the autumn leaf flag of the clovers closed the door. The castle is really big from inside as well the king¡¯s Court is in the right side of the castle while Robert and Emilia have their rooms to the opposite side. There is somewhat notice from Mordor¡¯s court, ¡°But my lord it is Rumored that Louis is dead as he was chased by his own men in the forests never returning back¡±, said a man standing in the front of the balcony wearing a white plane cloth around his body in Mordor¡¯s court and then another man comes out of the side attached washroom wearing a big black suit just like Robert but much sophisticated , ¡°It¡¯s all rumors Fred you can¡¯t trust rumors¡±, he is quite hesitant on the topic, ¡°But my lord what if it is real, what I¡¯d Louis is actually dead?!¡±, the man replies with a wise smile, ¡°Than that¡¯s a jackpot for our internal ignition, those brothers weren¡¯t really close, heck I¡¯ll leave an advantage like that¡±, Fred also gives a bright smile, ¡°You are really great my lord, your ignition strategy worked really well against the Penbers¡±, he then stands in front of the balcony the face is clearly visible now, a handsome young man, ¡°I know right! I am great, there is a reason why I Mordor Clover was chosen for the throne to successor of Clover family, but there is still one thing left to do for the final preparation¡±, and now Fred¡¯s bright smile changes to wicked smile, ¡°Yes I know my lord¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ Michael Penber will be trespassing soon¡±. The door of the other side of the room opens as Robert enters the room, ¡°You called me this early!¡±, he stood by Emilia that was wearing a red gown surprisingly not that old for mother of two young and handsome sons, ¡°It¡¯s because sometimes I just can¡¯t take it anymore¡±, there is no sign of surprise on Robert¡¯s face as his mother takes off her gown, half naked and approaches him, ¡°Come on Robert aren¡¯t you supposed to be the one excited in the mid day!¡±. Robert makes a disgusting face, ¡°Are you kidding me I was never excited for this, besides its just mid day you have to control your self mother¡±, he was opposing her, ¡°Your disgusted face and you calling me by my rightful is turning me on more¡±, she hugs Robert tightly kissing on his neck, ¡°Come on Robert, this one won¡¯t take long¡±, the only thing that Robert couldn¡¯t resist in his lifetime was to stop him from doing something terrible yet unknown to anyone, so was today as the shameless actual mother was not at all hesitant of mating with her own child, the screams never went outside of the room and so not even the guards came to know about the sinful relationship of a mother and her younger child, no keys to unlock her desires besides her younger child and to think they did it all in the day light is something that will not even cross the minds of enemies, her ritual of drinks was same as other days, sharing a drink with her sinful son when they are done with everything while they sat on her bed, ¡°You know you should often take advantage of your yet glowing mother¡±, she said as she handed over a glass of wine to Robert, ¡°you are the one who always kept provoking me to do it all the time, didn¡¯t you?¡±, she gives a bright smile, ¡°Don¡¯t worry Robert¡±, she again hugs Robert, ¡°If it is for comforting each other then it¡¯s fine isn¡¯t it?¡±, he takes a deep breath, ¡°I guess¡±, they drank the whole glass of wine, ¡°oh and also¡­¡­¡­. ¡°, she stands in front of the balcony viewing the river, ¡°Did you hear of the rumors?¡±, Robert thought he knew everything, ¡°Louis¡¯s death?¡±, she turns around filling another glass of wine, ¡°No¡­¡­¡­. about the great lady¡¯s child¡±. ¡°You know I am an outsider too some way¡±, Lyssa opened the conversation as the three were making their way to the outcast Bay on their horses, ¡°wait you are outsider?!¡±, Claire is shocked so as Leonardo but without any facial expressions, ¡°So what¡¯s with some way?¡±, Leonardo asked eagerly, ¡°Well my mother was an outsider, refugee more specifically, father gave her shelter we lived by peacefully until she decides to go back to her home town somewhere out there¡±, she gives a poor smile, ¡°I don¡¯t even know where they went, all I know is that now I¡¯m on my own¡±. They are quite surprised as it was not something usual to expect, ¡°So you live alone then?¡±, asked Claire with a handful curiosity, ¡°Yeah I used too, UNTIL I GOT MARRIED¡±, now that¡¯s more shocking because she was almost the same age as Claire or may be even younger, ¡°Wait you are married!!!? What about your husband¡±, she gives a smile showing her hand that had the ring, ¡°Yup, he might be really panicked right now, that¡¯s the reason I wanted to reach south so quickly, it¡¯s the closest to his ships¡±. ¡°The are many types of traveler ones who travel a kingdom, ones who travel a continent and then ones who travel the world, we are the intercontinental travelers¡±, they are fairly impressed by her, ¡°Intercontinental travelers! That¡¯s really impressive Lyssa¡±, said Claire turning around towards her. ¡°Well I hardly do any work though, it¡¯s all his crew and the ships, I just provide them any valuable information that¡¯s all my job is¡±, ¡°so you are in an expedition team then?¡±, Leonardo asked, she looks at the sky, ¡°Sort of¡±. After a while of traveling, They reached the small peak of the mountain they were crossing, there is a big gap and the first stop for them as they stood gazing at it, it¡¯s the DAYNE kingdom another super power of Xarekhta, ¡°If this is the extreme south, then this has to be Queen Alisha¡¯s land¡±, Lyssa said without a second thought as it went into her big brain filled of knowledge of every kingdom. ¡°This place looks so beautiful¡±, Claire said. Which is not a doubt considering that the kingdom is surrounded by the ice cold beautiful mountains with snow everywhere on the houses, castle and that the kingdom as a big oddly green garden right in the middle, it¡¯s not big nor small either, that¡¯s the thing that will take the three some time for travel around it the landscape is way too beautiful for them to stop gazing at it, ¡°Isn¡¯t it like heaven on our land¡±, said Lyssa as she may have surely visited this place, ¡°so you say that beyond this is a river that separates the land from this place and Flora islands?¡±, Leonardo asked, when the view is taken from the top most point the river is visible clearly so as the flora island beyond which lies their destination, ¡°yup, let¡¯s go now to the Dayne Embassy!¡±, they had to now go through to what is known as heaven on land and some how Lyssa looked very pumped up. If the view is taken close to the castle on one of the mountain which was also covered in ice only the top room has the perfect spot of light and which was a spot of someone who was working on some papers, ¡°My lady the raven has arrived from the capital of Blackmore¡±, one of the guard said to her having letter in his hand. ¡°Oh I was expecting it please give it to me I¡¯ll read it my self¡±, it¡¯s the humblest Queen, the guard then stepped forward he was wearing woolen clothes that are utmost necessary, he handed over the letter to the Queen who finally reveals her self standing in the sunlight spot of the room, it¡¯s something you can¡¯t get your eyes off something that comes in your mind whenever you think of the word ¡®Beautiful¡¯ and something that bothers your sleep, it¡¯s the best way to describe the breathtaking beauty of her blonde hair blue eyesand the name ice Queen, Alisha. She wears a beautiful blue gown as well and had a big pearl necklace that was just mining her beauty even more, she then opens the letter, THIS IS THE LETTER FOR THE INVITATION SENT TO THE DAYNE KINGDOM FOR THE PARTY THROWN ON THE CROWNING CEREMONY OF THE KING HOWARD BLACKMORE, THIS VERY LETTER IS SENT TO SEVERAL KINGDOMS INCLUDING DAYNE, CLOVER AND PENBER LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREATEST PATH OF GLORY FOR BLACKMORES AND XAREKHTA. FROM, THE CROWNING KING TURN THE PAGE AROUND, She is a little surprised by it, even so she turns the page to see only 5 words, SEE YOU TOMORROW, MS. COLD. She gives a blooming smile, ¡°So it¡¯s about to happen huh? It¡¯s your big day¡±, she gazed at the mountain opposite to her castle covered in snow, ¡°You¡¯ve waited long enough for it and you deserve it,ts Master¡¯s time has arrived to shape his puppets¡± THE PROLOGUE IS REACHING ITS FINALE AND THE KING IS CROWNed THE REAL STORY BEGANS AS THE MEMBERS OF THE PLAY ARE INTRODUCED, THE REAL ARC IS ABOUT TO SPARK. 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