《Blood Feud》 Prologue Prologue in the city of Albina at the lord mansion. the lord stood up, and a red wine glass shattered on the floor "WHAT DID YOU SAY" the lord shouted the servant cowered "my lord someone spread the word about the rift signs of opening inthe eastern forest" A rift, rifts appear randomly around the world a rift opening time may vary but at least it will stay open for three days and at max it might stay open for a year there are a few exceptions but the norm is like this, rifts was created by ancient People, its purpose was to protect there people from the strongest creatures like dragons and titans etc¡­ as these creatures were abundant at the time so the lesser creatures like humans were forced into hiding In hope of survival some of them were living in these rifts as such there culture''s treasures and artifacts are all in these rifts, so every time a rift open it''s the same as discovering a whole new culture as such people from everywhere will come running. Anyway returning to the current situation The lord bellowed. "WHO!!!" The servant looked at the floor and said. "that, I don''t know" the lord sat down. (one of these bastards must have betrayed me) the lord murmured "bunch of usless things" he glared at the people on the table and said. "betraying me for a meager amount of money. IF ONE OF YOU have not spread the word we might have gained a lot from this rift we might even become a nation but no, you stupidly went ahead and sold the information i don''t know how much they gave you but there is no way it could have been worth the same as what''s inside THIS IS A RIFT! A RIFT!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE TREAUSERS INSIDE WORTH IS!"If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. one of the steward stood up while shivering "my lord there''s no way we would betray you our loyalty for you are absolute and also we won''t gain anything by doing this, some of the guard might have betrayed us" The lord looked at him and said "doesn''t matter at this time the whole world should know about this in the following days our city well be crowded with adventures, treasure hunters, magicians, all kinds of people and worst, bloodline inheritors. Sigh we might not get anything" Murmurs noises, a steward raised his hand The lord looked at him and said. "Speak" " my lord this might be for the best." "HOW SO!" the lord questioned angrily "A rift is a place that''s shrouded by danger if we entered we might not come back alive." Murmurs, he continued. "and even if we returned alive we will not get that much since the rate of danger there increases along the rarity of treasures ther..." The lord interrupted saying. "but now we cannot gain anything" The steward continued saying. "my lord no worries i have a plan, our city well have so many visitors so we should raise the entry fee and taxes and raise the prices of lodging, weapons and potions we have to use this opportunity to gain as much wealth as we can and we should prohibit common people and merchants from going near the rift and then after the rift open we will wait for people to come out our targets well be solitary people, injured people and people with no backup they wellleave the rift with treasures we will volunteer to buy there stuff since they have no backup they will be afraid of getting robbed along the way so they are forced to sell to us and also we might be able to buy the items for cheap since they will not find anybody but us near the rift or they might have no knowledge of the market price so might as well rip them off or, if they choose not to cooperate we will let our spies follow them and when they let there guard down we attack them and take there stuff, so. what do you think my lord" The lord stared at him for a long time before saying. "You what is your name" "my name is Sam my lord" "Sam l hereby appoint you as my right hand" "thank you my lord I will do my best not to disappoint you" (Writer note: this is my first time writing a novel I appreciate your opinions in the comment section and if there''s any mistakes English is my second languages so feel free to point it for me) chapter 1 In a village nearAlbina city. "ahhhhh, so hot I am gonna die" A kid wearing a full black attire with a hood said that. (ahh this sun is killing me I have to find a place to stay but how, I can''t see, wait I can sense someone nearby I am gonna go and ask them) "excuse me is there a place nearby where I can stay overnight like a tavern or an inn" A crying sound came as a reply "waaah, mama a scary person is talking to us" "calm down sweetie calm down, are you happy now you scared my little girl" "sorry for that, but why would she be scared" "What you should ask your self that, a full black attire with a hood, an eerie low toned voice, white hair, very white skin like a ghost and blue serpent like eyes if not for your eyes I would thought you were a vampire why wouldn''t she be scared" The kid got flustered and said with a low voice. "you don''t have to say it this bluntly" "What?" "nothing, sorry ma''am I am in a kind of hurry could you please tell me where I can stay over night" "okay, keep walking ahead and you will find a sign on the right that says harry''s tavern it''s a tavern but they have rooms upstairs maybe he will rent one for you he is the best in this desolate village" "could you please explain in more details, you might not know but I can''t see" "ohhh, sorry poor you, keep walking in approximately 130 steps you will know you reached there since the stench of alcohol fills the streets, and you might wanna get there fast since this village have been getting so many visitors lately " "thank you ma''am" When the kid left. "miss Veronica is this okay" "what do you mean" "that little fellow he might have been a spy from other families" "you don''t need to be this worried" "how can you be so sure?" "that child is cursed no family will allow him to stay in there ranks"If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "cursed?" " you don''t need to bother your self with the families issues you just have to do your job as a guard" "yes, excuse my rudeness" "not at all it''s a human nature to be curious plus that child, he made lily afraid, he must have something unique about him to scare her this much" "true I never saw the young miss this scared before" "we need to get going the fun is gonna start soon at Albina city" "as you wish miss" . . . . . Returning to the kid. The kid held his nose (it must be here this stench is very strong) Opens door. "excuse me is this Harry''s tavern" "welcome, welcome" "do you have rooms left?" "you came at the right moment this is the last room we have I hope it meets your expectations" "how much is it for a night" "50 points." (note: points is the universal currency) If you are wondering how I am gonna recognize the value of the note while I am blind well it''s no big deal really I just touch it with my fingers they have added Braille to the money note really convenient stuff. "here" "thank you enjoy your stay here" "I will" I go from the counter and sit at a table and I call for the waitress "excuse me" She came really quickly "yes" "I want to make an order what is your house specialty" "our specialty is beef stew" "okay bring me one with ice tea and water please" "okay" While the kid was digging in he heard people talking at the nearby table. "hey did you hear about the rift?" "who is it that don''t know about the rift right now" "I know right they say it''s an amazing place where you can find treasures" "yeah but you have to be strong to go there and it''s not even granted that you would return alive" "waah, this sucks why can''t I be strong too if I had been strong I would have gone there" "kids born in the families they have it easy they are born strong and they have a good education if you were born there even if you didn''t have the talent you will be strong" The kid bit his lips and clenched his little fist. "no need to talk in this topic any longer is there a place were even us have a chance to get treasures exist" "if a place where you can get treasures with no risk existed we all would have gone there" "I know right" "yeah" The kid calmed down and after that he thought. (a rift?) "excuse me waitress" "what is it sir" "what is this rift that everyone is talking about" The waitress raised her head and put her finger on her lips while looking in deep thought "ah I don''t know that much but I think it''s it''s a tear in space that gonna opens tomorrow in Altina it''s basically a place where people will go to get treasures but if you are weak your chances of survival is approximately zer¡­ hmmm you don''t look that interested" The waitress stared at the kid while smiling The kid said. "it''s basically jewels and gold right?" "well not exactly the treasures in rifts is something like artifact, weapons, fighting technique and such in short things that makes you stronger bu¡­" The kid exclaimed interrupting her "WHERE" "excuse me?" "where is it this rift thing" (this scared me I never saw expressions changes this fast not even mentioning being stared at by those scary eyes) The waitress thought before speaking "go out of the tavern and just walk ahead and you will get out of the village once you are on the high way just follow it after 5 hours of walking you well reach Altina the rift is located at the east forest close to Altina you will find a lot of people there but be carfu¡­ hah, where is he" "he bolted away the moment you finished telling him the direction" One of the customers told her "hey, waitress" "coming, coming. this kid is reckless I hope nothing bad happens to him" She commented before going back to work . . . . . . Tata tata tata tata (note:foot steps sound effect) Ahhhh ahhhh ahhh" " (note: breathing sound effect) (is this altina?, I have to go there and buy rations first).