Kratos Aurion stood hidden behind a birch tree in the forest. His mission was to anger Martel and the Yaggdrasil tree, thus upsetting the manna flow between the two worlds. He was well equipped with a strong dagger and a trusty shield. "Martel will be awake any minute now." He thought. When she woke, he would strike.
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Cless was in his father's training grounds, practicing his swordsmanship. The defeat of the evil sorcerer, Dhaos changed the course of history, and now his parents are alive, and magic is still in existence. His uncombed, orange-red bangs hung over his eyes, obscuring his vision, but he had learned to move around that. "A good swordsman doesn't use his eyes alone." He says to his dad whenever he asked if he was swinging his sword around blindly.
Cless's friend, Chester, was practicing with his bow in the archer's range just east of the swordsman's grounds. Chester had become a master with the bow, and he even wanted to open up his own bowman school. Unlike Cless, his long, blue hair was kept in a neat pony-tail that hung down to his lower back. He could string an arrow and hit the bulls-eye in a matter of seconds; it was a movement that he memorized. Twang! An arrow hit the center and Chester grinned.
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Martel's eyes flashed open. He laughed a loud, happy laugh and all the animals of the forest rushed to the great tree to receive their daily blessing from the goddess of the forest. Among the animals were wolves, serpents, owls, boars, raccoons, and many more. "Now is the time." Kratos thought. "She will be so distracted with the blessing that she won't even notice me." Kratos knew where to go; he had visited and studied this tree for a long, long time. "There will be a hole in the back of the tree just big enough for me to get in. It is where the animals visit the great goddess." Kratos crept to the back of the great tree and entered the small chamber. "Where is she? She should be right here…" He thought to himself. He walked further into the tree, but there was still no sign of Martel. "There must be a secret passage of some sort…" He ran his hang along the rough walls of the chamber until he felt some abnormal crack. There was a small opening in the side of the tree. He crouched down and looked through it. All he could see was the vines on the other side of the forest. "It's only a hole…" There must be something that I am missing…
"So, Kratos Aurion, a Crucis Angel, has come to upset the manna flow between the two worlds. How funny."
Kratos turned around. He saw Martel standing behind him in front of the doorway that he came into. He drew his dagger. "Yes, I am here by order of Crucis. I am to upset the manna flow between the two worlds." He stepped closer to the goddess.
"You know Kratos, if you kill me, both worlds will die, and everyone living will too. You haven't read the ancient scriptures?" She giggled.
"I am not here to kill you, Martel. I am here to injure you. Once you lying hopelessly on the floor, the great tree will take manna from both worlds to give to you in order to keep you alive. Thus, both worlds will fight for manna."
"It is a good plan, Kratos, but how will Crucis benefit from this at all? Do you like to see both worlds suffer?"
Kratos grinned. "You are not very smart for a goddess. Isn't it obvious? Both worlds will be too distracted with trying to get manna that they won't even realize that Crucis is taking control of the great tree, and you, Martel. Now, brace yourself, my dagger is coming."
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