A/N: I hope everyone has liked the story so far. Here's the next chapter.
The Yggdrasil Ruins were located not far away from the city of Alne. The ruins were in the middle of some nearby woods. There were no monsters here. The center of the ruins contained a temple. Mirrors were scattered along the walls of the temple. An altar stood at the end of them.
"What are we doing here?" Riku wondered.
"Does a dog question its master's orders?" Helios asked.
"No."
"Then shut up."
Dagger walked to the altar. She stood in front of it and stretched out her arms. She then yelled out into the sky.
"Guardians of Yggdrasil, appear before me so I may prove my worthiness!"
At first, nothing happened. Then a mirror lit up, followed by another, and then another. Within seconds, all the mirrors were shinning. Several figures appeared from them. More and more appeared until a whole army of them were present.
The figures were humanoid in shape. They wore armor and had various types of weapons.
"The guardians of the World Tree?!" Riku gasped.
The guardians raised their weapons and prepared to attack. They vastly outnumbered Dagger's group.
"This is your plan? To have these things slaughter us?!" Riku yelled.
"They would never attack their queen." Dagger smiled. Riku was about to protest until Dagger raised her hand and chanted a spell. After the incantation, dust spread out from her hand and covered the horde of guardians.
"Guardians! I am your queen! You will obey my commands!" Dagger yelled. At her words, the guardians descended and kneeled before her. Riku and Helios were speechless.
"Gotta love illusion magic." Helios said.
"Attention soldiers!" Dagger yelled. The guardians immediately stood and gave a salute.
"Look to your left!"
The guardians obeyed.
"Look to your right!"
Once again, the guardians obeyed.
"Chances are, one of those people you saw will not survive! Private Riku, front and center!"
Riku obediently ran over and stood next to Dagger.
"This is Riku. There is a 100% chance he will not survive. Any questions?"
A few guardians raised their hands. Riku also raised his hand, but was immediately kneed in his manhood by Dagger. He kneeled over in pain. Any hands that had been raised immediately fell.
"Good. No questions. Now follow me my soldiers! To the Salamander capital!"
Meanwhile in Alne...
"Dagger's planning to do what?!" Ren gasped.
"She's gone on another crazy scheme to get rich. But I think this one takes the cake." Mai explained.
"There's no way she can pull this of. She would need an army of elite..." Alice began to talk, but a large shadow began to cover the city. When the three of them looked up, they saw thousands of dots covering the sky. They flew towards the southern end of Alfheim. A lone female player was leading them.
"You have got to be kidding me."
A/N: Well this should be interesting. Stay tuned for next week's chapter everyone.
