The Forfeiting Silence; Dvarven Sniper fanfic
Chapter 2 Part One: The Assassin Is Back
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Finally, this day is the gameplay match between two teams which will be decided later on. Even though the Mangix's team knows their opponent, they will not going to turn back down. The sun rises, and it comes up with the birds humming and the wind blows. A bit cold wind surpass Mangix's furry head to be able to wake up.
"Ah, wat a beautiful sight!, "he muttered, and stretched his arms. "I am not able to see and thought 'bout dis again if I wouldn't - wait, WE wouldn't win in dis gameplay match." Far from Kardel's position, he stood up quickly as he could to regain energy. After he stood up, he can't still recover of what he have said. "I would have no regrets. Win or lose." After of it, he was just steady while looking of what he haven't expected. In Kardel's bed, what is in his side is..
"Bara?" he thought. "Barathrum? and who is the other one beside him?"
While he was walking beside to his position while sleeping, he looked at the person who is covered with a blanket. Barathrum and Kardel covered with a blanket with their only feet. He will going to open it, but he is too nervous. "If Bara is here, then who is this?"
When Kardel noticed Mangix that he was looking up of 'them', he shouted, "Ye Buddy! What are ye lookin' ah?"
"Eeeek!" He exclaimed while he noticed Kardel was already looking at him while in his sights earlier is in the person beside him. "Why Bara is there? How... how did he go here? In the midnight? Did he call the spirits around us?"
"Well, ye see, Panda, calm down! Bara man won't eat you!"
"-gruuargh. Dwarven, you're too noisy." While Bara was adjusting while in rest, Mangix noticed the other side of him. It was..
"I think I'm gonna faint..." Mangix's expression and he showed his poker face, he saw Traxex beside Kardel, and not only beside him, "I think Kardel is just a teddy bear for her to hug him freely."
"Mumnf." Traxex muttered while opening her eyes. "How'd come I am here?"
"Well, wat was just kiddo said," Kardel havent noticed about 'this.' "HEH?" "How'd come dis kiddo hugged me?"
"If I'll ask Bara.." "yo, Bara!" Mangix called him. "Who pulled you out to be here? and.. Traxex too?"
Bara stood up, as he had his headache lately while cupping his face. "We. Don't. Know! Hey, Drow! Do you-"
"Naaah.. I was still going here after I will woke up to our place there.." While moving in the bed, Kardel has nothing to say..
"O Drow, didn't ye notice me?"
"What are you kept muttering about, Kardy?" Traxex asked him, like she was going to ask something about 'it' too. "Like there's no one to hug you, eh?" she laughed. She stood up, and while fixing the blanket, "If the problem is why we went here without noticing, Bara, there's nothing to worry about it."
"like there's no tomorrow to hug ye, eh?" he revised of what she said. "Like it was just normal to ye. I am that really too comfortable to dis 'beautiful' kiddo!" He laughed by his thoughts, without noticing that Mangix is just looking at him, while he was still on rest.
"See? It affects Kardy-Kardy. By his looks, the thoughts - even I don't read 'em," and look back at Traxex, "Drowy! Ye have feelings to Kardy?"
"Panda!" Kardel shouted to him. "I know wat yer thinking." While smiling, Mangix really know what he had noticed to him. He stood up, and he fixed the bed.
"Okay okay, ye calm down. Tee-hee."
"-Now, it's time for practice." Traxex geared up, with her drow. "Kardy, let's go."
"Aye? Did ye say Kardy?" "Without eating? Hey, kiddo! eat first!" While Traxex was already outside the tavern, fixing the things she brought, she called Kardel, to have a practice 'together'.
"That Drow is really deceived to practice than eating first." While Barathrum was on the table, finished preparing the food, he said it while looking at Traxex from the window, seeing her that she's ready at the gameplay match later, and she waved goodbye.
"See ya, Kardy!", and she leave the tavern.
"Tch. Why only Dwarven, huh?" Barathrum, while smiling and laughing, was looking at Kardel carefully.
"Hahah." is what only Kardel can say.
"And.. Bara.. It's still awkward to know ye two will be here wi'out knowin' it." while he sat down beside Barathrum, Mangix asked. Kardel followed them, and sit down at the other side. The food was now prepared.
"Before knowin' it, I and Drow saw a guy who is just walkin' outside to de place where Traxex will meet me. Then he suddenly dissapeared. We don't know who brought us here, starting fro' outside of the tavern. Looks like we're teleported fro' da place dat I met Drow to here." He explained while eating the food.
"So.. it's not still proven what and why, and which is the reason." Kardel explained, "How'd come ye were teleported-"
KACHING...
The front door of the tavern opens. Kardel go and see if somebody opened it.
"Aye, our- Whaat?" He was shocked there's nobody outside the tavern, neither around the tavern.
"Wat happened?" Barathrum asked him, still curious.
"Der's no one opened da door! How'd come?"
"O Kardy, are ye sure?"
They heard the banging steps at the floor. "Who's here? Or else, I'll shoot you." His blunderbuss was ready, looking carefully each sides of the tavern.
"Kardel! It's me!"
"Who are ye? Show to me!-"
"It's me, Rikimaru!"
"Rikimaru? Riki?" Mangix stood up, while looking around the tavern. "Where are you?"
"I was invisible. I am beside ye Kardel!"
"Is dat really ye, Riki guy?"
He just noticed somebody holds his arms and snatch the blunderbuss from his hand. "See me?" Raising the blunderbuss, and jokingly pointed it in Kardel..
"H-hey, Assassin! Don't do dat!" Barathrum shouted.
"-Wat happened, Riki? I thought yer invisibility don't work." Mangix frowned, sadly, he couldn't see him.
Kardel handed the blunderbuss and get back them from the place where it was displayed.
"Last year. It won't work. No matter how I practice. But now, the problem is, I was already showed that I am now invisible, yet, I couldn't get it back to normal." While they just heard Rikimaru speaking, they just listen.
"But, how will you get back to normal?" Mangix asked.
"Defeat me."
"Are ye kidding?" Kardel asked him.
"That's why I need to be in this gameplay match, to recover more of my invisibility. If not.."
Mangix knows what he was thinking, "Don't worry buddy, we'll help ya."
"Say, ye are going to be in the gameplay match jus' to be defeated by 'em? That's not our habit, Riki guy!" Kardel exclaimed, but he respects his opinion, and besides, it was for his own good, if it works.
"Will it work if it's a practice match? It's too late fer a gameplay match later.. Besides, it's dangerous."
"It's not. I can't produce my smoke of deceit by practice."
Kardel was thinking about what he have experienced last year's gameplay match with Traxex. He recall it if there that could help for Riki's situation.
-flashback-
"I was just hit by a poison from Venomancer." Kardel exclaimed, while he was getting back to the base. While holding his right hand with his left hand, he brought the blunderbuss, and he saw Traxex.
"What troubles you?" She asked, while seeing him getting hurt.
"Venom had a fella which of he had an invisible skill." His disgusting answer was pumped out with his pain at the right hand, putting aside the blunderbuss.
"Rooftrellen?" she asked, while preparing to get back on midlane. Rooftrellen is the Treant Protector. He could make himself invisible when he's hiding to the tree.
"Ya." he answered, "I need to get rid of his invisibility."
"Ya need somethin' to bring now, Kardy." She told him, and went to the artifacts section of selling items. She went out, and gave Kardel something. "Ya need dis. This is the Gem of True Sight. You could see the invisible person or a creature while they activated their invisibility skill."
While he handed the gem, the shiny green gem, which Kardel amazed with it. "Such an amazin' gen, ah."
"It's amazing for a legendary hero like you." She smiled, and went to the defense tower at their base. "Let's go together and defend our midlane!"
"Aye!"
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"AH!" "Riki guy! how 'bout we will bring a Gem of True Sight during da game? So we could see ya every time at the gameplay match." Kardel explained, after he remembered those days in a battle.
"It would not be effective. It's only applicable for seeing the enemy only if we bought them in the gameplay match." Riki told him.
Kardel reminised again. "Right. I was just remembered about that Kiddo gave me.. or just that kiddo.. or jus' both?" he smiled while he thought about it, and look back at where they heard Riki. "If that's yer decision Riki guy, we respect it. Don't worry, we'll help ya."
Riki smiled, as if the three guys saw it. "O' Kardy, thank you!" Riki hugged him so tightly.
"Owhohoho.." He muttered, while he felt that Riki was really there.
"Riki! Hug me too!" Mangix shouted, and he heard the footsteps that were going louder to his position.
"Ah, eh, i-it hurts.." Mangix felt his warm hug, while he were tightly hugged him.
"Dont'cha wanna hug me, Assassin boy?"
Riki immediately hug him, and Bara were stepping backwards slowly, "Hey, that's too tight!"
They laughed together, and of course, Riki too. They were leading in friendship that made them closer even they don't saw Riki.
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Traxex was running faster, drawing an arrow to the targeted creature. "He was so fast." It must say she was practicing, but somebody's running after her.
"Hahaha! Your Bara friend will save you! Especially the legendary sniper in the defense of the ancients, eh? I will defeat and kill him!" While he was targeting her, he was using his magic elements.
"Damn you!" while she stopped for a meantime, and shot him a frost arrow when he is still far away from her, she was panicked, and run away again. "The behind of your own shadows... who are you?"
"Me?" He asked back, and he stopped running after, "I am Kael."
"Invoker?" She stopped running and looked back at him.
"Hm. You know a lot." He said, "You are the Drow Ranger, right?"
"You know a lot, too." She said it on purpose. "What do you need? Let's put this on gameplay match later!"
"I cannot wait any longer." He smirked, and getting started what he wanted to start.