Chapter Three
Rhaden was now back in his own time where he belonged. He was just wondering around in a location known as Runic Grove and meditating on what he should do now.
It was daytime with the sun shining brightly with only a few white clouds in the blue, Overworld sky. Only the sound of the wind could be heard in the forest of the magical trees that looked dead with their black bark and having no leaves, but ironically they are probably the most lively of trees in Perim with their mysterious mugic powers no one fully understands.
His mind was thinking over what Alexander told him about what those chaotic players did or will do in the near future. Forming several plans in his head and pondering over which one would be best for the outcome of Perim. He knows he shouldn't tell anyone of what he fond out. If word got out about a group of Chaotic players flooding Perim even of it was to try to rescue Tangath Toborn from his frozen time-prison then the creatures of Perim may wish to get rid of the humans.
Many creatures already hate chaotic players just for being different than them and would just love to find any reason to get all the humans out of Perim permanently.
Looking back to after they had just won the war, Rhaden remembered how many of Tangath's friends had mouren over their loss. He would never forget the look on Maxxor's face when he handed him Tangath's sword, named the Sword of Khy'at. Rhade is suppose to keep the sword hidden and safe just in case any of Tangath's enemies wish to steel it.
Since, the sword is Tangath Toborn's talazar, it could be destroyed by one of Tangath's enemies. If that were to happen then, Tangath would be freed of his cold time-prison, but at the cost of having to leave Perim forever.
Rhaden really did have his hands full with this problem and no matter what his train of thought's route was it would always lead him to the same place. He had to break the Sword of Khy'at to free Tangath and in doing so would also eliminate the need of those Chaotic players breaking throw the massive killer wave. But he couldn't just break the sword.
No, it was left in his care and only he knew where it was at. If he did break the sword and freeTangath, then everyone would find out that someone must had broken the Sword of Khy'at and since it was left in his care then they would ask him what happened. He could, of course, lie to them, but knowing Maxxor, he would go to the ends of the world to find out what really happened.
So he needed to find some other way to get the sword to break without anyone thinking it was his fault. That was easier said than done. He could try to get some one to break it for him so the blame would be on them and not him, but how could he get someone to break the sword and not have the crime traced back to him? Of course his fellow Overworlders wouldn't think he had something to do with it, but still it was better to hide the truth than risk him becoming a traitor in the eyes of the Overworld.
There were many creatures that would just love to get their hands on the sword, but which one would want to break it? Rhaden thought on everything he knew of Tangath Toborn and all of his enemies.
There was one creature by the name of Vitog in the Spirit Lands that would wish to break Tangath's talazar. Vitog wanted revenge on Tangath for destroying his talazar and braking Tangath's sword would be the perfect revenge. As they saying went "an eye for an eye and a teeth for a teeth".
Though Rhaden could not just give the sword away to one of Tangath's worst enemies without someone asking questions. But then, he might not need to give Vitog the sword. After all Vitog just wanted revenge and if he knew about Tangath being trapped inside his time prison then he might just come up with the plan of destroying Tanagth's sword so Tangath could also share Vitog's punishment of never being able to return to Perim.
Rhaden stopped and was now floating next to one of the smaller, magical trees that had many large rocks scattered at its base. Starching out his arm, his hand went through the tree like if the tree was made of nothing, but fog. He then pulled his hand back out and took out the Sword of Khy'at from its hiding place.
The sun's rays hit the sharp blade making it look like it was glowing. This sword was one of Tangath's most prized possessions.
Rhaden felt like the scum. He was plotting to make Tangath leave not only Perim, but also leave his friends - the creatures who he swore to protect with his life - forever. It didn't matter that it was for the greater good, he was betraying a hero who sacrificed himself to same all of Perim. How can he live with himself if he went through with this?
After studying the sword for a few more minutes, he left Runic Grove with the sword in hand.
He knew what he had to do, but that didn't mean he wouldn't hate himself afterwards.
Author's Notes
This chapter took longer than what I thought it would take for me to write. I could have updated sooner, but life got in the way, so yeah didn't have time. I wanted to make this chapter longer, but there wasn't much I could have written without it being wordy. The next chapter will be the last chapter.
Please review and tell me what your thoughts are on this.
