CHAPTER NINE:
A Congratulation To Idiots
"...Valkyrie Cain!" about three quarters of the crowd roared their support. Half of that quarter were in shock, the other half – including Ghastly Bespoke – were screaming their disapproval. Valkyrie sided with the shocked ones, and so, it seemed, did everyone else on the stage.
Except Crepella Blade. She was shaking her head, smiling indulgently. "I knew it would be you. As soon as Lerk announced the vote, I knew it. You are one great motivational speaker, kid. I mean, ma'am." And then she was walking off the stage, dragging a still-shocked Greaya Smith and followed by Tanith Low, dragging Lerk.
Somehow the microphone was in Valkyrie's hands and the whole camp was waiting for Valkyrie Cain to say her first words as a leader, obviously believing they would be great words indeed.
They weren't disappointed. "Um. Well I'd like to congratulate the idiots who thought it would be funny to have a teenager as their leader. Not very smart, are you?" A few people hung their heads.
"Well, I'd also like to say that if Tanith Low values her life, she will stop laughing like that.
"Oh, and another thing, I'd like to say that this little un-named army has a name now, and if you're not smart enough to guess what it is then get out."
Silence.
"That was a joke, people. Get back to work. I'd like Tanith Low, Ghastly Bespoke, Fletcher Renn, Infinity End, Greaya Smith, Blessed Demise, Crepella Blade and Gary Lerk to meet me in the main tent, now." And she turned off the mic, gave it back to the man in blue and strode off the stage.
Infinity End was deadly. She was a very powerful Elemental and had a signature piece of magic which was making blades out of ice extend from her palms. Her hair was auburn and cropped, her eyes were a deep blue and for some strange reason, her face was freckles.
So Infinity End could kill you several ways, with looks, with ice, with wit and with a glare.
There's a saying that goes, if looks could kill... That is completely wrong, for it implies that looks can't kill, but with Infinity there was something in her glare that made you want to shrivel up and die, most people are driven mad, some commit suicide then and there, only the toughest of people can get out of making her angry and live.
It's lucky, then that Infinity is one of the best-liked people on the planet, even those she's up against don't earn her glares.
Her big sister, Tanith Low earns those famous glares almost daily.
