Latale: A Memory's Venture
Chapter 9: A Chalice tainted with Spite and Malice
here it is Enjoy...
trivia:
Adephagia- the greek goddess of gluttony
Disclaimer: I don't own latale, i don't own the song used as well. The song is Uninstall by Chiaki Ishikawa. I used the english version
"Please…Don't act so heroic, you're not exactly one. Now do me a favor and stop whining."
"It hasn't even started yet. You are still nothing at this point. Don't bore me."
A female voice echoed in the darkness.
Corelle's POV
I stared down on the limp and dying form of my friend, his skin becoming paler by the second. The venom takes it course toward every single organ inside, poisoning it, preventing it to do its functions and finally stopping the beating of his heart. The venom takes a purple color, it spreads fast as of now his right arm is already purple and dead. The purple venom begins to affect the neighboring organs.
"Kyiin, I'm sorry" I stuttered. He seemed to have heard me and simply smiled, as he laid in the infirmary in Elfa, the nurses said they couldn't do anything. Everything was a waste and all because of me.
"Don't leave us like this. I'll do better next time I promise."
As tears formed in my eyes there was a sudden faint glow from my rucksack. The chalice is making a faint red glow.
"Let me help you" I said as I carefully placed the chalice on his hands, making him grip it. The seeds pour out of the glass; it must be pomegranate seed as the size and shape states. Then a simple white glowing item fell out.
Kyiin's POV
Corelle's words still echo in my ear, is she really worried sick? That's rare. But I am dying, but what would make that such an importance, all I ever did was betray their trust from time to time for Iris
But it doesn't matter. I'm dying and there is nothing they can do about it.
Again there is the feeling of floating in water. I must be at the graveyard yet again.
As usual, Symphony is lost in her stare towards the sea. But as I went further in the forest, there was a clearing, surrounded by dead trees, pomegranate fruits scattered in the ground. In the middle, there was lone woman, with a big pair of scissors. She is cutting her hair until it is neck length. She sits at a base of a tree which leaks a red fluid, as she cut her blonde hair; it is slowly dyed in red. Amazing.
Again just like symphony I can't talk to her or even touch her. So I just passed on. I arrived at our graveyard. The doors to the court are closed so that must mean I have to go to the hallway with the papers.
I opened the doors slowly, the screeching sound echoed toward the darkness. Still the same pattern black and white square tiles and 6 doors and 1 large double door at the far end, the tables still have a paper, a vase with flowers, and a pen atop of it. I was about to reach out for the papers when a single arrow fired directly where my hand should have placed. Then all of a sudden dozen of arrows started firing.
"I gave you such a simple task and you dare meet me without even completing it?" "How absurd!" The emerald haired Ruin Walker shouted. Her arrows fired at the area around me, but every single one missed.
"If you die in that world, why don't you just die here as well?" Symphony shouted as she loads her bow with several arrows aiming at me.
"Now, now, harsh and abrupt decisions always lead to regrets." A voice echoed in the darkness. "Isn't how you died?" Footsteps started to bounce across the room.
"Shut up Malice. Your opinion is not needed here."
"Tell that when he completed all of us."
Symphony lowered her bow. "Look I need you to find him, not this bitch!"
"What the? I don't even know who she is!" I shouted at her.
"Pleasure to meet you; I am the third Iris seeker, Adephagia. But you can call me Malice or Third if you like." Adephagia wears a red old Spanish wear, her black corset encloses her abdomen to very thin state, and ribbons are attached to the center of her puff out dress. She carries a half-eaten pomegranate in one hand; her lips still ooze the pomegranate's fluid. She wears a thin veil with two ram horns as their ornament she now has complete red hair to neck length. And to complete her look two red eyes pierce out of the darkness.
"What the fuck is with your names?"
"Just shut up and go to hell!" Symphony shouted as she fired dozens of arrows at my direction. Every arrow missed
"If it's possible I cut all of your throats and get the hell out of here!" she hoarsely shouted as she draw out her dagger from its sheath located at her right ankle and pointing it at Malice's throat.
"As I said, harsh decisions lead to regrets. As you will flirt" She looks at Symphony threatening her with her look, as she draws out a simple thin scythe from behind. Where the hell did she keep that?
The scythe is really thin. You can only recognize the blade because its silver the rest are so thin that in blends with the darkness of her background.
"I don't care if you're a Dragoon. I'll kill you right here and now."
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" I shouted agitated by these damn stuff forced in my brain.
"I don't care if guys kill each other. But I do not know why I am here. The last time I read the papers. It doesn't make any sense. Now, that I look at it. It's empty!"
"Now tell me what is behind those doors because I am not going to play follow-the-leader which obviously doesn't make sense!" I shouted panting hard.
"What a kid. The papers are descriptions of the seekers, that one is obviously empty because that's the sixth, which means you. You'll write whatever you want there after you die." Malice said coldly.
"But I am dead."
Symphony and Malice broke into laughter. "From what? poison?" Symphony said trying to get air.
"What's so funny?"
"You have amnesia right?" Malice said as she tries to regain air in her body. Symphony continues to laugh boisterously.
"Then you have a lot to learn about yourself. Think why the poison won't kill you. Think why Dark Moon Princess' attacks didn't affect you."
"Now break the news to the useless people. Don't want them getting all emotional and wetting my Chalice."
"Now go and live without regret. If you can" She laughs again
The hallway begins to shatter yet again, it signals the end of our talk.
"Malice, you haven't told me about you story yet!" I shouted to her getting ready for empathy.
"My story? It doesn't matter, Every string has its end." She said dragging her scythe across the floor listening to it screech and the hammering sound of the hallway shattering to pieces.
"Oh and sixth" I looked at her. "When you watch the Iris fragment, be sure to think…" She was cut off as the hallway finally shattered to darkness.
I woke up. "I woke up!" "I woke up!" I shouted exaggeratingly. The nurses started to rush in my room thinking I had a nervous breakdown or something, when they fail to see such things they just turn their heads and walk away.
I feel so refreshed and rejuvenated I just want to run out of the infirmary. But if I go running around then Luli and the other will be worried so I decided to stay put until they show up.
After hours of waiting, they finally did show up, Luli's eyes were obviously red; Corelle was unconscious and was being cradled by Raavi bridal style.
"But… but…" Luli stuttered, trying to form coherent words.
"I know right?" I said simply trying to smile. "what happened to you guys?"
"Oh she's crying all day, and this one finally broke I think." Raavi said with his Foreign English accent.
"Wait... what?"
"She went nuts and started attacking the town people. Luli bashed her head"
"To knock her out I mean." Luli said defensively.
"Why would Corelle do that?" I inquired
"I dunno. Stress?"
"That doesn't sound like Corelle to me."
"I believe it is." Luli said sarcastically
"Tell me why we're at Elfa in the first place?"
"We need to find the Chief of the thief clan to tell us any information about the shards of the Iris necklace." Luli answered pleasingly
"Shard of Iris' necklace you say?" Raavi quoted back
"Corelle was holding this before she went on rage." Raavi said as he held out a simple quarter sphere ornament. It's faintly glowing white light.
I took it, for a moment I just simply stare at it. Then I realized what it is, an Iris fragment.
The Iris Fragment
Iris' party at the pyramid Chon Palm and Iris are having an argument. Levi is down and being treated by Dark Moon Princess and Shaowee. Two more members show up A blue haired woman. Gatia Sue and blonde guy with a scarf tied to his head. They carry some sort of Sword and a vial. The vial was given to Dark Moon Princess and gives it to Levi. The Sword zoomed in. transparent with red and yellow dots that decorates it. It has a gold ring that encircles the sword and red gem at the end of the handle. Then it ended. It was shorter that usual
As my trembling hands let go of the shard, Corelle became conscious and returned to her original attitude, as always, All of us didn't want to ask her whatever go to her head and attack the locals.
But it doesn't matter now. Luli said we have to find Van Giwoo and ask him about Iris shards. So the search took place. We all split up. Heading different directions, Luli head to the harbor for the locals who said have seen him. Raavi went to the traveller's bar for information about the shards. Corelle head towards the weapon shop to meet Tetty, don't know why though, while I was left to investigate the bank and the street shops, thoroughly. As I childishly skip along the Elfa main road, inquiring the shop owners if they now something about the Iris shards or Van Giwoo, they all had the same answer. They don't know anything about Iris. And they knew Giwoo is currently residing in the pyramid. I know that! Why don't they tell me something I don't know? By sunset the scorching heat was gone. And the people started to come out of their nest.
This the time Elfa city comes to life. But still it has been hours since I last saw them. Might as well find my friends and see how they're doing. I'll start off with Corelle since she's nearest to my location.
I arrived at the weapon shop. Corelle was their talking to Tetty, a local elfa woman. There is another person their talking with. Apparently Corelle already found Van Giwoo as usual; she wants to take all the credit for everything how selfish.
Corelle's POV
"Simple question, I need simple answers."
"You never change, don't you?" the blonde hip man before me said sarcastically.
Agitated, I raised my voodoo doll and made a small fireball in my index finger. "If I have the luxury of time, I wouldn't spend a minute of it with you. Now spill before I incinerate you."
"All right, All right, Jeez what a creep" Van Giwoo said trying to calm me down a little bit. "Listen, I wasn't actually there when Iris and the remaining party members reached the peak of Bifrost. I was only there to help Gatia Sue seal the Ocean King and collect the treasure buried underneath the Ktuka Underworld, but when we went to seal the Ocean King, I was left outside as a guard to the gate."
"When they all came out, Iris lost a portion of her necklace and Gatia Sue didn't come out. Chon Palm said she was needed inside the tomb of Ocean King forever to seal it over and over again. It was Gatia's destiny."
"Nice story." The brown haired Iris seeker inquired from behind.
"Kyiin, your way faster than I give you credit for." I said surprised by his enigmatic inquiry.
"But you're not telling all of it. In order to seal the Ocean King, they need a special weapon that will pierce through Ocean King's heart without destroying his scales." Kyiin said his voice was firm. And his expressions were adamant, a very rare sight for this kid.
"The Durendal" Van Giwoo murmured under his breath
"Exactly"
Since when did Kyiin learn about all this? Has he regained all of his memories? If that is so, then we have the upper hand.
"And I think it is in your possession." Kyiin said still adamant.
"Correct, I kept it in the Sphinx Treasure room, at the Vault of the King's tomb."
"Then we retrieve it."
"Hold on, you can't just let us walk in your trap right?" I said spitefully
Giwoo laughed. "Listen kid, if you're going to retrieve that Durendal and managed to come out alive I will wait for you at Cold Heart." Then he walks off without another word.
Kyiin made a contented sigh and returned to his childish and irritating character.
"For a second there I thought you matured and somewhat recovered your memories. Guess I was wrong"
He laughed hard. "Sometimes being immature can be a lot better than being too serious about everything."
"Being mature doesn't mean you have to be serious about everything." I said defensively
"Really? Look in the mirror please."
"I'll see an image virtual and upright."
"Perfect example."
Luli's POV
Nightfall. The City of Elfa seemed to come to life at the hour. Lights beamed at all directions, declaring open shop everywhere. In the market near the harbor, light isn't actually that many unlike in the other streets. SO I spent the dusk walking around asking the locals nonsense.
But fortunately I found an old hermit; he looks very suspicious to believe in any of his stories. But after a while of listening to him, it became convincible and genuine.
He was telling me about the visit of two peculiar children that made their way into the streets of Elfa, slowly and silently contaminating it with blood of the Agasura queen, which by the time hadn't existed yet, which didn't make any sense.
The peculiar children left the locals two items to prevent the demise of the world itself. A chalice and Sword.
Each was given to the Queen and King respectively. And in their death the King and Queen cradled the treasures in their tomb deep inside the pyramid.
Since Kyiin and Corelle retrieve the Chalice, I guess the sword was my best bet that we need to find.
And with that information, I thank the old hermit. And head out to look for Kyiin and the rest.
I found Corelle and Kyiin together at the weapon, the sight made me feel uneasy. But I disregarded it anyway.
Raavi was supposed to check the traveller's bar for any sign of Giwoo or information about the Iris shards. Turns out all he did was get drunk.
The bartender admitted Raavi didn't have drunk voluntarily. But because he made an annoyance in the traveller's bar that the people got together to for an event. They made a contest of who can drink more juice than the rest, of course this was spiked juice and Raavi had no awareness of it. So he just drank and drank until he became drunk and rats out whatever comes to his drunken mouth.
Kyiin and Corelle already made preparations to head for the pyramid but the current event made them cancel all of it, until Raavi becomes sober. *sigh*
At some point Raavi finally collapse at the center of the bar and fell asleep. Kyiin cradled him in his back and we started heading for the inn. The aura Corelle was giving at the time was contented. The walk to the inn was a bit fun, Corelle let loose of her arrogance and started talking nonstop. Making light teases every now and then.
The inn we took was bigger than the lousy inn at Yong Gyoung. The room was thrice as big as before it had a living room and two different bedrooms. Perfect for us.
"Tell me again why you both are in our room?" Kyiin inquired at us
"Corelle's idea" I said
"Yeah, we wanted to see the drunk and besides it doesn't matter if we all share the same room. The bed is too big enough for all of us anyway."
"But still! Men and women don't share the same bed at any circumstances except when they're together."
"Don't worry Kyiin, no one is going to get laid tonight. He's drunk and you're too shy for it." Corelle insulted cutely.
"And Luli's blushing hard" Corelle added making Kyiin look at me with my blushing face. So I quickly grab a pillow and hid my face in it.
They both laughed. This times makes everything worth it. Everyone is just contented.
"Oh yeah, Luli I forgot." Raavi spoke with his English accent but still drunk.
"I made you a new guitar; it's a cheap replica of the asura guitar, since I saw your Corala guitar is starting to erode"
"It's there nestled in the bookcesh." Raavi said in his drunken voice and barely audible and understandable words.
"Thanks Raavi, that was really sweet of you."
He murmured some sort of welcome in his facedown sleeping position.
Corelle started yawning real hard afterwards. She says she's going to hit the hay and nestled in a sideways position facing away from us at the edge of the bed.
"How about you?" I ask
"I'll wait for you to sleep."
"Don't wait, I'm just going to check the tightness in the strings then I'm off to hit the hay as well."
"What difference does it make?" he inquired shrewdly
I just smiled. Contented by his idea.
After a while of checking the strings everything was set in my preference. Kyiin is just looking at the window at my back. He was really sleepy, but why did he wanted to stay up to wait for me?
Without any hesitation I became to play and piece that I knew but never remembered when it was taught.
The piece was simple and elegant. Nothing special.
Kyiin started to shiver. Which was a complement for the player or maybe he's just cold?
"I heard that song before." He said quietly as if not to wake up Corelle and Raavi from their slumber
"Really? I just know the music but I didn't know it was a song."
Without any doubts if I should continue, I played the song through its chorus Kyiin started singing softly, his voice was calm and comforting
"Uninstall, uninstall
I was told that I am just a single speck of dust
And cannot be more
But I do not understand or grasp the true meaning
Uninstall, uninstall
I no longer have a choice but to pretend
I am brave
For a soldier has to be brave
Uninstall"
Voices started echoing in my head, singing the same song with different lines. This song has no meaning but for me what is it?
Why don't I know where I learned this? Why does Kyiin now it. It doesn't make sense.
"What did I just say?" Kyiin asked me
"The lyrics?"
"No, I mean why do I know that if I can't remember my entire life anyway?"
"Kyiin, I promise I help you recover your memories even if it takes forever. Just let it go for now. We'll know for sure.
"Seems legit"
And that he slowly rest his head and closed his eyes, facing me. Right need to sleep
I woke up early morning; Corelle was already awake and starting to stretch, while the boys of our party are still deep asleep. *sigh*
"What's our plan today?" I inquired lethargically
"Retrieve the Durendal at the King's tomb."
"Durendal? Isn't that the sword given to the king by the odd children that visited Elfa?"
"I don't know or care" she shrugged
Kyiin started to wake up, but he's still half asleep…
I carefully cradled Raavi's gift in my rucksack before slinging up my corala guitar in my shoulders. It's not that I don't like Raavi's gift but I'm just more comfortable using my corala guitar. And I haven't battled that severe for months and initially I don't, so… yeah…
After hours of walking in the desert we arrived at the pyramid. As usual, mummy prirings and skeletons stand our way, but before any of us did any damage, they just die. Is the pyramid letting us enter the king's tomb? I sure do not understand, but it's better so I wouldn't deal with it and either did the rest of the party.
Now, before us lies the entrance to the King's Treasure Vault, a sword guarded by a sphinx twice as large as the queen's and more powerful in all aspects. But as long we are helping each other, nothing that stands in our way will destroy us. NOTHING!
The 1st room. It was filled with Bandersnatches, they are some sort of hideous red and pale yellow creature with no eyes, and they attack with their sense of smell and hear. Each and every one of them is very aggressive and has no doubt to attack on intruders. With a single swipe Corelle killed them all as usual.
The 2nd room. It was still filled with bandersnatches and Lamias. Though still minimal threat for us. The assassin that has been guarding the gate to the next room is an opposing threat.
The assassin lunge at us, Corelle buried her dagger at his stomach, then Kyiin smashed his face in the ground before he could do anything about it.
Corelle looked at me as if I was to murder her. "Finally, you're nor chattering about us killing an agasura, that will sure to live again."
I looked at her infuriated.
3rd room. It was still filled with lamias and bandersnatches but at the end there is a Thief clan waiting and guarding the door. Raavi planted fire turrets at our path, preventing the monsters to chase us. The Thief Clan waited at the far end of the room. It threw its mace at us hitting the wall behind us, as we ll duck and cover.
Raavi then threw his briefcase at the woman. She dodge it with ease as she ravage the pile of gold for anything that would be blunt or useful as a weapon.
As she took out gold chains Raavi ran to her and sort of pierced his key necklace to her neck. I don't think that will bury underneath skin. But he twisted his hand and a dark rune appeared in front of the thief clan. Black mass started to envelope the agasura. Then the mass took its form, some sort of monster with huge arms, the mass started to solidify, and revealed its true form. A Death MG. It's a machine used by Meisters, Engineers that have mastered the ways of using tools and started to build and use robots, the death MG is black with red fire designs in its huge arms. Its legs however seems like non-existent because they're too small for the big MG. its "considered" head is attached entirely to its body, two red glowing mechanical eyes pierce through two eye hole and its design cuts short the head, leaving the part of the brain and the forehead the control room for the engineer/meister.
"Death MG crush her!" Raavi shouted and the Mg obeyed, tightly gripping the Thief Clan until she turned to black mass without any scream or shriek to be heard.
Raavi smiled at us.
"Well done." Corelle praised
"wait.. wait.. wait your actually praising him for killing the Thief Clan in tortured manner?" I shouted
"And she back" Corelle insulted yet again.
"If all we did is this. Then we are not better than those monsters we've killed."
"Perhaps you're right." Raavi said
"Thank you for getting my point"
"But still if agasuras weren't spawned. Then we didn't have to do this."
"He makes perfect sense. Anything to add?" Corelle butted in.
"Kyiin! What do you have to say to this?"
"I'm not a politician, so I'll go neutral" He said enthusiastically
"I can't believe all of you!"
"Then don't" Corelle added before entering the next room
The 4th room, this one has a Thief Clan one the left and an assassin in the door to the right. Corelle clipped my collar and dragged me towards the thief clan, I didn't struggle, and I knew what she wanted.
The thief clan stands upright in the far left of the room. She still carries the same old mace, she wears a two piece and a scarf on her mouth.
When she saw us, she attacked immediately. Corelle evaded while I blocked her mace.
"Hailstone!" I shouted as I release piercing shards of ice to her. She staggered but maintained her balance. I continued attacking her with all the moves I know. Unfortunately it wasn't enough.
"Don't just stand there help me!"
"You can do it, I believe in you. Kill her." Corelle shouted back indolently
"No way! I won't dirty my hands! It's why I became a bard!"
Thief Clan then lunge at me preparing to crash her mace. I block with my Corala guitar. My guitar broke to bits with the impact and pressure. I looked at the debris of my guitar. It was my precious guitar. And it broke. What will I use now?
"tsk…"
Corelle then swoop up the Thief Clan and threw her in the air. When she almost landed Corelle performed wind cutter and cut her head off spilling blood all over me.
"Now, your hands are dirty. Live with it"
When we got the other side, Kyiin and Raavi are already waiting forus to come back. They saw covered in blood.
"Are you okay?" Kyiin inquired
"yeah I'm fine, it's the blood of the thief clan"
"Where's your guitar?" Raavi asked me anxiously
"It broke, and didn't bing your gift, I left it outside the portal in my rucksack."
"Let's go we don't have all day."
The Sphinx's room. It has been covered and piled with hills of gold items the sphinx sleeps at the center awaiting any intruder.
Without hesitation we rushed through the sphinx.
Corelle started her elemental fury and casted as many skills I know. Kyiin maneuvers around the sphinx crushing parts of the sphinx which are sharp. First he crushes the claws then the wing like structure that is attached to the sphinx's arm
Raavi inserts quotes before using any skill like: "With a blade that'll pierce the heavens, show yourself, Mistertein!" and "Take us to the far ends of the Earth, Gaiborg!" then machines will be summoned from dark runes and attacked then they fled and disappear.
I was left to cast water magic since that is all bards can do without their guitars. But I believe it's weak for a bard to cast continuous water skills. With the aid of a guitar.
The battle seems to go well. We have oppressed Sphinx's strong attacks and destroyed it's right hind leg. Making it stuck at a certain position.
The sphinx made a huge turn of events. He spread his wing like structure and moved it forward creating a huge gust of wind. Raavi's Death Mg block of the entire gust resulting to short-out of his machine, I tried to suppress the Sphinx's from Raavi's machine which he was fixing.
But it wasn't enough. With another gust of wind, Raavi and his machine went flying to the platform above the pile of gold, hitting his head in the process. He fell unconscious and his Death MG unmanageable.
Kyiin and Corelle retaliated, Corelle destroying and melting the Sphinx front paw while Kyiin destroy the spike in its tail. But the moment he tried to flee using back flips. The remaining part of Sphinx's tail caught him and used him as a mace and hit Corelle off to the wall. It then smash its tail backward and let go of the seeker.
Sphinx made a quick turn to Corelle. Readying a very powerful poisonious roar.
Without any hesitation at all. I sprinted to Corelle's direction and grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the way. When Sphinx's roared green gas, we victoriously escaped. But the tail crushed us at the wall yet again. Corelle's seems to cough blood now. I tried to stand up and help Corelle as well and again another tail whip hit us to the wall. Sphinx is playing with us. Like a cat playing with a mouse before she eats it.
Both of the two guys of our party are unconscious and the remaining members are incapacitated. Now more than ever we need help.
Corelle looked at me as if she was saying sorry and acting like it will be her last minutes.
"Corelle don't give up. We are not going to die, not now."
"Luli. I believe in you. Break it."
"What?" I didn't know what she meant. But with last amount of energy she scooped me up and threw me on the platform atop the king's loot the platform we used to come in.
The sphinx then used her remaining paw to crush Corelle who just stood up. She didn't get squashed Thank God. But she was not struggling to get out of the paw. She has no energy and now will.
Break it, what did she mean? Break it. What kind of advice is that? What is it?
"Break it?" As I continue to think of a way to save my friends something materialized in front of me, it looked like Raavi's gift. The Asura guitar. But how can that get here?
No time for questions and mystery. I pick up the guitar and Flashes started to come to my mind. They are too quick I don't recognize or even remember anything. But as it flash there was a familiar music. The one I just played last night.
The last picture in my head was a little boy, with wavy brown hair, blue wide eyes, smiling at the horizon. I knew this boy for some sort. I knew him better. And the place behind him, A valley shaped like a toad, Toad Island? What is this?
Still under shock. I pick up the guitar and looked at the chaos underneath me. With a single strum black aura started to surround me.
Then I continue to play, the tune I played yesterday. The black aura started to come to life. Moving on its own and then a black orb appeared in the middle of sphinx's boy. It exploded creating portions of Sphinx's body to separate but the split pieces to don't fly out instead it just removed itself with the rest of the body and if you remove the black orb you can out Sphinx back together.
But the black mass started to drag the Sphinx's parts toward the center void. Then it collapsed on itself. Leaving no trail of the Sphinx anywhere. With that we won? I don't know. I fell unconscious afterwards.
Corelle's POV
We won. Luli did all the work to defeat it. Even if we didn't limp it, she can destroy the Sphinx with one strike. I know she isn't just any ordinary bard.
Raavi woke up first, he immediately checked on Luli and Kyiin, who are still unconscious. I retrieved the Durendal, hidden behind the treasure room. I grabbed it and put it in my small rucksack just to cradle it.
When the two of them started to become conscious We made our way out of the treasure vault.
Kyiin started telling his dream about a poor kid in Toad Island who wanted help. I would like to entertain him but as we exit I sense a bigger problem.
In front of us was wooden pole tied around it is a little girl, by the look of her clothes, she's from Belos.
Luli who was recently awakened look at it in horror. She ran towards the girl but knowing it's a trap. I flew toward her and created a vortex of wind as soon as a bright red glow exploded near us.
"Why is Mirin here?" she shouted terrified
There was a familiar laugh. Then a kid with green hair appeared near Mirin, untying her and settling her down to a hard cold brick floor.
"Why is Mirin here. And Why is Cruz here?" Luli spoke in stuttering volumes now, asking a lot of questions. Kyiin and Raavi seem to be ready for a battle yet again. Then another familiar laugh reverberated across the floor.
"Had over the Durendal and the shards." The familiar voice said.
"We almost got killed doing this, you think we give it up that easily?" Raavi answered back
"So I have to kill you? That'll be easy."
That sentence… Than sentence… I know only one person who would say that. There is no doubt about it. We are going to die.
I started to shiver real hard from fear and anger. I don't know which empowers me. But right now I don't care.
"And don't worry Once I kill you, I still won't kill the doll vendor. She's here because I need your attention and some sort of errand as well."
"Very productive of you. But I dare you to show present yourself before you start slaughtering us."
Kyiin's POV
The voice seems familiar like I heard it before in my dreams or something.
And then revealed herself, I was sure know that I heard her voice somewhere. The Judge at the court.
SORRY SORRY FOR THE LONG LONG DELAY... It's been more than a month before I updated. I got quizzes, schoolwork, chores and unlikely to much gameplay. and honestly I have a quiz today. yeah it's early morning here.
AS the title was suggesting it was supposed to be a chapter about the Chalice and seeker inside it, but I want her to be a bit more mysterious for the time being. So instead I revealed few things about Luli the Bard.
The 3rd seeker is Adephagia a.k.a Malice, At the court she wore blue armour and had sturdy blonde hair. Considering she's a Dragoon the color match wasn't perfect for her so I tried to change her in the graveyard. turning her hair red and a red dress to match it. She'll have that look for here on. And you'll learn more of her soon.
As for Iris fragment I went too short because I was having trouble researching what the Iris stone in Pyramid are saying. since i can't access my account in Latale the past few days. but I quitted a long time ago, so it doesn't matter.
For the last part, Cruz as I said in my forced halloween special, Cruz, Luli's little brother will be joining the story soon. remember that my halloween special is not part of the story at all.
Before I start this story I wanted to have one dungeon boss fight per chapter. and that's is exactly what i'm trying to do. but in the next one I don't think I can do that. Next chapter is about the Iris seekers and the Mischievous Sorceress nothing related to the past of Iris. but still I will be doing it like a boss!
Thank you for waiting and I hope you enjoy it. I promise I won't let you down next time.
Next Chappie: Sophia
P.S
to wreathdeathscythe: keep up the great work Jirainne you are really doing a really good job. You might think it's just good but it's a lot better than you think. and don't let others dictate your story. Write what you want to. We have freedom, that's why we write. So fuck SOPA!. I'll watching out for your updates.
to mauled2death: keep up the great work bro. I really wanted to review on your work but I all have is that line for you, since I think your doing flawless job each and everytime. Watching for your updates.
Sorry for bothering ^.~
*Tyr0*