"Ariel are you sure you want to go through this?" asked Nida quite concerned when Ariel decided to join them along.
"Don't worry I can take care of myself just fine," she started, "But I'm not sure about you though,"
"What do you mean?" his eye twitched.
"Well you were a total wreck for the past few days," she explained, "So I'm not sure you're even fit to fight now."
"Hey Ari! Don't worry old Nida here is tougher than he looks," burst Kahran suddenly in their conversation.
"I doubt he is," she said rolling her eyes, "So what are we waiting for?"
"We're waiting for the Priests to cast an Magna-Warp spell," Nida explained.
"Magna-Warp Spell?" said Ariel with a surprised look on her face, "Never heard of it,"
"It's been done rarely. A group of Priests gathered and cast a warp huge enough to fit a whole army," said Kahran beaming at a group of Priest assembling at one spot, "It does exhaust them of their mana and also cost a huge amount of blue gemstones to execute the spell but it does saves the time to transport us,"
The three of them looked from a far and watches as around thirty Priests from the army gathered and started their chanting. The head priest was a High Priestess, the infamous; Christine Alander but people close to her would call her Christy. She led them into prayer and then there was a blue aura surrounding them. They formed a circle and placed gemstones of blue in the middle of their circle. After a few more chanting, the ground they stood bore the mark of the Holy Trinity. The mark glowed in radiance and the light shined in everyone's eyes. And then formed a huge warp was formed. And so the Magna-Warp Spell was cast.
"Wow," said Ariel in awe, "I never seen such a spell!"
"Me neither," said Nida, "I only heard of it in stories but this is the first time I've seen it actually been done,"
"Okay you three," said a female voice from behind them.
Both of them turned around to face Alice Arthur, the daughter of Lord Riddick Arthur, "You three are to join my party and stay by me at all times on my father's orders!"
"Okay," replied Kahran in a blur expression. He scratched his head and eyed at Nida, "I feel like we're being treated kids again,"
"And I feel like I'm being treated like a nanny," Alice complained, "Alright, we better hurry up and get ready. In a few moments we have to charge into that portal."
Nida checked his pockets and his daggers. He made sure each and everyone of them were sharp just to be prepared for anything. He carried a few other extra items in a bag thinking they might be useful later. Ariel did some preparations herself. She strengthens her lariat just to be sure it would make a powerful pang on her enemies. Kahran checked his katars and armed himself with some daggers dipped with poisons. He prefers mostly torturing his enemies with his special concocted poisons and then finishes them when they cry out for mercy. His mercy however shall be his deathblow that would end their misery and their lives. Nida knows him very well. Kahran's pleasant personality often lulls his enemies into a dropping their guard more like a trap unknown that he is a deadly opponent not to be dealt with ease. It was not long until Alice returned with a Pole Axe of her own seemed to be sharpened and polished recently.
"Sweet Pole Axe," commented Nida.
"Thank you," said Alice looking quite proud of her chief weapon, "I worked hard for this baby. And I'm going to unleash all it's majesty against the Orcs today,"
"How thoughtful of you," said Kahran, "So how long more before we depart?"
"Right about now," said Alice as she turned around letting them a view of the army going through the Magna-Warp, "We should go in soon. C'mon all of you,"
The four of them marched with the army and into the portal. As they reached into the Orc Village they were quickly thrown into battle; as the Orcs were not those kind who wait and let their enemies rest. However the Pronteran Army was well aware of their bloodthirsty behavior that they made the Magna-Warp to drop in among their ranks and attacked them unprepared. Nida, Kahran and Alice quickly threw themselves in a horde of Orcs while Ariel supported them from behind. Alice used herself as a human shield and held against the Orcs while Kahran and Nida finished of the remains. Ariel screamed burning the Orc's tiny ears as her high-pitched voice stunned them, which made them easier to kill.
The Pronteran Army managed to kill many of the Hordes within a few hours. However they were quickly tired out and it seemed that the numbers of the horde were much than they had expected. The Orcs kept coming; they fought without fear, which was a huge, set back for the Pronteran Army. An army with such an astounding morale would win mostly in any battle they fought in regardless what the circumstances were. It seemed the battle would go on for hours and it only would seemed that the Pronterans would be massacred at this rate.
"Lord Arthur! We have to make a retreat otherwise we will this army!" said one of his Captain.
"I know but there must be something we can do to stop the Horde!" yelled Lord Arthur as he bashed an Orc to a pulp, "Stein, have you seen the Orc Lord? The one who commands this army?"
"I haven't sir," replied Stein, the captain, "Why do you ask?"
"If we can bring him down it might crush the Horde's resistance and we can be triumph in the end!"
Alice heard her father's words shouting from a far. He turned her attention back to a group of Orcs coming and killed all of them in one single blow. Suddenly an Orc appeared from behind and she would have been struck down if not for Nida who hurled one of his daggers into the Orc's eyes. Alice turned to Nida and showed him a sign of thanks. "We have to kill the Orc Lord so we can end this battle!" she yelled at the three of them.
"The Orc Lord?" asked Kahran, "Who?"
"The general of this Horde! He's the biggest among all the Orcs!"
"Haven't seen him yet," said Nida as he stabbed an Orc in the bed and slit another Orc's throat, "Ariel how are you doing?"
Ariel was doing fine in her own way. Her lariat was like huge serpents and each time she whipped the Orcs they could feel as if they were bitten by a real one. As she finished a of group of Orcs aiming at her she turned around and said, "I'm fine!"
But then there was huge thumping sound and the ground almost shook. The four them looked in fear not to mention the Pronteran Army. It was the Orc Lord, he was bigger than the other Orcs and he had a legion of archers by his side. As the army saw his presence amongst the Horde, Lord Arthur gave the command to kill him instantly. There were arrows, spells, swords and daggers from every direction. But the Orc Lord seemed to prove invincible and his archers seemed to deal a lot of causalities among the Pronteran Army. Then it hit the army, the Orcs just gotten much more frenzied than before. The presence of their leader boosts their moral even more and destroyed the Pronteran Army's faith in an instant. It seemed like nothing could be done and the outcome of the battle seemed to be already decided to be in the favor of the Horde.
Amongst the four, Alice decided something had to be done to regain their favor in the battle. She steadied her weapon and charged against the Orc Lord. Her furious strike blinded the Orc Lord as she aimed for his left eye. As the Orc Lord writhed in pain the other Orcs looked at him, this time with fear. Their leader had been scarred. The Pronteran Army seized this chance and massacred the Horde with their entire might. Lord Arthur rose from the ranks and decided to join in the fray with her daughter. Both father and daughter worked hand in hand against the enemy. Her father unleashed his fury with his sword and fought valiantly against the Orc Lord.
"Nida! We can't just stand here! We have to do something!" yelled Kahran over to Nida.
"What you want me to do? Do a cheer for Alice and her dad?" said Nida annoyed.
"That would be funny but now's the time to be serious!"
Nida cursed a four letter word that I am force to censor.
The Orc Lord locked Arthur in a submission. Kahran reacted quickly by lunging himself to free Arthur from being crushed. The plan was successful but Kahran now finds himself being the sole target of an angry Orc. The Orc Lord clutched his huge fist and then prepared to pummel Kahran. Nida aware of the danger, he draws out one ofhis poisonous daggers and hurled it at the Orc's hand. The blade cut into the Orc's fly – the giant brute yelled in pain. Kahran escaped before the Orc Lord could catch him. The Orc Lord then turned his anger towards Nida. The Orc Lord let out a loud snort and then he charged towards the helpless rogue. Nida watches helplessly as the beast charges towards him. He frozed, he wonders why he could not do a single thing like running away or maybe tunnel his way to safety.
The last thing he remembers was that his entire world went black after that.