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Slowly the ship pulled up to the snowy island and docked at the port jutting out from the land. Lyle stood at the front of the ship, staring at the foggy snow covered island. Something wasn't right...he could feel it. He jumped off onto the wooden jetty as he continued to stare at the island. The others were climbing down the ships ladder to the port, when Alex noticed Lyle ahead of them.

Walking up to the warrior, he stopped behind him. "What is it?" he asked, staring as the hero did.

"Something is out there...waiting for us." he said as he drew his sword. "Keep everyone by the ship." he said as he walked forward. Van turned and gave the command, then followed the hero, as did the other members of the guild. As he began to walk up the shore of the beach, the feeling hit him even stronger. But this time, he knew what it was. "Dragonites..." he said as he steapped back.

Van's eyes widened as he saw the creatures lurk out of the fog. There was an army of them. Both of the heroes took a step back as their hearts began to race. They remembered how hard it was to kill these creatures, and that was when they were alone. An army would destroy them. Lyle held his ground as the creatures moved closer, their eyes penetrating the warrior.

Van backed up and stared at the hero. "Lyle, what are you doing?" he asked. "We have to get out of here!" The minion army moved closer and closer to them, circling around to surround them. Van, tired of waiting for the warriors response reached forward and grabbed him.

Lyle jerked out of the mage's grip and glared. "Stop! We've come this far and you want to go back now!?" he shouted. "Not me. I'm staying and...." he said as he turned back to the army. But to his surprised, they had all stopped and kneeled to him. They had all bowed onto one knee and lowered their heads as if he was their king. "W...What is this?" he asked.

"So you are Lyle." said a voice from deep within the fog. Everyone stared towards the voice as a tall shadow appeared. Finally, a man wearing all black came out of the dense curtain and stared at them through dark eyes. "Let us see if you are all that they say you are." he said in a rather monotone voice. Taking the large sword off his back, he ran forward and dove over the minion army, straight at the hero.

Lyle brought his sword up, causing the man to clash with him roughly. "Who are you?" asked the warrior through gritted teeth as he used his strength to stand evenly with his counterpart.

Smirking, the dark hair warrior pulled away slightly before slashing at Lyle with the giant blade. Lyle blocked the attacks and jumped backwards to give himself some room. "I see you haven't heard much about your own family have you?" he asked. Lyle gasped and looked at the man shocked. Ark pulled his hand back and hurled a giant fireball forward. Lyle dodged and rolled to the side, as the massive ball exploded on the ground, shaking it slightly. "What's wrong Lyle? Maze didn't tell you you had family elsewhere?" he asked as he ran forward again.

Lyle ran forward as well, this time putting effort into his fighting. Clashing blades witht he warrior, Lyle forced him backwards using the strength in his legs. Throwing him back with a giant swipe of his glave, the hero jumped up into the air covering his sword in his flaming energy before slamming the blade into the ground. The fire shot forward and exploded in front of the dark warrior, sending him soaring backwards. He landed and skidded back in the snow before coming to a stop and kneeling from the pain. "Not bad..." he said.

"Just who are you?" asked Lyle as he approached the man.

Standing again, the dark cloaked warrior ran forward. Dodging a swipe from Lyle, he planted his boot on the heroes armor and flung himself into the air. He pulled his fist back again and fired two more massive fireballs at the hero. Lyle jumped out of the way of one of them, but the other exploded right next to him and sent him tumbling across the ground.

Lyle got up and glared at the man who landed a ways away from him. Getting to his feet, he raised his hand and lightning shot toward the man. The dark warrior however slashed through the magic attack and swiped at the man again. Lyle jumped over the attack, bringing his own sword down heavily on the man, who blocked the attack again. Suddenly, both of them stopped as they heard a loud shout.

"Enough!" echoed across the beach and everyone on the shore looked at the figure. Both Lyle and the unknown warrior froze, glaring at each other, their blades still locked. "You are indeed Lyle the Saber." said the tall aged figure as he walked towards them. "Maze has told me much about you."

Lyle looked at the man and pulled away from the warriors lock. "Who are you? And why was I attacked?" asked Lyle furiously.

"We have many things to talk about my young hero. And you as well Van." said the much older man. Van approached and finally recognized the figure.

"Scythe?" asked the mage. The man nodded. "So, you are Maze's mentor. It's good to finally meet you." he said.

"Save the greetings for later. We must go now to the city." he said. Turning, he began walking away from the shore and into the snowdrift with Van and the others behind him. Lyle didn't go immediately. He stopped and looked at the man he had battled with, who was looking back at him.

"Let us do this again. Without the interruptions." he said, then walked off after everyone else.

Lyle glared as he watched the dark cloak flap in the wind. "Yes, lets finish what was started." he said, then followed them.