The Fate of the First Hero of Light
There is a massive blast behind us. It is a magic attack. I look it's my mother. I start running. "Shit it is my mother. She is a strong mage. Your Majesty can you use any offensive magic?"
"I will have to kill her first."
She looks at my mother "NO!NO!NO!NO!YOUR MOTHER?!"
I am still running. I do not know this area well. I could go down an alleyway. My mother would not be able to cast her spells. But if my other family finds me and corners me it would be a disaster.
With the help of Uncle Thandall. He has been instructing me in the use of many weapons. Like my Grandmother before me. I gravitated towards bladed weapons , especially large swords. Seeing as my Grandmother has no need for weapons anymore. Her Ice Magic being able to kill any living creature. I was given her training sword. It is hefty. The blade does not keep a keen edge for long. Regardless I doubt it would shatter. Most importantly it has perfect balance. I feel like the blade sometimes becomes a part of my body.
"Your Majesty you still have not answered my question can you use offensive magic?" "NO GEIR I CANNOT!""I think I should run towards her and kill her, but she can cast so fast!" "SHE'S YOUR MOTHER HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!" "She was aiming to kill us. She knows my traditional dress. Without a doubt. She knows it is me. Queen Zeldalyn this is a WAR."
Again a massive explosion I feel some of the debris hit me. It is so close.
"Are you alright Your Majesty.""I am unharmed." My Uncle and two of his sons approach me from a side street. "Claurilles give us the Queen." "DIE!" I slice off half his face. Blood splatters on my white parka. It falls on the Queen's head she screams ."FATHER! YOU BASTARD!" I think his name is Brutesix I slice him right to left between the ears. He is instantly killed . Dorestice drops his weapon he is on his back. "CLAURILLES PLEASE DON'T!" the Queen is shouting "NO GEIR STOP!" I stab him through the top of the head. I pull the broadsword out, he collapses limply onto the floor. I start running again what am I going to do?
I cannot run home. My Grandmother would kill the Queen immediately and probably go on a rampage. I know she is watching me. I feel eyes on me. Only my Grandmother can disappear so completely that you can not even sense her. "WHY GEIR WHY DID YOU NOT STOP?!"She is going to become difficult to handle if I cannot calm her. Why am I even doing this? I am the Tulok Warchief! I should be going on a rampage! Yet I am killing my family members! Even though I thought I never cared "If you die here. There will be a civil war like this land has never seen. People have died in the fighting but many more will die if I can't save you. Do you understand Your Majesty?" I'm still running my mind is racing what am I going to do ?"GEIR STOP!" "That is not an option!"
"No, I understand what you are saying. I have been trained in medical arts since young. I know how to bind a person so that they can be easily transported." "I understand." I stop she rips her dress and instructs me. She is secured I put my headdress on her head. "You are the Warchief should you not wear your helm?" "The fighting will be fierce. It is so that you are not harmed" maybe its the fires but it looks like she is blushing "I...I understand thank you Geir." "Queen Zeldalyn here we go." "Please call me Zelda Geir" "Very well Queen Zelda. Keep holding on. We leave..."
Immediately I run to the other side of the road. My mother casts a fire spell a small shop behind me erupts into flames . I run into a side street I will move behind through the side streets. Then when I have a chance. I will cut her down! "THE PERSON WITH THE WHITE DRESS HAS THE QUEEN!" I turn around. I run and kill Uncle Demos. Turn back around again. Moving towards my Mother to flank her. Uncle Demos's sons step out of the shadow. I slice to kill Felix he blocks with his short sword. My broadsword breaks it into two. The trajectory is changed. It is going upward! I am going to miss! I turn my grip and hit him with the flat side of my sword. I hear loud popping sounds. His bones snapping in his neck. He collapses, dead. I kill my other cousins.
I turn the corner and see my mother. I glare at her with my killing intent. She freezes up. It is over. "CLAURILLES PLEASE STOP!" without vindictiveness I aim to cut her in half. "PLEASE GODS SAVE ME!" I feel weak intent from behind. I kick my mother. She flies through a shop's front. The glass shatters. She is not dead. But she will not be able to use incantations anymore. I block the sword attack from behind and turn around with the aim to slice off the head of the attacker . I barely cut the neck. It is my father!
"We only want the Queen Claurilles!" "Why? And then you will stab me in the back? I never understood why Grandmother was always upset with you. But now I see you are just a maggot crawling on the floor!" "FUCK YOU" I block his sword with one hand on my broadsword and guide his sword to the ground. Instantly his cheek is cut. I aim for his he eye. He screams I want to start laughing. The Queen pinches me."Geir the power you have affects the mind. Please be careful!" "Thank you Queen Zelda." My mind clears. The rage is pulled back.
The two idiots arrive the Knight and the Fire Mage. "YOUR MAJESTY ARE YOU UNHARMED?" "Yes she is! Why not shout louder still ! So everyone knows exactly where we are!" "I understand. I apologize!" "There is a woman in that store fetch her!" "Why?" asks the Fire Mage "They are traitors. The woman is a powerful Mage I'm going to execute her right now." "I SEE!" the Knight's face hardens. He moves and pulls out my mother. She is at my feet. My mother is crying. I have seen that look on her face before despair. "Grandmother will not stop me this time. You know what crime you have committed?" "CLAURILLES PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU!" the Knight punches her in the face. "Father , Mother you have soiled the Honour of House Dominitus. As the Warchief of the Tulok I can at least give you an honorable death!" My mother is hysterical she is screaming and trying to escape. The Fire Mage is watching my father."...don't do this-...please Geir...please stop..."."Queen Zelda you don't come from a royal house. This is how the real world works."
"All those people I have killed up until now. Were family of mine." I can feel the wetness on my back and I hear sobbing. "Queen Zeldalyn this is life. Knight bring her here." She is resisting as much as she can. The Knight looks coldly at her. She won't escape. "Still Geir. Do you think this is necessary?" the Fire Mage says. "She is a strong Mage. We do not have the ability to seal her magics." "I understand." My mother is finally on her knees . She is crying. I can see her tears fall on the stone road. I lift my broadsword. "Goodbye Mother." I swing downwards with all my might.
I feel something stop my blade, it is ice! "That is enough Geir! Stand down for now." "Yes Grandmother." "They are over there!" There are at least 30 members of my House coming to attack. The Fire Mage starts weaving hand sign. I pick up a rock and throw him in the face. "BE QUIET IDIOT!" As if he knows what is going to happen. The Knight sheathes his sword. They step within 10 paces from us. They are frozen solid, you can see even flames are encased in the blue ice. My Grandmother glances at me. The ice shatters. They disappear into red snow, all the fires are extinguished.
"Get up!" My father stands up "Zelda heal his eye!" "Yes." She heals his eye and heals my mother. "Where did I go wrong mother?" "It is because you are my son." "What does that even mean?" "You had your fathers heart, but you were too weak to chase after me. But you forged the hatred in Geir's heart." "What?!""As his Grandmother I want to break you completely. As a Warrior I want to thank you. Without you, Geir would have been able to live a normal happy life. But because of your pettiness, wickedness and weakness. I have a true heir! One that will surpass even me."
I see my father starts to tear up "What do you mean?". My Grandmother speaks :"I would never have been able to kill my parents. You gave him the same ruthlessness I have. I had to struggle for years to grasp it. But because of your abuse and constant humiliations of Geir. He was able to reach it so early. As a warrior, he has achieved more in the short time he has been chief of the Tulok. As all the combined efforts of every Warchief before him. The destruction of the Royal Castle the symbol of the Kingdoms power. But as his Grandmother I want to unleash all my years of experience in the way of torture, upon you. He will walk the same path as me. While I was climbing stairs and your father pulled me out. He is walking downwards into the abyss. No one will save him."
I see my mother stand up "Claurilles I'm so..." "Knight protect the Queen." "YES SHE WILL BE SAFE!" "Fire Mage we are going to House Dominitus." "I understand let us go!" "WAIT GEIR!" Queen Zelda stands up. As if I am being knighted puts my Snowbeast headdress on my head. "Please Geir be careful!" "Yes Queen Zelda." I start running...
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