p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"Chapter 13/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;" person (General)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party returned to Mauer, as they were to report to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Q/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ueen of Mauer to claim the virus infected Garuda was defeated./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit noticed a few people would look at them, seeing them carry the rather large paper, some whispering. He couldn't tell if it was excitement, or people being suspicious. But why would they be questioning something like this?/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"p/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"arty approached the castle, walking up the long road that lead to the stone and steel castle./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Two /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"nights in plain silver armour, having red fabric over their chest plates stood right in front of the large door that lead inisde. Once the party got close, the two knights stood closer, crossing their spears. "State your business." The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"night to the right /br /Imbir took out the rolled up bounty paper, and let it unroll, showing what their 'business' was. "This infected Garuda is no more. We're here to claim the bounty." Imbir answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The same knight leaned closer to look at it, seeing it was the bounty of the Garuda. They both opened the door, letting the party in. "Her grace would definitely love to hear this. But please, do be respectful. She will suspect fraud, considering it has happened in the past."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fraud?" Fallen /br /"Sometimes, people will take bounties and not do them at all, while claiming the gil for it. Money without the hassle." Bereit explained. "And since Mauer doesn't have an official bounty board yet, they have no way of officially knowing if they did it or not."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded, understanding. "Well, we promise, we have slain the beast. Though, we do not carry proof of our victory..." Fallen said, giving the formal act./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"night to the left nodded. "Worry not. We always have a search party sent to the area of where the hunters claim to have slain it. If you really are telling the truth, you have nothing to worry about."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen was happy to hear they believed them. She just hoped that nothing would go wrong. She wouldn't want trouble with royalty. Everybody walked in, as she caught up with them, going to close the door behind herself, but the knights did it for her./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They all then stood in front of the throne room, The queen looking at them. "I take it from the possession of that bounty paper, you're here to claim the bounty of that Garuda?" She suspected./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded. "That is correct." He simply /br /"And how do I know you aren't another band of /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ercenaries looking to lie to me?" She asked, clearly already suspicious of them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We have proof waiting for you in the mountains. However, there is a bit to explain." Imbir answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She put her hand up, to have Imbir stop with his explanation. "Save me the details." The Queen said, interrupting Imbir. "I'll have a search party look for the Gaurda. In the mean time, you all must remain here until it is confirmed the monster has been slain."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded. "We understand." He said, as he then looked at the others, noticing Bereit's annoyed expression./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Thanks to our... previous encounter, I'll allow any exploration within the castle. However, pass any off-limit areas and there will be consequences." She warned./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded, as he looked at the others once more. "Well, feel free to look around. I'm gonna go see the general." Imbir said, as he then went to the training area, where the general would be./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The others than looked at each other, wondering what they should do./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Explore the castle. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Wait for the guards to return./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Bereit)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, I'm gonna explore the castle. You guys can... do whatever." Bereit said, as he then walked away, wondering if they had a library. Luckily, there was floor maps, but only directions to areas like the kitchen and the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Wi/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"zard's quarters and the sort. No directions to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Q/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ueen's bedroom or anything like that. But he wasn't planning to look for those anytime soon./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He examined the map, to see the directions showed there was a library after all. He smiled, as he then traced his finger over the trail that lead to it. He then followed it through the castle, to find the door that lead to the library, seeing the door was made of an odd metal. A type of yellow metal./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He shrugged and opened it, walking in, to see the huge array of books and shelves they had. He whistled, impressed. "Wow. Quite the collection they've got here." He said, as he then walked to the first bookshelf. "Now the real question his... do they have what I'm looking for?" He asked himself, as he started with the first floor of books./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Zelkova)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova checked the map that Bereit looked at, seeing they had a /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard's quarters. He figured that it would be the opportune time to see if they knew any sort of spells they didn't. While he had a ton of experience in the white magic arts, he could always learn more. And he hoped he could./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He memorized the path, as he followed it through the stone hallways, until he came across the quarters. He saw there wasn't even a door for the quarters. Zelkova thought either it just didn't have one just because, or her bedroom was somewhere else, to have her privacy./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He then walked in, not seeing anyone. Just a strange table with some symbols, along with a large map of the world, pinned on the wall. Then there was the desk, and the chair, that had something splilled all over it. "Hello? I was hoping to speak to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard." He said, wondering if the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard was just gone for a moment./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Oh, hello." A female voice spoke, being a deep voice./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova looked around, not seeing anybody. "Umm, I cannot see you." He stated./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes indeed. You see, I have a bit of a mishap with a potion. It was originally suppose to turn items invisible, so I poured some on my robes, however it came into contact with my skin, now I am invisible too. Perhaps you can help me?"br /br /Zelkova nodded. She seemed pretty calm for somebody being invisible. What if it was permanent? "Is there a specific way to remove this invisible state of yours?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, since this is a substance, washing could help, however I seem to have misplaced my clothes. As of now, I am nude. I was originally going to put on some actual clothing, however I was too busy trying to find my own." She /br /Zelkova blushed, feeling a bit nervous about this, what was left to the imagination. But, helping came first. "How about you put on some spare robes? I can rid of this invisibility." Zelkova said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You can? Very well. One moment." She said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova could hear her bare feet tapping against the wooden floor, hearing it lead out the quarters. He figured she was going to retrieved some spare clothing, just like he /br /3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Fallen)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen chose to explore some of the town instead of the castle. She wasn't one for those kind of things. She was more of a town person. Where the people were just going about their days./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"As she walked around, she could see some people were eyeing her, guessing people were wondering who she was. She grew anxious, not enjoying all the attention. But that thought was brushed away as she heard some sort of shouting in the distance, A sort of... preaching. She walked the way she heard the shouting, wondering what was going on./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"As the end draws near, here we are! Just going on our daily lives, as if nothing is happening! The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"G/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"od that merges his world with our own, will purge us of this world! He! Is! Coming! And we are just waiting! I beg of you! Warn the other parts of the world! Set our defences! We must prepare for the apocalypse!" The man wearing somewhat torn robes shouted./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen heard all of what he said, as her heart raced. He was preaching about the apocalypse. And with all those anomalies coming, she had a feeling what he was saying and those things had a connection. She went to approach him, wanting to discuss it, but then guards came in, walking past her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey, enough of your delusions. We're gonna ask you to stop what you're doing. You're scaring people." The guard with the beard explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The preacher scoffed. "You do not understand. I am informing people of the truth! The end is coming! We must prepare!" He shouted. He was then grabbed by the arms, and dragged away./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Don't resist. You'll only make it worse for yourself." The bearded guard /br /Fallen clenched her hand, thinking her opportunity was gone. She was ashamed of that, but then it clicked to her that it wasn't really gone. She had time before he was taken away. She walked in front of the guards, standing in front of them. "I wish to speak to with him! To hear what he is preaching about!" She stated, hoping she could convince them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You're wasting your time, girl. He's just a nutcase." The other guard spoke./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He is not!" She said, furrowing her brows. "He speaks the truth! An anomaly had appeared in Mauer, and a dragon came out of it!" She explained, though she doubt they'd believe her. "If worlds are merging, that's proof enough that it is true! I wish to speak to him for a moment, please." She said. He must know about these anomalies, perhaps she could some more about them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The bearded guard sighed, and picked the man up, and shoved him to her. "You have five minutes." He said, as they waited for them to talk./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen then looked at the old man. "What do you know of these anomalies?" She asked. She needed to get this information as quick as she could./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"p/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"reacher dusted off his robes, and looked at her. "I am glad somebody has opened their eyes to the truth."br /br /"I didn't just open my eyes. I witnessed it myself. So did my friends. I can close those things, I just need to know more about them." She explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You can close them? How?" He asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Please. My questions first." Fallen said, really needing her information first./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"pr/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"eacher nodded, thinking he could do that./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What are these anomalies?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why are creatures coming out of them?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why to things disappear when they go into them? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Ruhe's disappearance has been bothering her for a long time. She had to know why he just disintegrated the way he did. "So... somebody I know fell in and disintegrated upon contact. Why is that?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Worry not. Your friend may be still alive. He was taken. To a whole new plain of existence. Another dimension." He explained. "Perhaps, he will find his way out as well, though his odds are low."br /br /Fallen knew he was just feeding her false hope. However, she believed the first part about it being a different dimension. But... she really did hope he would come back. He didn't deserve what he was given to him during that fight./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Where are they coming from?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why are creatures coming out of them? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's all for now./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We fought a dragon that came out of it. Why are they coming out of it?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They are a species from a distant part of space. Far beyond our reach. But, they hold the power to reach us. Indeed, they are dragons, but they are beyond the original ones of this world. A species that we cannot comprehend." He explained. "But there is one who controls them all. His motives, we may never know, but we will learn with due time."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The way he said 'we will learn with due time,' she knew he didn't mean it in a good way./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Where are they coming from? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongNEW!/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" What are the species called?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's all for now./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"When you said from another part of space, what did you mean?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Far beyond the skies is planets, stars, suns, and many more things we have yet to see. The before mentioned dragons are one of the infinite of things that exist. Where they come from, I do not know. But they have a plan with this world." He explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongNEW!/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" What are the species called? ====/span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"That's all for now./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Just... what is this species?" She asked. If she was going to fight these things, she needed to know what they were, and what she could do to stop them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The man looked at Fallen, putting his hands together. "They are Erpels. And they're master... the one who controls them all-" The old man was then grabbed by the /br /"Alright, I've heard enough." One of the guards said, as he was then dragged /br /"Hey! Let hi-"br /br /"Shut it, girl. You're doing yourself a favour by not listening to this loon." He said, as the old man was taken away, not saying another word./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen gritted her teeth, having an angered look, Never had she been this mad at somebody. She took a deep breath, and looked at the old man one last time, before he was taken away. She looked down, and sighed. "Damn guards... maybe I'll find out on my own." She said, as she then went back to the castle, wanting to ponder on what she had just learn. To understand it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Vanessa)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa came across the library, as she saw Bereit on a small ladder, going through all sorts of books. She laughed. "I hope you plan to put all of those back."br /br /Bereit looked at her for a moment., and looked at the large stack of books right next to him. He scratched the back of his head. "Well... yeah... If I remember where they go."br /br /"You better. I bet the queen'll be furious." Vanessa said, crossing her arms. "Though, I never realized you were such a bookworm." Vaness said, looking at the stack of books./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, not really. I'm checking to see if they have a specific book I've been looking for." Bereit answered. "But so far, no luck."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What is it?" She asked, curious to hear about it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's a book about the Lords of Life. The people who make life... well, work it, in a way." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Lords of Life? Never heard of that before." Vanessa said, intrigued./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, when I find it, we can read it." Bereit said, as he went down a shelf, and went through them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"But why the other books if you're looking for one?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Those will be for later, if I don't find the one I'm looking for." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"br /Vanessa took a look at the titles of the books, each being about something related to magic. She looked at him, and then back to the titles, wondering what was with his fascination about magic. "Here, let me help you search for it." She offered, as she then started looking through the shelf upon shelves of books./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After some time, the group of soldiers that were sent to find the Gaurda they slew returned, with confirmation that they did indeed slay it. The party were called back to the throne room, all standing together./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit didn't find the book, sadly, nor did he get time to read the other ones. Perhaps another time, he could find it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The scouting team has informed me the beast has indeed been slain. And for that, we are happy to reward you the bounty. We are in your debt, Frozen Hearts." The Queen said, as Imbir was then handed a large sack filled with gil from one of the knights that stood next to her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We're just happy to know no more lives will be taken from that thing." Bereit spoke up with a /br /"As we are. And with this task done, I find deem it necessary to award you a bonus. Should you ever need any help in the future, please come see me. I will provide it in any way I can." The Queen said, with a smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit was about to speak, but the Zelkova touched him on the shoulder. "If I may, I do have something to ask of her."br /br /Bereit nodded, as he then let him to do the talking, stepping to the side./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova walked forward, looking at /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"t/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"he Queen. "If I may know, I have been looking for a specific white magic spell. The spell known as, Life. One that can bring back the dead and make themselves whole again. Do you know anything of it?" He asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Queen thought about it for a moment, and shook her head. "I don't, but the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard might. Just a moment."br /br /One of the guards fetched the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard, as she then returned, the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard no longer being invisible. She wore the purple robes again, and had a fair skin complexion, along with a red pony-tail, and brown eyes. She looked at Zelkova, and then approached him. "You look for the Life spell? I must warn you, it will test you as a /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"hite /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"age. I admire your determination to find spell." She said, with an encouraging smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She then looked at Fallen for a moment, and back at Zelkova. "Once you receive your map of Holhen, there will be location named, 'Shrine of the Phoenix.' Go there, and tell them what you seek." She explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova nodded, and smiled. "Thank you, /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard."br /br /"Please, call me Karin." She said, with a smile, getting friendly with Zelkova./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He nodded once more. "Well, we're off. It has been a pleasure, your /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ajesty." He said, with a bow, as they then left the castle./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked back at the castle, and smiled. "Maybe people won't think we're just crazy after all." He whispered to him./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With the camp set and the map acquired, the party were ready to find the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"hrines in Holhen. Though, they had Zelkova's personal mission to consider./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So, where to next?" Vanessa asked, turning to everybody./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit crossed his arms and thought about it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongMain Quest:/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" Summoner's /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"hrines./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongSide Quest:/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" Obtain the Life spell. ====/span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"The Life spell is something that will literally save our lives. We can't pass something like that down." Bereit said./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"Everyone nodded, in agreement./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"The /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"hrines may be important too, but what good will they be if we can't save ourselves?" Fallen said, agreeing to it. Plus, /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"t/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"he Phoenix was another of her /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"ummons./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"So it's settled. We're going for the Life spell." Bereit said, seeing Zelkova smile from the corner of his eye./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Save your game up to this point?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;" person (General)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party returned to Mauer, as they were to report to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Q/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ueen of Mauer to claim the virus infected Garuda was defeated./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit noticed a few people would look at them, seeing them carry the rather large paper, some whispering. He couldn't tell if it was excitement, or people being suspicious. But why would they be questioning something like this?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"p/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"arty approached the castle, walking up the long road that lead to the stone and steel castle./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Two /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"nights in plain silver armour, having red fabric over their chest plates stood right in front of the large door that lead inisde. Once the party got close, the two knights stood closer, crossing their spears. "State your business." The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"night to the right /br /Imbir took out the rolled up bounty paper, and let it unroll, showing what their 'business' was. "This infected Garuda is no more. We're here to claim the bounty." Imbir answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The same knight leaned closer to look at it, seeing it was the bounty of the Garuda. They both opened the door, letting the party in. "Her grace would definitely love to hear this. But please, do be respectful. She will suspect fraud, considering it has happened in the past."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fraud?" Fallen /br /"Sometimes, people will take bounties and not do them at all, while claiming the gil for it. Money without the hassle." Bereit explained. "And since Mauer doesn't have an official bounty board yet, they have no way of officially knowing if they did it or not."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded, understanding. "Well, we promise, we have slain the beast. Though, we do not carry proof of our victory..." Fallen said, giving the formal act./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"k/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"night to the left nodded. "Worry not. We always have a search party sent to the area of where the hunters claim to have slain it. If you really are telling the truth, you have nothing to worry about."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen was happy to hear they believed them. She just hoped that nothing would go wrong. She wouldn't want trouble with royalty. Everybody walked in, as she caught up with them, going to close the door behind herself, but the knights did it for her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They all then stood in front of the throne room, The queen looking at them. "I take it from the possession of that bounty paper, you're here to claim the bounty of that Garuda?" She suspected./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded. "That is correct." He simply /br /"And how do I know you aren't another band of /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ercenaries looking to lie to me?" She asked, clearly already suspicious of them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We have proof waiting for you in the mountains. However, there is a bit to explain." Imbir answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She put her hand up, to have Imbir stop with his explanation. "Save me the details." The Queen said, interrupting Imbir. "I'll have a search party look for the Gaurda. In the mean time, you all must remain here until it is confirmed the monster has been slain."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded. "We understand." He said, as he then looked at the others, noticing Bereit's annoyed expression./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Thanks to our... previous encounter, I'll allow any exploration within the castle. However, pass any off-limit areas and there will be consequences." She warned./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir nodded, as he looked at the others once more. "Well, feel free to look around. I'm gonna go see the general." Imbir said, as he then went to the training area, where the general would be./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The others than looked at each other, wondering what they should do./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Explore the castle. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Wait for the guards to return./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Bereit)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, I'm gonna explore the castle. You guys can... do whatever." Bereit said, as he then walked away, wondering if they had a library. Luckily, there was floor maps, but only directions to areas like the kitchen and the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Wi/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"zard's quarters and the sort. No directions to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"Q/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ueen's bedroom or anything like that. But he wasn't planning to look for those anytime soon./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He examined the map, to see the directions showed there was a library after all. He smiled, as he then traced his finger over the trail that lead to it. He then followed it through the castle, to find the door that lead to the library, seeing the door was made of an odd metal. A type of yellow metal./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He shrugged and opened it, walking in, to see the huge array of books and shelves they had. He whistled, impressed. "Wow. Quite the collection they've got here." He said, as he then walked to the first bookshelf. "Now the real question his... do they have what I'm looking for?" He asked himself, as he started with the first floor of books./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Zelkova)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova checked the map that Bereit looked at, seeing they had a /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard's quarters. He figured that it would be the opportune time to see if they knew any sort of spells they didn't. While he had a ton of experience in the white magic arts, he could always learn more. And he hoped he could./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He memorized the path, as he followed it through the stone hallways, until he came across the quarters. He saw there wasn't even a door for the quarters. Zelkova thought either it just didn't have one just because, or her bedroom was somewhere else, to have her privacy./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He then walked in, not seeing anyone. Just a strange table with some symbols, along with a large map of the world, pinned on the wall. Then there was the desk, and the chair, that had something splilled all over it. "Hello? I was hoping to speak to the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard." He said, wondering if the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard was just gone for a moment./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Oh, hello." A female voice spoke, being a deep voice./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova looked around, not seeing anybody. "Umm, I cannot see you." He stated./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes indeed. You see, I have a bit of a mishap with a potion. It was originally suppose to turn items invisible, so I poured some on my robes, however it came into contact with my skin, now I am invisible too. Perhaps you can help me?"br /br /Zelkova nodded. She seemed pretty calm for somebody being invisible. What if it was permanent? "Is there a specific way to remove this invisible state of yours?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, since this is a substance, washing could help, however I seem to have misplaced my clothes. As of now, I am nude. I was originally going to put on some actual clothing, however I was too busy trying to find my own." She /br /Zelkova blushed, feeling a bit nervous about this, what was left to the imagination. But, helping came first. "How about you put on some spare robes? I can rid of this invisibility." Zelkova said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You can? Very well. One moment." She said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova could hear her bare feet tapping against the wooden floor, hearing it lead out the quarters. He figured she was going to retrieved some spare clothing, just like he /br /3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Fallen)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen chose to explore some of the town instead of the castle. She wasn't one for those kind of things. She was more of a town person. Where the people were just going about their days./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"As she walked around, she could see some people were eyeing her, guessing people were wondering who she was. She grew anxious, not enjoying all the attention. But that thought was brushed away as she heard some sort of shouting in the distance, A sort of... preaching. She walked the way she heard the shouting, wondering what was going on./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"As the end draws near, here we are! Just going on our daily lives, as if nothing is happening! The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"G/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"od that merges his world with our own, will purge us of this world! He! Is! Coming! And we are just waiting! I beg of you! Warn the other parts of the world! Set our defences! We must prepare for the apocalypse!" The man wearing somewhat torn robes shouted./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen heard all of what he said, as her heart raced. He was preaching about the apocalypse. And with all those anomalies coming, she had a feeling what he was saying and those things had a connection. She went to approach him, wanting to discuss it, but then guards came in, walking past her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey, enough of your delusions. We're gonna ask you to stop what you're doing. You're scaring people." The guard with the beard explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The preacher scoffed. "You do not understand. I am informing people of the truth! The end is coming! We must prepare!" He shouted. He was then grabbed by the arms, and dragged away./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Don't resist. You'll only make it worse for yourself." The bearded guard /br /Fallen clenched her hand, thinking her opportunity was gone. She was ashamed of that, but then it clicked to her that it wasn't really gone. She had time before he was taken away. She walked in front of the guards, standing in front of them. "I wish to speak to with him! To hear what he is preaching about!" She stated, hoping she could convince them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You're wasting your time, girl. He's just a nutcase." The other guard spoke./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He is not!" She said, furrowing her brows. "He speaks the truth! An anomaly had appeared in Mauer, and a dragon came out of it!" She explained, though she doubt they'd believe her. "If worlds are merging, that's proof enough that it is true! I wish to speak to him for a moment, please." She said. He must know about these anomalies, perhaps she could some more about them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The bearded guard sighed, and picked the man up, and shoved him to her. "You have five minutes." He said, as they waited for them to talk./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen then looked at the old man. "What do you know of these anomalies?" She asked. She needed to get this information as quick as she could./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"p/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"reacher dusted off his robes, and looked at her. "I am glad somebody has opened their eyes to the truth."br /br /"I didn't just open my eyes. I witnessed it myself. So did my friends. I can close those things, I just need to know more about them." She explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You can close them? How?" He asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Please. My questions first." Fallen said, really needing her information first./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"pr/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"eacher nodded, thinking he could do that./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What are these anomalies?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why are creatures coming out of them?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why to things disappear when they go into them? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Ruhe's disappearance has been bothering her for a long time. She had to know why he just disintegrated the way he did. "So... somebody I know fell in and disintegrated upon contact. Why is that?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Worry not. Your friend may be still alive. He was taken. To a whole new plain of existence. Another dimension." He explained. "Perhaps, he will find his way out as well, though his odds are low."br /br /Fallen knew he was just feeding her false hope. However, she believed the first part about it being a different dimension. But... she really did hope he would come back. He didn't deserve what he was given to him during that fight./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Where are they coming from?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Why are creatures coming out of them? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's all for now./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We fought a dragon that came out of it. Why are they coming out of it?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They are a species from a distant part of space. Far beyond our reach. But, they hold the power to reach us. Indeed, they are dragons, but they are beyond the original ones of this world. A species that we cannot comprehend." He explained. "But there is one who controls them all. His motives, we may never know, but we will learn with due time."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The way he said 'we will learn with due time,' she knew he didn't mean it in a good way./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Where are they coming from? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongNEW!/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" What are the species called?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's all for now./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"When you said from another part of space, what did you mean?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Far beyond the skies is planets, stars, suns, and many more things we have yet to see. The before mentioned dragons are one of the infinite of things that exist. Where they come from, I do not know. But they have a plan with this world." He explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongNEW!/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" What are the species called? ====/span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"That's all for now./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Just... what is this species?" She asked. If she was going to fight these things, she needed to know what they were, and what she could do to stop them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The man looked at Fallen, putting his hands together. "They are Erpels. And they're master... the one who controls them all-" The old man was then grabbed by the /br /"Alright, I've heard enough." One of the guards said, as he was then dragged /br /"Hey! Let hi-"br /br /"Shut it, girl. You're doing yourself a favour by not listening to this loon." He said, as the old man was taken away, not saying another word./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen gritted her teeth, having an angered look, Never had she been this mad at somebody. She took a deep breath, and looked at the old man one last time, before he was taken away. She looked down, and sighed. "Damn guards... maybe I'll find out on my own." She said, as she then went back to the castle, wanting to ponder on what she had just learn. To understand it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person (Vanessa)/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa came across the library, as she saw Bereit on a small ladder, going through all sorts of books. She laughed. "I hope you plan to put all of those back."br /br /Bereit looked at her for a moment., and looked at the large stack of books right next to him. He scratched the back of his head. "Well... yeah... If I remember where they go."br /br /"You better. I bet the queen'll be furious." Vanessa said, crossing her arms. "Though, I never realized you were such a bookworm." Vaness said, looking at the stack of books./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, not really. I'm checking to see if they have a specific book I've been looking for." Bereit answered. "But so far, no luck."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What is it?" She asked, curious to hear about it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's a book about the Lords of Life. The people who make life... well, work it, in a way." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Lords of Life? Never heard of that before." Vanessa said, intrigued./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, when I find it, we can read it." Bereit said, as he went down a shelf, and went through them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"But why the other books if you're looking for one?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Those will be for later, if I don't find the one I'm looking for." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"br /Vanessa took a look at the titles of the books, each being about something related to magic. She looked at him, and then back to the titles, wondering what was with his fascination about magic. "Here, let me help you search for it." She offered, as she then started looking through the shelf upon shelves of books./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After some time, the group of soldiers that were sent to find the Gaurda they slew returned, with confirmation that they did indeed slay it. The party were called back to the throne room, all standing together./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit didn't find the book, sadly, nor did he get time to read the other ones. Perhaps another time, he could find it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The scouting team has informed me the beast has indeed been slain. And for that, we are happy to reward you the bounty. We are in your debt, Frozen Hearts." The Queen said, as Imbir was then handed a large sack filled with gil from one of the knights that stood next to her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We're just happy to know no more lives will be taken from that thing." Bereit spoke up with a /br /"As we are. And with this task done, I find deem it necessary to award you a bonus. Should you ever need any help in the future, please come see me. I will provide it in any way I can." The Queen said, with a smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit was about to speak, but the Zelkova touched him on the shoulder. "If I may, I do have something to ask of her."br /br /Bereit nodded, as he then let him to do the talking, stepping to the side./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova walked forward, looking at /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"t/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"he Queen. "If I may know, I have been looking for a specific white magic spell. The spell known as, Life. One that can bring back the dead and make themselves whole again. Do you know anything of it?" He asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Queen thought about it for a moment, and shook her head. "I don't, but the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard might. Just a moment."br /br /One of the guards fetched the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard, as she then returned, the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard no longer being invisible. She wore the purple robes again, and had a fair skin complexion, along with a red pony-tail, and brown eyes. She looked at Zelkova, and then approached him. "You look for the Life spell? I must warn you, it will test you as a /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"hite /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"age. I admire your determination to find spell." She said, with an encouraging smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She then looked at Fallen for a moment, and back at Zelkova. "Once you receive your map of Holhen, there will be location named, 'Shrine of the Phoenix.' Go there, and tell them what you seek." She explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova nodded, and smiled. "Thank you, /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"C/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ourt /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"W/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"izard."br /br /"Please, call me Karin." She said, with a smile, getting friendly with Zelkova./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He nodded once more. "Well, we're off. It has been a pleasure, your /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"M/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"ajesty." He said, with a bow, as they then left the castle./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked back at the castle, and smiled. "Maybe people won't think we're just crazy after all." He whispered to him./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With the camp set and the map acquired, the party were ready to find the /span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"hrines in Holhen. Though, they had Zelkova's personal mission to consider./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So, where to next?" Vanessa asked, turning to everybody./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit crossed his arms and thought about it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongMain Quest:/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" Summoner's /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"hrines./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"strongSide Quest:/strong/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;" Obtain the Life spell. ====/span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"The Life spell is something that will literally save our lives. We can't pass something like that down." Bereit said./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"Everyone nodded, in agreement./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"The /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"hrines may be important too, but what good will they be if we can't save ourselves?" Fallen said, agreeing to it. Plus, /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"t/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"he Phoenix was another of her /span/span/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"S/spanspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"ummons./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"span style="font-weight: normal;"So it's settled. We're going for the Life spell." Bereit said, seeing Zelkova smile from the corner of his eye./span/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Save your game up to this point?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No/span/span/p