Across Five Continents
The Story of Akana the Enchanter
Chapter Two
Majin Magus
I would like to take this time for giving credit not to Verant (See my profile for that), but to a crappy novel we're trudging through in Reading class called 'Across Five Aprils.' This inspired me to draw a scene in my notebook of Sallainla at Lvl. 6 amid a dragon (representing Velious), a giant snake (representing Kunark), a tiny little picture of Kelethin (hailing from Faydwer), an Erudite (Odus), and a Splitpaw Gnoll (from Antonica). Also a more detailed picture of Sal to your left-hand side, Kyokutan the Human Necro to the right, Krystiina the Wood Elf Druid (of Tunare Server) below the dragon's feet, and Akana the Enchanter underneath the Gnoll's feet. If you're a newbie, that probably meant little or nothing to you. This is the 2nd chapter of my story, and it has been written as well as I can remember the events. Some areas are vivid, some dull, and some happened yesterday. ^-^ Enjoy. Thank you for your time.
It was all Akana could do to just keep her cry of joy inside her.
With her party, all Dark Elvan like herself, consisting of Araxis, Laruana, Spydder, Tystius, and Valelen and Akana, she had entered the Eastern Commonlands through a black 'zone' portal.
The sky was a dismal gray through eyes of Ultravision, but a quick conversion to Human form yielded a view of a early morning sky, tinted with pink and gold, as the sun rose over green, grassy fields.
As her mouth hung open, she walked forward with her friend into the sunlight. They emerged from a ravine that rose sharply on both sides. All pets had been revived, and they all spread out with eager looks on their faces. Tystius ran down a path, but no one followed.
"Let's go there," Araxis said, pointing to a hill. They all went up to it and sat down, but Tystius wasn't with them. Ignoring her absence, Spydder went and started stabbing a black bear.
The bear clawed at Spydder, but since he was a Warrior, he could take a few hits. Casting Shallow Breath, Akana ran up to the bear and placed two fingers on it, and it began to choke, yet it still fought. Blood was spilled on the grassy hill, but it mostly belonged to the bear.
Slashing the bear's neck, Araxis used the sword that stuck in the bear to swing up onto its back. Yanking the blade from the fur, he jabbed it repeatedly into the back and rump of the animal.
Laruana cast Fire Flux while her pet, Jann, whacked the animal. Akana was casting Suffocating Sphere now. The animal walked away, but fell dead before it had gotten ten feet. Its blood pooled on the grass and Akana would've felt bad if she hadn't known that it would live again in a little while.
They all relaxed on the hillside, but Akana stood when she heard the flutter of wings. She had been lounging, listening to the shouts about a griffin, but she hadn't expected to see it.
And yet, there it was, flying in a clearing, not three hundred from where she stood. It didn't notice her or her group, but she knew they were KOS to it.
"Um…guys, where are you?" Tystius asked as Akana sat back down.
"Hunting by the 'zone' portal. Where are you?" Spydder asked her. He was all rested up and was scanning the area for something to kill.
"Uh…I'm by an Inn. There's humans here…" She began to say more, but Laruana cut her off.
"You're KOS to them! Don't go near them!! Ty, look out!" she cried, her voice full of worry. Yet as she projected the concern in her voice to Ty, she spotted a very big, very pissed off snake who had fallen out of a tree. She stabbed at it and it fought back with a passion.
In seconds what members of the group were there were on the snake. Stabbing, casting, kicking, punching, slashing, piercing the slithering reptile who was quickly killing Laruana.
Akana saw the snake sink its fangs into Laruana and the Mage fell back, whimpering and clutching her arm. Akana snarled at the snake and lunged forward. With a single stroke, she cut off the serpent's head.
Ignoring the body spitting blood and her own stained robes, Akana knelt down next to Laruana and smiled sadly.
The Magician was in a bad way. Her wrist had been cut by the snake fang and blood spilled out, mixed with a toxic green poison. Araxis quickly came over and tried to cast a spell, but his mana was gone. Instead, he began chanting to Innoruuk.
Wincing from pain, Laruana spoke. "It's…it's no good, Araxis. I'm…I'm done. I'll return, just wait, be right back, be…right…ack…" She moaned and the poison ran its course. Just as it was done infecting her, she died.
Akana bowed her head in mourning and returned to sitting. They heard Ty mumbling but said nothing. Spydder, being restless, pulled another bear over to them. Quickly slaughtering it, they sat down again.
Valelen stood and waved goodbye. He left the group and ran back into the ravine towards home. They each waved back, and noticed that Laruana had left the group too. One by one, everyone left.
Now having a skill level of five, Akana stood proudly on the hill, but she Gated when she spied the griffin returning.
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Later, Akana had grouped with a Necromancer of the same level and gone hunting for skeletons, bears, and large spiders. He was killed twice by Young Kodiaks, and then, after one thing and another, they had both gained a skill level.
Now at skill level six, Akana was killing anything weaker than her and some things the same as her. After this boring process was done, she was of skill level seven.
"Aah," she murmured, feeling increased power flowing through her.
Sitting down on the log, she reflected of the young Necromancer's first death by Young Kodiaks…
"Akana! The Young Kodiaks have me! Run! Save yourself!" the Necromancer had cried. He was tackled by a charging Young Kodiak and was being mauled.
"NO! I won't let you die!" Akana had screamed back, but she began chanting the Gate spell.
The bear was attacking her fallen friend extensively, and since she couldn't move while casting, Akana had no choice but no watch. Of course she knew he'd be fine in a little, but that didn't spare him of the pain now.
By now, after dying a few times and seeing others die, Akana had overcome the queasy feeling that used to come with sight of blood. Dark blood from the center of the Necromancer's body was spilling onto the grass, and soon it would disappear.
Akana began to cry his name, but she found herself outside Neriak, and she disbanded the group with a heavy heart. Later, she received a tell from him that he had been resurrected in the forest and was immediately killed again. She grimaced at the thought of him laying there on the grass again, blood all over…
The memory made her shudder.