Chapter 5: The Rescue
While the fighting in Addammasartus still wore on, there was a prison ship docking at the Census and Excise office. Inside the prison ship, on the lower deck, was a thirty-one year old man named Auron. He had no last name, nor any identity of whatsoever expect he was an Imperial. A guard entered the lower deck near Auron. "It's time for you to go, prisoner." The guard was talking like there was a knife in his throat. The prisoner named Auron walked on to the main deck of the boat. After being warned twenty times not kill anyone or do anything dumb, the now free man walked off the boat and onto dry land. "Thank Almalexia, dry land!" Auron wished that this day would come and it did. All Auron did while sailing the Inner Sea is write in a journal. He only had one subject to think about and that was the battle at Mt. Dagoth. He was there when there were the quakes and the men and monsters on those slopes vanished. "Go inside the Census and Excise offices in front of you to be checked out." A guard said from the ship. "Thank you." Replied Auron.
After Auron signed a few papers in the Cencus and Excise office, he looked around for a room he could rent for the night. He found the lighthouse was vacant because the man that slept there that morning was dead. "Dead? How?" Asked Auron. "He was a great swordsman of the Imperial Guard. He had been staying here for about a month or so." The person Auron was talking to was the manager of the lighthouse. She was an Ashlander and she wasn't being rude to the Outlander. "He said that he was going to kill the bandits in the cave behind the Silt Strider. He left early this morning to the cave. It is late afternoon and he hasn't returned yet." The story started to interest the just-freed prisoner. "I'll go get him." Auron thought that he was strong enough to fight the bandits. Even though he was not armored with anything, not even a weapon. Auron left the lighthouse and saw the Silt Strider. He then saw the cave that was near the transporter. The lighthouse owner ran outside with him. "You will most certainly die! You cannot go in there alone!" The villagers now tried to stop Auron with tales of what the bandits did to people. Auron stood tall and thought for a moment. " There is a swordsman in there. I will be fine." Then, he walked in front of the cave and opened the door to Addammasartus. Auron walked in. "Weeel, I liked the guy. But I'll probably never see him again." The lighthouse owner and everyone else went back to what they normally did.
Auron walked up to the wooden door, which barely held in the side of the hill. He did not draw a weapon when he opened the door. He walked down the dirt ramp and looked at his surroundings. To the east, there was a hammock with a dead Ashlander hanging. There was a blood puddle underneath the hammock. There was a wooden door to the north of the hammock. Auron wondered for a moment. There was barely any light, Auron made a quick gesture with his hands and the entire cavern was illuminated. "Graghhhhh!" Auron heard moanings past the wooden door. "This is it. I have not used my magical power is a very long time." Auron walked to the door and opened it. Right behind the door was an Ashlander with an axe! "This is where you die outlander!" The Ashlander screamed and swung, striking the door and breaking it in half. Auron backed out next to the hammock and waited for another onslaught. The fiend swung again towards Auron's head, but Auron caught the axe before it struck him. "Wha-?" The Ashlander seemed puzzled. Just then, Auron wrote something in the air with his left hand. Then a ball of fire withdrew from his chest and blew through the Ashlander's body. There was a hole the size of a bucket when the corpse flew into the doorway. "There is a survivor in this cave." Auron thought to himself, again.
"He is okay." Then he yelled out loud, "Prepare to die! DREAM!" All he said was "DREAM" and he stuck out his hands to start the spell. Next, fireballs flew out of his hands and went through the doorway, through the next cavern, and into pure darkness. If there were anything in the next cavern area, it would surely be dead. Auron walked through the doorway and into the new burnt area. He noticed a man in bonemold armor lying on the ground, face down. "Get up." Auron called to the seemed dead man. Then, the man in the armor turned his head and said, "how did you know I wasn't dead?" I could feel your power level. It was enormous." Auron answered the man's question. The knight got up and brushed himself off. His armor did not looked damaged at all. He had no weapon of whatsoever. "Well, it was much bigger before you killed everyone else in this blasted cave!" ? Auron looked around the rest of the large cave area. There were blood spots all over the walls. He moved around the knight and looked closer into the darkness. Piles of exploded flesh were scattered all around the floor. "Goodness, I sure made a mess! Matthew." "How did you know my name?" Matthew asked. "I'll tell you in a few minutes but first let's get outta here."
So Auron and Matthew walked through the rest of the cave and out the entrance, only then to be greeted by the villagers of Seyda Neen. "Did you kill the bandits." One of the villagers asked. "Let's say you could put them on a plate they are so small!" Matthew answered. What courage did these warriors have!
While the fighting in Addammasartus still wore on, there was a prison ship docking at the Census and Excise office. Inside the prison ship, on the lower deck, was a thirty-one year old man named Auron. He had no last name, nor any identity of whatsoever expect he was an Imperial. A guard entered the lower deck near Auron. "It's time for you to go, prisoner." The guard was talking like there was a knife in his throat. The prisoner named Auron walked on to the main deck of the boat. After being warned twenty times not kill anyone or do anything dumb, the now free man walked off the boat and onto dry land. "Thank Almalexia, dry land!" Auron wished that this day would come and it did. All Auron did while sailing the Inner Sea is write in a journal. He only had one subject to think about and that was the battle at Mt. Dagoth. He was there when there were the quakes and the men and monsters on those slopes vanished. "Go inside the Census and Excise offices in front of you to be checked out." A guard said from the ship. "Thank you." Replied Auron.
After Auron signed a few papers in the Cencus and Excise office, he looked around for a room he could rent for the night. He found the lighthouse was vacant because the man that slept there that morning was dead. "Dead? How?" Asked Auron. "He was a great swordsman of the Imperial Guard. He had been staying here for about a month or so." The person Auron was talking to was the manager of the lighthouse. She was an Ashlander and she wasn't being rude to the Outlander. "He said that he was going to kill the bandits in the cave behind the Silt Strider. He left early this morning to the cave. It is late afternoon and he hasn't returned yet." The story started to interest the just-freed prisoner. "I'll go get him." Auron thought that he was strong enough to fight the bandits. Even though he was not armored with anything, not even a weapon. Auron left the lighthouse and saw the Silt Strider. He then saw the cave that was near the transporter. The lighthouse owner ran outside with him. "You will most certainly die! You cannot go in there alone!" The villagers now tried to stop Auron with tales of what the bandits did to people. Auron stood tall and thought for a moment. " There is a swordsman in there. I will be fine." Then, he walked in front of the cave and opened the door to Addammasartus. Auron walked in. "Weeel, I liked the guy. But I'll probably never see him again." The lighthouse owner and everyone else went back to what they normally did.
Auron walked up to the wooden door, which barely held in the side of the hill. He did not draw a weapon when he opened the door. He walked down the dirt ramp and looked at his surroundings. To the east, there was a hammock with a dead Ashlander hanging. There was a blood puddle underneath the hammock. There was a wooden door to the north of the hammock. Auron wondered for a moment. There was barely any light, Auron made a quick gesture with his hands and the entire cavern was illuminated. "Graghhhhh!" Auron heard moanings past the wooden door. "This is it. I have not used my magical power is a very long time." Auron walked to the door and opened it. Right behind the door was an Ashlander with an axe! "This is where you die outlander!" The Ashlander screamed and swung, striking the door and breaking it in half. Auron backed out next to the hammock and waited for another onslaught. The fiend swung again towards Auron's head, but Auron caught the axe before it struck him. "Wha-?" The Ashlander seemed puzzled. Just then, Auron wrote something in the air with his left hand. Then a ball of fire withdrew from his chest and blew through the Ashlander's body. There was a hole the size of a bucket when the corpse flew into the doorway. "There is a survivor in this cave." Auron thought to himself, again.
"He is okay." Then he yelled out loud, "Prepare to die! DREAM!" All he said was "DREAM" and he stuck out his hands to start the spell. Next, fireballs flew out of his hands and went through the doorway, through the next cavern, and into pure darkness. If there were anything in the next cavern area, it would surely be dead. Auron walked through the doorway and into the new burnt area. He noticed a man in bonemold armor lying on the ground, face down. "Get up." Auron called to the seemed dead man. Then, the man in the armor turned his head and said, "how did you know I wasn't dead?" I could feel your power level. It was enormous." Auron answered the man's question. The knight got up and brushed himself off. His armor did not looked damaged at all. He had no weapon of whatsoever. "Well, it was much bigger before you killed everyone else in this blasted cave!" ? Auron looked around the rest of the large cave area. There were blood spots all over the walls. He moved around the knight and looked closer into the darkness. Piles of exploded flesh were scattered all around the floor. "Goodness, I sure made a mess! Matthew." "How did you know my name?" Matthew asked. "I'll tell you in a few minutes but first let's get outta here."
So Auron and Matthew walked through the rest of the cave and out the entrance, only then to be greeted by the villagers of Seyda Neen. "Did you kill the bandits." One of the villagers asked. "Let's say you could put them on a plate they are so small!" Matthew answered. What courage did these warriors have!