Chapter 8
Ryudo woke with a start, he had had that very same nightmare again with the caped figure, trouble was , he kept forgetting most of it when he woke up so he couldn't make a proper analysis of it, he quickly prepped his gear and felt quite proud that he was up and ready before Roan this time. Roan had been impressing him a lot lately, the young 14 year old was proving his worth as a man even in Ryudo's eyes which really said something as he was quite a harsh judge of character. This was proven when Ryudo ran into Roan for the first time in the Durham caves, his first impressions were that Roan was an immature brat, his surprise was unparalleled as he discovered that he was in the company of a young prince at the time who had valuable battle skills and was indeed a pleasure to be around in general. Roan awoke next and set about packing his things away, ready for the journey ahead of them. They would hopefully hit Mirimu today before it got too late, Roan especially didn't like the idea of being stuck outside on the cold mountains leading to Mirimu with numerous monsters being reported to be in the region. "Let's hurry" Roan said. Ryudo nodded in agreement, however it was at this point that both of them noticed that Tio wasn't with them anymore. They both looked around the room worriedly and came to the conclusion that she wasn't in the inn anymore. Ryudo popped a glance out of the window to notice Tio standing next to the corpse of a felled monster, it was clear that she hadn't lost any of her battle talent as she looked perfectly okay. However this didn't stop Ryudo and Roan rushing outside weapons drawn just in case more trouble had shown up in the thick of battle that Tio hadn't noticed. After a good couple more minutes the tension in the air seemed to fade and finally she turned round and started to speak to them saying "Sometimes it's an advantage to be an automata, my sensors detected a monster lurking about the main streets out here". "No Shit" cried Ryudo, Roan just smiled and added "looks like it wont be a problem if we don't make it to Mirimu tonight". Tio cocked her in head in confusion, not quite sure what to make of Roan's addition to the conversation, however she let it pass and merely said "Shall we move on?". Ryudo who had almost completely forgotten about where they were heading and their purpose, shook the cobwebs out of his head and rushed saying "C'mon lets go!"
Millenia had crossed most of the baked plains, she was almost back at the decimated site of Liligue City, despite it being insanely warm as the sun had peaked over the nearby hills, she still felt cold. The thought of bumping into Melfice without any support seemed like a really bad idea and she was doing her absolute best to make sure that wouldn't happen as she wouldn't, couldn't let herself be killed until she saw Ryudo again. On the brim of the next hill she saw her next biggest fear, she noticed that a smaller sand creature had burst out of the sand about 20 metres in the distance. Hoping that her aim was still as precise as it used to be, she took aim with her crossbow and fired. The shot flew true and pierced straight through the creature's stomach taking out a hefty portion of innards. The creature let out a shrill note, almost sounding like a final death cry. Millenia wiped her brow as the combination of the rising heat and the adrenalin rush from finally having to fight something again had really managed to set the sweat and her pulse racing. However after a few seconds she noted that the ground beneath and around her had started to shake quite heavily. Behind her , another of the worm like creatures burst out of the sand. She quickly about faced and was about to fire when she noticed 4, 5 then 6 more of the creatures appear all around her. It was at this point that she remembered what Melfice had done to destroy Liligue, she had a very similar power , though nowhere near as dark, however it was her only option against so many foes. She spread her arms wide with her bow in her right hand at a perfect angle to the ground and a shell of darkness and electricity began to form around her body. The charge she was building was beginning to expand out from her. The creatures then started to squirm towards her , razor sharp teeth glinting in the baking sun. They were almost upon her when she decided that she had enough energy, she started to levitate a foot or say above the ground because of the abundance of energy she was throwing around her. On this action she curled her body into a ball and burst back to her original posture, this caused the energy which was bursting to escape to suddenly find a vent. The explosion was devastating, much stronger than she had expected originally, as the energy poured forth , the creatures attempted to turn and run away from their impending doom. The speed of the energy was increasing exponentially and it soon got the creatures at the back. The blast instantly vaporised all it touched almost like a small nuclear blast. Finally the blast subsided and it was over. Panting and struggling for breath, Millenia dropped to her knees hoping that would be the last of them, It was fairly clear that she wouldn't be able to do that again for a while , she had thrown everything she had into that attack and it shown. More creatures appeared on the horizon but it was clear they had witnessed their brethren being destroyed in a single blow, as such they kept their distance. Breathing a sigh of relief, Millenia regained her physical ability to move and continued towards the crater that was Liligue, hoping her luck would improve and she could find somewhere safe to regain her energy.
Ryudo woke with a start, he had had that very same nightmare again with the caped figure, trouble was , he kept forgetting most of it when he woke up so he couldn't make a proper analysis of it, he quickly prepped his gear and felt quite proud that he was up and ready before Roan this time. Roan had been impressing him a lot lately, the young 14 year old was proving his worth as a man even in Ryudo's eyes which really said something as he was quite a harsh judge of character. This was proven when Ryudo ran into Roan for the first time in the Durham caves, his first impressions were that Roan was an immature brat, his surprise was unparalleled as he discovered that he was in the company of a young prince at the time who had valuable battle skills and was indeed a pleasure to be around in general. Roan awoke next and set about packing his things away, ready for the journey ahead of them. They would hopefully hit Mirimu today before it got too late, Roan especially didn't like the idea of being stuck outside on the cold mountains leading to Mirimu with numerous monsters being reported to be in the region. "Let's hurry" Roan said. Ryudo nodded in agreement, however it was at this point that both of them noticed that Tio wasn't with them anymore. They both looked around the room worriedly and came to the conclusion that she wasn't in the inn anymore. Ryudo popped a glance out of the window to notice Tio standing next to the corpse of a felled monster, it was clear that she hadn't lost any of her battle talent as she looked perfectly okay. However this didn't stop Ryudo and Roan rushing outside weapons drawn just in case more trouble had shown up in the thick of battle that Tio hadn't noticed. After a good couple more minutes the tension in the air seemed to fade and finally she turned round and started to speak to them saying "Sometimes it's an advantage to be an automata, my sensors detected a monster lurking about the main streets out here". "No Shit" cried Ryudo, Roan just smiled and added "looks like it wont be a problem if we don't make it to Mirimu tonight". Tio cocked her in head in confusion, not quite sure what to make of Roan's addition to the conversation, however she let it pass and merely said "Shall we move on?". Ryudo who had almost completely forgotten about where they were heading and their purpose, shook the cobwebs out of his head and rushed saying "C'mon lets go!"
Millenia had crossed most of the baked plains, she was almost back at the decimated site of Liligue City, despite it being insanely warm as the sun had peaked over the nearby hills, she still felt cold. The thought of bumping into Melfice without any support seemed like a really bad idea and she was doing her absolute best to make sure that wouldn't happen as she wouldn't, couldn't let herself be killed until she saw Ryudo again. On the brim of the next hill she saw her next biggest fear, she noticed that a smaller sand creature had burst out of the sand about 20 metres in the distance. Hoping that her aim was still as precise as it used to be, she took aim with her crossbow and fired. The shot flew true and pierced straight through the creature's stomach taking out a hefty portion of innards. The creature let out a shrill note, almost sounding like a final death cry. Millenia wiped her brow as the combination of the rising heat and the adrenalin rush from finally having to fight something again had really managed to set the sweat and her pulse racing. However after a few seconds she noted that the ground beneath and around her had started to shake quite heavily. Behind her , another of the worm like creatures burst out of the sand. She quickly about faced and was about to fire when she noticed 4, 5 then 6 more of the creatures appear all around her. It was at this point that she remembered what Melfice had done to destroy Liligue, she had a very similar power , though nowhere near as dark, however it was her only option against so many foes. She spread her arms wide with her bow in her right hand at a perfect angle to the ground and a shell of darkness and electricity began to form around her body. The charge she was building was beginning to expand out from her. The creatures then started to squirm towards her , razor sharp teeth glinting in the baking sun. They were almost upon her when she decided that she had enough energy, she started to levitate a foot or say above the ground because of the abundance of energy she was throwing around her. On this action she curled her body into a ball and burst back to her original posture, this caused the energy which was bursting to escape to suddenly find a vent. The explosion was devastating, much stronger than she had expected originally, as the energy poured forth , the creatures attempted to turn and run away from their impending doom. The speed of the energy was increasing exponentially and it soon got the creatures at the back. The blast instantly vaporised all it touched almost like a small nuclear blast. Finally the blast subsided and it was over. Panting and struggling for breath, Millenia dropped to her knees hoping that would be the last of them, It was fairly clear that she wouldn't be able to do that again for a while , she had thrown everything she had into that attack and it shown. More creatures appeared on the horizon but it was clear they had witnessed their brethren being destroyed in a single blow, as such they kept their distance. Breathing a sigh of relief, Millenia regained her physical ability to move and continued towards the crater that was Liligue, hoping her luck would improve and she could find somewhere safe to regain her energy.