Zyta watched the door apprehensively; her pulse was racing and her breathing irregular. Leaning back, but not taking her eyes off the door, she reached for her weapon, a bit of fumbling later, and it was firmly in her grasp.

As the door opened, she steeled herself for a fight, unsure as to why she was so nervous. She hinges for the door needed oiling, but that was not a concern for Zyta, a man had just stepped into the room. his appearance surprised her; he was unlike anything she may have expected. His black hair was short, and brushed away from his face, except for one bit, that stuck out in front and fell over his face stubbornly. He was wearing a pair of white trousers and black boots, but no top of any kind. She could not help but notice the muscles on his arms and chest. After a few seconds of silence she managed to find the ability to speak.

"What's going on? Where am I?" she was panicking now, the questions had always been there but, now they were all that was there.

"For someone who seems to be pretty confident in fighting a monster you ask a lot of questions." he replied

"If you were in one place one second, then another completely different place the next, nowhere near where you were before, then end up having run ins with two monsters, one of which you end up fighting, wouldn't you have a lot of questions?" she replied, exasperated.

"Good point, but why were you fighting that thing?"

"Answer my questions first." she said

"I can't tell you what's going on, because when I first came across you, a giant axe had been smashed into you. And the problem is, I'm lost, I'm a sailor, and my ship has been grounded, which is here. But where here is, I don't know. Can you answer my question now?"

"I might as well start from the beginning." Zyta answered. "I was at home, when a light appeared in the garden next to me, I ended up touching it, and found myself on a beach. I found this weapon." she held up the blade, "And was able to use it; I didn't know where I was, so it just made me feel safer. I wandered inland, to a town, but it had been destroyed, I looked for survivors, but I found an armoured monster, with a sword that had an eye in the hilt, and I just ran as fast as I could. I ended up at this village, they seemed to know what the monster was, they called it the Azure Knight, they told me I was near the Ostrheinsburg Castle, where it lived. They offered me a place to stay for the night. But then the second monster attacked, the rest of them didn't seem to be able to do anything, and they'd helped me, perhaps more than they knew, so I had to do something. And I fought it. I was winning too, but it managed to hit me, and hit me hard." she looked him in the eye. "After that I was out cold, but I heard it get really annoyed with someone, someone it seemed to know. You fought that thing before?"

"Yes, to be honest, my life on the seas has not been an honest one, I was, maybe still am a pirate, my crew and I lived a carefree life, but we were taking on supplies, when that thing and it's minions attacked us. By the end of it, my crew were dead, and I had nothing but the desire for revenge. I got it eventually, but I lost the ability to fight. I thought it was dead, but it came back again, so I did something to get my skills back, and I've been hunting it ever since. I think I killed it, but after the last time, I can never be sure." he replied "What's your name?"

"Zyta." came her answer, "you?"

"Maxi, do you know what you are going to do?"

"Maybe, that knight, the sword it had, I've never felt anything so evil. I don't know why but I know I've got to destroy it, or make sure someone else does. But I'm not exactly in the shape to do so, so until I am I don't know."

"You could stay here for a bit, until the next high tide, I'm stuck here. You know, given the chance that thing would have killed you." Maxi replied, he liked this woman, there was an energy surrounding her that made him like her.

"I know, thank you."

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