Hello again everyone, it's been a while I know. Well, College life was hard to adapt to and I was this close to saying the hell with it, then I got my first review. So now I will go back to updating regularly.
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The darkness of night left the plains as the sun rose that morning. Solomon Kane awoke hours earlier, such is the way of man that carries his life in his hand. He noticed Mark as the first person after him to leave his tent, another wanderer such as the young tactician was inclined to arise with the sun, but he was not such a light sleeper as was Kane. Matthew exited his tent as well, the life of a spy is not one for restful sleep. Lyn and Rath awoke a few minutes after Matthew, the Saccae plains requiring one to work in the early hours of the morning before the sun showed its fury, Florina followed after, having shared Lyn's tent for the night. After them came Kent, Wallace and Sain, who were undoubtedly trained to sleep lightly. Wil came after them, followed by Dorcas. Ninian and Nils left their tent, and then Serra and Erk arrived. The expression in Erk's eyes showed that he had been awake for at least ten minutes, but he learned not to risk waking Serra in her beauty sleep. Lucius was the last one awake.
Mark then spoke up "This is it, I'm sure all of you are in this for your own reasons, and I'd rather not discuss them right now, but if anyone wants to leave before we face the full fury of Lundgren's army, do so if you wish. Lyn and I aren't forcing you." "Lundgren plans to murder his family to claim the throne, I will not stand for it." Spoke Solomon Kane. "Sain and I are knights of Caelin, we would die for Lady Lyndis" Kent said, Wallace nodded. "And I would never abandon Lyn" Florina said quietly. "It's good to have a noble owe you a favor" Serra said, Erk then followed "And I have to protect you of course." Rath stayed silent, but it was clear he wouldn't leave. "You showed great compassion to my sister and I, we must repay you" Nils said, Dorcas followed "So do I, so I will fight for you." "I could be a servant of the light if I sat and watched this unfold without rising to action" Lucius said next. "I guess I'll stay and fight too" Matthew spoke last. "Then it's agreed, we fight." Mark said.
They came upon Castle Caelin a few minutes later, Mark ordered everyone to stop before calling the charge, said he needed a moment to analyze the area. Then Kane said "It will rain soon" everyone looked toward the sky to see the dark clouds gathering. "So it will, that could be bad for some of us." Mark took this new information in and devised a plan "We'll rush him, any one who can keep a good pace in the rain will move as quickly as they can, engaging only if necessary, the slower units will deal with them." So it was set that Solomon Kane, Lyn, Erk and Lucius would run ahead. That group took care of whoever stood in their way to Lundgren, and in the end Kane was the first to reach him.
"You have conspired to usurp the throne of Caelin, are you prepared to see you God for it?" The puritan said in a tone sounding of a ghost "Not yet, I would rather send all of you, especially the mongrel from Saccae to that end." Kane's blood raged, with his Rapier unsheathed he made the first strike unconsciously. Lundgren's armor absorbed the attack, then he countered with his lance. Kane dodged it with ease, upon doing so he took a closer glance at his opponent, he knew instantly what he was fighting. This man was not an experienced warrior, he saw a noble, one who lived pampered from birth, who perhaps practiced that lance of his a few days a month, but his inexperience showed. Solomon's Rapier blocked and parried every motion with Lundgren's lance. It would take a born fighter to know what to do next, but only one who had seen many battles would know how to act on it. Kane struck at a gap in Lundgren's armor on his right shoulder, it connected as Lundgren let out a shrill cry of pain. Solomon punched him off his Rapier and to the ground. He stood over him and procured one of his pistols "Make peace with your God, lest you have to make peace with the Devil." Thunder rang through halls of Castle Caelin, and Lundgren was dead.
Solomon Kane stood over his former opponent, a faint haunting smile escaped his lips, then he spoke "I believe your grandfather is in this castle." Lyn was one of the first to reach Kane, so she ran down the halls of the castle to reach her grandfather, praying that he would be alive.
Hours passed while the others waited outside the castle walls for Lyndis to return. She did return, and announced that her grandfather will be fine, that the ordeal was over.
Days later Will and Florina enlisted in Caelin's standing army, Wallace and Rath and Lucius left for their own pursuits, Kent and Sain went back to active duty, Mark left for Pherae to continue his studies. Erk, Serra, Matthew and Solomon left for Ostia, Kane not forgetting the deal he made with Matthew regarding his hunt for Nergal.