Slater walks into the city and looks around. It seems abandoned entirely. "Where is everyone?" He walks through the city and comes upon the palace. He finds a paper stuck to its side. It tells of a group of mercenaries lost in the desert after a search for Lile. There's a reward of ten thousand gold coins. Below this is what seems to be a letter from the prince to the people. Slater examines it closer and finds that it's signed by the prince of Lut Gohlein. "This is Lut Gohlein? I thought this place was supposed to be livelier? Even for a desert city, this place seems deserted." A woman's voice comes from behind Slater. "Are you lost or something?" Slater quickly turns around and sees the woman. She's heavily armored. She has her face covered with a mask, her head wrapped with a blood red cloth and is holding a small silvery dagger. If not for her voice, it'd be impossible to tell whether she was a man or a woman. "I asked you a question!" "Er-Uh, Oh! Yeah, kind of. I'm Slater and I-" "No one cares, you shouldn't be here!" Slater looks offended. "Excuse me? Do you know whom you're talking to? I'm the chosen one! I will go wherever I please!" "Is that so?" The woman grabs Slater by the collar of his shirt and levitates into the air, giving off a red aura. "And what makes you think that I'll let you do that?" Slater stares into the expressionless mask, unable to speak, sweating uncontrollably. "I-I-uh…" "You're worse than the "original", fool!" The woman lets go of Slater's shirt and throws him to the ground. Slater begins to stutter. "I-I'm sorry, I should've been more polite to you, stranger. What's your name?" "Repay me by bringing me with you." "Huh? That doesn't answer my question. Besides, what if I want to travel alone?" "I'm not asking you, fool, I'm telling you." Slater stares at the woman for a moment. "F-fine. But what's your name?" "Just call me, master. Let's go." The woman begins walking towards the town entrance and Slater hesitantly follows her. "Where are we going? You don't even know what my quest is yet!" "You assume more than you should, chosen one." "What's that supposed to mean?" The woman laughs at Slater. "What, your visions only show the past and don't help show the future?" Slater stares at the woman, wide-eyed. "H-how do you know about my visions?" "You have much to learn Slater. As you probably know, the evils have been revived and both Lile and the Outcast live. The weakest of the eight evils, Andariel, is in this desert." "Did she destroy Lut Gohlein?" "No." "Then what did?" "That's not important. What is important is that Andariel is defeated." "I don't understand you!" Slater looks a little annoyed. The woman chuckles slightly. By this time, the two have reached the Lost City, Lile's original home. "Andariel, come on out, I know you're here!" Andariel jumps out from within a crumbling building from behind the woman and knocks off her mask along with the red cloth. Slater stares at the woman, confused. "Oh my god! You're-!" Slater watches the blood drip down the woman's face, seeing that the cloth had turned red from blood. "Yes Slater, I'm Lile, but I'm on the side of good, don't worry. Andariel, I've come to put an end to you and the other evils." "Lile, we've been looking for you, ever since your staff was found back at the desert outpost. The Outcast has not stopped searching for you." "H-he… hasn't? Perhaps I judged him too quickly?" Lile seems to stare off into space for a minute and then puts her mask back on. The blood stops flowing. "Thanks for the information Andariel, but you know, it's your fault the Chosen One ever came to be. If you hadn't killed my apprentice, none of this would be happening. Idiot." Lile smirks slightly and throws her dagger as fast as she can at Andariel. It goes straight through body. "Remember this, Andariel? "Poison is quite amazing, eh?" "Lile laughs and disappears. Slater stares with confusion then, at the hole in Andariel. She begins to puke up blood and groans heavily. "You'll…fail Slater…you don't have a chance!" She coughs up one last wave of blood before the hole begins getting bigger, eating away her body. Her skin slowly disintegrates as the acidic poison makes its way through Andariel's body. Within minutes, Andariel is gone, leaving nothing but a puddle of her blood and Lile's dagger. Slater walks over and grabs it, avoiding the blade and the blood, finding it strangely dry. "The evils and Lile will probably kill each other before I even find another of them." Slater laughs slightly and continues his search for the evils.
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"Outcast! I have returned." As she yells this out, she removes her mask and places it on a nearby table. "Ah, Lile, it seems you lost faith in me for a bit. Your face is covered in dried blood." The Outcast washes the blood from Lile's face with a wet cloth. "Yes. By the way, I'm afraid Andariel won't be coming back." The Outcast laughs a little. "Testing new poisons again?" Lile nods. "Yes, but I got a little carried away, there's nothing left of Andariel for you to resurrect. "Lile, you underestimate me." The Outcast waves his arm slightly and Andariel appears in front of them. "Welcome back Andariel, it seems your poison is no match for Lile's, eh?" The Outcast laughs. "Very funny, brother, and Lile, you're lucky I'm not the type to hold a grudge." Lile quirks an eyebrow at Andariel. "You don't hold grudges? Yeah right. Not that it'd matter either way. The Outcast sighs. "Andariel, please just wait in your room, I get the feeling the rest of our brothers and sisters will be joining us soon enough."