Okay so sorry!
I know most of you don't remember me. I just decided to finally come back to this fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own RO. The characters are slight deviations from my friends actual characters. Any incidence of your name appearing in the fic is unintentional.
Chapter 4: Infiltrate!
Geffen
In the office of the High Wizard Master there was a bustle of activity, a priest and the High Wizard Master himself were arguing, well more like screaming. A Lord Knight was standing by the door watching the strange scene.
"But John the king wants security of the highest measure!" the priest screamed
"I know that Naix but the king does not decide what I do here in Geffen, more specifically what I do with the books under my care in the Geffen Library." The high wizard said as he stood up from his chair to make a statement that his decision was final.
To most people this would have been scary. High Wizard Master John was tall and with just one look you could see the he was not to be messed with. His eyes glowed a feiry blue, a sign of the power in him, whenever he became angry. However Naix had a quality that kept him calm in even if he was being intimidated. Well as calm as his he could be even if his temper was flaring at least..
KNOCK KNOCK
"Enter" said Naix and John as both tried to compose themselves
The door opened and in walked a sage. Tall and muscular he had an odd aura different from that of the High Wizard. You could tell that while he was skilled with magic he was also not someone to be laughed at during a physical match.
"Good morning High Wizard John" greeted the sage as he bowed to greet the elder.
"Good morning Vincent, I see you have brought the book, good" said the high wizard as all in the room looked at the black book the sage was carrying.
"Now Let's all sit down." The high wizard motioned for everyone to take their seats as he took his too.
"Vincent, I have a mission for you. Along with Naix" he pointed to the priest "and Francis" he pointed to the Lord Knight, "you will try to infiltrate the Geffen Guild Castle. We have information that the Geffen Guild Castle is going to be besieged. It seems that some guild is marching towards Geffen as we speak." The Elder began.
Vincent listened intently. He knew that for days a rival guild had been planning a big siege to try to grab the power and Guild Castle from its current owners. But he definitely had no idea how he fitted into all of this.
"You will sneak in and hide that book in the library. It will be the perfect distraction since no one will know that you removed the book. Plus it's the perfect place to hide it since the place is always heavily guarded anyway. Besides no one ever reads the books in the library and no one is allowed to take out books."
At this point Naix stood up "That's a crazy plan! It will get us into so much trouble"
"But it will hide the book very well Naix" the lord knight suddenly spoke up. His voice was very forceful and Naix was silenced for a moment.
"See! Even Francis agrees with me and I know Vincent agrees too."
"Sir you know very well that I'm supposed to obey your orders anyway, However I don't understand what's so important about this book" Vincent asked determined to speak before Naix started speaking again.
"I know you read the book and I know you sensed it's power" the high wizard then said seriously. "It contains the history of Glastheim and secrets about that evil place. But only if all five copies of it are with you will you understand what it contains. Once you have the complete set, legend has it that an ancient evil will be released. Now the other two books have been stolen from Juno and Prontera. We must protect this book at all costs."
Vincent stared at the book, so that's by he sensed evil from the book. It was from the Glastheim!
"So you want us to take this book and hide it in the Guild Castle sir?"
"That is my plan, the Juno and Prontera copies have been stolen, I see no other way. But mister Naix here doesn't approve" the elder said.
"Of course I don't there are so many mistakes we could make and …" Naix started but was smacked in the head by Vincent with the black book.
"Enough!" Francis shouted and that seemed to restore order instantly.
"I just thought I could shut him up." Vincent said mischievously. "You're right we COULD MAKE MISTAKES but other than possibilities it's a perfect plan." Vincent said as he turned toward Naix. "Besides it seems to me that you do not have any alternatives"
"Fine, I agree! It is our only plan. We will see you downstairs in an hour since the according to the informants the siege starts in two." Naix said as he walked out
"Just enough time to get ready. We will be waiting" Francis said as he followed.
"Arguing with a plan even though he doesn't have any alternative" sighed Vincent. He knew this was going to be a very odd and dangerous mission.
"Forgive him Vincent, his anger makes him do things. Besides he is a very good person. Get to know him and make him your friend" the wizard said as he turned around.
Vincent wanted to leave but he had a question.
"Sir did you sense something, ominous, like a warning before you called me?" he asked ever so carefully.
"I see your senses are acute, yes. I felt an odd presence, something evil. It was as if evil suddenly became united. I am sure I will hear from the High Priest Master and Head Professor about it too, maybe from the other leaders as well. We will look into the matter. You, however must concentrate on the task at hand."
"Yes sir I will" with that Vincent walked out.
"Hard times are ahead of us" whispered the Elder to himself.
"Okay are we set?" Francis asked his two companions as he tests his weapon, wiping it clean, and swinging it around with expertise that only a Lord Knight could attain.
"I am ready for everything" Naix said when opened his eyes as he slowly came out of his meditation.
"Well then that's it, We're as ready as can be" Vincent said as finished practicing Land Protector. The ground beneath them suddenly gave off energy that gave a protective feeling. Vincent knew that the spell would come in handy and practicing it would help since it took expertise and a long time to master Land Protector
The trio then started to walk out of Geffen City and headed towards the Geffen Guild Castle.
"Uuh how do we get, in, it's not like they're just going to let us get past their guards you know?" Vincent said after some time.
Francis and Naix pondered on the problem for a while.
"Well we definitely need a distraction." Francis said as the Guild Castle came into view. The trio knew this was going to be hard just by looking at the Guild Castle. Its formidable walls were no mere defense. The trio knew that they had no chance to get into the Guild Castle by themselves. Guild Castles were a formidable challenge even for an entire guild to even enter.
As they approached closer they became aware of a group of people camping outside the Guild Castle. They saw that they bore flags not holding the Guild Castle's Emblem, in other words this was the invading Guild. They quickly hid behind a group of trees.
"Good, they're here. So I guess we just follow them in" Naix said
"I don't think they will just let us follow them, they don't even know us." Francis replied.
"Then do you have a plan, you're the Lord Knight after all?" Vincent remarked.
"I do have a plan, look closely" Francis said while he motioned for them to look at the mobilizing troops.
The troops were separating into three groups. The first unit, started mounting Pecopecos and getting ready.
"They're going to launch three waves, after the second wave we should be able to get in without too much trouble. The entrance guardians will have taken the fight to a more defendable place. The gate defenders should also be concentrating their attention towards the third wave. We only have a short window so we shouldn't mess it up." Francis said as he slowly adjusted his armor while watching the advancing troops.
The trio waited there. The first wave approached (mostly knights and first jobbers) and was greeted with an arrow of showers and a maelstrom of spells from the hunters and wizards. They retaliated with their own spells, which knocked out some of the hunters and wizards and ducked under shields. The battlefield became littered with bodies, arrows and burning, fried and frozen bushes. Most in the first unit were annihilated by this endless barrage.
The second unit was able to penetrate the gate and soon sounds of violent struggles were heard. The trio knew that the attackers were probably now fighting the entrance guardians, knights, monks, assassins and the huge ox-like giants that guilds employed to guard their castles.
"Quick, here is our chance" Francis said as the third unit started to mobilize "Hop on"
Both Naix and Vincent squeezed themselves unto the pecopeco.
"Naix heal us, Vincent cover us with spells, I'll shield us." Francis said as he lifted up the gigantic shield which covered most of them. "Let's go!" Francis said as he gave the pecopeco a slight nudge.
A rain of arrows started to engulf them. Most were deflected. Those that got through were pulled out by Naix and the wounds they left he healed.
Vincent looked up, soon they would be in spell range. He counted the wizards left standing. 1, 2, 3, 4 wizards left.
The four lifted their arms and started chanting as they got closer.
Vincent concentrated his energy and sent out his spell. SPELL BREAKER! He turned to the second wizard SPELL BREAKER, the wizard was knocked back by the force of the spell. SPELL BREAKER!
"I won't have time to stop the last one" Vincent thought as the wizard went through the last parts of the spell. "STORM G.. HOLY LIGHT!" the wizard never finished the spell since he was hit in chest by the holy spell from Naix and was flying off the wall and plummeted to his death.
"Good Work!" Vincent said as they crossed the gate and into the castle were they were shielded from arrows and spells.
WHAMMMMM
All three of them were knocked of the pecopeco. They turned around to see a huge ox-like giant
"Guardian! Watch out!" Vincent said as ducked just in time to avoid a blow from the monster.
Francis stood up and engaged the Guardian in combat. "Go, I'll handle this. No one should be guarding the library entrance."
Both Naix and Vincent nodded, Naix hurriedly cast supportive spells to help Francis out while the knight used Two-Hand Quicken on himself. Francis tensed his muscles and swung his blade in anticipation. Vincent launched a last minute volley of firebolts before they ran.
The last thing they saw as they went further into the castle was Francis parrying the blow of the Guardian.
The two had been walking around, careful not to run into anyone, they had come to the library door when suddenly someone stopped them.
"Halt! Intruders!" Both of them turned in time to see a Champion. Five spheres circling around him and his eyes in a glowing state.
"He's in fury status!" Yelled Vincent
The champ absorbed the spheres into his palm and rushed at Vincent. There was no time to dispel him. "EXTREMITY FIST!" screamed the monk as he leapt into the air and landed a blow on Vincent or at least he thought so…
A light pink barrier had formed around Vincent just in time. Naix had saved him with his Safety Wall. The sage quickly sprung into action. "STONE CURSE!" the curse worked its way up the monk and immediately the he started to turn black. Too exhausted to resist the spell the monk was turned completely into stone in a few moments.
"Thanks" said Vincent with a sigh of relief. "Nevermind, let's finish this" Naix urged. They entered the library. This library was not unlike the one in Geffen. Rows upon rows of books were stacked up high in a circular manner. However unlike the one in Geffen this one was lined with dust. It was obvious that this library had never been used much because of its proximity to the Great Library of Geffen.
Vincent quickly stuffed the book into one of the back parts of old cabinets. Then laid down a Whirlwind, which scattered the dust all over the place. Satisfied with their work they began to leave.
When they left the library a grisly sight met them. The monk was lying on the floor. His blood was pouring out of a "puncture" in his back.
chapter 5 will follow. And for those of you who didn't get it. Ayen is dead. The doppleganger uhh... used her.