Well hello everybody, I am here to deliver this chapter of Tempest of Valentia.

Chapter II

Travels Begin

The boy they learned to be named Alm led them towards a house all the way at the back of the village. As they walked they learned that Alm was the grandson of Sir Mycen and as such was quite skilled in combat. This peeked Alex's curiosity a bit, if Alm claimed to be as good as he did, which guess from the location of the town was only based on the fact that the only other people here who could fight other than Alm, his friends, and Sir Mycen were the bandits that frequented the woods outside of town. So when they reached the house that Sir Mycen and Alm lived at Lukas went inside while Alex went over to Alm and they spoke.

"So Alm, what is that you want more than ever?" Alex asked, he wanted to get to know the boy a best as he could.

"All I want to do is to go out and find an old friend of mine. I was separated from her at a young age when grandfather took her to a place where he said he would be safe." He looked to Alex, who looked towards him with a small nod and closed eyes. Before walking away from him.

"I'll tell you what. If you can beat me in a mock battle you can come along with us. If you can't beat me, then you can't beat the things out there that are worse than my greatest nightmares." With that Alex pulled out his staff and activated it, letting it extend from a small handlebar to a full staff. He held it in front of him, waiting, as Alm drew the sword at his waist he got into a stance that he seemed to easily fall into. This was without a doubt from all the training he had done with Mycen. Not wasting time Alex rushed towards Alm and reared his arm back to take a swing at the young boy, only he never did, instead he planted one end of his staff into the ground and flipped over Alm before he turned around and took a swing at the boy, only for the strike to be blocked with utmost ease. He began to press a hard offensive against his opponent for the duel, using all kinds of tricks he learned from watching martial artists use staves in combat, the holocrons of Exar Kun's basic teachings of the saberstaff, and recordings from the duel of Naboo that took place many years prior. He did yet another flip over the young boy. After landing he swung his staff slightly backwards as he watched Alm's shadow to predict his attack. Deciding to finish the fight as he could sense Lukas coming he swung his staff towards Alm's sword, stopping the attack before he could do anything. He then slammed the bottom of the staff into Alm's gut and then swept the boy's legs out from under him and then placed the end of the staff at his head. "It looks like you've lost our little fight. However, if Sir Mycen would allow it, you can still come with us. You are a skilled swordsman Alm, and if we can find a friend of mine that I was separated from, then he can help you hone your craft fully."

Just then Lukas emerged from the building that had housed both Mycen and and Alm for many years with a look of disappointment on his face. It seemed that the legendary knight was not inclined to join him.

"Sir Mycen will not be joining us." Lukas spoke as he began to walk away to the entrance. Alm ran after him leaving Alex alone in the clearing. Closing his eyes and breathing deeply Alex walked towards the door, only to be stopped by Sir Mycen himself walking out.

"Are here to try and get me to join this Deliverance I was told about? If you are, just save your breath, I'm not going to join your rebellion." He said as he began to prepare his horse.

"That isn't what I have come to ask you about." Alex said as he stood by the entrance to the stables. "I was wondering if Alm could join us. Should you say yes I will keep watch over him and make sure he gets home alive. He has the potential to go far." Alex leaned on the frame of the stable entrance. As he watched the seasoned knight led his horse outside the stable and hopped on, getting the reins under his control.

"I have business to attend to, and normally I wouldn't let Alm leave. However, I think it's time the boy discovered the world and saw it with his own eyes." Said Mycen as he began to turn his horse around and towards the opposite direction of the town entrance. "After all, he has bigger part to play in the fate of the world than any could ever guess." With that Mycen rode out of the town and into the woods.

Alex arrived at the entrance several minutes later, never noticing him passing by a running Alm. Yet when he arrived it was just before Alm came back and at the same time as Gray and Tobin, two of Alm's friends, the other two being Kliff and the only girl within the group of four friends Faye had stayed at the town entrance with Lukas.

"My grandfather wasn't home, but nonetheless, I will join the Deliverance." Alm spoke determination, something that Alex respected. They all turned and began to walk out of the small village, the path that they all began to take was bigger than what they could ever imagine.

'Christian, it seems I have found someone who reminds me a lot of you. I'll figure this out on my end, and I know you'll do it on your end.' Alex closed his eyes a smile gracing his face before he opened his eyes and looked forward, the path that he would have to walk laying before him. Yet unbeknownst to him a small flashing light was going off with a light beeping that he couldn't hear with the four friends in front of him laughing merrily.

In a part of the woods far from Alm's group a figure in white armor ran through the forest, with a strange object in his hands. He leapt over a fallen log and rolled into a large bush. He hid there, and waited as several men with axes came near him, clearly confused as to where he had hidden himself. They looked around for a few seconds before shaking their heads and walking away. Sighing he took his helmet off and lifted a small cylinder to his mouth and spoke into it.

"General Christian, do you copy?" He spoke with a whisper into the cylinder. "General Alex, do you copy?" Again he received nothing, not even static. "Commander Monique, do you copy?" He once again he received nothing, and so placed the cylinder in a pouch on his belt and put his helmet back on he looked towards the sky and as such began to head towards an area where several small pillars of smoke from torch fires and maybe a campfire. With as many men that chased him and the girl he had offered to escort to Ram Village, he wasn't sure she had made it to the town. Now it was his job to save her.

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