A/N: And here's Chapter 28! That's number 3 for the challenge now!
I don't really have much to say this time around I believe. Although the list of themes has grown a bit more since I last mentioned them if you haven't checked those out yet.
M'kay then, I'd like to thank PrinceOfTheMatrix88, WrittenWhim, Joshua1277, SaiyaStyles, MyDearWatson, WaterDragonMaverick, M-anonymous, Guardian of Metal and lexlovesya for their reviews for the last chapter.
PrinceOfTheMatrix88- I'm happy to hear that you think the last chapter turned out so well! I honestly really enjoyed the fight scenes as well last chapter and Marcus Shields is the best thief ever.
WrittenWhim- Yep, such a twisted scene was necessary to get across just how the Nightmares really are, and yeah, the three girls are in quite the pickle, but fortunately they have an uneasy alliance with Rhia for this battle. And yeah, Marcus Shields was like a breath of fresh air for the last chapter and its dark nature, but yeah, it'll be quite the hectic chase to get them all.
Joshua1277- I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the chapter! Yeah, it started off in quite the brutal way, but it got the message across perfectly about what kind of enemy is being dealt with. And yeah, Marcus' thieving skills may not be the best, but at least he tries his hardest. And yeah, Arashi and Styles are at each other's throats now and the fight with Nightmares is definitely going to get interesting soon.
SaiyaStyles- Well torture is Edina's hobby, so there's plenty of that going around. But yeah, being able to stand back up after getting cut in half leaves room for some arrogance I think, but not all of the Nightmares are quite like Edina in personality, the current example being Agni. But yeah, thanks for sending in those additional spells and stuff, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
MyDearWatson- Yep, the scary thing though is how much more twisted it was before I toned it down, but yeah, I think it gives quite the idea of just exactly how these Nightmares act and think. And yes! The Great Marcus Shields has returned and no locked door shall stop his legend! But yeah, the two teams are definitely in for a chase with him around. And yeah, poor Yune getting stuck with those two, but she came out on top in Arashi vs. Styles! And yeah, Rhia showed up just in time before things got messy with those Nightmares. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
WaterDragonMaverick- Yeah, Edina is defined by her twistedness and belittling view of humanity really. And then yes! The Great Marcus Shields! He'll lead them all on quite the chase to be sure. And then well, the two of them just don't see eye-to-eye at all really, so a fight between those two was just waiting to happen. And then yeah, Rhiannon is one of the far more agreeable members of Euclid's gang, but now she's up against a character who I believe is actually one of the most dangerous villains in the story, he's certainly up in the top 10, so we'll see how Rhia stacks up soon. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
M-anonymous- Nope, Nightmares will never bode well in this story. Their appearance will usually mean something bad is going to happen or is happening. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Guardian of Metal- Yeah, the Nightmares are rather creepy, plus with their disposition against humans, they're rather dangerous as well. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
lexlovesya- I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the Great Marcus Shields so much, for more of him, check out Thunder Stone! He's only in like two chapters, but still, Marcus Shields. And yep, Yune wins. But yeah, the original draft of the scenes with Edina in them were really messed up… so they were toned down a ton from what they were, so yeah, calling a Nightmare creepy is definitely an understatement. Anyways, I'm happy to hear that I'm doing well with Ziv. Speaking of Ziv, she seems to have bad luck with the missions she's gotten so far, first Euclid, now Nightmares… poor Ziv.
I don't own Fairy Tail!
I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 28: Myrick Donovan
Salina sat in her office, the sun setting over the cove as she sorted through different files. It was rather quiet and lonesome at the guild, as the only people there were herself and Caleb.
"Hm… I wonder how everyone's missions are going," Salina mumbled as she leaned back in her chair, a serious expression on her face as she recalled several incidents that had occurred in recent missions, "Euclid… Nightmares… What's next?" she continued mumbling as she kept recalling all of the different mission reports, "Hopefully nothing bad will happen."
"I would not count on that happening," she heard a deep voice call out.
"Who's there!?" Salina shouted as she quickly stood up and looked around the room, only to see a crow that had strange purple and red eyes sitting in the open window.
"Miss Salina Velvet I presume," the crow said as it hopped forward on the ledge as much as it could, "My name is Proclus and I have a message for you."
"Proclus?" Salina repeated as she recalled the name from Arashi's report, "What do you want?" she asked lowly, a glare coming onto her face as the sky darkened with thunderclouds, "No, what does Euclid want?"
"You've done your own research it seems," the spirit chuckled as it flew into the room, landing on Salina's desk, "Euclid merely wishes to give you a message. Something you may find useful."
"What?" Salina growled, "What makes you think that I want to hear anything he has to say after what he did?"
"They will die," Proclus stated, catching the guild master off guard, "If you do nothing, your precious mages, Kiyeda Hasanari, Ajax Cruz and Rayner Casimir will die."
"How!?" Salina shouted, grabbing the crow and slamming it against the wall.
"I thought that would catch your attention," she heard the voice say from the window again as the eyes of the crow she was holding returned to normal, "They will encounter a foe far too dangerous for them to conquer, but you, you could save them."
"Why are you telling me this?" Salina asked lowly as she released the crow she was holding to turn towards the new one, "What does Euclid want in return for this?"
"He merely wishes for everyone to make it out of this situation alive," Proclus answered, "It would be an inconvenience if those three died."
Salina's glare only grew harsher at hearing that, thunder cracking in the distance from her frustration. If she didn't go it would inconvenience Euclid, but she would run the risk of leaving her mages to die. If she did go she could save her mages, but there was a chance that Proclus wasn't telling the truth and that this was a mere trap.
"If this is a trap," Salina began to say lowly as she glared down at the crow, "You'll quickly learn why I am not someone to trifle with."
"Ah, I assure you that it is not a trap," Proclus stated, "But in all actuality, you should hurry if you want to make it on time."
Salina clicked her tongue and swiftly turned on her heels, quickly walking out of her room and down the stairs. The woman practically kicked open the door to the infirmary after walking out of the bar area.
"Salina!" Caleb gasped, shocked that she had stormed in like that.
"Come on!" Salina shouted as she stepped into the building, grabbing Caleb's arm as she started to drag him behind her, "We're going!"
"Going where?" the healer asked, still confused by the whole situation.
"To help!" Salina answered as she dragged Caleb out the door, "Now stop dragging your heels, we're flying," she added as she started to push them into the air by manipulating the wind.
"Salina! Hold on! Wait!" Caleb pleaded as they took off into the air.
Proclus sat atop of the guild building, holding a small, bronze pendant in his beak as he watched the last two mages leave the guild, leaving it empty, 'What a troublesome woman,' he inwardly sighed, 'No wonder Euclid is so fascinated with her,' he added in thought before flying over to the female dorm building, a small monkey opening one of the windows facing the jungle for him as he flew inside, landing on the burgundy bed, 'Time to plant the first one then,' Proclus thought as he hopped about, looking for a suitable place to hide the pendant, 'Hmm… someplace that looks to be rarely touched would be suitable,' he continued as he quickly flew over to the desk, spotting a small box sitting over on a small table on the other side of the bookshelf on the opposite side of the room.
The monkey quickly climbed into the room to examine the box, seeing a layer of dust on it. Upon lifting the lid it was revealed to hold an ornate ceremonial dagger inside of it that was resting on a red cushion. The monkey slightly tugged on the cushion to see whether or not it could be removed, Proclus inwardly smirking upon the realization that it could.
Proclus quickly flew over to the monkey, dropping the pendant in its hand before flying off. The monkey in response quickly hid the pendant under the cushion and closed the lid before climbing out of the room and shutting the window.
"There, now all that's left is to allow Reina to make her move and we'll have fulfilled our bargain with that man," Proclus huffed as he flew off.
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Aspen rushed headlong into the group of slavers. She wasn't sure why she was being so reckless, but there she was in the midst of them all, Sean and Kaiyo running in to back her up. What she couldn't understand though, is why she had started to fall backwards, a blade coming down on her. She hadn't been pushed or pulled, none of these slavers had magic and she certainly hadn't tripped or slipped.
"Asssspeenn!" she heard Jean scream as she watched the man holding the Exceed swing a sword at her as she fell.
"Glacier Lock!" Aspen announced as a wall of ice formed in the air, blocking the sword while she used the opportunity to bounce up off of the ground and kick the man in the gut, forcing him to release Jean.
"My hero!" Jean cheered as his wings appeared, the cat flying towards Aspen, "Let me give you a tight hug to reward-"
"Shut it cat!" Aspen screamed as she grabbed Jean by the tail, using him as a blunt weapon to bash a slaver in the face.
"Sean! Aspen's gone mad!" the Exceed screamed before the temperature mage bashed him into another slaver, "Help your grandfather!"
Sean stopped in his tracks and sighed, "You know what… I'm fine with this somehow. He's safe enough."
"You sure?" Kaiyo called back.
"I don't like getting into fights anyways. So I'll hang back and protect the client," Sean answered as he watched Kaiyo run into the group of slavers.
"All right then, Blade of Chivalry!" Kaiyo announced as his sword appeared in his hands as he slashed through a small group of enemies, "I've got your back!"
Aspen glanced back at Kaiyo briefly before looking back at the enemy in front of her, "Brisk Zephyr!" she announced as she released and extremely cold, ice shard filled wind towards several of the slavers in front of her, cutting many of them and leaving the rest too cold to move, "Let's hurry and finish the rest of them off."
Kaiyo nodded before a few beads appeared in his free hand, "Raven Harmonics!" he shouted as he threw the beads into the midst of the slavers, a geyser of darkness erupting beneath them for each bead thrown, "That should take care of them all," he muttered as he looked at the group of slavers, all of them now lying unmoving on the ground.
"Oh? Did you get them all?" Sean asked as Aspen released Jean, who quickly flew over to Sean and away from Aspen.
"Sean!" the Exceed screamed with tears in his eyes, "She's terrible! She used me as a weapon! Why didn't you stop her!?"
"That probably would've gotten me punched first off," Sean sighed, "And secondly, you probably deserved all of that."
"You're terrible," Jean sobbed.
"I know," Sean sighed.
"Are you all right sir?" Kaiyo asked the nobleman as he ran up to the carriage.
"Yes, perfectly fine thanks to your marvelous display!" the nobleman answered happily.
"That's good to hear, sir," Kaiyo responded politely, "We'll be on our way again soon once we clear some of these slavers out of the way for the carriage," he explained as he looked over at the battlefield to see that Aspen was already dragging some of the slavers away from the path.
Soon enough, the path was cleared and the group was on their way again. The trip only lasted for about another hour before they reached the nobleman's estate.
"That old guy sure was generous," Kaiyo stated as they left the estate, "He even gave us a bonus for the fight."
"Rich people like him enjoy flaunting their wealth," Aspen muttered, still feeling uneasy from the earlier fight.
"Did you even do anything, Sean?" Jean asked as he floated in the air to Sean's left.
"I guarded the client," he responded.
"But did you do anything?"
Sean thought about it for a little while before shrugging, "Depends on what you mean I suppose."
"So that's a no then," Jean sighed before whacking Sean on the head with his staff, "Lazy oaf! Your grandfather needed your help!"
"Yeah, yeah," Sean sighed as they kept walking towards the edge of the estate property.
Aspen kept thinking about what had happened back there with the slavers, 'What caused me to lose my cool? How did I fall over?' she asked herself over and over, but a voice calling out her name brought her out of her thoughts, "Hm?" she hummed as she looked up, before she gasped in surprise.
"Yo! Aspen!" a man with maroon hair called out from ahead of them.
"Chance," Aspen growled lowly.
"How's your luck been?" Chance asked, a smirk on his face as he approached the group of mages.
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Hughes was pleasantly surprised. So far Nevara hadn't done anything to mess them up. The summoning had taken Roseala and Varic safely, and quietly, into the fortress, but he still had a bad feeling about it all.
"You know, my being here so long must be putting a strain on the girl," Nevara suddenly announced.
"No…" Hughes muttered cautiously.
"I should really look out for her wellbeing shouldn't I?" the crow asked rhetorically.
Hughes gulped out of nervousness, he knew what was coming and he knew that nothing he said would change Nevara's mind.
"So I'll drop you off here to make things easier for her. Aren't I nice? Looking out for the girl like this," Nevara smirked before vanishing, leaving Hughes in a freefall.
"You blasted crow!" he screamed as he fell, the mage barely managing to land in a haystack in the courtyard of the fortress.
"Oi! What was that?" he heard one of the bandits shout.
"Sounded like screamin' to me," another one mentioned.
"Well quite standing around and search the place!" a third bandit bellowed as they all started to investigate the area.
'That blasted crow… Look what it's gotten me into,' Hughes inwardly complained, 'I can't stay here forever, but there's too many for me to do anything else without alerting the whole fortress. Dammit.'
"Oi! Has anyone searched the haystack yet?" Hughes suddenly heard a bandit ask, "Haystacks is where everyone hides!"
"Right! Let's all surround it to be sure!" another bandit shouted in agreement as several of them started to walk near where Hughes was hiding.
'All right, calm down Hughes… You've just got to wait for them all to get close enough,' he thought as the bandits started inching closer.
"All boys, stab on three!" one of the bandits shouted as the sound of weapons being drawn filled the area, "One… two… three!"
"Now!" Hughes shouted as he leapt out of the haystack, "Acid Whip!" he announced as he twisted in the air, a whip of acid forming in his hand as he struck each of the bandits across the chest with it, each of them falling down unconscious, "Perfect! Now I've got to find to find the others!" he added as he ran off in search of his teammates.
Varic and Roseala quietly walked through a corridor in the main building of the fortress.
"You're sure that crow just up and vanished while holding Hughes?" Varic quietly asked again for the umpteenth time.
"Yes… I'm sorry," Roseala apologized again, "Nevara does stuff like this all of the time cause she doesn't like being summoned."
"Hey, I told you it's not your fault. It's that crow's fault," Varic huffed.
"I know… But I'm sorry," the girl apologized yet again.
Varic let out a sigh, deciding to just drop the subject, "Well we can't do anything for Hughes unless we know where he is. So we might as well press on and try to find that artifact before making a sweep of the fortress to try and find Hughes."
"M'kay," Roseala mumbled as they continued searching the building they were in, the two of them eventually coming across a long balcony that overlooked what appeared to be the throne room.
"Well I'll be damned," Varic whispered as they peered over the edge of the balcony, seeing piles and piles of treasure surrounding the throne, which had a woman sitting on it.
The woman was fairly tall, standing at 5'10" with pale skin and a large bust. She was very fit and she had long amber hair with her bangs parted so that her hair stayed out of her face and her cold, gray eyes. She was wearing a forest green, military-esque jacket with a pair of brown pants that were tucked into black boots.
"Is that the Bandit King?" Roseala asked as she pointed down at the woman.
"It can't be," Varic said with a shake of his head, "It'd be Bandit Queen if it was."
"Hm… I think she's the Bandit King," Roseala said as she puffed her cheeks out in irritation.
"Fine, we'll assume she's the king then," Varic sighed, "Could've claimed the title king just to recruit people I guess. Now then, how to get down there."
"We could jump," they heard a deep voice suggest from behind them.
"No, that's too obvious," Varic disagreed, "Maybe for a surprise attack, but I'd rather avoid a…" he started to explain before trailing off, "Who said that?" he asked as they both slowly turned around to see a large, imposing figure.
"Dante!" Roseala shrieked, scared out of her mind by his sudden appearance so much that she jumped up.
"Who's there!?" they heard the woman who was sitting on the throne shout, Varic looking back down to see that she had found them.
"Crap… No choice now," he huffed, "Ice-Make: Stairs!" he announced as a flight of stairs leading down appeared in front of him, "We're already here so we might as well fight and get it over with."
"Please stand back, Lady Roseala," Dante suggested as stepped forward.
'It's your fault we're in this mess,' Varic huffed under his breath.
"A few intruders lurking about then," the woman smirked, "Mages too. You're here for one of two things then: To take my life or to recover one of my treasures."
"The latter one," Varic answered, "So if you could just let us find the one we're looking for we'll be on our way and leave you alone."
"I'm afraid that's not an option," the woman replied, "I am the Bandit King, Diana Crescentia, and it would be a stain on my reputation if I let intruders leave my fortress in one piece," she said menacingly as she drew a sword.
"Well… I tried," Varic sighed, "Guess we're fighting then."
Roseala looked at Dante briefly, realizing that he was using his own magic to remain in this world, "Dante!" she shouted, giving the signal for the fight to begin as the Lion Fable leapt into the air.
"Lion-Make: Lightning!" the Fable roared as he released his magic.
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Rayner's eyes went wide as he watched the red spear pierce straight through his shield, the young man barely having enough time to twist out of the way so that the blade merely grazed his side, his blood flying into the air.
"I'm all right!" he announced, "It just grazed me is all," he added as they all turned to look to where the spears had come from.
"Why don't you all come out where we can see you!" Ajax shouted, irritated that whoever these people were got the drop on them.
"You're slipping Aedan," a man chuckled as he stepped out of the foliage with two people at his side, a man and a woman.
This man stood at 5'11" with a light tan and lean and muscular build. He had short black hair that was slicked back with a 5 o'clock shadow and intense ice blue eyes. The man was wearing dark, boot cut jeans, which were held up by a black leather holster and belt that carried a katana in a black sheath, that were tucked into black, leather combat boots that had metal studs down the sides of them as well as around the holes for the shoe strings. He was also wearing a white, v-neck shirt and a long, black leather coat that billowed out more and more the farther down it went. The man also had his ears pierced with metal studs and he had dog-tags hanging from his neck on a silver chain necklace.
"I can't help it that he blocked the first one, Myrick" the second man, Aedan, replied as the two spears disappeared and quickly reappeared in his hands.
Aedan stood at six feet even with a light tan and a lean and well-defined muscular build. He had dark blond hair that was messily slicked back that reached just past his shoulders, but a long strand of hair was left hanging in his face, often resting next to one his teal colored eyes. Aedan wore a sleeveless, skin tight black shirt that reached halfway up his neck with form fitting, dark jeans that were tucked into black calf high, steel-toed boots and his ears were pierced with teal studs.
"The better thing to be said is why didn't you aim for the girl instead?" the woman said in a cold tone.
"I liked the look in his eyes, Kyna," Aedan responded, unfazed by her tone, "He looked like he might know his way around a weapon."
The woman, Kyna, rolled her eyes in response, not even dignifying Aedan's reason with a response. Kyna stood at 5'6" with pale skin and a slim and athletic build that had subtle curves. She had auburn hair that fell down to her shoulders, but was kept up in a neat bun with a pair of black chopsticks while her bangs neatly framed her face and stayed out of her gold eyes. Kyna was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans that were tucked into a pair of knee-high, black heeled boots with a cream colored, sleeveless turtleneck sweater. She also wore a pair of black, plastic glasses and she had silver bangles around each of her wrists and a gold necklace hanging around her neck that had a gold, oval-shaped locket on it.
"Chloe! We need to go!" the Exceed, Taimi urged as she tried to get her friend up off of the ground.
"So these guys have been chasing you?" Kiyeda asked lowly, receiving a nod from Chloe as she stood up.
"They just showed up all of a sudden and started attacking me," Chloe explained softly.
Ajax stared at the three figures a while longer, the nagging feeling that something was familiar about the woman of the group, 'Sorcha?' he thought, 'No, she just looks like her for some reason."
"Oy! Pretty boy! Get your head out of the clouds!" he heard Rayner shout.
"Shut it you!" Ajax snapped back, "This isn't the time," he growled.
"So Kiyeda," Rayner called out, "Are we going to help her?"
"That depends if they're going to keep chasing her," the S-Class mage answered, "Well, what are your intentions!?"
The first man, Myrick, let a smirk cross his face. He felt slightly amused by the whole situation since the three mages seemed intent on standing in his way, "Well that girl has something I need and you three are standing in my way," he responded, "And if taking you three down will get me what I need quicker, then I guess you three have terrible luck."
"Leon," Ajax called out as his Exceed partner flew over to him, "I want you to get Chloe and Taimi out of here… I have a bad feeling about this."
"Right!" Leon chirped, "C'mon, let's go!" he shouted as he led the two girls away from them all.
"Be careful everyone and thank you!" Chloe called out as she ran off.
"I have a question for that woman," Ajax stated, "So leave her to me."
"If you're sure," Kiyeda responded.
"I want to see if my feeling was right about that kid, Myrick, so let me fight him," Aedan requested as he took his fighting stance.
"That's fine," Myrick replied, "Guess that leaves me and you, miss. Heh, you all really have bad luck."
"Underestimate me at your peril," Kiyeda growled lowly before they all charged at each other, Kiyeda's wings appearing on her back, "Angel's Lunar Sword!" she announced as her sword appeared, Myrick quickly stopping in his tracks as he held out his hand.
"Too bad," he smirked as Kiyeda's sword vanished as she swung it down towards Myrick before the man landed a monstrously powerful punch to her gut that left shockwaves ripping through the area around him before the S-Class mage was sent flying, her body cleaving trees in two as she flew through them from the force of Myrick's punch.
Kiyeda laid on the ground for a few minutes in a coughing fit as she tried to regain her breath, "What… happened?" she asked groggily as she tried to stand back up, "Was that… Nullification Magic?"
"Correct!" she heard Myrick call out as he came into view, the man lazily walking towards her, "And it looks like you're one leg in the grave already from just that one punch."
'This guy… is seriously a monster,' Kiyeda growled inwardly, "Prayer Circle!" she shouted as a beam of light shot down from the sky towards Myrick, the man simply sighing as the spell vanished before hitting him.
"You're too reliant on your magic," he said lowly before he quickly closed the gap between them, "Drainage Magic," he muttered as he grabbed Kiyeda by the throat, lifting her off of the ground.
"M-my magic," she gasped as she felt her magic power leave her body.
"I wonder how things are going for the other two," Myrick said out loud as he watched the sky become shrouded with thunderclouds.
"Glass Dragon's Scales!" Ajax shouted as he sidestepped Kyna's attack, glass now covering his body like scales.
"Glass… is fragile," Kyna said lowly as she held her hand out, "Sound Magic!" she announced as a wave of sound flew towards Ajax, the man leaping out of the way in time to dodge.
"Dammit," he cursed when he realized that his scales were cracking from the pressure even though he dodged the attack, "I have a question for you!" Ajax shouted, grabbing Kyna's attention, "Why do you look like Sorcha!?"
"Sorcha!" Kyna gasped, a look of shock crossing her face briefly before her expression hardened again, "No… I don't have an answer for you. I've hardened my resolve," she stated lowly before sending out another wave of sound towards Ajax.
"She won't answer, huh?" he huffed after dodging the sound wave, his scales cracking more and more from all of the pressure being thrown around, "Then I'll beat it out of her! Glass Dragon's Roar!"
"Tch… I've had enough of you," Kyna huffed as she dodged the roar of broken glass, "Silencing Magic!" she announced as all sound in the area ceased her mouth moving in silence as she cast her next spell, which resulted in a loud sonic boom reverberating throughout the area that's power was further enhanced by the silence that came before.
"Raaaaghh!" Ajax screamed out in pain as he fell down to his knees, his ears bleeding badly.
"Dragon Slayers are weak to sound," Kyna said softly, although Ajax couldn't hear her through the echoing noise in his head, "Your enhanced hearing is just a weakness against me," she continued in a soft tone as thunder cracked throughout the area.
"Very good!" Aedan said happily as Rayner managed to parry his spear strike, "It's not often that I find an interesting opponent."
Rayner didn't have any time to respond to the man though. He could deflect Aedan's gold spear, but his red one would just travel straight through his magically made weapons, the proof of that being all of the wounds Rayner had now, and Aedan's nonstop assault made things even more difficult on him since he kept getting disarmed and being forced to create new weapons each time.
"I've disarmed you quite a few times now," Aedan stated as he stood back up straight, "Your magic is fairly impressive, being able to produce so many weapons, but I can tell you're at your limit with how much panting you're doing."
"Dammit," Rayner cursed as he held out his two swords in front of him, 'Will I have to use that?' he questioned in his mind, 'If I do, it'll take at least a year off my current lifespan… But if I don't…'
"Hm? You still have the will to fight then," Aedan said with a smile as he watched Rayner's expression harden.
Rayner let the swords in his hands vanish as he took a step forward, weapons materializing all around him as he felt his mark start to writhe across his face, "My magic kills me slowly… every day my life comes closer to an end, but… I won't let it end here! Forge Magic! Great-!"
"No!" he heard a familiar voice cut him off as several lightning bolts struck the ground all throughout the area, "Everyone gather here!" he heard the voice echo throughout the area as strong winds pulled everyone off of their feet and into the air as they were all pulled back to the area they first started fighting in.
"Ajax! Kiyeda!" Rayner shouted upon seeing their unmoving bodies.
"It's okay… You did well," he heard the person say from behind him, as he turned to see…
"Salina… Caleb," Rayner said softly as he felt tears begin to form in his eyes, "We got beat… badly."
"I know, but it'll all be okay now," Salina said gently before turning to face Myrick, Kyna and Aedan, "You three harmed my mages," she stated lowly as her eyes began to gain a dark and chaotic look in them, a thunder crack roaring throughout the area as rain began to fall, "Caleb! Treat their injuries! I'll take care of these three."
"Come on, up you go," Caleb urged as he pulled one of Rayner's arms across his shoulders so that he could support Rayner as they stood up and began walking towards Ajax and Kiyeda.
"Salina!" Rayner called out, the guild master glancing in his direction, "Knock them down a few levels for us!"
Salina smirked for a moment before she turned her attention back to Myrick, "Who are you!?" she demanded.
"Who am I?" Myrick repeated, "My name is Mryick… Myrick Donovan."
A/N: And there it is! Chapter 28! I hope you enjoyed it!
Credits:
Myrick Donovan- MyDearWatson
Aedan Dillon- MyDearWatson
Kyna Florence- MyDearWatson
So yeah, I'm a bit hyped for the next chapter this group is in, why? Cause Salina vs. Myrick of course! And yeah, team Kiyeda got trounced by this new group cause the gap in power is just that large.
Anyways, I'm going to try and have one more up, but no guarantees.
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Dreadburner94.