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CHAPTER 5 ……….. WARRIOR

Richard was taken into the center of the chamber, where a circle of green light emanated from a steel chess that was held by four shiny silver craft on each edges. The chess was placed at the top of a red marble tomb, its smooth surface reflected the flame from the torch, making it looked like liquid waves of blood swarm, glowing faintly in the wrap of old magic.

" Take the chess for me " The dark wizard ordered to Richard, who was still under his binding spell.

Richard shot him an icy glare as he clenched his teeth, trying to break free from the spell, while his feet brought him closer to the tomb. " You're a wizard. Why don't you get it by yourself ? " he said through gritted teeth, still struggling to stop his legs from moving, but they kept dragging him forward.

The wizard made a sound between half laughed and scoffed. " Isn't it obvious ? Neither I or Zedd could touch it. It refused us, just as I was told by my elder. Only a true warrior could lay a hand on it " He flicked his forefinger, and Richard came to a stop one feet away from the tomb.

" I assume you might have a chance. By the spirits, you're afterall … the seeker of truth " he added with a slight mock. " Now you can prove whether or not you're a true warrior "

" Get the thing for me, Seeker "

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Cara shifted on the floor, feeling the weight of the chain as she rubbed her temple. Neil was groaning weakly beside her as he started to wake. Holding his head in both hands, he muttered. " what happened ? "

" Welcome back. I thought you were dead, boy. Took you so long to wake up " Cara said, holding his gaze.

Neil coughed once, glancing around before he finally saw Zedd, laying flatly on the floor with bruises on his hands and a trail of dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

" Is he Allright ? " Neil asked worrily, pulling himself closer to the white haired wizard, the chains rattling around him.

" Probably not " Cara answered, a frown on her face.

Just as she looked back at Zedd, his eyes suddenly opened, and Neil gasped beside her as she held her breath. " Zedd ? "

" Be quiet. " he whispered, pulling himself up and walked toward them, releasing them both from the chain with a single spell.

Cara stared at him. " Were you pretending to be unconscious ? " she asked, barely moved her lips. " Why did you have to wait for so long ? "

" We cannot only use power to fight the crazy old folk. And I have to wait until I have enough strength to free you both " replied Zedd.

" You know the wizard ? " she asked, following Zedd and moved stealthily along the cold chamber.

" His name is Goliath. He claimed himself to be the ruler of all wizards, using dark spell to create chaos among our elder. I have no idea he's still alive " He paused, flattening his back against the wall and Cara did the same, pulling Neil along. At the center of the chamber, Richard was stepping toward the tomb with his hand stretched onto the steel chess. A flash of white light erupted from the chess as his hand touched its surface. The four silver crafts that held it in place opened with a soft click, and the seeker lifted the chess away from the tomb.

Cara's sharp eyes caught two guards standing at the corner, behind them were the sword of truth and her agiels, heaped up on a pile of woolen cloth by the floor. From the exit, she could see the long shadows of two more guards, standing with their hands holding their weapons.

" I can get the guards " she whispered. Zedd nodded at this.

" You stay here " Cara ordered, giving Neil a sharp glare.

Richard held the chess firmly in his hands and paused for a moment. The pressure he felt was gone and he realized that he was no longer under the Goliath's binding. The dark wizard was aware of the change, and he raised a hand to summon the box from Richard's grip.

Zedd blocked his magic with one of his own, creating a shield of energy from his palm.

" Zedd ! " Richard called with relief at the sight of the white haired wizard. One of the guards lunged at him and he dodged, rolling on the floor and kicked the sword out from his grip.

" Richard, here ! " Cara threw him the sword of truth and he caught it easily, giving her a slight nod before swinging the sword toward the guard, with one hand still holding the chess.

The cried of agiels as they pressed against the skin of the short guard mixed with the sharp clank of sword against sword. Cara's elbow buried on the man's limb, causing him to stumble backward, giving her a chance to block another attack from her back. They were tough guards, stronger and faster than the Dragon corps, one of them had managed to knock one of her agiels out from her grip and it flew to the far corner of the chamber. As she drew back the other agiel to avoid the sword from cutting her wrist, from the corner of her eyes she saw Richard had killed the other guard.

There were four. Where's the other one ? Before she knew, the tall guard came out from the shadow with a sword aimed at her back, while the other two kept her busy. She managed to kill one of them and was about to turn when she heard the sound of a sword tore a flesh.

Neil had suddenly ran into the battle and used his own body to shield her from the attack. The sword went through his chest with a sickening sound before the guard pulled it back forcefully.

On the other side, Zedd fell onto the floor, a thick warm blood dripped from his nose, while Goliath backed few steps away after their magic collided. Richard was soon stood before Zedd and helped him to stand back, Goliath wasted no time summoning the chess to him. And in a split second, he was holding it in his hands.

Cara ducked under the guard's arm, striking the agiel to his heart. The tall guard lunged forward as his friend drew his last breath, roaring angrily at her. Neil's blood was still dripping from his sword. The mord sith escaped easily from him, her boot tapped against the wall as she jumped over him. Growling angrily, the guard swung his sword toward Neil.

The boy shut his eyes, still having his hands pressed on his wound, his blood spilled like a river. He heard the clanking sound and the cried of agiel right above him and he shut his eyes even tighter. Warm, graceful fingers pressed on his shoulder and he opened his eyes to find Cara's angry pair stared at him.

" I've told you to stay " She hissed, lifting his hand to look at the wound.

" Watch out ! " cried Neil, and she spun, holding the guard's sword with her agiel. She turned her head slightly at Neil, who was wavering on his legs before fell down again. " Stay the hell away from this ! " she warned the boy.

The guard had taken another sword and now he was holding double, taking the agiel with one sword, while aiming the other at her neck.

" Let's end this " she muttered to herself before knocking one of the sword out from his grip, snapping his jaw with her agiel and took the other sword from him. Within a single minute, she sliced his throat with his own sword.

There was a loud rumble right after Goliath opened the chess, and the walls were started to crumble. " It was a trick ! " The dark wizard roared angrily, slamming the empty chess onto the wall.

" You have released the hold by opening the chess. This place will be destroyed " Zedd announced with a slight mock, his hands at the ready as the dark wizard clenched his fist, pacing back and forth in frustration.

" It should be here. " he scowled. " I should've found it. Tell me, where is the third eye ?! " he asked in a harsh tone, a flash of red light shot from his hand, but it was bounced by the sword of truth as Richard stepped infront of Zedd. At the very same time, a white light crashed onto Richard's body, knocking him down to the floor. A soft glow remained on Richard's chest, where the light had crashed, and disappeared after a minute.

Richard shook his head, clearing his vision after the impact. For a short second, he stood there, looking at his own hand. " There's something inside me " he muttered, mostly to himself. There was something awe happening to him, his senses suddenly sharpened, and his vision was clearer than ever. He backed away at the sight of two floating lights went through the solid wall and disappeared. " What was that ? " he wondered, looking at Zedd.

The white haired wizard looked at him in awe, and as understanding nearly dawn, the amazement covered his face. Then, with a clear calm voice, he said. " Third eye isn't a thing. It's a spirit, and it has chose you, my boy. "

Richard's mouth fell open. " You mean … there's a spirit inside me ? What if-"

Before he could finish, Goliath sent a flash of red light to him, but Richard could easily avoid it, bending backward so that the light flew over his chest and hit the wall, creating a big hole and made the chamber crumble more. Richard gulped, his eyes caught Zedd's. He had seen the light coming and he knew exactly how to avoid it. How odd.

The rumbling was getting louder, and the stones started falling from the ceiling, the floor shaking like an earth quake and all of them fought to maintain their balance.

" This place will collapsed, we have to leave now ! " Cara shout from the exit, placing Neil's arm around her shoulder as she half dragged half carried him out. She put him down at open space, few feet away from the exit. The boy was loosing too much blood and his body was getting cold. He barely could open his eyes anymore. The mord sith tore his gaze from him and looked at the exit. There was no sign of Zedd and Richard coming out.

Shite ! I have to go back there. And she rushed back inside, only to got grabbed by Richard and they rolled on the floor, a red light flew pass them and hit the huge rock few meters away from the exit.

" For the spirits, next time warn me before you do that ! " Cara spat, releasing herself from Richard's arms.

Richard scoffed at her. " I've just saved your life ! "

Cara was about to reply when Richard suddenly shut his eyes and he stumbled back, holding his head.

A blurry vision suddenly invaded Richard's mind, sending him stumble as his hand shot to his hair and he shook his head violently. The heavy feeling weighted him as the vision slowly came to place, like flashes of images attached together, and in a deep - self consciousness of his, he heard the deafening scream in his ear.

Richard !!!

In a large room, he saw a table flipped downward, a wooden chair at the corner, shattered. The girl with raven hair rushed toward the door, kicking it with her leg to force it open. But then two strong arms grabbed her waist and pulled her firmly against his bare chest before he dragged her to the bed.

" Kahlan ! " Richard cried out loud, forgetting that he was still inside the chamber, with both palms flattened on the floor, supporting his weight, and he was panting. His head snapped, and he glanced around, his eyes roamed wildly over the place, searching for her. " I have to go, I need to find Kahlan. NOW !!! "

Zedd blocked Goliath's attack, but he fell when a big stone dropped from the ceiling, nearly smashed his head. Cara, who has been crouching infront of Richard, finally stood. " Go, I'll be helping Zedd " he said to the seeker before ran toward Zedd.

Gripping the hilt of his sword, Richard went out the chamber and ran like hell, his feet barely touched the ground. His heart slammed painfully inside his chest, as the vision of Kahlan invaded his mind once more. She was pinned on the bed, her hands pushing back Darius in desperation as the man dipped his head onto the crook of her neck. He could see her fighting to stay conscious while her strength was seemingly decreasing upon Darius's touch.

I'm coming, Kahlan

By all the spirits, I swear I will kill that bastard !