CH.3 Bewitched Gentleman

A few more days have passed since Rex and the others returned from Mayastia where Ellis attacked them and fle Rex and Dyshana are taking the day to relax with their child and take him to a park and decided to have dinner at a fancy resturant as today was also their anniversary and Rex wanted it to be perfect for her but they'll have to forgoe the wine on this occasion but it wasn't going to ruin their evening not at all. their night was indeed perfect a great dinner nice conversation followed by dancing and finally after a long night of laughing and pleasantness the married couple go back to the inn and fall asleep not knowing that someone is watching them but who no one knew except when Beatrice and Plum saw him and followed him. they spot him on a roof nearby it was Duran but this time he seemed very different from last time his personality from his body language and his presence was more like someone they had fought before and his first words were Beatrice are envious of Dyshana do you hate her an odd question which Beatrice quickly answered no why would you say such a thing and Plum adds yeah we all have accepted Rex's choice but Duran retorts with but the question wasn't about Rex I asked about Dyshana you Beatrice hold a torch for Rex am I mistaken or are you hiding your feelings from him. Beatrice looks down with a look of anger she could not deny his words but didn't want to admit it she did have feelings for Rex. Plum looks at Beatrice and says but Beatrice you should never forget that you can always have feelings for someone no matter who they're with just be happy for them Beatrice looks at Plum and nods with a smile. Duran looks at them and says I have no business with you two leave thinking about it he is now reminding them of Nemesis one of the gods that they defeated years ago they decide to leave knowing that they can't beat him two on one but are going to tell Rex in the morning but not before Duran says Fendias to them as they flee.

The next day Beatrice and Plum tell Rex about the night before and mention Fendias to him they think it's a trap of course but have to take the risk and gather the others to head to Fendias since this required to move to a different continent Rex brings Dyshana under the guise of a vacation to see the contient now. so set up at another inn and leave to handle a request that they recieve or so he tells her and go to Fendias the seal of the god Deeth. just like Mayastia there was an entrance in the same spot and the tunnel was the same and the chamber ahead was the same only purple and electricle but the entiror was the same this time no Ellis but someone was sitting at the altar it was Rex's grandfather Thoma wearing his white outfit which looked worn out and had holes he stood up but not to attack instead he looked up at the ceiling and a ray of ominous energy engulfed his body and when it faded his eyes turned a dark shade of blue and he spoke it's nice to be back and this time in a masculine form I see Rex knew who that was Deeth another god they defeated years ago. now he was really questioning what was going on but he has no time to think because Thoma unsheathed his dark sword and lunged but he was stopped in place by magic from Ellis who teleported to their location and shouted stop to him. Plum asks Ellis what happened to Thoma in an angery voice to which Ellis responds with he is now a vessel... a vessel for the power of Deeth as she speaks the markings on her body change to a darker shade of orange and before she could speak any more she falls to the ground in pain.

Rex deeply concerned runs to check on her only for Ellis to swat him away with magic and stands up panting heavily and says why now must I feel the effects of this power damn she then releases Thoma and orders him to attack the party while she watches. Rex manages to slip by Thoma while the party holds him off and tries to talk with Ellis what do you mean by vessel he asks her Ellis still pained says when the gods where unsealed not all of their power was unleashed instead it remained at their seals and we need the four spirit vessels who acted as the seals to abosrb the power into themselves however since they were dead he used his new power to reanimate their corpses and now we're halfway done with our plan Rex wonder who is he and tries to ask but is stopped Thoma slashes at him after defeating the party the Ellis flees with him and leaves without explaining further Thoma leaves with her saying bye bye as they were warping.

On the way back Plum looks the saddest of all the group Thoma why him he was so kind and handsome they deserve to rest in peace with those they loved she said Rex and Reverie try to cheer her up but with minimal results and she recalls her time when Thoma was in the party with them and how joyful she was when Duran was born and recalls Vashtor holding him and smiling Vashtor was greatly saddened while he did betray Duran he cared deeply for the comrades he lost and wanted to let them rest this resolve to free them brought the two closer and decided to train harder with Zerva and Beatrice and Reverie who also wanted to free the warriors from this new evil but one thing was very clear they needed to help from more of their allies knowing that they would join again in a heartbeat so they split up and will rejoin later with comrades following while Rex goes back to his wife this small journey took some months so it's getting closer for the baby to be born.

Ellis and the three vessels now with the power of their pillars gods power inside them are almost ready to enage their plan but Leo tells them it's still ealry and that they need to make a couple more trips but this time he was going with her to assist personally he knew that now Rex was going to get more help maybe enough to be a threat but this fake Leo was not going to let that happen. So he readies himself for a fight and Ellis leads them to the location where it all started for Leo all those years ago the frontier where the real Leo made the contract to be spirit Vessel there he will wait but first he must get the bait but what he was not sure but it might take a while but it didn't matter to him he had plenty of time but Ellis didn't her role was different that Leo's but what Rex and his party had no idea the one question now is what are those markings. they were determined to answer all these questions nothing was going to stop them from getting Ellis back and putting the spirit vessels to rest again.