Edelblau was sat next to the wounded and passed out Anghel while Rio and Seere sat behind her closely together
"I do hope that Wallenstein isn't hurting Cain" Edelblau said
"Why do you care?!" Seere snarled.
"Anghel said that Cain is under Wallenstein's spell and that he wasn't himself anymore…. I think…I think Anghel called Cain "Knightmare Fantail" Edelblau said.
"Seere, we to saw those black lines on his skin" Rio said while Edelblau looked to Anghel but then Lute walked in and went in Anghel's back and got his healing potion out.
"He is ready for this now" Lute smiled while he walked in front of Anghel's bed and opened his mouth and tipped the potion into Anghel's mouth. He then closed Anghel's mouth and stroked his throat which made Anghel sallow the potion. Once swallowed Anghel's eyes opened.
"Anghel!" Edelblau smiled...
Meanwhile...
Wallenstein was stood in front of his thrown with another crystal ball while he looked at the sage of Nightmares.
"Huh, so there's another dark soul...How interesting...Interesting indeed, he may be useful. His powers what are they? Does he eat the pain of others by showing them their painful memories? Hmm...This is interesting" Wallenstein said.
He sat on his thrown but then he threw his crystal ball onto the floor at the feet of Cain.
"And what are you doing here? There is no point of you being here" Wallenstein harshly.
"That man...He is powerful indeed...I feel that he may be useful to defeat the others...However" Cain said but he paused.
"However?" Wallenstein said in confusion while he looked at Cain's grey lines. He knew he wasn't forcing him to say this. Cain then knelt in front of him and held his right hand.
"You have your own weaknesses correct? I can tell, what if That Sage fires back to you?" Cain said.
"Huh...You have a point if I had a weakness. I do not have any regrets or painful memoires...No that would be pity full!" Wallenstein snapped while he looked down to Cain.
"However...You do, don't you" Wallenstein smirked while Cain sighed and looked away from him.
"Hohoho...Of course the Sage will be useful if you snap out of this curse...Ah, you are useful after all! After all like I said, without a skilled knight as yourself Anghel is weak...Either way they are doomed" Wallenstein laughed.
"Indeed" Cain said while he shook his head while Wallenstein looked at him with a smirk. The grey lines turned bright black while Cain moaned in pain.
"N-ah!" He gasped while he lowered his head to Wallenstein's hand and gently kissed it while his lines shone brightly.
"Oh Cain. You much learn not to fight those lines...They will only hurt more and cut your skin more...And we don't want to destroy that pretty face of yours...Hohoho" Wallenstein laughed.
"Of course...I'm sorry master" Cain stuttered while he stood up and let go of Wallenstein's hand.
"I shall improve myself sir as well as my skills...Please you do not have to worry" Cain said while Wallenstein smirked.
"Go then, I don't need you anymore" Wallenstein smirked and with that Cain walked away from him.
"Hmm, The Sage of Nightmares...I must remember that name" Wallenstein said talking to himself...
Back to Anghel and the others.
Anghel looked to Edelblau then at Seere and his light blue lines on his skin.
"Seere?" Anghel said breathless.
"Ahh please do not talk...Rest" Lute smiled.
"Cain...Cain is under Wallenstein's spell" Anghel gasped even more breathless than before.
"Yes Edelblau told us so...She said you calling him... Knightmare Fantail?" Seere said.
"Indeed" Anghel said before he fell fast asleep. Seere huffed while he leaned his back against the wall behind him.
"We must come up with a new plan" Seere said while he looked at his blue lines on hi sskin which looked like water.
"Once my strength is back tomorrow I shall train...I...I think I still be able to use some powerful ice magic even without my staff" Seere said.
"Alright just don't push yourself to hard, ok" Edelblau smiled.
"I won't" Seere sighed while he too closed his eyes and fell asleep. Edelblau then looked at Rio who seemed to be already asleep as his eyes were closed and his head was resting on Seere's shoulder. Edelblau smiled but then she sighed while she pulled herself more next to Anghel's bed and closed her eyes...
The next day...
Edelblau opened her eyes to see an empty space in front of her however she looked around to Anghel's bed and she saw him asleep on it. She was glad he never moved, he needed his rest.
"Oh Anghel" She sighed however:
SMASH!
Edelblau looked towards the door of the tent, the smash sounded like glass or ice smashing on the hard floor.
SMASH!
This time Edelblau made up her mind to get up and go outside the tent to see what on earth was happening. When she out of the tent she saw Seere aiming his right hand at The Great Pigeon.
However a block of ice shoot out of Seere's hand and towards The Great Pigeon. However like a great and powerful wind The Great Pigeon dodged Seere's block of ice.
"Coo! Coo! (The Great Pigeon is quick is he not!)" The Great Pigeon said his voice filled with happiness.
"Ahh!" Seere snarled in anger while he kept shooting ice blocks at The Great Pigeon while Rio and Edelblau laughed at him...
Meanwhile in the tent Anghel opened his eyes and he slowly sat up on the bed. He looked down to his open top and a bandage around his chest. He sighed and climbed out of the bed carefully. He stood on his own feet while he felt so light there was no weight pulling him down to the floor. Looking forward to a mirror Anghel looked at himself.
He looked at what he saw as nothing but a normal young male bird boy. His wings were no more in his human form...All of the pain, sadness and fear hit Anghel as he remembered what happed to him.
He held his head while he held his chest.
"Ahh! Silence Crimson breast! This is no time for you!" Anghel snapped.
"Anghel?" Edelblau voice sounded before her image did.
"Edelblau!" Anghel said while he walked to her but feeling so light he fell over his own feet. Edelblau quickly court him in her arms.
"Careful!" She cried.
"Where are the others?" Anghel asked he wanted to see them...But hang on! There was...There was something he needed to tell them..Oh what was it?!
With this feeling of telling the others something he didn't even know he followed Edelblau
outside of the tent. Not too far from the tent he saw Seere standing breathless while The Great Pigeon flew over his head. For one reason Rio was laughing at them both however there was something different about Seere and Rio...
"Seere! Your staff!" Anghel snapped while Seere looked over to him.
"Ahh, yes... Wallenstein snapped it, we made a deal...My staff for our freedom" Seere said while he looked at his skin free of lines now.
"Half of my magic has been removed" Seere said however he smirked.
"However that as not weakened me" Seere smirked while Anghel looked at Rio now.
"Your leg" Anghel said.
"Knightmare Fantail did this" Rio said.
"I see" Anghel said but then he smelt burning so he looked to his right to see Lute with a Alchemy set. However a familiar red liquid was in a test tube on one of Lute's ranks.
"That's it!" Anghel snapped remembering what he needed to tell the others!
"Lute!" Anghel smiled while he tumbled his way to the desk Lute was working at.
"Wow careful Anghel...The red stuff in front of you is dangerous" Lute said.
"This!" Anghel snapped pointing at the red liquid he saw in his vision.
"What is this!" Anghel asked while Edelblau stood next to him and held him up right.
"This is Red mist of Shadows or that's what I call it...I don't know what it does but" "Seere, Rio come over here!" Anghel shouted.
So Seere and Rio walked to him, stood in front of him and looked at the red liquid as well.
"This, this has the power of changing weak souls into powerful ones!" Anghel explained while everyone looked at him with blank faces.
"Huh? What?" Seere asked
"My vision! I saw this change Neg and Haltfate into The Sage of Nightmares!" Anghel explained but the confused faces got wrose.
"Hang on...Are you saying this is some sort of Dark magic?" Lute asked.
"Yes! Lute how do we destory it!" Anghel asked.
"Wait what? We got another thing to destory! Anghel we've got problems already!" Seere snapped.
"I agree, lets free Cain from his spell first then destroy Wallenstein then the Sage of" "No!" Anghel snapped stopping Rio from talking further.
"We must know how to destroy this evil! Wallenstein may use the sage against us!" Anghel said.
"Alright...I see what I can do...But I'm not promising anything" Lute stuttered while he went straight to work.
"So...Your two friends have been cursed by this Red stuff?" Seere asked.
"Indeed" Anghel answered watching Lute work but then he stopped while he looked at Anghel.
"That is not good. With two souls made into one this will have more power...It will already took a form...The body of the strongest but the image of the weakest...You must destory the Red Mist Shadow and not your friends. If the Red Mist has turned into a form which will be a bird or a human depending on which forms the souls pick...You must detach the head" Lute said while he placed the tube with the Red mist in, back into its rank.
"A head is always the death of a living being no matter how powerful or dark" Lute said with a small smile.
"Will that save my two friends?" Anghel asked.
"Might do...The weakest might not make it...But it will kill The Red mist" Lute said.
"I see" Anghel sighed.
"A sacrifice must be paid" Seere mumbled.
"Indeed" Anghel sighed again.
"Two more days of rest...And we shall go back to Wallenstein" Anghel said while he turned to the others.
"And what will the plan be this time?" Seere asked.
"Oh...You may not like it" Anghel mumbled looking away from Seere.
"Why not?" Seere snarled in anger while Rio and Edelblau
looked at Anghel in confusion...
To be continued...