Dark Sorcerer and the Blade of Light
Chapter 3
Wake Up Call
The Ancients told of a terrible curse that arrived every one thousand years when the moon became a blood red. However, this terrible anathema could be reversed if the truly wanted it too...
Then there came one man, a wizard from the west, who was kind at heart and helping people wherever he went. This sorcerer was well respected by the ancient peoples and looked highly upon, even to the point of deity-ship.
Over time of such exaltation, that sorcerer got it into his head that he was truly a god incarnate and then was filled with pride. On one fateful day, this once kind man looked up to see the fabled blood moon...
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"My my... Lookie here!" Brodik teased as he saw Mist helping Raguna out on his farm, "They say the two that farm together, stay together!"
"Why you.." Raguna turned and shook his fist at the Sechs,
"Stop it." Mist told him, "He's not doing anything wrong."
"Alright." Raguna sighed and returned to his labor, "Hah!" he struck the soft farm earth with his hoe,
"Here we go." Mist planted a turnip seed in the tilled ground,
"Mist..." Raguna groaned and facepalmed, "We said this one was going to be a tomato! Turnips don't grow in the summer!"
"Oh..." Mist said in realization, "My bad. Let me take it out." she said and bent over to dig out the seed, "WOAH!" she fell,
"Watch out!" Raguna yelled and reached for her hand,
"Ah!" Mist said as she was yanked up, "Woah..." she observed their hands glow.
SHWWEEOOOO! A huge roar was heard.
"What!?" Raguna yelled as the two saw an entire different world, one that was in desolate ruin.
"RUN AWAY!" an elf soldier, or a mere specter of one, yelled as he led a group of civilians up a hill.
"RAHH!" a huge bellow was heard, and in the distance a large beam of magic shot out.
KRAKABOOOM! the beam exploded and sent a cataclysmic explosion to engulf the landscape.
"Ahhh!" Mist screamed as she saw the explosion getting closer,
"Gah!" Raguna reacted by releasing Mist's hand and shutting his eyes.
"What are you two doing!?" a voice called out to them, it was Rosetta, who was looking at the two cringe.
"Huh!?" Raguna looked up, seeing the world was back to normal, "What the!?"
"What was that?" Mist asked as she looked around, also seeing the completely unchanged surroundings.
"You two were just cringing for no reason!" Rosetta told them, "And screaming, too!"
"Did you not see that!?" Raguna yelled, "Did you not see the large explosion!?"
"It was big!" Mist added, "It engulfed the land!"
"I do not know what you're talking about!" Rosetta groaned, "You two were just daydreaming! The summer heat does that, ya know?"
"I don't know what's going on..." Raguna muttered, then grabbed Mist's hand again,
"Oh!" Mist peeped, surprised by the sudden action.
However, the two waited, but nothing happened.
"Ah... I see." Rosetta nodded, "You two are finally together, eh?" she giggled,
"No!" Raguna growled and let go of Mist, "That's not it!"
"Uh huh..." Rosetta mumbled, "Suuuure..."
"Hey!" a voice yelled, "There's a monster in the square!"
"What?" Raguna turned in alert, then heard the screams and commotion of panic.
"That sounds like trouble!" Rosetta mumbled,
"It is!" Raguna growled, "PHEOW!" he whistled, and Lupux burst out of the shed,
"RAF!" Lupux barked,
"Come on, Lupux!" Raguna called out, "We need to go!"
"Raf!" Lupux sped to Raguna, and stopped to let the Earthmate mount him.
"Come on, Mist!" Raguna extended his hand,
"Alright!" Mist grabbed it and sat on the monster, then the two sped off.
"Hey!" Rosetta yelled, "Wait for me!"
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"Bwah!" Brodik was knocked back by a large force,
"Ooh!" Rita said from inside the safety of her inn, seeing the soldier crash into some of Danny's crates,
"Uzuki!" Cinnamon called out, "Flaming Naginata attack!"
"Alright!" Uzuki yelled and waited for the wizard to blast the threat with fire magic, "Hyah!" she jumped and stabbed the enemy.
"RAH!" the monster, which was a shadow troll, roared in pain, "DRAH!" he pounded his chest and hit the Easterner.
"AH!" Uzuki was knocked back by the crippling blow, "Woah..." she said dizzily and fainted.
"EEK!" Cinnamon was hit as well and was too knocked out.
"RAH RAH!" the troll beat his chest and stormed around the business district, looking for who to finish off.
"RAF!" Lupux appeared out of nowhere and managed to grab the troll by the left calf,
"RAHH!" the troll roared,
"Great job!" Raguna came into the fray, "Hyah!" he cut the troll in thigh,
"AH!" the troll groaned in pain and stomped around in order to release his calf from Lupux's insane bite.
"Triple Wind Razor!" Raguna yelled and delivered a three cut attack at the monter's chest,
"HARUMPH!" the troll surprisingly blocked it with his bracelets, "TAH!" he kicked Lupux with his other leg,
"ACK!" Lupux yipped and was knocked off, the shook his head in pain,
"RAH! RAH! RAH!" the troll went into an absolute rampage, everything was a target, "WAH!" he turned to Mist,
"Raguna!" Mist screamed as the troll came towards her,
"Hold on!" Raguna sped to her rescue, and being closer, reached her first, "Hah!" he grabbed her hand.
SHWEEOOOO! The two of them glew at the joined hands,
"RAHH!" the troll bellowed, hurt by the blinding light.
"I see..." Mist gasped as she saw the monster's shadow spirit, "That spirit contains no runic energy!"
"No wonder..." Raguna mumbled, "I couldn't sense them at all!"
"No Runes power this creature..." Mist added, and the two entered another trance.
"AH!" an ancient soldier yelled as he was tackled by a shadow buffazoo,
"HYAH!" another hacked at a shadow ignis, "Take this!"
"There's too many of them!" Raguna called out to them, seeing the vast army of shadow monsters just over the valley, "Go back!"
However, the soldiers could not hear him,
"Go back!" Mist called out to them, "Please!"
"They can't hear us!" Raguna growled, "I don't want to watch this massacre!" he said and released his hand.
"RAH!" the troll once more appeared in their sights, its fist clench, "HA!" he threw a punch,
"Watch out!" Raguna covered Mist with his body to protect her.
KLING! The fist bounced right off, a light barrier protected the two,
"OORF!" the troll groaned,
"RAF!" Lupux pounced on the shadow troll and delivered a powerful crunch deep into its jugular.
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"Hey..." Brodik walked up to Raguna, fully conscious, "Thanks..."
"No problem." Raguna told him, "No hard feelings too..."
"I've never seen a creature like that before..." Cinnamon muttered as she looked through one of her books, "No... never..."
"Maybe it was a new type." Lara, who was administering potions, told her, "But it did hurt you much!"
"I faced another type like that two days ago, Cinnamon." Raguna informed, "It was a golem, though... But it had the same aspects!"
"You did?" Mist asked worriedly, "When?"
"Around sunset." Raguna answered, "Damn thing could also move through shadows as well."
"Damn!" Brodik said, "Good thing this son of a gun didn't, eh?"
"Maybe it was too blood crazed to do so." Uzuki stepped in, "It seemed furious, maybe stopped his thought process."
"I never heard of a monster that could pass through shadows..." Cinnamon mumbled, "Maybe my grandfather knows..." she closed her book,
"Whoever is sending out these things, he, or she, isn't nice." Raguna warned, "I just wonder who it is..."
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"Ah..." the robed figure smiled as he took a deep breath, "I love the fresh air again... You don't really get that much in prison..."
"Master." another figure appeared, "Our scouts have not been reporting back as expected... Only 40% return."
"This place must have gotten stronger since the last time I was here." the robed figure sighed, "Nevertheless, without the Hero or the Polonians, they stand no chance against my main army." he chuckled as he held a small clay doll in his hands, "I'm glad those bastard knights are gone... I hate the Polonians..." he growled and crushed the doll with his iron gauntlets.
"We all do, master." the other figure chuckled as well as the two walked around on the small island they were on...