Dark Sorcerer and the Blade of Light
Chapter 5
The Call
The Hero of the Runes is a great warrior born when the world is in great peril, such as the release of the Legendary Golem. This great hero can vary from race to race and gender to gender, the only qualification is that the person must be noble and brave. This Hero does not have the power to influence the Runes but can use them to his advantage on a much greater degree than any mortal could ever dream of doing.
The title for the Hero is not hereditary, except with the first Three Heroes, and the Hero usually only uses the Sword of Oracles, since it is the only weapon capable of truly hurting the Legendary Golem.
Overall, the Hero of the Runes has no mortal equal, and with the power of the Oracle Sword, even holds the strength to slay gods...
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"Woah..." Kanno removed his glasses as he stared into Raguna's palm, where the glowing rune symbols shone brightly, "And you said Hero of the Runes, right?"
"Absolutely." Raguna nodded, "At least that's what Terrable told me.."
"Terrable, the Earth God?" Cinnamon asked as she looked through her book, "Ah... I see... Grandfather." she mumbled, "I can't find anything on this Hero."
"Because the book you are looking for is not here." Kanno answered, then walked inside his room, "Look." he called them.
Inside Kanno's room lay an old chest,
"It's in here..." Kanno said as he unlocked the container, then removed books, "Ah ha!" he exclaimed and pulled out a book that was bound in white leather.
"What is that?" Mist asked,
"The answers you seek." Kanno mumbled and walked back to the kitchen,
"Really?" Raguna said as the three followed him to the kitchen table, where the elder opened the book.
"Oh yes." Kanno nodded, then flipped the pages,
"That looks really old..." Cinnamon observed the worn out ancient words of the book,
"More than 300 years old..." Kanno mumbled, "Ah ha!" he said and placed his finger on the beginning of a paragraph, "The Hero of the Runes is a great person born when the world in under a huge threat... The last Hero of the Runes was a man from a distant land... However, this man perished when the Great Evil managed to overpower him." he read and showed them the illustration in the book.
"Oooh." Mist winced at the gruesome art,
"Poor Guy..." Raguna commented,
"The Hero of the Runes traditionally wields the Sword of Oracles, a powerful sword crafted a little bit after the creation... However, no one knows were this weapon is today..." Kanno continued, "It is only known that the Hero of the Runes seeks the blade within the Order of Polonia."
"Hm..." Cinnamon mumbled,
"So, what I have to do is find that sword?" Raguna asked, "That should be easy."
"Or is it?" a fourth voice said, and a young girl appeared in their midst,
"Gah!" Kanno said in shock,
"When did you get in!?" Mist said,
"Relax.." the girl said, "I am the Wind Goddess Ventuswill." she introduced, "One of the Divine Dragons.."
"Ventuswill?" Cinnamon muttered, "Ah, yes."
"Why is it going to be hard finding the Sword of Oracles, pray tell?" Kanno asked Venti,
"The Sword of Oracles was lost when the last Hero fought the Great Evil." Ventuswill informed, "Even we do not know where it lays."
"Let's use deduction then." Raguna told her, "Where was the last battle against this Great Evil?"
"In the sea..." Ventuswill informed, "Beyond the ports of West Norad, across the Gulf of Narite..."
"How could he fight in the ocean?" Mist chuckled at the thought, "He would drown!"
"It wasn't ocean before!" Venti growled, "Don't be so dense! The Great Flood made it the ocean it is today!"
"Ah yes, the Great Flood." Kanno said and turned the page, "The Myth of the Flood." he read the chapter title,
"I can assure you it is no myth." Ventuswill, "Trust me, I was there."
"What is it?" Raguna urged Kanno to continue reading, "What is this story?"
"The Great Flood is an event taking place after the Hero's Fall." Kanno read, "The people cried out to the gods in order to save them from the Great Evil's wrath. The gods responded by telling them to flee to the highest mountains, which they did... Once the last being arrived, it started to rain... And it rained for a month, a rain that did not cease, a rain that went sunrise to sunset. The rain's waters started to cover the world, sending the Great Evil into a watery tomb..."
"Exactly." Ventuswill said, "True story."
"The Great Evil and his armies perished in the waters." Kanno finished, "That creates a new problem... Maybe the Flood moved the Sword from where it rested."
"Yeah..." Raguna groaned, "That sucks..."
"Well, maybe there is someone who may know..." Venti pondered, "What about the Polonians?"
"The who?" Cinnamon asked,
"Oh... Yeah..." Venti grumbled, "Maybe... Just maybe... If the conditions are right... Look, you have to go to the sea! There will be an island there!"
"Really?" Raguna asked, "Alone?"
"No!" Ventuswill grumbled, "You need all the help you can get! The Dark Sorcerer is gathering his armies!"
"I'll go with you, Raguna!" Mist volunteered,
"Me... Too..." Cinnamon added, "I can tell you... all you need to know..."
"You'd best take this book, then." Kanno handed her the ancient manuscript, "Most of the answers are in there..."
"Thank you..." Cinnamon smiled,
"Alright." Raguna nodded, "I know who else I need!"
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"Across the Sea!?" Brodik yelled, "Are you mad!?"
"There's an island there, Brodik!" Mist scolded him, "We won't drown!"
"Maybe you will..." Raguna mumbled, "Seeing you can't swim..."
"What was that!?" Brodik growled,
"Come on, Brodik!" Raguna said, "We need you to join us! You're the only other person here who has been a warrior!"
"Grr..." Brodik grumbled, "Fine... But we get to the island and that's that!" he said and walked inside,
"Yes!" Cinnamon said in victory,
"Let's go!" Brodik returned with his longsword.
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"Of course I'll join you, Raguna!" Iris said, "I'm the best person for this job!"
"Great!" Raguna said, "Ol' Cinnamon here also made a magic spell that allows you to withstand the sun."
"Ol' Cinnamon!?" Cinnamon growled at the nickname, "Why you-!"
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"Hyah!" Raguna said as his crew mounted their horses, then sped off on his Lupux,
"Woah!" Mist said as the wolf gained speed, trying hard to hold on.
"Hyah!" Brodik galloped off,
"Rah!" Iris followed in the rear.
TRUNTRUNTRUNTRUN! The horses galloped into the distance...
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"Sire! Strange activity has been spotted outside the fort!" a soldier told the leading officer of the small garrison they were in,
"I wonder what it co-"
KRAK! The door to the garrison snapped,
"ROOOO!" a huge dark buffazoo stormed in,
"Wah!" the soldiers were surprised,
"Men! To battle stations!" the captain of the garrison yelled,
"RAH!" a dark Claw Dragon swooped in from the skies, "HAHHH!" it breathed fire on the horse stalls.
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"Augh..." a soldier groaned as he looked at the desolate waste that was once the fort he occupied,
"What a disaster..." the captain, bruised and bloodied, growled as he saw the carnage, 10 dark monsters down, 42 men taken with them.
"What kind of beasts were those?" a surviving archer said as he pulled out an arrow from a downed Minotauros,
"God knows what they were." a knight said as he dismounted his wounded steed, his lance was in terrible shape, bent and snapped.
"We need to report this to the Emperor..." the captain said as he grabbed a torn flag from the ground...
It was a Sechs Imperial Standard...