Dark Sorcerer and the Blade of Light
Chapter 8
Let's Go!
"So, you're heading to the town of Alvarna?" Godwin asked the group from Trampoli,
"Aye." Raguna responded, "We need to reach the island that lays past the Gulf of Narite."
"Ah, I see..." Godwin looked at his map of Norad, "There's a major port island there... Is that the one?" he pointed at a small dot,
"We believe so." Raguna said, "But we have to head there ASAP. I need to find the Sword of Oracles or something."
"Wait." Sharron stopped him, "The Sword of Oracles?"
"Yes." Mist answered,
"The Mythical Blade with the power of Foresight?" Sharron asked, "The one hand forged by my people at the dawn of the planet?"
"I guess so." Raguna mumbled, "Ventuswill didn't explain it that way."
"I shall go with you!" Sharron exclaimed, "We find this sword, we may find more about my people!"
"The more guys, the better." Brodik chuckled, "If we meet another thing like that dragon, we'd be beef jerky with our numbers."
"Very well." Raguna said, "Welcome aboard."
"We're coming too." Mei arrived with a new katana, "I really believe you are the Lost Hero that the East spoke about."
"Me too." Camus added, "I can't let you hog the glory for yourself!" he chuckled, "Nah! I'm happy to help a friend!"
"Then we leave now." Raguna said, "We must reach the midpoint by nightfall."
"Alright." Iris said, "I'll prepare the horses."
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"Look at them, Fiersome." Terrable growled as he saw the vast army of shadow monsters marching through the plains of the Sechs Empire, "Should we destroy them right then and there?"
"And make our position vulnerable?" Aquaticus mumbled, "That Dark Sorcerer is a force to be reckoned with..."
"I just want to wipe them out right now!" Fiersome steamed, "Let me at 'em!"
"We can't!" Ventuswill intervened, "We must wait for Raguna to acquire the Sword of Oracles!"
"But we don't even know where it is, girl!" Fiersome yelled, "Or if it still exists!"
"The Flood could have destroyed it outright." Aquaticus muttered, "The blade is not indestructible... Just really strong."
"Let's have a little faith..." Ventuswill pleaded, "That's all I ask... If we simply cannot find the Sword, then we destroy him."
"And what if he reaches the Sealed Palace?" Terrable told her, "Huh?"
Ventuswill stood silent.
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The fresh Noradian wind flowed through the faces of our heroes as they galloped down King's Way,
"We're about to reach the Town of Lilan." Cinnamon, the guide, said as she looked at the map,
"How can you read that on a galloping horse!?" Camus yelled,
"I can read anything anywhere." Cinnamon responded, "A natural skill."
"We cannot stop in the town." Raguna told them, "time is not in our favor!"
"The sun only has 3 hours before it sets." Sharron informed as she saw the sun in the horizon, "Plus, monsters might ambush us if we stay in a settlement."
NYEHAHA! Iris, who was in front, and horse stopped suddenly,
"Oh my..." Iris gasped,
"What is-" Mei paused,
"Well, there goes Lilan." Brodik muttered, seeing the small town was nothing more but a charred ghost of its former self,
"Trooo!" a dark elefun came out of one of ruined buildings, then, instead of water, breathed fire out of its trunk.
"Ah!" a woman screamed as she was chased by a dark weagle, "Help! Help!"
"Enough!" another voice said, and a Noradian Knight appeared to rescue her,
"KAW!" the dark weagle was struck by the knight's lance and perished,
"NAAA!" the dark elefun caught sight of this and charged,
"Mi'lady!" the knight held the woman tight, then the impact...
However, the three figures disappeared, revealing them to be nothing more than specters.
The group ventured inside the ruins, then saw the downed elefun from the vision, as well as the weagle, lance still in its chest.
"Oh..." Mei gasped as she saw the knight, bruised and bloody, still holding on to his sword and the woman. The woman was in the same condition.
"Let go of me!" a man, who looked like a bartender, yelled as a minotauros burst out of his bar, "AHHH!" he screamed as the monster's ax came down, but once again, nothing more than mere ghosts.
"Ew..." Brodik commented, seeing the same minotauros downed by an arrow to the back,
"Agh..." a voice growled, it was a soldier, however, this was no spirit,
"Sir!" Mist called out, catching the man's attention,
"Monsters!" the soldier cried out, "It was monsters from the very pits of hell!" he clutched his broken spear tight,
"What happened?" Raguna rode up to him, "What.."
"They came in the night." the soldier coughed, "But we managed to come from the fort and intercept them before they killed everyone... We held them back so they could flee..."
"Are they safe?" Iris asked worriedly,
"I hope..." the soldier responded, then fell to his knees,
"Ah!" Camus came to hold him up,
"We fought them to the last man..." the soldier continued, "Those devil creatures..." he sighed and breathed his last.
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On the ride out, everyone was quite, only the wind hitting them was making noise, as were the grunting animals.
"How could that..." Cinnamon mumbled, "Monsters aren't supposed to stay here when they die..."
"Neither are people." Iris added, "But they still lingered on a ghosts..."
"These shadow creatures..." Mei muttered, "I don't think they're from the First Forest..."
"Explains it..." Raguna sighed, "They don't follow the rules..."
"It's becoming night." Sharron mumbled, "I think we should stop..."
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"Rah!" the soldiers charged against a line of monsters,
"We can't let them cross the border, men!" the centurion called out, "You!" he pointed to his messenger, "Contact High Command! We have an entire army of monsters against us!"
"Aye!" the messenger said and mounted his silver wolf, then rode off,
"Retreat!" the cry was sounded, and the men fell back against the overwhelming force of the monsters.
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"Excellent." the cloaked figure chuckled as his force broke through the Sechs border divisions, "Now we can enter Norad... And reach the land of the Polonians..."
"Then we release the Great Evil!" the submissive figure laughed, "yes! Ha ha!"
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"We arrive at Alvarna by 6." Raguna said as the group woke up, "The boat ride will take us another 12 hours..."
"What is the island called?" Mist asked as she looked at the map,
"I don't know..." Raguna muttered, "It's too blurry..."
"Let's see..." Camus came up, "Yep, the boat leaves at 5..."
"We'd best double time it then!" Sharron said as she jumped on the horse, "I forsee a success if we leave now!"
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