Chapter 42
Lunatics, Lunatics everywhere
"Oh yeah, and just so you know, Melequis does not welcome any foreign sign of magic or sorcery of any kind." Lvret reminded. "If you do however, they will all take you down with one blast, or if that does not take you out, then the mind control will."
"And where is your home, Exactly?" Akaz asked.
"Strange as it may seem, My home is not Xira. Its Erilious." Lvret answered. "I did not like Xira, since the Synergy virus originates from there."
"What the heck is-" Akaz said while being knocked into a floating island
"Oops sorry, we are here." Lvret said with a joyful tone while she was looking at Akaz planted deep into the rock. "Ripper is going to be disappointed if I do not come by the start of night."
"Let me guess? A young one?" Akaz mumbled while breaking the rocks to dislodge his head from the mountain. "I know kids are really annoying to deal with once you give them something new."
"No, but he is still my son, and I do not want him to worry or have one bit of doubt." Lvret responded. "He really does a have a short temper, and I may have to ask you to stay behind while you probably make sure nobody identifies you as an imminent threat."
"Its impossible for them to weaken me." Akaz scoffed. "So many people tried to do that, and all of them died or got injured badly. I am so capable of tearing this whole nation down, piece by piece... If they try anything, I''-"
"Ehh. Still, Even if you do manage to take out this big tribe, you are still going to have to answer to about six others, and a whole empire." Lvret honestly said. "You do not want to be in that situation, especially since you are basically asking me that is anybody against you following you."
They came to the huge stairs where Thrask saw the one guy being executed, and as they looked at that the torturous device, they were having second thoughts about coming here. Akaz assumed that someone committed a crime here and was hereby sentenced to a death penalty. However, Lvret was having a different idea. She theorized that there was a recent execution and probably one of the workers were extremely lazy to not put the device away. She proceeded to go towards the device in suspicion and picked it up by the pole, and held it over her shoulder. Akaz looked at her strange, thinking that she was going to use it against him, so he walked faster before he had to hurt anybody. Then Lvret sensed his fear and called out his emotions, and stating that what he was thinking was absolutely false.
He then felt a bit better, but then they reached the courtyard, while Akaz was way ahead. With that being true, Lvret told Akaz to stand down and slowly walk with her looking like he was captured by Lvret. He agreed to this and lowed down his neck, while Lvret wrapped her stony arms around his head and began walking slowly. Soon once they entered through the entrance, the sight was away better than what was recently saw. Instead of no life, there were plants placed all around, having fresh air and there was no sign of blemish, at least not on the outside, and minimal on the inside. When they snapped out of being dazzled by the sight, they were then stopped by two guards and then Lvret stopped for a second, rapidly tapping her foot, being extremely impatient to see her son. Soon with a quick swipe of the guard's gauntlets, air fiercely filled the space around them and lifted them up, causing them to be encased in a wind sphere. It was so perfect, that if She touched it, it would crack her stone parts. Although it can easily be reassembled. Akaz was thinking about what was going on, until they began asking what Lvret was doing here.
Akaz saw her kneeling on her bottom legs, and she felt so anxious, so she quickly said to them that she wanted to see her son, while keeping a straight face. The only reason why she was doing that however, was because she had another thing to do. Get her husband's shadow field, one of his pieces of equipment just in case he was fighting one of the Melequis. The guard on the left, looked to the right of him, assuming that his co-worker would understand what he was trying to gesture out using sight. Within their minds, they were having a bit of a dilemma. Lvret was not Ripper, who was authorized to take in Dragons from foreign places, but she was privileged to be granted with one request after she did finish off a raid before it got to the point where they were certain to lose.
"Look, Lvret. Are you sure you want to waste that one desire? On this black dragon?" The guard with the sword said.
"Hey!" Akaz called out.
"No offense. Just saying, Its just not worth it." The same guard said.
"Hey Akaz, do you mind if you stay with them?" Lvret asked. "Are you fine on your own?"
"I can stay, You just do what you have to do, and I will be here waiting for you." Akaz suggested.
Lvret smiled and was released from the oppression of the wind, and so was Akaz. "Thanks." Lvret said in a cheerful tone. She walked towards the gate and then grabbed the two guards by the neck, rapidly chaining her expression from good, to extremely Livid within a moment. "Hey you two, you better not do anything to him. Or else I will eliminate you myself. That can be my desire as well." She threatened. This phrase gave the guards a very tense fear that shot up and down through them, causing them to stutter and unnoticeable shake inside their armor. Akaz saw her pass through the arch as the doors were slammed right open, and she disappeared. Then he slept, thinking that nothing was going to go wrong.
She was walking with speed, as she began traversing through the halls and complicated corridors, full of pillars, patterns and torches. The sight was still breathtaking, but less exotic than recently. She then teleported, thinking that it would take too long and Ripper would be home, waiting for her and then being confused on what just happened. She reappeared at the door of Ripper's home, and she used the halo on the door and slammed it on the door about three times, just to let him know that she was here. Soon, Ripper opened the door, first seeming disturbed, and then lightly surprised and then welcomed her in with open arms. She smiled back, and then accepted his son's hug, and then went inside his house, which was not so mediocre compared to the fortress. Then they let go of each other, and then Lvret gone upstairs to Nesc's room, which they usually would sleep together. Ripper came behind her, and asked her what she was doing in her room taking one of his gear. She turned around, being quite straight forward with her son. She confessed that she had to go to Melequis on Cedran's orders, and she had to deliver news. She came here because mainly of that, and closely to see him. Ripper holstered his spear and kept his grip firm, just in case this was an impostor. However, he was wildly hoping that she was the real mother he knew.
He crept closer, thinking that she would know something she would do when he got close enough. He stepped further towards Lvret, and suddenly, both of their chests were beating, despite Lvret's stony body. This was strange, as it almost seemed like a thing between them, proximity towards each other. She grabbed her own arm, and felt it shaking along with her chest, as she knew that if it was too close, an earthquake could happen at any moment. Knowing this, she excused herself from the scene. She said to her son Ripper that she had to go, and get to Melequis. "After all, This so called invasion will come along in a few days. We must not delay." Lvret stated.
"I will miss you." Ripper sadly responded. "I swear, if something happens to you, I will end whoever was responsible."
"You do not have to swear, I will be fine." Lvret tried to reassure her son. "I got a powerful friend with me."
"Now why would you take another random trusted person." Ripper complained. "But not take your son who has experience?" Ripper asked.
"Because Your will cannot stand the rituals of the Melequis." Lvret answered. "Trust me, if it was safe enough, I would let you come along with me, but right now, I am a bit ticked off right now, because your father is destroying planets by himself without a good reason."
Lvret began walking around Ripper and out the door, saying; "Well, Good day to you, and I hope the best of things come to you". Ripper smiled, and waved lightly, knowing that there is a large chance that she may be gone after she leaves today. With the rising suspicion of the friend she talked about, he then began holding his spear next to his hip, and ran out the house with what he goes with usually. He kept on tailing Lvret, while she was walking towards the courtyard where she expected Akaz to be. When she did reach the arch, she saw that the guards were chained by pillars of red energy, and red light filled the area. She was quite shocked and asked them what did they do. Then instantly, the strange energy disappeared and Akaz was sent straight out of the ground, flying. He then landed on his stomach while gently lowering the altitude of the ground below. The guards ran away in terror and Lvret gave him a stern look.
"What did you do!?"
(Alright, sorry, just had to think about how to finish this chapter, with all these things going on. Sorry about the writers block guys, hopefully I can do better updating in less gaps than usual. I am almost there, Just got to get through that final stretch. I hope you all got the presents you got.)
