Chapter 55

Turning over a new Leaf

It felt like forever trying to guess what the Monarch was going to say next, after we just saved his life. Now we got Raleigh standing right there, ready to make sure those four did not die in vain. Raleigh was not going to take a no thanks after that, as he seemed like he hated pride for some odd reason. It takes the beast out of him, and makes it upon everyone. I could hear him breathing through his nose, being highly irritated after the way he just assumed where I was from, but he was wrong. Even if he just helped me overcome this easily, why would the person responsible for many lives lost, of all people, be helping me? It just did not seem right at the time, making it even harder to think about back at that facility where I was kept. I am pretty sure that he knows of Tuo, and me since he did find us, and he still reads my mind like a open book.

"Listen here..." the Agnian ruler said. "I do not accept being rescued by anyone who sides with Erilians, that is for sure." Then the Cyborgs walked forward and pulled out their guns. The axes were raised, and Raleigh held his sword in hand with a tight grasp of the weapon and the situation. His arm began looking like a demon's, being rough and spiky, with the dark smoke rising out of him. "But since you are not, and you are the one mainly responsible, you can all leave, except for the dragon."

"After all we have done to protect you?" Raleigh asked. "We just warned you of an assassination, and now after you assess the threat, you now will not let us all go? Thrask is a young one, and Tuo will flip if he is harmed at all. Not to mention my oath I swore to long ago." Raleigh held his sword with both hands, as the jagged edge almost lined up perfectly with his head. Ferlaine came up to him, wanting to help him support me, but Raleigh refused and levitated her back to her original position, claiming that it was not in his intent to do so. I backed up, knowing that there was something bad going to happen within some time, but then I realized I bumped into something, so I turned back, and there was one of the Agnian Cyborgs. He then picked me up, and had two blades ready to put me out of my misery.

"Look who we got..." the Agnian said. "Your friend."

"I will let you off with a warning, and spare you and your friend." the king said. "All you have to do is just get out of here, all of you. Or else all of you are going to be executed and incinerated."

"Too bad that you cannot kill me. I am immortal, fool." Raleigh angrily said while pointing the blade towards the Agnian. "I do not want any trouble now, and I certainly dont want anybody here to suffer for what I have done.. so alright, we will take your offer." Raleigh said as he disappeared and entered my mind once again. I was then taken away, as we both saw that they had teleported away. Now we are here, together, and now we got nobody here to help us get out of here. The hate directed towards Erilians like dragons and such were like a eternal flame. Nothing, not even saving their Emperor from death. The Cyborg had a tight holding of me, and it was feeling like he was trying to break my chest permanently. "What was your plan, to get us both killed?" I asked inside my mind.

"I got my reasons to back down. To be honest, I could've instantly taken each and every soul of the Agnian empire within that second, but I decided not to take the chance because I doubted I could do that in time to save you." Raleigh replied to me.

"And what was your reason for helping me? Out of all people, Why me?"

"It is because I have to. It has already been set in motion, and I will not bend it anymore than this. Understand this now Thrask." Raleigh said. "If Larei wants you back, and I was a bad person back then, why would I help you? Think about it for a long time, and do not forget to tell me fully."

"Is it some kind of contract you signed?" I guessed.

"More like verbal. I am from the same place your ancestors once resided in." Raleigh corrected. "Do you want me to explain everything?"

"Please.. I am so confused right now." I begged him.

"So, basically, I am a reject of a Sentient myself, I left because of the fear of Equinox hunting me down. So once I was travelling through the wilderness, a Basalisk saw me, and it had a harness that he had to wear, just like your friend Larei. He wanted to eliminate me since Sentients were both Dragons, Sevawings and Basalisks mortal enemies. but then one Sevawing came from above, spewing a supercharged laser, that almost killed the king of the Basalisks, but I had saved him, after I drove out the Sevawing from the territory. Unlike the Agnian Emperor you saw today, he then had a slightly different feeling, but he at least let me follow him into his island, as it was large and full of ice. I had to admit, it was quite cold there,but once we gone under, that was when I found their culture, being hidden from sight. With grace, he also spared me, but then I had to make sure that I would not betray them, so now I am eternally bound to protect them, and to be one of the people who had to serve the higher authority. I also had to protect the land as well, so then I did from now on, I will serve." Raleigh explained. "Since Larei is now the queen of them, despite her being a Sevawing like you, I have to be eternally in her service now. She did ask me to be the one to watch over you after you just arrived at the mountain. There, that is why I am helping you. Are you happy with the response?"

"Definitely." I replied.

"You will regret ever coming here, Erilian." The Cyborg said. It then pulled out a whip, with blades on each side, as he looked like he was dying to start lashing away at me. He then quickly tried to tie me in chains, and make me stretched out in midair. It felt like i was getting torn apart each second I was up there, and now it is going to be even worse. The Cyborg held the whip to the back of his head, and with haste tried to make it smack against my center, but it seemed to phase right through me, as the blade did not impact me at all, with him not missing. Raleigh held the line with his corrupted hand, showing his anger, and then he stabbed him right in the heart with no hesitation. The torturer began yelling in pain, but then it was all silenced by the taking of his soul, when Raleigh raised his hand, and like he once claimed, collected most of the souls that was in Agnis. Now without having to be in a specific spot. we then merged once again, and teleported away right where Ferlaine was. Raleigh was now separated from me, as he stood next to me, and I was standing upon a village. Ferlaine was practicing some magic as it seemed and his partner was Rak, who kept on blocking or reflecting the spells with his scythe shaped claws.

It was getting intense, as Rak kept on attempting to reflect the lasers, but instead blocked and absorbed them. Ferlaine praised him for being good at resisting fire, but then she mentioned herself to be controlling the lightning that strikes from above. Then she heard me being amazed and she turned around seeing both of us.

"Wait, you both escaped!?" Ferlaine asked.

"Nice one, Captain obvious." Raleigh joked around. "Of course we did. Agnians are just downright ignorant."

"I see." Ferlaine said while causing a huge explosion around Rak, who effectively endured it without at scratch. "I do want to try and find this thing that the villagers have been rumoring, want to come?

"Why a secret object?" Raleigh quietly complained. "I would be glad to help, but I am very sure that Thrask here is going to wander off and then get in a situation that he cannot get out of."

"Alright. Its okay, just let me know when you can, alright?"

Raleigh nodded and then gone inside me again, wanting to watch over me like a guardian angel. "Move, I got your back." He noted. He seemed like he was really making a fresh new start, at least on the outside. The inside will have to come out sooner or later, that is for sure. After all he has done to me and Tuo, I do not want to believe his little tale.

I walked through the empty road, as each house either had a torch coming from a hole in the house, or a spear that constantly missed me by a meter. It seemed like some kind of test, assuming that they want to know how much I could take before I unleash a force that they cannot undo after the aftermath settles. Raleigh quickly phased out of me, looking at the spears which were now planted into the ground.

"Yeah, might want to move under cover." Raleigh advised. "I can sense Storms coming."

"No, I might as well just stay here, just in case they fear me." I replied.

"Wait-" Raleigh stuttered. "How does that make any sense? Are you some kind of newly hatched terrorist or something?"

"Its not that... its just.." I sadly said. "Back there... What will they do now, since one of us from that land rescued the Agnian Emperor?"

"I am sure that Basalisks can easily handle Agnis by themselves, one of them can wipe that civilization out, I can tell." Raleigh bragged. "If a small dragon brought down the prime minister, then that proves my statement, case closed."

"Why are you so sure?" I asked.

"Trust me, on Giha, we did not have that technology." Raleigh said. "All we had was ourselves, and the technology only shows that there is limited power towards their own strength."

The clouds began to dim, and then droplets of rain poured all over the land. Thunder, a few seconds later, came crashing down with lightning, causing fire to ignite, and then quickly diminish. I looked at Raleigh, as a lightning bolt hit him, but it did not touch him at all, as it looked like it did. The fire diminished under him, but that did not surprise me, because he was part ghost or something. Nobody knew. He sighed and force me to fold my wings. He then got up, and attempted to leave, but then Ferlaine, who was riding Rak came up behind us and frantically handed a strange scroll.

"You got to help. Please, this is really bad." Ferlaine said. "I cannot beat him without another who could break a arcane Seal."

"Oh do not worry mistress. I already did that type of stuff about a million times. Probably even more." Raleigh bluffed. "I will help you."

"Good. Just meet me outside the vilalge where you first entered, alright?"

"Can I come too?" I asked. "I know I can handle it!"

"Thrask, you do not know who this is, neither do I." Raleigh said while reading the paper carefully. "You already saw how Agnis almost ended your life quicker than a lightning strike, just imagine how swiftly he could do it. Admit it, you need time before you can deal a fatal blow."

"Alright then. I will watch over this place then. It is fine with me." I promised.

"So, what did this lowlife do again?" Raleigh asked in the distance.

"They took Hevitz." Ferlaine reminded. "If we do not hurry, he could be dead by dawn."

(Yes, 55 down, 145 more to go, and I might say this all the time, but thank you for all the support you have been giving for me to make it this far, trust me, I want this to be something that will not "Content Starve" Anybody, but at least give enough to satisfy most. What I do this for, is for fun, but next to that, I want people who take at least one second on this story, to not find themselves at a cliffhanger, for a month. No, I will tell everybody once it is finished, so until then, happy reading, and I hope you readers will have good lives through the rest of your days.)