The Untold Apprentice
Chapter three: Markov's greatest fall
You see Markov walking through the woods it's bleak, gloomy, it's slightly surprising for a plane with no black mana the shadows some how always find a way to infect everything. You see Markov get to the clearing I front of him the town he spent so long trying to get to. A person would think he would show happiness or relief, but his thoughts and soul are so heavy for the deed he has just committed. The town is small but there are many guards around the wall as Markov approaches suddenly a arrow flies through the air right in front of Markov's feet. Yet strangely Markov seems un startled just as if he knew it might, he stops and hears a mans voice behind the wall. It holds no anger but a agitated tone in it "That was your only warning you demon you and your friends just leave", Markov lifts his hood and yells back "I am no demon sir just a traveller looking for some rest". All is quite with no answer back Markov begins to think they just don't care so after a few minutes Markov sighs and turns around. As he walks he only gets ten feet and hears the grinding of metal gears our hero turns around with barely any time to react he is already half surrounded by at least 15 guards. Markov pulls his swords to the ready and gets ready for the worse, the guards to not budge until one guard moves out of the way and let's a fairly large man walk past. He is covered head to toe in pristine shiny armor it seems the garments have never seen battle in there lifetime. The large man lifts the helmet off his head and says in a deep raspy voice "What are you boy", Markov is stunned not by the mans tone, but by the words he just said. In all of Markov's travels no one has ever noticed the one thing about Markov that was the most important he was a boy only sixteen years of age. Markov snaps out of his daze and replies to the man "Half human and half viashino sir", the man glares at Markov for a few minutes and says in a big happy voice "welcome then lad come come there's always room here in great town of Torkain". The man puts a arm around Markov slightly pushing him in through the doors the towns people look at Markov in fear and anger some run in there homes and hide. The great man says to Markov "welcome boy my name is general Suntor I am the defending general here trying to protect this town", Markov looks back at him and says " Protect it from what general". Suntor looked at Markov and smiled "O just a few demons some how there leaking there way in to from these strange portals", Suntor herds Markov into this large room with two desks and gestures Markov to sit. The general looks at Markov and states this " listen son if you want or stay here for a while I need a favor from you, these mindless demons are getting closer and closer by the day" , Markov looks at Suntor with a one eye raised "And what do you need from me personally". Suntor looks at Markov right in the eyes and says " Wells I heard that viashino are very good at stealth so I was hopping you could go in and solve the problem". Markov seems conflicted in his thoughts " what kind of demons are we talking about here zombies, skeletal beasts", Suntor looks at Markov trying to think of what to say next "my troops say they are devils". Markov looks at Suntor and states his deal "ok, but you have to supply me when I leave free of charge", the general smiles and holds his hand out and the two shake hands. The scene fades out its night you see Markov propped up in a tree getting some sleep suddenly he is awoken by a sudden laughing in the distance. Markov says to him self " go time". As Markov jumps from one tree to the next he slowly approaches a crackling fire he sees close figures dancing in a circle around the fire one of them is banging on a drum. Markov can't make out the figures it's so dark and all the fire does is help tell the basic outline of them but he know they are his targets because the general told him before he left that you would know them by a song they sing and there singing it right now. Markov pulls out his blades silently and gets in position then he jumps down blades first he stabs the first two straight through he turns cutting the next ones throat Markov's sight is diminished but he stays by the fire to see the figures all you can see is slash after slash scream after scream yelling, crying, some doing battle cry's. After only minutes it's over Markov turns to see the first one he had stabbed was crawling to the fire and as he turned over Markov's expression changes so quickly he drops his blades, his eyes widen, and he starts to shake violently. You see our hero fall to the ground and throw up all over the ground, then the view of the one he killed comes into view it was a viashino.