Chapter 11
"Wha, what was that??!!" George screamed loudly much to Devi surprised when he heard the sound of the ship's explosion. He woke up from his unconscious state because of the explosion. Then, he saw a giant smoke came from the explosion's direction. "Wait, Olivia is there right? Oh, heaven. Better get going before something happened to her!! Let's go Devi!!" George said to Devi. And the, they ran as fast as they could towards the east part of Alberta.
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"What's that?" Fiorentin said to herself when she heard a sound of explosion. "It came from the east part of Alberta, weren't Olivia and that Elraven guy there? I hope they are fine" She continued while walking towards the east part of Alberta. "Alexandria" she turned back when she suddenly heard a voice.
The voice came from the bloodied and battered Felicia who was lying weakly in the newfound peco-peco. "My god, Felicia!! What happened to you?!" Fiorentin said while running towards Felicia, trying to help her stand slowly by holding her. "I defeated the Mistress, but she...managed to hit me several times. Sorry Alexandria, I screwed myself up" Felicia apologized.
"You don't need to apologize!! You're alive, that's matters more than your victory!! Now, let's find Olivia and get her to heal you!!!" Fiorentin replied. The two headed to the East part of Alberta. The peco followed them from behind. Fiorentin didn't notice the peco because she was too worried.
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"My god, what was that sound?" The owner of Peco Inn, who was hiding along with most people in Alberta in the inn's basement muttered. "That sounded like an explosion!!" another town folks said. "Let's get out of here and find out what happened outside, I hope El is okay" she daid to the town folks while opening the basement's door. The others followed her afterwards.
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Elraven jumped to the ground and landed smoothly as Olivia approached him. "Wow, you really gave them the beating out of their lives!" Olivia praised Elraven. "Well, sort of. They are already dead you know, so you should say, I gave them the beating out of their deaths!" Elraven replied as the two laughed.
"Oh yeah, we haven't introduce our name to each other right? My name is Olivia Hammond, nice to see you Mr. Gunslinger" as they shook hands. "I'm Elraven Sinclair, gunslinger soldier from Ropera Squad of Schwaltzvalt Republic Army under the Captaincy of Emilio Barragan, at your service Miss Hammond" Elraven replied politely.
"Elraven Sinclair? I've heard that name before.....wait....could it be that you are....The Angel of Darkness from Einbroch? One of the most feared soldiers from Shcwaltzvalt?" Olivia said when she realized with whom she was talking to. "It's an honor that you knew my name, Miss Hammond" Elraven replied while readjusting his purple glasses. "No wonder you're strong. Oh, and you don't need to be so polite with me, Olivia is fine" Olivia replied back. "Well ok, Olivia" Elraven said back. "Now, that's better" Olivia replied with a smile.
"Hey, you guys!!" George shouted while running towards the two. "Hey, dummy you're alive!! And Devi is alive too, thanks god!!" Olivia said while lifting Devi to the air. "Yup, didn't I told you I'm a champion not a chump?" George said proudly. "But, hey you're injured. Let me heal you" Olivia said to George while chanting her healing spell.
"So, Gunslinger, that explosion was pretty much your doing, huh?" George asked Elraven while Olivia was healing him. "That was 1000% his doing George, he is the Angel of Darkness you know?" Olivia answered before Elraven could. "What?!" George shocked. Elraven replied, "Uh, yeah. I'm Elraven. Nice to meet you...uh....". "George, George Bardahl. You can call me George, and I'll call you El, ok?" George answered, and then they shook hands.
Suddenly they heard Fiorentin shouted not too far from them while holding the unconscious Felicia,"Olivia, I need your help!!! Felicia is badly injured!!". "For the love of Gods!! Sis, what happened to you?!" Olivia shouted while running towards her sister. She lied her sister in the ground and healed her. Olivia, she won't die right?!" Fiorentin asked the high priest. She was worried like hell.
"Well, she will live. She is badly injured, but none of the wounds proved fatal. She lost an amount of blood, but that's it. One day rest and she will be as good as ever" Olivia replied while finishing her healing. Fiorentin calmed down when she heard Olivia's diagnosis. Elraven and George saw the three not far from where Fiorentin stood.
"Hey, George. That Felicia girl...she is Olivia's sister?" Elraven asked to George. "Yes, why did you ask?" George replied. "Well, is it just me or your leader worried about the paladin more then Olivia did?" Elraven replied back. "Well, Alexandria is always like that. She cares about her people more than anyone else, even their own mothers" George explained. "Oh, I see" Elraven muttered to himself.
"Um, Alexandria. What is that peco-peco doing here?" Olivia asked fiorentin when she realized there was a peco-peco standing calmly not far from them. "Um, he followed me and Felicia. And I thought, he carried Felicia on his back when I found them" Fiorentin answered. The peco just said 'kwak-kwak' to them.
Fiorentin turned around and saw Elraven, and then she said, "Well,well. Looks like Mr. Elraven here did quite an amazing job, huh? Was that explosion your doing too? As I expected from the fearsome Angel of Darkness from Einbroch". Olivia and George seems surprised when they heard their leaders. "Oh, and I expected nothing less from the brain of Alexandria, Queen of The Thousand Knights. It's an honor to meet you" Elraven replied. Olivia and George were surprised again. "Oh, you knew me?" Fiorentin asked. "Well, your boy George told me about you. So, yeah" Elraven replied.
"El!! You're alive, thanks god!!" they suddenly heard the owner of the inn shouted. "Boss, you're ok! And the children too!" Elraven said when he saw the inn's owner and the children walked towards him.
"We're fine, but the town is....mostly destroyed. I don't know how Valdomir Kingdom will react when they found out about the town" the inn's owner seemed sad. Most of the surviving town folks seemed shock and sad when they saw their's town condition. "Oh, god. We don't have a place to live now" or "My house" were some of the things they muttered.
"Don't worry madam, we'll help" Fiorentin said to the owner. "You miss? But how are you going to help us?" the owner asked her. "We'll call our reinforcements here to guard this town and help you rebuild it" she answered. "Reinforcements?" the owner asked again. "Yes. We're Sagramore" Fioretin answered while slowly walking towards Olivia. "Sagramore? The rebellion army?!!" the owner shouted when she realized, and her shout shocked some of the town folks too.
"Olivia, use your warp portal to go back to Comodo. Inform our soldiers our current conditions right now and tell hem that Alberta is now our base. Bring them here right now by using the warp portals with the help of the other priestess" Fiorentin ordered. Olivia nodded and used her warp portal to went back to Comodo.
Not long after that at least a hundred warp portals appeared in the town as Olivia came back with thousands of soldiers, shocking the entire town with the exception of George and Fiorentin. Even Elraven narrowed his eyes seeing the sight. "This is pretty much the same when we arrived at Comodo from Gonryun" George muttered.
The town seemed to shock to react. They were wondering what was going on in there. "Don't be afraid people of Alberta, we're not here to inflict any harm on you. We, Sagramore, are here to help you. We'll guard this town and help you rebuild it" Felicia explained calmly to the town. The town folks cheered when they heard Fiorentin. "Yeah, Sagramore is here!", "They'll free us from Valdomir!!" the town folks shouted.
"Amazing, she made them believe her just by a her words. Not to mention, a big charisma. Great job, girl" Elraven muttered to himself while readjusting his purple glasses. Fiorentin approached Hagi and Dorn whom were standing behind Olivia, "Generals, this town is pretty much our base right now. Tell the knights and hunters to help this people rebuild it as fast as they can. Tell our soldiers at Gonryun to come here, don't forget to tell the acolytes and the priests to heal the injured town folks, now!!" Olivia ordered.
Her generals nodded and quickly did what they've been told. "Well, too bad we could not use the warp portals from the very first place because Alexandria said it would attract an unwanted attention from Valdomir soldiers here, but she was true alright" Olivia muttered to herself as she prepared to heal the injured town folks.
The soldiers quickly began helping away the town folks as they were ordered. Fiorentin was quick to notice Elraven was slowly walked away from them. "Elraven Sinclair! Where are you going?" Fioretin said to him as she approached him. "Huh, oh. I guess I'll report my failure on my undercover mission to take control of Alberta much like you figured this morning to my captain. What's wrong Alexandria?" Elraven replied.
"Hm, I have an offer for you Gunslinger. A good offer" Fiorentin answered. "Oh? What kind of offer?" Elraven replied back. "Would you like to join Sagramore? We'll welcome you with open hands" Fiorentin said to him. He didn't answer.
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There, I hope nobody gets bored this time because this chapter is full of conversations. See you next chap!!