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A cloaked and quick shadow jumps300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuAH5ho2nn
from a dark corner to another; seconds300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzcDbJ2jC6
pass and then there it is again, it is very300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49Fae75LpM
fast, easily as fast as any of them...300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cZNjDx6cf
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqInRzuqHyB
as he was the only one keeping his more300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ocvj6gzVc
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XT8RA6Fbg
assumed a much more prepared stance.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUqYAfqxU6
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wWDv8ZQ71
his eyes travelled through that dark, while300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCwWTD2q95
standing right next to him, Lorian already300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOSWgYYzGH
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSdZQhrdNz
Marce did not even consider holding300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKylafqwPoT
his blade once. A few more unsettling300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBln20dZe3t
seconds of silence and then a rising flame300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4QxXvMZR9
would lure them into a more open area; it300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasHhjUJHq0
is a most familiar flame to some of them,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC41LCawB2
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMWFzABG3U
A peculiar flame, a different kind of300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATXQvgJHc5
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKSRRTZiuR
earn but worthy to master that currently300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ3zpigsgJ
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PsyMCZ6pu
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6sEa8unsi
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW4J4SlWl5
worshipped by some elder tribes in the300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LyWhjT75A
eastern depths of the world. Named after300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7p9xTuXvBg
such divinity for it is a fire that does not300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiyrnhfRJj
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32t15y9znD
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrwaqB228V
Regardless, that red glowing stone was300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTQPdLwJGh
long ago recovered by a couple of young300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyjMfDErNO
adventurers and once it was confined to300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLMOI4TV5Q
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEymSycpKlH
wielder, after much hardship, to secure300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc3hVqSD0o
himself a great power. Now in front of300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMqmYAp3vz
them, waiting with his back turned, is said300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1pnOsoeXD
wielder, a large and familiar man to some300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I0Cix4qHf
of them here, for his fire also served the300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt7sjeoOvv
Hand once.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuY9w78eq0
With his back turned to them but in300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYwXQDgXEY
an inviting manner, as if he was almost300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCcCWtHG04
waiting for them, as he too faces that300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N7clI8rKE
mountain. The fire on his sword burns300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYit3izMuUH
up one more time as if calling them once300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt44WwnWPI
again...300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DGMy5ElBn
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTL0TiOgne
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpkUz0pEF6
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiQR3wkRU2
armed and ready.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15mOjLa26l
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw3VXG2ofV
as the hooded figure gently turned around.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs8jvbHBy5
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhs9F6Awx5
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvm0DD5RSk
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeHGsQYiXp
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjKhLX41Lg
approached the rest of them.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwte0VFQGW
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTn0sOYC1l
