Fire446Please respect copyright.PENANAsnOVUuXWTX
and smoke, corpses burned beyond recognition, blood splattered streets. It was446Please respect copyright.PENANAS9u6xm1goA
all around him, he stood in the middle of a burning village, watching as more446Please respect copyright.PENANA1bm3FpWnOH
people were butchered by the horsemen. Arrows plunged into some, while others446Please respect copyright.PENANAOimsK2Jm9m
were struck down with swords. The boy did nothing, only staring in horror at446Please respect copyright.PENANAlZBHFKtiKt
the scene which played before him. A group of horsemen started to approach him,446Please respect copyright.PENANAHJmXax1OoH
he watched as they got closer and closer, the boy thought of running, but his446Please respect copyright.PENANAcSRFE8lUMO
legs wouldn’t move. He was frozen, he was afraid, he would soon be dead as well.446Please respect copyright.PENANA7Tu2rFwfUT
The horsemen stopped, and their leas dismounted and approached him, the446Please respect copyright.PENANAVEUIavl24X
reflection of the flames danced along the silver longsword in hand. The boy stared446Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lc2bC3FFo
wide-eyed at him, he was an intimidating figure, larger than any man he had446Please respect copyright.PENANAISQXz9cOWG
ever seen, with a long scar running diagonally across his face, stretching from446Please respect copyright.PENANAvTwKqy8uVT
his right eye to the side of his mouth. The man grinned as he lifted the longsword446Please respect copyright.PENANAxCnDbNIYet
with one hand and swung down with it.
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANA1fo2ZRRh7A
awoke suddenly, his heart was pounding in his chest and he was drenched with sweat.446Please respect copyright.PENANAEKDNA2P90L
He sat up in his bed and put his right hand over his face then screamed loudly446Please respect copyright.PENANAPvGRcXCQlJ
into it. He stopped and caught his breath for a minute before swinging his legs446Please respect copyright.PENANAC5y3mpaAyO
off the tiny bed, looking around at the wooden room he sighed. It was tiny and446Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Gzuv75hI
the only furniture were the bed crammed up against the wall which he slept in446Please respect copyright.PENANAwoekonsamm
and a small chest tucked away in a corner, above it hung a small cracked mirror.446Please respect copyright.PENANAf5o9iwvMOG
Kemari got up and tentatively walked towards the mirror and looked at himself. He446Please respect copyright.PENANAQE1ZpkYsAM
stared at his reflection for a while, waiting for his heart rate and breathing446Please respect copyright.PENANAdkpZju2RuO
to steady. He brushed his locks out of his face and tied it behind his head,446Please respect copyright.PENANAfBrtT9AeYw
leaving two strands to remain at the front. His two crimson eyes stared back at446Please respect copyright.PENANAU9UogV1zZX
him, and as usual he felt like he was sharing his vision with something else,446Please respect copyright.PENANAHfBFDb0tsX
as if there was someone else inside him using his eyes. He ran his hand over a446Please respect copyright.PENANAbT1QFQ0N3F
long scar that stretched from his shoulder to the middle of his chest, images446Please respect copyright.PENANAe6w51mQkMr
from his nightmare flashed before him making him sigh. He admired his dark446Please respect copyright.PENANANaEp8yen0H
brown complexion for a minute before opening446Please respect copyright.PENANACAROyo2CKH
the chest and getting dressed in his purple Mage’s robe.
“Time446Please respect copyright.PENANA3L5uLDubZy
for another day of failures and being dependent on Isadora” he mumbled.
The446Please respect copyright.PENANA583FDG7BTs
Dragon’s Tongue was a small run-down Inn and Tavern situated in the slums of Lanatheas'446Please respect copyright.PENANAyt6yES6PKv
royal capital. It was a place only frequented by the poor as well as a variety446Please respect copyright.PENANAwsLcy39GzR
of unsavory types, it was here Kemari called home. For unlike all the others446Please respect copyright.PENANAU64Y855qbC
who were members of the Adventurer’s Guild, he was incapable of earning enough446Please respect copyright.PENANAOkKMtc7z1n
gold to get himself a room in the richer districts, this was something Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAzb54nVENM3
despised and always swore he would have to change. He sat in a corner, alone, with446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0p2qe99kQ
a book laid before him on the table, the common room was lively as server girls446Please respect copyright.PENANA9hXyFSelNZ
carried meals and ale to various tables of loud customers. A server walked by446Please respect copyright.PENANA5WthYpSMap
him and the smell coming from the tray made him gag. How do they eat that446Please respect copyright.PENANANVD6JCz6Tw
filth? He thought to himself shaking his head. He was about to start446Please respect copyright.PENANAzedOBh6cS0
reading when a rusty iron sword impaled his book and lodged itself in the table.446Please respect copyright.PENANAaQSmx8d2lc
Kemari heard laughter from around the room as he looked at his book in horror, blue446Please respect copyright.PENANAld8M1wNXdq
mist rose from it in a puff of smoke as the contents spilled out of the book as446Please respect copyright.PENANAJXSmHNdSjs
if it were bleeding.
“What446Please respect copyright.PENANA9rBvT7odkE
the fuck!” he heard a figure beside him exclaim. Kemari looked up to see the446Please respect copyright.PENANAmeDg5Ppi1a
man who was holding the sword, he was muscular looking fellow who wore a rag tied446Please respect copyright.PENANAJpFZNiBCoG
like a mask around his neck, and was wearing tattered clothing under a rusted446Please respect copyright.PENANA4oSxJFBkCO
iron chestplate, which had its fair share of dents. “do you have any idea how446Please respect copyright.PENANAhyJsUNlMZ7
much this book cost me?” Kemari said as he clenched his fists. The man looked446Please respect copyright.PENANAiXujN6MXb3
at him and laughed “would you look at this fool, boys” his laughter was echoed446Please respect copyright.PENANABh9MRDfA55
by the other people in the room “ha, looks like he wants to fight you” a voice446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7iurpGCKM
snickered.
“yea?446Please respect copyright.PENANA9UxottbjMH
Is that true, brat?” he lowered his body into a crouch and stared into Kemari's446Please respect copyright.PENANAIZMw3HIL2V
eyes “you want to fight, you little weakling?”
“Go446Please respect copyright.PENANAZABV2LkAsX
fuck yourself” Kemari spat in his face.
“Aargh!”446Please respect copyright.PENANAGqIWFPirCD
the brute grabbed him by his temples and yanked him from his chair then threw446Please respect copyright.PENANAanEKDn3hZ0
him across the room in one fluid motion. Kemari crashed into chairs and tables446Please respect copyright.PENANAEObJem3X1y
as he flew through the room, and coming to a stop as he slammed against the446Please respect copyright.PENANA193VnNEuuv
wall with a thud. His assailant pulled his sword out of the table and pointed446Please respect copyright.PENANAdMRIvEce2l
it at him “I think it’s time you learned your fucking place, trash.” He walked446Please respect copyright.PENANA1zHbYwYtUh
forward slashing his sword through the air as he moved. “You might not have446Please respect copyright.PENANAvbDDuzguF3
realised it as you were coasting through life in your peaceful little village,446Please respect copyright.PENANATQU9IlIq6B
but we live in a world where the strong eat the weak” he paused slightly then446Please respect copyright.PENANAVvbFsaZU4W
continued “There’s no place in it for pitiful, weaklings……... except for food446Please respect copyright.PENANAM13sSOwoma
that is. So do tell me mage” he was grinning madly by this point “WHAT.446Please respect copyright.PENANAGkVKKkPP6p
PURPOSE. DO. YOU. SERVE?” he punctuated each pause with a slash of his sword as446Please respect copyright.PENANAW8OEOH1qsQ
he stopped over Kemari, who was now propped up against the wall holding a hand446Please respect copyright.PENANAfYXIXdLVcL
to his side while his other began to move in motion weaving a spell.
Despite446Please respect copyright.PENANAqBmJp7P7x2
all that had happened, Kemari was not afraid, for he had faced down bigger and446Please respect copyright.PENANAoDVeDRShUU
more dangerous enemies and lived……never mind it being because he was saved by a446Please respect copyright.PENANA9QQkBMhoD7
certain someone most of those times. He held his hand before him and smirked as446Please respect copyright.PENANAPtfk7mv2nx
the spell was completed, he was shocked however, when the brute grabbed his arm446Please respect copyright.PENANAKEX8b4EWrl
and forced it downward right as an ethereal arrow shot out from his palm. He446Please respect copyright.PENANAdn6UK8yPDK
grimaced as he suddenly felt a kick to the gut, Kemari doubled over in pain and446Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xnbhnbe9b
coughed up blood. His assailant released his arm and placed the sword against his446Please respect copyright.PENANAIQ1Lpn3Rkw
neck. Kemari glanced around the room, hoping someone would come to his rescue, he446Please respect copyright.PENANAoxWn90tnaj
soon realized that would not happen as he saw the twisted smiles on everyone’s446Please respect copyright.PENANA9fbeKZ931r
face.
“That’s446Please respect copyright.PENANAKtHRHFmpQC
enough Ivan” Kemari’s head snapped in shock towards the rotund bartender who446Please respect copyright.PENANA3B8XaM65sl
had spoken. Unlike the others his face was written with concern. “.......I446Please respect copyright.PENANAfeT2etwKPC
think the child has had enough of your lesson” he hesitated
“Is446Please respect copyright.PENANA08xIAzyDxe
that so?” Ivan punctuated his question with a severe kick to Kemari’s side,446Please respect copyright.PENANASiRK3CAyu6
causing him to hit the floor. “Well what do you all say?” his question was446Please respect copyright.PENANA3sRxDoyTHj
directed at the other occupants of the room and Kemari cringed as he heard446Please respect copyright.PENANApl1uWK6Ape
their replies: “kill him”, “rip his guts out”, “show him who’s boss”, “Finish him off” they cried.
“As446Please respect copyright.PENANAxro1vGl3Js
you command” Ivan sneered as he raised his sword. Just then a figure wearing a446Please respect copyright.PENANADpsc3WQfdq
black hooded cloak broke from the crowd and walked towards them, Kemari laughed446Please respect copyright.PENANASQisKd9Xjf
as he noticed it.
“What’s446Please respect copyright.PENANAkGMkTVmfIx
so funny?” Ivan said, his sword still held high.
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANA18yBCKsXxH
heard the bartender sigh “You done fucked up now Ivan”
“Huh?”446Please respect copyright.PENANAiTZl5u2M7f
that was all he managed before the figure slammed a powerful kick into his neck446Please respect copyright.PENANAjs2SaH2ien
causing him to drop the sword as he skidded sideward before falling. “You ok446Please respect copyright.PENANAjYAYbnKiKN
Kemari?” it's feminine voice asked without looking away from Ivan who was446Please respect copyright.PENANAKGatZqObB5
already back on his feet and holding his neck.
“yea”446Please respect copyright.PENANA5GltdCAy3D
Kemari wheezed “Nothing a little healing magic can’t fix……and thanks by the way,446Please respect copyright.PENANA6FSLRHXSAR
Isadora”
“good446Please respect copyright.PENANAKQUDNEhg5j
and don’t mention it, just stay right there and watch as the greatest monk in446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6lKnz4mBf
all of Lanatheas kick ass” the figure giggled.
“Didn’t446Please respect copyright.PENANABZJeYwJvRG
you drop out of your training?” Kemari smiled.
“SHUT446Please respect copyright.PENANA3b8DfDh2av
UP!” she took a fighting stance “it was a mutual agreement”
The446Please respect copyright.PENANAtl9t9GYWCT
two laughed as everyone stared at them in bewilderment. Ivan, who had finally446Please respect copyright.PENANA8ajgrtMWaS
recovered from the blow looked at the figure as they sized up each other. “who446Please respect copyright.PENANAq3aC5VvuUu
the fuck are you?” he finally asked the figure.
“irrelevant”
“you446Please respect copyright.PENANAne4w7dAw9B
sound like a woman”
“I446Please respect copyright.PENANAfK6fnadjBs
should hope”
“that446Please respect copyright.PENANAw17BejnyzQ
was a magnificent kick, for a lady of course” he rubbed his neck and grinned at446Please respect copyright.PENANAcsKZObAPE0
her
“Wow,446Please respect copyright.PENANAW5x92Zk9nd
that was a bit sexist don’t you think?”
“Sex446Please respect copyright.PENANAc8HudHZUDE
what?” He shot a glare at Kemari who had laughed a little at his question.
“are446Please respect copyright.PENANAXt4KcyYqK0
we going to fight or not?” she asked sounding irritated.
“heh,446Please respect copyright.PENANA3PznepnWE3
I wouldn’t want to break your fragile little bones miss” Ivan smiled and the446Please respect copyright.PENANA1a3fM6pmBn
crowd chuckled, the bartender only shook his head. Kemari sighed to himself as446Please respect copyright.PENANACSypIK0vDR
he saw her dash toward Ivan with uncanny speed, he was barely fast enough to446Please respect copyright.PENANA6JJhlXcpHv
block the kick that was aimed at his face. Isadora spun and delivered a kick to446Please respect copyright.PENANALhgPKh4foj
Ivan’s abdomen which forced him back a few steps, before he knew it she was on446Please respect copyright.PENANARH3aAQUixj
him again, firing a quick jab to his nose followed by a myriad of blows to his446Please respect copyright.PENANAdVyRAIJ6i0
face and upper body. Ivan wobbled as the hits connected, he was unable to446Please respect copyright.PENANAVLoYpsZEps
block, dodge or even see them. The onlookers watched in awe as Ivan was beaten,446Please respect copyright.PENANAcBhSIriefM
unable to defend himself against the sheer powers of his enemy’s blows. Kemari,446Please respect copyright.PENANApKn1DPG8GA
who was now back on his feet fully healed looked on smiling as his friend446Please respect copyright.PENANA4T526oqrPB
finished the fight by palming Ivan square in the chest then walking away446Please respect copyright.PENANAKNzMNya9yQ
towards Kemari. As he looked he noticed the man’s chestplate was even more446Please respect copyright.PENANABK5swIHKc0
dented than it was before and there was a hole in it where he had gotten the446Please respect copyright.PENANAGl5W61SqVk
last hit, his face was twisted and bloody. As she walked by him, he turned to446Please respect copyright.PENANAcm8nTQ2Wag
follow her and heard a metallic clank as if Ivan’s body had finally registered446Please respect copyright.PENANADdWNmsnWzc
that it was no longer living. The people moved to the side as Isadora walked past446Please respect copyright.PENANANbpWWYhNpY
with Kemari in tow, they stopped by the counter where she fished a coin purse446Please respect copyright.PENANADy7kUR8V1r
from somewhere in her cloak an handed it to the barkeep.
“Sorry446Please respect copyright.PENANAUhoXGfmwGD
for the disturbance big guy.”
“No446Please respect copyright.PENANAydRlg8M8vH
worries little one” the bartender replied.
The446Please respect copyright.PENANAbILWr0RXnS
two walked down the streets of the slum districts. People in tattered clothes446Please respect copyright.PENANAbyKFiVaq7e
walked along as if they had no purpose, while others looked out from alleyways446Please respect copyright.PENANAUIgbeFvGFA
and the insides of broken down houses looking for unsuspecting prey to rob,446Please respect copyright.PENANASYLd1hKjAg
abduct or kill. They walked in silence as they passed by buildings clumped together,446Please respect copyright.PENANAsQgOAjrXzF
some even looked as if they were about to topple. They stopped as a group of boys446Please respect copyright.PENANA6g5FUFcfIJ
ran out In front of them chasing after a smaller one who was running with a446Please respect copyright.PENANA5ah76ZRYOF
huge rat in his hands. Isadora started walking again as Kemari stared after the446Please respect copyright.PENANAOLOAD5spP7
children as they caught up to the boy and took they rat from him then proceeded446Please respect copyright.PENANAilv7hovx8F
to beat him.
“Same446Please respect copyright.PENANAiBPVKaY42E
age” he said before following after her
His446Please respect copyright.PENANAjwrXEmHxFs
friend looked at him as he caught up with her “said something?” she asked
“I was446Please respect copyright.PENANAC6Oc89zBbZ
just thinking….” He paused “those children just now, they don’t look that much older446Please respect copyright.PENANALtzruMtUY0
than we were at that time…”
“What446Please respect copyright.PENANAFqe7JCOJVF
does that have to do with anything?” she was curious, Kemari rarely mentioned446Please respect copyright.PENANAPsH4D4sgeE
anything about their past. He tried not to show it, but she could tell that it446Please respect copyright.PENANAKm19tljpeO
still haunted him.
“…It446Please respect copyright.PENANAWTS6NdU1Lc
isn’t right” his voice quivered and was almost a whisper “children are supposed446Please respect copyright.PENANAiekK3lYJ67
to be safe, they shouldn’t be exposed to these harsh realities at such a young446Please respect copyright.PENANAbf5THvMlhy
age”
“Better446Please respect copyright.PENANAMFEWPkiKvc
now than when they’re older and are incapable of dealing with the shit the446Please respect copyright.PENANAlKAr1Ogky3
world throws at them, because of the sheltered pampered life they lived” Her446Please respect copyright.PENANAEb0gaYK4Wh
reply was blunt and harsh, yet He knew she had a point. He had lived a446Please respect copyright.PENANAOuo8T3x8WZ
sheltered life while she was always fighting for what she wanted, and now years446Please respect copyright.PENANAGNMoO7krum
later she was an accomplished Monk despite being a 'failure' to her mentors as446Please respect copyright.PENANAmAvhoRCxyl
well as a 'B' ranked adventurer while he was stuck at 'F' the weakest rank446Please respect copyright.PENANAOv00RXnXw5
there was.
“I446Please respect copyright.PENANAKEetaDls7f
wish it didn’t have to be that way” she suddenly continued “But this is the way446Please respect copyright.PENANAJiu1vXZYCf
of life. With death lurking around every corner, we can’t afford to be weak” she446Please respect copyright.PENANAK4Ag6fS2zD
looked to the sky as she spoke.
“Like446Please respect copyright.PENANAm5eOiobWpg
me Huh?” Kemari chuckled lightly
“Pretty446Please respect copyright.PENANAjndRja1Twi
much” she laughed and punched Kemari in the shoulder, he flinched as she hit446Please respect copyright.PENANAs3gBwFT0vP
him and that only made her laugh harder. He rubbed his shoulder as they446Please respect copyright.PENANAr345s8JWjp
continued their walk in mostly silence.
It446Please respect copyright.PENANAKIJqbYRAIM
was almost noon by the time they reached their destination; the Adventurer’s446Please respect copyright.PENANAP9SNs8p2dq
Guild. It was a large imposing structure which stood at the top of a grand marble446Please respect copyright.PENANARJJgr18sAE
staircase, Kemari stopped and stared in awe at the high walls that shined in446Please respect copyright.PENANAwUwz9SxYYG
the midday sun. No matter how many times he visited, the sheer beauty of it446Please respect copyright.PENANAsOvCPh0RMl
always caught his eyes . He smiled and walked up the steps where Isadora waited.446Please respect copyright.PENANAjDFbk7oI22
They approached the large Oak double doors together which swung open as they446Please respect copyright.PENANAwFUiyKQAL2
got close, stepping inside Kemari looked around the huge open area they now446Please respect copyright.PENANAlfpurPcdmI
stood in. The floors were made of a dark reflective surface that absorbed mana446Please respect copyright.PENANAa99Ga9nMe3
from it’s occupants, making them weaker the longer they stayed, which Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAY1qfL7Qh77
believed to be weird, but apparently the GuildMaster had done this to prevent446Please respect copyright.PENANAccyexvucnS
fighting in his hall “can’t fight if you can't freely manipulate your body’s446Please respect copyright.PENANA9UJFSzJRHD
ambient mana” the receptionists would repeat. The room was filled with a variety446Please respect copyright.PENANAVPwmcuddj5
of adventuring folk; some wore bulky, heavy armor and carrying massive swords446Please respect copyright.PENANAT3xNxrQF5h
while others dressed lighter, wielding bows, staves, or much smaller swords.446Please respect copyright.PENANA9kHcC6QwVj
Two adventurers caught his eye, as they seemed to be out of place, one of them446Please respect copyright.PENANArUXgMjWsN8
was a green slightly muscular being Kemari assumed to be a Half-Orc who leaned446Please respect copyright.PENANAunNowASQzT
against the wall with a heavy looking broadsword leaned up next to him, and was446Please respect copyright.PENANA6uc49HSE59
wearing a brown tunic over black leather pants and boots, on top of that he446Please respect copyright.PENANAy8zqbM0Nfk
also wore a pair of silver pauldrons and and a half chestplate, His hair was a446Please respect copyright.PENANAtVQ2Bw41JH
greenish untamed mess from what Kemari could see. The other person was the446Please respect copyright.PENANAmfUfqjU1tk
second most beautiful girl he had ever seen, an Elf with long silver hair tied446Please respect copyright.PENANAqrZc9CTtKY
up in a ponytail.
“So446Please respect copyright.PENANA5TfkXNI6r3
that’s your type hmm?” His attention was drawn from her before he had a chance446Please respect copyright.PENANA51YetNqc0D
to observe her fully. He turned to see Isadora staring at him intensely with a huge446Please respect copyright.PENANAs8pUvYgKUe
grin on her face.
“No,446Please respect copyright.PENANAqRc59Iqnni
that wasn’t…….that’s not…” Kemari stumbled to find words.
“Don’t446Please respect copyright.PENANAJmtlQZIy94
worry my dear sweet companion.” Isadora laughed as she leaned in close and446Please respect copyright.PENANAPsTNb1SmB6
covered her mouth as if to whisper to him “I SHIP!” She bellowed, attracting446Please respect copyright.PENANAErWCLj6rWB
the attention of the entire room.
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAPzY9NzIiiA
looked around nervously and hissed “what are you doing, you idiot?”
“why446Please respect copyright.PENANAz8ptgTuJ3d
I’m just so proud of you Kemari” she spread her arms wide and squealed “You’re446Please respect copyright.PENANAnZjyt2coo9
finally interested in exploring the lush flesh of a –“ she issued a yelp as Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAJlN8PWWygi
grabbed her cloak and dragged her away to the reception area. He blushed446Please respect copyright.PENANASciRKv7T0l
slightly as he stormed past snickering adventurers. The reception area was a446Please respect copyright.PENANAZB1aMWoLtV
long counter towards the back of the room, behind it stood the guild’s446Please respect copyright.PENANAYQdponUEsy
receptionists, all of which were identical women. The two approached the one446Please respect copyright.PENANAKOm1Ar30vL
closest and exchanged greetings, it wasn’t until then that Isadora removed her446Please respect copyright.PENANALSqiv3k5cn
hood, revealing her face. Her skin was a smooth almond complexion and her light446Please respect copyright.PENANAuOrHs3HJnQ
brown hair was cut short in a close cropped style with the sides faded, her446Please respect copyright.PENANAhLg4YfqUft
eyes always took Kemari’s breath away, they were also a light brown with446Please respect copyright.PENANAVC6G02wp2t
matched her skin tone and hair color and always seemed to sparkle. “keep446Please respect copyright.PENANAg0u1XYzHvd
staring at me like that and I’ll steal your heart” he was so engrossed in446Please respect copyright.PENANAvxSxZoxDb6
admiring her that he didn’t notice that she had stopped talking to the446Please respect copyright.PENANAkeee1x0dC1
receptionist and was now starting at him smirking. “And I meant that literally”446Please respect copyright.PENANA1B4lcHzsdx
she said teasingly before returning to her conversation.
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAqvwWdk73Tg
gulped and then sighed as he went about observing the room once more. He looked446Please respect copyright.PENANA1DXaSNRuU3
around at the occupants who were all embroiled446Please respect copyright.PENANAlmJVvMgs5T
in conversation amongst their companions, the elf he had seen was no longer446Please respect copyright.PENANAUSyLWT1tWq
there, but the Half-Orc stood the same place leaning against the wall; this446Please respect copyright.PENANAX3bXzBaXtL
time he was staring right back at Kemari who quickly turned away. In the centre446Please respect copyright.PENANA4u9xpfedbS
of the hall was a giant golden statue of the legendary GuildMaster himself: Gaelin446Please respect copyright.PENANA5VlUH5f9OL
Branandor, who had faced down the Black Dragon in the Arena pits, gaining his446Please respect copyright.PENANAsl2ekcYtFh
freedom from slavery in the process. The statue featured Gaelin in nothing but446Please respect copyright.PENANA1LP9X2vChi
a loin cloth, with a broken sword in his left hand and the dragon’s head in the446Please respect copyright.PENANAIgzJsNAdKn
other. The statue was of a powerfully built man, with long golden hair hung low446Please respect copyright.PENANAUhKbgfkNeS
behind his back. That looks nothing like the old fool Kemari thought to446Please respect copyright.PENANAz3rYzM3q4w
himself as he shifted his attention in scorn. The walls were a chalk white, and446Please respect copyright.PENANAiiUrPZLQDO
were decorated with long portraits of the Twelve Knights of Lanatheas; the only446Please respect copyright.PENANAzazeovOgL9
'S' ranked heroes Lanatheas had to offer. They were the strongest and their446Please respect copyright.PENANANW0sVcrcuS
names carried a lot of weight. Kemari only knew three of them: Markus The Bear,446Please respect copyright.PENANA4DGuXJnlCe
who was a savage Hulk of a man who never wore anything apart from his brown fur446Please respect copyright.PENANAStSUSDZqIx
loincloth and the pelt of some unknown beast around his shoulders. He was known446Please respect copyright.PENANA5RvYSUw8Z0
to tear his foes to pieces with nothing but his bare hands. Next was Lucien Arengar,446Please respect copyright.PENANAQxZCUXslJs
leader of the kingdom’s Dragon Knights which was an elite unit tasked with high446Please respect copyright.PENANAWIYb7KpttE
priority quests from the Crown itself, he wore his signature red and gold446Please respect copyright.PENANAkUyVKLxvPl
armour with his sword held high and his shield to his side. The last was the446Please respect copyright.PENANAfgM8u8Qm1M
rogue, the assassin, and the fastest of all the 12………fuck, what was his name446Please respect copyright.PENANA3L6G4hsf06
again?. Kemari stared at the portrait of the man who stood completely clad446Please respect copyright.PENANA6EBiGPTyr4
in black and covered completely, hiding his features.
“Brinn,446Please respect copyright.PENANAWTTR48Hi6A
I think” Isadora said from beside him. She had turned towards him and noticed446Please respect copyright.PENANA1RHnP79fFx
him staring with a puzzled look on his face.
“Thanks,446Please respect copyright.PENANAFX586s4TPa
don’t know why I keep forgetting his name” Kemari replied “You finished?”
“Yuuup”446Please respect copyright.PENANAv1XqhE324o
she bounced and grinned
“Great,446Please respect copyright.PENANAJoeMh9Se2u
let’s go then” he stretched and started to walk away when Isadora grabbed his446Please respect copyright.PENANAWyI8BmbJuQ
robes
“Not446Please respect copyright.PENANAgppfBotIGR
so fast, my dashing knight”
“What446Please respect copyright.PENANABnvbhTeefU
now?” Kemari sighed
“The446Please respect copyright.PENANA7vCmacdgFP
GuildMaster has something for us”
Kemari’s446Please respect copyright.PENANACL4AvnfJgq
demeanor changed upon hearing that, he spun around and grabbed Isadora’s446Please respect copyright.PENANAsFLHFtAJ9a
shoulders, she shuddered when she saw the cold look on Kemari’s face.
“Did446Please respect copyright.PENANAVlFNTDDBW5
they find him” he tried to ask as calmly as he could, but his voice was instead446Please respect copyright.PENANAQnXL0WqFzp
cold and tainted with anger. She nodded and turned then waved towards the446Please respect copyright.PENANAtUGQmRWZeu
receptionist who was weaving a spell, she smiled and in an instant they were446Please respect copyright.PENANAiWWtKs3LIq
standing in an empty blueish space which only had a small desk and a few chairs446Please respect copyright.PENANAz7ZQWN9tAR
in the middle.
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAtUdDXPw1O0
rushed towards the desk leaving his friend behind, he caught a glimpse of a446Please respect copyright.PENANAyuxP1v9dJU
giant ogre wearing full plate armour as it vanished from the room. Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANATnSHKUgYNM
stopped at the desk and stared at the446Please respect copyright.PENANAtcoJP6wId9
small sinewy man behind it. The man wore a black vest over a white buttoned446Please respect copyright.PENANAJUmr6TY7WL
down shirt, his head was completely bald and he seemed to be well over 100446Please respect copyright.PENANApBLy3zXyBb
years old. “You stare too much Kephirian” the man said without looking up from446Please respect copyright.PENANATRzxr1Xv6o
a paper he was scribbling on before him.
“Where446Please respect copyright.PENANAOKYYCIO3Z3
is he!” Kemari slammed his hands on the desk
“Have446Please respect copyright.PENANAQI1pbRY3JI
a seat first” the man gestured at a chair before the desk “you too monk”
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANA8i9gFrFDmm
looked and noticed she was right next to him now, she plopped into the chair446Please respect copyright.PENANAKtbieomBxH
and placed her feet on the desk, which evoked a glare from the man who made to446Please respect copyright.PENANAibGVeN3iIr
say something before shaking his head and changing his mind. “please?” He446Please respect copyright.PENANA3X4C9NN0PA
looked at Kemari this time, who sighed and sat in his chair.
“Who446Please respect copyright.PENANAr23TdPxXWO
was that just now, GuildMaster?” Isadora spoke first
Gaelin446Please respect copyright.PENANAKVZPCuSG0D
set down his quill and leaned back in his chair for a few moments before he446Please respect copyright.PENANA870LX4EsaM
finally responded “Targoth IronHorn…..” he hesitated, pondering how to continue446Please respect copyright.PENANAqEkDNQ9Uuv
“He looks for the same man as you do”
“Did……..did446Please respect copyright.PENANARmQwzFBqCC
you tell him what he wanted to know?” 446Please respect copyright.PENANAN1hiPnAPTC
Isadora glanced at Kemari as she asked
“I446Please respect copyright.PENANAojH0Qolvt6
did”
“YOU446Please respect copyright.PENANAuwB67sfoxg
HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” Kemari flared up “WHAT THE FUCK? WE HAD AN AGREEMENT446Please respect copyright.PENANA7erjx8cUII
YOU OLD FART” He reached across the table and grabbed Gaelin by his shirt446Please respect copyright.PENANAI7TWBlit9a
collar.
“THAT’S446Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6Ji9KMwcG
ENOUGH KEMARI” Isadora shot up and took his arm, he looked at her briefly and446Please respect copyright.PENANA91TfD7v2p2
saw the disappointed way she looked at him. He grunted as he let go and paced446Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nx1H5os4l
around the room “Great, so now we competition….”
“Does446Please respect copyright.PENANAiAmTnplinO
it matter Kemari?” She paused then continued “We just want him dead, so we…….you446Please respect copyright.PENANAls9bUsotML
can be free from your burden.”
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAcpebF8nBtR
stood still with his fists clenched “How in the world would that relieve me of446Please respect copyright.PENANAKn4SHLf4Hi
my burdens?” he looked at Isadora and said firmly “I have to be the one who kills446Please respect copyright.PENANALI97L0Sgsh
him...…..I won’t be at peace unless I am. Why do you seem to have a problem446Please respect copyright.PENANAqsde0GFyPH
with that? You. Kill. All. The. Time…..so what’s the fucking difference here”446Please respect copyright.PENANAdxialdIaiL
she didn’t answer, and the room stood in silence, waiting, before it was446Please respect copyright.PENANAlaypt4XXrc
finally broken.
“You’re446Please respect copyright.PENANAA9k1PS7g7R
a fragile one, Kephirian…...” The GuildMaster smiled “Do you honestly believe446Please respect copyright.PENANAWJqCTHMD0C
you have what it takes to kill this monster on your own, or will you need the446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3Csy9tlpL
monk to do it for you?”
“…..” Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANAu4C3ioyc9M
stood there in silence unable to answer.
“Nevertheless,446Please respect copyright.PENANA9mxXjTVQeV
we have a deal. The man you’re looking for is known as 'Vanther The Bold',446Please respect copyright.PENANAEvTuMBnhDd
everything you need to know is in this” he handed Isadora a small scroll.
She446Please respect copyright.PENANAGtS1gBZgSp
muttered a 'Thank You' as she turned to leave
“Oh,446Please respect copyright.PENANA3YbBhuGhql
and one more thing” he said stopping the duo in their tracks “There was another446Please respect copyright.PENANAAI12Fqq8zk
person besides the Orc who came for information on him, so you might want to446Please respect copyright.PENANAHBOxOO5Y34
hurry”
Kemari446Please respect copyright.PENANATApLf33KNK
and Isadora then vanished as they once again teleported elsewhere.
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