Hyperion quietly made his way through the dark tunnel, the cobwebs sent chills down Rey's spine."I don't like this place", Rey said."It wasn't always like this", Hyperion said. "What do you mean?", Rey asked."The land of iron used to be a lively place and it had a great city thriving.It used to be the home of mages", Seraphina said. "My mother was from that city, the city of Andor"'So what happened then? How did it become this hellish place that sucks all life that ventures into it", Rey asked, her interest rising."Lycaon... he revived the darkness", Deucalion said.Rey paused for a while. There is something that doesn't quite make sense. And it has been a recurring theme in all of this."What is that?", Seraphina asked."You say that Lycaon reviver the dark magic, So it was already here. Wasn't it?", Rey asked."Yes, the darkness and its magic has been here for eons. Long before the first humans walked the earth and long before humans became touched by the gods to bear other f
Lucius and his army marched for miles until they arrived at the plains of Andor. It was a massive expanse of grassland that stretched for miles. Lucius and his army stopped at the plains, this was where Lucius had planned to divide his army."Ser Novas", Lucius begun."Lord commander", Ser Novas replied."Your 3rd battalion will remain here.I and Magnus shall ride on, you are only a few miles from the second battalion who are guarding the perimeter around the capital and if the need arises you both may support each other. Do not leave this position except under strict orders from me and me alone.""Yes, Lord commander", Ser Novas said as he left to command his men."Well, we ride on", Magnus said to Lucius."Yes we do", Lucius said as he signalled to his army to march on.They marched on and eventually Magnus company pulled away to protect the smaller human settlements. "How long will it take us to meet the main army?", Asher asked."Well, based on the information we have, if we rid
As the dust settled on the battlefield, Asher and Orion approached Lucius, the glow of victory in their eyes."Should we pursue Deucalion, Lord Commander? We can't let him escape," Asher suggested, his sword still gripped tightly in his hand.Lucius, however, shook his head. "No, Asher. Deucalion wants us to chase him. It's a diversion. His real target is Magnus's company."Asher and Orion exchanged puzzled glances. "Why would he go after Magnus? What strategic advantage does it give him?" Orion inquired."Deucalion is a tactician. He knows the significance of Magnus and his role in our strategy. His company guards the perimeter close to the Land of Iron, a place that holds power and secrets. By luring us away, he aims to strike where our defenses are weaker.Also he knows that if we chase him, we won't be able to provide support to Magnus at the same time." Lucius explained, his eyes focused on the distant horizon."So, what's our move, Lord Commander?" Asher asked."We march back. S
Cassius, with a defiant glare, remained resolute in his silence. They tried questioning a little more but Cassius was unmoved."You don't have it in you to torture me and you clearly won't kill me either so why no save yourselves the stress because you will get nothing out of me", Cassius said. "I have no plans of revealing anything to any of you""This is a waste of our time", Rey said frustratingly. "He has no plans of telling us anything and he knows we won't torture him for it""We are at the disadvantage here", Hyperion remarked as he looked at Cassius."Perhaps there may be another way of finding what we seek, if he is not going to tell us what we seek, we can peep into his memories and find out for ourselves", Seraphina said."Can you do that?", Rey asked."I can try but it could be fatal to him", Seraphina remarked. "But we have no choice in this situation"Seraphina placed her fingers on Cassius's forehead and rolled her eyes as she begun to probe his mind. She quickly encoun
Magnus and his company had arrived at the kesk region, it was a relatively poor area with a massive amount of humans and low bloods."What do you think?", Genos asked Magnus."We shall stay here until further notice. Lucius and his company should have already begun engaging the enemy or they would begin anytime soon. We should be ready in case we need to be backup.", Magnus said. "But something feels off""Most of the inhabitants in these regions have fled", Genos said. "No...Something else is wrong but I can't place my hands on it. Keep the company alert.", Magnus said. Magnus patrolled the area with Genos who was confused as to why Magnus was so worked up."What exactly are you looking for?", Genos asked curiously."This place...Everything about is wrong. What is west of this place?", Magnus asked."The Sleep mountains", Genos replied as he looked at the map. "It is extremely rocky and difficult to navigate""And the East?", Magnus asked again as he listened intently. "The Cas
"So my question to you really is what kind of man are you?", Lucius asked."Well, there is only one way to find out Lucius. When I have to lay it all down then that is when I will have an answer", Magnus laughed. As he charged towards the incoming army, Magnus couldn't help but smile as he remembered his discussion with Lucius. He had always thought that Lucius was the mad and suicidal one and he never imagined himself making such a decision but now that he was In the moment, he didn't seem to mind. He felt an unusual feeling of Satisfaction. The two armies collided and the battle was intense, but the advance of Argon's forces was greatly slowed down by the presence of all the traps and trenches that the first company had laued down. Magnus's tactics was working well but the disparity in numbers was too great. The first company had a total force of twenty thousand men while Argons army had a force of nearly a hundred thousand. Slowly but steadily Argon's forces relentlessly threw t
"A hunch?'", Argon said. "You making fun of me?""No I really did follow my hunch because the force that awaited my company at the black sea was too small.They also didn't put up a proper resistance and it didn't help that their leader withdrew early from the battlefield. So I figured that the most plausible reason In such a case was that this location will become ground zero for a major conflict so I decided to mount the corpses of the dead and send them after Deucalion. By now Deucalion would have figured out that he got played and he would have realised that your forces are going to be decimated.", Lucius replied. "You are indeed full of surprises, I would never have imagined such an outcome to this battle. You both are truly impressive and have my commendation. ", Argon said."Well, I'm flattered but it is futile to thank me because you are already dead", Lucius said as he drew his sword."I won't go down easily", Argon said. "You may be part Lycan but you will need more than t
Meanwhile Rey, Seraphina and Lucius made their way through the Iron Castle as they searched for the prince but to no avail. They went through several guards and still there were no important leads."Something is wrong", Hyperion said."How?, are we missing something?", Rey asked."Most likely, the castle isnr guarded enough. Are you saying that the prince isn't here?", Seraphina asked. "I'm saying that i doubt he was ever here to begin with, they wouldn't even perform the ritual here. The ritual will be done at world's edge", Hyperion said."Are you sure about this?", Seraphina asked. "It is the only place .....World's edge also happens to be the focal point in this realm during the convergence, it is the point where the main portal will appear and based on Legend, it is the only point with enough energy to pull something Into this realm", Hyperion replied. "Where is world's edge?", Rey asked visibly confused."It is an ancient structure. It was where Elara and Lucian sacrificed