Fire224Please respect copyright.PENANAAVgN28nqmO
and smoke, corpses burned beyond recognition, blood splattered streets. It was224Please respect copyright.PENANAvF6u0m1NnB
all around him, he stood in the middle of a burning village, watching as more224Please respect copyright.PENANA2YtEniintF
people were butchered by the horsemen. Arrows plunged into some, while others224Please respect copyright.PENANAMEr5SJUaRi
were struck down with swords. The boy did nothing, only staring in horror at224Please respect copyright.PENANAIwZ46yl8C4
the scene which played before him. A group of horsemen started to approach him,224Please respect copyright.PENANAehibwMtUPN
he watched as they got closer and closer, the boy thought of running, but his224Please respect copyright.PENANAInihuAo7M9
legs wouldn’t move. He was frozen, he was afraid, he would soon be dead as well.224Please respect copyright.PENANAjObWZOtDmR
The horsemen stopped, and their leas dismounted and approached him, the224Please respect copyright.PENANAHEC84aTZmZ
reflection of the flames danced along the silver longsword in hand. The boy stared224Please respect copyright.PENANA2f1xC7vwK8
wide-eyed at him, he was an intimidating figure, larger than any man he had224Please respect copyright.PENANA4z8sJThqMq
ever seen, with a long scar running diagonally across his face, stretching from224Please respect copyright.PENANAjwNd5d90G6
his right eye to the side of his mouth. The man grinned as he lifted the longsword224Please respect copyright.PENANAJGACNBeLf1
with one hand and swung down with it.
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAzzdZwlSOry
awoke suddenly, his heart was pounding in his chest and he was drenched with sweat.224Please respect copyright.PENANAG6SIB1yrle
He sat up in his bed and put his right hand over his face then screamed loudly224Please respect copyright.PENANA6tuGMDktyW
into it. He stopped and caught his breath for a minute before swinging his legs224Please respect copyright.PENANApDqa741kbY
off the tiny bed, looking around at the wooden room he sighed. It was tiny and224Please respect copyright.PENANAp2jqfHPGcx
the only furniture were the bed crammed up against the wall which he slept in224Please respect copyright.PENANAdCK55ie2JB
and a small chest tucked away in a corner, above it hung a small cracked mirror.224Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ9aCROCjK
Kemari got up and tentatively walked towards the mirror and looked at himself. He224Please respect copyright.PENANAV05TSMizhU
stared at his reflection for a while, waiting for his heart rate and breathing224Please respect copyright.PENANAbckm0ETnOo
to steady. He brushed his locks out of his face and tied it behind his head,224Please respect copyright.PENANAd6xV9guVjr
leaving two strands to remain at the front. His two crimson eyes stared back at224Please respect copyright.PENANAG1gIHN7rge
him, and as usual he felt like he was sharing his vision with something else,224Please respect copyright.PENANA6cuUExEJde
as if there was someone else inside him using his eyes. He ran his hand over a224Please respect copyright.PENANAiR2zYOch37
long scar that stretched from his shoulder to the middle of his chest, images224Please respect copyright.PENANAbOZTpAQ7g4
from his nightmare flashed before him making him sigh. He admired his dark224Please respect copyright.PENANAhtCsDyHU7t
brown complexion for a minute before opening224Please respect copyright.PENANAw2FFEXi9f1
the chest and getting dressed in his purple Mage’s robe.
“Time224Please respect copyright.PENANAVkN6Q86985
for another day of failures and being dependent on Isadora” he mumbled.
The224Please respect copyright.PENANACRvOqGdMUN
Dragon’s Tongue was a small run-down Inn and Tavern situated in the slums of Lanatheas'224Please respect copyright.PENANAClPnRD1npN
royal capital. It was a place only frequented by the poor as well as a variety224Please respect copyright.PENANAeTcTdMqHdx
of unsavory types, it was here Kemari called home. For unlike all the others224Please respect copyright.PENANAnWwtlL5rtq
who were members of the Adventurer’s Guild, he was incapable of earning enough224Please respect copyright.PENANAAL7KZlhHjb
gold to get himself a room in the richer districts, this was something Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAmMUc00Z12g
despised and always swore he would have to change. He sat in a corner, alone, with224Please respect copyright.PENANAA1S4N0RLhF
a book laid before him on the table, the common room was lively as server girls224Please respect copyright.PENANAQqn5dD8uVY
carried meals and ale to various tables of loud customers. A server walked by224Please respect copyright.PENANAOjfx5XQZxs
him and the smell coming from the tray made him gag. How do they eat that224Please respect copyright.PENANAkB4FvIjpZG
filth? He thought to himself shaking his head. He was about to start224Please respect copyright.PENANAvn6uW4Ig4w
reading when a rusty iron sword impaled his book and lodged itself in the table.224Please respect copyright.PENANAXv6FvKff8L
Kemari heard laughter from around the room as he looked at his book in horror, blue224Please respect copyright.PENANAvyEdJ61Fvp
mist rose from it in a puff of smoke as the contents spilled out of the book as224Please respect copyright.PENANA7eCIwKZkX7
if it were bleeding.
“What224Please respect copyright.PENANAmsdhvUxZjM
the fuck!” he heard a figure beside him exclaim. Kemari looked up to see the224Please respect copyright.PENANAnaj8kWrv9S
man who was holding the sword, he was muscular looking fellow who wore a rag tied224Please respect copyright.PENANAZuRCEJWoiR
like a mask around his neck, and was wearing tattered clothing under a rusted224Please respect copyright.PENANA4EMMFVVaEo
iron chestplate, which had its fair share of dents. “do you have any idea how224Please respect copyright.PENANA6OEBddIDKN
much this book cost me?” Kemari said as he clenched his fists. The man looked224Please respect copyright.PENANAgvRfkruWeF
at him and laughed “would you look at this fool, boys” his laughter was echoed224Please respect copyright.PENANAFeaRAbKEui
by the other people in the room “ha, looks like he wants to fight you” a voice224Please respect copyright.PENANAJptHx1W4Xt
snickered.
“yea?224Please respect copyright.PENANAdDclfpNAQQ
Is that true, brat?” he lowered his body into a crouch and stared into Kemari's224Please respect copyright.PENANA6Bhonj3vyF
eyes “you want to fight, you little weakling?”
“Go224Please respect copyright.PENANAQV8RRvPDD5
fuck yourself” Kemari spat in his face.
“Aargh!”224Please respect copyright.PENANADTjTo6pnJL
the brute grabbed him by his temples and yanked him from his chair then threw224Please respect copyright.PENANAArIqjMdIvc
him across the room in one fluid motion. Kemari crashed into chairs and tables224Please respect copyright.PENANAolOmshw7YB
as he flew through the room, and coming to a stop as he slammed against the224Please respect copyright.PENANATLS5FGNYFb
wall with a thud. His assailant pulled his sword out of the table and pointed224Please respect copyright.PENANAZksI2SYRxw
it at him “I think it’s time you learned your fucking place, trash.” He walked224Please respect copyright.PENANAdH5oKEWmbV
forward slashing his sword through the air as he moved. “You might not have224Please respect copyright.PENANAIQM750hvrB
realised it as you were coasting through life in your peaceful little village,224Please respect copyright.PENANAOqFZbaqtFF
but we live in a world where the strong eat the weak” he paused slightly then224Please respect copyright.PENANA2IqZ5SKANu
continued “There’s no place in it for pitiful, weaklings……... except for food224Please respect copyright.PENANAEDQNvutgQL
that is. So do tell me mage” he was grinning madly by this point “WHAT.224Please respect copyright.PENANABKosethkSA
PURPOSE. DO. YOU. SERVE?” he punctuated each pause with a slash of his sword as224Please respect copyright.PENANApg1sjAt4of
he stopped over Kemari, who was now propped up against the wall holding a hand224Please respect copyright.PENANAn1npmkuE5O
to his side while his other began to move in motion weaving a spell.
Despite224Please respect copyright.PENANAkI2jw8FAZL
all that had happened, Kemari was not afraid, for he had faced down bigger and224Please respect copyright.PENANAk8O9zHFAwq
more dangerous enemies and lived……never mind it being because he was saved by a224Please respect copyright.PENANAyI6NwBJvOt
certain someone most of those times. He held his hand before him and smirked as224Please respect copyright.PENANArIlMSELmyb
the spell was completed, he was shocked however, when the brute grabbed his arm224Please respect copyright.PENANARqOG4WHYwM
and forced it downward right as an ethereal arrow shot out from his palm. He224Please respect copyright.PENANAKWpPTHmf7n
grimaced as he suddenly felt a kick to the gut, Kemari doubled over in pain and224Please respect copyright.PENANAPVFBz5KKxG
coughed up blood. His assailant released his arm and placed the sword against his224Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ9CjKHgMN
neck. Kemari glanced around the room, hoping someone would come to his rescue, he224Please respect copyright.PENANAFMXP28ni52
soon realized that would not happen as he saw the twisted smiles on everyone’s224Please respect copyright.PENANApPy3Jpf0Lz
face.
“That’s224Please respect copyright.PENANAN37ghyYeFC
enough Ivan” Kemari’s head snapped in shock towards the rotund bartender who224Please respect copyright.PENANA95Bn2biAKm
had spoken. Unlike the others his face was written with concern. “.......I224Please respect copyright.PENANAHACaUbFt2H
think the child has had enough of your lesson” he hesitated
“Is224Please respect copyright.PENANAP32zoDui90
that so?” Ivan punctuated his question with a severe kick to Kemari’s side,224Please respect copyright.PENANAeAyDiTSABD
causing him to hit the floor. “Well what do you all say?” his question was224Please respect copyright.PENANAYdbIIcr2dz
directed at the other occupants of the room and Kemari cringed as he heard224Please respect copyright.PENANAbIVmjBqbYS
their replies: “kill him”, “rip his guts out”, “show him who’s boss”, “Finish him off” they cried.
“As224Please respect copyright.PENANAyoEXEBX8da
you command” Ivan sneered as he raised his sword. Just then a figure wearing a224Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ7KX7KZAZ
black hooded cloak broke from the crowd and walked towards them, Kemari laughed224Please respect copyright.PENANAxXW7j6QDAz
as he noticed it.
“What’s224Please respect copyright.PENANAm8DNiPelU5
so funny?” Ivan said, his sword still held high.
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAuQ8bprPoCG
heard the bartender sigh “You done fucked up now Ivan”
“Huh?”224Please respect copyright.PENANAkGKHWyNBRj
that was all he managed before the figure slammed a powerful kick into his neck224Please respect copyright.PENANAOpNLsTvFVD
causing him to drop the sword as he skidded sideward before falling. “You ok224Please respect copyright.PENANA7NihnT5xTO
Kemari?” it's feminine voice asked without looking away from Ivan who was224Please respect copyright.PENANANPI9FSXKUN
already back on his feet and holding his neck.
“yea”224Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5qSmOLHo2
Kemari wheezed “Nothing a little healing magic can’t fix……and thanks by the way,224Please respect copyright.PENANA5EiTC6wUrw
Isadora”
“good224Please respect copyright.PENANAJvyqV5CC7Q
and don’t mention it, just stay right there and watch as the greatest monk in224Please respect copyright.PENANAKkJc23jJEO
all of Lanatheas kick ass” the figure giggled.
“Didn’t224Please respect copyright.PENANA7UpLFY6xtG
you drop out of your training?” Kemari smiled.
“SHUT224Please respect copyright.PENANAxc1JzATYqI
UP!” she took a fighting stance “it was a mutual agreement”
The224Please respect copyright.PENANAfgyl1jcmVB
two laughed as everyone stared at them in bewilderment. Ivan, who had finally224Please respect copyright.PENANAJRShngRPWz
recovered from the blow looked at the figure as they sized up each other. “who224Please respect copyright.PENANAlxCBY7rvSr
the fuck are you?” he finally asked the figure.
“irrelevant”
“you224Please respect copyright.PENANAgkbQ6ZB8DN
sound like a woman”
“I224Please respect copyright.PENANA5J0Ac2nNrG
should hope”
“that224Please respect copyright.PENANAIpOkM1xvaF
was a magnificent kick, for a lady of course” he rubbed his neck and grinned at224Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7Q0XsYvOY
her
“Wow,224Please respect copyright.PENANAfnOyMgpvOQ
that was a bit sexist don’t you think?”
“Sex224Please respect copyright.PENANAoAG1HGw2Ti
what?” He shot a glare at Kemari who had laughed a little at his question.
“are224Please respect copyright.PENANAgcaKggnLxF
we going to fight or not?” she asked sounding irritated.
“heh,224Please respect copyright.PENANAwtIvWeqJtr
I wouldn’t want to break your fragile little bones miss” Ivan smiled and the224Please respect copyright.PENANAjmVIfx7Wiu
crowd chuckled, the bartender only shook his head. Kemari sighed to himself as224Please respect copyright.PENANAiNusAFMloi
he saw her dash toward Ivan with uncanny speed, he was barely fast enough to224Please respect copyright.PENANAxMsl6MYvG4
block the kick that was aimed at his face. Isadora spun and delivered a kick to224Please respect copyright.PENANAAhw0b7B0Vt
Ivan’s abdomen which forced him back a few steps, before he knew it she was on224Please respect copyright.PENANAh9AzNxPrcO
him again, firing a quick jab to his nose followed by a myriad of blows to his224Please respect copyright.PENANAxct9kPWvUY
face and upper body. Ivan wobbled as the hits connected, he was unable to224Please respect copyright.PENANAHmPo5kB2FT
block, dodge or even see them. The onlookers watched in awe as Ivan was beaten,224Please respect copyright.PENANAfTIh0xRz8j
unable to defend himself against the sheer powers of his enemy’s blows. Kemari,224Please respect copyright.PENANACAIPJxZPg4
who was now back on his feet fully healed looked on smiling as his friend224Please respect copyright.PENANA8Bv8wXiBP2
finished the fight by palming Ivan square in the chest then walking away224Please respect copyright.PENANAriSKs2HOBC
towards Kemari. As he looked he noticed the man’s chestplate was even more224Please respect copyright.PENANAt8BoYbGp0t
dented than it was before and there was a hole in it where he had gotten the224Please respect copyright.PENANAAuO32xgsN7
last hit, his face was twisted and bloody. As she walked by him, he turned to224Please respect copyright.PENANArxdMYnGgfx
follow her and heard a metallic clank as if Ivan’s body had finally registered224Please respect copyright.PENANAID4AfBcohC
that it was no longer living. The people moved to the side as Isadora walked past224Please respect copyright.PENANAwWVphfWIKc
with Kemari in tow, they stopped by the counter where she fished a coin purse224Please respect copyright.PENANAjKgT9rFI0M
from somewhere in her cloak an handed it to the barkeep.
“Sorry224Please respect copyright.PENANAEqD8E9H64R
for the disturbance big guy.”
“No224Please respect copyright.PENANAjPF5D9MSKH
worries little one” the bartender replied.
The224Please respect copyright.PENANAa4I8mOJwGi
two walked down the streets of the slum districts. People in tattered clothes224Please respect copyright.PENANAfWkhU7kgnS
walked along as if they had no purpose, while others looked out from alleyways224Please respect copyright.PENANALv4Ar1khIg
and the insides of broken down houses looking for unsuspecting prey to rob,224Please respect copyright.PENANAjmYUFXMEcl
abduct or kill. They walked in silence as they passed by buildings clumped together,224Please respect copyright.PENANAuL7QDUIbY4
some even looked as if they were about to topple. They stopped as a group of boys224Please respect copyright.PENANAcGPXaGkPUV
ran out In front of them chasing after a smaller one who was running with a224Please respect copyright.PENANAqBYAT9GTSD
huge rat in his hands. Isadora started walking again as Kemari stared after the224Please respect copyright.PENANAXzwvrhYrE8
children as they caught up to the boy and took they rat from him then proceeded224Please respect copyright.PENANA5CiIuRUwTM
to beat him.
“Same224Please respect copyright.PENANAnX6k78wl4E
age” he said before following after her
His224Please respect copyright.PENANAS2sZRAGnZi
friend looked at him as he caught up with her “said something?” she asked
“I was224Please respect copyright.PENANAclW5cEHGEq
just thinking….” He paused “those children just now, they don’t look that much older224Please respect copyright.PENANA8vFMYuGMgu
than we were at that time…”
“What224Please respect copyright.PENANA9qjVS7cUms
does that have to do with anything?” she was curious, Kemari rarely mentioned224Please respect copyright.PENANAuXoHiQaHLx
anything about their past. He tried not to show it, but she could tell that it224Please respect copyright.PENANA1B3ELAFwgY
still haunted him.
“…It224Please respect copyright.PENANA2c1YtMCg2R
isn’t right” his voice quivered and was almost a whisper “children are supposed224Please respect copyright.PENANAFjgqO1w94m
to be safe, they shouldn’t be exposed to these harsh realities at such a young224Please respect copyright.PENANAOL1W08m5yx
age”
“Better224Please respect copyright.PENANA1q7bWUIzgi
now than when they’re older and are incapable of dealing with the shit the224Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ0qeVqaND
world throws at them, because of the sheltered pampered life they lived” Her224Please respect copyright.PENANAyPust9j6YU
reply was blunt and harsh, yet He knew she had a point. He had lived a224Please respect copyright.PENANAvaTK7guwhs
sheltered life while she was always fighting for what she wanted, and now years224Please respect copyright.PENANAeMvSL1owIB
later she was an accomplished Monk despite being a 'failure' to her mentors as224Please respect copyright.PENANAFLJIm2REpE
well as a 'B' ranked adventurer while he was stuck at 'F' the weakest rank224Please respect copyright.PENANAV7dU9lzs8V
there was.
“I224Please respect copyright.PENANAb8n37NVwp0
wish it didn’t have to be that way” she suddenly continued “But this is the way224Please respect copyright.PENANAeZLpO2SCdD
of life. With death lurking around every corner, we can’t afford to be weak” she224Please respect copyright.PENANAYKcQuroSqn
looked to the sky as she spoke.
“Like224Please respect copyright.PENANA9PSnqtpMLp
me Huh?” Kemari chuckled lightly
“Pretty224Please respect copyright.PENANA6xYHJrRSEm
much” she laughed and punched Kemari in the shoulder, he flinched as she hit224Please respect copyright.PENANAwsoP1YK2gO
him and that only made her laugh harder. He rubbed his shoulder as they224Please respect copyright.PENANA8J2aLYwqLe
continued their walk in mostly silence.
It224Please respect copyright.PENANAwmVKoHGBqi
was almost noon by the time they reached their destination; the Adventurer’s224Please respect copyright.PENANA963aTZ6Ei5
Guild. It was a large imposing structure which stood at the top of a grand marble224Please respect copyright.PENANAa60Aw7XKrz
staircase, Kemari stopped and stared in awe at the high walls that shined in224Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ2rc8TtGs
the midday sun. No matter how many times he visited, the sheer beauty of it224Please respect copyright.PENANArENb58HMgH
always caught his eyes . He smiled and walked up the steps where Isadora waited.224Please respect copyright.PENANAkewWL9JR6j
They approached the large Oak double doors together which swung open as they224Please respect copyright.PENANAErdFI5M4ql
got close, stepping inside Kemari looked around the huge open area they now224Please respect copyright.PENANA0ph1U9lTT1
stood in. The floors were made of a dark reflective surface that absorbed mana224Please respect copyright.PENANAOMunTaEwv9
from it’s occupants, making them weaker the longer they stayed, which Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAmaP5c1DSwH
believed to be weird, but apparently the GuildMaster had done this to prevent224Please respect copyright.PENANAFHJaQqD8I0
fighting in his hall “can’t fight if you can't freely manipulate your body’s224Please respect copyright.PENANA3yER2TEbU4
ambient mana” the receptionists would repeat. The room was filled with a variety224Please respect copyright.PENANAAziWcVTESL
of adventuring folk; some wore bulky, heavy armor and carrying massive swords224Please respect copyright.PENANAqLEzPYnO2X
while others dressed lighter, wielding bows, staves, or much smaller swords.224Please respect copyright.PENANAQcNZ3DR1Hv
Two adventurers caught his eye, as they seemed to be out of place, one of them224Please respect copyright.PENANAZfFLxPFdl4
was a green slightly muscular being Kemari assumed to be a Half-Orc who leaned224Please respect copyright.PENANAPiGf3ufIQM
against the wall with a heavy looking broadsword leaned up next to him, and was224Please respect copyright.PENANAtw3lJ27G4U
wearing a brown tunic over black leather pants and boots, on top of that he224Please respect copyright.PENANAgs8YcYQWqJ
also wore a pair of silver pauldrons and and a half chestplate, His hair was a224Please respect copyright.PENANADjENUBk8fN
greenish untamed mess from what Kemari could see. The other person was the224Please respect copyright.PENANA5omsGtTnFH
second most beautiful girl he had ever seen, an Elf with long silver hair tied224Please respect copyright.PENANAHp5xqhfqfb
up in a ponytail.
“So224Please respect copyright.PENANATxWRHRPu2W
that’s your type hmm?” His attention was drawn from her before he had a chance224Please respect copyright.PENANAqc63J0vpfp
to observe her fully. He turned to see Isadora staring at him intensely with a huge224Please respect copyright.PENANA9sI5Q5M52Y
grin on her face.
“No,224Please respect copyright.PENANAQ48u2KXXSQ
that wasn’t…….that’s not…” Kemari stumbled to find words.
“Don’t224Please respect copyright.PENANAACWISDZB5s
worry my dear sweet companion.” Isadora laughed as she leaned in close and224Please respect copyright.PENANAbYmknwTuNJ
covered her mouth as if to whisper to him “I SHIP!” She bellowed, attracting224Please respect copyright.PENANAzi0Eb6YcIW
the attention of the entire room.
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ZOY1Q4Dw
looked around nervously and hissed “what are you doing, you idiot?”
“why224Please respect copyright.PENANAXmHaMEG1yb
I’m just so proud of you Kemari” she spread her arms wide and squealed “You’re224Please respect copyright.PENANAujbCAh70sJ
finally interested in exploring the lush flesh of a –“ she issued a yelp as Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAecsvsGJyJc
grabbed her cloak and dragged her away to the reception area. He blushed224Please respect copyright.PENANAgXQwDzjIa8
slightly as he stormed past snickering adventurers. The reception area was a224Please respect copyright.PENANAhW2cu9KKqG
long counter towards the back of the room, behind it stood the guild’s224Please respect copyright.PENANAEjsq0xgcUE
receptionists, all of which were identical women. The two approached the one224Please respect copyright.PENANAkS4cQ9WDd4
closest and exchanged greetings, it wasn’t until then that Isadora removed her224Please respect copyright.PENANAVHCViqOYA3
hood, revealing her face. Her skin was a smooth almond complexion and her light224Please respect copyright.PENANAYyo3XG1zcm
brown hair was cut short in a close cropped style with the sides faded, her224Please respect copyright.PENANAiaf7NuPFFV
eyes always took Kemari’s breath away, they were also a light brown with224Please respect copyright.PENANAtx5RJ8eH3B
matched her skin tone and hair color and always seemed to sparkle. “keep224Please respect copyright.PENANAo1YiB3Gm8M
staring at me like that and I’ll steal your heart” he was so engrossed in224Please respect copyright.PENANA2pCjy7dDIY
admiring her that he didn’t notice that she had stopped talking to the224Please respect copyright.PENANAEnceu81koN
receptionist and was now starting at him smirking. “And I meant that literally”224Please respect copyright.PENANA37Y7PJ6neS
she said teasingly before returning to her conversation.
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANArhnsJKrseM
gulped and then sighed as he went about observing the room once more. He looked224Please respect copyright.PENANAHJMLzHP83O
around at the occupants who were all embroiled224Please respect copyright.PENANAs2ARBUP9MZ
in conversation amongst their companions, the elf he had seen was no longer224Please respect copyright.PENANAAece33sY3r
there, but the Half-Orc stood the same place leaning against the wall; this224Please respect copyright.PENANAA1Vv5NK9tA
time he was staring right back at Kemari who quickly turned away. In the centre224Please respect copyright.PENANA1yUlpt6MLF
of the hall was a giant golden statue of the legendary GuildMaster himself: Gaelin224Please respect copyright.PENANAjC1SLAgcet
Branandor, who had faced down the Black Dragon in the Arena pits, gaining his224Please respect copyright.PENANAuQVNYsJnR2
freedom from slavery in the process. The statue featured Gaelin in nothing but224Please respect copyright.PENANAkoqbGnrb8C
a loin cloth, with a broken sword in his left hand and the dragon’s head in the224Please respect copyright.PENANAG8QiGCuWUR
other. The statue was of a powerfully built man, with long golden hair hung low224Please respect copyright.PENANART87B6XcZG
behind his back. That looks nothing like the old fool Kemari thought to224Please respect copyright.PENANARYwrV08omY
himself as he shifted his attention in scorn. The walls were a chalk white, and224Please respect copyright.PENANAp3hu4FuvcG
were decorated with long portraits of the Twelve Knights of Lanatheas; the only224Please respect copyright.PENANAVuHgDzKM6Z
'S' ranked heroes Lanatheas had to offer. They were the strongest and their224Please respect copyright.PENANAHzPMYi66Rj
names carried a lot of weight. Kemari only knew three of them: Markus The Bear,224Please respect copyright.PENANALMp2i3jiVg
who was a savage Hulk of a man who never wore anything apart from his brown fur224Please respect copyright.PENANAUoBUi5pC5t
loincloth and the pelt of some unknown beast around his shoulders. He was known224Please respect copyright.PENANAbstJCxSARh
to tear his foes to pieces with nothing but his bare hands. Next was Lucien Arengar,224Please respect copyright.PENANAwIBmXEb9WY
leader of the kingdom’s Dragon Knights which was an elite unit tasked with high224Please respect copyright.PENANALbO8HLctDC
priority quests from the Crown itself, he wore his signature red and gold224Please respect copyright.PENANAhFUPbH4JYs
armour with his sword held high and his shield to his side. The last was the224Please respect copyright.PENANAPgcDFy9Hy3
rogue, the assassin, and the fastest of all the 12………fuck, what was his name224Please respect copyright.PENANAdCYpHd40bF
again?. Kemari stared at the portrait of the man who stood completely clad224Please respect copyright.PENANAiS9TIImP9t
in black and covered completely, hiding his features.
“Brinn,224Please respect copyright.PENANAODVldISKb3
I think” Isadora said from beside him. She had turned towards him and noticed224Please respect copyright.PENANAeDbuIabH2L
him staring with a puzzled look on his face.
“Thanks,224Please respect copyright.PENANAaPnG5atajf
don’t know why I keep forgetting his name” Kemari replied “You finished?”
“Yuuup”224Please respect copyright.PENANAPkK90jG25m
she bounced and grinned
“Great,224Please respect copyright.PENANAxSUEb1gvGv
let’s go then” he stretched and started to walk away when Isadora grabbed his224Please respect copyright.PENANA7c40PTox6t
robes
“Not224Please respect copyright.PENANAcLrDAk0Hfn
so fast, my dashing knight”
“What224Please respect copyright.PENANAQIlo332ecG
now?” Kemari sighed
“The224Please respect copyright.PENANAAbfpVXLJWM
GuildMaster has something for us”
Kemari’s224Please respect copyright.PENANA28kkn8aefw
demeanor changed upon hearing that, he spun around and grabbed Isadora’s224Please respect copyright.PENANAlfTRFFvqa9
shoulders, she shuddered when she saw the cold look on Kemari’s face.
“Did224Please respect copyright.PENANARBAyxIgsZT
they find him” he tried to ask as calmly as he could, but his voice was instead224Please respect copyright.PENANA5fR9whUpO7
cold and tainted with anger. She nodded and turned then waved towards the224Please respect copyright.PENANAGNl6YSVQ4m
receptionist who was weaving a spell, she smiled and in an instant they were224Please respect copyright.PENANA3YxySHSxpn
standing in an empty blueish space which only had a small desk and a few chairs224Please respect copyright.PENANA8WB6QAPn5G
in the middle.
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAm6huPZSJ1I
rushed towards the desk leaving his friend behind, he caught a glimpse of a224Please respect copyright.PENANAczy0ncRI9i
giant ogre wearing full plate armour as it vanished from the room. Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAmZeFR6ebuM
stopped at the desk and stared at the224Please respect copyright.PENANAJD9qfrvH6M
small sinewy man behind it. The man wore a black vest over a white buttoned224Please respect copyright.PENANAmBpnwat9Tn
down shirt, his head was completely bald and he seemed to be well over 100224Please respect copyright.PENANAbxzzfWAOuh
years old. “You stare too much Kephirian” the man said without looking up from224Please respect copyright.PENANADFxcKwDaJ3
a paper he was scribbling on before him.
“Where224Please respect copyright.PENANAQI2XbOu0zT
is he!” Kemari slammed his hands on the desk
“Have224Please respect copyright.PENANAOQ40teZUvo
a seat first” the man gestured at a chair before the desk “you too monk”
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAww9696ehWb
looked and noticed she was right next to him now, she plopped into the chair224Please respect copyright.PENANA6jiIYYBZm9
and placed her feet on the desk, which evoked a glare from the man who made to224Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ4xVfSrPe
say something before shaking his head and changing his mind. “please?” He224Please respect copyright.PENANA7BOdJMwNDZ
looked at Kemari this time, who sighed and sat in his chair.
“Who224Please respect copyright.PENANAQVRgDFLYxD
was that just now, GuildMaster?” Isadora spoke first
Gaelin224Please respect copyright.PENANAfnicb8V4Kd
set down his quill and leaned back in his chair for a few moments before he224Please respect copyright.PENANAcr1t723H9m
finally responded “Targoth IronHorn…..” he hesitated, pondering how to continue224Please respect copyright.PENANAiw4xrgPLaa
“He looks for the same man as you do”
“Did……..did224Please respect copyright.PENANAz2PWUVyVBQ
you tell him what he wanted to know?” 224Please respect copyright.PENANABW2u4oTkzG
Isadora glanced at Kemari as she asked
“I224Please respect copyright.PENANAoidjyNWTS9
did”
“YOU224Please respect copyright.PENANAx7XKImKAPO
HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” Kemari flared up “WHAT THE FUCK? WE HAD AN AGREEMENT224Please respect copyright.PENANAdqqWAyK2OW
YOU OLD FART” He reached across the table and grabbed Gaelin by his shirt224Please respect copyright.PENANABOJw74fOnl
collar.
“THAT’S224Please respect copyright.PENANAzSLYtk96wl
ENOUGH KEMARI” Isadora shot up and took his arm, he looked at her briefly and224Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZWpEyvHP1
saw the disappointed way she looked at him. He grunted as he let go and paced224Please respect copyright.PENANATDYTB4exWk
around the room “Great, so now we competition….”
“Does224Please respect copyright.PENANApfxRgSnN5A
it matter Kemari?” She paused then continued “We just want him dead, so we…….you224Please respect copyright.PENANA1M7kIVgSke
can be free from your burden.”
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANA9aC03hDC8W
stood still with his fists clenched “How in the world would that relieve me of224Please respect copyright.PENANAPJADiMKjeF
my burdens?” he looked at Isadora and said firmly “I have to be the one who kills224Please respect copyright.PENANA1NUpWSvH4R
him...…..I won’t be at peace unless I am. Why do you seem to have a problem224Please respect copyright.PENANA4Se9XMNjWg
with that? You. Kill. All. The. Time…..so what’s the fucking difference here”224Please respect copyright.PENANAu1lD3HnnVa
she didn’t answer, and the room stood in silence, waiting, before it was224Please respect copyright.PENANARwg4fovyHV
finally broken.
“You’re224Please respect copyright.PENANAqRVY8eqGTr
a fragile one, Kephirian…...” The GuildMaster smiled “Do you honestly believe224Please respect copyright.PENANAqIYeOAPhVv
you have what it takes to kill this monster on your own, or will you need the224Please respect copyright.PENANAQLTiA7GMWH
monk to do it for you?”
“…..” Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1XN7PqtB2
stood there in silence unable to answer.
“Nevertheless,224Please respect copyright.PENANA2SGwxFwyvL
we have a deal. The man you’re looking for is known as 'Vanther The Bold',224Please respect copyright.PENANATVkcs9XZ3m
everything you need to know is in this” he handed Isadora a small scroll.
She224Please respect copyright.PENANA5TYGVf5Hic
muttered a 'Thank You' as she turned to leave
“Oh,224Please respect copyright.PENANAj0bUQsLFSw
and one more thing” he said stopping the duo in their tracks “There was another224Please respect copyright.PENANAHa0T26TSAE
person besides the Orc who came for information on him, so you might want to224Please respect copyright.PENANATujyCUgZ6g
hurry”
Kemari224Please respect copyright.PENANAdohyxHF8eu
and Isadora then vanished as they once again teleported elsewhere.
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