A cloaked and quick shadow jumps118Please respect copyright.PENANAY0mSSnsSNc
from a dark corner to another; seconds118Please respect copyright.PENANAwnlzf02bnB
pass and then there it is again, it is very118Please respect copyright.PENANADcsiFZKihi
fast, easily as fast as any of them...118Please respect copyright.PENANAvUoAj9PhDu
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce118Please respect copyright.PENANAWrnRJzziPb
as he was the only one keeping his more118Please respect copyright.PENANAtEX37rRiHI
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly118Please respect copyright.PENANAU6GXhPYiYY
assumed a much more prepared stance.118Please respect copyright.PENANA2j6ILTHOaB
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as118Please respect copyright.PENANA1vvPCg2ll9
his eyes travelled through that dark, while118Please respect copyright.PENANAGL0AWChRO4
standing right next to him, Lorian already118Please respect copyright.PENANAE9iilTFPlp
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel118Please respect copyright.PENANAqIx9EEVpFo
Marce did not even consider holding118Please respect copyright.PENANA9T9ir0Fd8A
his blade once. A few more unsettling118Please respect copyright.PENANAcuKmq551Yx
seconds of silence and then a rising flame118Please respect copyright.PENANAVthCloQKcr
would lure them into a more open area; it118Please respect copyright.PENANAoPVUSvNFbs
is a most familiar flame to some of them,118Please respect copyright.PENANA8vfExqT1v8
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.118Please respect copyright.PENANAyI7shX46vT
A peculiar flame, a different kind of118Please respect copyright.PENANAyO1NvcUAyd
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to118Please respect copyright.PENANAggeABx5ZIc
earn but worthy to master that currently118Please respect copyright.PENANAepq2g6CJ1B
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar118Please respect copyright.PENANAJTx16rjpSS
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,118Please respect copyright.PENANAAOLvkI5sko
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´118Please respect copyright.PENANA1GyRX6QKMt
worshipped by some elder tribes in the118Please respect copyright.PENANAoi3KZbAoM1
eastern depths of the world. Named after118Please respect copyright.PENANAhop5ChaOO7
such divinity for it is a fire that does not118Please respect copyright.PENANAUMI4IYB6nJ
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.118Please respect copyright.PENANA5cdLJ9XThQ
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.118Please respect copyright.PENANADARBDTA5rf
Regardless, that red glowing stone was118Please respect copyright.PENANAfSnwrxqoXl
long ago recovered by a couple of young118Please respect copyright.PENANAQUbgZIFxHv
adventurers and once it was confined to118Please respect copyright.PENANAFBFHPubu4H
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its118Please respect copyright.PENANAa5VdsoimOh
wielder, after much hardship, to secure118Please respect copyright.PENANASyBeyKtRyj
himself a great power. Now in front of118Please respect copyright.PENANAU5w4JZcXNN
them, waiting with his back turned, is said118Please respect copyright.PENANAM1CbgFYqfV
wielder, a large and familiar man to some118Please respect copyright.PENANAFHMrWczr6k
of them here, for his fire also served the118Please respect copyright.PENANApF6WYZRHFm
Hand once.118Please respect copyright.PENANAu1JHsqvSIc
With his back turned to them but in118Please respect copyright.PENANA17La2pS9K8
an inviting manner, as if he was almost118Please respect copyright.PENANAINaHQuBImI
waiting for them, as he too faces that118Please respect copyright.PENANA8N7faM2H3j
mountain. The fire on his sword burns118Please respect copyright.PENANAEd9kw3lXOK
up one more time as if calling them once118Please respect copyright.PENANAqiWyQaWWUX
again...118Please respect copyright.PENANA64DoB6KXaz
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also118Please respect copyright.PENANAgRbLV2f1YI
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel118Please respect copyright.PENANAZccReqCERW
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay118Please respect copyright.PENANA1fFIiYT854
armed and ready.118Please respect copyright.PENANAYEIBkP095Z
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward118Please respect copyright.PENANAWwZnwiWwH8
as the hooded figure gently turned around.118Please respect copyright.PENANAkpVgXlRa0C
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took118Please respect copyright.PENANAnIpwU3KxFx
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now118Please respect copyright.PENANA8nMQ3fK4bN
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words118Please respect copyright.PENANA48wmfRPupr
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two118Please respect copyright.PENANAEAyHUPagSh
approached the rest of them.118Please respect copyright.PENANAxmGIvh87br
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.118Please respect copyright.PENANAJ42zfODPvX