Novels by FantasyLord

A second later the image of the man vanished from thin air, Tomas almost thought he had imagined him. But the man reappeared right in front of Tomas, hitting him with a stench of foul air.Tomas staggered backwards and covered his nose, his heart thumped rapidly. He looked up at the man to see a fully bearded face, thick black hair, long narrow brows and black beady eyes of a lifeless beast. His face looked like that of a killer.The man leaned over and observed him with his eyes for a while, during this time Tomas did not breath, he did not even blink. He felt that his body had been suspended and held back by a supernatural force.The man pulled himself back and winced for a fraction of a second. Tomas' gaze looked down to see a long strip of white bandage tied around the man's waist, at his side was the sign of blood.But it wasn't red, but a dark shade of purple that leaked out of it. The man turned and walked back to the window to perform a series of strange movements, they looked

Tomas groaned as he kicked the bedsheet off his body, he had been in Larshak's physician house for three days. Within that time he had been nursed to good health and grown a bit fond of the physicians daughter, Mera.In the time he had spent there he had always been woken up early every morning by the sounds of screaming. It always came from the room next to his and he had ignored it at first but the screams became more bone rattling by the second.Listening to it filled him with a lot of dread.He sat up straight, his eyes shot up as his gaze narrowed in on the wall opposite him; fearing the screams would shatter it.Several seconds passed, feeling like minutes. But then it stopped abruptly, in that moment his chest tightened. He had not realised he had been holding his breath through the whole ordeal, he let himself breath. Surprised by how heavy his breathing was he paused for a bit before taking another breath.A few minutes passed leaving him paralysed in fear, he could still rec

"Let me get this straight, you can't get back to the wall the same way you came. And you also don't want to take advice from the locals here?" Kip said with a very clear hint of sarcasm. They were currently making their way through the forest in the light of day. Lyra led the group as she always did, she found herself losing her senses by the second. She tripped several times over tree roots she should have seen earlier. She tried to block out the noise of others, she could hear her breath wheezing. "What's happening to me?" She said under her breath. Ash answered Kip with very little enthusiasm. "She's afraid of being discovered. If we could get a map, we would know where we're going." "I'm not afraid." She said under her breath, too low for any of them to hear. Kip grinned from hear to ear as he whistled to the wind and looked at the trees around him, then turned his gaze to the sky. He peered at the sky for a while before saying, "There are no birds in the sky." Dry leav

Lyra maintained a steady gaze with Ash, her eyes barely blinked even for a second as she spoke. "You want to know about your mother? I can't promise I know much, after all I was only recently stationed by the border before being sent to come here."Ash listened attentively to her words, he could almost hear his own heart beating slowly. His pupils dilated, "I'm listening."She drew a short breath of air and let the silence settle there for a moment before she spoke again. When she did her voice was soft and almost tender. "Moonblade assassin's are moonlight elves chosen to be the best of their respective clans. We are chosen to help protect those who cannot protect themselves, I was only recently enlisted. My parents died in the same service, killed by human scum."Kip who had been quietly listening to the stories snapped his fingers together, gaining their attention. "I apologise for interrupting but how did you parents die if no human has gone over the wall before?"The elf girl's e

Ash sat there paralysed by shock for several minutes, his mind pondered if she was messing with him. But that did not seem in her character. So what did that then mean to him?He wondered which was more traumatizing. That the mother he never grew up with, or ever knew existed was alive?Or that she might have had an idea what had happened to him before it even happened. Did that mean she always knew where he was and never showed up? If she did know where he was, why did she not come himself.Lyra broke his minutes of silence with even colder words of her own. "I wasn't supposed to tell you that. I wanted to see how you would react."Ash did not know how to feel about that either... Did that mean she was she was trying to show that she could be trusted or that she was trusting him? It could also be that she was lying to manipulate him, he did not really know anything about her either way. So was it a ploy to control him or the truth?The words slipped out of his mouth like venom. "How

The sound of fire crackling caused Ash to wake up, he found himself lying down on a dead log and under the night sky. Everywhere was covered in snow and cold, but for some reason his body was running warm.The first voice he heard was that of the strange man he had saved, it was a warm contrast to the cold lifeless voice he had been accustomed to for so long. "Are you awake now? Or are you going to start talking in your sleep again."Ash did not respond at first, he sat up straight and pressed his palm on his chest. His heart rate was fine, and that was the problem. He felt fine now but earlier, he felt like he was going to die out there.He looked around and accessed his surroundings, the man he had saved was sitting on a small rock boulder at a small distance. He gave him a wave and a bright smile. There was a small fire in the middle that looked like it would die within the next hour. Snow revealed herself on the log, the little pup climbed into his laps and nibbles at his palm. H

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

CHAPTER 46: THE TEACHER'S CONFERENCE A big round table surrounded by numerous seats dominated the room at the top of the tower. The room, with its high ceiling and grand windows, overlooked the sprawling grounds of the gifted academy. Here, the prized teachers, the protectors and mentors of the nation's most promising youths, gathered for a crucial meeting. "We have to make sure the tournament this time around goes well," said one of the teachers, his voice tense with the weight of the responsibility. "Since when has it never gone well?" another teacher replied, a hint of exasperation in her tone. She was a veteran, having witnessed many such gatherings, each fraught with its own set of challenges. "The circumstances in Saceria make this even harder on us," interjected a third teacher, his brow furrowed in concern. "The faith of the people in us is very weak at this moment. They doubt our capabilities more than ever." "But we are the only line of defense for the people," ano

CHAPTER 46: THE TEACHER'S CONFERENCE A big round table surrounded by numerous seats dominated the room at the top of the tower. The room, with its high ceiling and grand windows, overlooked the sprawling grounds of the gifted academy. Here, the prized teachers, the protectors and mentors of the nation's most promising youths, gathered for a crucial meeting. "We have to make sure the tournament this time around goes well," said one of the teachers, his voice tense with the weight of the responsibility.