The next day, Lucien found himself just behind a covered wagon about a mile away.
‘They must be making frequent stops if I’m catching them.’
He neared the wagon to see that it was indeed stopped. Looking around, he saw that the wagon was empty. The drivers and passengers, if there were any, were all gone.
‘Did they have to relieve themselves?’
Lucien was a bit curious, but nonetheless, it wasn’t his business.
He continued to walk by the covered wagon.
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After eating their fill, they both sat and looked up at the stars for a while.Roseline began to ask, “Did I see that…” but stopped as she began to hear heavy breathing coming from the wagon.Roseline sprang up and climbed into the wagon to see Gilbert. He was sweating profusely. She placed her hand on his forehead to feel that it was hot to the touch.“He’s burning up!” she exclaimed worriedly.Lucien took a look of his own at Gilbert, then grabbed his cloak that was hanging to dry on a tree branch and headed towards the seat in the front of the wagon.“What are you doing?” she asked as he jumped up and took hold of the reins.
“I’m curious, how did you make it out of that pit?” Mr. Armos asked, almost annoyed.“What’s it to you, old man? You’re here to try and kill me anyway. Isn’t that right?” Lucien retorted as he continued to glare at Mr. Armos.“I guess you’re right. You should already be dead anyway!” Mr. Armos threw his cloak off and readied himself.Lucien took one glance over his should to check and see if Roseline and Gilbert were alright. Roseline was unconscious while Gilbert only made sudden gasps.‘I need to finish this quickly. That’s too bad really, I wanted to take my time with this scum.’Mr. Armos stood wi
Roseline walked forward and dropped to her knees a couple feet away from Mr. Armos’s body with tears in her eyes. However, she noticed that his chest was still rising and falling.‘What?’She got closer to his body to see that the dagger was stuck just beside Mr. Armos’s neck.Roseline hugged Mr. Armos as she cried while he just laid there is disbelief.‘He spared me? He has no reason to spare me… or maybe he does? When he raised that dagger, I was staring death in the face…’Mr. Armos’s entire body ached, especially his face, which was covered in blood from where his skin split open due to Lucien’s strikes. Breathing was
A half a day’s journey later, Lucien finally made it to the city gates of Alophia. The city was the largest one he had ever been in yet. The city held nearly two million citizens within its walls.Inside the walls, the streets were filled to the brim with people. Lucien had to watch where he was going or risk running into someone with each step. However, due to his intimidating presence, most moved out of the way for him.‘So, a city as grand as this was just north of my hometown?’Lucien admired all the buildings that towered over him, all at least three stories tall. All the shops were filled with extravagant clothing and items that were really expensive.As Lucien walked through the grand city, he noticed a large
The men looked at him in horror as they began to back away from Lucien.“What do you think you men are doing?” another knight appeared in green and black armor. “Your all about to back away from someone who messed with one of our guildmates?”The other knights all looked at each other through their helmets.The knight in green armor drew his sword and shield that were attached to his back and took his stance, “Come at me!”Lucien frowned as a dagger made of ice materialized within his hand. However, due to the limited light in the street, it only looked like a regular dagger to the other knights.“Whoa, nice trick,” the knight standing
Lucien suppressed his power immediately and approached Kalin slowly.Kalin dropped to his knees as tears began to run down his face.“It’s really you! I thought you had died six years ago!” Kalin heaved with unbelief.Lucien knelt down by him and placed his hand on Kalin’s shoulder and smiled, “Did you really think I would let myself die so easily.”Kalin pulled Lucien in with one arm and hugged him briefly before letting him go and standing up. He wiped his tears as Lucien stood back up with him.“I hardly recognized you man. You’re a man now. I’m sure you’ve had some ladies look your way.” Kalin laughed.
In the forest, east of Alophia City, a man woke up and rose up from the forest floor. He was confused at first as his entire body felt like it was crushed by a boulder.It was late morning and the man took in his surroundings. As he did, his memories of recent past events began to flood back.He scrambled around to see if the memories he had just remembered matched up with reality.To his horror, he saw the corpse of an archer with a sword still impaled in his stomach.‘No, it can’t be…’The man climbed out of the clearing and towards the forest path. As he made his way to the path he noticed drops of blood on leaves. Some were dry, others fresh. He followed
In a Cleardale, a small town in the country of Verglacia, Lucien was reunited with his family for the first time in six years.His parents embraced him tighter and tighter as if afraid he was just going to disappear.“It’s alright. I’m home.” Lucien tried to console them, but they just cried even harder.Eventually, they let go of Lucien and they all went into the house where they all explained each other’s stories about the last six years. Although, Lucien failed to tell them about the assassination attempts on his life as well as he being able to use ice magic.“You hungry Lucien? I have some soup that’s almost finished,” his mother offered.
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