[mystogan]

sorry for the late update i have been locked up in a lot of college stuff,the days are just getting very tiresome, but somehow making time for this, the next chapter might also be a little late but i'll try to get it up as soon as possible


so here is they next chapter "Chapter 12: A Night in Lybster", i hope you enjoy it

Spoiler for Chapter 12: A Night in Lybster:

They were flying towards lybster at twilight, the three hawkziles were floating in the sky which was surprisingly calm, the scene before them of the red disc drowning into the endless horizon that painted the sky with a golden red colour.

“hey so this Lukas, what’s his deal?” arwin asked to Erica, with their mutual ride going smoothly was a bigger surprise than the calm sky.

“what do you mean?” she questioned his question

“i mean he is raised and trained by the old man and he is very powerful as everyone says”said arwin

“so he is raised by our master, you think that is his deal?.well many people have this misunderstanding, but the deal is ,he himself have something special”said Erica

“would you mind to explain please”asked arwin

“sure but first stop grabbing my shoulders so hard i am not going to try to throw you down”she said

“oh ok, sorry”he released his grip on her

“well, before Lukas came into the guild, he was very young and abandoned. Don’t know how but he was lost in this world and was dying, in his final breaths he heard a voice in his head, he followed that voice and it led him to the guild, ever since he has been living at the guild. He believed that voice to be of the god, many times he visits places nearest to gods” she said

“So he is kind of a battling priest”said arwin

“not exactly, he does not follow any religion he just follows his belief in the God that saved him that day, that is why he is so powerful”said Erica

“...because he believes in god?”said Arwin

“not because he believes in god, you see everyone has doubts and confusion in their minds and there are many magic to exploit it, but not him, his belief is so strong that he has no doubts or confusion about himself which makes him almost immune to such magic”she explained

“he is not a priest or anything of that sort, of course he drinks, fights,gambles, beds women but that’s just living. he is just a very resolved person”she added

“he told you all that”asked arwin

“no that’s what master told me when i asked him the same question you asked me, that “what is his deal?””she said with a touch of humor that gave smiles to both “well our chat covered up for the remaining journey, we are there”.

They lowered their hawkzile and landed on a hilltop few hundred meters from the entrance to Lybster.They scouted over the city from afar it looked awfully quite and calm for a city gone through an all out war of a mage guild and a noble house.there weren’t any major damages to the city done, Scourge chaos had managed to take over the city without damaging it.

“All right everyone conceal you guild insignia ornament, we will be under cover in there”said Lukas “ we split up and enter the city separately and meet up at the inn, let’s go”

They all entered the city separately at different time intervals, they did not face any hinderance any where in the city, even though the city was taken over by the guild the city was not slaved, the city was the same with just the noblemen dead, the common people did not gave it much thought either as long as they were good.

Arwin entered and was wandering in the city alone, the city was small compared to Isengard but still had a good market and architechture, also there were a few beggars by the street, a couple of men beating each other in an alley, a man running behind a thief but there were no guards around,he thought with no guards around, it will give immense rise to criminal activity and soon the city will destroy itself but surprisingly he did not saw much of it around. With the guards gone the local gangs should have taken the streets and started gang wars but there was nothing to be seen of that sort.

He had some time to kill, he walked into a building what appeared to be a tavern, he went in to reception and looked upon the showcase and ordered a bottle of an exquisite wine he hadn’t seen before, he was about to open the bottle, heard someone crashing the door, a man entered in an unpleasant manner, trying to avoid trouble arwin quickly paid and made for the door, the man grazed arwin and went to the reception, arwin exited the tavern, the man banged his fist on the table

“Now where is that bottle” said the man to the bartender

Arwin was walking down the street,he was opening the bottle like a little kid eager to open his new candy suddenly he felt a vigorous push on his back, he fell ahead, he held himself placing his knee but the bottle fell and shattered with the wine flowing on the street like a dog had pissed, awrin stayed still for a moment he felt the presence of a man behind him, he got up with a turn and swift swing of his arm and hit the man with the back of his hand, he hit in the face but had equal to no effect, arwin saw it was the same man who had barged into the tavern behind him, he looked a some of years older to arwin.

“who the fuck are you?”said arwin “..and why did you do that”

“i had to get that wine but you bought it, if i can’t have it no one else can” said the man

“what bullshit is this!”said arwin “apologize and pay up right now or i’ll beat the money out of your ass”he added

“well i do have to pay for something”said the man and punched on arwin face directly, he hit him so hard that is lip busted and started to bleed, arwin got back few steps, he licked the blood off his lip and spit it out, the nerves in arwin’s fist started to bulge with to anger and irritation.

The two started a fist fight,the people going by noticed the two men fighting, some stood by and watched the show while some just walked away, it wasn’t a surprising scene in the city. The man attacked with a side jab, arwin blocked it and hit with him elbow, he blocked with his other hand and pushed arwin behind, arwin attacked with an upward punch , he blocked using both hand and hit arwin in the nose with his forehead, arwin fell back holding his nose which was running with blood,

he wiped it off his face, the man attacked with his fist, arwin jumped high and countered his fist with a kick turned and hit his face with another leg, the man backed up with a shoe mark on his face, the man jumped close and hit in arwin’s face with a round up kick, arwin whirled spitting blood,the man went for another hit

“enough of this!”, arwin grabbed him by shoulder and jumped and got his feet behind the man’s head, he caught his neck with his feet and released his grab, he twisted around his neck and pulled him down that threw him flat on the ground, arwin powered up his hand hit a palm strike on his back with lightning sparks flying around, arwin stepped behind after a few moments the man got up with a grin on his face and wide eyes, the attack had less effect on him, suddenly awrin started to feel strange aura from the man, heavy magical energy was flowing out from the man that was dominating arwin’s , next moment the man’s expression changed back to normal as if nothing has happened till now, the man dusted of his clothes and started to walk away, arwin stood still in confusion. Arwin started to walk his way suddenly he turned around and looked back he saw the crest of Scourge Chaos guild on back of the man’s clothes.

(Arwin)Oh, fuck!

Later arwin found his way to the inn, when he entered he found rest of the gang already there waiting for his arrival

(Arwin)Oh man, just kill me now

They saw the state arwin was in, stains of blood on his face and clothes, blue bruise on his lower lip and on the bridge of his nose,Erica came to him

“what did you do now?!”she asked “don’t tell me you got into a fight with a mage from scourge chaos”she yelled

“Well....”arwin looked towards the floor “it was not my fault, he came on to me first”

“you bastard son of a whore!”yelled Gus “you blew up our cover, i knew bringing this guy along was a mistake”

“you stay out of it!”arwin yelled at gus

Gilbert simply sat there with his drink enjoying the amusement from others fighting, Lukas sat quietly for some moments trying to figure what to do, with their cover has blown off

Gus closed in to arwin, “can you for once think out of your ass, we are here on a serious mission, you took away our element of surprise now if anyone of us dies it’s all because of you”he said

Arwin simply stood there with embarrassment that he had let down others of his group, he couldn’t look anyone in the eye

“its you fault you get it your FAULT!”said gus poking on arwin’s chest with his finger, arwin caught his hand

“it’s not my fault!”he shouted and punched gus in the face, Gus having more physical strength grabbed arwin and threw him in nearest table.

“Stop it!”yelled Lukas and banged the table with his fist, everyone froze at their place.

“get some rest everyone, we speak tomorrow”he said

Gilbert went to his room with his wine glass in his hand, Erica and Gus followed, Arwin got to feet and dusted himself. Lukas looked at him with disappointed eyes and left. Arwin got to the bar picked up a bottle and stayed for a little while.
The man after dueling with arwin, walked in his guild, he entered the main hall,at the other end of the hall was a large throne like chair in which sat an aged man in his early fifties.

“Fynn,i sensed your magic essence going wild, i had to shut it down” ,the old man stretched his hand out with his fist gripping on something ,Fynn was lifted in air with his neck being strangled by an invisible force,

“why did i had to do that, look at the pathetic state you are in beaten up like that”said the old man

“Master Wolgrim, i am sorry, but i encountered a mage, not of this city”said fynn in a small voice struggling to breath
In the hall were the rest of the mages of the guild, two men in their mid thirties and a woman in her mid twenties, of all the people in the hall Fynn was the youngest in his early twenties.

“A Mage?, was he alone?”asked Wolgrim

“may be not, he seemed to be heading to some place, he might have accomplices” said Fynn

wolgrim put his hand down,Fynn fell to ground, released of the magic.

(Wolgrim)guess i had this coming

“My guild mages”he spoke “it seems the council is acting, they have sent a bunch of mages to put an end to us, but they do not know that our power exceeds theirs, nothing can stand against us”he said

“allow us to deliver their death right now, they won’t see it coming in the darkness of night”said Edmyg one of the man

“i have a better idea”said Raegan another man,“let us welcome them in our guild and deal with them one by one in a grand killing streak,ever since we took the city we haven’t had any fun”

“ alright you have your fun, it’s not like they match my elite mages”said wolgrim,

“and bring their leader to me, i’ll send his head to the council that will give them the message that their time is over.”
The next day Lukas came down from his room, he saw arwin already there fresh and ready

“Hey about yesterday, i am sorry i should have been careful”said arwin
“it doesn’t matter now”he replied,soon others came down and gathered around.

“alright, Scourge chaos hasn’t made a move yet, even thought they have gained knowledge about us last night, it means they are giving us the first strike. Now according to the info we have, these handful of mages, we engage them as a group.Erica and Gus will be the main strikers, Gilbert you are the ranged attacker and arwin you will be the supporter.you people deal with the mages”he explained

“What about you” asked Erica

“i will deal with their Guild Master”he said “..even after all the planning and strategy there is a chance none of this will work, worst case scenario we will have to fight each one of them one on one”

After further discussion they set out for battle to their enemy’s lair.They stood at the entrance to the castle of Scourge chaos, each of them ready in their position, they went forward to the entrance, with a sound of clink, the floor beneath the opened and they went straight down sliding their way through the tunnel, at the other end arwin popped out first and land flat on the ground on him fell Lukas then Gus then Erica then Gilbert on the top

“oh well,looks like i got a soft landing ”said Gilbert “but i think someone is missing here”

“i am down here”said arwin in a weak voice “please get off”,gilbert stood up and got aside, others were getting to their senses slowly.

“Get off!, all of you right now!”yelled arwin, everyone got up and dusted themselves

“well looks like you were of some use after all”said gus to arwin to which he din’t respond

“alright let’s get a move on”said Lukas

They went the way through the dungeon and came to a dead open space in the shape polygonal dome , everyone started looking for signs for a way out suddenly the floor below them started sliding, the tiles on which each one of them were standing started to split apart and the rest of the titles fell down into the dark pit beneath them, everyone held their ground until the shifting of the floor was stabilized, after it did there was empty space with five tiles floating in the mid air with a Dragon Nest mage on each of them,the tiles were drifting apart and came to halt at each wall of the polygonal dome.In Each wall a slit opened up and opened into a door.

“it’s pretty clear now”said Lukas,“it seems we have our own battle to fight.Now listen everyone, no one will dies this is an order.We will meet at the top alive and in one piece”

Each of them shared glance at each other and nodded to each other and left to their own path.