Fire359Please respect copyright.PENANASuPtre17CD
and smoke, corpses burned beyond recognition, blood splattered streets. It was359Please respect copyright.PENANAnDe19gvIXQ
all around him, he stood in the middle of a burning village, watching as more359Please respect copyright.PENANA2PEhQDzd5L
people were butchered by the horsemen. Arrows plunged into some, while others359Please respect copyright.PENANAFsdChjuO7x
were struck down with swords. The boy did nothing, only staring in horror at359Please respect copyright.PENANA1h2HEdiY6w
the scene which played before him. A group of horsemen started to approach him,359Please respect copyright.PENANA1LsEeqTJwU
he watched as they got closer and closer, the boy thought of running, but his359Please respect copyright.PENANAjG26wgKhaX
legs wouldn’t move. He was frozen, he was afraid, he would soon be dead as well.359Please respect copyright.PENANAikXxLIuApR
The horsemen stopped, and their leas dismounted and approached him, the359Please respect copyright.PENANAi67KuKlccd
reflection of the flames danced along the silver longsword in hand. The boy stared359Please respect copyright.PENANAiUuIJC6qR9
wide-eyed at him, he was an intimidating figure, larger than any man he had359Please respect copyright.PENANArsLCtAQNzz
ever seen, with a long scar running diagonally across his face, stretching from359Please respect copyright.PENANAkgvxPFkoNL
his right eye to the side of his mouth. The man grinned as he lifted the longsword359Please respect copyright.PENANAbrNZ1LAceg
with one hand and swung down with it.
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAg5fc2Dw3kS
awoke suddenly, his heart was pounding in his chest and he was drenched with sweat.359Please respect copyright.PENANA5puaR9PLJG
He sat up in his bed and put his right hand over his face then screamed loudly359Please respect copyright.PENANAYFRhg3dvf1
into it. He stopped and caught his breath for a minute before swinging his legs359Please respect copyright.PENANA6wZPq1REUb
off the tiny bed, looking around at the wooden room he sighed. It was tiny and359Please respect copyright.PENANAEQhbH1hTCF
the only furniture were the bed crammed up against the wall which he slept in359Please respect copyright.PENANAO6ZSR3o0XW
and a small chest tucked away in a corner, above it hung a small cracked mirror.359Please respect copyright.PENANA2KYwWsOkes
Kemari got up and tentatively walked towards the mirror and looked at himself. He359Please respect copyright.PENANAzl7NphlcTd
stared at his reflection for a while, waiting for his heart rate and breathing359Please respect copyright.PENANABXpiKXDB3i
to steady. He brushed his locks out of his face and tied it behind his head,359Please respect copyright.PENANA9DjI0SNAQD
leaving two strands to remain at the front. His two crimson eyes stared back at359Please respect copyright.PENANAcyWfAiur5z
him, and as usual he felt like he was sharing his vision with something else,359Please respect copyright.PENANAW7X3eUBFyL
as if there was someone else inside him using his eyes. He ran his hand over a359Please respect copyright.PENANAg96pynWPuG
long scar that stretched from his shoulder to the middle of his chest, images359Please respect copyright.PENANAqxmUlae6tR
from his nightmare flashed before him making him sigh. He admired his dark359Please respect copyright.PENANA8jealXTx5r
brown complexion for a minute before opening359Please respect copyright.PENANAVoJDJb59rZ
the chest and getting dressed in his purple Mage’s robe.
“Time359Please respect copyright.PENANARMye0sFjtr
for another day of failures and being dependent on Isadora” he mumbled.
The359Please respect copyright.PENANAUW9fQKwstU
Dragon’s Tongue was a small run-down Inn and Tavern situated in the slums of Lanatheas'359Please respect copyright.PENANAQgzMqtC5OE
royal capital. It was a place only frequented by the poor as well as a variety359Please respect copyright.PENANASoQd3HrVk8
of unsavory types, it was here Kemari called home. For unlike all the others359Please respect copyright.PENANAz8OC5zWVNJ
who were members of the Adventurer’s Guild, he was incapable of earning enough359Please respect copyright.PENANACeNnaKikZU
gold to get himself a room in the richer districts, this was something Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ6EisJyaI
despised and always swore he would have to change. He sat in a corner, alone, with359Please respect copyright.PENANALbLlPzyR9w
a book laid before him on the table, the common room was lively as server girls359Please respect copyright.PENANAgtfGza4VKj
carried meals and ale to various tables of loud customers. A server walked by359Please respect copyright.PENANA0AxGY3R6dy
him and the smell coming from the tray made him gag. How do they eat that359Please respect copyright.PENANAsxdBEYKsTT
filth? He thought to himself shaking his head. He was about to start359Please respect copyright.PENANAR48toigLBJ
reading when a rusty iron sword impaled his book and lodged itself in the table.359Please respect copyright.PENANAna3et1IZjv
Kemari heard laughter from around the room as he looked at his book in horror, blue359Please respect copyright.PENANA0FXs4400m9
mist rose from it in a puff of smoke as the contents spilled out of the book as359Please respect copyright.PENANAJIRkJnW4ev
if it were bleeding.
“What359Please respect copyright.PENANABuj2wXVcAC
the fuck!” he heard a figure beside him exclaim. Kemari looked up to see the359Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Aes6mIfa
man who was holding the sword, he was muscular looking fellow who wore a rag tied359Please respect copyright.PENANAyr8eaa3a6X
like a mask around his neck, and was wearing tattered clothing under a rusted359Please respect copyright.PENANAfUdniP0vk1
iron chestplate, which had its fair share of dents. “do you have any idea how359Please respect copyright.PENANAVVEXGy6pxR
much this book cost me?” Kemari said as he clenched his fists. The man looked359Please respect copyright.PENANAegdLTDusC0
at him and laughed “would you look at this fool, boys” his laughter was echoed359Please respect copyright.PENANAvfBt3o5sy8
by the other people in the room “ha, looks like he wants to fight you” a voice359Please respect copyright.PENANAnQPpElo9rz
snickered.
“yea?359Please respect copyright.PENANA6AuvZc9YzQ
Is that true, brat?” he lowered his body into a crouch and stared into Kemari's359Please respect copyright.PENANA8N4cFDphYu
eyes “you want to fight, you little weakling?”
“Go359Please respect copyright.PENANA5Qeb4X4ALb
fuck yourself” Kemari spat in his face.
“Aargh!”359Please respect copyright.PENANAjib4c0AQfJ
the brute grabbed him by his temples and yanked him from his chair then threw359Please respect copyright.PENANAjyNPhtL9YU
him across the room in one fluid motion. Kemari crashed into chairs and tables359Please respect copyright.PENANA438Veo6bQ6
as he flew through the room, and coming to a stop as he slammed against the359Please respect copyright.PENANAOFevGyc6My
wall with a thud. His assailant pulled his sword out of the table and pointed359Please respect copyright.PENANAyVpAvyYVMQ
it at him “I think it’s time you learned your fucking place, trash.” He walked359Please respect copyright.PENANACLSHMvtiuJ
forward slashing his sword through the air as he moved. “You might not have359Please respect copyright.PENANArFnyOsdgUp
realised it as you were coasting through life in your peaceful little village,359Please respect copyright.PENANAnI7G3VsKQG
but we live in a world where the strong eat the weak” he paused slightly then359Please respect copyright.PENANAsAqxVOzPj5
continued “There’s no place in it for pitiful, weaklings……... except for food359Please respect copyright.PENANAXuSSPj4u4x
that is. So do tell me mage” he was grinning madly by this point “WHAT.359Please respect copyright.PENANAbGldcCgCPG
PURPOSE. DO. YOU. SERVE?” he punctuated each pause with a slash of his sword as359Please respect copyright.PENANAxcJiQijdoc
he stopped over Kemari, who was now propped up against the wall holding a hand359Please respect copyright.PENANAYgjHxBsUJL
to his side while his other began to move in motion weaving a spell.
Despite359Please respect copyright.PENANAn2cWfLjBW1
all that had happened, Kemari was not afraid, for he had faced down bigger and359Please respect copyright.PENANAP3ltVRHdCg
more dangerous enemies and lived……never mind it being because he was saved by a359Please respect copyright.PENANAsh9CnRmg8F
certain someone most of those times. He held his hand before him and smirked as359Please respect copyright.PENANAsSoX3NLRJQ
the spell was completed, he was shocked however, when the brute grabbed his arm359Please respect copyright.PENANAAxAjfzkPdB
and forced it downward right as an ethereal arrow shot out from his palm. He359Please respect copyright.PENANAKHveI91LDI
grimaced as he suddenly felt a kick to the gut, Kemari doubled over in pain and359Please respect copyright.PENANAq5haORXReP
coughed up blood. His assailant released his arm and placed the sword against his359Please respect copyright.PENANApklmJ1DiVb
neck. Kemari glanced around the room, hoping someone would come to his rescue, he359Please respect copyright.PENANAHJjNROoBrl
soon realized that would not happen as he saw the twisted smiles on everyone’s359Please respect copyright.PENANAoh6Ei3W5TI
face.
“That’s359Please respect copyright.PENANA4b06F2vv9b
enough Ivan” Kemari’s head snapped in shock towards the rotund bartender who359Please respect copyright.PENANAi9Tz6zv1HN
had spoken. Unlike the others his face was written with concern. “.......I359Please respect copyright.PENANAAIlzW2aoJ7
think the child has had enough of your lesson” he hesitated
“Is359Please respect copyright.PENANAOR3eho0f1V
that so?” Ivan punctuated his question with a severe kick to Kemari’s side,359Please respect copyright.PENANASCFzpKY6iW
causing him to hit the floor. “Well what do you all say?” his question was359Please respect copyright.PENANAPNxtsOyx34
directed at the other occupants of the room and Kemari cringed as he heard359Please respect copyright.PENANAwXYBXTyp4Z
their replies: “kill him”, “rip his guts out”, “show him who’s boss”, “Finish him off” they cried.
“As359Please respect copyright.PENANAPBVWPow6B2
you command” Ivan sneered as he raised his sword. Just then a figure wearing a359Please respect copyright.PENANARagQzw1OXD
black hooded cloak broke from the crowd and walked towards them, Kemari laughed359Please respect copyright.PENANA8cbRGy4wEI
as he noticed it.
“What’s359Please respect copyright.PENANA41OAUptypc
so funny?” Ivan said, his sword still held high.
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAchhmK8fPgz
heard the bartender sigh “You done fucked up now Ivan”
“Huh?”359Please respect copyright.PENANAry9eK7xMQ3
that was all he managed before the figure slammed a powerful kick into his neck359Please respect copyright.PENANAzPTpI2P30H
causing him to drop the sword as he skidded sideward before falling. “You ok359Please respect copyright.PENANA166TdGy7vh
Kemari?” it's feminine voice asked without looking away from Ivan who was359Please respect copyright.PENANAM58UtMZxhK
already back on his feet and holding his neck.
“yea”359Please respect copyright.PENANAj9lcjP8Qj2
Kemari wheezed “Nothing a little healing magic can’t fix……and thanks by the way,359Please respect copyright.PENANAo2wLc5FPip
Isadora”
“good359Please respect copyright.PENANAkEILIInLgk
and don’t mention it, just stay right there and watch as the greatest monk in359Please respect copyright.PENANAvZaAFxfCMY
all of Lanatheas kick ass” the figure giggled.
“Didn’t359Please respect copyright.PENANAgiKkkmY8xN
you drop out of your training?” Kemari smiled.
“SHUT359Please respect copyright.PENANAPgnk5VLFXi
UP!” she took a fighting stance “it was a mutual agreement”
The359Please respect copyright.PENANAiyygiBi76N
two laughed as everyone stared at them in bewilderment. Ivan, who had finally359Please respect copyright.PENANANePhDIPyq1
recovered from the blow looked at the figure as they sized up each other. “who359Please respect copyright.PENANA6kZzsaO5yZ
the fuck are you?” he finally asked the figure.
“irrelevant”
“you359Please respect copyright.PENANA0tm29jYm8C
sound like a woman”
“I359Please respect copyright.PENANA9J387kwhg5
should hope”
“that359Please respect copyright.PENANASCHI5qmpZH
was a magnificent kick, for a lady of course” he rubbed his neck and grinned at359Please respect copyright.PENANAOi27pdcFYj
her
“Wow,359Please respect copyright.PENANAUycjwxOA40
that was a bit sexist don’t you think?”
“Sex359Please respect copyright.PENANARlNjI0nsj9
what?” He shot a glare at Kemari who had laughed a little at his question.
“are359Please respect copyright.PENANAKEVKqveQUs
we going to fight or not?” she asked sounding irritated.
“heh,359Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZkXl74WB1
I wouldn’t want to break your fragile little bones miss” Ivan smiled and the359Please respect copyright.PENANAmIDo4gfvjI
crowd chuckled, the bartender only shook his head. Kemari sighed to himself as359Please respect copyright.PENANAHx3yrMN9uF
he saw her dash toward Ivan with uncanny speed, he was barely fast enough to359Please respect copyright.PENANAUTPDLFDohx
block the kick that was aimed at his face. Isadora spun and delivered a kick to359Please respect copyright.PENANA8feys4LDeN
Ivan’s abdomen which forced him back a few steps, before he knew it she was on359Please respect copyright.PENANA9T5PaWx2TU
him again, firing a quick jab to his nose followed by a myriad of blows to his359Please respect copyright.PENANAGgxxGnDMAs
face and upper body. Ivan wobbled as the hits connected, he was unable to359Please respect copyright.PENANA9smsdXVtGT
block, dodge or even see them. The onlookers watched in awe as Ivan was beaten,359Please respect copyright.PENANAi39hXhegBb
unable to defend himself against the sheer powers of his enemy’s blows. Kemari,359Please respect copyright.PENANASuLtO1lNvH
who was now back on his feet fully healed looked on smiling as his friend359Please respect copyright.PENANA1SKbBUjxt7
finished the fight by palming Ivan square in the chest then walking away359Please respect copyright.PENANA787gSBf07f
towards Kemari. As he looked he noticed the man’s chestplate was even more359Please respect copyright.PENANAWvspDgYr2H
dented than it was before and there was a hole in it where he had gotten the359Please respect copyright.PENANAGrtZHa3nCm
last hit, his face was twisted and bloody. As she walked by him, he turned to359Please respect copyright.PENANA25jRvg3bri
follow her and heard a metallic clank as if Ivan’s body had finally registered359Please respect copyright.PENANAktU7U329rD
that it was no longer living. The people moved to the side as Isadora walked past359Please respect copyright.PENANAK59PdF3U5Z
with Kemari in tow, they stopped by the counter where she fished a coin purse359Please respect copyright.PENANAFiWUd2LyGL
from somewhere in her cloak an handed it to the barkeep.
“Sorry359Please respect copyright.PENANARq86MRhfHI
for the disturbance big guy.”
“No359Please respect copyright.PENANA4akws7Xm7w
worries little one” the bartender replied.
The359Please respect copyright.PENANA89OKpOyi4o
two walked down the streets of the slum districts. People in tattered clothes359Please respect copyright.PENANABwTly3Oh0C
walked along as if they had no purpose, while others looked out from alleyways359Please respect copyright.PENANAFi0EDGKrhA
and the insides of broken down houses looking for unsuspecting prey to rob,359Please respect copyright.PENANAufK1f5vl7I
abduct or kill. They walked in silence as they passed by buildings clumped together,359Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rrh8Wd7qF
some even looked as if they were about to topple. They stopped as a group of boys359Please respect copyright.PENANAEXspviObUz
ran out In front of them chasing after a smaller one who was running with a359Please respect copyright.PENANA3B2MV3za4m
huge rat in his hands. Isadora started walking again as Kemari stared after the359Please respect copyright.PENANAwYOBL3RU6c
children as they caught up to the boy and took they rat from him then proceeded359Please respect copyright.PENANARpe1B76Vrf
to beat him.
“Same359Please respect copyright.PENANAEpj4eomwVg
age” he said before following after her
His359Please respect copyright.PENANAXfrjyYEloJ
friend looked at him as he caught up with her “said something?” she asked
“I was359Please respect copyright.PENANAET4BfJvHBg
just thinking….” He paused “those children just now, they don’t look that much older359Please respect copyright.PENANA8eJILNGgq5
than we were at that time…”
“What359Please respect copyright.PENANActPcElQlnI
does that have to do with anything?” she was curious, Kemari rarely mentioned359Please respect copyright.PENANAumriJ839FG
anything about their past. He tried not to show it, but she could tell that it359Please respect copyright.PENANAPkhb4t3bef
still haunted him.
“…It359Please respect copyright.PENANAbgxCKYoZTW
isn’t right” his voice quivered and was almost a whisper “children are supposed359Please respect copyright.PENANAgKebHHjYs9
to be safe, they shouldn’t be exposed to these harsh realities at such a young359Please respect copyright.PENANAJbMwJseZA9
age”
“Better359Please respect copyright.PENANAyUH5Je0j13
now than when they’re older and are incapable of dealing with the shit the359Please respect copyright.PENANAT0wjZrmJfd
world throws at them, because of the sheltered pampered life they lived” Her359Please respect copyright.PENANAaRi1BZOKxv
reply was blunt and harsh, yet He knew she had a point. He had lived a359Please respect copyright.PENANAh966XZQNjK
sheltered life while she was always fighting for what she wanted, and now years359Please respect copyright.PENANAXWvqpXc6lj
later she was an accomplished Monk despite being a 'failure' to her mentors as359Please respect copyright.PENANAcVxZ5kU1co
well as a 'B' ranked adventurer while he was stuck at 'F' the weakest rank359Please respect copyright.PENANACRx8yD0D6l
there was.
“I359Please respect copyright.PENANABoYzI1rMQn
wish it didn’t have to be that way” she suddenly continued “But this is the way359Please respect copyright.PENANATsDY89FCcf
of life. With death lurking around every corner, we can’t afford to be weak” she359Please respect copyright.PENANAFe25OATkER
looked to the sky as she spoke.
“Like359Please respect copyright.PENANA2CThQJXk55
me Huh?” Kemari chuckled lightly
“Pretty359Please respect copyright.PENANAtYUWbVSUn6
much” she laughed and punched Kemari in the shoulder, he flinched as she hit359Please respect copyright.PENANAtXTrlEz7V0
him and that only made her laugh harder. He rubbed his shoulder as they359Please respect copyright.PENANAOJCqJbuaRz
continued their walk in mostly silence.
It359Please respect copyright.PENANAGNt4utAdxf
was almost noon by the time they reached their destination; the Adventurer’s359Please respect copyright.PENANAJpFYq071T8
Guild. It was a large imposing structure which stood at the top of a grand marble359Please respect copyright.PENANAqvF48nqZ7t
staircase, Kemari stopped and stared in awe at the high walls that shined in359Please respect copyright.PENANAkUOrE6peH7
the midday sun. No matter how many times he visited, the sheer beauty of it359Please respect copyright.PENANAjCtoCZa143
always caught his eyes . He smiled and walked up the steps where Isadora waited.359Please respect copyright.PENANA9l3AACg2pQ
They approached the large Oak double doors together which swung open as they359Please respect copyright.PENANAsDhgcMIZPG
got close, stepping inside Kemari looked around the huge open area they now359Please respect copyright.PENANABhXi3lhGvT
stood in. The floors were made of a dark reflective surface that absorbed mana359Please respect copyright.PENANAoSFGT6SPU8
from it’s occupants, making them weaker the longer they stayed, which Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAqAYm9BfYHa
believed to be weird, but apparently the GuildMaster had done this to prevent359Please respect copyright.PENANAMxtwuBDMQg
fighting in his hall “can’t fight if you can't freely manipulate your body’s359Please respect copyright.PENANAdHa4JRzv3V
ambient mana” the receptionists would repeat. The room was filled with a variety359Please respect copyright.PENANAzXeelee22i
of adventuring folk; some wore bulky, heavy armor and carrying massive swords359Please respect copyright.PENANARTjMmZKTXT
while others dressed lighter, wielding bows, staves, or much smaller swords.359Please respect copyright.PENANAeGqO1XV5pE
Two adventurers caught his eye, as they seemed to be out of place, one of them359Please respect copyright.PENANAuzdNtKpjnt
was a green slightly muscular being Kemari assumed to be a Half-Orc who leaned359Please respect copyright.PENANAAICYNf4t3A
against the wall with a heavy looking broadsword leaned up next to him, and was359Please respect copyright.PENANAl0Tjots1M7
wearing a brown tunic over black leather pants and boots, on top of that he359Please respect copyright.PENANA9OT2oj2h3d
also wore a pair of silver pauldrons and and a half chestplate, His hair was a359Please respect copyright.PENANAUkWIn3STU5
greenish untamed mess from what Kemari could see. The other person was the359Please respect copyright.PENANA6OVXvKqOCm
second most beautiful girl he had ever seen, an Elf with long silver hair tied359Please respect copyright.PENANAayRSbNXP1P
up in a ponytail.
“So359Please respect copyright.PENANApJHQDCo6VE
that’s your type hmm?” His attention was drawn from her before he had a chance359Please respect copyright.PENANAeqYQx57R2s
to observe her fully. He turned to see Isadora staring at him intensely with a huge359Please respect copyright.PENANAB0QLtzbRfJ
grin on her face.
“No,359Please respect copyright.PENANAMnb6pSX5yE
that wasn’t…….that’s not…” Kemari stumbled to find words.
“Don’t359Please respect copyright.PENANArQUwZk6HHV
worry my dear sweet companion.” Isadora laughed as she leaned in close and359Please respect copyright.PENANAbBNUS9HzaA
covered her mouth as if to whisper to him “I SHIP!” She bellowed, attracting359Please respect copyright.PENANAlZhpJR0zgq
the attention of the entire room.
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAfknvWyyO7E
looked around nervously and hissed “what are you doing, you idiot?”
“why359Please respect copyright.PENANABumPIAyPdj
I’m just so proud of you Kemari” she spread her arms wide and squealed “You’re359Please respect copyright.PENANA6sBhoOGoID
finally interested in exploring the lush flesh of a –“ she issued a yelp as Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAGddtgs5PJp
grabbed her cloak and dragged her away to the reception area. He blushed359Please respect copyright.PENANAANCdQZBLaT
slightly as he stormed past snickering adventurers. The reception area was a359Please respect copyright.PENANAaGwt88KQHt
long counter towards the back of the room, behind it stood the guild’s359Please respect copyright.PENANAm3VRZCXQ63
receptionists, all of which were identical women. The two approached the one359Please respect copyright.PENANAJA6VDKMm3I
closest and exchanged greetings, it wasn’t until then that Isadora removed her359Please respect copyright.PENANAP4TmrsoH5M
hood, revealing her face. Her skin was a smooth almond complexion and her light359Please respect copyright.PENANAiTHwDAbQnS
brown hair was cut short in a close cropped style with the sides faded, her359Please respect copyright.PENANABy4mqTxEbp
eyes always took Kemari’s breath away, they were also a light brown with359Please respect copyright.PENANAA3qZjdp3Fg
matched her skin tone and hair color and always seemed to sparkle. “keep359Please respect copyright.PENANAAzmAszkkc5
staring at me like that and I’ll steal your heart” he was so engrossed in359Please respect copyright.PENANAeeAr5NWLz3
admiring her that he didn’t notice that she had stopped talking to the359Please respect copyright.PENANA9AeE8NsjE0
receptionist and was now starting at him smirking. “And I meant that literally”359Please respect copyright.PENANAXXjZuV3B63
she said teasingly before returning to her conversation.
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAvkT1mqbY6L
gulped and then sighed as he went about observing the room once more. He looked359Please respect copyright.PENANA7rknCJEKHH
around at the occupants who were all embroiled359Please respect copyright.PENANAFEqtbueCOT
in conversation amongst their companions, the elf he had seen was no longer359Please respect copyright.PENANAEbaT8aQFWj
there, but the Half-Orc stood the same place leaning against the wall; this359Please respect copyright.PENANAVYqdOpCxOw
time he was staring right back at Kemari who quickly turned away. In the centre359Please respect copyright.PENANA1uw7EGirmB
of the hall was a giant golden statue of the legendary GuildMaster himself: Gaelin359Please respect copyright.PENANAYjzMFhUKoN
Branandor, who had faced down the Black Dragon in the Arena pits, gaining his359Please respect copyright.PENANAfyP4kaniml
freedom from slavery in the process. The statue featured Gaelin in nothing but359Please respect copyright.PENANAte3Zip3FrT
a loin cloth, with a broken sword in his left hand and the dragon’s head in the359Please respect copyright.PENANAi5bdlaGijV
other. The statue was of a powerfully built man, with long golden hair hung low359Please respect copyright.PENANAT4zqp5hhdc
behind his back. That looks nothing like the old fool Kemari thought to359Please respect copyright.PENANAReiAv1L5PH
himself as he shifted his attention in scorn. The walls were a chalk white, and359Please respect copyright.PENANApS358im2v0
were decorated with long portraits of the Twelve Knights of Lanatheas; the only359Please respect copyright.PENANASzqvBazI88
'S' ranked heroes Lanatheas had to offer. They were the strongest and their359Please respect copyright.PENANAllu2eZaxPa
names carried a lot of weight. Kemari only knew three of them: Markus The Bear,359Please respect copyright.PENANAwS15h8OxKT
who was a savage Hulk of a man who never wore anything apart from his brown fur359Please respect copyright.PENANAahKiJtJTVh
loincloth and the pelt of some unknown beast around his shoulders. He was known359Please respect copyright.PENANAaQy0I2SUz3
to tear his foes to pieces with nothing but his bare hands. Next was Lucien Arengar,359Please respect copyright.PENANAuIF4xPIbBq
leader of the kingdom’s Dragon Knights which was an elite unit tasked with high359Please respect copyright.PENANAPsyuxdrwKt
priority quests from the Crown itself, he wore his signature red and gold359Please respect copyright.PENANA7Sn711amTK
armour with his sword held high and his shield to his side. The last was the359Please respect copyright.PENANAxTgSqfQ8ow
rogue, the assassin, and the fastest of all the 12………fuck, what was his name359Please respect copyright.PENANA15ha1IW4lQ
again?. Kemari stared at the portrait of the man who stood completely clad359Please respect copyright.PENANAFJUZxOEM7j
in black and covered completely, hiding his features.
“Brinn,359Please respect copyright.PENANAK0vPqt9oii
I think” Isadora said from beside him. She had turned towards him and noticed359Please respect copyright.PENANAuUJKVGpfSl
him staring with a puzzled look on his face.
“Thanks,359Please respect copyright.PENANALX5H2g7YZT
don’t know why I keep forgetting his name” Kemari replied “You finished?”
“Yuuup”359Please respect copyright.PENANAc6IEajHl5J
she bounced and grinned
“Great,359Please respect copyright.PENANA8cinMxtq7U
let’s go then” he stretched and started to walk away when Isadora grabbed his359Please respect copyright.PENANAnwpeZx1I3b
robes
“Not359Please respect copyright.PENANAuyGTPGyuPB
so fast, my dashing knight”
“What359Please respect copyright.PENANAZPmOsdfrzD
now?” Kemari sighed
“The359Please respect copyright.PENANANTgt4exehw
GuildMaster has something for us”
Kemari’s359Please respect copyright.PENANATJNgVe5PrG
demeanor changed upon hearing that, he spun around and grabbed Isadora’s359Please respect copyright.PENANASXjS0bWkZe
shoulders, she shuddered when she saw the cold look on Kemari’s face.
“Did359Please respect copyright.PENANAnTdi5XBk6c
they find him” he tried to ask as calmly as he could, but his voice was instead359Please respect copyright.PENANAX4sANrhNUG
cold and tainted with anger. She nodded and turned then waved towards the359Please respect copyright.PENANAAzRwfOAfrv
receptionist who was weaving a spell, she smiled and in an instant they were359Please respect copyright.PENANAhBwz1l7QZo
standing in an empty blueish space which only had a small desk and a few chairs359Please respect copyright.PENANAPUdBzz1s4i
in the middle.
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANASCKyPrjDoC
rushed towards the desk leaving his friend behind, he caught a glimpse of a359Please respect copyright.PENANAJ39d6qwU5J
giant ogre wearing full plate armour as it vanished from the room. Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAdyuYaVMp9B
stopped at the desk and stared at the359Please respect copyright.PENANAaLuOpiZPLU
small sinewy man behind it. The man wore a black vest over a white buttoned359Please respect copyright.PENANA7vbSI8Zuy7
down shirt, his head was completely bald and he seemed to be well over 100359Please respect copyright.PENANAnqEmhgJEHn
years old. “You stare too much Kephirian” the man said without looking up from359Please respect copyright.PENANAX5m4rNCnqY
a paper he was scribbling on before him.
“Where359Please respect copyright.PENANAIXPrtVfxlW
is he!” Kemari slammed his hands on the desk
“Have359Please respect copyright.PENANAUdVZvpQVak
a seat first” the man gestured at a chair before the desk “you too monk”
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAMkFdDK9PKb
looked and noticed she was right next to him now, she plopped into the chair359Please respect copyright.PENANAdZtS1PN850
and placed her feet on the desk, which evoked a glare from the man who made to359Please respect copyright.PENANAMyoqgKziYd
say something before shaking his head and changing his mind. “please?” He359Please respect copyright.PENANAM8GbX4PDzG
looked at Kemari this time, who sighed and sat in his chair.
“Who359Please respect copyright.PENANAMghxrieegu
was that just now, GuildMaster?” Isadora spoke first
Gaelin359Please respect copyright.PENANATHeuf5iB6n
set down his quill and leaned back in his chair for a few moments before he359Please respect copyright.PENANAsNmYngt9no
finally responded “Targoth IronHorn…..” he hesitated, pondering how to continue359Please respect copyright.PENANA6lFjbsvgUT
“He looks for the same man as you do”
“Did……..did359Please respect copyright.PENANAFHb3KKVfYJ
you tell him what he wanted to know?” 359Please respect copyright.PENANA3yoOVFTg2P
Isadora glanced at Kemari as she asked
“I359Please respect copyright.PENANANyJ2ZHoTCc
did”
“YOU359Please respect copyright.PENANAKWz3FViIlB
HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” Kemari flared up “WHAT THE FUCK? WE HAD AN AGREEMENT359Please respect copyright.PENANAaNed9dw9Zl
YOU OLD FART” He reached across the table and grabbed Gaelin by his shirt359Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ9j7VQsfJ
collar.
“THAT’S359Please respect copyright.PENANA4MFUEVmDyL
ENOUGH KEMARI” Isadora shot up and took his arm, he looked at her briefly and359Please respect copyright.PENANAzL6lwLpGdU
saw the disappointed way she looked at him. He grunted as he let go and paced359Please respect copyright.PENANAwdWBjuRQ42
around the room “Great, so now we competition….”
“Does359Please respect copyright.PENANAr1ZvGTmqjS
it matter Kemari?” She paused then continued “We just want him dead, so we…….you359Please respect copyright.PENANAES8ag4ARSY
can be free from your burden.”
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAA85i1jXzgN
stood still with his fists clenched “How in the world would that relieve me of359Please respect copyright.PENANAO9phAZH6cI
my burdens?” he looked at Isadora and said firmly “I have to be the one who kills359Please respect copyright.PENANAIcR3G9OSX0
him...…..I won’t be at peace unless I am. Why do you seem to have a problem359Please respect copyright.PENANARoEhKmNcbj
with that? You. Kill. All. The. Time…..so what’s the fucking difference here”359Please respect copyright.PENANA6HuaYGalfx
she didn’t answer, and the room stood in silence, waiting, before it was359Please respect copyright.PENANARZZMw9nWxr
finally broken.
“You’re359Please respect copyright.PENANAk7zFP2AzOy
a fragile one, Kephirian…...” The GuildMaster smiled “Do you honestly believe359Please respect copyright.PENANAZJWfZyhW2p
you have what it takes to kill this monster on your own, or will you need the359Please respect copyright.PENANAC6FLqtg23w
monk to do it for you?”
“…..” Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAYejqsCjEfI
stood there in silence unable to answer.
“Nevertheless,359Please respect copyright.PENANABoK4BxT9lz
we have a deal. The man you’re looking for is known as 'Vanther The Bold',359Please respect copyright.PENANAwBunBvgDFt
everything you need to know is in this” he handed Isadora a small scroll.
She359Please respect copyright.PENANA43dVHSUOgA
muttered a 'Thank You' as she turned to leave
“Oh,359Please respect copyright.PENANAkLmZ8oVcJe
and one more thing” he said stopping the duo in their tracks “There was another359Please respect copyright.PENANAhSonAoj8lY
person besides the Orc who came for information on him, so you might want to359Please respect copyright.PENANA4pW10CdM7h
hurry”
Kemari359Please respect copyright.PENANAY5vayfX2Nl
and Isadora then vanished as they once again teleported elsewhere.
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