Fire334Please respect copyright.PENANADYBlVRCy9o
and smoke, corpses burned beyond recognition, blood splattered streets. It was334Please respect copyright.PENANA646Upkq0zW
all around him, he stood in the middle of a burning village, watching as more334Please respect copyright.PENANApBJvOGiStB
people were butchered by the horsemen. Arrows plunged into some, while others334Please respect copyright.PENANAyP1qbAFkFT
were struck down with swords. The boy did nothing, only staring in horror at334Please respect copyright.PENANACbwYl8baNp
the scene which played before him. A group of horsemen started to approach him,334Please respect copyright.PENANA407GxgJeF0
he watched as they got closer and closer, the boy thought of running, but his334Please respect copyright.PENANA7gMAbjHF94
legs wouldn’t move. He was frozen, he was afraid, he would soon be dead as well.334Please respect copyright.PENANAH32PiU9lEQ
The horsemen stopped, and their leas dismounted and approached him, the334Please respect copyright.PENANABhvoMMXhpQ
reflection of the flames danced along the silver longsword in hand. The boy stared334Please respect copyright.PENANAG6TZA83wzN
wide-eyed at him, he was an intimidating figure, larger than any man he had334Please respect copyright.PENANAtNf3tTNm8w
ever seen, with a long scar running diagonally across his face, stretching from334Please respect copyright.PENANAntR6Xl39je
his right eye to the side of his mouth. The man grinned as he lifted the longsword334Please respect copyright.PENANAuxJ55cfrAo
with one hand and swung down with it.
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAzPvoWxLsJ6
awoke suddenly, his heart was pounding in his chest and he was drenched with sweat.334Please respect copyright.PENANALmmkIvyrTK
He sat up in his bed and put his right hand over his face then screamed loudly334Please respect copyright.PENANA9IieR80ghL
into it. He stopped and caught his breath for a minute before swinging his legs334Please respect copyright.PENANAnC69GmHXHb
off the tiny bed, looking around at the wooden room he sighed. It was tiny and334Please respect copyright.PENANAoi4YR62mrY
the only furniture were the bed crammed up against the wall which he slept in334Please respect copyright.PENANANFBhuDmv85
and a small chest tucked away in a corner, above it hung a small cracked mirror.334Please respect copyright.PENANAWXDamdKRfS
Kemari got up and tentatively walked towards the mirror and looked at himself. He334Please respect copyright.PENANA7jTu4AM7X5
stared at his reflection for a while, waiting for his heart rate and breathing334Please respect copyright.PENANAojUiQBW98s
to steady. He brushed his locks out of his face and tied it behind his head,334Please respect copyright.PENANAPdr1Ym8ZVq
leaving two strands to remain at the front. His two crimson eyes stared back at334Please respect copyright.PENANAXbqrBz3ewU
him, and as usual he felt like he was sharing his vision with something else,334Please respect copyright.PENANAc8LdyXeQtM
as if there was someone else inside him using his eyes. He ran his hand over a334Please respect copyright.PENANAlEyI7juekn
long scar that stretched from his shoulder to the middle of his chest, images334Please respect copyright.PENANAWcoHYESkuz
from his nightmare flashed before him making him sigh. He admired his dark334Please respect copyright.PENANAaqMHUSPeNN
brown complexion for a minute before opening334Please respect copyright.PENANAEtdENpPIPs
the chest and getting dressed in his purple Mage’s robe.
“Time334Please respect copyright.PENANAmxm8JQOpFw
for another day of failures and being dependent on Isadora” he mumbled.
The334Please respect copyright.PENANAQVfZLGwkkM
Dragon’s Tongue was a small run-down Inn and Tavern situated in the slums of Lanatheas'334Please respect copyright.PENANA3QZqZOzsEH
royal capital. It was a place only frequented by the poor as well as a variety334Please respect copyright.PENANAPwX81MIuZi
of unsavory types, it was here Kemari called home. For unlike all the others334Please respect copyright.PENANACsS5u7HL5q
who were members of the Adventurer’s Guild, he was incapable of earning enough334Please respect copyright.PENANAlZm5YUSX7g
gold to get himself a room in the richer districts, this was something Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANABG2jnURJQ2
despised and always swore he would have to change. He sat in a corner, alone, with334Please respect copyright.PENANARqjyDTkLEQ
a book laid before him on the table, the common room was lively as server girls334Please respect copyright.PENANAN1DSHTte4S
carried meals and ale to various tables of loud customers. A server walked by334Please respect copyright.PENANAiuV8XqVIRJ
him and the smell coming from the tray made him gag. How do they eat that334Please respect copyright.PENANA5MOPpEeApk
filth? He thought to himself shaking his head. He was about to start334Please respect copyright.PENANASAXrWbofSX
reading when a rusty iron sword impaled his book and lodged itself in the table.334Please respect copyright.PENANATQsxohD5gw
Kemari heard laughter from around the room as he looked at his book in horror, blue334Please respect copyright.PENANAOHCn7fCkab
mist rose from it in a puff of smoke as the contents spilled out of the book as334Please respect copyright.PENANAuGEfC7l9KF
if it were bleeding.
“What334Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ps4YZE7AG
the fuck!” he heard a figure beside him exclaim. Kemari looked up to see the334Please respect copyright.PENANATMk0lSkzzs
man who was holding the sword, he was muscular looking fellow who wore a rag tied334Please respect copyright.PENANAUu2rhTU7lQ
like a mask around his neck, and was wearing tattered clothing under a rusted334Please respect copyright.PENANA6DJ0IjeXJ8
iron chestplate, which had its fair share of dents. “do you have any idea how334Please respect copyright.PENANAVa4LRnjZhF
much this book cost me?” Kemari said as he clenched his fists. The man looked334Please respect copyright.PENANAd7FXd3yGiy
at him and laughed “would you look at this fool, boys” his laughter was echoed334Please respect copyright.PENANAqor4PELNcd
by the other people in the room “ha, looks like he wants to fight you” a voice334Please respect copyright.PENANAARESgCy33W
snickered.
“yea?334Please respect copyright.PENANAYCRP6uNlm2
Is that true, brat?” he lowered his body into a crouch and stared into Kemari's334Please respect copyright.PENANAtLKZIODUKf
eyes “you want to fight, you little weakling?”
“Go334Please respect copyright.PENANAdIFkMdNpIg
fuck yourself” Kemari spat in his face.
“Aargh!”334Please respect copyright.PENANAdILkZx6VfX
the brute grabbed him by his temples and yanked him from his chair then threw334Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7053oZMZa
him across the room in one fluid motion. Kemari crashed into chairs and tables334Please respect copyright.PENANAa2GofKRTtY
as he flew through the room, and coming to a stop as he slammed against the334Please respect copyright.PENANAlCPesU5gxw
wall with a thud. His assailant pulled his sword out of the table and pointed334Please respect copyright.PENANApbzFkNcYWT
it at him “I think it’s time you learned your fucking place, trash.” He walked334Please respect copyright.PENANAT4cGKZZoSk
forward slashing his sword through the air as he moved. “You might not have334Please respect copyright.PENANAflgpnDeYt3
realised it as you were coasting through life in your peaceful little village,334Please respect copyright.PENANA7LJpKNz28F
but we live in a world where the strong eat the weak” he paused slightly then334Please respect copyright.PENANARS7gHnc2I6
continued “There’s no place in it for pitiful, weaklings……... except for food334Please respect copyright.PENANAwbNunr2vAw
that is. So do tell me mage” he was grinning madly by this point “WHAT.334Please respect copyright.PENANAq3BMHrwEg8
PURPOSE. DO. YOU. SERVE?” he punctuated each pause with a slash of his sword as334Please respect copyright.PENANA03eDQcVrof
he stopped over Kemari, who was now propped up against the wall holding a hand334Please respect copyright.PENANAmkctLjFToI
to his side while his other began to move in motion weaving a spell.
Despite334Please respect copyright.PENANAm2V2JfJ5TB
all that had happened, Kemari was not afraid, for he had faced down bigger and334Please respect copyright.PENANAarLBgrcxdL
more dangerous enemies and lived……never mind it being because he was saved by a334Please respect copyright.PENANACxAJr1dc4e
certain someone most of those times. He held his hand before him and smirked as334Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8yZC6onG
the spell was completed, he was shocked however, when the brute grabbed his arm334Please respect copyright.PENANAH05hkeVF9v
and forced it downward right as an ethereal arrow shot out from his palm. He334Please respect copyright.PENANAzxkdWo6tFM
grimaced as he suddenly felt a kick to the gut, Kemari doubled over in pain and334Please respect copyright.PENANAvCivnmvdx7
coughed up blood. His assailant released his arm and placed the sword against his334Please respect copyright.PENANARBnBYJ5cPy
neck. Kemari glanced around the room, hoping someone would come to his rescue, he334Please respect copyright.PENANAyIhcchy97R
soon realized that would not happen as he saw the twisted smiles on everyone’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAhGx2UPvcpr
face.
“That’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAN4070bx27e
enough Ivan” Kemari’s head snapped in shock towards the rotund bartender who334Please respect copyright.PENANAUMpFNdrk1V
had spoken. Unlike the others his face was written with concern. “.......I334Please respect copyright.PENANAlMGdwVyaCQ
think the child has had enough of your lesson” he hesitated
“Is334Please respect copyright.PENANAsoNbSKJ1Vk
that so?” Ivan punctuated his question with a severe kick to Kemari’s side,334Please respect copyright.PENANAwGVGJPd4S3
causing him to hit the floor. “Well what do you all say?” his question was334Please respect copyright.PENANAl7Bz9oMMmw
directed at the other occupants of the room and Kemari cringed as he heard334Please respect copyright.PENANAlJeKspg4Su
their replies: “kill him”, “rip his guts out”, “show him who’s boss”, “Finish him off” they cried.
“As334Please respect copyright.PENANAqqQNFVUNCb
you command” Ivan sneered as he raised his sword. Just then a figure wearing a334Please respect copyright.PENANAuPwNji58Rn
black hooded cloak broke from the crowd and walked towards them, Kemari laughed334Please respect copyright.PENANA7dO6XuYhLJ
as he noticed it.
“What’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAhbS9QoNH12
so funny?” Ivan said, his sword still held high.
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANA9VqQLtS8tt
heard the bartender sigh “You done fucked up now Ivan”
“Huh?”334Please respect copyright.PENANATHGQkotvZr
that was all he managed before the figure slammed a powerful kick into his neck334Please respect copyright.PENANAUB0y0HQVXQ
causing him to drop the sword as he skidded sideward before falling. “You ok334Please respect copyright.PENANAupSgRvVsQJ
Kemari?” it's feminine voice asked without looking away from Ivan who was334Please respect copyright.PENANAcDNDtjbpDC
already back on his feet and holding his neck.
“yea”334Please respect copyright.PENANAW75MnLqN86
Kemari wheezed “Nothing a little healing magic can’t fix……and thanks by the way,334Please respect copyright.PENANA9JZASYvXrI
Isadora”
“good334Please respect copyright.PENANAUCWJHKPZtg
and don’t mention it, just stay right there and watch as the greatest monk in334Please respect copyright.PENANAALkMPCRS9h
all of Lanatheas kick ass” the figure giggled.
“Didn’t334Please respect copyright.PENANAGXo35cN43n
you drop out of your training?” Kemari smiled.
“SHUT334Please respect copyright.PENANABaVUULgz2C
UP!” she took a fighting stance “it was a mutual agreement”
The334Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ7veHAuVN
two laughed as everyone stared at them in bewilderment. Ivan, who had finally334Please respect copyright.PENANAdV4r2aoGkl
recovered from the blow looked at the figure as they sized up each other. “who334Please respect copyright.PENANABQPdN1Ufg7
the fuck are you?” he finally asked the figure.
“irrelevant”
“you334Please respect copyright.PENANAHWkREaHaxO
sound like a woman”
“I334Please respect copyright.PENANAnXpVq1Vy28
should hope”
“that334Please respect copyright.PENANAuwKOOQ0Jvl
was a magnificent kick, for a lady of course” he rubbed his neck and grinned at334Please respect copyright.PENANAEYjSRgdKDT
her
“Wow,334Please respect copyright.PENANAHiOL8pkd8d
that was a bit sexist don’t you think?”
“Sex334Please respect copyright.PENANARYdQyo2OYV
what?” He shot a glare at Kemari who had laughed a little at his question.
“are334Please respect copyright.PENANA09mcTWcABF
we going to fight or not?” she asked sounding irritated.
“heh,334Please respect copyright.PENANAV9kjJpQDWZ
I wouldn’t want to break your fragile little bones miss” Ivan smiled and the334Please respect copyright.PENANAjDva0abY4p
crowd chuckled, the bartender only shook his head. Kemari sighed to himself as334Please respect copyright.PENANA0Cmkim5bIE
he saw her dash toward Ivan with uncanny speed, he was barely fast enough to334Please respect copyright.PENANAfs4JySrDdf
block the kick that was aimed at his face. Isadora spun and delivered a kick to334Please respect copyright.PENANAEyRI3DBtMq
Ivan’s abdomen which forced him back a few steps, before he knew it she was on334Please respect copyright.PENANATxvkKyWM1R
him again, firing a quick jab to his nose followed by a myriad of blows to his334Please respect copyright.PENANAGPRFWx9Gjj
face and upper body. Ivan wobbled as the hits connected, he was unable to334Please respect copyright.PENANA1nNTTlJj87
block, dodge or even see them. The onlookers watched in awe as Ivan was beaten,334Please respect copyright.PENANApxnNAnLGDf
unable to defend himself against the sheer powers of his enemy’s blows. Kemari,334Please respect copyright.PENANAnsQtIfwsD6
who was now back on his feet fully healed looked on smiling as his friend334Please respect copyright.PENANA5kZ9QrWGAT
finished the fight by palming Ivan square in the chest then walking away334Please respect copyright.PENANANy0YVpP9VR
towards Kemari. As he looked he noticed the man’s chestplate was even more334Please respect copyright.PENANAHTemZBbD22
dented than it was before and there was a hole in it where he had gotten the334Please respect copyright.PENANA5PW8M7x4Wq
last hit, his face was twisted and bloody. As she walked by him, he turned to334Please respect copyright.PENANAx1WL9iiobq
follow her and heard a metallic clank as if Ivan’s body had finally registered334Please respect copyright.PENANA07qftUTB4o
that it was no longer living. The people moved to the side as Isadora walked past334Please respect copyright.PENANARvu4XP3ilS
with Kemari in tow, they stopped by the counter where she fished a coin purse334Please respect copyright.PENANAf6XT7hozTQ
from somewhere in her cloak an handed it to the barkeep.
“Sorry334Please respect copyright.PENANAj6nEqyHxO9
for the disturbance big guy.”
“No334Please respect copyright.PENANAeKAdhVcyL5
worries little one” the bartender replied.
The334Please respect copyright.PENANAbkDqBTizIx
two walked down the streets of the slum districts. People in tattered clothes334Please respect copyright.PENANAaErtjRtXo7
walked along as if they had no purpose, while others looked out from alleyways334Please respect copyright.PENANAYcHZz8Vgi6
and the insides of broken down houses looking for unsuspecting prey to rob,334Please respect copyright.PENANAwYL5KR32nP
abduct or kill. They walked in silence as they passed by buildings clumped together,334Please respect copyright.PENANAy8jfOAgSIw
some even looked as if they were about to topple. They stopped as a group of boys334Please respect copyright.PENANA5nlhPB5RPI
ran out In front of them chasing after a smaller one who was running with a334Please respect copyright.PENANAbSvJB4a7P1
huge rat in his hands. Isadora started walking again as Kemari stared after the334Please respect copyright.PENANAyYrYoD7wDn
children as they caught up to the boy and took they rat from him then proceeded334Please respect copyright.PENANA1JKm4hKUBV
to beat him.
“Same334Please respect copyright.PENANAEqfgXFaQ9o
age” he said before following after her
His334Please respect copyright.PENANA43mdmivaFT
friend looked at him as he caught up with her “said something?” she asked
“I was334Please respect copyright.PENANAkRRKukD348
just thinking….” He paused “those children just now, they don’t look that much older334Please respect copyright.PENANA4wuCxWRnUY
than we were at that time…”
“What334Please respect copyright.PENANAaV5j4Gy5Pu
does that have to do with anything?” she was curious, Kemari rarely mentioned334Please respect copyright.PENANAQwisrlXVyJ
anything about their past. He tried not to show it, but she could tell that it334Please respect copyright.PENANAZVmDkjHSz8
still haunted him.
“…It334Please respect copyright.PENANAoDPUOeHAHG
isn’t right” his voice quivered and was almost a whisper “children are supposed334Please respect copyright.PENANAsNO6cE8OaM
to be safe, they shouldn’t be exposed to these harsh realities at such a young334Please respect copyright.PENANAcC0uBvvxrY
age”
“Better334Please respect copyright.PENANAyhCF1PFli8
now than when they’re older and are incapable of dealing with the shit the334Please respect copyright.PENANAt4syP53x4O
world throws at them, because of the sheltered pampered life they lived” Her334Please respect copyright.PENANAIUY6dsFmTE
reply was blunt and harsh, yet He knew she had a point. He had lived a334Please respect copyright.PENANAj2gZXfKpir
sheltered life while she was always fighting for what she wanted, and now years334Please respect copyright.PENANArkH7FLSBBd
later she was an accomplished Monk despite being a 'failure' to her mentors as334Please respect copyright.PENANAczXyttvgQS
well as a 'B' ranked adventurer while he was stuck at 'F' the weakest rank334Please respect copyright.PENANAM2WRs7tAFF
there was.
“I334Please respect copyright.PENANAAjFxJKnKWG
wish it didn’t have to be that way” she suddenly continued “But this is the way334Please respect copyright.PENANAcTpfPv3orC
of life. With death lurking around every corner, we can’t afford to be weak” she334Please respect copyright.PENANAmj4b3V9yoU
looked to the sky as she spoke.
“Like334Please respect copyright.PENANAENcaP6CL5b
me Huh?” Kemari chuckled lightly
“Pretty334Please respect copyright.PENANAnAfyC1drXk
much” she laughed and punched Kemari in the shoulder, he flinched as she hit334Please respect copyright.PENANAuQaVmHOf03
him and that only made her laugh harder. He rubbed his shoulder as they334Please respect copyright.PENANAqPuVdZla2F
continued their walk in mostly silence.
It334Please respect copyright.PENANAJheiIKbtNp
was almost noon by the time they reached their destination; the Adventurer’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAJ754c0ow5K
Guild. It was a large imposing structure which stood at the top of a grand marble334Please respect copyright.PENANAbwl6K27idf
staircase, Kemari stopped and stared in awe at the high walls that shined in334Please respect copyright.PENANAFFD5Q5YtFi
the midday sun. No matter how many times he visited, the sheer beauty of it334Please respect copyright.PENANAcapY6aaaqP
always caught his eyes . He smiled and walked up the steps where Isadora waited.334Please respect copyright.PENANAwc5ot4W4CE
They approached the large Oak double doors together which swung open as they334Please respect copyright.PENANA54Owy5YQ3q
got close, stepping inside Kemari looked around the huge open area they now334Please respect copyright.PENANAio37oGMIuz
stood in. The floors were made of a dark reflective surface that absorbed mana334Please respect copyright.PENANAob9MRtkzex
from it’s occupants, making them weaker the longer they stayed, which Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ6WhoZgK9
believed to be weird, but apparently the GuildMaster had done this to prevent334Please respect copyright.PENANAhyFvZkT3EK
fighting in his hall “can’t fight if you can't freely manipulate your body’s334Please respect copyright.PENANADs3wTmEioF
ambient mana” the receptionists would repeat. The room was filled with a variety334Please respect copyright.PENANADPWnvkcjUc
of adventuring folk; some wore bulky, heavy armor and carrying massive swords334Please respect copyright.PENANA7hGORBnYqN
while others dressed lighter, wielding bows, staves, or much smaller swords.334Please respect copyright.PENANA5SdJOVcdG9
Two adventurers caught his eye, as they seemed to be out of place, one of them334Please respect copyright.PENANACRJVRtVXIx
was a green slightly muscular being Kemari assumed to be a Half-Orc who leaned334Please respect copyright.PENANA25SPPzypZd
against the wall with a heavy looking broadsword leaned up next to him, and was334Please respect copyright.PENANAi4yUWxxsgx
wearing a brown tunic over black leather pants and boots, on top of that he334Please respect copyright.PENANA5bwM9jvth9
also wore a pair of silver pauldrons and and a half chestplate, His hair was a334Please respect copyright.PENANA8MG8ht4rkA
greenish untamed mess from what Kemari could see. The other person was the334Please respect copyright.PENANAhC11YpQ0lz
second most beautiful girl he had ever seen, an Elf with long silver hair tied334Please respect copyright.PENANAwQfFFPJIRA
up in a ponytail.
“So334Please respect copyright.PENANApQpbGWJsVr
that’s your type hmm?” His attention was drawn from her before he had a chance334Please respect copyright.PENANA1haEc4cNcZ
to observe her fully. He turned to see Isadora staring at him intensely with a huge334Please respect copyright.PENANAK5zNthd0RL
grin on her face.
“No,334Please respect copyright.PENANAKm4qxOl2tM
that wasn’t…….that’s not…” Kemari stumbled to find words.
“Don’t334Please respect copyright.PENANA0WlVmxECA3
worry my dear sweet companion.” Isadora laughed as she leaned in close and334Please respect copyright.PENANASbtDqR6EuM
covered her mouth as if to whisper to him “I SHIP!” She bellowed, attracting334Please respect copyright.PENANA1N76OKL3sC
the attention of the entire room.
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAhHKqFPq2Ct
looked around nervously and hissed “what are you doing, you idiot?”
“why334Please respect copyright.PENANAw4zsWxkfGN
I’m just so proud of you Kemari” she spread her arms wide and squealed “You’re334Please respect copyright.PENANAb2gKkHAnF0
finally interested in exploring the lush flesh of a –“ she issued a yelp as Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANASL7KoAh1FZ
grabbed her cloak and dragged her away to the reception area. He blushed334Please respect copyright.PENANAXPpmaxuniA
slightly as he stormed past snickering adventurers. The reception area was a334Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4NuaBjGu1
long counter towards the back of the room, behind it stood the guild’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAWzdumYuG2i
receptionists, all of which were identical women. The two approached the one334Please respect copyright.PENANAppkrKKAENd
closest and exchanged greetings, it wasn’t until then that Isadora removed her334Please respect copyright.PENANAP4zGbclkKc
hood, revealing her face. Her skin was a smooth almond complexion and her light334Please respect copyright.PENANA6ibnyrD43S
brown hair was cut short in a close cropped style with the sides faded, her334Please respect copyright.PENANALzb86E551X
eyes always took Kemari’s breath away, they were also a light brown with334Please respect copyright.PENANAKmqIeWme1Z
matched her skin tone and hair color and always seemed to sparkle. “keep334Please respect copyright.PENANAwqS53Pxp1e
staring at me like that and I’ll steal your heart” he was so engrossed in334Please respect copyright.PENANAedx8osWPzr
admiring her that he didn’t notice that she had stopped talking to the334Please respect copyright.PENANADzxveUJXhp
receptionist and was now starting at him smirking. “And I meant that literally”334Please respect copyright.PENANAJp9FKfq7XP
she said teasingly before returning to her conversation.
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAvzXtxVeZur
gulped and then sighed as he went about observing the room once more. He looked334Please respect copyright.PENANAkpJUt7P2vU
around at the occupants who were all embroiled334Please respect copyright.PENANA1Wwr0xrrH6
in conversation amongst their companions, the elf he had seen was no longer334Please respect copyright.PENANAGlXiqrYEFs
there, but the Half-Orc stood the same place leaning against the wall; this334Please respect copyright.PENANAjqYPVwvTgr
time he was staring right back at Kemari who quickly turned away. In the centre334Please respect copyright.PENANAbqoRYqzv1L
of the hall was a giant golden statue of the legendary GuildMaster himself: Gaelin334Please respect copyright.PENANATVWq3aWezs
Branandor, who had faced down the Black Dragon in the Arena pits, gaining his334Please respect copyright.PENANAlykKQPMt26
freedom from slavery in the process. The statue featured Gaelin in nothing but334Please respect copyright.PENANAHSeck4hbrd
a loin cloth, with a broken sword in his left hand and the dragon’s head in the334Please respect copyright.PENANA6ABE623u68
other. The statue was of a powerfully built man, with long golden hair hung low334Please respect copyright.PENANAnNCujIxkeL
behind his back. That looks nothing like the old fool Kemari thought to334Please respect copyright.PENANAPXU9rbkxig
himself as he shifted his attention in scorn. The walls were a chalk white, and334Please respect copyright.PENANA8lHMmnttR3
were decorated with long portraits of the Twelve Knights of Lanatheas; the only334Please respect copyright.PENANANT3fyXWZCN
'S' ranked heroes Lanatheas had to offer. They were the strongest and their334Please respect copyright.PENANAjlEWZXt2iG
names carried a lot of weight. Kemari only knew three of them: Markus The Bear,334Please respect copyright.PENANAiiJcg79r9B
who was a savage Hulk of a man who never wore anything apart from his brown fur334Please respect copyright.PENANAsJOAFBMXRI
loincloth and the pelt of some unknown beast around his shoulders. He was known334Please respect copyright.PENANA1kunJ3fn0f
to tear his foes to pieces with nothing but his bare hands. Next was Lucien Arengar,334Please respect copyright.PENANAEWHqZ9iUab
leader of the kingdom’s Dragon Knights which was an elite unit tasked with high334Please respect copyright.PENANAyEjgh5xjpU
priority quests from the Crown itself, he wore his signature red and gold334Please respect copyright.PENANAYhlZxE5J3p
armour with his sword held high and his shield to his side. The last was the334Please respect copyright.PENANAQfrF0Zw9YF
rogue, the assassin, and the fastest of all the 12………fuck, what was his name334Please respect copyright.PENANAXeeaLjJep9
again?. Kemari stared at the portrait of the man who stood completely clad334Please respect copyright.PENANAE0GBubpzXl
in black and covered completely, hiding his features.
“Brinn,334Please respect copyright.PENANAPGpq9PHAFE
I think” Isadora said from beside him. She had turned towards him and noticed334Please respect copyright.PENANARTeSt3ZsvY
him staring with a puzzled look on his face.
“Thanks,334Please respect copyright.PENANAXnUV6eaIMs
don’t know why I keep forgetting his name” Kemari replied “You finished?”
“Yuuup”334Please respect copyright.PENANAEmFH9TOZ0r
she bounced and grinned
“Great,334Please respect copyright.PENANASRDUPCRJRa
let’s go then” he stretched and started to walk away when Isadora grabbed his334Please respect copyright.PENANAPECgnKd00a
robes
“Not334Please respect copyright.PENANAyedoQ2YDlG
so fast, my dashing knight”
“What334Please respect copyright.PENANAyySdQmULKI
now?” Kemari sighed
“The334Please respect copyright.PENANA2mVjFn2ANK
GuildMaster has something for us”
Kemari’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAMRwDaQCFaI
demeanor changed upon hearing that, he spun around and grabbed Isadora’s334Please respect copyright.PENANAKLmcqUr6ej
shoulders, she shuddered when she saw the cold look on Kemari’s face.
“Did334Please respect copyright.PENANAyXKHpuKbpm
they find him” he tried to ask as calmly as he could, but his voice was instead334Please respect copyright.PENANAEzv7cw1Hth
cold and tainted with anger. She nodded and turned then waved towards the334Please respect copyright.PENANAfuGz2pnoRj
receptionist who was weaving a spell, she smiled and in an instant they were334Please respect copyright.PENANAYQAcwg9Nx6
standing in an empty blueish space which only had a small desk and a few chairs334Please respect copyright.PENANAf54jERyJll
in the middle.
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAwJhHCTGv6q
rushed towards the desk leaving his friend behind, he caught a glimpse of a334Please respect copyright.PENANA5cTmETyXpT
giant ogre wearing full plate armour as it vanished from the room. Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAu1MRq8U99f
stopped at the desk and stared at the334Please respect copyright.PENANAmpTmmw4CTL
small sinewy man behind it. The man wore a black vest over a white buttoned334Please respect copyright.PENANAxKCKZYoQPg
down shirt, his head was completely bald and he seemed to be well over 100334Please respect copyright.PENANAjS0qzqrcia
years old. “You stare too much Kephirian” the man said without looking up from334Please respect copyright.PENANABs8y7hSc0K
a paper he was scribbling on before him.
“Where334Please respect copyright.PENANA2EGqa95Krb
is he!” Kemari slammed his hands on the desk
“Have334Please respect copyright.PENANAbekbjiJmR3
a seat first” the man gestured at a chair before the desk “you too monk”
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAtW9yZjIA0i
looked and noticed she was right next to him now, she plopped into the chair334Please respect copyright.PENANALFBlkSAZKf
and placed her feet on the desk, which evoked a glare from the man who made to334Please respect copyright.PENANA7KIjuJflQj
say something before shaking his head and changing his mind. “please?” He334Please respect copyright.PENANA8jBgBGo7CE
looked at Kemari this time, who sighed and sat in his chair.
“Who334Please respect copyright.PENANA9fKOTKDkt2
was that just now, GuildMaster?” Isadora spoke first
Gaelin334Please respect copyright.PENANA9SovyV6fjl
set down his quill and leaned back in his chair for a few moments before he334Please respect copyright.PENANAX9GwTsSMMC
finally responded “Targoth IronHorn…..” he hesitated, pondering how to continue334Please respect copyright.PENANA8eVigKkhf7
“He looks for the same man as you do”
“Did……..did334Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7u9ecQrre
you tell him what he wanted to know?” 334Please respect copyright.PENANAZd3x0EMxQd
Isadora glanced at Kemari as she asked
“I334Please respect copyright.PENANAHmP1u4bNqx
did”
“YOU334Please respect copyright.PENANAwjFajyK2Kp
HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” Kemari flared up “WHAT THE FUCK? WE HAD AN AGREEMENT334Please respect copyright.PENANA5CvYTX5a6c
YOU OLD FART” He reached across the table and grabbed Gaelin by his shirt334Please respect copyright.PENANA0V4I2ghlaH
collar.
“THAT’S334Please respect copyright.PENANARcamV7AQtZ
ENOUGH KEMARI” Isadora shot up and took his arm, he looked at her briefly and334Please respect copyright.PENANATCoPdWYDP2
saw the disappointed way she looked at him. He grunted as he let go and paced334Please respect copyright.PENANAV7XtmF4Bag
around the room “Great, so now we competition….”
“Does334Please respect copyright.PENANAubMZYnxBT1
it matter Kemari?” She paused then continued “We just want him dead, so we…….you334Please respect copyright.PENANAASlbVgLuDl
can be free from your burden.”
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAxWcZkECYP9
stood still with his fists clenched “How in the world would that relieve me of334Please respect copyright.PENANA0gY9uke6Mk
my burdens?” he looked at Isadora and said firmly “I have to be the one who kills334Please respect copyright.PENANAqQYPw6s91g
him...…..I won’t be at peace unless I am. Why do you seem to have a problem334Please respect copyright.PENANAoNPZdRpVLq
with that? You. Kill. All. The. Time…..so what’s the fucking difference here”334Please respect copyright.PENANAZYaWqT25jk
she didn’t answer, and the room stood in silence, waiting, before it was334Please respect copyright.PENANAPVsECzAbby
finally broken.
“You’re334Please respect copyright.PENANAYMi4uLNewT
a fragile one, Kephirian…...” The GuildMaster smiled “Do you honestly believe334Please respect copyright.PENANADdqxwwb0g8
you have what it takes to kill this monster on your own, or will you need the334Please respect copyright.PENANADh2ixzslTM
monk to do it for you?”
“…..” Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAqXqCZrHzDe
stood there in silence unable to answer.
“Nevertheless,334Please respect copyright.PENANA8lidYJylR8
we have a deal. The man you’re looking for is known as 'Vanther The Bold',334Please respect copyright.PENANA0VZnYK0kyC
everything you need to know is in this” he handed Isadora a small scroll.
She334Please respect copyright.PENANAFSkRiQgiyt
muttered a 'Thank You' as she turned to leave
“Oh,334Please respect copyright.PENANATCmLNQpt54
and one more thing” he said stopping the duo in their tracks “There was another334Please respect copyright.PENANAoVDhFPbup4
person besides the Orc who came for information on him, so you might want to334Please respect copyright.PENANADZTyIZCxzm
hurry”
Kemari334Please respect copyright.PENANAYSPxVA2vu7
and Isadora then vanished as they once again teleported elsewhere.
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