"I think this is a good place to set up camp." Carnel said, holding up a hand. Lilith and Silver both stopped. The group of three had been traveling for the day and were now in a forest.
"Very well, milord." Lilith replied, tying her horse to a tree. "Silver and I can set up the camp. You get some much needed rest."
"You sure I can't help?"
"I'd appreciate it, but I don't think Lilith will let me let you help." Silver said, smiling.
"She can't stop me from helping." Carnel replied. "I'm not sitting on the sidelines, here. I'll gather some firewood while you two set up the camp." Carnel left to go get some firewood.
A few hours later, Carnel returned with his fifth load of firewood. "There we go. This should be enough."
"Find anything interesting this time?" Silver asked.
"Definitely." Carnel replied. "Three small settlements to the north of us. They gave me a bit of firewood to help us out. They offered us a place to stay, but I declined. I've never been camping before."
"It's no castle, milord." Lilith said, sighing.
"All the more reason to try it." Carnel responded. "I've only slept in castles and fancy houses. Mother rarely ever let me outside of the city."
"Well, we got the camp set up." Silver said. "Let's head to bed."
"Agreed." Carnel said. "We've got a long journey ahead of us tomorrow."
(Night)
*CRAAAAAAAASH*
Carnel woke up, shocked, at the loud crash. Looking around for the source, he didn't see it... but did notice some strange CREATURE about to attack Silver with sharp claws emanating a purple gas. Carnel grabbed his blade and slashed through the creature, and it vanished into smoke.
"What the hell was that?!" Silver said, grabbing his weapon and getting on guard.
"The sound or the monster?!" Carnel replied.
"The sound was those fallen trees." Lilith said, jumping on her horse. "The monsters, I have no idea! But they're all throughout the forest!
"The villagers...!" Carnel said, shocked. "The villagers are in trouble!"
"Aw, shit." Silver said. "We gotta go rescue them." The three dashed off to go aid the villagers.
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Carnel, Lilith and Silver all rode out onto the battlefield.
"Gods, there are so many of those things!" Silver said. "What the hell are they, anyways?!"
"No idea." Carnel replied. "We've got to call them something, though."
"How about Abominations, my liege?" Lilith suggested.
"Let's go with that." Carnel continued. "You see those three villages? We have to go help them. Lilith, you're the fastest out of all of us with that horse. You go defend the village farthest away."
"Right away, milord."
"Silver, you're faster than me on foot. You're heading to that middle village. I'll take the closest one."
"Gotcha."
"Make sure to kill as many of them as you can! This area's not safe until all the Abominations are gone!" Carnel said, drawing his blade.
Lilith charged forwards, clearing about half the field in one stride. She encountered an Abomination, and struck it down in two blows. Silver dashed forward, following her. He diverged from her path, however, as they weren't heading to the same objective. Silver found an Abomination near the village within arm's reach of him, so the warrior slashed it in half. Carnel dashed towards the closest village, encountering an Abomination. He attacked, but the Abomination didn't go down. It scratched Carnel with Blighted Claws, and Carnel jabbed it one last time, killing it.
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Hiding on top of the trees, Monoki watched over Carnel and saw him fending off these 'Abominations'.
She then noticed an Abomination about to assault Carnel from behind. Monoki couldn't let herself seen nor could let him know that she was watching over.
No choice left, she quickly jumped down and dashed towards it and swiftly cut the back of its neck as a purple gas emitted from the cut and causing it to evaporate before dashed away from Carnel's sight.
"...Hopefully I could assist without being seen." She said before an Abomination attempted to hit her with its Blighted Claws but she sensed the attack and barely dodged in time before trusting her handblade through its abdomen and sliced upwards, splitting it in half and continued her dash.
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Entering the village, Carnel met an old man inside. "Close the gates to this village - now! There are monsters outside! Death awaits you if you leave the borders of this village! I'll return to tell you when the danger is passed.
"Wait, good sir!" the old man said, raising a hand. "You're a blade wielder, are you? Here. Take this. It serves you better than any man in this village."
"Thanks, I guess." Carnel recieved the Iron Sword from him.
As soon as the prince left the borders, two heavy wooden gates slammed shut.
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Meanwhile, Silver had reached a second village. "Hey, people! Close the gates or you're all gonna get killed by monsters!" Silver shouted. He was about to leave again when something tugged at his leg. It was a little girl. "Huh?"
"Y-you're a hero, right? Y-you'll protect us from the monsters?"
"I'll do my best, kid." Silver said. "But I can't guarantee that one or two will slip by me. That's why you've gotta make sure they can't get in."
"Mister hero, take this. It'll c-cure your wounds when you're injured." the girl said.
"Um, alright. Thanks." Silver recieved the vialed Concoction before leaving.
Silver walked out of the village with the vial in hand. He smiled as the gates closed.
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Lilith then arrived at the last village. "I am Lady Lilith, a knight of Mavos!" Lilith said, walking through the town on her horse. "Monsters are coming! Close the gates, lest they enter and kill you! My companions and I shall fight the monsters back!"
"Thank you for warning us, brave knight." A townswoman said. "You'll take care of the monsters for us? Then take this. It should come in handy."
"I thank you for your cooperations." Lilith thanked and recieved the Iron Lance.
Lilith rode out of the village, the gates closing behind her.
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Monoki watched in the distance as the three villages closed their gates one by one, eliminating any possible ways for the Abominations to cause harm on the villagers.
She then noticed three of them headed towards her.
Focusing her Chi into her blade, it glowed brightly, temporarily blinding them. She then slashed a horizontal Chi strike, cutting through the Abominations, disintegrating into oblivion as she slightly tipped.
"... I-I've used too much Chi..." She dizzly said as she quickly ran off.
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From the other end of the fields, a man appeared with an Iron Axe flung over his shoulder.
"Gods! What are these creatures?!" The man said, shocked. "Wait... that's a knight over there! Maybe she can help me! But first, I had better take care of these things."
An Abomination tried to attack the man, but he dodged and chopped the creature in half. He charged towards the center, cutting the heads off two more Abominations. Carnel, Lilith and Silver had all met up, but they were surrounded by five Abominations. Breaking from their current position, they dashed into action. Carnel used a Hurricane Strike to take out two of the beasts, Silver took out two himself and Lilith speared the last one.
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Monoki managed to climb up and hid herself in a tree before her legs gave out. Reaching in her pocket and popped a pill, recovering some stamina.
She looked out and noticed the group killed the group of Abominations, she noticed three left.
"Three left..." She said, trying to move her leg. "Still need to recover..."
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Carnel ran over and slashed one of the Abominations apart. Another tried to strike him from behind, but the axe-wielder put a stop to that by striking down the monster. Lilith and Silver finished off the last one.
"Thanks for your help." Carnel said to the man. Your aid in defending these villages did not go unnoticed."
"I appreciate the thanks, but that wasn't actually my objective." The man said. "In truth, my only purpose for taking down the monsters was to free up your knightly friend so she can give me a hand."
"I serve Prince Carnel only, sir." Lilith said.
"Prince...?! So then, you're the son of the Marchioness?"
"Indeed. If you don't know that, then you must be foreign." Carnel said, sheathing his sword. He waved, sending Silver and Lilith back to the villages to tell them to open their gates.
"I couldn't ask for better help. Not that I would get any." The man said. "My name is Cole, of Holin's Axe Brothers. We... were a group in service to royalty. I'm the last one left. But that's not important right now. I need help rescuing a girl captured by bandits."
"Bandits?! You're not telling me they're this close to the villages?!"
"I ran a long while - at least a half day." Cole continued. "They haven't found these villages yet, as they've been expanding from within Holin."
"So the bandit problem in Holin really is as bad as they say..."
"You said a girl was captured by the bandits?" Silver said, walking over. "Just great. They're probably planning to sell her to slavers."
"What?! Cole, how do you know about this camp?" Carnel asked.
"Because they captured me, too. She helped me escape. I've been looking for someone who can go back with me to help free her." Cole continued. "Will you come with me? She needs help."
"Of course." Carnel said. "Lilith! Silver! We're headed to the bandit camp! Cole, lead us there!"
The group all joined together and departed, dashing off towards the bandit camp.
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As Carnel's group left, Monoki jumped off the tree. She followed them from a distance, still fatigued from the battle.
"...Can't lose sight... of them..." She murmured, continuing her pursue on the group despite her fatigue while unknowingly unnoticing the shadowing figure watching and following her. She then tripped and fell, looking up as the group went on further. "...No... Lady... Christene... I... Can't..." She got out before passing out.
The figure got close to Monoki, standing beside her as he looked onwards to the group. "I wonder why you're chasing them?" The man spoke.
"Very well, milord." Lilith replied, tying her horse to a tree. "Silver and I can set up the camp. You get some much needed rest."
"You sure I can't help?"
"I'd appreciate it, but I don't think Lilith will let me let you help." Silver said, smiling.
"She can't stop me from helping." Carnel replied. "I'm not sitting on the sidelines, here. I'll gather some firewood while you two set up the camp." Carnel left to go get some firewood.
A few hours later, Carnel returned with his fifth load of firewood. "There we go. This should be enough."
"Find anything interesting this time?" Silver asked.
"Definitely." Carnel replied. "Three small settlements to the north of us. They gave me a bit of firewood to help us out. They offered us a place to stay, but I declined. I've never been camping before."
"It's no castle, milord." Lilith said, sighing.
"All the more reason to try it." Carnel responded. "I've only slept in castles and fancy houses. Mother rarely ever let me outside of the city."
"Well, we got the camp set up." Silver said. "Let's head to bed."
"Agreed." Carnel said. "We've got a long journey ahead of us tomorrow."
(Night)
*CRAAAAAAAASH*
Carnel woke up, shocked, at the loud crash. Looking around for the source, he didn't see it... but did notice some strange CREATURE about to attack Silver with sharp claws emanating a purple gas. Carnel grabbed his blade and slashed through the creature, and it vanished into smoke.
"What the hell was that?!" Silver said, grabbing his weapon and getting on guard.
"The sound or the monster?!" Carnel replied.
"The sound was those fallen trees." Lilith said, jumping on her horse. "The monsters, I have no idea! But they're all throughout the forest!
"The villagers...!" Carnel said, shocked. "The villagers are in trouble!"
"Aw, shit." Silver said. "We gotta go rescue them." The three dashed off to go aid the villagers.
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Carnel, Lilith and Silver all rode out onto the battlefield.
"Gods, there are so many of those things!" Silver said. "What the hell are they, anyways?!"
"No idea." Carnel replied. "We've got to call them something, though."
"How about Abominations, my liege?" Lilith suggested.
"Let's go with that." Carnel continued. "You see those three villages? We have to go help them. Lilith, you're the fastest out of all of us with that horse. You go defend the village farthest away."
"Right away, milord."
"Silver, you're faster than me on foot. You're heading to that middle village. I'll take the closest one."
"Gotcha."
"Make sure to kill as many of them as you can! This area's not safe until all the Abominations are gone!" Carnel said, drawing his blade.
Lilith charged forwards, clearing about half the field in one stride. She encountered an Abomination, and struck it down in two blows. Silver dashed forward, following her. He diverged from her path, however, as they weren't heading to the same objective. Silver found an Abomination near the village within arm's reach of him, so the warrior slashed it in half. Carnel dashed towards the closest village, encountering an Abomination. He attacked, but the Abomination didn't go down. It scratched Carnel with Blighted Claws, and Carnel jabbed it one last time, killing it.
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Hiding on top of the trees, Monoki watched over Carnel and saw him fending off these 'Abominations'.
She then noticed an Abomination about to assault Carnel from behind. Monoki couldn't let herself seen nor could let him know that she was watching over.
No choice left, she quickly jumped down and dashed towards it and swiftly cut the back of its neck as a purple gas emitted from the cut and causing it to evaporate before dashed away from Carnel's sight.
"...Hopefully I could assist without being seen." She said before an Abomination attempted to hit her with its Blighted Claws but she sensed the attack and barely dodged in time before trusting her handblade through its abdomen and sliced upwards, splitting it in half and continued her dash.
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Entering the village, Carnel met an old man inside. "Close the gates to this village - now! There are monsters outside! Death awaits you if you leave the borders of this village! I'll return to tell you when the danger is passed.
"Wait, good sir!" the old man said, raising a hand. "You're a blade wielder, are you? Here. Take this. It serves you better than any man in this village."
"Thanks, I guess." Carnel recieved the Iron Sword from him.
As soon as the prince left the borders, two heavy wooden gates slammed shut.
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Meanwhile, Silver had reached a second village. "Hey, people! Close the gates or you're all gonna get killed by monsters!" Silver shouted. He was about to leave again when something tugged at his leg. It was a little girl. "Huh?"
"Y-you're a hero, right? Y-you'll protect us from the monsters?"
"I'll do my best, kid." Silver said. "But I can't guarantee that one or two will slip by me. That's why you've gotta make sure they can't get in."
"Mister hero, take this. It'll c-cure your wounds when you're injured." the girl said.
"Um, alright. Thanks." Silver recieved the vialed Concoction before leaving.
Silver walked out of the village with the vial in hand. He smiled as the gates closed.
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Lilith then arrived at the last village. "I am Lady Lilith, a knight of Mavos!" Lilith said, walking through the town on her horse. "Monsters are coming! Close the gates, lest they enter and kill you! My companions and I shall fight the monsters back!"
"Thank you for warning us, brave knight." A townswoman said. "You'll take care of the monsters for us? Then take this. It should come in handy."
"I thank you for your cooperations." Lilith thanked and recieved the Iron Lance.
Lilith rode out of the village, the gates closing behind her.
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Monoki watched in the distance as the three villages closed their gates one by one, eliminating any possible ways for the Abominations to cause harm on the villagers.
She then noticed three of them headed towards her.
Focusing her Chi into her blade, it glowed brightly, temporarily blinding them. She then slashed a horizontal Chi strike, cutting through the Abominations, disintegrating into oblivion as she slightly tipped.
"... I-I've used too much Chi..." She dizzly said as she quickly ran off.
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From the other end of the fields, a man appeared with an Iron Axe flung over his shoulder.
"Gods! What are these creatures?!" The man said, shocked. "Wait... that's a knight over there! Maybe she can help me! But first, I had better take care of these things."
An Abomination tried to attack the man, but he dodged and chopped the creature in half. He charged towards the center, cutting the heads off two more Abominations. Carnel, Lilith and Silver had all met up, but they were surrounded by five Abominations. Breaking from their current position, they dashed into action. Carnel used a Hurricane Strike to take out two of the beasts, Silver took out two himself and Lilith speared the last one.
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Monoki managed to climb up and hid herself in a tree before her legs gave out. Reaching in her pocket and popped a pill, recovering some stamina.
She looked out and noticed the group killed the group of Abominations, she noticed three left.
"Three left..." She said, trying to move her leg. "Still need to recover..."
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Carnel ran over and slashed one of the Abominations apart. Another tried to strike him from behind, but the axe-wielder put a stop to that by striking down the monster. Lilith and Silver finished off the last one.
"Thanks for your help." Carnel said to the man. Your aid in defending these villages did not go unnoticed."
"I appreciate the thanks, but that wasn't actually my objective." The man said. "In truth, my only purpose for taking down the monsters was to free up your knightly friend so she can give me a hand."
"I serve Prince Carnel only, sir." Lilith said.
"Prince...?! So then, you're the son of the Marchioness?"
"Indeed. If you don't know that, then you must be foreign." Carnel said, sheathing his sword. He waved, sending Silver and Lilith back to the villages to tell them to open their gates.
"I couldn't ask for better help. Not that I would get any." The man said. "My name is Cole, of Holin's Axe Brothers. We... were a group in service to royalty. I'm the last one left. But that's not important right now. I need help rescuing a girl captured by bandits."
"Bandits?! You're not telling me they're this close to the villages?!"
"I ran a long while - at least a half day." Cole continued. "They haven't found these villages yet, as they've been expanding from within Holin."
"So the bandit problem in Holin really is as bad as they say..."
"You said a girl was captured by the bandits?" Silver said, walking over. "Just great. They're probably planning to sell her to slavers."
"What?! Cole, how do you know about this camp?" Carnel asked.
"Because they captured me, too. She helped me escape. I've been looking for someone who can go back with me to help free her." Cole continued. "Will you come with me? She needs help."
"Of course." Carnel said. "Lilith! Silver! We're headed to the bandit camp! Cole, lead us there!"
The group all joined together and departed, dashing off towards the bandit camp.
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As Carnel's group left, Monoki jumped off the tree. She followed them from a distance, still fatigued from the battle.
"...Can't lose sight... of them..." She murmured, continuing her pursue on the group despite her fatigue while unknowingly unnoticing the shadowing figure watching and following her. She then tripped and fell, looking up as the group went on further. "...No... Lady... Christene... I... Can't..." She got out before passing out.
The figure got close to Monoki, standing beside her as he looked onwards to the group. "I wonder why you're chasing them?" The man spoke.
