Merilth also reached for her sword as her dark brown-haired partner pulled the door open. For a strange reason, they both think it was bad news at their doorstep.
As Eryth opened the door, he locked eyes with a Knight. He could tell the man was a knight of Nortvalhm from his uniform and the insignia on his chest.
The man looked over Eryth's shoulder and saw Merilth who had turned back into her Raven form gripping onto her sword.
"Greetings. I am Grzbu, a knight from the North fort of Nortvalhm," he started. "The Governor of this region heard of your presence here and wishes to meet and converse some words with you."
"Us?" Eryth asked.
"You are from the guild are you not?"
"Indeed."
"Then it is you the Governor seeks. After this ungodly hour, at the North fort." The knight bows before walking away.
"Words travel fast, I guess." Immediately Eryth shut the door and they were sure the knight was out of earshot, Merilth turned back to her normal form. "We shouldn't go" she declared.
"I'm starving and it's probably a reward for being part of the guild."
Merilth looked at the dark-haired man with concern lingering on her face. "This is the same thing Ken said and we lost our entire squad."
"Fine…" Eryth chipped. "We leave after the Chaotic hour, happy?"
The emerald-green haired girl sighed and rested her head on her mattress.
Later, after the sun had gone down, the duo made their way out of the inn and away from the kingdom of Nortvalhm. After a while of walking in the company of a comfortable silence, they entered a forest filled with thick, tall, and strong-smelling trees.
"You know what this smell reminds me of?
"What?"
"The soup they serve at the guild"
The shifter looked at Eryth with her brows up. "What do they feed you?"
Before the rune act user could reply, hurried and heavy footsteps filled the air behind them. Merilth pushed her partner out of the way to avoid the flying pins that instead pierced into her shoulder.
The Zholm was forced to transform back into her normal form as the pin plunged into her shoulder. Eryth managed to get up on his feet to see the knight who had approached them earlier at the inn with two other knights behind him.
"Merilth was right," Eryth exclaimed while pulling out his sword. Just as he said the name, he realized his friend was on the ground writhing in pain. "No!" He cried.
"You think you could just walk into Nortvalhm and do whatever you like?"
Eryth rose to his feet and gripped tightly on the hilt of his sword. As he stood in the middle of the thick large trees, the sheer rage could be seen all over his face.
"You can't win," Grzbu stated. "My partners and I are some of the best in this kingdom. We have surpassed your thinking and may as well be referred to as gods."
He continued. "I am a master of the Mystic Act, and my partners are master of the Expansion Act and the Enchantment Act. Fighting us will be futile."
Eryth got even more enraged as he listened to the knight speak. Rune markings appeared around his wrist and his sword began to glow blue.
"Rune act user? Pathetic."
The dark brown-haired man yelled furiously and charged at the mystic act user. He swung his sword at the knight's neck but he easily took a step back to avoid the attack. Eryth cuts his movement short and pulled the sword back toward the Knight's face, a motion he was able to make because of the Act he had casted on his sword.
Just as the sword was inches away from the Knight's face, a magical shield appeared between the sword and the knight's head.
The knight on the left made a lance appear in his hand. He parried Eryth's sword with the lance before clasping his thumb and index finger. The ground began to rumble and a wall started to form around the two but Eryth was quick to react.
He got out of the range of attack.
Grzbu spread his hands wide and two hell-hounds zipped out of his body and charged at the rune act user.
Eryth slashed one of the beasts into dust but the other gagged on his shin. He slashed it away but the knight with the lance plunged his weapon into Eryth's chest.
Eryth coughed out blood and fell down to his knees. Grzbu used his hand to draw a diagonal line on the dark brown-haired man's chest and a wide cut appeared causing him to bleed even more. Eryth crashed with blood pooling the entire ground below him.
"Pathetic."
Eryth attempted to get up despite all the pain.
"Why don't you send him to another realm? Give him a little punishment" Grzbu asked the Expansion Act user.
"It's a forbidden act and will take a lot of energy to do. But I wouldn't be able to sleep if this pathetic being should reside in this realm." The knight interlocked his fingers and the ground below Eryth turned black.
"Remember that the Nortvalhms are supreme to all beings. We are GODS! And the veil shall stay down."
Eryth vanished into the hole.
The knight turned to Merilth who was still on the ground and smiled. "Now."
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