Ark Lore part 3: Where It All Began

Phayor Prepares

Meanwhile In Phayor

Zac, and Alvin were talking over if a law was just or not.

"UGH, how has Lars not died of stress yet," Alvin said as he pulled at his hair.

"I know, but let's think like Lars for a moment, what would he do about this Law?" Zac said, trying to keep Alvin calm. Alvin swiveled around once he heard footsteps enter the room and so did Zac.

"Apologies for the interruption, but I have an urgent message from Steelville," A servant announced as he entered the meeting room. A nervous look was on his face and he fidgeted with the papers in his hand.

"Oh? What is it?" Zac asked calmly.

"A lone mage attacked Steelville. He was able to kill the emperor and turn the city's defenses against it. The city is almost destroyed, casualties are high, and the messenger warned that the mage is after the sacred stones," the servant spoke hastily.

"Oh wow," Alvin gulped as he tried to hide his panic.

"Okay! Send humanitarian aid, make sure some of our best mages are with them to attempt to drain the weaponry. Make sure our defences are fortified and ready for an oncoming attack, that includes Airroad," Zac spoke in a commanding voice as he bolted out of his chair.

"Yes Sir," the servant answered as he left to fulfill his orders.

"Alvin," Zac said in a serious tone as he turned around to face Alvin, who was starting to shake.

"Yeah," Alvin replied, anxiously gulping and slowly getting up from his seat.

"Come with me, we have to destroy everything in Raymond's lab quick,"

"Wait, why?" Alvin asked confused.

"Raymond was working on some more prototypes for his powerplant. I don't know if they could fulfill the mage's wants but it's better to be safe than sorry," Zac told Alvin as he began walking out the door.

"Okay let's do it!" Alvin said anxiously as he sprang up from his chair. Zac and Alvin spirited down the halls, not caring if they ran into anyone or not.

"Alvin babe, what's going on?" Felix asked as he saw Alvin and Zac run frantically down the hall towards him.

"Can't... talk... gotta do stuff!" Alvin panted as he and Zac ran past Felix.

"Oh uh okay," Felix said as he watched the two speed past him.

In the Lab

"Okay what are we destroying?" Alvin asked as he leaned against the door frame to catch his breath.

"I don't know everything," Zac confirmed nervously as he began looking around the lab for anything that could be related to the sacred stones.

"Okay let's take out the important personal stuff then we burn this sucker on the ground," Alvin said as he rolled up his coat sleeves. Zac began frantically looking through papers not finding much of importance, just a few pictures and notes.

"Alright let's get to it," Zac said to Alvin as he reached for his tome.

"Okay," Alvin said as he summoned electricity, and engulfed his hands.

"This looks important," Zac said as he pointed to the case of materials in jars with different labels. Alvin shot electricity at the jars. The electricity caused the powdery materials to react and explode to make a goopy mess in the cabinet. Zac summoned fireballs in his palms and hurled them into a vult like cabinet, its contents began burning. Zac shut the door to keep the fire contained.