The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Confrontation 1/2

An entire battalion of Androids surrounded the blistering wolves and Valentine. The battalion emerged from the dark shadows of the treeline and revealed their metallic nature to the unsuspecting organics. The situation quickly developed into a standoff, Valentine was alone against an unknown enemy and a peculiar man leading them.

Valentine was on alert, the slightest movements of the Androids and Artemis made her jump, anxiety was quick to take over her as the fear of the unknown loom. Dozens of Android's structure coupled with the strange weapons they held prompted Valentine to be cautious. Unknown muskets and clearly unknown magic was in play here, or so she thought.

"Tsk"

Valentine was regretting setting off alone as recon, the rest of the Papal Scripture was still a few minutes away and she knew that wasn't enough. The sky began to darken as a storm approached.

"So, you're Valentine" Artemis said. The surprised mage was only plunged deeper into confusion. Nobody knew her real name except for the Pope and her fellow mages in the Papal Scripture.

"How do you know?" She asked as she was grimacing at Artemis. She held onto her dagger firmly which was releasing a mist of cold air from the frost magic embedded onto the dagger.

"A peculiar woman from a city told us, well not exactly told but.."

"A mage from a city?" Her eyes widened as the thought crossed her mind.

"The spy," Artemie clarified, maintaining his stoic expression.

Valentine didn't reply, she just stood still and awaited what was about to happen next. She knew Artemis was trying to confirm information from her, she wasn't falling for his trap.

Artemis was intrigued that Valentine caught wind on his intentions so he decided to get deeper into her emotional complex.

"There is one thing, you all have in common. It is strange but the evidence so far seems to be pointing at that specific conclusion"

"Let me phrase this in a way, a simple-minded person like you may understand somewhat"

The storm had finally reached them, drops of rain began to pour as the situation dragged on, Valentine was on alert but her attentiveness could only go so far. The rain began to pour heavily, the sounds of water droplets bouncing off the metallic skin of the Androids coupled with the torrential downpour of the storm gave out an eerie atmosphere which was reminiscent of a scene in a horror movie.

As the skies darkened further, the eyes of the Androids began to show their reddish glow. All around Valentine, a pair of Reddish lights appeared from the Androids and from the dark treeline, the lights glowed one by one until she couldn't see the rest anymore. She moved her head from left to right and turned towards her back, she was outnumbered.

This reveal of the hundreds of Android Soldiers around her struck fear within her heart. The torrential downpour coupled with the odd darkness took a toll on her improved senses. She was using her senses to track each individual that surrounded her but she couldn't track those beyond the treeline until they revealed themselves.

It was taking a damaging toll on her body, even if she was capable of harnessing all the magic from the area, the stress caused by the overworking of her body would eventually kill her.