the blackguard company

chapter 20 the mist veiled forest,Maguns past,and the hidden village

On the road with the land treader the group and Iris are going at a steady pace and Iris is looking at everyone Magun who is meditating,Lady who is training in her stabbing motions while Glaring at Iris,and Raloran working on Cybel repairing him and then stands up and walks to Kurt who is driving and sits in the passanger seat

"Your freinds are a......unique group but i notice you have no one with a shield no.....full spellcaster no one with healing magic....." Iris says and Kurt looks at her

"So......uhm how did you lose your magic" Kurt asks keeping his eyes on the road and Iris seems uncomfortable talking about it "if you dont wanna talk about it" Kurt says but Iris pipes up

"No no it's fine i just i wanted to do the right thing.....as a clergy woman of bahamut i had to uphold the highest ideals of honor and justice,to be constantly vigilant against evil,to oppose it from all fronts,and to protect the weak,liberate the oppressed,and defend just order but i.....lost my honor when i lied to a vendor that a good some of his bread was bad and that i would take it to throw it away but instead i would give it to a starving family and i did this for a few times to help them....i guess lying isn't so much honorable...." Iris says and Kurt looks at her and then back on the road

"You did what was right if you ask me i mean feeding a starving family through lies sure you lied but i mean do you think the guy would have gave it to you for free if you told him the truth?" Kurt asks

"No but....i want to help people....i wanna help those in need of it no matter the cost my own way" Iris says

"I'm sure you can do that on your own i mean healing magic isn't reserved for just clergy men and women and even then you can help people different ways like with Leone without him his farms will shut down his debts will die out with him" Kurt says "and with anything im sure the farmers will rebel once they find out there masters dead" he adds and Iris rubs the back of her neck a bit

"I think my best bet is healing i.....don't like the sight of blood on me it freaks me out kinda why i left Wyrnwor" Iris says nervous

"So why do you want to go back to it??" Kurt asks curious

"Well i was hoping i get to see my mother see how she is doing while were there plus without me you couldn't go into the village sense you arent apart of the hermatic order anyways" Iris says

"What do you mean by that?" Kurt asks

Well the village is hidden in mystical mist deep in the woods to ward off anyone wanting to harm the forest and the protectors of the forest" Iris explains "the mystical fog would make those who do not know the path take wrong turns discouraging them and making them turn back but i know the way" Iris says but thinks "hey you said this was for collecting the rune right?" Iris asks

"Yeah this was our final rune why" Kurt asks curious

"Shouldn't have king erin told you about this part so you could have broung me along in the first place?" Iris asks and Kurt thinks on it then looks at the others

"To be honest we thought on this and theres many instances of this....first there was gaumaka and there undead problem,Tauro and there demonic warrior problem,Cragsin with there hybrid war,and now this that we were never told about" Kurt says

"I never heard of anything about undead,demons,and the hybrids nor has Redrick" Iris says in thought then they see coming up infront of them a large forest with huge trees that blocks out the sky vield with a deep fog and Kurt stops the land treader looking at it and the others come in looking at it as well. Getting out the Land Treader the group look at the massive thick forest with Kurt in awe of it

"A-as i told Kurt the way to Wyrnwor is not easy for that the old leader had put a ward on the forest where the fog causes anyone who is not apart of the hermatic order or not allies of the order to get turned around when they take the wrong path discouraging them of ever finding the village" Iris says trying to be brave