Fated Arc (hiatus)

Chapter one: Meeting The Nameless Knight

Clop, Clop, Clop!

Two horse riders make their way into a small town.

One rider wore a white cloak covering his head to his waist, with long platinum hair tucked into his hood and a staff in his hand. His companion, the other hand, is a knight wearing blue clothing underneath their silver armor a cloak hiding a sheathed sword with a simple golden crossguard.

The knight looked at their surroundings cautiously before looking at the Mage.

"Merlin, I know you explained that you wanted to come out here to this town but, why did you decided to leave our knights behind when we could possibly be ambushed?" the knight asked the incubus mage.

Merlin turned to him and got off his horse, motioning for the knight to do the same, "Because Artoria, if we had brought one of them here people would have noticed who they are. It's best to keep attention away, especially that we are in need of more help if we are to go against the Saxons and the tyrant king to free all of Britton. The forces we currently have is not enough to take down the overwhelming enemy force." He explained to the knight.

The knight, known as Artoria, Exclaimed "And hire a mercenary?!?" She was hushed by Merlin to quiet down, "They are nothing but greedy men who seek money with no concern for honor!" she exclaimed quietly to the man.

Merlin sigh's "Artoria, you must understand this is necessary or YOU will fail to reclaim the throne." he points at the knight, "besides this one we are looking for is unlike the other mercenaries Vortigern has hired." He explains as they both entered a bar.

Vortigern is the current ruler of Britton, who seized the throne after the death of Artoria's biological father, Uther, and let the Saxons take over Britton who pillage villages, taking land and took women and children as slaves. That is why Artoria is gathering an army to rise against the king to take back the throne and free all of England.

As they entered, the patrons there stopped what they were doing and stared at the two. For a moment Artoria was nervous until everyone returned back to what they were doing, much to her relief.

A waiter came up to them and asked, "hello there, what can i do for you today?"

Artoria looked at Merlin who answered "We're here to hire someone who's called the Nameless Knight." 

This caused the waiter to pale a bit and confused Artoria.

"Uh-um... he's not here right now," they stuttered, "currently doing a job, so I'll take you to one of the back rooms until he comes back, ok?"

"Oh? may I ask what job he is working on?" Merlin curiosity apparent in his tone.

He never got his reply from the waiter as they were lead into one of the back rooms.

The waiter had them sit down and told them he would come back once the man they were hiring was back from his job, and he left.

The Mage and the young King waited for a while and try to occupy their minds as they wait, that is until Artoria asked Merlin a question.

"Merlin, who is this Nameless Knight you mentioned to that waiter earlier?" she asked, "I never heard that name until today."

Merlin hums "Well you see, Artoria, this man is known to be... devoted as a mercenary and does not take lightly to being crossed." He explained to her, "Trained to wield any weapon he can get his hands on, but mostly skilled with swords, not matter the size unless it's a great sword. His movements with the blade makes him deadly to his enemies, cutting them down no matter what armor they wore, his swings tearing through them."