A woman seeking adventure and power goes through many trials and tribulations in order to gain her power with the help of her friend will she make it to the top?
The sun rose over the land as Novera and Geralt woke up before the sun to pack up and get a head start on the day. They packed up and headed down the trail again getting closer to the lost kingdom.
After two days of travel they arrived at the edge of the kingdom. They left the horse by the river which was hidden away and where they would be safe.
“Alright, how do you plan on sneaking into the kingdom?” Geralt asked.
“I’m not too sure yet we need to find out the old layout of the kingdom before finding out how to get in '' Novera said as they headed into the old lost kingdom.
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The building and street were overgrown with vegetation. Just by the look of the place you could tell before this kingdom became the lost kingdom there was a great battle that led to its downfall.
Both Novera and Geralt made their way through what used to be a nice clean street that was now nothing but vegetation and broken down buildings. On the ground there was ash and some sort of decay.
Novera kneeled down as she felt the ground with her fingers.
“Seems there was no one when the attack happened” Geralt said.
“How do we know that for sure?” she asked as she stood up and rubbed off the ash from her fingers.
There was a sudden low growl. Novera looked up from her hand and she looked around along with Geralt.
“I suggest you get your sword ready,'' he said as he held his sword.
Novera didn’t hesitate as she drew her sword. The growl began to get louder as Geralt could feel the ground move as the growl grew louder.
Novera got ready to fight. Out from behind a broken down building there was a tall creature. That looked like it was made out of wood as it was covered with vegetation that helped it blend in perfectly to the area.
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It walked towards both Novera and Geralt as Geralt stood in front of novera and swung his sword at it, managing to cut one of its legs off. The creature cried out in pain as it used its other legs to attack Geralt.
Novera took the chance as the creature was distracted to attack it from behind and she cut off one of its back legs making it lose its balance a bit. The creature cried out again as I yelled in a high pitched cry as the ground began to shake and the rubble of the buildings began to crumble and fall.
Both Novera and Geralt covered their ears as they saw more creatures come out from the ground as these were like tree-like ones but they were smaller and built for speed.
A few of them ran towards Novera but luckily she managed to dodge their attacks as Geralt finished off the leader. Novera swung her sword, cutting up a few of the creatures but some charged at Geralt.
“Geralt, look out!” she yelled as Geralt was knocked back making him drop his sword.
He landed on his feet and he ran to his sword tripping a few of the creatures along his way to get his weapon. Once he reached his sword he grabbed it by its handle and swung it with the speed and force of a rioting beast allowing him to cut down the six creatures that surrounded him.
With anger in his eyes he looked towards Novera and saw she needed help as he quickly looked around and ran to one of the nearby buildings.
Novera did her best; she swung at one while blocking the other and attacking another. She liked a challenge but this was getting far too challenging for her. She suddenly heard Geralt yell.
“Move!” he yelled as he suddenly kicked a pillar that held an old roof of a house up as it came crashing down as Novera jumped out of the way as the creatures got crushed.
“You alright, Novera?” he asked as he went to her.
“Yeah thanks to you. Good thinking using your surroundings to take out an opponent.” she said as she put her sword away.
“Yeah well if you like I can teach you how to think of a plan on the spot” he said.
“Alright come on, we need to get to that tower,” Novera said as she pointed to the tallest tower of the old palace.
They snuck their way through the vegetation and rubble of the old kingdom as they were close to the palace. At the base of the palace there were these other creatures that looked far different from the ones near the entrance of the kingdom; these seemed far more aggressive. Geralt noticed that the place by the entrance of the palace was a graveyard which had bones of animals and maybe even humans.
“We’ll need to be quick about this if we get caught by these guys, no doubt we’ll end up as a new addition to their graveyard,” he said softly to Novera as they stayed hidden.
“Good idea” she looked at the entrance and she found a part of the palace wall that had a big hole.
“Look there, if we can sneak by these guys and get up there by climbing, we'll be at the base of the tower.” she suggested.
“Very well follow me” he grabbed her hand as they waited for the creatures to look away as they ran to the other side of the road as they hid again just as one of the creatures turned and looked around.
“Shh” he whispered to her as she stayed quiet still holding his hand.
The creature growled and walked away just as Geralt and Novera ran to the base of the wall and they took out their picks and quickly began to climb as they attracted the attention of the creatures as they ran towards where they were standing a few seconds ago. They kept climbing up, not bothering to stop till they made it safely.
The creatures below them began to hit the base of the wall causing it to shake. Geralt suddenly loses his grip and falls, dropping his picks to the ground below.
“Geralt!” Novera yelled as she grabbed his hand just in time.
“Novera let go, you can’t hold us both,” he said.
“I’m not going to let you go,” she said as she used her free hand to keep climbing. She used all her strength to get them up to the hole. She managed to climb in and she pulled Geralt up and she accidentally falls back as he lands on top of her. They both look at each other as they both blush and get up instantly.
“Alright come on” Novera said as she put away her pick and they ran up the stairs of the tower till they reached a door. Novera opened the door and they walked in as there was a bed and a desk and on top of the desk was the dragonbond.
Novera goes to grab it as there is a sudden roar that comes from the stairway. Novera grabs the dragonbond as Gerlat takes out his sword.
“To the balcony!” he yelled as they backed up towards the balcony as the creatures broke down the door and ran in.
They keep backing up to the balcony to realize there was no balcony and Novera stops as Geralt kills one of the creatures. Novera then heard a voice from her bag telling her to use the Dragonbond. She blows into it as a special type of call comes out but nothing else happens.
“Geralt, we have a problem,” She said.
“Make that two problems” he said as one of the creatures suddenly grabbed him and threw him towards Novera hitting her and knocking her off of the edge with Geralt.
