The Last Librarian

Chapter 10

Elspeth stood up, magic crackling around her. Her eyes manic and she's smiling. "I'm going to kill that motherfucker!" Elspeth yelled as she charged the enemy. While I felt useless.

We sacrifice for nothing. We are all going to die. There's only five of us versus 2 General and a horde. It's my fault if it's not me but a member of Vineriya lived then it should have not happened, I should have fled by my own the first time I met them. If only I did, they won't be in this situation right now. I looked around and found the box Everard dropped.

There's a brown thing peaking out of it. Curious. I walked towards it and saw that the bottom of the box is a secret compartment I immediately plied it out my hands stinging with the splinters.

Finally, my heart filling with hope. I took it out. Then everything goes shit because a fireball is coming my way. Everything felt like in slow motion, Everard screamed for my name. He's fighting one on one with the Warlock's General. Elspeth with the demon General, Aquilina is kneeling having her strength nearly depleted with the wall of protection against the horde who's trying to get in, anyone who sneaks past, Ranulf sliced them in half.

A group of warlock must have fuse their magic together to get past Aquilina's defensive ward.

Unfortunately none of them can stop the fireball coming at me.

I closed my eyes, this is it. At least it'll be quick.

Explosion, so loud popped around me, my ears ringing. While I clutch the pages and the bookbag between my chest.

The explosion dissipated, I found Elspeth stood infront of me. Arms wide.

"Elspeth." I said, my voice sounds like underwater on my ears. She slowly fell on her knees and her head beside me. She used all of her remaining magic to protect me. I pulled her towards my side. The horde is slipping in the defensive ward. Aquilina's magic should be almost spent by now. Ranulf tried to kill anyone who tried to get near. Everard is now fighting both General's.

Somehow, something strange called out to me, like a voice so clear among the ringing on my ears, among the growl of demons and clash of swords and claws.

I look up to my left, no to my right. There! But I don't see anything but demons.

I continued staring then the demon fell down. I man in white hoodied robe appeared in my view, no one notice him yet.

'Edilia'

Said the same voice in my head, who is he calling for me?

He's holding a long staff with an orb that glows bright, another demon fell, Ranulf stopped and stared at the stranger, some demons started to notice him too, they charged at him but they didn't have a chance. They can't even get close to him. He using some type of light magic every time someone came close his staff fired a multiple light laser thing that kills everyone around him.

Aquilina's magic altogether disappeared now. Her hands are shaking still raised. Everard took her by the waist and retreated beside me.

"Are you okay?" I read his lips, everything around me still sounds like underwater. I nodded.

He positioned Aquilina beside me, while I craddle Elspeth head. Aquilina is so exhausted he leaned her head at my shoulders. Ranulf stand on my other side.

Everard is saying something but I can't understand it.

The generals have their attention to the new comer. Air swirled around him and a huge beam of light came out of his staff killing the demon general. Then he simply vanished.

Ranulf turned around and snarled. Everard turned too. His Clovis raised up.

I made a slight turn. It was the white robe guy, he's taller than Everard but slimmer.

'Edilia'

"Who are you?" I yelled, my voice little at my ears.

Everard almost attacked the stranger but I reached for his trousers. He looked down on me and I shook my head. He signaled Ranulf to back off to.

'I came here to save you.' He said in my head again.

Air swirled around on our group, a very powerful defense wall because demons can't get in. Anyone tried to do so lose an arn.

The swirling air is getting higher and higher until it covers us completely in a ball.

Then something in the air change and vanished in an instant the air swirled away and the surrounding changed, we are now in a Canyon and nothing in the horizon but desert.

"We teleported." Everard says as he scanned our surrounding. The ringing in my ears lessen a little bit and with the silent surroundings I can hear him clearly.

Everard stared at the stranger again no lowering his guard. "Who are you and why did you helped us?"

"I didn't, I'm helping Edilia." The melodious voice of the man says. He pulled back his hood, His face is pale and slim, his eyes pure black, long blond hair waves along the wind, he was intimidating as well as beautiful but the most startling feature is his elongated ears. A fae.

How come a fae is helping us, and how did he knows me.

Ranulf and Everard formed a protective pose infront of us. Ranulf was covered in black goo which I blamed the demons. I pray he's not injured.

But the fae is ignoring the boys, he's trying to look at me but Everard keep blocking the view.

"I won't repeat who the fuck are you?"

"My name is Lazuli, 3rd Prince of Elfame, my dear Edilia I am here to protect you as promise to my half sister, your mother."