A Journey Of Beginnings

The Wolf And The Snake

After finding out about Carlix, the leaders took it as a sign that a disaster would soon befall them once again. Naelen never uttered a word about Carlix and Xilsatra's training, and Aereth would simply act like he didn't know about Carlix. On the other hand, no one dared to question Xilsatra, anytime someone would walk up to her to ask something, they were met by a cold stare that could freeze someone in their place. Very often, Arcanas would see her glare at nothing, Xilsatra would zone out, looking at absolutely nothing.

A string of attacks had been occurring all around the territories, unidentified personnel appeared out of nowhere and attacked unsuspecting Arcana. As of now, no one knows of their intentions and no one has survived to give the leaders information. One night, Aereth was on patrol, he was flying through the forest by himself, he stopped all of a sudden. The wind whistles through the night, the moon shines light on him, illuminating his surroundings. A person in a black cloak appears before him and weapons drawn, he draws his own weapon and the cloaked person begins their attack on him. Their weapons clash, flashing as the moon hides away behind the clouds. Darkness fills the forest, the music of the world had just been removed once more, all Aereth could hear was the sound of the cloaked person moving around in the shadows.

The voice of a woman speaks. "Where is the Purifier?"

Aereth looks around. "I have no knowledge of this Purifier you speak of."

'That's what the other ones said." The woman moves from her spot. "Tell me where they are, or you'll end up just like your comrades."

"Like I said, I don't know who you're talking about." Aereth frowned. "Now show yourself and fight me like a true warrior."

Aereth quickly turns around and gets stabbed by a dagger, he falls to his knees and takes out the dagger from his shoulder. The woman appears in front of him again, "I will put my question another way, where is the person that purified those flowers?"

Aereth stays silent for a few moments, and then looks at the woman straight in the eyes. "I don't think I'll answer that." He swings his sword and leaves a big scar on the woman's face.

He jumps back and gets ready for an attack, it was clear to him that the woman was furious. During the continuation of their fight, Aereth noticed that she was unusually quick to attack, like she was in a rush to go somewhere. He took advantage of that and began to stall for time, he managed to catch her off guard and saw a bit of her face behind the blood that was on it. He saw green glowing eyes underneath the hood, the woman quickly dodged and kicked Aereth away.

"Alright, this is getting boring." Aereth sighs, the fallen leaves are lifted up by the wind. The next second, hundreds of leaves were shot towards the woman. She tried to dodge as much as she could but she got injured badly, plus the wound on her face was starting to hurt.

Aereth glares down at the woman, who falls to her knees, the leaves floating in his hand awaiting his orders. "I'll ask you only once, what are you after if you find this Purifier?"

"That is a question I have no obligation to answer." The woman denies.

Aereth uses suffocate on her and thinks he has two options, One: he kills the woman and the problem would be solved, but he would lose the chance of getting information. Two: He could take the woman in for interrogation, but it would mean risking the chance of Lorentia Meadow of becoming a primary target. After coming up with a decision, he ties up the woman, but the woman keeps resisting and fighting him back despite being tied up. Aereth was starting to get annoyed and flying was becoming difficult because the woman kept moving.

"Be a good girl and sleep for a while." Aereth knocks her out by hitting the back of her neck.

He carries her back to the Meadow, he knocks on Naelen's door. Naelen opened it and saw Aereth holding a woman, he let them in and Aereth informed Naelen of what happened. They waited until the sun awoke, they reported in and Phixina had the woman be brought to the Meeting of Season for interrogation. Judgment day had arrived and the atmosphere in the meeting hall was heavy. The woman was brought in by Aereth, he removed the hood but her face was still covered with bandages.