Songs of War: The Novel

Chapter 2: Theft of the Dragon Stone

The building in the center of Etherea stood high. Two figures stared at it from the distance. The human jogged ahead, making his companion come move faster to catch up. 

Jalkar Bowmani was a mercenary from the Unyielding Legion, a huge gang of banditis. His red hair was combed mostly to the left side of his head. A black and slightly purple tattoo laid on his right arm. He wore a black suit on with a hood. He also had a dagger strapped to his charcoal pants pants. 

Grim's armor is a shiny, polished silver that fades into a deeper silver and a blackish metal. There is a tattered blue hood lying on Grim's shoulders that does not fall below his upper torso. He glowing blue eyes shined from beneath the cover of his helmet. 

Jalkar grinned slightly as he turned to his left. Grim followed him. The two hid behind a huge rocky boulder.

"There it is Grim," Jalkar chuckled in anticipation, "If we pull this off, I'm about to become a very wealthy man."

Grim struggled to get over to see. He purred at the sight of it. He wasn't human, so he communicated via aquatic-sounding grunts which very few could understand, Jalkar being one of them.

"Hand me the schematics..." Jalkar said impatiently, "Come on, come on, hurry up!"

Grim then handed him a piece of paper. Jalkar immediately began to look at it, he was very excited for what he was about to steal. Honestly, he'd say it'd be the most hardest, but also the best job he's ever pulled off in his career.

"According to these schematics-" He started, then realized something, "Grim what is all this?! I asked for schematics... I-I specifically asked for schematics of Ethera!"

Grim grunted. Shrugging his shoulders. Jalkar clenched his hands into fists. Of all the... Why did he ever allow this freak to come with him? This amateur was good at taking down many opponents with pure ease but can't get a pair of schematics? 

"How... are we supposed to steal the stone when we don't even know which tower it's in?!"" Jalkar complained, frowning hard at him. 

Grim grunted, "I don't know" loudly, raising his voice.

"Alright, you don't have to shout!" Jalkar hissed, holding his hands up in frustration, "You're going to get us caught. We'll just have to do what I do best: improvise. Stick behind me. A-And don't do anything stupid."

Jalkar and Grim walked slowly into the building. The thief had a hood on his head to avoid any type of recognition. There, the two could observe many enchanted weapons. 

Etherea's economy is heavily dependent on enchanting. Etherea began as a location for enchanters to practice and socialize, later creating an entire town based around enchanting at the base of the main hill. 

Various merchants choose to sell enchanted tools and weapons in Etherea. It is also associated with technology from the End.

Grim then turned to his right. There, he spotted an iron scythe. It was similar to his own, but it glowed with an electric blue light, revealing the obvious fact that it was enchanted. Grim purred excitedly, pointing at the weapon as he faced Jalkar, hoping like an excited child.

"Oh, what are you doing now...?!" Jalkar said in a low voice. 

He then saw his "partner" buying the scythe. The excited being handed the owner three gold and a diamond along his old iron scythe. Jalkar facepalmed in annoyance. If there was anything he hated, it was a powerful being with no brains whatsoever.