Rescuing Amikin: Tales of Embria

retaking the village, and some extra help.

Calum saw the portal in the corner of his eye, a blue flash of light. Walking towards it he noticed that Gard was already walking towards him.

"Well done, yes? Free god number one... yes? Three more left. Free them... yes? Calum just smiled and nodded. He was so pleased that he saved Amikin.

"We are attacking the village tomorrow." Calum said happily

"and I found a green rock when I destroyed Amikins prison stone. Gard looked at him

"then you are the one" he thought.

"Give me green shiny, yes? Very evil... yes, make it good... yes? 

Calum dug in his pocket and found the rock, it still had its green outline but it was slightly dimmer. Gard passed his hand over it. The rock slowly began to change colour and soon enough the green rock that used to be there was now blue.

"What does it do?" Calum said intrigued.

"Does the healing... yes? To save comrades? Maybe. Gard slowly walked away, opening a portal then stepping through.

Calum rushed to Karn's bedside. Karn looked at the door and winced when he tried to rise.

"Lie down." said Calum he brought the blue stone from his pocket and passed it over the broken ribs of the nephilim. Then Karns pained expression faded.

"How did you do that?" Karn asked.

"From the cave, when I smashed the stone all the light went out, but this one didn't. So I picked it up and called my wizard friend to make it good. Know it heals people!" Calum said excitedly. 

Karn rose and he felt stronger than ever.

"We can go and fight now, I think, no one else is coming to help us." Calum nodded in agreement. Karn walked out the tent with Calum beside him and began to talk again. "We freed the good giant of our realm and with the healing stone we took from Aminik's prison Calum healed me. There is nothing we cannot accomplish gather your gear everyone. We will take back our village from the centaur!" a mighty roar came from the giant and the nephilim as they began to prepare themselves. It was time.

Amikin went at the front bellowing fearsome roars that shook the earth Calum and Karn stood beside the giant with the rest of the warriors behind them. Amikin knocked a hole in the wall and charged through. Then leaving Arkius outside, Calum said farewell for now to the Tourous. With the rest of the troops Calum and Karn charged through the wall.

The centaurs had already begun their charge. Amikin picked up boulders left by his rockfalls and lobbed them through the air with immense strength. The speed of the boulders was amazing. They slammed into the front line of centaur infantry destroying multiple enemies. Then he threw another and another, a constant volley of boulders landed on the charging attackers. Then he clasped two together and roared whilst beginning to run. Feeling the presence of the god moving, the nephilim tribesmen charged forwards with Calum and Karn at their head. Amikin smashed the boulders into the oncoming horde, squishing five. Then he let one of them fly, destroying ten or so more. 

The Nephilim troops fought like devils at the giants' feet. Then a green light appeared and Calum saw the little man and the albino centaur as they escaped through a portal. Seeing their leaders fleeing the centaur troops surrendered and began to chuck down their weapons. Knowing that there was no way out as the tribesmen had already surrounded the remaining fifty centaur.

They began to gather them up and put them in houses so they couldn't escape. Then Gard appeared again, Amikin, Karn and Calum stood before him. Gard looked at the giant and created a massive portal of blue smoke.

"Giant go home... yes?" the giant turned and waved to everyone, and in return they bowed back in appreciation. Karn turned to the giant.

"If you end up here again Amikin you can always come here." he said with a warm smile. Then the giant gently picked him up and pressed him lightly to his shoulder then placed him down and did the same with Calum before waving and leaving for his home in the icy hilltops of the mountains. 

Gard turned to them

"first god free but still more to do... yes? Then he disappeared. Calum turned to look at Karn.

"looks like I have to go save a kingdom. I'll miss fighting with you." He turned to walk away.

But Karn said "then it's a good thing I will come with you." people gathered around Karn again and he spoke.

"There are three more gods out there." he began

"I would like to travel with the god of this land to make sure that the people of the other lands are not hurt like we were. But I will also not leave my people." he paused to let the information sink in. "I would like your thoughts on this matter. If I am to leave and serve the gods I will resign as chief until I am back. If not, I will help rebuild and stay with my people." he paused again.

"But listen to this. Other people, not Nephilim, are being treated like we were. gods savagely twisted to do evil things to a land they were made to protect. I will not stand it.

Then a familiar voice appeared, it was Zabic.

"I choose whatever you choose, chief." he said, collapsing to the floor. He was bleeding heavily. Villagers rushed to his side. Calum did too. Raising his rock to the wounds they slowly closed up and healed. But Zabic was still weary from the fight. People stood and nodded in agreement.

"We choose what you choose, chief!" yelled one nephilim. Then a chant began. 

Karn rushed to Zabic when everyone was out the way. Kneeling by his side. He examined the wounds. He could not fight for another couple of days. But he would be ready soon enough. Karn rose.

"I will go with Calum, our god, and we will free the rest to bring order to the kingdom, whilst I am away Zabic will be in charge."

It was agreed then Calum smiled at Karn and they walked to their Tourous and waved goodbye to the villagers as they left to go to the wailing alps in the mountains where the giant Amikin lay, a god stays captured, held to the land by an evil spell. They looked at the map. It was a nine headed hydra this time.

"Shouldn't she be on the tangled shore?" Karn asked.

"She should be. Lets go free her." Calum said cheerfully.