Fate once again

Part 6. Ring of protection

Almiral kingdom was a kingdom of slavery. Despite it pretty name it was one of the most darkest kingdoms on continent as its main trade was people. The royal family of Almiral never feared invasion as they owned the most powerful  magical artifact : the ring of protection. This ring worn by the king gave protection to his kingdom from any enemies.

Almiral never cared for anything so while most of the kingdom rejected slavery, Almiral still continued with it despite everyone opposition. 

It was the only kingdom that Sar'gen destroyed in his previous life, he left mostly none of the royal family and court alive. He erased Almiral from the maps and history. It was the 10th kingdom that never ended up united. While trying to invade this kingdom few of his people were captured by the Almiral and sold as slaves. It was devastating as his brave warriors ended up being sold as mere cattle. He could not forgive or let go after it. The hateful ring made it extremely difficult to fight. Almiral never had a big army. It was not needed, as the ring granted protection. The wall' of the Almiral would be higher, the arrows would not miss, and the Almiral's warriors would be immune to any damage. Of course, it could not grant full protection to everyone in the kingdom, so Sar'gen still ended up conquering Almiral, but he sacrificed a lot. Almiral' battle took Kedra's life and halted their progress for many years. After Admiral, Sar'gen was forced to return to Ilula to recover.

-What? - Masari looked shockingly at Sar'gen.

-Its crazy...Kedra, Vulal tell him...this is completely crazy...

Sar'gen's plan was the craziest plan ever, but everyone in the tent except Masari, kept their silence.

Masari stood up and walked to Sar'gen

- Too dangerous...you cannot be serious...-

-Masari, all good. You will be with me. It would be enough.

-I would be in the same building but not next to you...as soon as metamorphosis turns you back into a man. King Gad- jon even sleeps surrounded by his protectors  and you would be without any weapons.

-This is the only chance to get the ring. That was the only time he would be removing the ring. His wife is pregnant - continued her story Workluku.

- I do not understand.

-Ring of protection would protect the owner from any danger in exchange for something. As you know all magical artifacts have a price for their services. This already happened before during his  great grandfather' rule. It is the price that Ring asked for its service.

- How do you know it?

Workluku showed them a secret script that she obtained from the black market.

Workluku was a magician who worked with Sar'gen. She joined them suddenly, none questioned Sar'gen's decision. Her expertise was the magical artifacts. Workluku was very mysterious being that Sar'gen accepted without much questions. She was an ageless beautiful woman with silver  hair and dark almost black eyes. Like many magicians she was not a pleasant person, her personality was abrupt and even rude. Workluku was from the magical kingdom of Betraf.

Betraf was a strange kingdom without political struggle or a royal family. It was a small kingdom with a magic tower and magicians. . As soon as Sar'gen started unifying kingdoms, Betraf decided to join Sar'gen without fighting in exchange for handling and keeping magical artifacts that Sar'gen would obtain during unification. Workluku joined their group shortly after, providing advice and her magical knowledge. She becomes a huge helper during their journey.. As soon as Workluku joined them, he tasked her to find a way to steal the ring of protection.

-Ring provides absolute protection for the person who worn it and  kingdom if it would be worn by a king or queen however in exchange for this service it could claim anything. During his great grandfather' rule, the ring reacted to his heavily pregnant wife and she died with unborn child,  - Workluku paused.