Book of The Lightborn: Rise

Beyond Reason

They were given birth from the same point, the same matter and shaped by the same Creator. Since they stepped out of the Link, these beings of light had an unbroken connection which transcends time, space and even their reality.

Love was a given, while loyalty only natural for them, and caring for each other, not even second in nature. As they were more than willing to give their lives for the other. Their name, of Ascended Beings, comes from a multitude of facets. From their bodies and light, to their minds and souls, all parts of their being were something more than those of the flesh beings. It was thus unfathomable for any of them that Orvus would kill his own siblings, and for them to have to kill him was something that even within all the hate they held for him, was an utmost painful prospect.

Salvete, however, accepted the pain and was willing to do what it had to be done. As soon as she was close to the edge of the forest, where it met with the lake, she was ready to assault Orvus. She knew she had to wait, but found it hard to do. The cold wind of the night approaching, the dark clouds enveloping the sky above the lake, and the signs of life all around her, seemed to stand in anticipation as she looked at Orvus.

Taller than before, his light a powerful, cold radiance, and all around him, the creatures of the night, ready to receive orders. His hair, while still short, moved in waves with the wind. She counted up to twelve, while the slightest sounds of breath around the forest suggested there were more. One aspect which the shadow lurkers had to give up, was their silence for disguise, as the lights attached to their souls caused a throbbing pain across their bodies and strained their minds. They were also constantly used by Orvus, until they either died from Orvus disposing of them, or exhaustion consuming their body. As terrifying the image of the dark creatures was, as sad of a picture it painted too.

"Less and less of them, means fewer opportunities to grant them eternity," for a moment Salvete thought he was speaking towards her, so she turned behind expecting an ambush. "I don't want to do this, not by these means, but what choice do I have, they won't listen.". Salvete understood he was speaking to himself all that while. He was some hundred metres away from where she watched, her control of the light granting her an almost invisible presence combined with her muddied and dirtied body. There was still the aspect of her light, which could be noticed by the likes of Eraanel more specialised in sensory abilities, but due to the hundreds, sometimes thousands, of metres tall trees, it was hardly a concern as long as she didn't step out the treeline. Her issue was the perimeter set around him. He stood with his back at the lake, in an open area around the lake. There were trees closer to him, but those were better guarded, she noticed.

'Unfortunately the night will make it harder for me,' Salvete started to construct her strategy, while running between the trees, trying to figure better ways to either assault him, or at the very least target him from afar. 'Those creatures don't seem to move, only to react with slight twitches of their ears, like the one prior,' she noticed, 'they might be more female than male.'. She went around the lake, the darkness of the night enveloping the lands once more by the time she was done, and her siblings not too far once she returned to her original spot. 'I will have no choice, but to approach once they're here,' Salvete was frustrated, even though it was the best she could do. 'I would've liked to be able to hit him at least a few times before revealing my position, but given the precautions he took, and other ones which I'm probably not aware of, I should be lucky to get one good hit,' while thinking of all of it, she cracked a smile. Only some moments after her deep thought, did she realise. 'It still amuses me, the way he does things,' she thought in honesty, her heart throbbing with pain, knowing what she'll have to do. 'It doesn't matter though. All that we lived through, that we endured, must end here. Whether I live or die, I must ensure my siblings will get out of this.'. With her resolve steeled, and the lights of her siblings approaching the lake, she only allowed for small portions of her light to course through her. It was the absolute state of nonexistence she could accomplish. If she broke her concentration even for a moment, she would risk letting her light course through her like it should, which would shock her body and mind into being stunned. While not supplying the vital parts of her body with enough light, would mean any part of her body getting swallowed by the cold and needing recovery. It was a fine matter, which required of her a perfect balance between light circulation and control.