Wolfrum.

7: Moth slaves.

7: Moth slaves.

     "Don't you think there's something weird with Astor lately," Liana asked, facing her squad as they sat by the table.

" You mean since we left that tavern?" Kiren asked, adjusting his black cloth.

" Exactly, has that vile woman done something to him," Geoul added.

Tubas facepalmed himself, " what can the innocent girl do to a whole dragon lord, have you gotten dumber recently because of the lack of crabs?"

Kiren sighed, " I will go check on him," he stood to his feet and made his way to his friend, Astor sat by the ocean, his gaze fixed on the reflection of the moon.

He said nothing as Kiren sat with him, neither did Kiren, it was their code, Astor heard everything they had said after all, it was up to him to speak or not.

" After this mission, I will never see her again," Astor stated.

" Do you wish to see her again?"

Astor scoffed, " it is better we never meet again, she is a dangerous little thing,"

Chuckling, Kiren assented, " I guess you are right, the little one are always the dangerous ones, I wonder what she had done to make you this worried, "

" Worried? You mean annoyed,"

" If you say so, now let's plan our next move, the Wolfrine here are not as skilled as the ones who won the war,"

" The wolfrines are not our concern, the moth slaves are, why would father send them here of all places, now he needs me to clean up his mess, what if they hurt the civilians!"

" I thought you didn't care," Kiren had his amused smirk on.

" I still don't, I just want this over with, those things are getting crazier," Astor retorted, " how many of them are left?"

" Thirty in total,"

Astor smirked, " let get it over with," he stood to his feet and headed to the others who stood up on his arrival.

" Is it time?" Liana asked.

" You bet it is, " Goeul squealed in excitement.

Astor nodded, " Liana, your job is to locate them and send their coordinates to us all," Liana nodded.

" On it, " she grabbed her bag and headed to a the carriage to change.

" Geoul, capture them once they are located,"

" Yes sir,"

" Tubas, incapacitate them without alerting the villages and make sure no one breaks out of the hypnotism,"

" Yes sir,"

" And Kiren-"

" Yeah, yeah, I know, clean up the mess as usual, after you have had all the fun," Kiren nit-picked.

Astor ignored him and folded his hand behind his back.

" I am ready," Said Liana, dressed in her yellow battle suit.

" Let's begin,"

Liana said nothing else as she closed her eyes, she focused her mind on the air above the ground, when her eyes opened, they had turned a translucent yellow, she floated above the ground to the skies.

Her eyes watched the whole city like she would watch her prey, all distances became clearer and closer to her, she spotted the two legged human looking creatures as they hid in the shadows, preying on innocent citizens.

" Five are gathered 11: o'clock east, Two 2 o'clock west, eight 8 o'clock south, four,12: o'clock east, eight, 9 o'clock north, one, 6 o'clock west and two, 7 o'clock north,"

" Geoul,"

Geoul nodded, bent to the floor and closed his eyes, when his eyes opened, they had turned translucent green, vines erupted from the ground, then returned in.

The moth slaves were all strapped in their places one after the other, struggling to get free, however, no one could escape Geoul's death vines.

" Tubas,"

Tubas closed his eyes, whispering words, soothing words that sounded like lullabies, the words traveled from their side to the whole city and spread over it, those that had the same power in the city supported him as the wind not only carried around the lullaby but also messages explaining why he was using his power in their territory.

Astor put on his mask without a word, then he was gone, moving through the city in an inhumane speed, Kiren at his heels, Astor located and killed the moth slaves, while Kiren burned them with his soul fire so they won't be able to re encarnate.

Though Astor had the soul fire power in him, he refused to make use of it, claiming he wanted to test his friends ability, an excuse for his fear.

Astor had killed up to the last moth slave, the creature hung in a place he knew all too well, Astor stood at the entrance of the tavern where Kiana lived.

His breath normal like had not run miles a moment ago, Astor fisted his hands, he made his way into the tavern.

" Don't go in, the Moth slave has been freed," Tubas said, through the air.

" Freed? By who," Panic bubbled in Astor.

" I-i don't know, this one is different from the others, there are two of them in there," Geoul's panicked voice filled his ear.

Astor walked into the tavern, he made a run through it, there was dead Moth slave already drained of it's soul, what drained it's was no where to be found, neither was Kiana. " Liana, coordinates," Astor demanded, exiting the tavern.

" It's out of the city, Carrying the lady at the tavern and- it's heading to the death land, this is a different one, I... I have never seen one like this before," Liana Informed, her voice slightly shaken.

" Shield down Tubas,"

" Yes sir,"

Liana gasped, " you can't fight the Redrim out there, you have just been injured and your power is restricted, the Deathfogs will kill you both, let us joi-"

" Liana," his tone held a dangerous warning that chilled Liana to the bone. A Flame appeared beside Astor which dissolved into Kiren.

" Astor, I will agree with Liana on this, it's quite dangerous, let it go," Kiren reasoned.

" Wait for me," Astor said, without as much as a word, he was gone.

Kiren sighed, " it's up to fate now,"

Moth slaves were disgusting creatures that fed on the human soul, they were once humans who either committed atrocities or angered the king, he would have them tortured with death fires till they were lifeless, then they would be given a human soul to feed on.

The king used them for his dirty work only sending Astor when they refused to obey him or went crazy and feasted on any soul they found or when they disobeyed him.

Moth slaves were powerful, they felt no pain, no delight, just the need to feed and obey, they rarely went rogue and when they did, it was Astor's job to secure the environment they were and to kill them.

When not properly killed and burned, their poisoned people and turned them into Moth slaves too.

Astor alone could kill the Moth slaves, however, restrictions had been placed on his power due to the king seeing him as a threat, even his squad were less powerful than they were.

None of it would have happened had Astor not feared for his mother's life, now he had to fear for the strange girl whose name he had not known yet's life.

With his power restrictions, he couldn't kill the Deathfogs if they turned up, It was truly up to fate if he was to survive or not.

~P-Lia~.

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