ULTRAMagic Prelude

Chapter 15

Valentina was not having a fun time traveling to the Iron City. All she wanted to do was deliver Blood-Wraith's weapon to him. What she did not want was a construct from her enemy's army pursuing her. Having had enough of the monstrous serpent, she got out her great lance and charged right into it. The speed granted by being in flight caused the foul serpent to explode violently. It sounded like a great amount of dynamite going off and shook the area. Naturally she felt bad as she most likely woke someone up early given that it was morning in the Iron City.

"Wait a second, why is he over there and not in the tower?" Valentina wondered.

Blood-Wraith was sitting there in his bed, trying to process what had just happened. He then heard the doorbell go off. "Okay... I'm coming" he muttered. Upon heading downstairs and opening the door, he was greeted by a familiar face. "Valentina?"

"Hello, Blood-Wraith. May I come in?" She looked a little frazzled.

"Sure" he said with a yawn.

"Is this your house?" Valentina asked as she ducked under the doorway.

"Not yet. I need approval from King Englehart. Kresimira sent out the letter yesterday."

Valentina noticed things were not fully settled in yet. "Did you just move in?"

"Yup. I was out wandering when I saw Corentin clearing this place out. Apparently it belonged to some jerk called Milosh..."

Dragoslava stumbled into the doorway. "Blood!? I heard an explosion! Are you alright?"

"Oh I'm sorry, sweetie, that was me," Valentina admitted. "I didn't mean to disturb you, just had a little trouble getting here..."

Dragoslava took a second to process what was going on. "Hey, Val! Good to see you again. Also, Blood? You forgot your mask."

Blood-Wraith inspected his face. "Shoot!"

"Goodness," Valentina said with a chuckle. "I didn't think you had so many eyes, Blood."

He was about to get his mask, but decided against it. "Eh, it doesn't matter around the house..." Blood-Wraith then indicated for everyone to sit down. "Oh, Val? The seer from Fire World says hi."

"He does? Oh, um, okay then..."

"So what's up, Val?" Dragoslava asked.

"Blood-Wraith's weapon is done. Yours on the other hand is taking longer for some reason."

"Really? Why?"

Valentina shrugged. "My Blacksmith friend is being weird again. He may know something we don't."

"Well that's ominous given last night's dream..." Dragoslava remarked.

Blood-Wraith was concerned by this. "Oh? Well put a pin in that for later, sister. I want to know what happened, but first weapon, haha!" He was very excited.

"Alright then." Valentina reached into her left wing and pulled out a staff. It looked like wood yet had a metallic texture to it. "This is called Voidborne. It's a sword staff." She then handed it to him.

The staff was warm to the touch and ended in a sort of cross-like shape. "Okay... where's the sword part?"

"Focus on the idea of the blade and call its name. You can do this silently or aloud."

Blood-Wraith thought about what the blade could be. The idea of a huge, triangular sword popped into his head. It was crystalline, starting at the top of the cross and ending in a point. "Voidborne?" And just like that, the blade appeared, gleaming in the morning light.