Tales of Astora: Legacy

Chapter 47: A new family

Chapter 47: A new family

Somewhere in a dark room, ten chairs sat around a round table with ten candles in front of each. However only six were lit, as well as only six persons were sitting behind them.

"Taking account on what happened to Avant-Heim and there has been no answer from him, I believe our celestial member is dead, along with thousands on that island." A shadowy person said.

"That's not the issue! What we need to do now is to deal with that bitch Morrigan! She took my city right in front of me!" one of the six shouted in anger. A man with a tall hat, the pope Gauwyn, was a member of Sanctus. In fact, he was the leader and founder of this illusory organization.

"Holy Father, please calm down! We will find a way but now there are more pressing issues than the Empress...."

"You tell me to calm down? How dare you? If only you did your job and killed her before she could begin this foolish conquest of hers, I wouldn't be in this state! And now you have the guts to tell me to calm down?" Gauwyn raged.

"But we already lost four of our main members. Terrick is dead and we don't even know who did it. Chancellor Finor is murdered by that elven princess in such a suspicious manner. We lost contact with the one sent to Oros along with the hundred adventurers who came with him. And now even the celestial is presumed to be dead. I can't help but think someone is intentionally interfering with our plan." Another shadow said.

"Do you think that the rumors are true? That there is a new demon lord? If it is the case then it would make sense that the demons would target us members of Sanctus since we are the only ones who can stop him or her." Such naïve thinking. These persons here, if not driven by greed, thought themselves as the guardians of the world against the demons. In most case, those types were the craziest ones as they truly believed that they were doing the right thing. And sometimes the right thing could have a whole different meaning, depending on how nuts they were.

"....." the sixth shadow stayed silent.

"Yes that must be it. That bitch Morrigan must be in cahoots with the demon lord. Her conquest would make perfect sense considering the timing. Taking over the holy capital, the only force to defend the world from evil, she must have aimed for me the whole time. We must get rid of her right away!" the pope spoke madly.

"From what I heard, she is currently on her way back to Eisenheim. This is due to the pressure from the nobles and the rebellion, which I have planned ahead of course. She is unable to have an heir and even if she chooses someone from outside, we can always make pretense to get rid of that person. Either way she has no choice but to forfeit the throne. And if she resists, that will give us a legitimate reason to kill her."

"This is your last chance, Svelt! You know what will happen if you fail me a second time." Gauwyn threatened before vanishing from the room.

"He just keeps getting worse ever since that Empress took over his palace. Now I am starting to regret getting him out of there. What about you? You have been silent since the beginning." A shadow man turned to the sixth one who has been quiet since the beginning of their conversation.

"...Nothing. We will just have to wait and see!"

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The Iron City of Eisenheim was the capital of Zagon, the youngest country compared to all others and there was a reason for that. A long time ago when Ceadric was the only human country, a revolution took place gathering all the slaves under Ceadric to rebel. After a hundred years civil war, Ceadric had no choice but to abandon the southern territory which later became Zagon. Therefore to the old nobles families of Ceadric, Zagon was often referred as the countries of slaves as it was created from the hands of the rebel slaves. For this very same reason, the first emperor of Zagon declared that no slavery would ever be allowed his country ever again. However just because it was a free country didn't mean there were no problems. Like its neighbors, Zagon had a fair share of issues, especially now.