the goddess' chosen

Chapter 5

They soon left the forest and arrived at an open field. They could see the walls of the castle about 5 kilometers away. When Zakkart saw Will eyeing the castle he grinned and approached him. "Impressive isn't it? Outer walls are 12 meters high with a gate house in the north, east, south and west each. This city has stood strong for centuries and has survived many battles." Will looked behind him to see Zakkart with a proud smile on his face. "It sure looks impressive and beautiful, but that is not why we have come here. Let us move on quickly, I'm tired of this trip and it is boring." Will kept a pokerface and walked towards the castle. Zakkart's face returned to normal and also began to walk towards the castle.

It didn't take long before they reached the gate and when the guards saw Zakkart they immediately let them through but when they saw Kelthuzad they looked at him with a strange look on their faces. "It seems they haven't forgotten about me." Kelthuzad began to mumble to himself and when Will heard it he decided to ignore it, instead he kept looking around to take in the view.

They soon arrived at the palace and the palace guards opened the door for the party consisting of only Birk, Zakkart, Kelthuzad and Will. They were lead by a servant to the throne room where the Queen would be waiting for them. Birk left them at some point, saying he had things to do.

When they reached the doors towards the throne room there were four guards blocking the way with their halberds. Zakkart turned around and looked at Will and Kelthuzad be fore speaking. "I must ask you to leave your weapons here. I know you won't do anything but it's a must." Kelthuzad removed the sheath with his sword in it and handed it over to one of the guards and took two knives out of his boots. Will just stood there and Zakkart had a difficult expression when he saw this. "You too Will, you are no exception."

Will snorted. "I don't carry any weapon with me. besides if I wanted to hurt the queen I could also use my magic so I don't really see the point in it." Zakkart had no idea how to respond to this and shrugged his shoulders. The guards opened the doors and Zakkart lead them to the queen.

When Will looked around he could see a beautiful decorated room with a gorgeous throne at the end of the room with a beautiful woman sitting on it. When they were 10 meters away from the room Zakkart stopped and dropped to one knee and bowed his head. "My queen, I present to you, Will Bowen." The queen eyed Will as soon as she heard his name and took in every detail of him. She expected him to bow down but she was surprised when he didn't.

Zakkart, who had come to stand beside the queen started to look a little angry when he saw this. "Bow before the queen!" Will eyed him with dead eyes. "She isn't my queen so why should I bow?" Zakkart had a dangerous look in his eyes as he felt angry that Will didn't show respect for his queen. "It doesn't matter if she is your queen or not, you bow before any royal you see!" He wanted to take a step forward to Will but the queen stopped him while still eyes Will

"Who are you boy? I may assume that your name isn't all there is to you, is it?" When the queen spoke, Will turned his attention to her and started to observe her. 'She might be an interesting individual.'

"As already told, my name is Will bowen, wielder of Thanatos, the weapon of justice. I am the the a D~" Just as Will was about to tell her about his race he noticed a presence behind him releasing killing intent. He felt an arrow coming their way. From the trajectory he could notice it was aimed at the queen so he summoned his armor and stepped to the right while twisting his body so that he could face the assailant.

The arrow hit his chest but was blocked by it and it fell harmlessly to the floor. Will looked at where the arrow came from and saw a black cloaked person behind a pillar. When the cloaked person saw that his arrow hadn't done any damage he tried to run away to one of the windows of the room. "As if I will let you escape!" Will teleported two meters away from the person, using magic.