Tales of Nyandor 6: Trials of the void

Chapter 8

The elven warrior ran across the underground halls as the walls and roof were trembling above her. The battle had only grown more intense and they were loosing badly. There were just no end to their numbers. An endless legion pouring trough from the dark with no care for their own lives. Only one chance remained for their survival. She tackled trough the door and looked bright light orb on front of her. It was massive, illuminating the entire chamber as it just floated there with no care in the world. 'It can't have the heart. Gods forgive me.' she walked over the bridge leading to it. She drew the dagger created to direct the energies of the heart and struck it. The orb flickered for a split second and then shot up a light pillar trough the roof and into the sky. What was a clear battlefield up amongst the clouds was suddenly closed off. Fires and structures above them was replaced with clouds and night sky and the massive shadowy tentacles reaching the ground was severed from their original form and plummeted towards the ground. The battle started to turn. Without the direct access to endless reinforcements the elves superior skills and mastery of magic quickly lowered the numbers of void demons that had reached their world. They were winning but the cost was high. For this they would never be forgiven, they all knew it. For the first time the elves were alone in this new world they had created.

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Elena woke up in surprise. The dreams were getting clearer and more intense. By now she had started putting them together. They were telling her the true story of the titan war, what the elves really did. So the gods really didn't sever the connection to their world? It was the elves themselves that did that? A desperate act to be sure but she understood. Sometimes you don't have time to consider the consequences of your actions and have to make a decision. Yet this....it went against every religion of every culture. Vikings, wood elves, high elves, dwarves, everyone..

But why her? That was the part she still didn't get. Why was she having these dreams?

Now there was no point in trying to go back to sleep, she was awake and that was that. She got dressed and went outside to the deck. The sun had just started to appear over the horizon giving the sky a more dark blue color that got brighter the closer to the sun it was. If she counted the days right they would reach the island today. Some part of her was excited to go back home, to see familiar landscapes again yet she kept reminding herself what awaited there. Nothing there would be the same and she knew it. Dura was also up and looked over the horizon. The sun illuminated the land of six territories in the distance, they could just barely make out the mountains in the far distance. Just a few hours away...

'Nervous?' 'Afraid...how much has changed since we left?' 'I would ready myself for the worst if I were you.' Dura was right of course but she still didn't like hearing it.

As they sailed more gradually woke up, a common sense of nervousness swept the entire crew. So close to the end, yet it was also the most difficult part. If they lost here then....well nothing would change compared to all other potential loses.

When they first went around the shore's corner and headed in west towards the island they were first greeted my fleets of ships. Most ones was of the Khalakori design, long then ships with both front and back having pillars attached bending upwards with two smaller masts holding up red sails with the golden symbol of the sun etched into it.

In the distance they saw a ships in familiar design to the vikings, the main difference being more spikes and and skull carvings up front, the orcs were arriving at the same time they were.

What they didn't expect to see was wooden houses with complete docks at the island, there was no way the sun empire had built all of it so quickly.

The Scarlet maiden docked letting them finally walk on land again. Mira and Mirajine were already waiting at the docks with smiling faces at seeing their old friends again.