Legend of The Clans

Chapter 22 War Council

Two weeks passed since the abduction of Maya and Cody. Currently they were jailed at Robinson Asylum, one of the five underground prisons in the capital. Everyday they were forced into strainious labour by the imperial guards, who whipped them if they slack-off.

The sun's heat made it even more difficult to work in the rocky mines because it made the rocks literally hot to the touch.

The prison was guarded by the winter general plus his squad and they are a force to be reckoned. Escaping from the prison was already difficult. Another obstacle to face was the lacremer that absorbed the Alchemic energy of a person who uses his or her magic. Cody has seen countless attempts but, most of them ended up dead. On top of that the were the guards who were lead by Colani and his mysterious captain.

In those few weeks Cody has seen Man, women and child die from those harsh conditions. He heard that the people who were here are immune to Precious's memory magic and thus were considered as slaves. The fact that a king would allow this to happen to his people angered him a lot. Cody thought that a king is suppose to protect and devote himself to his Kingdom.

The lunch bell rang forcing everyone to go to the serving place to eat. Maya was one of the staff there.

"Here is your food. If it wasn't for our King we would have let you starve. Be grateful you lowly mongols." Said the chef as he distributed rusted metallic bowls containing little soup and one slice of bread.  Cody felt like blasting the annoying chef away but, the shine of the lacremer reminded him of his current situation.

When he thought about what he would do he remembered Sito and their mother. " I hope they're okay."

When it was time for an old man with an emputated leg to get his food, the chef simply chased him away. "We don't serve the weak or useless, begone from me." The chef said before laughing, this caused the old man to walk away empty-handed. This scene really scared Cody's. The other guards did nothing but join in the laughter at the poor elder's expense. How can they be so cruel?

As soon as everyone returned to work, Cody walked to the old man and gave him his bowl instead. Although he had eaten half his bread slice, he however never touched the soup. "Here take mine sir." He said before leaving. He had little smile which no one saw luckily. Maya saw this act and simply smiled herself.

"That's the Cody I know." She muttered to herself before blushing slightly. For the past two weeks Cody has been blaming himself for their current situation, he even forced himself into isolation talking to her once in a while. Maya realised she was worried for nothing.
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In the halls of the Magi's palace, footsteps echoed throughout the hall way. The guards saluted as a lady in a black mask passed by. She had a silver Rapier on her back and her brown hair was tied up in the form of a ponytail. As she approached a large set of doors, a yellow light covered them causing the doors to open by themselves.

"Maskaraid... I'm glad you came." Said Ozen who sat on the other side of a long wooden table. With him were the leaders of the different clans who were looking at her from head to toe.

"Please don't look at me like some piece of meat..." She said as she folded her arms. Most of the other leaders were pissed of by her cockyness, but Ozen simply laughed at little.

"Who do you think you are talking to girl? I can beat you up right now you lowly mogul." All Maskaraid did was take a short glance at Stine before looking at Ozen. "Look at me when I talk to you, for I am the glorious leader of the Motsa clan." He added as he clenched his fist activating his water magic.

"Calm down Stine... We have no time for your pitiful threats." Said Leo as he entered the room late as usual. All the attention shifted to the leader of the Mambas' as he walked towards his seat. Stine simply shared a hateful glance with Leo who just smiled back.

"That is coming from a leader who doesn't know how to read his watch." Maskaraid said before Leo sat. As soon as he heard her Leo laughed.

"Ehm... can we get started now?" Ozen said as everyone's face turned towards him. "I'm  glad you came Maskaraid, because I have an operation that needs you and the Slayer Trio for it to succeed."

"The Knight leaders and I have worked out the cause of action to not only keep our nation safe but, free both Rainbow and our captured citizens." This caused her to smile slightly.

"Captains? But Trinity is missing." Said Bafana the current Dlamini clan leader. To his knowledge nobody has seen him or know his whereabouts for the past few weeks. It's as if he disappeared from the world.

"Don't worry, I know exactly where he is. I'm the one who gave him that mission by the way." Ozen said in a smuggish way. This caused Bafana to nod his head in approval. Some of the other leaders did not like the secrecy but, were not willing to voice it out.

"Oh I see." Leo added. Maskaraid also caught on to the trick and simply nodded to prevent further harm to Ozen's plan.