The Hunt for the Power Stones

Chapter 17 - Ice VS Fire

Lagos was one of the Kingdom's best blacksmith, he could craft swords, spears, and daggers to perfection, many of the knights used his weapons, including Nathaniel's. " This sword was crafted by that man" said Nathaniel. " We have to be careful then," said Malik, Nathaniel had gone to sleep as did Malik, James had been watching from afar like a hawk. He could detect movement from hundreds of feet away, James was Columbus's best hunter when he wasn't on guard duty. A couple of hours had passed and James spotted Lagos returning from a nearby forest. Lagos was carrying multiple frozen fruit and dead animals. He was wearing a leather sleeveless vest and some ragged pants 

Lagos also had on a belt with numerous Ice shaped blades that wrapped all around his waist. James spotted him heading towards the river without stopping, he was shocked to see how in every step he took, the water would freeze instantly. James watched as he walked into a small entrance to one of the Icy caves. 

James woke up the 2 warriors and notified them of the location of Lagos's base. " Go rest up with the horses, feed them, we can handle this" said Malik. The sun was up and it was time to begin. Malik grabbed the cloth sheet and with Nathaniel they carried it to the entrance James located. Malik started Nailing the sheet to the entrance of the cave with his friend. Completely blocking off the cave from light. The cave relied on the sun and moonlight to bounce off the ice shards to project light inside. Now it was pitch black. " HEY !!! ", " WHO'S OUT THERE!" yelled out Lagos. Nathaniel had crawled under the cloth with his sword, shield, and torch that was not yet lit. 

Nathaniel planned on going into the cave quietly prepared to surprise Lagos, while Malik stood on top of the cave entrance waiting. Minutes had gone by and Nathaniel could hear footsteps and instantly started lighting the torch on fire. Once the torch was lit up, " AAHHH " yelled Lagos, " Get the fuck away from me ", Nathaniel raised his shield and swung the torch left to right pushing Lagos away. 

Lagos began throwing the icy daggers from his belt at Nathaniel but he was prepared to deflect all incoming attacks. Lagos knew the daggers were doing nothing to him, he continued walking backward toward the entrance when Lagos lifted his hands and commanded long sharp ice shards to emerge from the walls. The first one was heading right at Nathaniel but he jumped out of the way in time. The 2nd one was incoming to fast and pierced through his shield, causing the shield to get stuck in the ice shard. Nathaniel pulled out his sword and began slicing away at the protruding ice crystals that were constantly attacking him. Nathaniel, dug deep and ran at Lagos continuously chopping away. Lagos began running again as the torch was getting closer and closer, he knew when he got outside he could use the river and snow to attack more effectively. 

It was dark up ahead and difficult to see where he was going. Then out of nowhere, Lagon runs directly through the cloth ripping it open and falling outside. The sun was out and Lagos screamed " AAAGHHHH ", his skin was turning red and bubbling, this is when Malik jumped down and struck his sword through Lagos, ending his misery. The Frozen Sapphire stone fell out of his mouth and onto the cold snow. Nathaniel caught up to see the bloody scene and saw Malik pick up the stone and into his pocket. They were wearing gloves as it was still freezing cold and somehow even colder around his body. The Sun was their only relief of heat. They headed back towards James after pulling the sword out of Lagos, tired and cold.