Carmine (Completed)

Chapter 33

I aimed and it slammed into the tree with a thud. Stepping back, I drew on the arrow gun. The string tightened and sprung, for I heard the high-pitched ping of the metal string rebounding.

Five said, "The woman, her name is Bi Go Mu, a native of Darkaith, she was being offered to him as a wife."

I said, "Is that so?" Darkaith was a seafaring nation. A powerful one at that. I wondered how prestigious she was there. A Princess perhaps?

Five continued, "She is the second child of the King’s nephew, Sathouy."

That was far down the pole for a King of Tiam's wealth and greatness.

"Sathouy has his own sea company and it is the second richest in the country with the largest reach in the north of the birth land, home to the original Shyia tribes. His mother is telling him that they only need more ground forces and ships which Tiam can fund and they can spread their routes to the deep south of that continent and control it for the future."

Ahhh, then the union would be valuable. In those lands, the reason why no countries have been made there was because the land was rocky and now infertile from overfarming or so I heard.

Shyia tribes in the past moved north settling into new lands making new empires. The land of the old empires, the birth land as we called it is mostly empty and was a drab shell of itself as only nomads roamed it.

Still, I think there are a few countries isolated down there. Om was one. The birth land still could be profitable to the fool who was crazy enough to conquer it.

Janilla was sitting on a protruding bark of a nearby tree. We were in this forest which I would find out was being harvested for fruits.

And there were a lot of them. Every tree had its fair share and it made the place look like a rainbow that hovered over us.

Janilla spoke, "It is sad that they are forcing you guys apart."

I took my other hand nearing it to the string. My finger slapped the string. I felt the pain then it disappeared as blood rolled out and wet the side of the thumb.

Sharp, I asked, "What did Canus say?"

"He refused until his brothers strong-armed him into it. Also, they know about him planning to leave. Acomn gave him up and overruled him."

I narrowed my eyes. "Coup, did they just coup the King?"

Five shrugged. "Not sure, but Acomn is angry and has ordered the wedding so—"

"Sounds like a coup," Janilla said.

"I agree." I sighed and used the dagger to slice the string. My finger was wrapped with a piece of linen. "Five, remember when I stabbed you with this?" I was wiggling the knife at him.

He stared.

I continued, "I swore I hit you and it never hit you. Actually, I think it went through and I don't kn—"

"That knife is platinum-casted Vapbon. That knife is a good knife in defense against warping."

"Warping?" I asked.

Five instantly appeared before me and the wind picked up as a rush of it hits me. A few troubled leaves dropped behind me. "It allows me to cut in between the space of time."

I jumped back. "Time?"

"Yes." Five went to take out the arrow. He came back and was juggling it from hand to hand. "We Champions are given bodies that help us to better do the task we are assigned with. But the thing you call magic is really on hand manipulation of our body's resources."