Aegeon smmed his fist into the wall, creating a small crack.
A bit of him, wao scream Theodore's name and curse the heavens above
Of course, Aegeon uood, that there simply was no time for that. He ran and jumped, his hair flowing in the wind, the snow around him evaporating, ironically enough it was always at the beginning of his 'loop' where he felt the freest. Is this what it felt to be lightning? The thought always repeated itself in his head, like a metronome.
The thought ed fast enough to mean anything, as he shifted into lightning, desding the mountain in a blur.
What was it? That saying, that repetition was the first step to insanity. He shook his head; he couldn't quite remember much of the important sayings. Not that it mattered to him anyway.
Not unless it pertaio the information of the plot, yet even that was slowly fading away.
Useless thoughts seeping into his mind, a moment of respite was luxury, and right now luxury was not something he could afford, he zipped past the trees, his haending, lightning dang around his forearm, expanding and trag as it killed any goblin he ran past.
The sounds and rewards from the system didn't i him, the small gains that he achieved couldn't help him. Of course, that didn't mean Aegeon fot to pray, the words leaving his lips, like he was a mae repeating instrus from his operator.
He shook his head
I didn't mean it like that.
It was more so a self-introspective simile, had his life really ged? This was his pystyle, brute force through repetition, now instead of being behind a monitor he was the one directly steering,
The ers of his lips creased, f a frown.
The onfamiliar forest was now ohat he could remember like the back of his hand, the green grass on the floor the white snowfall, the wildlife, the squirrels, the chirping of crickets, none were a y, they were a given, every time he came back, he would see them.
He had been here so long, he could remember an unfamiliar ndscape, yet not once had he actually seen nightfall.
He leaped past the gate, his spear roaming around the ground killing everything.
"You-" The goblin war Chief screamed before it was cut down by his spear.
The bodies dissipating into lightning.
In a fsh he made it to the celr.
His hands held the gates of the celr, the yidtree doors, remi of maple oak tree wood, the stainless-steel glittering in the daylight.
A sigil, he never noticed before, a stag killing a wolf. Would a noble house really so openly flex, running a sve dungeon in a goblin den?
He shook his head, clearing the thoughts from his head, as he opehe door.
Ironic, he clicked his tohe celr, that seemed so horrid was a respite from the harsh ditions of winter.
Although he doubted its inhabitants thought so.
"You are not a goblin" Her familiar voice rang through the decrypt celr.
He csped his hands together, praying that the lost souls would make it to the afterlife, all the corpses vanishing into lightning.
"A priest?" Isabel's bright blue eyes widened, she grabbed the cell bars, before speaking loudly. Her knuckles whitening as she ched the bars, a humorous sight courtesy of her shackles. Her voice tinged, with surprise. The glint in her bright blue eyes promised mischief, and a smile that screamed trouble started blossoming on her face.
"A barbarian priest this close to the capital", her mouth made an o as if she was truly surprised, Aegeon only finding out retly that she was teasing him this whole time.
Aegeon permaly attached the title of troublemaker to her in his mind.
"You're thinking of something rude I feel it" Her soft lips opened and closed, an annoyed look in her eyes, her lips quivered into a frown. She took her hands off the bars.
He ignored her and spoke with a warm smile "Lost mbs of the sky, the Divine Sky-Mother led me here to find and free you" The markings on his arms glowed, lightning seeping out dang around him before freeing all of them.
"Hands forward" He spoke softly, the shackles cut in half by lightning before it started to seep bato his arms.
"Thats much better" Isabel groaned out rubbing her sore wrist, something she never failed to say.
The others looked at him gratefully, stretg and moving about.
"You know I knew you were ing" She paused, a finger on her lips, as the er of her lips slightly folded, a bright and radiant smile f on her face.
"The st s and poverty is quite pu "She held her nose as it sched up in disgust.
"I smelled you a mile away" she said with the biggest smile he had ever seen.
"Names" He asked gently, ign her.
"Isabel, noble s of House Boreas" Her foot stood straight one behind the other slightly, her hands holding the edge of her skirt raising it, she bent her knees outward, while keeping her back straight and lowered her body, bowing her head slightly, before returning to her previous position
If the clothes weren't enough to believe she was a noble, her 'etiquette' was enough to at least eaiion, even if her behavior didn't really fit the archetype
"Excuse me" She raised an eyebrow. "I practically hear you thinking, rude thoughts" She fanned herself. "You teach magic to a priest, but not manners" She muttered to herself, her eyes avoiding his, as a blush crept on her face.
The other proceeded to list their names, Aegeon quickly told them where they had to go and why Isabel alone must stay.
"May Revera guide your journey" He silently prayed, his lightning embrag them, healing and blessing them.
"Theodore, is the man we hope to kill" He looked at Isabel, trying to gauge her rea. He never really cared about what she knew about him. It didn't ge the fact, that Theodore must die quicker, yet he couldn't help but to feel that there was an underlying spiracy brewing.
Three golden knights, which should be rare, two who have betrayed the order, and one who is presumably hunting them. There must be a bigger reason why his god wanted him in this forest. It sure as hell wasn't for food, he still hadn't even got a bite of anything to eat.
A frown formed on his face.
She nodded, a small sembnce of what one might call reition on her face.
"I know only his name, who is he?" Aegeon opted for the extended dialogue this time.
"That bastard stag" The muscles around her eyes, tightening, her jaw g, her lips pressed into a thin line, her face red with rage her pupils narrowed, her eyebrows furrowing, her face which morphed into a sneer, just as quickly returo normalcy.
"Our houses were formed on different principles," She sighed, "One following the Sun god, the other following the Wint--"
"IF YOU ARENT ING TO ME--"He burst through the doors "ILL E TO YOU" Theodore interrupted her with a roar.
That was new