Marcus / Xylus Triun - Part 47

'... Lord Xylus, the rumors are true.' my orc servant said. I was sitting on my throne in my Demic armour. My army created a big encampment deep in the forest and my castle was finally done. I held my sword close to me in my hand and I looked up to the orc servant. 'Kill this pest, and find out where he is hiding.' I said. The orc servant was frightfully looking around himself as two troll commanders barged into the throne room , picked the little fellow up and teared him into half. The louds screams from the orc did me joy, and I felt dreadfully evil again. So enjoyable. I slowly glided up in the air until I stood on my two legs. I sheathed my sword and walked towards the two troll commanders. I glided up to the left one's face and roared in his face. The troll ran away in fear and crushed through the door, fell and kept on running again. Then I turned my head to the other troll commander and I said in Grunk-Pah 'And you, tell my minions to march out to the Erekhi Mountains in Arishalore. There will the floating city off the Angels pass by and we can get on there by floating towards it from the mountains. The Blood Elves gave us alot of windflyers so this may come handy.' Grunk-Pah was the language all of the forces under my command spoke, including me. I could control my forces with the might of my brain, so if anything would go wrong there I could take control and help them. And if they manage to capture the city I'll be there to take the throne and rule fromout the sky. Plus, there is the portal to the Gods and Goddesses. The troll nodded and he ventured to the watchtower, he blew a horn and minions marched up to the main square of the encampment. It were atleast five thousand soldiers. The rest were farmers , smiths and so on. They were in no position to fight, and I had to keep a small part of my army, a thousand or so. Four thousand soldiers have to make it to the mountains in two months from now on and then we will exactly pinpoint the Angel City. I've studied the exact course of the city for a long time now, this can't possibly go wrong. '... Today, today is the day Arishalore, Niarlore and Safilore will be under our command ! In our march towards the Erekhi Mountains we we slay ANY opposing town, city or camp. We will enslave, kill them or eat them. No survivors allowed except for the slaves. Kill, or be killed... ' The troll commander said , a loud roar from all my minions could be heard. ' ... Show no mercy, no fear , show your strength. Fight in the name of our Lord Xylus, who granted us courage and strength. Lord Xylus, if I may grant you the honour ?' The troll commander said. While he was holding his speech I sneaked upon the watchtower. I slowly walked forwards, you could hear the metal of my armour rinkling and the rest was silent. I slowly walked forwards, the long white manes of my hair were shining in the moonlight. My red eyes reflected the moonlight , and my armour, so dark as the night, was almost invisible in the dark. I heard loud roaring when I came on stage , all of my minions were shouting my name. "Lord Xylus , Lord Xylus!" is what they yelled. I held my hand up in the air and yelled 'Silence !' Everything went silent and while it was ofcourse raining thunder suddenly appeared because of my shout. 'You all have to fight for yourselves. You all know how it feels to be kicked out of society, families and friends killed without a proper reason. Orcs getting killed whilst they try to communicate with Elves. Goblins trying to help humans, sword penetrated their bodies. Trolls, trying to support the Angels, getting burned to death with fire, I can give you a thousand more of examples how simple people think about us. All I ask of you, all of you, show that you all are done with it, fight for your family or friends that died in somekind of similiar way. Create your power from the angry feeling that you have inside, together we can reign this world. This dimension. After the Angels, the Humans, Elves , Gubh-Liunk , Time - Experiencers , Creatures, Witch - Hunters and so on will all fall ! All of them !' I said. Everyone roared of joy, they all agreed to my speech. 'Now GO! March to the Mountains of Arishalore , plunder everything on your way. The Kiadh animals stand ready to transport any kind of treasure, equipment or food. There is enough food of you all, now go. And don't return before the Angel City has been taken. ' They all roared again. They quickly ran to the quarters for the weapons, stables to get their Kiadh's and they made theirselves ready for the long walk to there. I felt a chill creeping up my back, what was that? I turned around very slowly and I was looking in a face that had the same hair and eyes as me. Only a different facial structure. I jabbed as an instinct to his face, it was a direct hit and the stranger flew away, from the watchtower with a dull sound on the ground. Directly more then a hundred minions ran to the stranger and picked him up and held him tight for me. I jumped from the watchtower and just before I would hit the ground I started to glide so I fell softly on the ground. I stood on my two legs again and two troll Lieutenants brought the stranger to me. I grabbed his face and held it very tight and held him up the air so I could see his face in the moonlight. '... You got one second to explain yourself.' I said. The stranger tried to smile , I could feel the muscles try to move in his face but I just held it so tight he couldn't do anything. ' ... Ssssskriuh ...' He said in a demonic dialect. Because I held his face so tight he couldn't pronounce the S very well. I started to speak in his dialect so my minions wouldn't understand it. ' What is it you seek here, brother? ' I asked. I released his face with my hand and he fell, but he had such fast reflexes that he directly glided and slowly fell to the ground. ' You . Can we speak somewhere more private? ' He asked. I slowly nodded . 'Follow me.' We went over to the barracks, my long cape was covered with dirt of all the fights and my Demic armour didn't have a single scratch on it. In Grunk - Pah I said to the guards they had to leave us two alone. They all left the building, guarding the entrances and if not, gathering everything together to move out. 'So you found out.' The stranger said. 'Found out what ?' I replied . The stranger grinned and he grabbed a chair to sit on. 'That you're Ayakashi. Your true nature revealed itself, you're not the foolish Marcus they called you. You're Xylus, heir of the throne of The Ayakashi. Currently your mother Lavto is the current queen . A succubus, to be exact. I'm her Champion, Daemon. I'm here to return you to our empire.' I slowly walked to him. The scars on my face revealed my true nature. 'You know, if you're lying to me ... You have a great problem.' I smiled at him in a sadistic way. 'And I think we can get along just fine. You see, as a champion I'm not a ordinary Ayakashi anymore. I'm a Devil.' He said. I laughed pitifully. 'You're a Devil you say ? I'm an Incubus and got the powers of a God. ' I walked to him, grabbed him at his face and squeezed his face. I could hear the bones break in his face, everything was breaking and crumbling. His skull, I was destroying it. He didn't shout , yell or scream. In fact, he seemed to rather enjoy it. I let go of him and he dropped to the ground . His whole face was bleeding and his skull had one big crack in it, his skin was just ripped open so you could see his bones and ... What the ... His face slowly started to recreate itself and his face and skull was totally rejuvenated again. He stood up and kneeled before me . 'Lavto is with me, she will defend me and heal me in any way needed. Please prince Xylus of the Ayakashi, we want you back after such a long time.' I picked him up again , dropped him before the front door and said ' Say to her I sent my regards.' I kicked him through the door outside. 'Show him outside.' But that wasn't needed, he stood up and said ' If you won't go with me, I'll have to make you ... I'm sorry, prince Xylus.' And claws came out of his knuckles ...

Marcus Triun - Part 46 ( Mortem Triun )

' ... Mortem, don't forget to get water from the waterwell today ! ' Mom said. I didn't reply, I took the bucket and went outside. My name, as you already heard, is Mortem. I live here with my mother in Safilore, I grew up with her alone.
My mother always told me I was really special since I aged alot faster then most children of my age, I'm actually just two years old but I look like a fifteen year old kid. My mother said it was in our genes, I still don't know why or how I age so quickly but that will stay a secret for sure. My body type was rather normal , just the average for a boy of fifteen. I had black hair with some with hairs in it and my left eye was red and the right one blue. My facial structure was abnormal, especially since my mother doesn't have any of these things in common with me. Anyhow, as I was walking in the sand with my bare feet I slowly but surely reached the waterwell. I suddenly dropped the bucket and I froze to the ground, my red eye suddenly started to hurt like something I've had never experienced before. The pain was unbearable, I had these kind of things before but not this bad. My chest started to glow and I pulled out my shirt to quickly see what was glowing. Some weird signs were covering up on my whole body, turning red and blue then red again and blue. It went on and on, I fell on my knees and grabbed to my stomach since that started to hurt too. I yelled for help, but ofcourse there was no one near enough since the well was deep in the desert. Then the glow changed to a white and then black light and went back into my body. The signs disappeared and so did the pain in my red eye and body. I suddenly felt something in my neck, something warm and soft, something hairy. I quickly snatched towards my neck and head with my hand, it was my hair. It had grown until my neck, I quickly ran towards the well. Darn it ! Not again ! ... I aged, I totally changed again, and again I looked older. My body structure became larger too. I just now turned sixteen, I wonder when this will finally stop. I quickly grabbed the bucket to fill it with clean fresh water. I dropped the bucket on the ground and started to wash my face with the water from the well and drank something from it. From who did I have these facial traits? Is my mother really my mother? What is my purpose on this world for crying out loud? I picked the bucket up again and quickly went home. I bashed inside and threw the bucket on the table. 'I want some answers, and I want them right now and don't lie to me , please. ' I begged. "Mom" was cleaning some vases when she suddenly dropped the cleaner. We stood there for a long time and then she finally turned around. 'I'm not really your mother, and your father still exists. But the truth is really dangerous, and I do encourage you to not beg me for the truth.' She said. I looked to the small cactus pot on the table. I looked up again and said 'If you won't tell me, I will find the truth.' Her eyes turned yellow and she changed into a monstrosity. A Gubh-Liunk. They were from old tales and used for little children to make them afraid so they would listen, but in reality they were fearful old feminine undead warriors of Safilore, who are said to be extinct. I closely looked as she changed form and two pale swords grew out of her arms. 'Time to play.' the Gubh-Liunk hissed out from her mouth. She ran at crazed speed towards me, I turned around and ran away as fast as I could. I ran on the sand and I ran and I ran until I reached The Temple of Safi. I knocked on the door as I heard the Gubh-Liunk approaching, suddenly a sense said I had to duck, and so I did. The Gubh-Liunk sliced with her two swordarms into the wooden door and she tried to get loose as she got stuck. I ran away, as fast as I could. What in Aggrash's name is going on ? I reached my house again and searched for a weapon. Weirdly enough no one was outside. It looked like a ghost village. I found a small kitchen knife in the meantime. It was nicely polished so it could cut easily through things, for example flesh. I could hear her walking and I quickly hid in the shadows. Why do they want me, who are my parents? Who am I !? . I held my breath as the Gubh-Liunk approached slowly, her face was blue and her lips , eyes and nose oversized. From her legs to feet were pretty small, to tiptoe very silently around. Her upper body was small too, but her arms ... Were massive with big blades inserted in them. Her eyes lit up in the darkness. She came closer and whispered ' Darling, I won't hurt you mentally. Show yourself, please? Do it for your mother ! ' Now was my chance ! She exposed her back to me , I quickly ran towards her and I grabbed her neck with one arm and I inserted the kitchen knife in the back of her body and ripped it totally upwards until the neck . There I pulled it out, turned the woman around and stabbed both her eyes. She fell to the ground crying and screaming in a language I couldn't understand, she sputtered for a while and then her body became lifeless and I could see a blue thing leaving her spirit. . I went over to her body to inspect it , as I did I breathed it in and I felt totally rejuvenated again, no pain and I felt stronger as ever ... How the ... I turned back again and thinking of what I did I felt tears coming up in my eyes, what happened ... I kept walking from the back of the house , to the front of the house. Now what !? What should I do now? I heard screams at the door of my house, a group of people came in running and yelling ' Murderer ! Killing his elder ! ' Elder? What were they ... I looked at the monster again, it looked like my "mother" again, but with a ripped up back and empty holes where her eyes used to be. I had the knife in my hand with blood dripping from it. This ... Is ... Impossible ... The girl who I had a crush on , Ingia , looked at me with pain . The people already knew I was a weird case especially because of my fast aging. My "mom" always told them that was because I was somekind of sorcerer and they believed that. Ingia kept looking at me , she ran away screaming for help. Two village herders, Garga and Herrud, grabbed me and threw me on the ground. Garga kicked on my wrist so I would let loose of the knife. I screamed from pain and they picked me up. 'How could you do this to your own mother, why Mortem, why!?' Garga said. I looked towards the monstrosity that was once my "mom" she looked pretty human except for the tremendous wounds I created in her body. 'I... I simply don't know anymore ... I'm so confused ... ' I replied. 'You're going to answer alot of questions from us and if you wont, you will be treated as you treated your mother. ' The Chief said from the town, he was accompanied by four royal guards with large javelins and a small shield with chainmail armour. 'We'll take it over from here Garga, leave or we are to enforce you to leave.' Chief Begrah said. Garga stepped away with his foot from my wrist and he left together with Herrud. Two guards picked me up and held my body against a table. 'You two, take the woman away. Make sure she has a beautiful spot in our graveyard, she was a great woman.' The Chief said towards the rest of the guards. The nodded and went off with "mom". I was still held by the other two guards and the Chief came near me. He grabbed a chair and started to sit on it. 'So, now you're going to listen to me ... And you will answer , if you like it or not ... '

Marcus Triun - Part 45 (Volfram)

There I was. Sitting in a corner from the Witch Hunter's hospital. After our interference with Daemon, I , Cucurion and the rest of the Witch - Hunters went to our headquarters in Niarlore. I covered my face with both my handpalms, I failed protecting the child. I'm a darned disgrace, someone had put a hand on my shoulder and I looked up. It was High Inquisitor Frugh. 'It wasn't your fault, Daemon was too strong. Too strong for all of us, he is now Lavto's champion. All we can do is to hope for the heroes to arise.' The Heroes, they didn't show up for hundreds of years and it seems the most of our generation forgot it anyhow. Frugh talked to me again ' Come, sitting here won't do you any good, will it? Let's have a little stroll.' I sighed and stood up, my whole Witch - Hunter's uniform was destroyed , my flintlock exploded in my face so my face was exposed to alot of dirt. I lost my beloved rapier in the fight, I honestly can't remember what happened to it. I lifted one arm and I tried to clean some dirt from my face with my fist. 'Volfram, do not worry. You are a strong man, stronger then the most of us. You've experienced alot of dangers and still survived after every fight, I think it's ... ' High Inquisitor Frugh got interrupted by a strange person in short clothing. I couldn't see him well since he was standing near a tree, in the rain, in the dark. I could see some kind of animal sitting on his shoulder ... Is that a crow ?! '... Time for what? This man, is greater then you can imagine. Step aside puny man, this great man is coming with me. ' The stranger said. He walked to me, a crow was sitting on his shoulder. He pointed to me ' Come with me, one of the chosen. We need you and the child.' Cucurion! How did he know about us? What did he mean with "Chosen ones" anyhow? ... Are we heroes? No ! This man must speak nonsense! 'How do you dare to interrupt me !' Said Frugh. 'I am ...' The stranger interrupted again ' ... High Inquisitor Frugh, I know. We know. And if you don't hand him over to me together with the child I have to use violence. This is for a case from life and death. Niar , Safi and Arisha shout out to your help Volfram and for the help from Cucurion!' The stranger said, was he speaking the truth? On the other hand how could he know us by our names? It was so confusing ! 'So, basically, what you are saying, that we are chosen to be the Goddess' heroes?' I said. The stranger replied ' No. You both aren't chosen. It is in your blood, the bloodline goes on with all of you. We all have to stop Lavto.' He said. 'And what if I say no? ' I said. The man came closer, he was now directly in front of me. He was blind, I could see that. 'I can help Cucurion to overcome his disabillity . Blindness. As you can see, I'm also blind. ' He said. Ouch, he got me there ... I simply couldn't help Cucurion overcome that fear. I needed his help. The stranger held out his hand 'So you're willing to aid me?' He said. 'Before I'm going to do anything I'd like to know who this strangers with whom I'm speaking.' I said. I could see that the man let a smile. ' Ofcourse how could I forget? My name is Ankhet Harram a disciple from Safi. Pleased to meet you, Volfram.' I looked at him, and grabbed his hand and shaked his hand. A disciple from Safi, that couldn't be a lie. Making jokes about the three Goddess' ain't the best thing you could do so I figured he was speaking the truth. ' I'm in, and so is Cucurion probably.' I said. 'How's Cucurion's current state?' He asked , and with that I replied 'Critical. Apart from the blindness he has lost too much blood. I'm actually not sure if he will make it for sure ... ' 'He will.' Ankhet replied. The High Inquisitor was looking at me and held his hand out ready to shake my hand and I shaked his hand. 'Before you go, Volfram, I want to show you something. Actually give something to you, follow me.' I looked at Ankhet and he nodded to me. I followed High Inquisitor Frugh, we entered the main gate again. I suddenly thought of how he got in ... Magic. That must be it. Our fort is too well defended to get barred through. I followed High Inquisitor Frugh into a chamber. 'Please, take off your armour and empty rapier sheath.' It broke my heart to be reminded that I lost my rapier, but as I did, I took off my armor and I was now in my leather clothing. Frugh looked at me and he pushed a stone in the wall. Suddenly the wall turned around and there it was ... The Legendary armour of the Witch - Hunters. The Dra'Lekuh, and the magical sword made for the Hero of the Goddess'. The Serpentu. 'Put it on. It's yours now, you're worthy, you are more then any of us Witch - Hunters could ever become.' Frugh said. 'It's not a rapier, is it?' I asked, Frugh replied with 'No, it's something far faster and stronger then any sword, on top of that it's so well made that it can only be held by a Goddess' chosen one.' I walked towards The Serpentu , it was with his top pushed into a small altar on the ground. I held my hands on the handle, and I pulled the sword with all my power. Light appeared everywhere, I got blinded and there I was. Holding the sword in my hand, armour melted with my body. I was one with the magic in the equipment. I turned around to Frugh and said 'We have to get Cucurion on his feet and I need three horses. We're leaving the headquarters today, we have to stop Marcus , we have to stop Lavto and Daemon ... We have to save the world. Time is slipping, let's move.' And with that I sheathed the magical Serpentu in my empty rapier sheath. Weirdly enough it fitted perfectly in the sheath ... Pure luck, or magic ... ?