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Chương 81: Traitors

Wales struggles to rid himself of his grim expression, but forces a smile onto his face as he looks at his men in the room. "This letter changes nothing. We will continue to fight for our land and country! Those dishonourable rebels will pay for having my father killed, and it will be us to deliver them justice!" he exclaims, his charisma and fervour causing his men to grin excitedly.

It's because of this that Wardes finally decides to act, with everyone's attention on Wales, they wouldn't immediately react to their hostility. "Now." he whispers to Michael, but is confused when Michael doesn't immediately fry the prince with Ether Shock.

No, instead, Michael steps to the side and grabs the hilt of a guard's sword from its sheath, using hex to turn them into a chicken and allow him to easily take the weapon. Everyone in the room is shocked by this, not only because of the sudden attack, but also because Michael displayed his ability to cast wandlessly, something that should be impossible.

Michael doesn't kill Wales as he'd been instructed however, with the sword now in hand and his Gandalfr runes activates, he cuts down towards Wardes.

"WHAT-!?" he exclaims in shock as he raises his arm to block the strike, unable to dodge it in time.

*CHOP!*

Michael grins as he feels warm blood spatter against his face as he completely dismembers Wardes' right arm. His momentum couldn't carry the blade through the arm and into his head however, forcing him to go for another strike. "ENSLAVE ME WILL YOU!? DIE!" he roars as he swings again, all while casting Ether Shock to make sure he dies.

The Ether Shock strikes Wardes in the chest, but does nothing as one of his rings explode, most likely an artifact of protection... No matter! He'd just keep attacking until Wardes was mincemeat!... Unfortunately for him, Michael and Wardes weren't the only people in the room...

*THWOOOM!*

A heavy gust of wind collides with Michael's side and send him spinning into the cabin wall, he almost loses the weapon but manages to keep his grip on it. The promise of Wardes death was all the motivation he needed to keep moving. "WARDES IS A REBEL TRAITOR! SHOCK!" he shouts again, sending another Ether Shock at Wardes which is blocked by some sort of windshield.

Michael scowls at Wales as the prince readies his wand-sword for another spell, him being the one responsible for protecting Wardes. "Hex." he chants, trying to turn Wales into a chicken temporarily so he could get to Wardes... But his spell seems to have no effect at all on the prince, surprising Michael, but not stopping his charge regardless.

"I do not know if Sir Wardes is a traitor! But I demand you stop attacking him! I shall have you both interrogated to see the truth of this matter!" he commands as his men start interfering as well.

"DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN!" Michael mutters as he glares at Wardes who is now receiving medical assistance... They wouldn't be able to reconnect his missing arm, but stopping him from bleeding out was simple. "Prince Wales! THIS MAN HAS HAD ME CAGED AND TORTURED FOR WEEKS! I DEMAND SATISFACTION!" he exclaims, his anger at Wardes clouding his rational mind.

Prince Wales shakes his head, "Be that as it may, we still need to identify the traitor. Wardes is in no state to flee! Surrender your weapon and allow us to investigate! I promise, if what you say is true, I will grant you the vengeance you seek!" he says, surprising everyone as the prince bows lightly towards Michael, something that royalty should never, ever do.

...

Michael seethes, but composes himself for a moment and glances around, noting the many guards wielding wands, blades, and muskets. Clearly, if he tried to attack now he'd be killed... Maybe he could use Shadow Dance? But that wouldn't guarantee Wardes' death... He shakes his head and drops the sword, "Wardes must die." he states while locking eyes with Wales.

The prince nods, "I promise on my honour, if he is guilty, you may punish him to your heart's content." he states and Michael relents.

Wardes is dragged off into the bowels of the ship to receive further medical treatment, and Michael is left in the captain's cabin surrounded by angry armed guards.

Wales sits not far from him sipping tea with crossed legs, "Now. Why don't you explain your story to me?"

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Wardes grits his teeth as two water mages cast a litany of spells to stop the bleeding and prevent his body from going into shock at the loss of an arm. Truly, he hadn't seen that coming. Gandalfr had broken free of the Ring's control and ambushed him, cutting off his sword arm and as a result, drastically weakening him...

He blamed Sheffield for this. That suspicious woman must have planned for this, she had always set him on edge, but this only confirms it in his mind.

Once his surgery was done, Wardes was left in a private room which just so happened to be locked from the outside... The door opens ten minutes after he was left alone, and a crewmate walks in after taking a couple glances around him to make sure he wasn't being followed.

"Sir Wardes."

"Do I know you?" Wardes asks before getting the idea to use the code... "Did you hear of the elf maiden's bitter well?"

The man grins as he hears this, "I have, it sours the crops and poison's the soul... I'm here to assist you." he explains.

Wardes glances down at his missing arm and scowls, "A touch too late I'm afraid."

The man shakes his head, "You must get up, your Griffin is about to be freed. I trust you can ride with one arm?"

Wardes nods and pulls himself out of bed... The spells the water mages had used had weakened him and slowed his reflexes, but he should be strong enough to escape with his allies assistance.


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Chương 82: Negotiating with Air...?

"So you say that Wardes was here to assassinate me? Do you have any proof of this?" Wales asks, and Michael can only shake his head. "He isn't stupid enough to incriminate himself. But if you really are Brimir's ancestor, then you must know what this is." he says, showing his Gandalfr rune.

Wales lets out a quiet gasp as he sees it, the others in the room glancing at him in confusion, wishing to be let in on the 'secret'. "T-this? Left hand of god... Gandalfr!"

"Your majesty? What is this Gandalfr you speak of?" one of the guards asks.

"Gandalfr was Brimir's closest familiar when he was alive, f-free this man this instant!" he commands, and the men hastily scramble to remove Michael's chains.

"Maybe I should have started with that?" Michael mutters as he rubs his wrists where the red marks left by the chains could still be seen.

"Bring Sir Wardes to me now. I am leaning on him being a traitor with Gandalfr's testimony." he says, but is interrupted as the cabin door slams open. "Your majesty! Wardes' Griffin has been freed and he's been let out of his room! He's trying to escape!"

Michael's eyes widen at this as he sprints out of the room faster than anyone can react, all while stealing a dagger from a guards waist to activate his Gandalfr runes. Once outside, he spots Wardes on the bow of the ship, about to escape atop his Griffin as he casts spells from a wooden wand he'd somehow gotten ahold of.

"WWWAARRRDDESSSSS!!!" Michael roars furiously as he sprints at him, the Griffin leaps from the ship and starts flying in the opposite direction to where the airship was headed, but this didn't dissuade Michael. His hatred for the man burned in his chest, and he felt as if he'd start spewing flames if it got any worse.

"SHADOW DANCE!" he exclaims, causing shadows to enshroud him, allowing the Shadow Dance passive to activate and massively boost his speed. He reaches the bow just before Wardes disappears in the clouds below the airship, but he refuses to let the man escape.

"POUNCE!" he roars, leaping straight off of the ship like a madman, his shadowed figure resembling a descending demon as he shoots towards Wardes like a launched missile!

The crewmates give shouts of shock as seeing someone leap after the escapee, but they aren't able to do anything as both Michael and Wardes disappear into the thick clouds below.

"WAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRDDDEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!" Michael continues to scream as he plummets, eventually spotting Wardes who kicks his Griffin in the sides to make it speed up. Michael's shot alerts him to his presence, but his shock at seeing the falling Gandalfr stop him from casting any big spells. Not to mention his unfamiliarity with the wand as well as casting with his off-hand.

It should also be mentioned how difficult it actually is to target Michael when he's inside of his Shadow Dance cloud. All of his attempts to hit him would be decided by luck... But, lady luck doesn't seem to be smiling on him today.

Blades of wind strike and pass by Michael, but he ignores the accumulating wounds, deep gouges open up across Michael's arms, legs, torso, and head. But they are quickly healed by his Shadow Dance passive, a beneficial side effect of getting hit was that each spell actually knocked Michael higher, allowing him better opportunity to manoeuvre towards Wardes.

The battle only lasts seconds, but eventually, Michael's able to plummet towards Wardes. "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU!" he screams as he plunges the dagger straight through Wardes' back and into his heart.

"GAAAHUk!" he shouts as he feels the cold steel pierce him. "Y-you!..." he starts but coughs out blood, his Griffin not yet noticing his state.

Michael gives a bloodthirsty grin as he stands on the haunch of the Griffin, twisting his dagger for good measure. "Don't worry. Cromwell and Sheffield are next!" he promises, pulling out the dagger and stabbing Wardes in the back again, and again, and again.

Wardes gives a shuddering breath as he clutches Michael's arm, "G-gandalfr... F-fine, Kill me... B-but, take b-back the h-h-oly l-an-...d" he barely gets out as he bleeds profusely from his wounds.

Michael laughs in his face, stabbing him once again, "Fuck you, fuck your holy land, and fuck Brimir. Maybe those Elves will be more receptive to me than you and your fucking nobles were."

Wardes sends a bloody scowl at him. "F-fi-ne. W-ind Cut-ter." he says, and Michael only realises he was chanting a spell when it was too late. Wardes swings his wand, not at Michael, but at the neck of his Griffin, completely beheading it and causing the duo and the corpse to start plummeting from the sky.

"FUCKING WARDDDESSSSSS!" he screams as they fall, clutching Wardes who still had his feet secured in its stirrups. He'd start stabbing Wardes again, but the man had gone limb and Michael knew he was most definitely dead... The number of times he'd stabbed Wardes made his body more like swiss cheese than anything resembling human.

He climbs down towards the Wardes body and eventually grabs ahold of the Griffin's saddle. Michael had no idea what he could do to save himself, but his best shot was probably to jump off of the creature's corpse at the last second...

Michael looks down at the floating continent as the ground gets closer and closer. There wasn't any water nearby to land in, but there was a mountainside with a couple trees atop it...

He continues falling.

Falling.

Falling.

But just before he's about to hit the floor, he uses "Pounce!" and leaps off of the Griffin's corpse and heads towards a tree growing from the side of the mountain. He successfully hits it, but his legs immediately break despite this, causing him to start rolling down the mountainside.

His Shadow Dance passive starts healing his wounds as he gathers more and more of them, which is the only reason he hadn't died yet... Jumping onto a steep mountainside probably wasn't the best decision he'd made in his life.


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