Year 632, the 21st of Koste.
At a distance of over 470.000 km southeast from the Sereth Kingdom in the Dersua Continent, was the Saharr Kingdom in Kegelan Continent.
Far away from the next City in the desert, there was an old drab colored broken-down castle. Near the castle were thousands of skeletons on the ground, all of them almost invisible because of the sand.
Underground the ruined castle, there were six chambers with iron doors sealed. Suddenly, in one of the chambers, whistle sounds could be heard.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOOOOSHHH*
*CHRASH*
After few minutes, the whole door blew up and from the iron door was nothing to see. Few seconds later, white light illuminated the entire corridor, before disappearing again quickly.
A being with a human figure of a woman in complete white color stood there. Her long hair and beautiful short tight dress; were all in white. Only the eyes had a sexy, stabbing dark blue color. On her neck, there was a blue shining necklace charm, in the form of a half moon.
"Ah, finally! FINALLY, I`M OUT!!", shouted that being excitedly. She had a very seductive voice.
"Now that I´m free, I should find Fen and revenge my Mas…HM?!!", suddenly feeling something, she looked at the direction northwest from her. From there, she felt a strong bound with someone; someone, who she knew from the beginning of her life!
"Ma…Master?!…No way!…I saw how he died! But the feeling I have in my soul….", muttering for a while, she tried to contact it with her soul. After few minutes, she felt, that the connection was linked and then she tried to communicate with the person.
"Who are you?", asked she first with her soul.
"AMARA?! Is it you?", asked the other one with a childish voice surprised in return.
"MASTER!! You are alive?! How´s that possible?" Surprised and relieved, she started to chat with her master happily. How long had it been, since the last time hearing and feeling her master? She didn´t know.
After few seconds, she started to emit white lights from her body and then she vanished.
…..
Lian was strolling in the main road of the Soria city, in the first district where all the different stores were. He was looking for an armorer, specializing in swords. He wanted to buy a short sword with one cutting edge for himself. He was looking forward, to train with his father in sword art!
It had been six years since he told his parents about some of his skills. Now he was almost nine years old and looked like a young teenager.
He grew up in height and was slightly muscular. His hair color changed from dark brown to black. He hadn´t a childish look anymore either, but manlier. His eyes were radiating intelligence and gentleness.
In these years, he started to experiment with his "Mental Force" and "Spirit Powers" after asking his parents, when he was four years old, for having an own room. He couldn´t do these experiments in front of his parents. He also was reading a lot of books about the history of the Kingdom, and he would finish reading every book in two to three days and always wished for new ones.
After one year, he had almost read all the books from Lord Clerk Taylors privet library. He learned a lot from them, but about the histories of the Kingdoms 100 years ago, he couldn´t find anything.
But not giving up, he started to visit different libraries in the city and bought from there some, in hope to find something. He also started to read news about a special beast.
"White Angel-Lions"!
They were mighty King Beasts, with very high intelligence. They were very rear, and very hard to encounter. It is said that they should live a very long life. Lian had read it in a book with the title: "The Adventure of Pesca Rits in the Bilesta Islands". That aroused his interest and also started to get information about that King beast.
If his intuition was not wrong, maybe he could learn something of the past history from them!
When he was seven, he started to train his body slowly, to have a good balance between body and soul. When his father found out about his training sessions, he was very proud of his son, and would also sometimes give some pointers, but his mother was not so happy about that. She said that he was still a child in growth, and that it would be too early for him to train.
But for Lian, it was a must! He had practical knowledge of over thousand years, and he knew he had to start early to get the perfect balance.
If not, it would take him more years of practice when he started train with thirteen, like when the other teenager would start normally.
In this year, also his little sister "Maja" was born. Now, after three years since her birth, she was about the height of Lian`s belly, having long brown hair, beautiful childish brown eyes, a sweet little nose and her always smiling mouth. He was very happy about it, and he would spend most his time to play with her.
…..
After searching for a while, Lian found his destination and went straight to it.
Entering the shop, he looked a little around. There were a lot of different looking swords hanging on the walls, or were sorted on the nice decorated tables. Inspecting some of the short swords for a while, he didn´t found the right one for himself and then went to the young worker at the counter.
"Excuse me please. Can you call the owner, Mr. Briter Siscs, please?", asked Lian at the young man in front of him.
Looking at him with a puzzled look, the young man asked, "Young fellow, aren´t you a little too young for a sword?"
"No, it´s not for me. It´s for my father. He knows the owner personally.", not willing to discuss about it too long, he lied at him and then continued, "Is the owner here?"
"Yes, he is. Wait a minute, I´ll call him.", not caring to much about it, the worker turned around and went to the backyard of the shop.
At the backyard, there was a large smith space. In there was an old muscular man with wide upper arms. He was bald hairy, wears a black big safety goggles on his head and had light clothing on, which were dirty from the work. Sitting on the ground, the blacksmith was having lunch. Seeing his laborer coming, he put his lunch back to his lunchbox and stood up.
"You need something?", asked the blacksmith indifferently.
"Yeah, boss. There is someone, who wants to meet you. He is a little child and said his father would know you."
"Ah! He is finally here. Haha. Let´s see, what his son wants.", light laughing, the owner went straight at the shop. Confused, the young man followed behind him.
Lian was continuing to look around before he heard steps from the backdoor of the shop. Turning around, he saw a muscular old man in light dirty clothing. He was a little taller than the young man next to him and looked at him indifferently.
"Are you Dan Tian´s son, Lian Cheng?", asked the owner.
"Yes, Mr. Briter Siscs. My father told me, that in the future, if I need a sword, I should look for you. He spoke very highly of you sir.", slightly bowing for salutation, he answered in a friendly way.
"HAHAHA… Nice, kid! Ok, say, how can I help you with?", laughing he looked straight at the eyes of Lian.
"Thank you very much sir. I look for a short sword for my height. It should be but a little longer. Because I´m still growing, I want one, which I can use also for the next few years. A one-sided cutting edge, which is winding.", answered he with a straight look on his face, looking like to knowing what´s he talking about.
Little astonished, Briter Siscs thought for a while and asked, "If my guess is correct, you also don´t want to have a cross on the handle?"
"Yes sir, your right. With a short sword like this, it would only hinder the flaw in fighting!", answered Lian quickly.
"HAHAHAHA….Good. Good. Good. Like your old man said, you really know what you want, and talking with reason. I have to praise you, kid. Very smart! OK! I will forge your sword, but it will take a few days. When it´s finished, I will send to your home a courier.", in a very good mood, he was praising Lian for his intelligence.
Shocked, the young man next the owner looked astonished for a while, then he thought angrily, "Fuck! Since when started this old man to praise someone? And that also to a child!"
Lian bowed slightly and then asked, "Thank you very much, sir! You think to highly of me. Ah, yes. How much will it cost?"
"For you, kid, not much. 85 Sel for it! Deal?", answered he with a big smile.
"Deal Sir. Thank you very much. Then, I will be leaving. I wish you a nice day, Sir.", bowing again, he bid his farewells and exited the shop.
After Lian left, the young worker asked to the owner curiously, "Boss, why forge a sword for a low price? Normally, you wouldn´t sell your self-forged swords under 1 Col?"
"First reason, it´s because that kid, for his age, new what he wanted, up to the details. I have the feeling; he will someday be a big hope for our kingdom. Second reason, his father and I know each other for years. You don´t need to know more. OK! Let´s work.", answering in a serious way, he turned around and went back to the backyard.
….
Having finished his task for today, Lian leisurely strolled in the city. On his way, he would see some friends from his neighborhood or would greet some of the trade leader of the shops, where he would often buy something with his mother.
"Hey Lian! How is Maja doing? I hope she is fine. Haha…The last time I met she and her mother, she could already almost say my name right.", said an old owner of a fish trade with a wide warmly grin on his face.
"Haha! Yes, she is doing fine Mr. Leos. Thank you.", answered he smiling back, and suddenly, he felt something.
Stunned for a while, he tried to think what that feeling is and looked back at the direction of southeast.
"Lian? Are you alright?", seeing the change of his face, Mr. Leos asked worriedly.
"Huh?… Oh, yeah. It´s nothing. Sorry for worrying you. I have to go now. Please say your wife my greetings. I wish you a nice day, Mr. Leos."
Quickly bidding farewell from the owner, he went with quick steps to the next alley.
After looking to his surroundings and assuring himself that no one was in the alley, he was relaxed.
Someone tried to contact him with its soul before. It was a very familiar feeling, that he knew very well!
His eye color was changed from brown to dark green, and he used his Mental Force and his soul together, to get a better connection. After the connection was stronger, he heard a familiar voice!
"Who are you?", asked the voice.
Surprised, he asked back quickly, "AMARA?! Is it you?"
"MASTER!! You are alive?! How´s that possible?", a surprised and relieved, the voice asked very happily.
"It´s good to hear from you, Amara! I thought, I would never see you guys. Is Fen with you right now?", feeling also relieved, he was very excited right now. If his Spirit knows, what happened for the time being while his death, it would save him a lot of trouble.
"I'm very happy too, Master! Fen isn´t with me. I don´t know where he is either! I could just now free myself from the iron jail with the magic patterns! These bastards! If I find them, I will kill them in torment!", sent Amara in an angry tone back whit her soul.
"Wait, what? You were in an Iron jail with magic patterns? Where are you right now?!", asked he nervous and puzzled.
"I'm in the "assholes" castle! There, where you fought with that pervert one, master."
Lian was shocked about the info! He had flashbacks in his mind from the past, where he would fight against King Arafs! That King, which ordered the assassination at his beloved Juana!
"Fo…Forget it for now. How long will it take for you to be here?!", asked he stuttering with a hoarse voice.
"Sorry Master, I didn´t mean to bring back bad memories. ….Ah, yes. I only need two days´ time to be with you again, Master!", said she in a sadden tone, before getting lively again.
"Good. When you are near, call me and we meet outside my house. The details of this topic are we going to discuss later. Have a nice trip."
"Yes Master! Thank you. Hehe"
Giving his orders, he cut the link and stopped his mind power. After his eye color was changed back, he walked slowly in thought home.
….
Arriving at home early evening, his little sister Maja jumped at him with an excited face.
Hugging his sister tightly, he took her to his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
"LIIII!! Masha mishhed you!", said she with a wide grin.
"Hi, Maja. I missed you too! Tell me, were you a good girl today?", asked he with a warm smile, looking at her sweet face.
Looking proudly, "Masha was gud tooay!"
"Haha…Good girl! Look what I have for you, because you were a good girl.", laughing warmly he put her down on the chair. He knelt down and searched the chocolate cookie in his pockets, that he bought before arriving home. Finding it, he gave her the cookie, "Here Maja. A chocolate cookie, your favorite, right?"
Excited about the cookie, she salivated thinking about the taste.
She grabbed it and had a very satisfied view. Before she started eating, she said very happily, "Thann you Li! Masha love you, very much.", and hugged him.
Being hugged by his sister, and hearing the thanking, he was very happy right now.
Maja and his parents were meanwhile his everything. His second light, from the darkness outside.
He would never let his parents and his little sweet sister get hurt! He couldn´t protect his first light, but he will not lose his second!
Coming out of the kitchen, Xia saw her beloved children. Whit a very warm smile, she watched them for a while, then she said, "Honey, how did it went?"
"It went fine. The owner was a very straight but a fine person. I also think, because of the connection with dad, he lessened the price at 85 Sel.", Lian stood up, went to her and kissed her on the cheeks.
"Fine, if it went well. And when will it be finished?", kissing his son back, Xia hugged him softly.
"About two or three days. He will send a currier to us when its finished. When is dad coming?", asked he, while he sat on a chair next to little Maja, which was eating her cookie with both hands.
"Your dad will be late today. He said, he had a business outside the second district with Lord Clerk. We can start already, if you want. Can you help me dish the table?"
"Sure."
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23rd of Koste.
Early in the morning, a bright light flashed through the Soria city, high in the air. After few minutes, it dashed to the city with lightning-fast speed at a little two-story house.
Feeling something familiar, Lian opened his eyes and looked at a beautiful bright being next to his bed. Wiping the tears away, he stood up and looked at Amara.
Amara knelt to the ground with a happy face and looked at Lian.
"Master!", said she in a low voice with respect, pride and happiness.
"You can rise. How are you, Amara? How was the trip?", sitting back on the bed, he asked smiling.
Amara stood up and answered respectfully, "Thank you Master. I´m fine. The trip was a little tiring, while flying with high speed through the air. I encountered some beasts on the way, but they were only little fishes."
"Haha, fine then.", laughed he slightly. Suddenly looking serious, he asked, "So, tell me what happened after my "Death"!" The last word was filled with anger.
She quickly responded with a respectful tone, "Yes, Master! After you were gone, Fen and I wanted to kill the rest of the soldiers there. After killing them quickly, we went to your body, to properly bury you, Master."
Suddenly, her face darkened and continued with hatred, "But before we could touch you, someone attacked with a fire spell at your body. Your body then was under flame! We were shocked and tried to put it out. But after few tries, we were stopped by a strong bounding spell!"
Lian was startled. Was there a spell caster, when he was fighting? But he had completely scanned the castle and the surroundings, before starting his slaughter!
"Continue!", ordered he after thinking for seconds.
"Yes, Master. After we were bind, we tried to cancel the spell, but it was a very strong one and the crypts were somehow completely different from what we knew!"
"Wait, what?! What kind of crypt?", asked he quickly surprised.
"I´m sorry, Master. I don´t know. Maybe Fen knows, but we hadn´t the time for analyzing it.", answered she with a sorry face.
"What do you mean?", asked he curiously.
"Before we could do anything, a dark red light flashed with incredibly power at us and we both fell in deep slumber!"
Hearing the story, Lian thought with a serious look.
Spell caster were rare beings. They were not human, but entities in human form. They have the skill to cast spells, like binding spells, healing spells or supporter spells. They normally would not be alone, but in groups, or they would allow a human to make a "Master-Servant" bind, to survive.
Some of their binding spells are strong, but not strong enough to be capable of binding Amara or Fen.
And that "dark red light", Amara mentioned, was something he didn´t know either.
After realizing something, Lian asked quickly, "When did you awoke?"
"Master, I woke up exactly nine years ago from today. ", answered she honestly, but then saw the surprised expression of her Master.