MERCIA
96. Unexpected Help.

The big explosion destroyed the area around their fight, smoke billowed dust, Zelda and Javelyn observed where the last Elda was. now in front of Javelyn Elda was still standing with his body covered in a thin red metal.

"Phoenix?" Zelda was surprised and jumped beside Javelyn.

"What are you doing?" ask Javelyn.

"You can't beat him, I'll help you."

"you underestimate me? you think you're better? yam.."

"You don't know who he is."

"I don't care."

A few minutes earlier.

Elda did not expect Javelyn to throw the black needle, he was very surprised when one needle managed to penetrate his shoulder.His head hurt, he suddenly remembered something.

'this pain.., this needle.I've felt before.I ran. fell down. a man hugged me. cried..' Elda held his head.

'ahh..'

'his face.his face.I don't remember.all of a sudden it's dark.' Elda then poured energy on the wound on his shoulder, he now stared intently at Javelyn.

"Hahaha, it turns out you're alive, I told you that if you don't treat the needle wound, your body will be rotten before dusk.

"You won't find out, because now you're gonna die."

"Hahaha. You think with your armor I can't kill?"

"Javelyn.don't tell me I didn't warn you" Zelda said.

"You're quiet..!" javelyn said back towards Elda.

But Elda moved faster, his fist smashing into Javelyn's chest to make her bounce several meters back. Javelyn immediately got up, she took out a short black spear, with a skull head engraved on it, the spear emitted a black smoke that quickly wrapped around Javelyn's body, and when the smoke disappeared, it let out a black smoke, black metal was seen covering his body.

"Now it's time for you to die, Hiaa.." Javelyn jumped and then threw out her spear.

Elda who was preparing to wait for Javelyn to attack was surprised, Javelyn actually threw her spear into the empty land, but before the spear hit the ground the sky suddenly darkened the sunlight covered with thick clouds, behind Elda was a man walking, the man was well-built with long hair tucked on it. A white sword was seen behind his back, his footsteps as if they were not touching the ground.

Elda is more alert, the man is Nevan, after meeting August he wants to go to Wintervale, but accidentally he meets Isona and Elyn who escape from the city of Hinar, which he wants to go to, Isona and Nevan get to know each other, Isona tells them what they are going through, Nevan tells Isona and Elyn to immediately go to the shadow temple, and she goes to the city of Hinar.

Nevan stopped his steps while beside Elda.

"Be careful, that demon spear doesn't need to hit your body to kill you, Javelyn just needs to aim for your shadow."

"My paradise? you're the one who made that thick cloud appear?"

"It was just a coincidence."

"Fuck, who do you dare to interfere?" ask Javelyn.

"I just happened to pass by, no need to mind me." replied Nevan, he then walked away from Elda but his eyes glanced sharply at Zelda.

"Javelyn we'd better get going" Zelda said.

"Why did you become such a coward?"

"Clawrit gave me an important assignment, we'll finish this next time, if you still insist I'll leave you." threatened Zelda.

"Huh.. Goddamn bum..! you're both lucky.., I won't forget this, I'll look for you both" Javelyn said.

Zelda and Javelyn decided to leave the place. Elda was now looking at Nevan, he was observing the man, 'strong man with a handsome face, is he the one?'

"Who are you? are you Mercia?" ask Elda.

"Mercia?" Nevan was a little surprised.

"My name is Nevan, are you looking for Mercia?"

"Yes.. I'm looking for him, I want to talk to him, do you know him?"

"i don't know him, but I met him a while ago in the ruins not far from this place, but I doubt he's still there."

without saying much, Elda immediately darted away.

'Main just go.., even he has not said thank you. ah I forgot to ask her name, hmm. I better go back to the temple maybe Isona knows who the woman is.'

**

Moonheaven.

"Their violets have arrived, and they have surrounded us by more than a thousand people" said one of the elves

"Violet what are we going to do?" ask Pyriel.

"Find out who the leader of the army is, then we kill, the others will definitely falter" Violet said.

"Pyriel did Sylvana drink that water?" ask August.

"he fell asleep again, I don't know when he'll wake up" Pyriel said.

"Violet we saw the leader of that army."

"All right, I'm gonna kill him" said Violet.

"Wait..! I have other plans" said August making the violets and others stare at him.

"Destroy this settlement..! kill all the elves!" said one who sat on horseback to his army.

The archers went forward preparing, some of them lighting a fire at the end of the arrow.

"DRYS... aaaaaang..!"

All were surprised the man who was on the horse suddenly disappeared.

"What's going on? where's our leader?" said one of the soldiers followed the others, they all looked puzzled, opening them up hesitant to attack.

August moves very quickly, abducting the leader of the force and bringing him into the settlement. The extremely fast movement had made the person nauseous, once he was above ground he instantly let out his entrails.

"Hoeeek..!"

His face began to be frightened, when he realized that he was inside the dark elf settlement.

"Ja. don't. kill me. A. I have a family."

"You think we don't have one?" violet slapped the man in the face and bled out blood from her mouth.

"Calm Violet" said August.

Pyriel approached August with a glass of red water. August then forcefully put the water into the man's mouth.

"what did you give me?" asked the man looking scared.

"A very deadly poison, made from the blood of a two-headed snake" August said. all the elves were holding back laughter because all knew it was a sleeping medicine potion they used to consume when they were extremely exhausted.

"Huh.please forgive me sir.we are both human.don't kill me. I beg you.."

"i'll ask you, if I'm satisfied with your answer we'll give you the antidote, I'm sure you've felt a slight effect of the poison, your eyes suddenly feel heavy, I'm sure, it's because the blood in your body is starting to dry up."

"Ba. ba. good.I will answer anything" said the man, increasingly frightened, he indeed began to feel his eyes begin to weigh a little.

"Who is the most powerful in the palace?"

"General Tassian, he's the strongest, he's our warlord."

"Why doesn't he lead this army?"

"He is being sent by King Magnius, I don't know where."

"Did you arrest queen Eirana and the other elves?"

"We've arrested him, but he's been moved."

"WHERE TO?" snapped Violet.

"A. I don't. know.."

"Why can someone like you lead over a thousand people?"

"i. that's the usual bi.. King Magnius has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, scattered everywhere, we look for the whereabouts of elves, sir I have answered give the antidote."

"I will give it to you, and I will also release you, but if after you get out of this place still lead them, I will kidnap you back and give you another more deadly poison."

"Pyriel have you prepared the three-headed snake's poison?"

"already" said Pyriel who took pains to hold back laughter.

Glug.

The man grew pale, August gave him a glass of plain water and the troops were surprised to see their leader coming out of the settlement with a very frightened face.

"Chairman are you okay? what happens are we going to attack?" ask one of them.

"As for you, now that you're the leader of this army, I don't want to deal with them anymore, I don't want to die silly" he said as he rode his horse and left the place.

All looked.it seemed that some of them faltered even a fifth of the troops finally left the place.

"No one else will go, if General Tassian finds out you'll all be punished and stamped as traitors."

They prepared to attack again, fire arrows were thrown, the elves also responded with their arrows.

"Pyriel you guard the princess and the others from the flames, I will lead them up there."

Pyriel nodded, Violet looked towards Mercia.

"Just do Violet, I'll keep them from entering this door" August said.

Suddenly there was a scream outside.

Aaaaa...

"What's going on?" ask August.

"You what's going on in there?" violet asked an elf on top of the tower.

"u. u. lar. na.. na. naga..!"

"what?" Violet was surprised as was August.

'Dragon bars?' don't-don't....'

"Open this door." said August.

An elf guarding the door looked doubtful, but upon seeing Violet's gesture of nodding he opened the gate. August rushed out, and he saw a large blue dragon ravaging the palace, and in a short time the whole army was killed.

"Violet told them not to attack the dragon" August said.

"I understand." Violet then hinted at the others with a movement of her hand.

The dragon snake floated up, and finally quietly coiled in the air staring towards August and the others, Before long a beautiful woman in white clothes, was, with a white stick drifting down between the dragon's whirlwinds, after touching the ground he walked slowly toward August.

"Mara. I didn't expect you to come to this place."

"You can defeat all those troops just by snapping your finger, why don't you do it?"

Violet was surprised to hear the woman's words about August's abilities.

"I want to see what the elves are fighting like."

After that farewell, the meeting of the two felt awkward. The blue dragon finally disappeared.

"Mercia I've thought about it, I'll help you find it, but I need you to promise me one thing."

"What can I do for you?" before we look for him I want to know him first, I want to know where he lives, how he lives, I want you to take me to your world to see him."

"That's a simple thing."

"when we find her, and she's not who you think she is, then I want you to marry me."

reposeful.

"Are you supporting him?"

August took a long breath. "I can do it, I promise you."

"Mercia.." call a woman behind August.

August looked back.

"Sylvana...?!"