The Thousand Year Dynasty
28. Aeron and Stone Arcane I
Lucia, Nata, and Aksa were carried away by the robed men who jumped over the rocks and avoided the ground that fell down. As a result, although they also fell down, they did not suffer significant injuries. Just like Lily.
And once Lucia was standing in a safe place, the 8 robed people just vanished like they were swallowed by the earth.
Jean, Caspian, Helen, and the red-robed man managed to get down without being buried in the ground, although they suffered injuries due to rocks and tree trunks that fell along.
Aksa and Nata soon fell apart after. The two of them no longer had the strength to stand. Looking around them, it was very lucky that they could survive all of that.
"You all right?" Lily asked, then approached the three of them.
"We are safe but not okay" Nata replied as if crying.
"But Epoc Mk 3.0 is destroyed now" said Aksa who also like to cry.
"What is Epoc Mk 3.0?"
"That's the name of our horse-drawn carriage"
Lily just let out a long breath and then smiled.
While Lucia still stood up even though her legs seemed to tremble faintly. He leaned against the cliff wall. The dagger in his grasp had not yet come off.
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Helen and the rest of her surviving knights try to find the rest of their remaining members. And also help the Muggers who fell along with the landslide.
The red-robed man was laid out on a tree not far from where they fell. His body was already weak due to a lot of blood loss and because it had run out of stamina. Caspian and Jean seemed to be guarding and trying to extract information from him.
Lucia, Nata, Aksa, and Lily were not far from where they were. In the place of ramps overgrown with thick grass. Aksa and Nata lay their bodies on the grass. While Lucia sat down and was seen watching the figure of the cloaked man from a distance with a curious look as well as a sense of sadness.
"Why does that man want to kill me?" Lucia said softly. "Why does he hate me so much? What's wrong?"
Lily then approached and gently stroked Lucia's back without saying anything.
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"How could he know that the princess was in this place. Doesn't anyone know you're going to Zeraza?" Helen said as she approached Caspian and Jean, who seemed to have finished, asked the cloaked man.
"I suspect there is an insider who leaked this information. The man didn't want to talk a bit" replied Caspian who looked riled up.
"Is he perhaps one of those disappointed in the abdication of the princess from the throne?" Helen asked.
"The reason is very unclear" said Jean who was still staring at the man who began to look dying. It even seemed that the man was trying so hard just to catch his breath.
"And what is it? Is that an Arcane crystal?" Helen asked when she saw a clear orange-colored crystal stone in the shape of a square the size of three fingers, appearing embedded right in the man's heart.
"Looks. It may also be the reason why the man has such great ability and strength" Caspian said.
"Why did you plant this Arcane crystal in your body?" Helen asked as she got closer to the man. The man only smiled little without any intention of answering.
The girl in armour crouched down to observe the crystal that was on the man's chest. He was curious how to plant crystals on a person's body. Does it hurt the wearer?
"Unfortunately, I was late" suddenly a woman's voice rang out among them. "I wouldn't touch her if I were you" the voice added when it appeared Helen would touch the orange crystal on the man's chest.
"Who are you?" Said Caspian who was surprised to find an Elf girl who was only as tall as his shoulder was already among them. Caspian had already prepared his hand on the handle of the sword, ready to pull out of the scabbard on his plate.
Not much different from Caspian, Jean and Helen also responded by immediately installing horses ready to attack.
In response to this, Lily is also seen preparing her wand again, although she is in a position far enough away.
Seeing the reaction from Lily made Aksa and Nata startled and immediately got up and acted alert. The instincts they had just learned after the previous incident earlier.
"Well! The Elf Loli finally came too!" Saut Aksa after observing the surrounding situation.
"An Elf? Why doesn't he look like Val?" Nata asked when he saw the figure of the Elf girl who had skin color not as pale as Val, and had greenish-yellow hair.
The elf was statured like a 15-year-old girl. Wearing upholstered clothes in line with the color of his hair, made like silk but sparkling when exposed to light. Her hair is in the ponytail along her back.
"He's from another clan" Lily replied shortly.
"And again, where did it come from?" Ask Nata again.
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