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Escalodia - The Dark Age
Book II : Wisdom of an Elf (Part VI)

Book II : Wisdom of an Elf (Part VI)

Jacquiz, who was outside of the banquet room at that time, was seen looking up at the beautiful night sky. Rheya was also seen looking at Jacquiz from behind the pillar of the castle. Jacquiz also felt the presence of someone who was watching him.

"Why are you here ?" asked Jacquiz while keeping his eyes on the night sky.

"It turns out that your feelings are really sensitive," replied Rheya and then approached Jacquiz.

"I saw you leaving the banquet so I thought to follow you and see what you would do" continued Rheya.

"Were you spying on me ?" Jacquiz asked Rheya again.

"No ..., no I was just curious about where you were going" Rheya replied to Jacquiz.

Jacquiz accidentally directed his gaze towards the banquet hall and saw the wine barrels that were being brought into the room.

"Why did they have to bring those barrels in ?" Jacquiz said to himself.

"I think something is wrong here," Jacquiz continued.

"Rheya, let's go find Cyril and the others, I think something bad is going to happen" said Jacquiz then he immediately rushed to find Cyril and the others.

Rheya immediately rushed back into the banquet room after listening to Jacquiz's words.

Meanwhile in the banquet room,

"LET'S CELEBRATE THIS BIG VICTORY !!!" said Commander Vyraga.

Then the wine barrels began to be opened by the Sylverian soldiers. The two soldiers who had been standing guard in front of the wine storage finally looked at each other and they both carried out the action. They opened the wine barrels that they had marked earlier. Inside the wine barrels that had been marked, it turned out that they contained a chemical powder that if burned would cause very thick smoke. They both lit the fire and burned the powder in the barrels. In an instant, thick smoke began to fill the room very quickly. Everyone in the room began to panic and rushed to get out but because the smoke was quite dense they could not find a way out.

"CLOSE ALL DOORS !!" a voice shouted from inside the room.

"Damn !!, where did this smoke come from ?!" Cyril said in his heart while covering his nose with his hand.

"Cyril! !, Adrielle !, where are you all ?!" cried Samara frantically.

Suddenly someone grabbed Samara's hand so strong and pulled her and Samara was very surprised because of that.

"Calm down, it's me Adrielle" said Adrielle who was holding Samara's hand.

Adrielle quickly tried to use the wind magic to get rid of the smoke but because it was too thick, the wind from Adrielle's magic was not very useful. Adrielle and Samara rushed to find the others.

On the other side of the room,

"Damn, they planned this !" Jacquiz said to himself while covering his nose with his hand.

"Akkhh..." came a woman's scream.

Jacquiz also seemed to recognise the voice and immediately rushed quickly towards the voice. The thick smoke really made the view of anyone in the room very minimal and made it difficult for all of them to breathe. Jacquiz also saw a hand and quickly pulled it away. Rheya was very surprised when her hand was pulled so tightly by someone.

"Calm down it's me, just cover your nose" Jacquiz said to Rheya. Rheya also felt safe when Jacquiz was by her side.

Jacquiz also said in his heart "Yngryd !".

Soon the yngdryd sword in Jacquiz's room responded and very quickly shot to where Jacquiz was. The sword entered through the glass window of the palace and made a hole just enough for the smoke to evaporate out.

"Damn I'm so out of breath !" said Phillian who was already staggering and on the verge of fainting. But Adrielle and Samara quickly caught Phillian.

"Hey Phillian, come to your senses, it's me Adrielle" Adrielle said to Phillian.

"Thank goodness" said Phillian who was about to faint.

"Keep your nose closed Phillian" Samara said.

On the other hand, Walter was already struggling to breathe and was about to faint. Cyril who was not far from Walter continued to call the names of his friends. Walter who heard Cyril's voice said, "I'm here, Master Cyril".

Cyril who heard Walter's voice moved towards the voice and told him to keep his voice up. Suddenly Walter felt a figure approaching him but he felt that the figure was not one of his friends. Shortly thereafter Walter also had something darting so fast towards his face. Walter immediately closed his eyes because he was afraid it would hit him.

"Damn !" Walter said in his heart with resignation.

Shortly after that, a figure grabbed his shoulder from behind him.

"Don't be afraid, it's me Cyril" Cyril said to Walter.

"Thank God, I thought I was going to die" Walter said with relief.

"We will die if we stay in this room, we have to find a way out Walter" Cyril said to Walter.

Suddenly Yngryd's sword appeared in front of them both and made them both very surprised. The sword signalled to both of them to follow the sword. Cyril and Walter finally followed the sword away. Meanwhile Jacquiz and Rheya were still looking for a way out of that place.

"I'm getting out of breath Jacquiz" said Rheya who was already out of breath.

Jacquiz continued to rack his brain to see the various possibilities he could do to get out of there.

"Yngryd hurry up !" said Jacquiz in his heart.

Then quickly yngryd's sword shot from behind the two of them. Jacquiz immediately realised the presence of the sword and rushed towards the direction of the sword and shortly after that there was the sound of shattering glass not far from where they were standing.

"Open the way yngryd !" said Jacquiz then immediately the sword smashed the window making a hole big enough for the two of them to get out. Jacquiz immediately picked up Rheya and quickly rushed out through the hole in the glass made by the sword. Yngryd's sword returned to Walter and Cyril then led them out and met up with Jacquiz and Rheya.

"Thank goodness you two survived" said Walter to Jacquiz and Rheya, who was already very limp .

Then the sword went back inside to look for the others.

"Where are Samara, Adrielle and Phillian ?" Cyril asked Jacquiz.

"They don't seem to have left yet," Jacquiz replied to Cyril.

"Damn it, we're trapped by that damn queen !" said Cyril in annoyance.

"Not her, but Commander Vyraga" Jacquiz told Cyril.

"I saw Sylverian soldiers loading the wine barrels before this happened" Jacquiz told Cyril.

"Then I saw two Sylverian soldiers with the insignia of Commander Vyraga's troops whose movements were rather suspicious, but I was too late to tell you" Jacquiz continued to Cyril.

Then after a while Adrielle, Samara and Phillian appeared.

"How are you doing ?" Cyril asked the three of them.

"Not so good because we're all struggling to breathe" Adrielle replied.

"Then let's go back to our rooms to prepare for what might happen" Cyril told them all. Finally Cyril and his friends returned to their rooms that night.

The night passed quickly,

In the morning before sunrise, Cyril and the others seemed to have recovered and had packed their belongings and prepared for something bad to happen. After finishing packing his things Cyril went to each room of his friends to gather them all. Finally Cyril and the others gathered in Jacquiz and Walter's room and planned to go find out what really happened.

"Are you ready ?" asked Cyril to his friends.

They nodded their heads indicating that they were ready. Suddenly someone knocked on the door, "Knock..., knock..., knock".

All of them in the room were shocked and prepared for any eventuality.

"Cyril.... ...., it's me, Commander Sylvienn," said the voice from outside.

Cyril didn't just believe it, he stayed alert with his weapon in his left hand and his right hand opened the door. But it was Commander Sylvienn who was behind the door.

"What are you doing here ?" asked Cyril to Commander Sylvienn.

"Sylverian is in a precarious situation because Vyraga carried out his coup with the help of admiral Ammorith from the Le'Amurian kingdom" Sylvienn answered Cyril.

"Why did he do that ?" asked Cyril again.

"He still holds a grudge against the previous king, King Yarmirrel, for executing his grandfather and because he saw dark elves in this place," Sylvienn replied again.

"You can't just leave this place because the Vyraga will most likely chase and arrest you, especially Jacquiz and his uncle" Sylvienn continued.

"Introduce me Walter, servant of Master Jacquiz" Walter said to Sylvienn.

"Sorry, I thought you were Jacquiz's uncle" Sylvienn said to Walter.

"What should we do ?" Phillian asked Sylvienn.

"Follow me to the armoury, some of my men are standing guard along the way’ Sylvienn replied.

Finally, they agreed to follow Sylvienn to the armoury. They moved very quickly towards there and occasionally they were seen avoiding commander Vyraga's troops who were patrolling the corridors of the palace. Short after, they arrived in front of the armoury and saw several soldiers from commander Sylvienn standing guard. Cyril along with his companions and commander Sylvienn also entered the armoury.

"Quickly put on these robes so that you all are not easily recognised by your surroundings" said Sylvienn while giving Cyril and his friends Sylverian army robes (Sylverian army robes that look very secretive and are usually used by scouts to infiltrate a place). Cyril and his friends put on the robes.

"Take some weapons that can be useful for you to protect yourself" Sylvienn said back to them.

They each took a sword. Jacquiz, Samara and Phillian took bows and arrows as well and Adrielle took a spear for his own use as well. Commander Sylvienn was also seen wearing a cloak like the ones they used.

"We have to get out of this place before sunrise" Sylvienn said to Cyril and his friends.

They left the place and tried to reach the gate of the Sylverian kingdom as soon as possible. The Vyraga commander's soldiers were seen killing the Sylverian soldiers who did not agree with him.

"What exactly happened commander Sylvienn ?" Cyril asked Sylvienn as they walked out of there.

"That night, it seems commander Vyraga had everything perfectly prepared, I saw him and admiral Ammorith kidnap queen Phariah just as the smoke started to fill the banquet hall" commander Sylvienn replied.

"I tried to stop them but I was intercepted by some of Commander Vyraga's soldiers so I lost track of them" continued Sylvienn.

"And what about the other commanders and generals ?" Cyril asked Sylvienn again.

"I saw commanders Frycaen, Hylt'Marren and Le'Gustriel captured by the Vyraga commander's soldiers" Sylvienn replied to Cyril.

"I saw that Commander Kharthcar was killed" Sylvienn continued.

"Then what about Commander Glaciel ?" Adrielle asked Sylvienn.

"I didn't see him at all for a moment after Commander Vyraga entered the banquet hall last night," Sylvienn replied.

"Could he be involved ?" Samara asked Sylvienn.

"I can't be sure yet" Sylvienn replied to Samara.

After they walked for a long time and were not suspected by the Sylverian soldiers, they finally arrived at the kingdom gate.

"Where are you going ?" asked the soldier guarding the gate.

Sylvienn immediately opened the hood of his robe and said to the guard, "We were ordered by Supreme Commander Vyraga to look for the dark elves who left this kingdom".

"We don't see any elves or dark elves coming out of this direction'' said the other guard.

There were approximately five of them under the gate.

"Are you sure you didn't see them ?" asked Sylvienn once again.

"You look suspicious," said the guard.

"Do you suspect me ?" Sylvienn asked the guards again.

"We were given special orders by the supreme commander of Vyraga not to trust anyone but him" replied the guard.

"Quickly open your hoods !" said the guard.

Cyril and the others looked anxious but none of them opened their hoods.

"Well if you don't want to open it yourself, we will help you open it" said the guard to Cyril and the others.

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