“Okay Rolly But this is the last time I’m telling you this story because I’ve told you six times already” Yzer said with an irritated voice.
“Yeah yeah, I know but I just want to know what makes my buddy Yzer tick. Is that so wrong?” Rolly replied
“I guess not… but it is kinda weird Rolly.”
“No it’s not just tell the story Yzer.”
“Okay fine, here we go”.
“I'm what is known as a full contact mage. That means that in contrary to "normal" mages I fight on the front line. I use magic taught to me by my master to change my body to a certain extend. I can make my skin hard as metal or turn my hand into a blade. Knights, warriors and mages frown upon this type of magic. They believe it's an dark and weak type of magic. They think only knights and warriors should be fighting on the front lines using Aura. They also think that mages should be in the rear and support the front lines, that everyone who can use magic should know their “place”. They feel that magic should only be used for healing or to create magic items and not for fighting. Aura is different from magic, Aura is equal to how strong a warrior or knight is. They gain more Aura through fights and battles and it can be felt on the battle field. Aura can be used to improve an user his or her natural body like improve speed or to punch harder. But it can’t alter the body.”
“Like you know, I want to prove them wrong but I still have a long way to go before I can. I want to show them that magic isn’t dark or weak or evil and that it can be used for fighting. I want to use my master his magic to prove that. It's a rare magic but definitely not weak or evil like they all think. But I'm not even close to become as strong as master. I was not able to complete my training because of what happened to my master. It happened ten years ago. I was six years old at the time but I can remember it very clearly...”
Thunder clashes, a dark night with a strom brewing.
“It was at night just when I was doing the dishes after supper. Master started to shiver, he told me that he felt an evil presence nearing our hut in the forest. He then came close to me and apologised. Before I could do anything he cast an binding spell on me. One used to sedate people before a surgery. My body felt numb and I couldn't move or talk but I could still see and hear everything.”
“My master put me inside of a chest that was near the wall. He closed the chest but before he did he said one last thing. "Yzer, if something happens to me find the Sage of the black water. And Yzer, he added, always remember that magic isn't anything. It's whatever your heart wants it to be".
Then he closed the lid, but through the cracks between the wood I could still see the inside of the hut but vaguely.”
“A group of knights all wearing different colours of armour kicked in the door just seconds after my master closed the lid.
"Master Doman" barked the knight wearing black and gold.
"We have come here to apprehend you for treason against the king". The presence of these five knights was almost suffocating. I felt like my body was being crushed just being near their Aura.”
“There was a big red knight with a helmet which looked like a dragon. There was a skinnier blue knight who clearly likes to use knives because his belt was full of them. Next to the blue knight was the black and gold wearing knight who carried a huge longsword on his back. On the other end of the room stood a green knight who had a glaive in his hands. The last knight was a yellow knight who was only carrying a huge shield with a sun painted on it. All of them had their entire bodies covered with either plate, mail or studded leather. Their faces also being completely covered by a helmet or mask. All of them were clearly people who have seen the battlefield up close multiple times.”
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"On what grounds is this ridiculous accusation based on" replied my master in a calm demeanour.
The black and gold wearing knight removed his helmet revealing his face. He looked like a man who wouldn't have troubles finding a girl. He had a smooth jawline and a small nose. His ash gold hair fell just above his eyes. Even though he looked like a nice guy, his cold ice blue eyes told a different story. This was someone you shouldn't underestimate.”
"My father the king has reasons to believe that you, master Doman will betray him in the near future" the black and gold wearing knight answered.
"I would never do that, the king and I are close friends, we even fought together in the last great demon war" Master Doman replied.
"That just shows how disgusting your going-to-be-treason is" the black and gold wearing knight said in despise.
"I, prince Mosa, in name of the king put you Master Doman under arrest" He said these words with a fierce fire in his voice.
Silence
“Before anything actually happend the red knight went up to Master Doman and whispered in his ear. I could hear it from the chest because it was so close to Master, but i think the other knights could not. "It is better that you don't resist master Doman, we know of your filthy magic and that you could fight us if you wanted to. That's why currently the rest of my personal squadron is standing by to burn down the village of Fargo if we don't return within 15 minutes."
"I see" said Master Doman surprisingly calm. "It seems I have no choice then to come with you to the castle in the capital, I'll will just have to talk to the king himself and reassure him i'm on his side.".
“My master went peacefully with the knights. I understand why, Fargo is the only village where Master chose to have contact with after he started training me here in the forest of Fargo. We have a lot of fond memories there. The people who lived there liked master and me. We also liked the people who lived in the village. We were, friends....”
“My master walked right out with the knights and the prince. I wanted to break to spell of my master and fight them but his magic was too powerful for me to break. I was heartbroken of my own powerlessness. I couldn't do anything to help master. All I could do was lay in that chest and scream in my heart. Eventually after long struggling and fighting the magic I fell asleep in the chest when I woke the magic was worn off. “
“After that I went travelling to find this Sage of black water, save my master from the king his castle and prove to the people that full contact magic is not weak or dark or evil while I'm at it. Problem is, I got zero money right now, I'm what you would call broke. And I need money to gather information about his Sage and to get to the capital. So from time to time I do quests in small villages to get some copper or silver pieces and to get clues to where this Sage might be.”
“That’s also how I met you Rolly. Before I knew it I located a dark mage in hidding who was causing trouble for a small village. I rushed into his hideout and saved you from a magical experiment of the dark mage, who like me used a different kind then healing of magic.”
Rolly’s face saddened when he thought back at that time of all the hardships, torture and experiments he went through. But he also felt a bit of joy when he thought back of how Yzer saved him.
“Yeah but it wasn’t all bad, because of that I can now talk use some hardening magic and I am an awesome navigator” Rolly said trying to cheer himself up.
“True Rolly, for a turtle you do know how to stay positive”.
“You know me Yzer, I just don’t like to stay in my SHELL! Get it? Because I’m a turtle!” Rolly said with a smirk grin on his face.
Yzer laughed. Even in the darkest of situations Rolly makes puns.
“So Yzer, where are we going now”
“Our next stop is going to be the village of Bendur. Which I have heard has a problem with an pack of man eating wolves. Hopefully we can get some coin there”.
Little did they know this was the start of an epic adventure. One that would make Yzer a legend. This is the legend of Yzer the boy who saved the world.