I shadow-traveled to where Servant of Grey was located, Roubus was at my side.
Soon I came to a small village in the mountains. I was standing on the outskirts of the village and Roubus led me out of the village and into a nearby field.
The field was full of green and flowers, a singular tree grew from the great expanse and underneath the tree was three people.
Or should i say two people and a centaur.
Two girls were sitting down drinking tea, one of them was dressed in black and white, the other one in pure red clothing. The centaur appeared to be don in armor though it was irregular as parts of his body shined while others were flesh.
I looked at Roubus and ordered him to go seek the others. I walked forward and looked at the trio.
"Servant of Grey I see you are doing alright no?"
The girl dressed in black and white quickly stood up and bowed " Yinna sees you are doing well"
"Yinna who is this person here?" the girl in red asks and Yinna replies "He is Yinna's one and only Master, Yinna pledge Yinna's life to him as yourself had done to Yinna nona"
"Your name my dear" I ask her and the girl replies with caution "Cardinal"
"Your real name please"
"Cardinal Von Kaiser"
"I can tell truth from lie"
"Carmen you can tell Master the truth, For if you have pledge to Yinna you pledge to Master as well"
the girl in red sighs: "My name is Carmen, all am willing to tell you sir"
"All I needed to hear, Carmen you have potentials in you but not to the extent I'm looking for, as for the centaur I find him perfectly dark"
"You hear that I-Cen; You are adored by Master. Master will now empower you, friend never fear Master helps everyone find release; Right Master?"
I-Cen nods his head and I strode over to him and engulf him in darkness.
Carmen freaks out but Yinna calms her down.
The darkness fades away and the centaur went from cyborg to full machine. "Thank you for helping me Master; I find the light, after Thoran turned me into a monstrosity I could never move the way I wanted to, to fast or to slow but never right, thank you Master"
At this phrase Yinna screamed "I-CEN YOU USE AN ODD NUMBER OF WORDS, ODD NUMBER OF SYLLABLES." Yinna suddenly twitched and her eye diluted from grey to red.
"Hello Yinna, free again I see" I spoke without worrying about the consequences.
"Yes Master, I can finally escape that weakling, ugh so much balance, can't be .0002 cm off, has to be perfectly even. Oh your sentences have to be an even number of words, syllables, letters, UGH TO MANY RULES" Yinna raged and a sword materialized in her hand and started to chop up the meadow.
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" Always wrecking things as soon as you escape, You should stop that habit, we lose many servants that way" I say calmly and the tree is suddenly sliced in half.
" If you had another conscious in your body giving you all these rules and regulations then you'd go crazy too" Yinna cried out
Carmen and I-Cen were unfazed by this sudden transformation so i assumed they had witnessed it before. I coughed into my fist and looked at Yinna who was starting to calm down. "How long till you are sealed again?"
"I have about seven weeks, I-Cen upsetted this lowsy alter ego of mine immensely so it gives me time to enjoy myself, why do you ask master"
"How loyal are your "friends"" I ask and looked at Carmen.
"I-Cen normally follows orders cause of his robotic mind, since he turned into a robot he should be a sucker for orders, meanwhile Carmen swore an oath to the Ioxi that she shall serve me in service of her life so she will follow my orders."
"Good, then you can head toward Ira's lands and start laying waste. I'm sure you've noticed the pillars of light signalling the death of Sable, Thorn and Madra."
Yinna nods her head.
"Good, the new Servant of Purple should already be in her lands laying waste as he wanders. You can go help him."
"Yes Master, your orders shall be my life" Yinna kneels and gets back up.
"I call upon the power of the winds. Boost the speed of my allies and I. Let no terrain obstruct our path. Wind Enhancement"
" I call upon the spirit of the winds. Gentle. Free-flowing. The fox that plays among us all. Aria"
" I call upon the artifact of the winds. Upon Carmen's feet you reside. Free-flying like the clouds. Hermes Shoes"
These three phrases were said in quick succession and a wind started to blow.
On Carmen's feet materialized shoes with wings on them. From the air a gentle laugh and a wind fox trots down and sits, the tail swiping back and forth.
A gentle breeze flowed from behind, boosting movement speed.
"We shall be off Master. I do hope to bring back good news" Yinna bowed again and she took off at a run, jumping onto Aria and Aria flew off and rode the winds. I-Cen dashed forward, leaving after-images of himself. And Carmen ran, the Hermes boots carrying her into the winds after Aria.
"Nice Yinna is such a pain" I mumbled to myself and looked at the village. "I might as well hunt for candidates" I said and traveled to the village.