Elincia's Point of View

Helmsforth Temple

Using my magic, I flung Arthur’s prone form off my sister. Moving to her side, my magic activate as I began to focus on her wounds. Another pair of hands appeared next to me, and I looked up to see Lord Leiflan. Drewes was frowning as he glanced at me for a moment, but I turned to find his wife. She was watching the situation unfold.

“Restrain Arthur Pendragon and prepare a seal!” Kheri began shouting.

To my surprise, Greigh was the one who replied. “No seal is going to work on him! He doesn’t have magic! We need him to recover enough to become coherent instead of keeping him in this state!” The Captain responded.

Arceana’s wounds were healing, and once she had enough energy, my sister leaned up. “Kill him!” Her orders got all the guards to rush the man.

A roar from above got them all to come to an immediate halt. We looked above to see the bear looking down at us as its eyes began to glow as it growled. Gritting my teeth, I shoved Arceana back down and continued to heal her wounds. Placing my hands on her wounds made her gasp in pain.

“Stop making this worse!” I told her through clenched teeth.

The drawing of swords caught my attention, and I saw it was General Kheri. “Stand down, General!” I ordered her.

Glancing over at me, the Zugal twirled her swords in her hands. “Can you stop him if he comes back? Are you going to let him kill your sister?” Kheri asked me and I looked down.

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“…” I bit my lower lip as I was lost on what to do.

She used her wings to propel herself toward the unconscious man. However, another sword was drawn followed by a clash. My head immediately snapped back over to Arthur. Greigh stood in front of Arthur’s prone form defensively as he stopped Kheri’s attack.

“What are you doing?!” Kheri demanded. “Have you lost your mind!? This is our only chance to stop him!”

“He’s died once before and came back! There’s no telling if you’ll be on that list of his if he finds out you tried to finish him off!” Greigh yelled back as Ziah went to care for Arthur. “We’ve declared him dead before and he was up and about hours later!”

“Then we cut off his head and the rest of him into tiny pieces! Prevent him from recovering!” Kheri shot back.

“You said he was cut in half in the Red Kingdom and had part of his head destroyed! Do you really think that’ll work!?” Greigh grunted as he pushed Kheri back. “Can we win this war without Arthur Pendragon? Because all of us would be dead several times over if it wasn’t for him.”

Pointing her swords at him, she spoke. “I’m doing this for Lestrania.”

Greigh kept his sword at the ready. “As am I.”

“Stop! Stop this!” Ziah shouted as she moved to them. “You’re friends! Just-“ She stopped when Floyd appeared over her.

With his leg high in the air, he brought it down hard on the Zugal sergeant. At least, he tried to. Cassidy was there as she brought her own leg up to counter the attack. She defended both Ziah and Arthur. Spinning to dislodge his attack surprised him. Grabbing Floyd’s leg, she slammed him onto the ground over by Kheri. She quickly moved in beside Greigh as they stood protectively in front of Arthur.

Floyd quickly got to his feet as we saw Cassidy’s body glow. “What did you do to yourself?” Floyd inquired.

“Somethin Ah prepared ta be on the safe side. Ah must admit, ah didn’t expect to reveal it here.”

“Runes?” I asked, shocked.

Cassidy nodded. “They are.” Her attention returned back to Floyd who stepped in beside Kheri. “Although, it looks like Ah’m not the only one with a secret or two. Ya some kind of half breed?”

Floyd didn’t respond as everything started to get out of control. The creaking of the mountain got our attention as the light above grew dark. Looking up, we saw the giant creature’s head approaching. It was so large that it easy towered over us and could roll over the entire mountain. As it started to come down, I worried about the deaths that would follow. Removing my hands from Arceana, I readied to stop the creature.

That is, until another teleportation went off. However, it was Aydalia, Ayda, and Alwin. Their mother looked awful with all her burns and scars. All of them looked at the scene surprised and obviously concerned. The younger Elves were grabbed by their mother and pulled over to Arthur. Launching a flare into the air to grab the beast’s attention, Aydalia waved her arms.

“Kandma!” Aydalia suddenly shouted, which made the giant creature stop its approach. “I will bring Arthur to you!” She announced and the beast huffed in response. “You have my word that I will bring him to you!”