Relaxing I , Iliyan Osson , was in a state of meditation while looking into my mind.
Before me was the ever burning rock that gave off purple light.
" Are you ready , Iliyan?" I heardd the voice of my mother.
Standing behind me her outstretched palms were touching my skin where my shoulder blades ended.
We were about to ' overwrite ' the purple flames , which i didn't know how to use yet , and replace them with the spell power of illusion.
The green spell power which my mother was the master off , as the godess of the human realms and the creator of the planets we lived on , had the power to manipulate shadows and light.
While the purple power had the ability to manifest ' energy'?
I didn't know much about those powers i recently acquired and thus me and my mother decided to test the possibility to overwrite it.
" Mum , are you sure this overwrite will only be temporarily?" I asked confirming once again.
" ... Yeah"
" Wait , wait WAIT . Why was there a pause?"
" ... No reason."
" Mum , is this a little dangerous what we are doing?"
" ... Only a little."
Thinking about my mothers character carefully i knew when she said 'a little' it was probably like a little child playing with fire.
* Not much i can do about it , if i want to help save humankind i need my old power back instead of experimenting with the purple spells.*
" Okay now infuse me with a little spell power and we'll see what happens."
Still looking into my own mind i saw the burning rock and faintly illuminated lines inside.
Normally i used those lines to form magic circles and infusing them with power from the core but now we were trying something different.
At the outskirts of my mental image i saw a pulsing green color in one of those lines , concentrating my mind on it i opened up the channel.
From outside of my own body came the green power flowing in.
By opening up those lines i allowed it , while remotely manipulating my own lines , to flow to my core , the burning rock.
The green color came closer and closer and as it was about to touch the purple flames of the core , the purple just evaporated it.
* Not enough power , huh?*
" Mum we need a stronger power."
" ... Iliyan are you sure about this?"My mother voiced her doubts.
" You are a pain in the ass , don't think just do. It's not like thinking is your strong point." I said with an angry tone.
* Haha* i heard in my head.
* Who just laughed there?* I thought but didn't get a answer.
Shaking my head i concentrated on my Mother again.
" ... Uwahh , my son is a meanie , Uwahh..." She started crying.
I face palmed myself as frustration welled up inside me.
" Mom , come on we don't have a lot of time , just do it!" I commanded.
Placing her hands once again on my naked skin i felt the tremendous power that welled in her hands.
Switching my sight back to the image of my own mind i saw a fresh pulsing foreign power entering a line at the outskirt of the mental image before me.
The green power , which was pulsing like it had a mind of it's own , was so bright i could hardly look at it.
Ravaging my lines her magic power kept pouring and pressed itself in every line if i didn't pay attention.
It took my whole concentration to lead it through the channels i wanted it to go , instead of letting it invade ALL of the lines with the display of raw power it was showing.
As the two forces inside of my mind touched it felt a searing pain enveloping my head.
Like 2 waves brandishing against each other the fight raged on inside my head while no side was yet gaining the upper hand.
Infusing me constantly with the same amount of power my concentration couldn't vain one bit , as i was still controlling the lines the green power had to use to reach my core.
If i break off concentration the foreign power will go astray and the constant stream off it will decline leading to a failed experiment.
I could feel sweat forming on my forehead even if my feeling got numbed due to the extra strain my mind took at this moment.
An incredible heat also formed in my Body as the 2 powers struggled for superiority.
Slowly but steadily the purple lost its glamoring shine and the green power intensified as it saw its chance.
Like a prowling Tiger the green power leapt towards the weakened purple and invaded the core through it.
An intense pain shook me and i lost sight of my mental image as my palms went to my temples , out of a pure reflex.
My mother took her hand off of my skin and walked around me to look me straight into the eyes.
Without a doubt she was pretty , her shoulder long curly hair that had a orange-red tone to it and her emerald shining eyes made her without a doubt beautiful.
Since she was a godess her looks would make the most talented Artisans find their new inspiration.
Her fair skin that reflected sunlight made her appear surreal.
* She is a godess after all , though only in appearance.*
But now she had a worried tinge in her eyes.
" Iliyan everything all right? I think we should stop this just go fight them somehow you'll manage."
" You are my son after all , Muhaha" she said with a creepy laugh at the end that would fit the cliched villain.
Still massaging my temples i took another glance at my mental image.
Exposing a little bit of my teeth only the right side of my lips turned upwards.
My eyes being quenched together lightly gave off a arrogant gleam.
" Hahahahaha " I laughed wildly that has already caused a few humans to think of me as crazy.
Often after i laughed like this some said ' he lost it' or ' why does he love fighting so much' or even ' that guy has gone insane' , but this laugh was reserved for me knowing i was going to be triumphant.
" My core is back to being the usual color. Emerald colored the same as your eyes."
At this my mothers eyes widened and she began bouncing up and down with excitement.
* For a godess she sure is like a child from time to time.* I thought while chuckling slightly.
Picturing a certain Magical circle in my head , that i knew by heart and soul , the clear sound of fingers snipping together could be heard.
A long green colored smoke appeared above my head.
Moving together , the smoke became shorter and denser , at last it completely disappeared and only left a long form as the only clear evidence the smoke was once there.
Being pulled down by gravitational force i caught the object with my palm.
With a twist of my wrist i twirled it around and produced a few of my trained magic art stances while testing its balance.
" Sure doesn't seem like you have lost your grip." My mother said while laughing with utmost joy.
Giving her another crocked smile , that was second nature to me , i erased the constant flow of green spell-power from my core into the Magical circle that i needed to uphold the Warscythe i was holding.
Dispersing into green smoke again i relaxed my former tensed stance that i used for my Combat arts.
" I'm off Mum , don't forget to start supplying the humans with spell power now."
Using the my hand i placed my palm outwards and swiped it across the space in front of me.
The image i used for this magical circle was unlike the one i used before
A Gate would appear transporting me to the > Towns-gate < , a sort of transportation device located in every bigger city , the one i was targeting was located in Alycar the capitol of humans.
I , Kyra Safalur , Lieutenant of the human army was tending to a few wounded mages.
" You said this was a cut , correct?" I asked the wounded man in front of me.
" Y-yes , a Goblin come out of nowhere and sliced at my leg." He replied.
Something is not right ...
" How did it get through your magic armor?"
Inspecting the wound again it looked like any other wound that came from a cut but something caught my interest and i couldn't say exactly what it was.
Am i over thinking things?
" Maybe my magic power flickered at that time and by chance he struck me there at the right moment?"
" Now that you mention it ..."
It wasn't unheard off for magical power to flicker , this was due to Darkrends absence , which could soften the Armor close quarter combat mages used or even make spells from Wizards go astray.
Picturing the magic circle i needed inside my head i snipped with my fingers.
A white glow laid itself over the wound and sealed it up.
" First-aid , complete." I stated.
" You can't call this first-aid it is as good as new , much obliged Lady Safalur." He thanked me.
" Fufu , before i am a Lady i am a Lieutenant , Corporal." I said while taking a look at the 1 1/2 stars on his shoulder.
The wind picked up and a play-full gust seemed to caress my cheek as it passed by.
Using my hand i tried to hold it in place.
" ... The rumors are true , your blond lustrous hair combined with your fair skin gives the impression of a fairy..." The Corporal admired me.
I enjoyed being gazed upon , but for some reason my mother and father kept refusing me marrying someone.
Being 16 i should have been married off at my 16th birthday , but due to the influence my Family held i wasn't forced to do so.
Sure i didn't like the fact that i would be married off to some guy i didn't know but even suitors i would have preferred to be married too were instantly shot down.
" Staring is bad taste , CORPORAL" I advised him to obey the rules of army regulations.
Bowing his head down he excused himself and went towards the battle field once again.
Until now not many patients had the pleasure to 'visit ' this tent so i was free to do whatever.
* Watching over the battle would be a good idea for now * i thought.
Turning my attention to the first wall , i heard numerous dying crys and roars.
As expected the dark horde plunged ladders with attached hooks to the walls and climbed them immediately.
Seeing a familiar form in the distance i made out Isy as she used her Mace and Shield in perfect unison and was reducing oger's troll's and ork's alike to pulp.
This little girl with her small height petite figure and blue hair definitely was a force to reckon with.
Not only did she have a good grasp over the magic arts that combined wizardry and close quarter together but her strength was the core element of her tactics.
With a regular punch she could send a oger that weighed easily 15 times as much as her flying , the Shield she was holding reassured one of that fact.
It was as tall as her and made out of thick blue metal summoned through her magic arts.
Focusing in on her again i saw her performing a swiping motion , using her shield she bashed it into a few ork's and troll's as well as an oger that instantly flew over the battlement falling into the ranks of their comrades.
This blunt attack made her stagger for about 1 second but all of the attackers she was warding off were swept away so she wasn't in a critical state.
Feeling a sense of relief that she is managing i turned my attention to the other side of the wall.
A cloud of dust was visible and i knew who was the perpetrator.
From time to time even a yellow flash of light could be seen.
The dust dispersed and a figure came into view with a wolf visor at it's helmet.
* Clara it is impolite , taking a whole section of the battlements for yourself.* I thought.
Well knowing why ally and enemy alike kept their distance from the girl that had the highest offensive close quarter combat arts.
Even her mother that was said to be a prodigy wasn't as powerful as this girl with her 2 wine colored twintails.
* And smaller curves , Fufufu." I added in my head.
Our relationship would best be described as ' I don't care about her' from her side but i knew she loved me as a friend as i did the same.
As i took my attention from her for a second i was surprised to find her heading towards another part of the battle.
Pulling her fist back she dashed towards the closest enemy's and thrust it right into one ork's head.
Even from this position i heard the wet sound of flesh giving up its original form and bursting outwards.
It made me shudder but this was war.
" Lieutenant Safalur , we need your help over here." Another void user called me.
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As i turned around i completely focused on the task at hand.
I , Clara Morgain , wiped my armor off with a towel i always carried.
* This green and black blood sure doesn't come off easily ... stupid dark horde , can't they die more gracefully then splattering all over?* I thought annoyed.
Checking my surroundings again i saw balls of red , yellow and blue arcing over my head and dropping down beyond the battlements.
As the red balls came into contact with the storm ladders , that were attached with hooks to the wall , a flame licked it's way down towards the waiting enemy's.
The wood went from brown to black and then turned into ash in a few seconds.
On the other hand the blue and yellow balls crept towards the back off the dark horde , where the Catapults and other long range siege weapons were being assembled.
* ... It is always like this. Did they honestly think they could defeat our walls with just this?!* I thought while admiring their stupidity.
As soon as they touched their targets , the blue magic dispersed water allover in a gentle manner that reminded one off a lovely summer shower.
Next the yellow one unloaded itself using the water as a disperser and blowing up numerous demi-humans and siege machinery.
Looking around for the next targets i saw a group of goblins trying to ambush some ally's.
Gathering magical power in the lines i needed i ran towards them while shouting a battle cry.
All of them turned around in unison and stared at me with eyes filled with hatred and killing intent.
At a save distance off 4 meters i came to a halt while slithering along the rocky surface of the walls platform.
' Snipp ' was audible as i applied pressure to my thumb that was being pressed on my middle finger.
The magic circle formed and i clapped my hands together facing the enemy's.
" This is your end then you faced , Clara Morgain , heiress to the Morgain close quarter combat arts." I said not entirely sure if those creatures were able to understand.
A yellow arc expanded towards the enemy's.
As soon as it came in touch with one , smoke emitted from it and the yellow bolt arched further enveloping all enemy's.
At my command the lines in my mind quieted down as i extinguished the usage of the core.
" Hmph , that was too easy." I said proudly to myself.
The beat of drums that was audible throughout the whole fight even over the deathcry's of the trash i just killed took on a different rhytmn.
Covering the entrance off the canyon was a forest that now was being pushed aside by a squad of oger's.
That squad pulled a huge piece of machinery that looked like a catapult.
* Tsk , they never learn do they?*
Sensing the flow change of battle the Wizard type mages launched an assault as a swarm of orbs sped over me that reminded heavily off a rainbow.
Red , green , yellow , brown and other colors just reached the battlements as i watched in awe.
Counting the machines i realized that those orbs hadn't enough firepower to destroy all of them.
Taking another glance at the machines they were already loaded and ready to fire.
* Are those guys serious! Haha those insects really don't have any Idea what they are doing , Haha* I thought as i looked closely at the ammunition they used.
oger's.
They used their own men as ammunition to shoot them at us.
* Those guys really must be dumb.*
The 100 Catapults shot an equivalent amount of oger's.
Then the long range magic destroyed a third of the machines.
Our wizards sure were busy as i watched another wave of magic flying over my head.
To my surprise that live ammunition had ropes attached to them and every single one was carrying shields.
Drawing a tight arc they came towards us.
Although not only a few landed short of the battlement in fact the majority landed on the walls.
After landing they pulled the ropes and the dark-horde that was waiting beneath was janked upwards.
Glancing down i saw makeshift ladders appearing from within their ranks and already carrying a not to take lightly force of goblins and ork's attached to them.
* Oh no you don't!* I thought enraged at my own stupidity.
Already drawing back my hand i punched the ogre in the stomach and the yellow spell-power in my gauntlets did the rest.
" I would have hit your head instead , but first of all it is way up to high for me trash."
Where his belly used to be my arm was.
The ladder that was halfway up fell back down burying a great amount of filth beneath it.
Not having time i sped up towards the next.
Performing a swiping motion with my hand after a jump i chopped off a oger's head.
" Grrr." I started growling as the ladders approached the walls.
After 3 or 4 more oger's , i saw about 30 ladders reaching our walls.
Now the oger's drew their incredibly huge shields and took a defensive position at the border of the battlements while their smaller comrades started to attack us shielding our sight from what was going on down there.
The flow of the drums changed once again as they became dead silent.
Punching my way through ork's i tried to reach the oger's , to see what was going on ahead.
Picturing another magic circle in my head snipping and clapping my hands together i released another chain lightning bolt leaving numerous charred corpses behind.
Dashing towards the now clear in sight oger i drew my fist back and punched his big shield.
Where there was metal before now was a hole and where there was flesh my arm was.
Ripping a gap in the shield-wall i saw that the black-horde has parted in front of the gate and a single person was approaching it.
Overly tall for a human , it still gave off a human stature as the goblins , ork's , oger's and troll's all had features distinctively separating them from humanity.
This person was wearing a gruesome visor over his black metal helm resembling a hornets head.
His entire body was covered in black armor and he held a long shaft , with a inwards pointing blade on top , in his hand while walking leisurely up to the gate.
* What is a human doing down there? What is that spear like thing in his hands?* I wondered.
A few troll's were swarming me but with a few punches they had a quick death.
Taking a quick look around most of the attackers have already been repelled and the line of oger's was diminished with only a few standing separated from one another.
" Is that Iliyan?" Someone shouted across the battlement.
At those words the fighting humans looked over the battlement and registered the figure standing down there.
* Iliyan ? What was so special about that name?... *
Thinking about it i recalled the half-god that went insane over his lost fiancee.
" You have come back to betray humanity? You are sure a worthless piece of trash after making us suffer so much!" I shouted angrily at the black figure down below me.
Almost reaching the gate a loud and clear snipp could be heard even over the noises of battle.
A circle of a black substance formed at his palms and expanded rapidly.
Stretching that arm out it touched the gate.
Neither with a bang nor a clank nor any other noise the gate disappeared , nothing standing in the way off the dark-hordes infiltrating our first line of defense.
" Retreat! Behind the 2nd wall!" I heard my Grandfathers shout.
With this the battle that was in our favor was turned as we fled for our lives.
I , Isabell Metra , was in dire state.
Fighting my way towards the stairs that lead to the courtyard of the 1st wall of defense i already killed numerous enemy's.
* Isy thinks this is so nasty ...* I thought with disgust while splattering the remains of a head across a nearby wall.
But since this is war we can't help but fight.
Reaching the first set of steps i took position and helped my comrades reaching the steps without being killed from behind as most mages started to panic at the fall of the first wall.
Swinging my shield and crashing it into an advancing oger he flew back and buried other enemy's under him as i created an opening for a few mages to slip through.
Taking a glance around i saw a few humans in the midst of the enemy's but they were already laying on the floor and blood was oozing out of their body parts.
Some were still alive but they were surrounded.
Checking my core i found it 40% depleted.
" Isy will help you all!" I shouted.
Snipping with my left hand i infused my already active lines with brown spell-power that added to the blue that was running through it.
My shield increased its size as it turned brown , as my leg and arm guards did the same.
Snipping another time with a different magic circle in mind a sphere of water appeared behind me hovering in mid air.
Controlling it with my mind a watery orb extended from the sphere above me.
Focusing my eyes on the demi-human i selected , from at least 10 meters away , the orb that was as big as my thumb shot forwards and left a hole in its head at it passed through.
* There are no opponents in front of Isy so Isy can fully concentrate on wizard type magic now.* I thought.
Summoning another 10 of those orbs i repeatedly drove them through the enemy's creating a gap for my comrades to slip through.
Counting i saved the 10 that were surrounded and they were headed towards the courtyard already.
* Isy is sad ... so many died today...*
With a last glance i ran down the flight of steps.
Arriving at the bottom i immediately saw a problem.
Our gates for the 2nd wall was wide open as the mages fled inside but the advancing dark-horde cut them down from behind.
* Even if my friends wouldn't get cut down , Isy knows that they wouldn't let us close the 2nd gate at this rate. I maybe stupid , but i'm not dumb.*
Looking to the destroyed first gate someone needed to stop them
Rushing over there i entered the fray once again.
Snipping and arranging the circle in my head anew the sphere above my head thickened and instead of orbs coming out of it long lines of water formed.
Picking target after target they got decapitated as the watery whip found home.
Swinging my shield i bashed a few ork's out of the way without loosing the pace the water sphere was killing more vile creatures.
* This type of battle taxes Isys body soooo much* I thought as i already felt my mind going hazy.
A mage that just came running down the steps was stopped by horde of goblins.
Realizing this i jumped in to help him.
" Not anymore of Isys friends will die today!" I claimed proudly.
Jolting the shield upwards i deflected their attacks as my watery sphere did the rest in a flurry of swings , due to me loosing sight of them with the big shield in front of me.
A new group of enemy's approached and kept beating on my shield with me and the man i defended underneath.
My sphere lost its power and diving into my mind i knew my core was down to 10%.
* Isy will die here ... Even though Isy doesn't want to die Isy can't do anything...*
Bracing myself for the last strike that would deplete my magic reservoir completely i closed my eyes.
An eerie silence was almost graspable as i wondered why the deadly strike wasn't coming.
Pushing my shield aside i saw the orks goblins trolls and ogers heading back through the gates they came through moments before.
" HAHAHAHAHAHA" I heard a loud voice from outside the gate.
Helping the man up i crept closer towards the gate.
* Isy will get scolded for her curiosity again...*
Looking outside i saw the dark horde running , not out of fear but with grim determination towards the back of their own ranks.
" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA " I heard another loud laugh coming from that direction.
Since our wall was built atop of a hill and the canyon was slightly below it i saw a scene i couldn't believe.
A wedge was formed into the enemy ranks starting from the forest behind them.
Numerous beings on four legs drove into them with full speed.
In the midst off all of them a Emerald armored figure was visiable.
* Is that a human mage ...?* I thought while tilting my head.
" Isy thinks that mage is an idiot." I muttered.