"My Liege" A round and portly man with fancy silks sticking to his skin comes rushing into my office panting like the dog he is. "Who let you in! Did I not specifically order to not be disturbed." The fat man's worm like lips mumble and stammer something incoherently. "Answer Me already! Don't stand there like some blubbering idiot!" I Spout. The Fats man finally comes to his wits and gets on a knee, "M-My Liege Baron R-Roswell Of the blessed lands I come in with a report of a high mana signature from the Bowl of Life B-by A-Arch Ma-Magister fang. He r-reports this disturbance as something th-that can sha-sha-shake the continent itself." I stare blankly at him as the new registers and I slap him so hard he bangs into the ground, the floor creaks under the stress of his weight. He whimpers "M-M-My L-liege" and he hands me a crumpled up letter with the Arch Magister's seal. "Guards!" I shout. Two burly bull like men squeeze through the door rushing to gain favor drag the whimpering fool out of my study, slamming the door behind them.
Fools the lot of them I think, those guards are useless and stupid. As I take out a Small gold dagger ornamented with a giant ruby on the hilt and snake carving circling it, I slash open the seal to a bright light as I Cut my self along my forearm cursing my luck and that stupid magician. I open the letter and place the dagger on my desk reading what this mage has to say.
Baron Roswell,
As you know by now I have detected a extreme mana signature in the Bowl of life by some strange anomaly, and I am currently hoping for your assistance in finding out whatever may have been birthed from the earth or sky. This could be a great chance for our kingdom as you know, we lost our royal family and most of our power in the last war on those tree-men, so we are in dire need of power and I have suspected that this is either some divine treasure fallen from the Gods that can help our arsenal or it is a mutated divine beast that was born, and if it is the latter, then we very well might experience a powerful rise if we are to tame it. I believe it is in our best insights to send the kingdoms best tamer along with me and a battalion of touched knights to escort us. Of course you may also come and see what has happened if you wish. I will also need all of this by the morrow.
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-Fang
"Curses what has Fang brought upon this time, "Ready my horse and a two battalions of touched knights with two healing mages. We will be leaving by dawn to IcePeak and then to the Bowl of Life! Make sure to Bring enough food and hunters for the way."
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One lone adventurer wandered throughout the groove of trees stumbling drunk and every now and then lying and napping, the fool of the adventurer bore two empty wineskins, carmel skin, long ash hair, a rugged jerkin and some leather pants with only small handmade sandals for his feet. The adventurer swatted flies and branches out of his way as they scratched and cut him, his cut that he earned on his forehead from a branch bleeding into his eyes, blinding him. He stumbled over a branch cracking his head on the ground and laying there.
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"Bloody Hell!" I awoke with a headache so bad it was like getting bashed in the back of the head constantly. I Held my hand fidgeting up to my forehead and brought it covered in blood. "Damb, not only a hangover, but a fucking wound." I tore off a part of my jerkin and tied it around my forehead cursing. As I got up a wave of dizziness hit me as I slumped back onto the tree. I tried again stumbling through the dizziness and leaning on the tree panting. I looked around seeing nothing but green and foliage, I unstrapped one of my wineskins and tried to take a swing, only to have a few drops come out. I cursed under my breath and tried to drink from the dew left on the large tree leaves, however, I noticed that the leaves near to my were larger than the ones in front of my, so I trudged back ward, only to find a Giant 10 meter tall bush of trees and leaves. I pushed through the foliage hoping to find a spring, only to see a large dark ash stone in the middle almost reaching the top of the trees and covered in moss. In a fury I banged my fist against the stone and screamed. Yet the stone felt overtly hollow and as I started to knock on it, it pulsed a red gold. I backed away afraid for my life as a mana pulse so huge it threw me back 20 meter. Luckily I landed in a bush, and as I stood upright with any little more than cuts A bright light pulsed from the remnant of whatever was inside that hollow stone, then as walked backwards I stumbled and crawled in Horror As the Light faded and a screech the cut through the sky and unknown to the world came from the beast.
"SCHRAEIAAA!"