The legend has wings

[Monketh]

[How\'s this for bringing back Auran?]



Monketh was barely concious, but he could feel the guards dragging him along the ground.  As he was being dragged, an alarming thought crossed his mind; \"Why am I still alive?  Where is Grakrim?\".

The dragging continued for quite some time, and when it ended he began to come to his senses.  Monketh remembered little of what had happened when he was lying lifeless on the ground, only stars whirling again and again, and the silohette of some great being.  The blurry shapes placed him on top of what seemed to be a crude altar.  In front of him another dark, blurry figure stood.
He addressed it.
\"Wha.. who.. Why am I alive?!\"
\"We cannot have a sacrifice without a living will, can we?\" the figure replied, seeming to grin.
The figure, evidently a dark preist of some sort, started chanting.  The room darkened.
Or was it his vision that darkened?...

The floor vibrated a little, then the door opened.  A dim light, like a rod of fire, slowly penetrated the darkness.  Some great beast was entering the chamber.  Monketh\'s vision cleared, and what he saw was terrifying.  It had wings of raw fire.
To his surprise, the great beast spoke.
\"Who among you, now dares to oppose me?\" the beast asked of the startled cultists.
They threw away their fear and charged the beast like the lunatics they were.
...Only to be thrown back by his tremendous strength.

\"Who are you, great beast, and what has drawn you here?\"
\"I seek the power of the crystals.\"
\"Really?  Well there are none here, do not waste your time.  Say, could you possibly unbind me?\"
\"No I will not unbind you.\"
\"But I know of the location of the crystals...\"
\"As do I, the enkidukai called Seperot has laid waste to the town of hydlaa.\"
Monketh stared off into space.
\"I... I do remember an old legend...\"
\"I care not for the legend, the ultimate power shall be mine!\"
\"But... The unity of the crystals will bring about the end of the world!\"
\"I do not believe lies from the weak, such as you.\"
\"I was once strong, I am called Monketh, a Master Ranger.  Tell me beast, what has become of the Rangers, and what is your name?\"
\"They are dead, the cult attacked them without mercy.\"
\"And of Moogie? And your name?\"
\"I will not entrust you with my name just yet.  But I will need a plethora of help to defeat Seperot, who has taken Moogie.\"
\"I see our interests cross for but a while.\"
\"Indeed.  Do not stray from my command, or I shall slay you as well \'ere Seperot falls.\"
And with that, the beast released Monketh from his chains.
\"What is it exactly you need from me?\"
\"You will know in time, Master Ranger.\"

[Hope it wasn\'t too bad...]

[seperot]

Seperot and moogie had been walking thugh the waste land for what seems like an age then out in the distance there was a tent. as the walked over to it a old man was sitting outside \" well well the hero has arived at last\" seperot looked at the old man \" who\'s are you talking to \" the old man satrts to turn to Seperot while he is talking \" the one who has been fooled by the crystals alure and must now use the good to defeat yourself\" seperot looked at himself and back at the old man \" i hate to burst your bubble old man but im no person of good and light\" \" perhaps not anymore but you once where...your white fur..blue eyes remember that?\" seperot stared at the old man in disbelive. moogie spoke out \" how do you know this? where  are we? why am i here? hwo is seperot going to be good? how...\" the old man raised a hand to stop the Enki from asking anymore \" i will answer your questions child to the first i am the keeper of the stone of talad the only item powerfull to equal the 6 crystals and lord of the barron lands which is where you are a land where minds stolen by the crystals you are here because you are the crystals accmplice you must be your friends helping and to rejoin the light. now there isent much time for more chat i must give you instructions on your task\" seperot and moogie stayed silent then belived the old mans words. he gave them instuctions on how to get to a temple 2 days walk from where they where a short sword each and a scroll to moogie who was told not to open it untill she felt it was time.

mean while Seperot had boarded Darkstorm and set off towards the city none of his troops had attacked yet. and moogie was walking into the cult base searching for the crystal>

[neotepz]

*OOC: I decided that the legendary spear will be the naginata, which is pretty much a pole with a sword attached to the top, of course this one will be adorned with runes, ancient wriitngs etc. btw how is this being ended seperot... since it seems you will be going at a tangent to me, we might as well help set-up your idea!*

\"Why are you smiling?\" questioned an annoyed, but currently stable Thak.
\"Can you not see... I can feel it coming close... close to the end...\" replied Sengoku as he looked up into the sky.
\"Your a fool, do you believe... yes you  do believe, you believe you work for him...\" stammered Thak.
\"I do not believe it Thak\" Sengoku turned to him \"I know it\" came the harrowing reply to Thak\'s constant line of questionning now for 4 minutes.
\"I didn\'t want to die here today... or infact for a long time to come...\" stated Thak as he drew his sword in preperation for what was bound to come as soon as he and Sengoku where discovered.
\"Do not worry... I have a way out of here... are you adept at all with magic?\" asked Sengoku as once again he drew his katana blade, its runes, glyphs, writings, whatever they could be described as, that ran down the blade still glowed the seemingly \'holy\' white.
\"I dont have the first clue...\" replied Thak as he began to wonder to himself whether he should kill Sengoku just to make himself feel better for this... betrayal.
\"Hmmmm... I think i can warp us....\" began Sengoku.
\"Warp? whats Warp? I don\'t like the sound of that and what if this spell goes wrong... being in a peices between places is not what i want...\" but before Thak could finish his speech Sengoku placed a hand on his shoulder and closed his eyes, Thak could feel Sengoku\'s body... and his soul itself shaking as he poured energy into the warp. A small sound of \'pop\' was made as the pair disappeared and a thousandeth of a second later appeared on the hill far from the town itself.
\"I should kill you now you fool!\" cried Thak as he jammed his new found weapon into the face of Sengoku.
\"I don\'t think you want to do this Thak... i mean... how else will we save this world?\" questionned Sengoku.
\"Shutup, i don\'t want part of this, who knows if we get lucky, maybe, just maybe something will go wrong and whatever, whoever... look i just don\'t care anymore...\" shouted Thak.
\"I do not care what happens either, for it is in the future and does not deserve my thought yet, instead i care what is happening Thak, right now people are dying back in Hyldaa, small towns like the one we just came from, villages, larger towns... militia slain, houses burnt, homes wrecked, wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, daughters, sons dead..... all dead and because you couldn\'t muster the strength within yourself to realise the only thing stopping you is what you\'re pretending to be... you pretend to be this god-awful, hating man but i know Thak, i saw you back there, you have a good soul, its in your eyes and the way you fight... if only you would realise this... you could end all of this... you could save them... become a legend... will you really leave them to die, leave the chance to make something of your life behind?\" spoke Sengoku, loud and clear through the air. Thak\'s face physically showed him thinking.
\"I... I can\'t do it, just leave me alone, all i want is to be left alone... OK?!\" cried Thak again.
\"No... I won\'t let you sacrafice there lives like this...\" Sengoku grabs the naginata and spins it around, pushing it into the throat of a surprised Thak.
\"Do it or you will perish, the world will end, but i will not let it end without first clearing any shame i may die with.....\" Sengoku pushes the blade into his throat so as it begins to slowly almost break the skin.
\"FINE!... but i hope your god has a place for us both, for we will never live...\" shouts Thak as he pushes Sengoku off balance and takes the Naginata of legends back, he begins to examine it closely as Sengoku, smiling, sheaths the katana and looks around... and then looks up.
\"The one we seek lies towards... Hyldaa... We must get there within the next day... our best path is that forest... and Thak... Have faith,\".

[mercenary]

\"Our master is waiting for you, please follow us\" started one of the lemur guards assembled in the temple\'s hall.  None of them seemed to acknowledge the massacre outside, they simply closed the doors and locked out the screaming.  Zaeku crept obediantly through the corridors escorted by the three mages.  The only light radiated from the merciless fire burning Hydlaa\'s inhabitants to ashes.  If not for that they would have been  crawling around in pitch black.  As the group turned the next corner Zaeku took notice of one of the guards hastily shutting a door.  Normally something so insignificant would have been shut out of his mind imediately, but in the room sat a beaten demon nearly three times the enkidukai\'s height binded to the wall and a man lying next to it near death.  The guard glared at him, reminding him of his place and they stopped at their destination shortly after.

Two large doors ended the hall.  One guard continued to lead Zaeku in as the other two slid the doors back.  The only light in the room seemed to eminate from a cloaked figure sitting at a table in the center of the room, the rest of the light appeared to be avoiding the area.  The enkidukai took his seat across from the figure.  It\'s face was covered by the eerie absence of light, but other wise the figure was about Zaeku\'s size and wore a red tunic.  \"We have a favor to ask\" one of the lemur servants dictated...\"a certain artifact was stolen from my master a short while ago....we need someone to retrieve it\" he continued.  After a lengthy description of the thief the guards walked the enkidukai through the building back to the exit.

Once he was sure they had left Zaeku leapt onto the building and began scaling the walls for a better view of the area and to escape the hordes of zombies, which had increased rapidly since he had last seen the city.  He came to an abrupt halt as he spotted a group of zombies surrounding a grayish lump resting on the road near the incident that occured just a day ago.  Zaeku immediately began jumping the roof tops to reach the body before the undead could rip it apart.  It was not long before he reached the crowd.

Zaeku snapped the remaining zombie\'s neck and crushed the head as he made his way to the fallen Klyros.  It appeared someone had done his job for him.  He grabbed it\'s legs and swung it over his shoulders.  He had specific orders not come in contact with the crystal so he began the long zombie ridden path back to Laanx temple.

\"Before we pay you there is one last thing we need you to accomplish\" The master of the temple, tired of hiding leaned out of the shadows, revealing a hideous featurless mask.  The words seethed from it\'s mouth as it spoke, \"Kill Thakaltas\"

[Monketh]

A dark-green cloaked figure walked slowly down the old cobblestone road in unison with a cheerily dressed but equally covered ylian, or so he seemed.  They had been walking now for about a day now, and finally the Ranger\'s curiousity got the better of him.

\"Excuse me, but I have a question.\"
\"What!?\"
\"If Seperot can vaporize things, how do you intend to fight him?\"
\"I do not.\"
\"Oh...\"

By now a tiny glowing speck was visible in the distance.

Monketh muttered queitly.  \"There \'tis, Hydlaa, town of ruins.\"
The Man replied to this sharply.   \"That is, of course, our destination.  Do not dare run.\"
\"I\'m too lazy to run.\"

Eventually the sun dimmed, and they made camp.  Monketh removed what little was left of his rations and supplies and set out what he could.  A few blankets would suffice for tonight\'s rest, rest he would surely need tomorrow.  The Man stood up in a tree, wide awake.  Did he ever sleep?  Probably not...

[SaintNuclear]

OOC: Monketh, is that person with you a PC? If so, who? If not, give some info about him.


Monketh woke up from something that hit him. He looked to the side and saw an apple.
\"I don\'t remmember falling asleep under a tree...\" thought Monketh. He looked around, and saw the Man looking at him and gesturing him to stand up.
Monketh stood up, and held his rapier in one hand.
\"What happened?\" Monketh asked. The Man jumped down from the tree, and wielded his weapon.
Monketh looked in the same direction the Man did, and realized what\'s going on.

A big Kran holding a massive axe was running toward them. It was more like trying to run, actually.
\"What in the name of Talad are you doing here?!\" the Kran shouted in a trembling voice, as he kept getting close.
\"Hydlaa is our destination, we want to stop this madness!\" Monketh shouted back.
The Kran was getting really close. Monketh and the Man each tighted the grip on his weapon more and more every second that passed, unsure what to expect.
\"And what are you doing here?\" the Man shouted.
\"I was thinking how to cleanse Hydlaa of all these undead too, actually.\" the Kran replied.
\"We should join forces, we\'ll have more chance together than alone.\" Monketh said, there was no need to shout anymore as the Kran was close enough.
The three sheathed their weapons. The Kran came to Monketh and shoot his hand.

\"Nuc.\" he said.
\"Monketh.\" Monketh replied.
\"You two thought you could take over Hydlaa by your own?\"
\"What do you know about what\'s going on there?\"
\"Not much. You see, I buy metals for my smithy directly from the mines. It\'s cheaper, and usually of higher quality...\"
\"Get to the point\" the Man said.
Nuc unsheathed his axe a bit, the Man stepped back and held his weapon, ready to unsheath.
\"Hey, hey... Relax you two...\" Monketh said.
Nuc sheathed his axe back and sat down. Monketh and the Man sat too.
\"As I was saying...\", Nuc continued, \"When I was about to enter Hydlaa, I saw a horde of people running terrified. I decided not to take any chances and went to the hills nearby and watched what\'s going on. Let me tell you, I\'ve been around this place even before any of you even dreamed of it, and I\'ve never seen anything like this. A horde of these -- things poured out right after the people. I thank Talad I didn\'t think it\'s some kind of a hoax and stepped into there!\"
\"Everything else I know is rumors that contredict each other. One of them even said that an Enkidukai did it!\" Nuc laughed, \"I bet it\'s one of those Lemurs and their god, Laanx\" Nuc spat.
\"As far as we know, it really was an Enkidukai... Called Seperot.\" Monketh corrected.
\"The crystals--\", the Man said, \"he\'s using the crystals, and will probebly get the others too.\"
\"ARGH! It\'s all because of you! You came here as if this place is your\'s, and now you\'re destroying it!\", Nuc yelled at them. \"I underestimated you, I thought it\'ll take you longer to find them, wich would be enough time for me to get one\".
\"What are you talking about?\" Monketh asked.
\"...And what were you searching a crystal for?\" the Man added.
\"Everything was much better before you came from wherever you came and settled here. Then you came, and we welcomed you, travelers, creatures we never seen before, and haven\'t tried to harm us - or so we thought. You paid for our hospitality by taking over, declaring everything as your\'s. But it wasn\'t enough, you were greedy, and searched for the crystals. Now that you got some of them, you\'re destroying the world.\"
\"So you were searching for the crystals to become a god and kill us all, huh?\" the Man asked teasingly.
\"Although I do wish you\'ll all just go back to wherever you came from and give us our home back, no. I want one single crystal. Without all six, they can do no good to their user, only harm. Atleast that\'s what I thought. I wanted to keep one so you won\'t have it\".
\"Hey, we\'re on the same side, remmember? We want to free Hydlaa\" Monketh said proudly.
\"Entring shouldn\'t be a problem. There\'s an opening in one of the walls in the slums, covered by bricks so it won\'t be seen. It\'s big enough for me, and the bricks won\'t be a problem either. The problem is once we\'re there. The place is swarmed with undead. Fighting one of them at a time shouldn\'t be hard, even a little boy can do it. But when so many attack you together, it\'s not pretty\".
\"We\'ll think of something.\", Monketh said, \"Wait, you mentioned something about metals for your smithy, where are they?\"
\"I hid them, no reason to walk around here with two sacks of metal bars as I have nothing to do with them without my smithy\" Nuc replied.
\"I can forge weapons too...\", Monkath noted, \"There\'s a small abandoned town not far, it might have a smithy. We could probebly salvage metals from there, together with your metals, and our skills, we might be able to make something to aid us...\".
\"We should rest now. We\'ll get my metals and head to the town at dawn\".

Monketh and Nuc each found a spot to lay down and rest. The Man went back to the tree to see if anyone is coming.


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Edit: Ehh... Came out too long and kinda messy. Not that bad though...

[Rougearrowz]

Meanwhile in a tree far away a lone stranger slept seemingly blissfully unaware of her suroundings.  the creature scilently drew back his bow string and took aim. he was about to release when her eyes opened and a slightly evil smile spread across her face. in a second she had her bow trained on him without thinking he released the shaft and it went sailing towards her she slightly turned her head and the arrow buried itself into the bark of the tree next to her creamy neck. she jumped toward the creature and landed at his feet and let loose her arrow which dug its way through his brain. she revered in the rain of blood and danced before licking her lips and drinking the fresh and warm blood straight from the wound her arrow had opened in the creatures forehead. After her breakfast she felt a tingling sensation drawing her to the east curious she turned toward the sensation and started walking

an hour later she apered atop a ridgeline of a cliff high set into the top of her mountain home she looked then turned as if to walk away  but then turned again and ran to the edge of the cliff and jumped out. she let out a high pitched whistel and a huge magestic bird swooped underneath the faling lady just before she was dashed upon the jagged teath below. \"to the east my friend\" The lady known as Rouge Arrow cried to her avian friend still getting over the elation of free falling. and Rouge and her friend soared through the skies the elation constantly rising in rouge. Ever searching toward her prey.

[PenguinX]

(*Note: My first post, hope you like it)

Xyphon, the Enkidukai, stared intently upon the disappearing avian and his rider. He had recently witnessed her feast upon the evil creature and was half impressed and half disgusted. Nevertheless, he was bound by loyalty to travel to the Hydlaa Plaza and talked to an old man with two gold bands on his neck. A dying friend had asked him this, with no further details. Xyphon was quite mystified, but felt sure that this task must be carried out.

The Enkidukai skipped easily along a dirt path through the open wildlands. Little did he know that he was being tracked by two assassins, who were as slick as oil and as deadly as poison. They could have killed him there and now, but they had to bide their time.

Xyphon found a tree stump and suddenly discovered some fresh, edible berries nearby. He had immediately remembered that he had traveled 2 days nonstop and was extremely exhausted. Xyphon quickly plucked the berries and stuffed it in his mouth. Each mouthful of the lucious, sweet berries seem to tantalize his hunger pangs and he longed for more. Soon he was a big pile of purple goo.

The assassins thought that this opportunity was an excellent one to strike, so they quickly notched poisoned arrows to their shortbows.

Xyphon noticed a slight rustling coming from his right. After a few seconds he had suddenly realized that was the sound of a bowstring twang! He quickly leaped behind a nearby rock and was rewarded by a twang of arrows quivering moments where he was. Xyphon silently wrapped his paw around his runic crescent and went over the words of his sleep spell.

The assassins could not see well through the congested plants and trees, so they were suprised that their target\'s corpse seemed to have teleported. Each assassin cautiously searched the area.

Xyphon, using his superior senses as an Enkidukai, crouched in an attacking position toward one of the assassins.

(To be Continued...)

[Cyberchu]

Rouge Arrow studied the ground below her as she flew over the land, there were what looked like swarms of ants but she knew that were armies of undead zombies. As she flew over she lossed several spare arrows at them, \"why waste perfectly good targets?\" she asked herself. As she journeyed back to the place where she was to meet a contact who had a job for her and she had to take it as jobs were scarce and she was short of money. When she arrived the contact was there before her, he was a diabloi who worked for one of the main crime lords of Yikaleum. He payed her a circle and told her to kill a ranger called Monketh who was heading towards Hydlaa. Rouge accepted but although it sounded like a simple she was feeling uneasy and she knew she couldn\'t do it.

[smoak]

The old man watched the two Enkidukai go. After they had gone a fair distance he turned to the tent. \"Smoak come out here, i know you were listening\" The young Klyros slowly came out of the tent. \"Yes my lord?\" \"Did you hear where I sent them too?\" \"Yes to the temple.\" \" Good , I want you to leave this place follow them to keep them safe.\" What?!\" he recoiled at this strange order. He had never left the tents safety since the lord had found him except on trips to the temple and now he was just supposed to leave! \"You are perfectly capable to take care of yourself and them, you only need to follow them to keep them out of trouble. I have watched you practice your skills and i know you can do this, now pack some things and go\".

Though still in shock at the concept of leaving Smoak accepted his masters command packed some food he would need and headed off. He knew the strangers had not gone far and could easily find them if he flew up to look. The hard part would be keeping track of them when they left the temple and he wasn\'t sure what he would do if they ran into trouble. He had lost sight of the tent now and could barely make out the travelers. He decided he would need to get get closer and took wing to begin his mission.

[Cyberchu]

Kramy was very confused, he had been wandering through the sewers for quite a while and he had managed to meet up with several freedom fighters but their numbers were too small to retake the city. At the moment Kramy was scavenging for materials with which to make a stocade for their HQ. Other membors of this organisation were TJ,Thakaltas, Saethan, Andromath Spellweaver, morgrob, Kayto and Electrokah. Kramy knew them well as he had been with this group for quite a while.

[Monketh]

Monketh leisurely strolled down the old cobble-stone path, that old town wasn\'t too far anyway.  The loud noise of the Kran walking down the road seemed to be bugging the man though.  He certainly wasn\'t thinking an assassin might be lying in wait for him.  After all, why bother?  With the current worldly conditions, it was certainly much more practical to watch your own hide.  He spied a stone along the road with Mica in\'t, then passed it off to the Kran, he mightbe hungry.  A fallen sign revealed just how close they were.  \"Welcome to Dedreenburg\" barely could be read on its\' old wooden plank.  
The Man acted alerted suddenly.  He looked about to evaluate his surroundings.
\"What?\"
\"I heard something.\"
\"Hm.\"

Rouge hid quietly in a tree, waiting to pounce her prey.  Her blood sang of the hunt.  Adrenaline surged through her body.  This was what she lived for.  A nearby building with a large chimney was the only object in which her target might hide.

[I\'ll continue this part,if nobody minds.]

[Monketh]

Monketh walked down the road towards a building with a huge chimney.  This was, of course, the prime candidate for a smithy.  A few leaves glided across the path.

She could feel her blood throbbing, pulsating, racing through her veins.  Now the moment was at hand.

Nuc absent-mindedly pondered if yliakum could withstand the onslaught of so much evil.  He failed to notice a few bumped-up cobblestones in the road.  The world became a whirling chasm.

Rouge leapt from the tree, but before she could react, a mass of rock seemingly jumped from the road into her path.

Auran thought.  Perhaps the Kran is right, what if these stones bring the appocolypse?  Well, I can survive.  But what will be- What the****!?

Monketh was astonished to see a woman fall from a tree onto Nuc, then roll away in a matter of seconds almost unharmed.  He knew he might be in for some trouble.  To his left, the Man drew his longsword.  Quickly, he unsheathed his Scimitar, while assuming a defensive stance.  He could see her face now, blood was stained down around her mouth.    He hoped he would not have to fight a female Dracula.  She spoke.
\"Fortune cannot save you forever.\"
\"Oh, you\'d be surprised.\"
\"Shut up!\"
She dashed foward, sword drawn, ready to kill her opponent.  He merely leapt up on top of the kran.
\"Why are you here?\"
\"That\'s none of your business!\"
The woman jumped up, slashing at Monketh.  Deflecting her blade, the agile ranger kicked off the puzzled Nuc, landing a short distance away.  His cloak had a slash cut through it.  Nuc interjected.
\"It is his business, he\'s the tar-\"
\"Stay out of this.\"
The man stood quietly.  It certainly wasn\'t his problem.  The woman again ran at Monketh, who parried her attack.
\"Don\'t take it personally.\"
\"Don\'t worry, I will.\"
A vicious swordfight ensued.  After receiving a devastating slash wound to her arm, Rouge had to flee.

[Rougearrowz]

Rouge retreated to her camp to heal up, maybe it was time to throw off her disguise and join the forces of good again to throw off this oppresion of evil that has been devistating the land.
Now if she could somehow join up with the 3 intrepid advenutrers then they could help her avoid her previous employer and his contacts.

So Rouge slowly stalked the 3 as they contined there journey.
Rouge followed, dispatching a few ambushes that were lain in readyness for the three below.
Her bow ever searching for an impediment to the 3\'s cause.

Rouge waited for the right moment to introduce herself and start anew.
She ran through the trees above the 3 and jumped, fliped and landed with a sword in each hand crouched stareing at the three adventurers.
\"Stop\" Rouge said \" Before you attack im not here to kill you\"
Monketh rolled his eyes at this.
\"Truelly you must beleive me i have been working as a hitwoman only to pay my dues and most of the deaths i have apparently caused i staged because they were honest people.\"
\"please let me join your group of adventurers for i have no where to go now, please trust me with this i will not dissapoint you. you will be safe with me at you back\"
after her speach Rouge stood up and sheathed her twin long swords in a sign of respect and to show that she mean no harm. She sat down and waited for a desicion from the adventurers.
as a final plea she said to monketh \"you would not let another brethren of the forest, another ranger be left to the evil forces of this world? would you?\"

[PenguinX]

One of the assassins stumbled over a well placed branch. Xyphon quickly took his chance and slashed his arm with an upward curve. He then made a swift kick to his gut and the assassin went sprawling.The other assassin was suprised for a moment, but regained his senses and leaped at the Enkidukai. Xyphon neatly stepped to one side and the careless assassin bumped his head on a hard treetrunk. Xyphon then cast his sleeping spell on the other bleeding assassin.

The two assassins were both rendered unconcious in less than two minutes.

Xyphon checked their bodies for any signs of a killer contract, or perhaps why they were sent to kill him. After searching for a bit he found a chewed up note.

  \"I knew you would dispatch these fools - any Enkidukai could get rid of these. Ah, don\'t worry. I am no foe. I was simply testing you. Continue.\"

                            -The one with Gold Bands



Xyphon sat where he was standing, puzzled. He pondered what the heck was going on. The silence that followed allowed him to overhear commotion between three persons. He quickly hid in a bush and spied on them. \"Damn! A ranger! He\'ll be able to detect me!\" The Enkidukai cursed silently to himself and awaited his fate.