Zombiesheeps? And a wicked king...

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'We need to run...' Midgia growled. 'Yes, after we slay them.' Irelia replied with a smile as she grabbed her sword. and dashed off to the wounded creature. This the creature hadn't expected and that was his fatal mistake. He ducked too late and the blade cut right through him, deviding the body in two horizontal parts that slowly slid off eachother. The creature was filled with maggots and a black sticky liquid. 'What the hell are these things ?' Midgia asked as an howl in the distance was heard. They were close. And indeed, not five minutes later there were three more of the creatures. Irelia laughed at them and the creatures looked in wonder at the girl who almost cried of laughing. Suddenly her face became serious and her blood red eyes pierced at them. 'Come at me. Creatures from Hell, for I am the slayer of you.' She growled with a grin before dashing towards them, dodging their claws and dealing damage in a rapid pace. As she was done Midgia whistled at her. 'I would not want you as my enemy...' He laughed. Irelia replied with a smile as she shook her head to get out of her rampage. 'We need to keep guard duties.' She said. Midgia nodded. Irelia took the first shift as Midgia slept. After a couple hours they changed shifts. Morning came soon and Midgia nudged Irelia awake. 'We should go.' Midgia said. Irelia nodded and stretched a bit while looking around her. 'Look..' She said while pointing at the bodies of the creatures she had killed. Their first black hairs had turned white and the Maggots had all died. Irelia walked closer to one of them, poking it with her blade, The skin of the creature started to crumble where the blade had touched it and soon the beast was nothing but dust. Midgia growled . 'We should go now, or we won't reach the cave in time.' Irelia nodded and jumped on his back. 'Let's go then.' She said with a smile as they took off. It was around Midday when they reached their destination. 'This is our first stop, we should be able to find the location of the artifact here...' Irelia said as she got off Midgia, in front of them was a huge wolf skull made out of stone, inside the beak there was the entrance to the cavern. A gust of wind came out of the entrance. 'We must pass through it to reach the Southern Seas.' Irelia said as she shivered of her memories from the last times she went to those waters. The monsters had been eliminated by earlier troops back then for a safe passage, this time she was on her own. 'Let's enter.' She said as she grabbed a torch from her backpack and lit it with some flint and steel. She followed the path from her memories. The first half of the cave went alright, only a few attacks by giant spiders, nothing she wasn't used to slay. They entered a huge clearance where a single ray of light came from a hole in the ceiling. There was a stench of rotting flesh that filled the entire room. 'Look.' Midgia said, in the small pool of light stood a little lamb facing away from them. 'I can't smell it's blood due to the stench.' Midgia said 'Be carefull.' Irelia nodded and held her sword thight as she went closer to the center. 'Isn't he beautifull ?' A dark female voice said in the darkness suprising Midgia and Irelia. The lamb bleated and turned around to look at them. 'I tried so long to creater him, much sacrifices have been made.' Suddenly a blue flame illuminated the room. Everywhere on the floor were corpses of lambs, many had mutations or were missing parts. It was a horrid sight as most of those lambs also were combusting. Luckily for Irelia, her helmet had a mouth piece and it blocked out alot of the stench, but her eyes still watered as if she was sniffing an onion. 'You're sick.' Irelia said. The voice started to laugh. Suddenly the blue flame erupted and made an pentagram on the floor with the lamb in the middle. Next to the lamb a shrouded woman took shape as if she was being build up from her feet by a black liquid. 'You shouldn't have come here, little child.' The woman's voice boomed. 'Try to stop me.' Irelia smiled back at the woman. Midgia stood right behind her. 'Oh I will.' The woman laughed and threw her shroud off. She had long beautiful black hair and a face people would die for... But there was one error to her. The left side of her face, no her whole body was rotten. Bones showing at some places. 'Arise!' She shouted and suddenly the dead creatures on the floor of the room started to move. Horrifying sounds made it to Irelia's ears. This was clearly not any normal necromantic mage. Irelia wanted to run but her feet were held by one of those horrid creatures. She sliced it with her sword but it started to crawl again towards her. 'These things don't die!' Irelia shouted at Midgia, as they were both in action trying to get the misformed creatures away from them but it was no use, they were in greater numbers, and when they had slashed one in pieces the pieces would just move on their own. Irelia had enough of it. She sliced her way through the dead creatures onwards to the center of the pentagram. She reacked a ray of fire and jumped through it. She was now facing the mage and her lamb. Now Irelia was gone, Midgia let full loose,going on a rampage untill the zombiesheep were only puddles of blood. 'I must say I admire your persistinance, most people would have runned off by now. I guess I'll have to kill you myself now.' The necromancer smiled. She whispered something and suddenly the little lamb who looked so cute at first grew, he grew into what would be called a demon by most people. Standing on two back legs upright He had the upper body of a man and hands that ended in long claws. Curled black horns came out of his head and his mouth was filled with long sharp teeth, His cute curls became short white hairs and on the back of it's head were they long, braided in long braids that reached the floor. 'Behold. Andreas. My most beautiful creation yet!' The woman shouted in extase as she jumped from one leg to another. Irelia cursed under her breath, this thing was huge. Behind her the flames went higher and the creature roared into the sky. 'You go for the woman.' Midgia said through her bond as suddenly a dark red mass jumped up and barged into the white creature throwing it into the wall of the cave. The necromancer shrieked as she watched her darling fighting against the red dragon. But there wasn't much time for her to watch the battle because Irelia was on her way to her. 'I Determine WHO DIES and WHO LIVES! Not you! Not your tiny dragon!' The woman screamed at Irelia. 'I AM HEL, THE GODDESS OF DEATH!' She continued. 'Oh be silent you.' Irelia growled as she jumped up, her sword readied above her head. The necromancer pointed at her with one finger and as she touched Irelia, the warrior got thrown back. Irelia gritted her teeth as she landed on her feet before dashing again to the mage. This time she had a better plan. 'Don't you learn ?' The necromancer screamed at her. Irelia this time did the same attack, only right before she was going to hit the mage she slashed her sword, slicing off the hand of the mage. She didn't allow the mage to look at her own hand or she had already sliced over her back again. The mage screamed in pain while Irelia dodged the mage's attempts at resistance. As Irelia was about to slash the neck of the mage she got pushed back by some sort of power. She couldn't get closer to the mage who was holding out one skeleton hand to form the protective circle and the bloody arm just hanging. She whispered something again and a shockwave erupted from the circle, hitting both Irelia and the two fighting creatures. The bloody puddles on the floor started to flow together and formed horrid creatures that came for Irelia, who sliced right through them Untill she reached the circle. She jumped at it and with all her strenght she tried to pierce it with her sword. The blade started to crumble upon impact and soon shattered. Shocking Irelia, this was her strongest blade, Now she really was furious. She let all her anger flwo through her body and screamed it out as she placed her hands on the circle. 'Foolish child you can't break this...' The woman got cut off as a crack showed in the circle. 'No. This can't be!' The woman shouted. Irelia growled. 'You destroyed my favorite blade.' She said as her glare was fierce enough to kill someone. 'NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU!' Irelia shouted as the circle broke, making the necromancer fall unto her back. Irelia dind't hesistate a moment as she walked behind the woman. 'I determine who dies, and who lives I am Hel, The goddess of death.' Irelia whispered in the woman's ear. The woman started to cry in fear and begged for mercy, but Irelia was angry. She twisted the neck of the mage and suddenly the cave went dark. The ram dissapeared and a tiny lamb took place instead. Looking up at Midgia in fear. The dragon snickered and ate the lamb whole. Irelia sunk to her knees as she pushed the dead body of the necromancer away. 'You keep amazing me.' Midgia said as he went to her side and softly pressed his nose to Irelia's forehead to calm her down. Irelia sighed and stood up with one hand on Midgia's head. 'Let's get out of here. This place smells.' Irelia said with a small smile.

'Welcome Saraia, daughter of Sasona and Ogidion. My stephdaughter in law. You rather marry the enemy than fight?' The wicked king asked. His throne was made of a dragonskull. Saraia answered polite; 'I'd rather marry the enemy than causing my own people the troubles of war, your majesty.' The king laughed. 'So you're marrying my son for the sake of your people? What about the dragons?' Saraia felt her anger grow and the flames were leaking out of her mouth as she answered; 'How much I like to safe the dragons in your possession, I cannot to that on my own. But maybe, maybe one day I will be able to. Sire!' The king looked her straight in the eye and she refused to look away.

'Saraia we both know you can kill my entire staff, me and my son if you are angry enough. Although I doubt if you could kill me... Anyways you'll never be able to. Listen very carefully girlie; if you do anything wrong, if you hurt someone or break my rules: your dragon dies. You understand?'

'Yes, I do understand, your highness.' She said with a glare that could kill a men. She was just about insulting the king when Eric came in.

'I see you to met eachother?' He said with a smile. That same smile faded away when she saw her dress. 'From all the dresses you needed to pick that one' He sighed.

'Welcome, my son! I just told her what would happen if she misbehaves. I don't think she'll do anything!' The king said with a grin on his face. 'I have some things to discuss with you! You can go now Saraia.' Saraia bowed and turned her back to the king. Suddenly it became all quiet in the room. Eric said; 'Never turn you back to the king.'

'You're not in the same position as you were before you came. So show some respect. ' The king said with a cold voice.

'I'm terribly sorry sire! I won't turn my back again to you and I'll try to learn my position in this house.! Saraia said.

'Now go!' The king shouted. Saraia walked backwards through the room. She turned around when the door of the room closed right in front of her. She asked one of the guards to show her the way to her room. Once she was in her room Storm almost crushed her when she ran at her. 'I was worried! I thought the king would hurt you or something! What did he say about that dress?' Storm asked.

'He said nothing about the dress, but if I misbehave you'll die... So what a lovely place!' Saraia said sarcastic. She walked towards the hole in the grond. It was filled with pillows. 'One of the servants just told me that they made the hole for me to sleep in.' Storm said. She walked towards it and layed down. Saraia untied the corset and layed down next to Storm. 'I hope the king will be nicer in the future... I hope this place will get better.' Saraia said before falling asleep. She woke up from someone coughing. When she woke up it was morning, another day passed of her new life. As she jumped up she saw the prince standing in the door opening.

'You get a bed. A big soft bed and still you sleep with your dragon?' He laughed a bit.

'Yeah, Storm is the only thing here that is familiar and the only one I trust!' Saraia countered.

Eric sighed; 'You're going to be here for a long time so I better make some friends if I were you. By the way: they're going to make this room a room for Storm.'

'Where I'm I suppossed to... never mind I know the answer. By the way your dad is such a nice person!' Saraia said sarcastic. She walked towards Eric, I'm going to seduce the guy and when he becomes a king I will melt our two kingdoms together. 'But I don't know, maybe we need to do some stuff together, to get to know eachother since we're going to marry.' Her heart just broke, Aiden I'm sorry, Irelia I will work my ass of to find the sourcerer. Eric laughed: 'Maybe we should!'

Saraia walked towards her bed and layed down on it staring at Eric. He came to sit next to her. 'So what do you want to do Eric?' She asked him friendly. But with every word she said her heart turned blacker, the thoughts to kill everyone became more attempting.


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