11 Do you understand me? (1/2)
For nearly a few seconds neither of the two fighters talked, they just rested a bit, searching for any opportunities. The face of the female warrior was still getting weirder and weirder but didn't affect her in anything else besides the color of her skin. Seeing this, the old mage began to grin a little, since he was hoping that she would be weakened by his spell. None of them would admit it, but they were exhausted and couldn't fight anymore. The first to recover enough of his strength would be the winner. And while the woman was more injured than her opponent, her breath was noticeably calmer.
The previously strong and resilient white armor was getting corroded as the seconds passed and the leather armor under it was perfectly visible in multiple parts of her body. Her helmet that was half destroyed only show her green face filled with determination. Even with only that slight glimpse, one could easily tell that she was beautiful, but that aspect didn't prevent the cultist from trying to kill her. And since the two of them were stuck, she began to ask what was bothering her mind.
”Who sold us out?”
Hearing this, the white-bearded man began to laugh, only to realize that he was wasting his breath. With his face expressing his discontent at that situation, he only smiled and began to rub his chin.
”Oh oh oh, would you look at that, the great princess of Massalia asking me something? And even when we are all alone and in the middle of the night. You know, we could do something else, if you want too. Don't worry, I will share my experience with you.”
As he spoke those daring word, he began to show a salacious expression on his face, to provoke the woman even more. But all he met was just plain disinterest. She did react when he began to move his hand but relaxed a little after seeing no danger. Unfortunately, the answer that she got was not what she wanted. Sighting about the fact that she will never find the true culprit, she began to prepare her body for her attack.
”But since I am the sole survivor, I can probably give you a hint. In exchange for something.”
The words of the magician took her by surprise. She didn't expect him to talk at all, his cult caused a lot of problems in the last decades. They were predicting the return of the dark gods from the legends and therefore acted in a way that could please them. Like their names were suggesting, those beings of supreme power created countless disasters when they were still alive or present on the planet. But by now, a lot of those damages were fixed, except the few exceptions that would be a reminder for all eternity. So, for someone like that, to talk to her, that was in charge of the security of the kingdom was strange at the least.
”What do you want? You know very well that nothing you could be saying would save you! The best I can offer is the fact that your body won't be disintegrated and threw through the Lake!”
Hearing this, the old man truly laughed for the first time since a few days. He totally discarded his safety and even began to pant. The sight baffled the princess, not expecting her enemy to be this carefree. At the same time that she could use this opportunity to finish him, she was now really curious. What did she say that could be so funny for him?
”Nothing can save me HAHAHAHA! Don't worry princess, I won't die today. As for what I could tell you, you would be the one glad to still be alive after hearing it. I don't care for whatever will happen to my body, the only thing I want from you, besides this wonderful laugh, is your impression of that pillar of light that we saw.”
”The pillar of light? What are you babbling about old fool? I have no idea of what it is, I only care about why it is happening in the Kingdom of Massalia.”
The magician shook his head hearing this. He was clearly not satisfied by this answer, so he began to reformulate his question.
”What I am saying this, did you feel fear when you saw it? Did you feel that doom was arriving on his chariot, ready to swallow the entire world once again? Did you feel it?”
And as he spoke, he began to slowly march toward the warrior. The light provided by the two moons above their heads was barely enough to allow her to see the madness in the eyes of the cultist. He was smiling and looked ecstatic about something that she couldn't understand. No matter how hard she thought, the only possibility was the pillar of light. He turned weird when he began to talk about it and by linking the missing part, she understood something far too terrifying for her, causing her to unconsciously step back.
”No! This can't be! It's impossible, they are all dead! Everything was destroyed!”