84 Expectations And Rewards (1/2)
Lord Darick smiled while he looked at the specter standing not too far away from him.
”You did well, her majesty would be proud”
The specter did a very deep bow towards Lord Darick, in his mind his job was a lot easier than what the guardians had to endure during their time at the Gate, specially the fact that they had to play the Role of the bad guy in order to a.s.sess the potential of those with great destiny.
Lord Darick looked at the group of young warriors helping one of their own drink the health potion taken from Chrysalis and nodded. This was the strength of the alliance, no matter their race or alignment when it came to defend their way of life they all united and fought together. The fifth gate was a representation of this sentiment, there was technology from the mighty Erudites that were experts in the creation of mage tools and amazing formations,Innovative technologies from the gnomes that love their wacky inventions and the amazing blacksmithing skills of the dwarves that provided weapons to all the elite members of the alliance.
”Well done young warriors, Tristan over there probably told you the story of how it was his fault that the Fifth Gate fell and that we were cursed by a spell cast by my counselor in order to kill as many Dragonkin as possible, however this was only half true. That night we were indeed caught off guard by the Dragonkin and were not able to defend the gate even with the help of the royal guards. The real orders Tristan brought over from the queen were to use the death curse and killed as many Dragonkin as possible and to then give our own weapons to tristan for safe keeping”.
”Our duty would be then to trained and pa.s.sed on our best equipment and experience to the Future Generations worthy of carrying the fate of the Realm on their shoulders”.
The moment they heard that, the whole team gasp as flashes of the 2 years they had spent in the gate trying to complete their mission came back and they realized that the all felt like a training camp, specially the guardians that never really manage to killed them having clear chances.
”Since you are here today that means that the dragonkin fail to overtake us but it also means that War is not far away for you. I hope you use my most precious possessions to protect your fellow Elysians and remembered that the cla.s.ses you chose as a path towards the apexs are only a template given by the G.o.ds, explore all the possibilities and find your warrior ident.i.ty. Everything starts from Runic Power, just remember that”.
As Lord Darick was fading away a smiled could be seen on his face as he whispered the last piece of advice, ” Don't ever forget my Scaleborn form and way of fighting as they are the true enemies to our way of life”.
Rahz and the others felt their heart stirred as they learned of their ancestors sacrificed in the war. There was now a sense of duty that wasn't there before and a new resolution to achieve the Apex and protect their fellow Elysian.
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”Well done guys.. Well done.. I have been waiting 5000 years to fulfill my duty and thanks to you I am able to move on but before I go here are a few gifts from the guardians”.
In the hands of the Old Guard there were 3 skill books, Warrior's Fury, The Art of Triplication, and finally Shadow Weaving.
”There is a couple of hours until day break so I suggest you use the secret tunnel underneath the altar, it is now flooded thanks to the pa.s.sing of time but it shouldn't be a problem while the curse is still active. Ooops my time is up...Don't let me down”.
It was a surreal experience, two years before their only goal was to make it to the abyss while getting strong enough to survive and see the world. Now the ante had increased and so did their resolve to make it to the top, if some giant lizards wanted to exterminate their way of life then they would fight tooth and nail and show that their ancestor sacrifice was not in vain.