Chapter 154 A trip to the holy union 2 (1/2)
About a week later Mars, Mary and Victoria stepped out of a sky carriage, Mars looked around and gave a nod
”yup traveling with sky carriage is the way to go”
while they were not in the capital which is where they were heading they were close, about 5 days on foot close
”finally out!”
Mary collapsed on the ground and rolled around, she was not a flying person and had been parlized by fear most of the trip, after much debate they had decided to walk the rest of the way to the capital on foot mostly to spare Mary that was currently in the progress of hugging the ground
”oh solid ground, how I missed you!”
”....was it really that bad?”
”yes it was Mars.... ah ground, my one and true friend”
Mars gave a sigh and decide to leave Mary alone and went over to talk with the driver and after that he unloaded their luggage then the sky carriage took off and left then in the clearing of a random forest
”come on Mary let's move”
”okay.... this way”
”you know this forest?”
”yeah I basically lived out here right after I got cursed....”
”I see...”
”don't look at me like that, it was not all bad... there definitely were some good parts”
”right, like lazing around all day without anyone to say what you should do?”
”how did you know Mars?”
Mars gave a grin
”don't forget you are talking to the proud former owner of a limestone cave”
”...you lived in a cave?”
”yeah... for about 2 months.... those were the days...”
Mars and Mary walked into the forest while they exchanged experiences of living in the wild and after 5 days of walking they arrived at the capital of the holy union: the city of prayer, the walls were made of what looked like pure white marble and were manned by soldiers in what looked like ceremonial armor and carried maces, Mars looked over at Mary after he was finished looking over the walls, she was trembling slightly so he gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder and said
”it will be fine”
Mary gave a small nod and a weak smile
”...yeah”
Mars was a little puzzled seeing the fearless Mary act like that but was forced to put it in the back of his mind as it was their turn for an inspection at the gates of the city of prayer
”good morning”
Mars greeted the guard but got no reply as the guard in ceremonial armor simply said
”identification please”
Mars gave a slight frown but still took out his silver mercenary tag and showed it to the guard, Mary also showed her golden mercenary tag to the guard, the guard gave a nod and gestured for them to move along but suddenly stopped as he looked at Mary with an odd look on his face
”wait a minute you two”
”what's the problem?”
”stay right there, I'll be right back”
the guard left in a hurry puzzling Mars meanwhile Mary went pale as they waited for the guard to return which he did a few minutes later followed by another guard that wore slightly different ceremonial armor that showed he was of a higher rank that the first guard, the higher rank guard looked at Mary for a moment before he gave a nod and a not-quite-a-smile smile and spoke in a loud tone
”well if it isn't bloody Mary”
Mary grew even paler and Mars gave an even deeper frown and grabbed her hand but remained silent as the guard continued speaking
”you should know you're not welcome here bloody Mary”
Mars' smile widened slightly as a faint blood lust leaked out from him which caught the guards attention as he looked over at Mars he showed a frown first before he suddenly gave a friendly smile
”she tricked you right? otherwise you would be a fool to travel with the infamous bloody Mary”
Mars' smile widened before he suddenly disappeared from view and reappeared in front of the guard and grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air
”you... what... are... you... doing...”
Mars widened his smile even more before he slammed the guard into the ground and drew his sword and pointed it at the other guard that had drawn his mace
”you! you won't get away with this!”
”we'll see about that”
Mars then stabbed his sword into the shoulder of the higher ranked guard which caused him to let out a scream
”AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!”
”WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?”
the other guard yelled and closed the distance between them as he raised his mace into the air, Mars gave a grin before he delivered a lightning fast kick right to his jaw knocking him out as he dropped like a sack of potatoes
”are there any more...? no?”
Mars then turned to the higher ranking guard and pointed his sword at his throat before he spoke
”now, we have shown our identification so we should be able to pass, yes?”
”you're not going to get away with this!”