Chapter 325 - The Verse of Victory (VI) (1/2)
”Rima? Are you okay?”
Wha…when had Tigin gotten so close to her? She hadn't even seen him turn around. Rima frowned, confused, then felt the hum of the pendant in her hand. Her eyes were immediately drawn to it.
Tigin grabbed her chin, ”Rima, answer me”.
Rima felt the haze around her mind begin to fall away, and fear immediately crept in to replace it. Yashi. Yashi had tried and nearly succeeded in tempting her to wish. Rima dropped the vessel like it had burned her, and the haze vanished. She gasped looking at Tigin as he turned to look at the vessel as it dropped to the ground.
”Why did you-”
”Don't touch it!” Rima snapped, stopping Tigin from bending down to pick it up. Tigin looked at her in surprise at her tone, clearly confused as to why she was shouting at him.
”Okay…why?”
”The draw…it's so powerful, if you hadn't brought me out of it…” Rima hesitated, ”I would have wished for something”.
Tigin's eyes widened as he looked down at the pendant, ”You mean the Djinn is in it?”
”I don't-”
”Ha! You are not worthy to control the power of the Djinn!” Gryffyn called out, ”Only I deserve that honour! Only I can wield the power!”
Rima sighed, turning to look at Sevis, ”You haven't managed to take care of him yet?”
Sevis rolled his eyes, ”Nice to see you're well too, Rima. Not like I wasn't worried about your state of mind or anything. Oh no, treated like a damn princess you were-”
With a roar, Gryffyn launched up and knocked the distracted Sevis out of the way. He charged towards where Tigin and Rima were, and Tigin raised his blade as he stepped in front of Rima.
”Don't let him get the Vessel!” shouted Sevis.
Rima gasped and looked down at the floor where the Vessel gleamed.
”I don't think-whoa!”
Tigin, who had been preparing to meet a charging Gryffyn, was not expecting the desperate dive that the Chieftain performed. Tigin rapidly side-stepped so that Gryffyn didn't knock his legs out from under him.
Rima drew back her leg to kick the Vessel away from Gryffyn's outstretched hand. Tigin grabbed her collar and yanked her out of his way.
”No, Tigin!”
Her kick missed, and Gryffyn's fist enclosed around the Vessel.
A burst of powerful wind spiralled up from the Vessel and filled the room, knocking Sevis, Tigin and Rima and the still present Tribesman of their feet.
”Ha Ha!” Gryffyn proclaimed loudly as Yashi seemed to form from the air, the wind dying down at the Djinn opened his eerie blue eyes. Yashi looked down at Gryffyn as the Chieftain scrambled to his feet. He did not look overly impressed, ”They're trying to kill me, Yashi!”
Yashi smirked, ”And what would you like me to do about that, Master?”
”Kill them!” Gryffyn snapped.
Yashi shook his head, ”That's not how it works, you wished that I take care of uninvited guests in your territory. You said nothing about threats to your life”.
”They are uninvited!” snapped Gryffyn.
”Not exactly, I did warn you they were coming,” Yashi replied.