"No, no no that's not what I mean, she is afraid of getting in her feelings, and she is pretending. Yeah she is holding back because uhhh…" Mantis quickly tried to get things right, but no
"Because she is not sure if I am Castro."
Mantis path his back, and expressed guilt. He wondered if he had done the wrong thing.
"Boy. Is not your fault. She doesn't trust her magic abilities, she thinks that maybe there is a mistake somewhere, somehow." Cassey just smiled instead
"I understand. Go back to sleep man,you said it's all a mistake. I leave at first light."
Alby heard this, and awaked, Mantis still tried to convince him, he felt so bad and guilty, but Cassey had already made up his mind, whatever that entered his ears at that time was just baby talk.
"Oh no, oh no, you don't get it, you can't leave, you can't leave now, we have to find the Trident, we have to finish our mission."
"There is no we,and since when did you care about finding the trident? This is your mission, not mine."
"Castro, we can't do this without you."
Cassey layed down without saying a word, Mantis knew that he had to leave the boy alone at that moment. and as Mantis stood to get back to sleep, Suddenly, horror got back! Seemed it would never leave them alone! But at that time, the night was humming evil and good together.
Tentacles of tree roots clenched Cassey's body tightly, it lifted him up and threw him away!, Landing his back on a tree, with a hard hit. Cassey groaned in pain,
"Noooo!" yelled Alby as she rushed to Cassey, but an invisible force gave her a fatal blow! Hers was harder, it landed her on the ground!
"Alby!!!" Mantis cried out
Mantis took guard and stood on alert, looking swiftly over and over to see what it was that was dealing greatly with them. It came on him, as he noticed a shadow gloom behind him!
"Watch out mantis!" warned Allen, but it was too late, whatever that was, it was faster!
He got blown away and his staff fell off. Tree tentacles reached for Cassey again, it raised him up and hit him repeatedly and threw him away! As if it mainly came for Cassey
Allen reached Mantis ' staff and pushed it over to him where he laid. He quickly got up, absorbing strength from his staff
"Cassey! Cassey" shouted Allen running to Cassey
"Hhorn hura Sar Kuh Rah!" Mantis enchanted, releasing a spell from his staff, and A powerful force was released, it attacked whatever it was that was, revealing the shadow. It was one of the dark lord's sorcerers, it hovered around in the air with terrifying darkness.
It had been released, so it was going to do it's worst
It gripped Cassey again with tentacles, this time around, it held him up tight. And as he tried to be free. Mantis raised his staff, but was not fast enough, tentacles gripped him by the neck, strangling him, he fought back with his powers,but just wasn't enough. The dark Lord had given his servants great power.
Allen was powerless and helpless, he hadn't no magical ability nor did he know what to do. So, he ran to Alby, but she was slightly unconscious. She wasn't fully recovered from the hit, it was too much. Allen shaked her, calling her back to consciousness.
"Alby! Alby! Alby wake up! Come on Open your eyes!"
Allen continued shaking her even harder and harder like it was the only hope they had or death would be pleased. Luckily, she flickered her eyes , and saw blurry images of allen shaking her and yelling, it was all muffled sounds, she turned her head to see Cassey and Mantis as they struggled to break free
"Castro…" Alby said, with a soft whisper. And she heard a voice whispering all around her ears
"Albion, Albion , Albion" The voice grew louder and stronger, as if it was giving her strength, and she jolted back to live!
And in an instant, her eyes changed to bright blue!
Wind forces howled up around her, giving the whole forest a reason to shake, almost like a storm. It dashed Allen away from her, as she stood with energy and power
The winds disrupted the sorcerer, Mantis and Cassey broke free from the bondage
"Do you know who I am?" Her voice changed too, with a deep voice sounding like that of the waves of the Ocean
She raised her arm and gave the sorcerer a fatal blow, clearly the sorcerer's power was no match for hers, and she was going to take one action soon… to run!
"I know who you are…" answered the sorcerer shivering.
Many roots, branches and sprouts rushed to the sorcerer and gripped all of her. Time for payback had come. The sorcerer tried to fight,but it was too powerful. Alby got closer
"You're not the only one with the force. I am the force of nature!" Professed Alby, The sorcerer wailed in terrible pain and cried out! and With much much power,it managed to break free and ran off!
Alby followed her immediately, and they went into an air fight! The sorcerer flew deep into the forest, and Alby tried to catch up. They flew through the trees, using the trees as their weapons
Alby directed a huge tree to the sorcerer,but the sorcerer dodged it,! She sent down trees which missed to hit the sorcerer. The sorcerer Fought back, but whatever the sorcerer threw at her will disintegrate and turn to dust before it reached her!
The sorcerer grew more and more afraid, Alby gave a powerful blow, which sent her flying deep into the valley. Since their fight, Mantis, Allen and Cassey had been running to catch up with them. Alby trapped her, there' was no way out, and just when she was about to finish off Pelus, the sorcerer, Mantis, Cassey and Allen showed up
"Nooo, you must let go alby" warned Mantis
"There is no place like tyrants like her, not here." Said Alby, Pelus laughed evilly
"Do it! You're nothing!" Dared Pelus
"No, don't do it alby, please Don't" Mantis begged Alby not to cast Pelus Into the Castron And The Albions underworld. It wouldn't be good!
"Valus ocra albion a saruum abha lakhha cronae datum!" Casted Alby
'In the name of Albion,I cast you to cronae, for eternity.'
A mighty wind mustered up behind pelus like a portal was opened, so dark with thongs of fire. It swallowed Pelus in and vanished!
"It is an honour to die in the hands of albion." Alby said
"Didn't look like you killed her?" Allen added. But Mantis was disappointed
"There are fates worse than death. I fear,this single act in the name of albion is dangerous, alby, you must not cast any True being to cronae again...not in the name of albion" said Mantis. Cronae, if fed much with true beings, could raise an undefeatable evil that can destroy the Lands. Even more powerful than the Dark Lord.
Alby hissed and walked away. Cassey exhaled, grabbing his bag, and followed her. Mantis looked at the bag and at him like " like seriously?" Because Cassey said he was leaving, so he thought it was Time
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Deep inside The Dark Lord's fortress, the dark lord sat on his mighty throne, although dark and evil, he had a taste for treasures and precious stones. His fortress was like that of a God's. He wore a fearful crown mask, with his eyes glorified in deep black. One could get lost in it, just by staring at it.
His General entered, and kneeled before him. He had a message to deliver.
"My lord, Pelus has been banished to cronae." Said the General
"Fools! They keep making things worse! I won't have them lay waste to my kingdom and destroy my plans." Said The Dark Lord with his thunderous deep voice
"Finest legions, sorcerers, knights at your service my lord."
"Not yet general. Not Until they bring me the trident."
The general got curious.
"But ..my lord, I believed…"
"The trident is a deceptive one. No, I don't have it." The dark lord said. The trident which his flying creature took wasn't with him. So where was it? Nobody could tell.