the Abis Kingdom, home of the leader of the pogo coalition and the king of Yoan, Maku sits down with 3 of his 5 brothers. "Where are Taka and Shan? Did they feel too important to drop by?"
Rasta, the second eldest had a black beard and hair that curled down to his shoulder, "Taka is fighting a rebellion and Shan is ill"
Sitting next to Rasta was a man dressed in a bright yellow robe, "You can't be serious, sending us here to discuss this Psan rebel." Proto states in a deep voice, Proto was a tall man, he had blue eyes, and a face that gave him the nickname, "the pretty lord".
"I did, And I am," Maku replies "he has conquered the entire deep south if you were paying attention."
"These petty issues don't concern me and my houses." Proto responds, "taka was the one who had that poor man's family executed, let him deal with it"
"That damned Taka, if he wasn't Pogo blood I'd have him murdered by now." Maku says, "an idiot cannot sit on the title lord."
"If you help him with his turmoil, he and his army can take care of Psan, right now I have the north to defend for the winter." Rasta says.
"Spare the theatrics, how many winters have you stated was going to be destructive." Maku responds, "and nothing came of it."
"Too many," Rasta snickers, "and I don't intend on losing that omen"
Interrupting the two Proto states firmly, "the west is facing its second wave of marine invasion from the chained islands, I've already lost much time, what is the purpose of you sending for us brother?"
"How many men can you spare by the end of next month?" Maku asks them.
"5,000" Proto responds, "4,000 if you intend on sending them to face Psan"
"3000" Rasta says.
"Are you really afraid of a little cold?" Maku replies.
"You still live in the fire Maku, a little cold is a summer breeze for you, but if you insist I'll give a proposal, per man past 3000, 10 gold, seems a reasonable price, for a king." Rasta says with a devilish smirk.
"Fine, I expect 4000 from each of you next month, send them to meet with my generals in Andes." Maku says, "Sir John, go to the book-keeper and inform him that lord Rasta sees 10,000 gold pieces with him before he leaves."
"Yes my king" Sir John replies, sir John was a middle-aged man with a nose sharper than the tip of a sword.
"You are dismissed" Maku says, "all of you".
After everyone leaves, Maku goes to pour himself a drink of wine in the keep. Suddenly a bird lands on the open window, on its leg, a curled message written from General Zhen in Tunukor, Maku reads, "I believe we have found the 57th tri-bond person…"
The First to step foot in Tunukor was Kuso, The city was a sight to behold, walls ranging from 100 to 300 meters surrounded the east, west, and southern side, ending in the Seyang river, which stretched to the Capital of Yoan up north and to southwestern sea. Believed to be the second richest trading port of the south, Tunukor's streets gleaned with people of all races, looking to bargain and sell produce, from as far as the northern Glacier cities. But perhaps more astonishing than the seemingly impenetrable walls and the booming economy, are the statues of the four Ancient Hydras, three headed beasts, that are claimed to be the source of all enovos energy powers.
Kuso and the rest pass these gigantic statues as they enter. looking down on everyone, the hydras' mouths were wide open, their heads in different directions as if nothing can hide from their gaze.
"Are these exact replicas?" Garret asks Liane, who was an expert on beasts and ancient creatures.
"Nope, the real hydras are said to be bigger,"
"Seriously? How did we ever tame those monsters" Garrett asks as he looks up at one head, "must've been some crazy freak to even challenge that"
"And without powers" Ejun adds
"That because it's all fake" Eva shines in, "does anyone really think one man took down 4 of those without bonds?"
"I Question that too" Liane says, "I just can't see anyone slaying those creatures, even the king"
with almost all their resources gone, from the week journey. Liane goes to resell the radenta for money, in order to rent out a place to stay for the next 5 days, before Psan is projected to arrive at the gates door.
Together they decided to stay in an inn, on the western side of Tunukor. It was small but an upgrade from the sewage system they used to stay in back in Andes town.
"I'm drained lets go out" Garrett said, "I need some alcohol in my body to feel better."
"Pretty sure that will just make you feel worse" Eva responds
"We need to focus on the mission" Kuso says, "Psan is going to be here in 5 days, we don't have time to goof off"
"Who made you team leader," Garret muttered silently.
"I'm feeling a drink too" Ejun says, "what about you Liane? You up for it?"
"No, I'm feeling sick from eating the same thing for a week."
"Easy fix!" Garrett shouts, "Heard the fish & frog over here is better than at Andes."
"You guys aren't listening! Psa-"
"We know!" Garrett and Ejun say.
Eva puts her hand on Kuso's shoulder, "look around, they're tired and starved, how's that going to help when we go through the plans?"
"I'll pay for the drinks and meal if you say yes" Garrett says while showcasing a gold coin
Kuso thinks for a second, "don't get too drunk"
They arrive at the Fish and frog. In the middle of the pub, an old man sings the tales of the ancient tamer. The room was filled with hunters and drunks and a guild made up of 6, dressed in a dark silver cloak.
They sat down and ordered a couple of drinks.
As everyone else enjoyed themselves, Kuso's mind wandered around the room checking for any possible threat, A habit he subconsciously gained after the deaths of his parents. Everything looked normal, aside from some mean stares from the guild in the corner. Kuso heard people in the tavern call them the Silver Slayers.
After a while the sun began to set and everyone had enough fun, they got up to leave, and blocking their way, a man from the Silver Slayers, he had a gray beard and scars on his face, he was tall and had the frame of a blood bear.
"You got a problem?" Garret asks the man while sizing him up.
"With you, no? But that girl there" he points at Liane, "whats her name?"
"You hitting on my friends, little man?" Garret replies, "she doesn't like older guys."
"Sorry he's a little drunk, we don't want any trouble, let us be" Ejun says.
From behind them the rest of the Silver Slayers approach, "answer his question you weasels, what's her name?"
"We don't have to answer to anything, you're not an officer" Kuso says, "what's her importance to you anyways?"
Liane was unfazed, she was too sick to comprehend what was happening.
"We're not going to repeat ourselves again, hand her over."
The group looked at each other, they gave each other a look of confirmation like they were talking telepathically.
"Alright her name is" Kuso clears his throat, suddenly the crew ducked down and Kuso blew fire out his mouth at the silver slayers.
The silver slayers manage to deflect in time with a burst of air from two of them.
The people in the bar began to evacuate as the two groups fought.
Garret punches the floor and begins slamming the debris at the slayers.
Ejun from thin air creates spikes of condensed water and shoots them at the enemies.
The slayers retaliate by controlling their bonds of dirt and water, they made pellets of condensed earth and launched it off at a speed loud enough for the deaf to hear. they made spikes of ice, and threw them like spears.
Ejun dodges the pellets and ice, he blows a stream of fire at them like a dragon.
"He's a di-bond!" One of the silver slayer yells, suddenly they began to ramp up their movements, and began looking like a true guild, all part of one machine working for one purpose, killing.
Liane continues to shoot flames at the slayers to no avail, her bond of fire was weakened because she was sick
Eva, drunk with ail and wine, couldn't muster up the bond of air to keep herself protected.
Garret creates a barrier to protect those two from the silver slayers, unfortunately he is hit in the head with a piece of stone, while focusing on protecting them, Garret falls unconscious, bleeding profusely.
The room began to become covered in smoke and fog from the clashing of the elements.
their backs against each other Kuso decides it's time to end the battle, with a motion of his hands he brings all the dust and fog to the ground and dissipates it through the bond of air, then he bends the stone floors to clump up the slayers, as he blasts a punch concentrated with the the strongest flames he could muster.
All the slayers then fall down, their bodies burnt to a crisp from the inferno launched at them.
Ejun carries Garret out as the team exits the bar and heads off to the hideout.
They rush inside the room, slamming the door behind them, Liane passes out on the floor and Eva stumbles into a seat.
"I knew we shouldn't have gone out! Look what happened now!" Kusa says, " this is all your fault guys, good job!"
Ejun rips off his shirt and wraps it around Garrett's head, "this isn't the time to blame others, help me out"
"I'm not blaming anyone, I'm stating what happened, and I warned you all not to drink so much!"
"If you're not going to help, get out of here!" Ejun replied.
Kuso snickers, "help? I saved all of you from death."
Ejun ignores Kuso and continues wiping off the blood from Garrett's face, he then motions his hands and creates a warm batch of floating water, placing it on Garret's head.
In the Fish and Frog, the bartender recites everything to an officer, his establishment a mess, he yells in anger, "then this one guy Used 3 bonds! Unbelievable! To have 2 multi bonds individuals destroy my pub! You need to arrest these monsters!"
"What did they look like?" the officer said.
"Well the tall guy that used earth enovos was white to the hair, blue eyes, and smelled like moldy cheese,"
The officer writes down the description.
"Then the girl that those silver slayers were fighting over, she was about 5'6 and had hair of black and hazel eyes, she was what caused the entire thing. Look at this" the bartender shows them a wanted picture of Liane, "all the way from the kingdom! Run-away slaves, I hate them!"
"What about the tri-bond and di-bond?"
"What about them?" the bartender recalls, "The di-enovos fellow looked about 6 '1, with this brown-ish yellow hair, like dirty gold, brown eyes."
"And the other one?"
"He was around 5'10, had a long nasty scar on his neck, let see, brown hair and black eyes"
"Thank you" the officer says, as he leaves the scene
"There was one more!" the bartender exclaims, "it was a-"
"I have all I need." he replies "These people were causing trouble in Andes town a week ago and escaped, we have some records of them, we'll notify you as soon as we capture these menaces"
The officer returns to his hersu, a flightless bird used for transportation. He goes to the central houses, where the generals and lords reside in Tunukor.
"General Zhen, we have something interesting in town," the officer says as he enters Zhen's domain.
"And what would that be?" General Zhen replies.
"I believe we found a Di-bond controller."
General Zhen looks unamused, "and?"
"And the 57th person with tri-bond abilities"
General Zhen's face mildly changed, "Interesting, and have you apprehended them?"
"No sir, we were not there when the sightings occurred"
"You are dismissed, I must write to King Maku at this time."