Hours passed since their meeting and they were still in the same place , looking at the same faces each one with a complicated expression.
He still couldn't believe it. The man he saw to be a master swordsman was actually the same age as him.
Open from the cover of the white cloak , was a young man perhaps the same age as him or even older. Ruiki's hair pale likewise to his outfit was complimented by his ever violet amethyst eyes .
Dumbfounded by this discovery he tried to say something but he was speechless , literally. Riuki then took the charge and spoke :
"We should get going.", he was as nervous as he was. Prior to slaying the worm creature, the young swordsman had been a little apprehensive about whether or not to approach the ginger haired figure.
I mean , what fool would lie down on sinking sand?
Litei then collected himself and then proceeded to follow Nobleman to his carriage. 'How could someone who's the same age as I survive this long?' , he thought internally.
Wait...…
It was impossible.
The only known records of anyone ever achieving that presumably in their first journey into the collapsed realm were of the Generation Of Silvun. And everything thing after that was it…..Blank.
'What if? , he's a void creature?' , it wasn't a rare thing , some humans who couldn't adapt to entering the realm would end up corrupted and turn into nothing but Necro-void beings.
"I know what you're thinking. I'm not a Necro-void.", nobleman sighed slightly and shook his head at the unsaid accusation.
Prepping the horses for another run , he gestured to Litei who was beet red. Riuki almost broke into laughter but held himself back. So he thought to lighten up the mood a bit:
"Hey?".
"What?" , said Litei in response.
"Wanna hear a joke?"
"No!"
"Too late….
"What does a tree do when you chop it down?"
"Please no!"
"Bark!!"
"Pffftt!!!!"
Riuki kept a fist to his lips the entire time so as to not laugh , because he knew if he did the. that he wouldn't stop. So he turned away in order to compose himself, leaving the laughter to die down on its own.
SCREECH!!!!!!
A sound echoed into their ears. It was gnawing thing to hear , worse than the screeching of a thousand glasses. What caused it was unknown to the two boys. But they knew that it was time to leave.
Hopping in the carriage, Riuki urged Litei who was reluctant to join him but the thought of dying again was not pleasant and whatever had made that noise was definitely out for blood.
Steadfast with his hands , the young swordsmaster summoned threw cubes each with a different rune etched upon them. He then whispered something inaudible to his co-passenger and then let go of the floating cubes . Relaxing he said in a serious tone : "So how long have you been in the Endless Dune?"
The Endless Dune . That was what it was called after all , in the moments of his arrival , Litei had thought that a place like that would be called something like that but his name was far from the mark . 'Sea of Death' , he chuckled ,'That's a pretty stupid name.'
Clearing his throat he answered Riuki with a simple reply : "Lost count."
Riuki was taken aback by this , his mouth hanging open without anything coming out. Suddenly Litei was now more terrifying to him , he had never heard of anyone much less a teenager besides himself survive their first time in the Collapsed Realm without assistance from senior Travelers. So to think that this much was true of Litei , then he was a potential threat.
From when he met the young traveler he could sense that a certain presence lurking from within , something almost…sinister.
Then a bunch of theories wildly spun in his mind , perhaps Litei was one of the Old Ones of the time they were told about during first introductory classes at the Academy.
No….
If then , his Trojan Path would have alerted him immediately. So maybe he was a fangborn , those who were vampires through era reincarnation but if so then how could he explain his last name?.
The Frost family was an esteemed household which had left the continent , had they returned?.
There was a way to find out the truth about the young man sitting across from him :
Mind Breach , one of the basic abilities given to those whose destiny is to travel the path of Trojan and with him being a Rank 9 Initiate then this was going to be easier against a person who's mind was caught unaware.
Silently he hoped that all his theories were wrong.
Not only would them being right mean that he would be in danger , but if a being if higher existence were to discover his trespassing then all hope at keeping his sanity would fade away.
He bit his lips in frustration , both choices would spell his demise . It didn't matter to him , he would be screwed either way if he didn't at least know what he was up against.
"Hey…"
"Hhm?"
"Tell me a story...."
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Author's Note~❄️
I ended up writing one chapter today , that's all I can do for today. Don't worry I'll update tomorrow as well. I also uploaded the update schedule in the Announcement auxillary volume.
I sort of have a head ache now , but hopefully I'll recover in a while so that I can prep for the next chapter.
Comment for any mistakes or things I should improve.
Have a blessed week.
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