User blog:The Zero of Faram/Guardians' Agony: Chapter 1(Guardians' Peril: Chapter 11)

I sat what remained of the rocks from the Dejour Ruins. It had been like this since the Gods destroyed this region and the previous a month ago. The survivor camp was near at the cliff that held the Obselion Castle, dying from disease and what lurked there. We wished we could visit and helped out but the loss against Alyut put us at a disadvantage, especially with that group of otherworldly people and Daniel and Mia. I set my axes on the rocks beside me and sighed deeply. Luly skipped over to me with a smile on her face, her shoes digging into the sand and kicking it behind her.

"Hi, Luly." I said to her. Trying to hide my disappointment. It wasn't her being there but what had happened. She held her staff behind her and leaned forward.

"Why aren't we doing something more interesting? The others are just sharpening with what they can find and practicing. Grybe is even taking apart his cannon thing. Why can we go see a magic show or something?" She asked me.

"I apologize, Luly but this is a serious thing happening right now. We have to stop the Gods but my brother sits there stopping us. That means we have to stop him, even if that means killing my brother."

"Buuuuuuuuut, it could help you! You seem really stressed out right now, sooooooo this could relax you a little!" She said childishly, trying to cheer me up. I couldn't lie, it brought me a small smile that quickly faded. It wasn't one you could see anyway, I was wearing my helmet like I always would, sweating my pores out in the hot sun.

"I bet if you wanted to, you could go to the survivor camp and see what's happening there. Don't mind the climb either."

"Nah, too dark." She said. I chuckled a little.

"Of course. Hey, if you want a challenge, grow a flower in here. Bring it back to me and we'll see what happens." I told her.

"Grybe already asked me to do that. I did it anyway and he made a bracket for me with some metal." She said, showing me the bracelet. It was a flower on a bronze ring with jewels on it. Of course Grybe would do that, he always wanted to make our days better even at his expense.

"Did he ask you to practice magic?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"Nah, Zephyr told me that, already. He didn't want to practice with me at the time. He usually does, even if we do different magic."

"And you avoided Signas?" I asked her. She slightly frowned.

"Nope, I went to her already. She was just too busy sawing at the rip in her leather coat and told me to go away. But she's still like a big kitty." She told me jokingly. She wasn't wrong, Signas had almost feral instincts and skill with a club. That came with benefits more than disadvantages, like finding food, navigation, and even some night-vision. No wonder she got the name Snow Cub, she was as fierce as a lion... cub... I didn't know what to say to her. I sighed and said the only thing I could think of. I looked at her.

"Go see if Zephyr wants to train with you now. I'm sorry Luly but we can't really do anything right now. We have to prepare for when Alyut starts moving from the Edila Inn. I wish I could do something but I can't." I told her. She became disappointed.

"What if he says no?"

"Then we'll figure something out." I told her. She sighed in disappointment and skipped back the way she came. She was only a child, one looking for excitement and fun even in danger and sadness. It made us feel one or two ways. Either we wanted to slap and punch her for being annoying or see how blind and naïve she was and deal with it. She wouldn't really care if I lost an arm unless it meant I couldn't do something with her and then she would become bored and annoy us to do something. I couldn't deny one thing though, she had charm, and I honestly would stick with her rather than her crazy sealed cousin Lune. I heard footsteps behind me but I didn't bother to turn around. "He said no Luly?" I asked.

"No Sodis, it's us. Sen and Ren." Sen told me. I turned to them and cleared my throat. They were in cloaks as usual with their hoods down and it covered up until around their knees and showed the bottom of their legs and shoes. Sen held his orange axe at his side and Ren had his claws and held a light blue crystal.

"Came to see your mother, eh?" I asked them.

"Yes. I thank you deeply for trying to help us." Sen said.

"But still, we haven't been getting lucky with past attempts to get Daniel and Mia." Ren added, frowning a little.

"If only the Gods didn't cut off our travel to other regions, we could've found other summoners. But I guess if you two want to see your mother, she's in the survivor camp up the cliff. It's inside the Obselion Castle. That was the safest place we could find and they agreed to." I told them. Ren scratched his head.

"Shouldn't be a horrible climb. We can deal with everything there. Thanks Sodis, we'll be back for the next battle." Sen told me and the two turned to walk away.

"No, wait, I can send one of the Guardians to help you." I told them. They turned around.

"We'd like that. What do you say brother?" Ren asked. Sen nodded.

"Does it matter? Because I can send you along with any of us." I asked them.

"How about Zephyr? He's a good fighter and person." Sen suggested.

"I think he's busy with Luly. You can go see if he's training with Luly. If not, who else?" I informed them.

"Grybe I guess. So, any idea where they are, Sodis?" They asked me. I pointed in the direction.

"Cliff shouldn't be hard to miss. It's just west of here. Good luck with the climb. Also, remember to move to the next area from there. It was a forest path I believe." I said happily to them.

"We won't be long, Sodis." Ren told me before the two left in the direction. I sighed in relief. Those two could get out of hand, especially when their mother was brought up. She was and is locked in a seal as punishment for the two causing havoc in Mistral. Daniel and Mia were caught up in the middle of their destruction, the first when Mia and her brother wandered into a market along the Adventurer's Plain that they blew up, killing Mia's brother and only leaving Mia because of her obsidian curse, driving her to anger. Daniel's farm was also blown up by them, driving Daniel to anger as well, hence why he snapped at the battle at the Inn. There was also working with us as we needed to capture the two for our purposes. Though I didn't know what they wanted with them, maybe something with the seal as we needed the two's summoner abilities to help us in destroying the Gods.

I raised my hands and grabbed my helmet, lifting it off me. I put it to my side on the rock and wiped my brow. I coughed into my arm and grabbed one of my axes from beside me. I put my helmet back in my head and grabbed the other. I stood up and started to walk to the others. My horse was with the others and I was prepared to move at least to the next area. I couldn't stand this heat and the sand was horrible for travel. If we were to get into an encounter, I wouldn't be able to stand fighting them. I started to walk, sand slowly entering my boots. Sand started to whip up around me. I began running, knowing a sandstorm was starting up and would begin soon. I had to get all of them away from here. I ran more, the sand in my shoes became annoying and the soles of my feet burned from it. I couldn't stop though, I was obligated to lead them, regardless if it made me feel bad. I kept running and my chest hurt a little.

"Haha, just as I expected." I heard a voice say. I turned my head and a blond person with giant white wings floated above me. He wore a light blue shirt and brown vest and shorts. His shoes matched his shirt and vest and he held a metallic sword, grey and clear layered glass at its base.

"Who are you?" I asked to him. He gave a smile that brought uneasiness to me.

"Cyrus is the name. Looks like you're trying to get to your team. You're not getting so far with that." He told me.

"Of course. You're still still talking to me. I'm trying to.."

"Get to your team, yeah yeah, I already said that. It's already too late by the way." He said. Sand whipped up around me and blinded me momentarily.

"Why are you here trying to stop me? I'm trying to get them somewhere else. Somewhere away from here."

"Because I want to strike a deal with you. You people are against the Gods, correct?" He asked me. I sighed in annoyance.

"Yes. Yes we are. They are going to destroy this world."

"And your against Alyut? The one that sided with those two summoners and those annoying reapers and Angel?" He asked. I nodded. "Wish I didn't drop that Red Cypher in that clash with a flaming dragon." He whispered to himself.

"Let me guess, you want to recruit us with you and help us fight with you. Suspicious how an angel wants to oppose the Gods. I don't want to."

"But I will guarantee you you will stop them and win against your brother. I won't even allow him to die after it all." He said.

"I'll think about it. I can't exactly trust you yet. Now stop blocking me from reaching my team."

"Go on ahead then, you fool. I'm not stopping you. Just a forewarning though, those two kids, Sen and Ren, they will ruin your team and life." He said before he disappeared into the sandstorm. I heard my team and yelling out to each other. I ran, attempting to block the sand with my axes. I ran until I ran into Zephyr, him letting out a grunt when we collided.

"Zephyr?" I asked out. A spear of dark energy circled around us and briefly cleared the sand from us two. Here he was, reliable as ever. He was basically Raydn for Alyut, just me and him instead. He held about the same respect to me as a relative or sibling.

"Hey, I'm glad you got here before the storm got worse. Even though it is already horrible, we can still make it." He told me assuringly and a relieved smile on his face. I felt someone clutch my side. I looked and saw Luly scared and holding on for dear life.

"So Grybe left with the two brothers?" I asked him.

"Apparently so, Sodis." Signas said approaching and trying to block sand flying in with her sword-club she called a 'Fang'. Amazing as the idea was and the weapon is, sand seemed to be doing a number on it as she continuously blocked it. "We need to get out of here, now before we suffer too bad of injuries from this." She said, grunting as she slashed sand away with her Fang. Sand flew in more as the sandstorm grew stronger. Signas gritted her teeth together and clutched her Fang, which I could barely see from the sand.

"Signas, calm down!" Zephyr said but Signas just held her fang up. I put my hand on his shoulder.

"Let her, Zephyr." I told her.

"Molte Nix!" She yelled out as ice energy enveloped her Fang and circled around us before she slammed it down and cleared sand from us. We started to run, I saw the reins of my horse and grabbed them. I found my horse and promptly got on. I banged my legs against it and made it charge forward. I held my axes forward and light trailed out.

"Heretic Flash!" I yelled out, shooting out a light as I went, leaving a straight space and all the others ran following behind me. I was blinded more and more until I couldn't see anymore. I yelled out into the light but it seemed to do nothing and it faded into black.

I shot up from the ground, the non-sandy but hard dirt ground. I took a quick and deep breath and looked around. Trees, trees everywhere and a dirt path below me. Did I make it to the path? I didn't see everybody else near so I stood up and picked a direction. My horse wasn't with me for some reason but I started to run regardless. And that began my trek to find them. Little did I know that this would be a long trek. A long and hard trek. Welp, I lied. Instead of Alyut, we got Sodis and that means a whole five chapters for the remaining of Sodis' side and new .5 chapters for Sen and Ren. Anyway, like usual, I hope you enjoyed. Feedback is wanted, whether it's saying good job or criticism that helps me out. Peace. ~ZeroGx