Chapter 300: 065 – Crusader
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While the feast had just begun a special meeting was occurring in the bell tower, the highest tower, of the keep.
Lord Rupid Kurt walked up the spiralling stairs of the highest tower, on the pointed roof a flagpole extended up with a great blue banner that held the shield emblem of House Kurt which glistened beneath the light of the full moon.
At the highest floor a large bell hung, it was only to be rung when House Kurt was in a state of crises, the banner swayed slightly under the wind currents of the night.
Just before he stepped through the open entrance, he caught sight of the city that spread out, at the centre of the city stood his keep, and immediately around it was a 50 foot tall wall that acted as a barrier between the inner city and the keep.
As his gaze stretched through the city, he could see the light posts that held luminous stones lighting up the corners of all the important streets, lastly was the city walls which he hired the dwarves to build after he became the Lord of House Kurt.
Lord Kurt turned his attention back to the top of the bell tower and stopped at the entrance and took a deep breath when he saw the twisting shadows that occupied the room.
"Lord Crusader," he greeted and bowed with a face full of reverence as he faced a man who was cloaked in the shadows.
In the world of humans the title of Crusader belonged to very few, in all Mithland there could not have been more than a few thousand who reached the realm of Crusader.
The realm of Crusader, was seen as the most difficult realm to achieve, even more so than becoming a heavenly emperor/empress, all those who achieved the realm of Crusader were practically guaranteed to reach the next realm given that that they had enough time.
"How are the plans coming along Rupid?" the man in the shadows asked.
"It is all as you have predicted Lord Crusader," Rupid replied respectfully, "With my banishment from Riverfall, House Brock and House Hauton have been doing everything they can to unify their regions and pressure my House,"
"It won't be long before they move against me, I imagine that the campaign will take 2 to 3 years," Rupid answered.
"I do hope that I can rely on the troops of Unity to handle the more discreet tasks," Rupid said firmly.
The man in the shadows walked forward and revealed himself to Rupid with a crooked smile splayed across his lips, and his bald head vaguely shone under the moon light.
"I've told you that you don't need to worry about that Rupid," he said, "Unifying the region with a legal lord is exactly what Unity needs, it is also why we chose to reach out to you in the first place,"
"You will have our full support from the shadows, so long as no one learns of our involvement with each-other, the region will be yours and you will secretly open the cultivation chambers to anyone who is sent by unity," the crusader explained calmly, it was all things that they had agreed to previously.
Rupid nodded, he hoped that things worked out as planned, but in the world of nobles and politics last second betrayals were far to common, he wouldn't be surprised if House Brock and House Hauton were also candidate's groomed by Unity.
If that was the case then Unity would likely choose the House they determined to be the easiest to control as the leader of the region.
"Is there a reason for this surprise visit?" Rupid finally asked, he received the summons very abruptly, but he couldn't afford to keep a crusader waiting.
The crusader nodded his head and looked Rupid in the eye, "I've come to tell you to be careful Rupid, there have been some dark omens, omens that might relate to you and your entire family," he said gravely.
Rupid's eyes widened in surprise, "Omens?" he asked, "Do you mean that an oracle or prophet has done a divining about my family?" he asked with worry.
The prophecy words of prophets and the dreams had by oracles, were things treated like divine words of god to the people of Nebula – 6, if not for the prophetic powers of the oracles and prophets all the races would have seized to exist during the past desolations.
Therefor any prophecies made were taken with complete seriousness, even by the greatest powers in the world.
"Not exactly," the Crusader said shaking his head, "Something strange is happening, something that never happened even during the last desolation,"
"It's not just one or two oracles, its all of them and even the prophets have been sputtering verses while falling into trances,"
"Here," the Crusader said pulling out several pieces of folded parchment and handed it over to Rupid, "Read them, this is what my agents have sent me so far," he said.
Rupid opened up the first note and read through it, however it was only a single line, with the names of several prophets beneath it.
-The desolation draws close, and death follows in it's wake…-
-Prophet Kenith, Aaron, Elisha…
Rupid read the list of over a dozen prophets names there were many familiar names and Rupid guessed that they were all the prophets who said those same lines, before looking back to the crusader, "This is to be expected," he said with a confused look.
The desolations opening was known to all the nobles, and the words of the prophecy suited what was to come, in the old records, death was a word used in every second line, the deaths were beyond compare, no one had the heart to count the numbers that died.
"Read through everything first," the Crusader said.
Rupid opened the next wondering what this had to do with his family.
'The black flood will emerge with a mighty force and a great battle will ensue between the forces of the five powers and the infernals of the desolation,'
'A war that will last for years, but that the five powers shall have the power to vanquish,'
'however in the final moments when the end is in sight, the world shall crack open and splinter the lands and ocean,'
- A description of the dreams shared by the oracles of Umir, Suril, Ulshwen and Silver Port.
Rupid read the names of the four cities, each of them were the capitals of their respected regions, if a dream was being shared by oracles across the world it went without saying that it was an omen.
He quickly unfolded the next piece of parchment and read it aloud.
-The forgotten god walks amongst man
-Tribulation is his gift unto man,
-The forgotten god walks in their clothes and speaks their tongue
-On the lost god's body hangs the city of the damned
-A city that carries the fallen's spoils.
-On the cities highest mast lies a shield and its king.
- A compilation of verses, said by the prophets.
Rupid read the last line, and instantly his eyes darted to the flag that lapped around in the wind.
"This…" he said looking at the Crusader with fear, "This has to be some joke, the nobles of Riverfall and Proge must have paid them to add this line, they are just trying to scare me," he muttered incoherently.
"These have been gathered by some of Unity's best spies, and they witness the prophecies being given in the flesh," the crusader said calmly.
"But there is no need for you to worry, there are over a hundred noble houses with a shield on it's emblem, House Kingfisher also has an emblem with a shield and the founder of the House on it,"
"If I had to place my bets, it would be that House Kingfisher is the one in the prophecy, also those verses aren't in the correct order, each person said only a single line, there was no continuity in the verses, we just arranged it in an order that seemed to make the most sense," the crusader said to put him at ease.
"If I thought this was about you, I'd be cutting all my ties with you, but it never hurts to take caution, we've invested far to much into this plan Rupid, if it falls through there is nothing I can do to help you," he said with a shrug.
"About this prophecy" Rupid started, he was no longer feeling as worried, but he couldn't make all of it vanish.
"Don't worry about it to much, the white tower has opened their portals to the four powers to recall their witches and wizards, the high sovereign has assigned them the task of solving the prophecy with the great prophet Ivar,"
"I'll return in a few months to let you know the results," the crusader offered generously, he needed to put Rupid at ease, things were reaching a critical point and it wouldn't help if the key player was panicking.
Rupid nodded reluctantly, now that the Lord Crusader was leaving, he felt more worried than before despite his Lords attempts to help.
"One last thing," Rupid said before the Lord could leave, "My daughter, is there anyway that you can help me stop her from being taken away?" he asked.
The shadows started to wrap around the Lord Crusader, "Unity can't allow itself to be exposed, House Kant is a high noble family, there is no way for me to dip my feet in their water without being exposed," when he finished speaking his voice vanished and so did his body, becoming one with the shadows.
Lord Kurt sighed, with his daughters recently revealed talent as a spellcaster cultivator, he was starting to regret his decision to give her away so easily.
He sat for hours at the top of the tower, when he finally returned, he found that the keep was in chaos.
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While the feast had just begun a special meeting was occurring in the bell tower, the highest tower, of the keep.
Lord Rupid Kurt walked up the spiralling stairs of the highest tower, on the pointed roof a flagpole extended up with a great blue banner that held the shield emblem of House Kurt which glistened beneath the light of the full moon.
At the highest floor a large bell hung, it was only to be rung when House Kurt was in a state of crises, the banner swayed slightly under the wind currents of the night.
Just before he stepped through the open entrance, he caught sight of the city that spread out, at the centre of the city stood his keep, and immediately around it was a 50 foot tall wall that acted as a barrier between the inner city and the keep.
As his gaze stretched through the city, he could see the light posts that held luminous stones lighting up the corners of all the important streets, lastly was the city walls which he hired the dwarves to build after he became the Lord of House Kurt.
Lord Kurt turned his attention back to the top of the bell tower and stopped at the entrance and took a deep breath when he saw the twisting shadows that occupied the room.
"Lord Crusader," he greeted and bowed with a face full of reverence as he faced a man who was cloaked in the shadows.
In the world of humans the title of Crusader belonged to very few, in all Mithland there could not have been more than a few thousand who reached the realm of Crusader.
The realm of Crusader, was seen as the most difficult realm to achieve, even more so than becoming a heavenly emperor/empress, all those who achieved the realm of Crusader were practically guaranteed to reach the next realm given that that they had enough time.
"How are the plans coming along Rupid?" the man in the shadows asked.
"It is all as you have predicted Lord Crusader," Rupid replied respectfully, "With my banishment from Riverfall, House Brock and House Hauton have been doing everything they can to unify their regions and pressure my House,"
"It won't be long before they move against me, I imagine that the campaign will take 2 to 3 years," Rupid answered.
"I do hope that I can rely on the troops of Unity to handle the more discreet tasks," Rupid said firmly.
The man in the shadows walked forward and revealed himself to Rupid with a crooked smile splayed across his lips, and his bald head vaguely shone under the moon light.
"I've told you that you don't need to worry about that Rupid," he said, "Unifying the region with a legal lord is exactly what Unity needs, it is also why we chose to reach out to you in the first place,"
"You will have our full support from the shadows, so long as no one learns of our involvement with each-other, the region will be yours and you will secretly open the cultivation chambers to anyone who is sent by unity," the crusader explained calmly, it was all things that they had agreed to previously.
Rupid nodded, he hoped that things worked out as planned, but in the world of nobles and politics last second betrayals were far to common, he wouldn't be surprised if House Brock and House Hauton were also candidate's groomed by Unity.
If that was the case then Unity would likely choose the House they determined to be the easiest to control as the leader of the region.
"Is there a reason for this surprise visit?" Rupid finally asked, he received the summons very abruptly, but he couldn't afford to keep a crusader waiting.
The crusader nodded his head and looked Rupid in the eye, "I've come to tell you to be careful Rupid, there have been some dark omens, omens that might relate to you and your entire family," he said gravely.
Rupid's eyes widened in surprise, "Omens?" he asked, "Do you mean that an oracle or prophet has done a divining about my family?" he asked with worry.
The prophecy words of prophets and the dreams had by oracles, were things treated like divine words of god to the people of Nebula – 6, if not for the prophetic powers of the oracles and prophets all the races would have seized to exist during the past desolations.
Therefor any prophecies made were taken with complete seriousness, even by the greatest powers in the world.
"Not exactly," the Crusader said shaking his head, "Something strange is happening, something that never happened even during the last desolation,"
"It's not just one or two oracles, its all of them and even the prophets have been sputtering verses while falling into trances,"
"Here," the Crusader said pulling out several pieces of folded parchment and handed it over to Rupid, "Read them, this is what my agents have sent me so far," he said.
Rupid opened up the first note and read through it, however it was only a single line, with the names of several prophets beneath it.
-The desolation draws close, and death follows in it's wake…-
-Prophet Kenith, Aaron, Elisha…
Rupid read the list of over a dozen prophets names there were many familiar names and Rupid guessed that they were all the prophets who said those same lines, before looking back to the crusader, "This is to be expected," he said with a confused look.
The desolations opening was known to all the nobles, and the words of the prophecy suited what was to come, in the old records, death was a word used in every second line, the deaths were beyond compare, no one had the heart to count the numbers that died.
"Read through everything first," the Crusader said.
Rupid opened the next wondering what this had to do with his family.
'The black flood will emerge with a mighty force and a great battle will ensue between the forces of the five powers and the infernals of the desolation,'
'A war that will last for years, but that the five powers shall have the power to vanquish,'
'however in the final moments when the end is in sight, the world shall crack open and splinter the lands and ocean,'
- A description of the dreams shared by the oracles of Umir, Suril, Ulshwen and Silver Port.
Rupid read the names of the four cities, each of them were the capitals of their respected regions, if a dream was being shared by oracles across the world it went without saying that it was an omen.
He quickly unfolded the next piece of parchment and read it aloud.
-The forgotten god walks amongst man
-Tribulation is his gift unto man,
-The forgotten god walks in their clothes and speaks their tongue
-On the lost god's body hangs the city of the damned
-A city that carries the fallen's spoils.
-On the cities highest mast lies a shield and its king.
- A compilation of verses, said by the prophets.
Rupid read the last line, and instantly his eyes darted to the flag that lapped around in the wind.
"This…" he said looking at the Crusader with fear, "This has to be some joke, the nobles of Riverfall and Proge must have paid them to add this line, they are just trying to scare me," he muttered incoherently.
"These have been gathered by some of Unity's best spies, and they witness the prophecies being given in the flesh," the crusader said calmly.
"But there is no need for you to worry, there are over a hundred noble houses with a shield on it's emblem, House Kingfisher also has an emblem with a shield and the founder of the House on it,"
"If I had to place my bets, it would be that House Kingfisher is the one in the prophecy, also those verses aren't in the correct order, each person said only a single line, there was no continuity in the verses, we just arranged it in an order that seemed to make the most sense," the crusader said to put him at ease.
"If I thought this was about you, I'd be cutting all my ties with you, but it never hurts to take caution, we've invested far to much into this plan Rupid, if it falls through there is nothing I can do to help you," he said with a shrug.
"About this prophecy" Rupid started, he was no longer feeling as worried, but he couldn't make all of it vanish.
"Don't worry about it to much, the white tower has opened their portals to the four powers to recall their witches and wizards, the high sovereign has assigned them the task of solving the prophecy with the great prophet Ivar,"
"I'll return in a few months to let you know the results," the crusader offered generously, he needed to put Rupid at ease, things were reaching a critical point and it wouldn't help if the key player was panicking.
Rupid nodded reluctantly, now that the Lord Crusader was leaving, he felt more worried than before despite his Lords attempts to help.
"One last thing," Rupid said before the Lord could leave, "My daughter, is there anyway that you can help me stop her from being taken away?" he asked.
The shadows started to wrap around the Lord Crusader, "Unity can't allow itself to be exposed, House Kant is a high noble family, there is no way for me to dip my feet in their water without being exposed," when he finished speaking his voice vanished and so did his body, becoming one with the shadows.
Lord Kurt sighed, with his daughters recently revealed talent as a spellcaster cultivator, he was starting to regret his decision to give her away so easily.
He sat for hours at the top of the tower, when he finally returned, he found that the keep was in chaos.
While the feast had just begun a special meeting was occurring in the bell tower, the highest tower, of the keep.Lord Rupid Kurt walked up the spiralling stairs of the highest tower, on the pointed roof a flagpole extended up with a great blue banner that held the shield emblem of House Kurt which glistened beneath the light of the full moon.At the highest floor a large bell hung, it was only to be rung when House Kurt was in a state of crises, the banner swayed slightly under the wind currents of the night.Just before he stepped through the open entrance, he caught sight of the city that spread out, at the centre of the city stood his keep, and immediately around it was a 50 foot tall wall that acted as a barrier between the inner city and the keep.As his gaze stretched through the city, he could see the light posts that held luminous stones lighting up the corners of all the important streets, lastly was the city walls which he hired the dwarves to build after he became the Lord of House Kurt.Lord Kurt turned his attention back to the top of the bell tower and stopped at the entrance and took a deep breath when he saw the twisting shadows that occupied the room."Lord Crusader," he greeted and bowed with a face full of reverence as he faced a man who was cloaked in the shadows.In the world of humans the title of Crusader belonged to very few, in all Mithland there could not have been more than a few thousand who reached the realm of Crusader.The realm of Crusader, was seen as the most difficult realm to achieve, even more so than becoming a heavenly emperor/empress, all those who achieved the realm of Crusader were practically guaranteed to reach the next realm given that that they had enough time."How are the plans coming along Rupid?" the man in the shadows asked."It is all as you have predicted Lord Crusader," Rupid replied respectfully, "With my banishment from Riverfall, House Brock and House Hauton have been doing everything they can to unify their regions and pressure my House,""It won't be long before they move against me, I imagine that the campaign will take 2 to 3 years," Rupid answered."I do hope that I can rely on the troops of Unity to handle the more discreet tasks," Rupid said firmly.The man in the shadows walked forward and revealed himself to Rupid with a crooked smile splayed across his lips, and his bald head vaguely shone under the moon light."I've told you that you don't need to worry about that Rupid," he said, "Unifying the region with a legal lord is exactly what Unity needs, it is also why we chose to reach out to you in the first place,""You will have our full support from the shadows, so long as no one learns of our involvement with each-other, the region will be yours and you will secretly open the cultivation chambers to anyone who is sent by unity," the crusader explained calmly, it was all things that they had agreed to previously.Rupid nodded, he hoped that things worked out as planned, but in the world of nobles and politics last second betrayals were far to common, he wouldn't be surprised if House Brock and House Hauton were also candidate's groomed by Unity.If that was the case then Unity would likely choose the House they determined to be the easiest to control as the leader of the region."Is there a reason for this surprise visit?" Rupid finally asked, he received the summons very abruptly, but he couldn't afford to keep a crusader waiting.The crusader nodded his head and looked Rupid in the eye, "I've come to tell you to be careful Rupid, there have been some dark omens, omens that might relate to you and your entire family," he said gravely.Rupid's eyes widened in surprise, "Omens?" he asked, "Do you mean that an oracle or prophet has done a divining about my family?" he asked with worry.The prophecy words of prophets and the dreams had by oracles, were things treated like divine words of god to the people of Nebula 6, if not for the prophetic powers of the oracles and prophets all the races would have seized to exist during the past desolations.Therefor any prophecies made were taken with complete seriousness, even by the greatest powers in the world."Not exactly," the Crusader said shaking his head, "Something strange is happening, something that never happened even during the last desolation,""It's not just one or two oracles, its all of them and even the prophets have been sputtering verses while falling into trances,""Here," the Crusader said pulling out several pieces of folded parchment and handed it over to Rupid, "Read them, this is what my agents have sent me so far," he said.Rupid opened up the first note and read through it, however it was only a single line, with the names of several prophets beneath it.-The desolation draws close, and death follows in it's wake--Prophet Kenith, Aaron, ElishaRupid read the list of over a dozen prophets names there were many familiar names and Rupid guessed that they were all the prophets who said those same lines, before looking back to the crusader, "This is to be expected," he said with a confused look.The desolations opening was known to all the nobles, and the words of the prophecy suited what was to come, in the old records, death was a word used in every second line, the deaths were beyond compare, no one had the heart to count the numbers that died."Read through everything first," the Crusader said.Rupid opened the next wondering what this had to do with his family.'The black flood will emerge with a mighty force and a great battle will ensue between the forces of the five powers and the infernals of the desolation,''A war that will last for years, but that the five powers shall have the power to vanquish,''however in the final moments when the end is in sight, the world shall crack open and splinter the lands and ocean,'- A description of the dreams shared by the oracles of Umir, Suril, Ulshwen and Silver Port.Rupid read the names of the four cities, each of them were the capitals of their respected regions, if a dream was being shared by oracles across the world it went without saying that it was an omen.He quickly unfolded the next piece of parchment and read it aloud.-The forgotten god walks amongst man-Tribulation is his gift unto man,-The forgotten god walks in their clothes and speaks their tongue-On the lost god's body hangs the city of the damned-A city that carries the fallen's spoils.-On the cities highest mast lies a shield and its king.- A compilation of verses, said by the prophets.Rupid read the last line, and instantly his eyes darted to the flag that lapped around in the wind."This" he said looking at the Crusader with fear, "This has to be some joke, the nobles of Riverfall and Proge must have paid them to add this line, they are just trying to scare me," he muttered incoherently."These have been gathered by some of Unity's best spies, and they witness the prophecies being given in the flesh," the crusader said calmly."But there is no need for you to worry, there are over a hundred noble houses with a shield on it's emblem, House Kingfisher also has an emblem with a shield and the founder of the House on it,""If I had to place my bets, it would be that House Kingfisher is the one in the prophecy, also those verses aren't in the correct order, each person said only a single line, there was no continuity in the verses, we just arranged it in an order that seemed to make the most sense," the crusader said to put him at ease."If I thought this was about you, I'd be cutting all my ties with you, but it never hurts to take caution, we've invested far to much into this plan Rupid, if it falls through there is nothing I can do to help you," he said with a shrug."About this prophecy" Rupid started, he was no longer feeling as worried, but he couldn't make all of it vanish."Don't worry about it to much, the white tower has opened their portals to the four powers to recall their witches and wizards, the high sovereign has assigned them the task of solving the prophecy with the great prophet Ivar,""I'll return in a few months to let you know the results," the crusader offered generously, he needed to put Rupid at ease, things were reaching a critical point and it wouldn't help if the key player was panicking.Rupid nodded reluctantly, now that the Lord Crusader was leaving, he felt more worried than before despite his Lords attempts to help."One last thing," Rupid said before the Lord could leave, "My daughter, is there anyway that you can help me stop her from being taken away?" he asked.The shadows started to wrap around the Lord Crusader, "Unity can't allow itself to be exposed, House Kant is a high noble family, there is no way for me to dip my feet in their water without being exposed," when he finished speaking his voice vanished and so did his body, becoming one with the shadows.Lord Kurt sighed, with his daughters recently revealed talent as a spellcaster cultivator, he was starting to regret his decision to give her away so easily.He sat for hours at the top of the tower, when he finally returned, he found that the keep was in chaos.
