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I looked towards Kzahar.
"It's time to end this." I walked into the far corner of the hall, and gently placed down Rose.
"I'll be back soon," I promised her, and rejoined the others.
"The Protagonist and Yamabushi will be on the third floor. Let's go." Kzahar said, and once again led the way.
Justin quickly followed, with myself and Lydia taking the rear. Lydia was limping slightly. She noticed me looking at her leg and smiled.
"Don't worry about this, I've had worse," she stated. "Rose looked in pretty bad shape, we need to get this over with. When we get outside I may be able to make something with the local flora and fauna into something that will ease her burns and wounds."
"Thanks. That would be very good of you," I replied.
She smiled again. "You really like her don't you?" she asked, with a silly grin that matched her brothers.
We had reached yet another staircase, and we all began to ascend.
"Perhaps," I replied. "I just want to get her out of danger, she is innocent in all of this, all she cared about was her brother's safety, and now he's dead. I want to make sure this worthless place does not claim another life."
Lydia nodded in agreement as she struggled to climb the stairs. "Who's this Yamabusi fellow?" she asked, as I placed her arm over my shoulder to help support her.
"Another one of the Protagonist's minions I think. Quite the swordsman from what Kzahar was saying."
"Ha! We'll have him!" Lydia said with a smile.
We finally reached the end of the staircase. Yet another corridor, lined once again with doors. This place was a maze.
"That door there," remarked Kzahar solemnly, pointing at a massive set of double doors, lined with gold trimmings. "This is it. I will finally get my revenge."
Justin cracked his knuckles and cricked his neck from left to right. Lydia checked her quiver, Kzahar readied Drakthor and I pulled my Dragon Long sword loose from it's sheath.
We were ready for battle.

08-Feb-2007 14:37:04 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:51:18 by Zaibatsu 0

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"You'll pay for all you've done!" yelled Kzahar, swinging with deadly precision. The Protagonist brought his staff to meet with Drakthor, and blocked Kzah**'* attack. At the same time I bought my sword to attack the prone and exposed flank, but instead all I met was air. In an instant our foe had pushed away Kzahar and stepped out of my way. He swung his staff and cracked it against the back of my head. He then quickly introduced his foot to my face, and I was sent sprawling onto my back.
I heard Drakthor once again meet with The Protagonist's staff, followed by the sound of solid wood meeting flesh and bone.
I got quickly to my feet, slightly dazed but by no means finished.
"You two are pathetic," The Protagonist laughed, kicking at Kzahar, who was holding his chest. "Do you actually think you can defeat me? That pitiful female you care so much about made more of a struggle than you two! Heh, I'd even say your family made more of a struggle Kzahar, but then again, it is most difficult to actually struggle whilst you're being burnt to death! Hahaha! Oh, and just so you know, I knew of your infiltration months ago. I knew you couldn't resist coming to find me. At least I get to hear you suffer as well. Tell me, do you think you will scream as your father did? What about your mother? She screamed quite a bit, especially as my men stole her virtue, again and again!"
I myself was enraged by what this scum was saying, so Saradomin only knows what was going through Kzah**'* mind. This quickly became obvious though, as Kzahar leapt to his feet. Anger was seeping from his very being, rage pouring from him in droves of red heat. An aura surrounded him, I had seen this before, from people who had the privilege of owning a Dragon Battle Axe. The aura quickly dissipated onto the floor in a blinding flash.
"RRAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!" yelled Kzahar as the aura shot out at all angles away from him. He was holding Drakthor aloft, which was now glowing blood red.

08-Feb-2007 14:37:05 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:52:02 by Zaibatsu 0

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The Protagonist backed away, shaken by what was transpiring. He held out his palm and let fly with a wind wave, which was torn asunder by Drakthor in one mighty swing. Like an enraged bull Kzahar charged at The Protagonist, who once again lifted his staff to defend against the attack. The staff splintered into a million pieces under the new power within Drakthor. In the same motion, Kzahar brought his trusty sword down onto the chest of our foe, creating a rather horrific tear through the skin and rib cage.
The Protagonist screamed in agony, and fell to the floor desperately trying to keep his chest together. Drakthor was raised again, this time about to bear down onto his head, finishing him off for good.
"Wait!" he gurgled weakly, "I am not who you are after! I am not the Protagonist!"
This stopped Kzahar in his tracks. "Who are you?!?" he demanded angrily.
"I..I am merely on of his minions...my rank here is Listener...The Protagonist is not here...he rarely leaves his abode, only to issue orders for culls...please do not kill me...I am only the leader of this barracks, but as I said, no Protagonist here..."
"How did you know about my family then?!?" shouted Kzahar, still enraged.
"I...was ordered to kill...your entire village...we needed the space...for another one of our barracks to be set up...it was nothing personal..."
Drakthor shined brilliantly as it was brought down onto the 'Listener'. As the head rolled away from the body, Kzahar fell to his knees.
I was taken aback by what was happening. After all this, The Protagonist was not even here. All of the people that had fought in his name did not even know that they served a figurehead.
"Lets just get out of here." said Kzahar quietly, getting to his feet. "My family is not yet avenged, the leader of a dangerous cult still exists. If it wasn't for this cult, my family would still be alive. He must die also."

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He walked back to end of the hall and opened the doors, the magic no longer effective. I followed him. The way out wasn't too far, back down to the ground floor and out into the brilliant sunshine. A short yet solemn journey.
I looked around, taking in a massive breath of fresh air. We were on an island somewhere, there were beaches and I could hear the sound of the sea lapping against rocks.
Suddenly Kzahar had broken into a run. "Lydia!" I heard him shout. He was running towards something...what was it...I could make out what looked like three bodies lined neatly in the sand. I sprinted after Kzahar, realising that bodies where Justin, Lydia and Rose.
"They are all okay, their pulses are fine," Kzakar said, with a confused look on his face. "It's like they have been..." Kzahar collapsed to the floor, a tiny dart protruding from his neck.
I spun around to see a man standing behind me, with a Dragon Long Sword prepared. He was smiling at me. He was a tall man, quite well built, and had very strange armour, never before had I seen armour like this. It was apparently a mix of fine steel and leather, with plated shoulder pads and chest plate.
"Yamabushi, I assume?" I asked, preparing myself for battle.

08-Feb-2007 14:51:26 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:52:33 by Zaibatsu 0

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"Correct," Yamabushi replied.
I wondered why he hadn't made a move yet, my sword was still sheathed, he could of quite easily killed me.
"Prepare yourself," he demanded, bringing his sword into a defensive position. I quickly drew my own blade and readied myself for battle.
"Why did you not kill me?" I asked, still pondering his strange decision.
"I am a man of honour. I will not kill a defenceless person. I have my orders, you must not leave this island, and it is up to me to stop you, however my honour comes before anything. If you manage to kill me, you obviously are free to go. But first, you must kill me."
"Then it appears we have a conflict in interests." I said. "Tell me, what is a man of honour doing in an organisation like The Veritus Vos Liberit? Do you not see the irony there? And what of Rose? You allowed the Listener to torure her!"
"I had no part in that, I would not have allowed it if I knew. If you must know why I am here, I serve my master. As you probably know, he is not here. The Protagonist saved me from certain death at the hands of demons years ago, I have been in his service ever since. I owe him my life, and as such will die for him."
"You're not the only one, many have already died in his name!" I replied angrily.
"Narayan, Jonathon, the Juves, they were all affected by the Listener's mind control. They all thought they were serving the Protagonist. The purpose of this mind control is so that if the security of any barracks is compromised, the real Protagonist remains safe. Only he, the Listeners, and myself know of this."
"No, now I also know of this."
"That is information you will die with."
"Confident aren't we?"
"Hmph. Let's just get this over with."

08-Feb-2007 14:51:28 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:52:48 by Zaibatsu 0

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The talking was over, the battle was on. Yamabushi charged at me and swung his blade to my left flank. I blocked and quickly returned the strike, this was also blocked and returned. The attack clattered against my sword, and Yamabushi tried to push me away. I pushed back in a test of strength. I gripped the hilt of my blade tightly with my right hand, and the blunt edge of the blade with my left. Our swords were locked, and I pushed with all my strength. Yamabushi done the same, and our eyes locked. His look was that of sheer determination, his teeth gritted as he pushed. His strength was immense, I had a difficult time keeping him back, my arms and legs were being strained in this battle.
"You cannot beat me..." grunted Yamabushi, noting the strain I was under.
"That remains to be seen." I replied, and let him bring the blade closer to me. His face got closer to my own, I tilted my head back and brought my forehead crashing into the bridge of his nose. This shocked Yamabushi, but did not make an impact on his strength.
Again I head-butted him, and again to little effect. I did it again, this time I felt his nose crack, and blood started to flow from his nostrils. Seeing as his strength still hadn't been sapped from the headbutts, I decided to use the leverage to my advantage. I quickly pulled away from the locked blades and stepped to the side. The momentum caught Yamabushi off balance and he stumbled forward. I had little time to revel in this small victory though, as Yamabushi managed to use it to his advantage and rolled into a crouch facing towards me. He used the position to launch himself at me once again, his sword glimmering in the sunlight as he swung it at me. I tried to block, but the attack was far too fast. The sword heavily battered into my chest plate and I was knocked to the floor.

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Yamabushi quickly followed with a downwards strike, this time aiming for my head. I managed to move my head just enough to avoid it being cleaved in half. Some of my hair was cut with the blade, which made me realise how close I was to death at the moment. I brought my sword to defend against a second strike, the swords smashed together with sparks flying. I awkwardly kicked at Yamabushi whilst trying to get some distance between us. This was difficult as I was still on my back. I landed a square kick into Yamabushi and managed to push him away, I quickly got to my feet and readied my blade once again.
Yamabushi had decided not to charge at me again, instead he was wiping blood away from his nose and mouth.
I took the pause to check the damage to my chest plate. It was heavily dented, probably beyond repair.
"Let's finish this." Yamabushi said, and took off the strange armour he was wearing. He threw it to the ground. He was laden with sweat, and blood had started to drip from his nose onto his chest. I noticed that he was also covered in scars, a rather large one was across his chest.
I took off my damaged chest plate and threw it to the ground. It would have offered little protection anyway.
Once again we eyed each other, and once again we engaged in melee.

08-Feb-2007 14:51:29 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:53:10 by Zaibatsu 0

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Swords clashed, tempers frayed, sand clouds danced, sweat poured and blood flowed.
The heat of combat was intense, made even more so by the scathing heat of the sun. Yamabushi and myself were engaged in not only a battle of skill and strength, our minds were also locked in a constant duel of tactics and willpower. We were both too proud to admit defeat. He had his goals, I had mine.
“Curse you…” Yamabushi grunted, wiping the drying blood once again from his nose and mouth. The blood had stopped flowing, and was drying into a crusty residue onto his lower face.
I quickly checked myself for damage. In a moment of ignorance I had let my concentration slip, and Yamabushi had made me pay with a rather nasty slash to my chest. The damage was not as bad as it could have been, but the wound was getting worse with time.
My hands were sweaty, gripping my sword effectively was getting harder to do. The same applied to Yamabushi, he was quickly wiping his hands onto his trousers. I wiped the sweat from my brow and readied my sword again.
“You cannot beat us.” Yamabushi declared.
“Tell me, who exactly is ‘us’? Who are the Veritus Vos Liberit?” I asked my opponent.
“We are older than any other faction on this world. Even before Kings were crowned, priests preached and the names of the Gods were known, we were here.”
“How can that be if you are a splinter group of HAM?” I asked, curiosity burning like the sun upon my back.
“They are a splinter group from us. They were formed to provide a distraction from our activities. And it has worked. The recent discovery of a lost tribe of intelligent goblins beneath Lumbridge drawn a lot of attention towards HAM, and the general public now hold them in reverence.”
“And what, exactly, are the ‘activities’ of the Veritus Vos Liberit?”

08-Feb-2007 14:51:29 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:53:20 by Zaibatsu 0

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“We are a brotherhood of like minded individuals. We kill for pleasure, at the expense of monsters. We also have a policy of killing anyone who finds out about us, though that is not a policy I entirely agree with. Rose found out about her brother through his own careless bragging, it was not her fault she found out about us.”
“You seem like a reasonable man Yamabushi. You say you have honour, which I am inclined to agree with. Yet you serve the will of a mad man. What matters to you more, repaying a favour or fulfilling your honour?”
“That is not of your concern. Let’s just finish this.”
He charged at me once again, and I readied myself.
There was something different about Yamabushi’s attacks, he seemed to have increased strength but a lack of concentration. If he carried on like this, it wouldn’t be long until he is defeated. I wondered if something I had said had affected his concentration. I parried one of his lacklustre attacks and quickly returned the strike. He managed to duck out of the way, just. I followed my attack through with a kick, which unfortunately for me, he had seem coming. He palmed my leg out of the way used the hilt of his blade as a blunt weapon, smacking me in the face.
I quickly recoiled away from him and tried to regain my composure. I seen the glimmer of Yamabushi’s blade in the sunlight and held up my sword up to defend myself, once more our swords met, and once again sparks flew. His blade recoiled off mine, and for an instant he was prone. I took the initiative, and allowed the world to blur. My mind melded for a millisecond with my Dragon Sword, and a special attack was summoned forth. The blade blurred and cut the air as it flew, producing a beautiful arc and piercing yet welcome sound. Yamabushi brought his blade to block, but the force of the attack sent him flying to the ground. His blade flew loose from his hand, sand flying freely as it landed.
Yamabushi was face down, and slowly trying to pick himself up.

08-Feb-2007 14:51:30 - Last edited on 08-Feb-2007 14:53:37 by Zaibatsu 0

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“It’s over,” he sputtered, turning to face me, “finish me off.”

I sheathed my sword as Yamabushi fell to his knees.
“I have no desire to kill you.” I replied. Yamabushi looked up at me.
“You must kill me. You have won, I deserve death.”
“If I kill you, I am no better than the Veritus Vos Liberit. Break free from the chains of your master, help me take him down, and end this once and for all.”
“I cannot. You don’t understand.”
I held out my hand to Yamabushi to help him to his feet. But much more than that, it was a peace offering. He took it, and I pulled him up.
“Make me understand,” I said, heading towards Rose, Lydia, Justin and Kzahar. Lydia had begun to stir.
“Like I said, I was saved by The Protagonist years ago from certain death. What I didn’t tell you was that I had my daughter with me at the time. After the battle, The Protagonist took my daughter, and said that if I didn’t do everything he said, he would kill her. I have been fighting for her freedom ever since. I haven’t seen her in years. She would be sixteen now.”
I gave Lydia a little shake, and she opened her eyes.
“Then we shall find him, and your daughter. We shall kill him, finish off this sick cult and reunite you with your daughter.”
Lydia sat up. “What’s going on?” she asked sleepily. I pointed to Yamabushi and Lydia understood.
“Why have you awoken so quickly?” Yamabushi asked, surprised at Lydia.
“I’m an expert alchemist. Years of tasting raw ingredients to find out their effects have left me with a certain resistance to poisons and toxins. Why are you not dead?”
“Relax,” I said to her, “he’s on our side now.”
“Mmm okay. Oh my, you’ve been cut quite bad. Look at your chest.”
“I know, don’t worry about that, I need you to turn your attention to Rose for me. You said you could give her some medical attention with some local ingredients. Could you try for me?”
Lydia slowly stood up, still groggy from the knock out poison.

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