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At the third shelf out of five, Telvern found the book he was looking for. It was almost in the center of the shelf but it was more to the left. He then began to pull the book out of the shelf. "Go to Falador and group with the resistance there," he explained. "Considering our resistance here is a bit lackluster perhaps merging their group with ours would be for the benefit."

Raphael turned his head over to Telvern's back, his eyes gazed upon his dark orange cloak. "Okay..." he mumbled. "But could you tell me where this Falador is, please?"

Telvern opened up the book he found. The title of the book was "The Myths and Legends of Runecrafting" by Marcel Marc Gérard. His right hand furiously flipped the pages until they flipped to page one-hundred-and-fifty-three. His brown eyes then read each word of each sentence with care. "You ask about it as if it is fantasy," pointed out Telvern.

Raphael raised his eyebrows. "That's because I have never heard of Falador," replied Raphael.

"In your terms," growled Telvern with a cup of pique. "The city is known as Ormemel, the city of so called "nobles". In our terms, it is a city known as Falador, the city of the White Knights. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Asgarnia before The Fall of Humanity took place."

Raphael turned his head away from Telvern. "I'm sorry, sir," he apologized. "I wasn't really able to purchase any history books so I barely know anything of the old world."

Telvern drew in breath in his lungs, letting it out into the air as quickly as a flash of lightning. "No need to make an alibi for yourself," the young genius replied. "We know you know only the lies made by them."

"Criticizing...isn't making things any better," believed Raphael who then quickly turned his head back over to Telvern. "Where are the rebels in Ormemel?"

"Elena and others know," stated Telvern
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Raphael shook his head. "All right," he acknowledged, taking in Telvern's advice. "Thank you very much, sir." Afterwards, Raphael turned his body towards the way he came. His feet then began to move with his effort, they arrowed towards the ladder that lead to a darkened sky. Once he escapes the light, he then hides in the shadow.

He stood just in front of the face of the ladder. His face stared blankly at the wooden surface as his eyes then scrolled up. Around him was silence as his hands then whipped towards the vertical wood. His hands gripped tightly onto it and then his left foot followed behind it. His body then began to ascend upwards, he climbed up at a slow and careful rate.

Telvern's eyes froze upon the end of a sentence. He closed his eyes and then he let out a soft smirk. In his head was a familiar image of a day he'll never forget. Thirty minutes passed at the speed of a bullet and finally a meeting of the members of the resistance came to order. In the room of the leader, Elena, Uriel, and Raphael gathered.

The three were standing in the center of the room, their feet stepped on the surface of the rug. Raphael closed his eyes, deep inside of himself was a nervousness he tried to calm. Uriel, glared at his new leader with anger. Elena calmly waited for Raphael to speak. She was her usual self, calm and ready.

After a minute of quiet, Raphael opened his eyes and was ready to speak. "I think it would be best if we head to Ormemel," stated Raphael. "There, we can group with our allies and stage an attack upon the castle. We will take advantage of the flaws in the security and overthrow the gods in that city."

""Flaws in the security"?" Elena quoted.
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Raphael shook his head. "The area that leads into the room of the earl of Asgarnia, Maurine Lino is left unguarded," explained Raphael. "Taking him out would deliver quite a blow. He's rather arrogant too for he believes he has nothing to fear from us. There is another flaw, the guards that patrol the area are all human and some of them are secretly supporters of us. I think they'll excuse us so long as they know who we are."

Elena seemed to have a surprised look on her face. "Oh..." she spoke with amazement. "Well, that pretty much solves it."

Raphael crosses his arms. The door into the room opens and closes quietly behind them without their awareness. "There is a problem though," he stated. "There are archers stationed at the top of the castle. And there are a lot of them. The castle and the entrance into the castle leads to a great open courtyard. If any one of the archers spot us, we'll get killed before we could blink."

"Right," Elena acknowledged. She then turned her head to her comrades, she looked at each of them. "But Raphael..."

Raphael had a concerned look on his face as he turned to the young archer. "Yeah?" he replied, curious to what she had to say

"May we leave now?" she questioned. "I have become concerned with their safety. I mean, with Balor as king and his constant fear of the possibility of us being within the walls of his cities, it would only be a matter of time before we are figured out."

Raphael shook his head. "All right," he approved, recognizing Elena's concern. Raphael turned to his comrades. "Is everybody ready to go?"

"I'll be following you all," a voice from behind the three quickly stated. Telvern approached the three quite causally with a rather interested look on his face.

Raphael was startled, not expecting to hear the young genius' voice. The other two were unaffected. He turned around to face Telvern. "Telvern," he breathed, letting out his fright. "When did you get in?"
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Telvern had his hands behind his back. "Perhaps you should be more aware of your surroundings," advised Telvern. "Considering the fact that you're our leader, you have the possibility of an assassin coming in here to kill you always looming over your head."

Raphael sighed. "You're right," he understood. "I'm going to...become better. I'll be the leader that Master Malik wanted me to be."

"Right," growled Uriel. "Before we know it, we'll be picking the next leader."

"Uriel," called Elena. "You really shouldn't sa-"

Raphael twisted his head to his left, his purple irises looked at Elena. "No, Elena," Raphael quickly interrupted. "If that's what he believes then there's no need to criticize him for it."

Tied around Telvern's waist was a large cloth bag. Inside of the bag were different shaped books which were all about the same topic. The young genius then pulled his hands up in front of him. In his hand were four small stone tablets with ancient markings on them. "Here," he said. "These are tele-tablets. These are made to specifically teleport you to a certain location depending on where the enchanter desires them to go."

Raphael and the other two reached their right hands towards the tablets in Telvern's hand. Their hand hold onto it, pulling it out of the hand of the young genius. The tablet was about the size of Raphael's palm. The young man seemed intrigued by the tablet, his hand kept twisting so that his eyes may look upon each side of it. "These are a lot smaller than I was expecting," expressed Raphael with a hint of amazement in his voice.

Telvern crossed his arms. "Yes, well," the young genius spoke. "The tablets of old actually were about the size of your head. However, advances in the understanding of magic have allowed us to decrease the size of the actual tablet but maintain the magical power to the level of where we are allowed to teleport where ever we freely wish to go."
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(I'm going to leave the rest unedited. Not really feeling good. x_x)

Elena turned to Telvern. "Fascinating," the young archer thought as her eyes then turned down to the floor. "So, is everybody ready?"

"I think so," answered Raphael with a lack of assurance. Without a word, Uriel quickly threw the tablet down towards the ground with all of his strength. Once a single point of contact was made, the tablet smashes like an egg falling from the tall height. The tablet laid in tiny pieces on the rug floor. A shimmer of purple light then quickly began to appear around Uriel.

The purple light then began to take his shape, it consumed his legs and then up to his torso. He was completely engulfed by this purple light, he looked like a silhouette of purple. Uriel then quickly disappeared from the view of the three. His light that was left behind blasted into small purple balls of light that quickly flew away until vanishing shortly after. Raphael looked on in amazement, he was astounded by the sight.

Telvern quickly threw his tablet down towards the ground with his full strength. The tablet hits the rug in a softened thud but it doesn't break. Telvern grew a irritated look on his face as his brown irises glared with spite down upon the little tablet. He then quickly pulled his left leg up to about the height of his mid-abdominal, his leg appeared like an upside down V.

He then quickly lunged his leg down upon the small tablet. The heel of his black shoe hammered down upon the stone surface of the magical square and it shattered into pieces. He then recoiled his foot back so that it may be beside his right foot once again. The familiar purple light then began to envelope around Telvern, quickly working it's way from the tip of his toes to the top of his head.
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His body is then entirely consumed by the purple light, it took his entire shape. As quickly as the light conquered the shape of the young genius' body, it and he too began to vanish. And as swiftly as the turn of a coin, Telvern was gone. What was left behind were five small flares of light that spun upwards. Their appearance was brief as they disappeared with ten seconds of appearing.

Just after the two disappear, Elena moved her hands behind her head. Her hands grabbed onto the edges of her hood. She then pulled her hood forward, it flipped over her head. Her head was now covered by this teal blue leather hood. The upper portion of her face was no longer visible, her nose, lips and chin were exposed.

She turned her head towards Raphael. "Ready?" she asked him. Raphael turned his head back towards her. He then quickly shook his head to her, answering her question. The two quickly turned their heads away from each other and their eyes get glued down onto the floor. They raised their tablets up high into the air and then threw them down towards the ground.

On impact, their tablets exploded into pieces once it felt the touch of the floor. All the many beautiful shades of purple then began to spew out from the corpse of the dead tablet. The light then began to rise up to Raphael's waist, he felt a comfortable warmth that slowly became stronger and stronger.

But as this embrace made it's self at home, Raphael then began to experience a very familiar feeling. The uneasiness, the apprehension...it once again began to tuck at him. His whole body began to shake like a tree in a windstorm. His thoughts quickly began to question exactly what this feeling was. "What is this?" he thought to himself. "Why does this keep happening?"
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As questioning became his only way of coping, he becomes unaware that he was standing in the middle of the city of nobles, Ormemel. The city held nothing familiar, the walls were made of the crystal-like material and each building was began of the very same material. The castle and bridge to it as well, it were a tall majorelle blue structures that was still in the very same shape as the kingdom before it.

Tall majorelle blue banners of the lion were hung along the outer walls of the castle. They waved proudly in the wind. The pathways had crystal fences edging it. And the statue of Saradomin that once stood proudly in the center was gone. It was replaced by the statue of the Hero King, King Dias Barn. He was standing tall and strong with his mighty sword, Arbandor.

Both of his hands were on the handle of his sword, the blade of the sword pointed down towards the ground and the hilt of the sword pointed up towards the under of his chin. He held the sword to the height of his chest and it was about three inches from his actual chest. His hair reached to the end of his neck which looked gelled back and a short goatee.

He seemed to have one row of braided hair to the left side of his face. He appeared to be around the age of sixty in human terms. Being a king, on top of his head was his crown. He had a cape that was topped by fur. His cape went all the way down to his ankles and it wore the symbol of the lion.

The king wore armour fit for his status, his entire upper body and lower body was encased in armour that seemed to be inspired by a bird. His pauldrons looked like wings, they stood up and the edges of them looked like feathers. Both his gauntlets and boots looked like the talons of an eagle.
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The king stood on top of a rock, his left leg was on the top of the rock while his right leg stood behind. The statue was made of the crystal material known to the gods. The statue stood on top of a block of the same material which read: "King Dias Pallas Barn, our Hero King. He slew the demon goddess Lamia with the purifying strike of his holy blade, Arbandor. With his sacrifice, he became forever known as the Hero King."

There were many red roses and bundles of flowers laid all around the statue of people paying their respect. There were guards all around the area, everywhere you looked. There were two gods paying their respects to the Hero King, they were on their knees in front of the statue. There were others that walked around the group, some who talked to each other and others that shopped the stalls and stores around the area.

Telvern looked all around him. His brown irises gazed upon every wall and every building that was made of the same material. "The last time I was here," Telvern said. "The walls and buildings were white, not made of adamas."

Raphael looked at Telvern with a questionable look on his face. "Adamas?" asked Raphael, his voice a bit shaky.

Telvern turned to Raphael and shook his head, his left index finger pointed towards the statue. "It's the crystal-like material," Telvern informed Raphael. "It is apparently a sacred material that only the gods know how to make."

"Oh," spoke Raphael as he learned what the material was. "I see."

One of the knights started to walk in haste over to the group of four. He more specifically walked over to Elena. She turned her head to her left when she heard the clanking of armour coming louder and louder from beside her. She sees the knight approach her and readies herself to speak with him. The knight was just in front of her and the young archer realized his fear. "Audley," she whispered. "What goes on?"
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Audley shook his head. "I don't know," he quickly whispered back. "But I think your people here are in danger."

Elena's heart dropped slightly. She then began to get concerned. She needed the answer. "W-why?" she softly asked. "How do you know?"

The knight swallowed saliva drop his throat with worry. "A-about four days ago, we were visited by King Balor Barn," he nervously explained, barely to keep his tone of voice down. "He demanded that we find the resistance, find 'em and kill 'em. We looked and searched as we were ordered to but we found nothing. And then just yesterday, I saw some very shady people walk into the city. There were five of them, each wearing a long black cloak and a hood over their head."

Uriel turned his head over towards the two, his angry turquoise eyes glared upon the knight. "The Desert Assassins," believed Uriel as he walked over to the two.

The fear of even hearing the name made the knight cower in his armour. "T-t-th-the..." Audley stuttered in fright. "...De-De-De-Desert Assassins?"

"Quick," Elena spoke with speed. "Which way did they head?"

Audley pointed his right index over yonder, towards the eastern pathway that led deeper into the city. "That way," he answered. "They went that way."

Elena followed the very direction of which the knight pointed to. It pointed towards the way that she feared most. "Dammit," Elena muttered angrily under her breath. She hastefully walked over to Telvern and Raphael with this horrible news at hand.

Raphael turned to Elena and saw the look of seriousness on her face. "What goes on?" he asked, the concern and uneasiness made his voice unsteady.

"The Desert Assassins must have known about us," she asserted. "We need to go there. Now."
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Raphael latched his left hand onto the dragonstone silver necklace around his neck. His hand grabbed onto it and held onto it tightly. His left thumb rubbed slowly against it. His head turned away from Elena. The uneasiness consumed and overwhelmed him. His hands shook like drumskin. "Yeah," he strainingly corresponded. "We do need to go."

Elena saw the intense quivering of his left hand which cleaved onto his necklace as if it was his rope of life. She became concerned. "What's the matter?" she asked quickly once she saw the shaking of his hand.

Raphael shook his head quickly. "I'm not important," Raphael answered, he then spun around to the direction of which the knight was pointing. "Come on, we need to go."

Elena deposited air into the bank of oxygen inside of her and then withdrew it and threw it back into the atmosphere. "Right," she understood, shaking her head to Raphael. The group of four then began to race as fast as they could towards the way that the Audley pointed towards. They ran down the eastern vein into the mid-class district of city.

They ran by gods were seemed rather curious as to why they were running so swiftly for. But took busy in their little worlds, they ignore them. The group approached a small house in the middle of a row of houses along the pathway. The group of four stopped in front of this house that wore a flag of the Imperial Palace at the front.

Elena began to frantically pound the door with her right hand. "Come on, come on," she mumbled under her breath. Uriel seemed as equally concerned as Elena though he didn't show it. Raphael stood beside Elena but he was still experiencing the uptightness. Telvern was behind the group, not caring about what was happening. He was more interested in his book than anything else.
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