CHAPTER 7:
Not Wanted

“My name’s Grendal by the way… with an ‘a’. Sorry for the scare I gave you.” Said the mage. “I can’t really seem to find a good reason why you three are heading towards Lith Harbor… or even how a warrior, an archer, and a uhh ‘half warrior, half bowman’ are traveling together. The best thing I can come up with is that you guys are up to something, could I be right?”

Xeno steps up to the scrawny looking mage and with a cocky, “I’m better than you voice” he says, “It’s none of your concern kid.”

“Oh really? Well, see, considering the fact that I’m a residential of the town that you guys are heading to, I am pretty much a part of this concern. As a matter in fact, I think I’m actually a pretty big part of this concern since I’m also the heir to Lith Harbors throne.” Said the young mage.

Troy then thinks: *Xeno, you dumb ass.*

“Oh my. Please excuse my friend here, Prince Grendal. I thought that name was kind of familiar, besides the fact that it sounds exactly like the ‘Old man’s’ name.” said Miro.

“Hold on a minute.” Says Grendal as he stares at Miro with clinched eyes. “Aren’t you Miro, apprentice of the great Athena Pierce?”

“Heh. I see you also know who I am.”

Grendal then takes a look at Troy and says, “And you are… one of the very few existing Victorian War Veterans, Troy! A very legendary Warrior from what I hear! Are the stories that I hear true!?”

Troy smiled as he absorbed all the flattery.

The mage then takes a look at Xeno with confusion and says, “And you are… who are you?”

Xeno, who was expecting a nice comment, gets slightly annoyed by the mage and says with frustration, “You know you talk a lot for a kid!”

Troy places his palm on his forehead, looking down and nodding his head in embarrassment while Miro slaps Xeno on the back of his head.

Grendal’s facial expression quickly changed into seriousness and says, “listen, I admire you guys, but it’s quite strange what two warriors and an archer are doing heading towards my town. And judging by the way you guys have been acting, I assume you guys are threats and I will prevent what ever it is you guys are planning and by that I mean killing you guys right now.”

“With that stick?” says Xeno, sarcastically.

A blue flash came, surrounding the mage and all of a sudden he had appeared about 10 feet away from the three. His staff, on his left hand, began to glow blue and his right hand began glowing also. He then murmured the words: “Holy Arrow” and aimed at the three.

Xeno readied his bow while Troy and Miro stood there with their hands in front of them saying, “No, no, Prince, you got the wrong idea. We’re here for a different reason.”

CHAPTER 8:
The Power of a Mage

Grendal had released his holy arrow and it was quickly heading towards Miro.