Chapter 8: Wize
The Ravenrock Scouting Legion was marching through cities on horses in search of Zuno. The legion was big, with 50 men in number. Wize was appointed as the leader of the legion for the manhunt. They have just entered the southern forests where Zuno and Arya met.
"He was here, dying, but not dead" Wize said. "Another person was here, possibly the one who saved Zuno. Then they went that way." He continued.
Wize has an ability that allows him to 'see' what had happened to a place or person. He said to the legion to follow him, as he knows where Zuno was going.
"Headed to Andeena, must stop him before entering Andeena, I know just where we can capture him."
"He's an odd one ain't he?" A knight said to another.
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"What do you mean? You just saved us." Gaious said.
"Nevermind, I need to get to Andeena as soon as possible." Zuno replied. He didn't feel that anyone there would understand the thing he had to go through, he decided to keep it to himself. "We should get going."
"It's late at night, we probably should just head back to the Inn and sleep first." Arya said while yawning.
"Yes, head to Andeena; when you arrive, go to the mage academy, and meet High-Mage Ulric, he should know the answers to your questions." Damien explained. "Once again, plenty of thanks to you young man."
The two went back to the Inn and slept. Early in the morning, they were already on their way. "Thank you for staying at Annie's Inn, please come again." The bartender said as the two bid goodbye.
They left Floran City, venturing out to the land without borders again.
"What happened to you?" Arya asked as they walked.
"Well, long story short, I was in another world." Zuno replied.
"Ehm, ok, another world huh. Still doesn't explain how the man vanished though." She continued.
"What did it look like I was doing?" Zuno asked back.
"Well, we saw you touch the man and shadows starting coming out of the man's body, lots of them, but they were trapped inside the forcefield. In a blink of an eye, there was light, extremely bright light. The shadows and the man vanished and you were laying on the ground." Arya said.
Zuno giggled, "Wow, that must have looked cool."
"No, not cool at all, I thought you died, then I had to---" she paused, blushed a little, "ehm nevermind." "Anyway, since this will be quite a long walk, we might as well tell each other stories." She was diverting the topic.
"Stories like what?" Zuno asked.
"Maybe about Ravenrock and how you were abducted." Arya answered.
"That's kind of a sensitive topic, but I guess telling you is fine. So here goes the story." He told the story of how he got into Ravenrock until he met her.
"Hold up, what's that about a white haired boy?" Arya asked.
"Hmm, I don't really know much about him, what I know was that he had the same fate as me to be taken to Ravenrock and forces to fight. I did see him shoot his musket for a bit. He did extremely well." Zuno replied.
"Does this boy have red eyes by any chance?" Arya asked again.
"I guess so, I didn't really pay attention to his eyes." He thought for a bit. "Ah yes, he had red eyes. How did you know?" Now Zuno asked the questions.
"So in the elven species, there are different races, mostly different from the color of their eyes. There are ones with blue eyes like mine, red eyes like that boy, green eyes and purple eyes. The main difference between us is the abilities that we gain." She explained. "Your friend there, has the ability of farsight, he can see whatever place that he has traveled too and can track down things using this ability. The red eyes were thought to be extinct though. They were all killed by the war. Their existence threatened the kingdoms so kings decided to slaugther them. He is the only one left" Arya continued.
"Oh ok, makes sense, but he didn't have elven ears though and I didn't catch his name either." Zuno answered."So technically, he could be tracking me right now as we speak? If he is still alive." He continued.
"Well, yes, if he is still alive, but what motive would he have to come chasing you? He didn't know you had something special in you did he?" Arya replied. "That fits his characteristics though, his ears were covered by his thick hair, so people won't even know he's elven. His name was Wize."
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Wize and the Scouting Legion had arrived on Floran City, they were at the gates. There, they met the guards of the gate.
"What business have thou here? Ravenrockian are not welcome here nor are the people from the other two kingdoms." One of the guard said.
"We are in search of a boy, he escaped from our kingdom. I believe he is hiding somewhere in this city" Wize said.
"This is the land of the free, any people here are safe from the grasps of the three kingdoms. You cannot enter. " The other guard replied.
A knight drew his sword and pointed at the guard. "Open the gates or we will kill you." He said.
The guards whistled, archers and mages appear on the wall, aiming at the scouting legion. "One can enter, but not an army. We don't want the war to be brought here." The guard explained. "Do you really want to die here?" He continued.
"I'll go, tell the legion to go around and wait at the other side of the city, I will be brief." Wize said.
"Aye sir." The captain said as she ordered the others to go around the city.
"Very well, you may enter, but if you start a fight, we will eliminate you." The other guard said.
Wize nodded and he entered the city. He used his vision as he walked through the city. People were singing and dancing on the town square. He 'sees' that Zuno went to the local monastery, so he went there. The roof was being rebuilt. He entered and met the three mages.
"I'm looking for a boy named Zuno. Have you seen him?" He asked.
Jennifer answered, "Nay, there is no one named Zuno here."
"But he was here." Wize replied.
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