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The boy smiled. "well in the vaults of the grand library lies a story book about the great hero that weilded this very sword several eons ago. the last adventure spoke of the Hero, Sir Sodain Gorlon building a shrine deep at the bottom of a pond near the city of divine light.

The pond had been one wih 12 stones. the 3rd stone red as the stones represent the 12 deity guardian of the heaven land and mortal lands, Which Sodain Gorlon was said to have been the third deity guardian. And his crystal color was ruby. Which was the fires of purification in the stories where he fought against darkness's corruption." The boy explained telling about the stories.

"Further more look around this place. 12 stones around a pond, This city's name is translated to meaning heaven's light. from the north counting clock wise to the third stone which is.." The boy looked and pointed to a dark red stone like the other 11 white stones. The red stone looked to have ruby like specks inside the stone.

"...right there a red stone among 12 stones. So from the stories in the book there should been a shrine for the guardian blade Grimlord here. Where it can charge up or rest. Think of these blades as a sort of life form. They choose who can use them and those people can lift these swords as if they weigh nothing,

Yet those that are normal people feel the real weight and it can take 12 or ore to hold it up or carry it. And those of corruption it's weight knows no limits and can not even be budged by people who would use the sword for evil. As the book stories spoke of how these swords chose their champion."

The boy said explaining the reason he found the sword here or knew it should have been here. "As for the false reasons to why we where leaving the north gat which in 1 hour the president should go on the broadcast stating the north gate is off limits because of the corrupted wilds to the north becoming more dangerious and only those authorized to find out why would be allowed. but as of an hour ago the restriction was programed into the gate bots. So I had to use the botanical exploration codes so we could get out."

The boy smirked a bit lowering his hood, A tattoo like marking fashioned similar to dragon scale patters upon his face the reason he hid his face in public. it was the marking of a rumored secret order that was said to work with the president that protected him from harm.

The markings was known rumored with art depictions from glimpses of witnesses but the memories where sketchy so not everyone believed the rumors and no official record of the origins of these markings existed. "Well I do have ways of obtaining this knowledge for exchange of certain services to the ruling power of the lands." The boy said watching the group now then put his hood back up.

The boy sighed and nodded. "I am of the dragon order, My family have been part of the secret order since its beginnings, we only support and defend the ruling powers that are pure hearted and just, we have been known to purge the wicked from office if they were too unjust.

Have any of you heard the tales like 20 years ago in the eastern lands where the ruling power was found impaled outside his station of office before the public for risking that lands people's safe living?" The boy asked the group watching them carefully.

"That was one in the order's doing without proper cause. no one has confessed to it. But it seems though we have done similar in the past never would we flaunt our finished effort publicly like that.

Death by snipers, robbery, explosions that anyone could have done, or been actual accidents. Thats usually the rule at purging corrupt rulers with our order, but that incident someone carved markings of our order into that person. Which is against our regulations." The boy said sighing.

"I of course haven't had to do any of that....Yet. But my skill with various bladed weapons is more advanced for my age. So try not thinking I am more then what I confided in you. Also please tell no one I revealed my markings on purpose to you." The boy sighed then got up dragging the sheathed Grimord blade to a cart.

"this sword is supposed to work like a key to the front door of the tower we will be going to. One reason I retrieved it." He said smirking.

The boy smiled and nodded. Looking into the air a moment then took off walking back to the road then headed north on the road. After about half a days travel he found a small area that was usually a old fashioned hunting lodge hidden in the trees.

"We will rest here tonight as it is most dangerous to travel at night. what with the Vondian screechers and all roaming the skies at night." Pulling out a key from his pocket he unlocked the doors opening them. the double doors where thick and strong but big enough a large merchant wagon might fit through them.

The boy nodded finding a place for the sword the lodge was fairly big inside with many books, seats, rooms, and various things. "At least we will be comfortable, luckily there are a few along the path we will travel. So not many roughing it in the wilds with thin tents or lack of proper comfort most of the way there at least." The boy said lighting the fireplace and getting a few hovering light source bots out of his pack and set them loose as well to light the place. Then he went to check the kitchen.

One of the team spoke softly. "I dun't know why. But something seems off on this. I didn't want to say anything when he mentioned the story book he read and got this information out of.

I been in the vault at the Grand library. The book he spoke of does not exist I know because my cousin works for the head of the grand library and has allowed me to search the vaults for any writings about the sky lands. There was nothing like this book he spoke of. So there is something that doesn't sit right with me." The man said to the lead of the 6 alone from the others.

"Further ore did you see him drag that huge sword like it was an effort? to look the same we had to have 3 people to do it and not look as strained as he looked. a single person would have redness in the face, and show signs of strain but he didn't." The man said a little concerned.

After nearly an hour the boy carried a large pot into the table which the table creaked a little under the weight of the pot. Yet it looked like it wasn't that heavy by how the boy carried it. "Okay everyone suppers finished come eat." The boy said fixing himself a plate of stew. It smelled really good as the boy sat near the fire eating his stew.

Suddenly there was a louder then normal growling sound as if some kind of animal was inside the lodge somehow when a rather large corrupted two headed wolf like creature only it was easily 15 feet tall looking at the people sniffing at them.

"Relax everyone no sudden moves." the boy said it was like this creature was nearly blind and going only on smell and moving blurs the wolf sniffed the air then the ground and took off towards the lone large pot knocking it to the floor trying to get at the stew. the noise that the pot made made the wolf jump and growl until it realized it stepped into the warm stew and started licking it up like the wolf was starved.

Unfortunately the blind look of foggy eyes on the wolf must have been from lack of nourishment because the fog was clearing out of it's eyes the more it ate. The boy sighed putting his plate and spoon down silently rubbing the medallion on his neck as a soft glow came to it, and it was like an energy shield was surrounding the boy.

He got up slowly moving low to the ground knowing they's be in trouble if that wolf got full sight back in at least one eye. He was moving slowly towards the cart with the sword when his medallion lost power and his next step made the floor creak loudly and the growling beast seen him able to see enough and in a single step the wolf lunged snapping at the boy making it hard for him to seem to survive.

Once the jaws snapped from the lunge it looked like the young boy leading them was gone. As if snatched up by the hungry wolf. But the wolf seemed to scout the area as if lost the prey it spotted. Oddly the sword was also not on the cart yet the cart now lay on its side an empty sheath near by but several feet out of reach of the wolf creature. The front doors also was wide open but where closed and latched when the wolf appeared.

Suddenly a loud monstrous roar echoed outside in the distance as the ground shook as if a large heard of elephants rushed by stampeding but then a bright flash flew into the lodge by the front doors grazing the wolf between the two heads thick blackness seemed ripped out of the wolf as it fell hurt. After a moment it tried getting up as a large bright glowing object stuck in the wall pulling more of this darkness out of the beast.

A large dragon rushed in pinning the wolf to the floor holding it down as the glowing object pulled every last bit of dark corruption out of the two headed wolf which seemed to shrink to half the size it was before. Once the darkness had all been absorbed the glow faded to reveal the sword Grimlord was the object stuck in the wall. The wolf yelped and whined then acted like a gentle creature licking at the dragon seeming happy.

Then the dragon leaped off the wolf rushing out the door swiftly a object falling from the neck of the dragon as it left. If someone picked up the object that fell from the dragon it was one of the silencer devices the boy gave each member of the team. With the swift departure of the dragon the wolf sank to the floor watching the open doors as it whined. As it the wolf was now a tame pet.

Then the boy came walking in through the doors and the wolf picked up both it's heads wagging it's tail. Once the boy closed and re-locked the doors the wolf pounced pinning him to the floor licking the boy all over as if a dog happy it's master came back home.

"Olira sit!" The boy said in a stern voice. The wolf obeyed and got off sitting on the floor. "Stay." The boy said going to the pot and sighed. "Sorry about that. Had I known she was in here and like that I would have secured this place first." The boy said seeming cold and emotionless for the time.

Putting the pot in the kitchen he came to clean the rest up. But the wolf beat him to it licking the floor clean from the remains of the stew before he could mop it up. Placing a hand on his hip shaking his head. "I swear why do I even bother buying mops when you always beat me to it Olira." The boy sighs putting the mop up. Then returns to his seat near the fireplace and gets his empty plate. Acting as best he could that nothing happened.