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The agents of the mage council. They're a known secret, everyone knows they exist but it's considered impolite to mention.640Please respect copyright.PENANABCr5fLRqnZ
They are men and women 640Please respect copyright.PENANAgiINsOWvEM
who aren't able to cast. Nonetheless they are trained to combat ether 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeGNnexlTYw
casters, whether it be from the shadows or out in the open.640Please respect copyright.PENANAc6V6GPMUMl
They extensively trained640Please respect copyright.PENANA0jhAqe5Cuj
to the peak of human condition in both physical and mental 640Please respect copyright.PENANAwn0gDktiRA
capabilities. They serve only the council and deal with anything ranging640Please respect copyright.PENANAYRI3PxDxks
from assassinations to body guarding important personnel.640Please respect copyright.PENANAWegR4lAtW6
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Davids relief didn't 640Please respect copyright.PENANAOnjBwLQ4LG
last long as he saw Gob slowly coming out of the water and joining him 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0Nf68If7U
on the shore, barely looking tired, no in fact, taking a better look, he640Please respect copyright.PENANA9K50RHXTZZ
didn't even look tired. Gob pulled someone else from the water, someone640Please respect copyright.PENANAeeyXfAd0gl
who had it even worse than David. Her brown hair was plastered to her 640Please respect copyright.PENANA3vkJ0YVRbA
head and face as she was reeking water and barely breathing. David would640Please respect copyright.PENANA9JWY5gtl9y
be lying if he said that he didn't feel a bit better knowing he was 640Please respect copyright.PENANAzvnB7dqydN
better off than Angela.640Please respect copyright.PENANA4HntWU9DFt
"Breathe slowly and calm640Please respect copyright.PENANAD1iKWrcCug
down. It'll only be worse if you take quick breathes." Came Gobs calm 640Please respect copyright.PENANAtwCvRlzAzg
voice as he was wringing his beard from the water. It did seem to have a640Please respect copyright.PENANAnR6ufC2uDB
bit of an effect on Angela as she visibly calmed down and her breathing640Please respect copyright.PENANA0S81f3FQgS
got steadier.640Please respect copyright.PENANAqg7uvyvrow
"Useless." Gob said as 640Please respect copyright.PENANAOBzQ5YSi1u
he inspected his musket and pistol, dropping them on the grassy shore, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAhWR7smVUj1
but nodded as he took out his knife and examined the edge. "Well when 640Please respect copyright.PENANA7T58TlRTeF
you two are done we can start moving, we have places to be."640Please respect copyright.PENANAuhf5IzWi1j
After his conversation 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1klroICkAI
with Francesca, David knew where they had to be. David just wasn't sure 640Please respect copyright.PENANAMzhhaLtomN
if Francesca told Gob about their conversation so, he decided, it would 640Please respect copyright.PENANAAvQlSz8H4l
be best to keep quiet, lest he wanted to be tied up again.640Please respect copyright.PENANAzTqh4PfZEI
"Where...where to?" Came Angela's question with a rasp.640Please respect copyright.PENANA9BCcTmhba3
"To get new weapons and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAWx5ZeIROPi
find the others." Gob said, putting his knife back into his sheathe and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeorxxlIoS3
drying his shoes from any excess water.640Please respect copyright.PENANAcxwUXlDhys
"Wai...wait. They might still be stuck in there! We..need to go back." Angela said, her voice slowly coming back.640Please respect copyright.PENANAuLygiC5AaD
"If they are then it's too late. Now come on let's go." Gob said, unflinching.640Please respect copyright.PENANAAJZOJzGe7t
"No!" Angela stood up 640Please respect copyright.PENANAUHZLRZ0ift
and faced Gob. Which was impressive as Gob towered over her, he towered 640Please respect copyright.PENANA71oIGaqXa8
over most people. "I will not abandon them They might be alive and..and I640Please respect copyright.PENANArZXscD6tb5
won't lose them." Gob didn't answer. He just glared at Angela until she640Please respect copyright.PENANAf4tE58J60g
averted her glaze. He nodded when she did so.640Please respect copyright.PENANA43PN0Mh7gJ
"If I could do anything 640Please respect copyright.PENANAvGOxMoPBUY
for them I would." Angela gave a weak nod to that. Gob grunted and began640Please respect copyright.PENANAv2C3YnZilk
walking. He kicked David, who was still enjoying the ground underneath 640Please respect copyright.PENANAAMOCDOoyh9
him, for good measure as well. "As much as I hate it you're coming with 640Please respect copyright.PENANAJdiHEBbA13
us. Now get up."640Please respect copyright.PENANAulDxZZ3EdS
David grumbled but got up. Not much else to do but follow the man with the plan, and the knife, and the murderous intent.640Please respect copyright.PENANAArugXtRX00
Thus, they began their 640Please respect copyright.PENANAcApkE3aaE8
journey, in silence except for the squeaks their clothes and shoes made.640Please respect copyright.PENANAYz9ULsrGG7
David was miserable, with the sun slowly setting down he was barely 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQjTWxQsWL1
able to see what's in front of him, barely being able to suppress a 640Please respect copyright.PENANAH6DBcfuJvS
shiver whenever there was a gust of wind. Angela was pretty much the 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1wqkEUjx48
same, except that she was also sullen and worried for her brothers. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAdDDuJP7Dof
David tried opening a conversation a few times but she just smiled 640Please respect copyright.PENANAb4rXcNGwbO
weakly. David was confused why she either followed him or Gob instead of640Please respect copyright.PENANAVWPkRnS7Up
following one of her brothers, but it didn't seem like she was up to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAYlohZbmJrh
answering that, no matter how much David prodded.640Please respect copyright.PENANAtIoRRfK3u5
The only one not 640Please respect copyright.PENANAaHEAmSkvM7
affected by his current condition seemed to be Gob. He managed to avoid 640Please respect copyright.PENANAtsdRY8EBV9
any loose branches or an uneven part of the mud, even his clothes didn't640Please respect copyright.PENANAvDFKUhZTEy
make any noise when walking. The only thing he really reacted to was 640Please respect copyright.PENANAM7xryMH7oD
gunfire, which could still be heard from the direction of their hideout.640Please respect copyright.PENANAG1UCOk65kd
It was also the only thing that woke Angela from her stupor as whenever640Please respect copyright.PENANASEwXoTGwHB
it rang she immediately looked at the direction they walked from. But 640Please respect copyright.PENANAWO0T4R3Y4S
even those stopped, whether because of distance or the fact that there 640Please respect copyright.PENANA7Lco3cvJtC
was no more fighting, David didn't know.640Please respect copyright.PENANAcI5RHrWdum
David hoped that 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeRqqtAvvqS
adrenaline would keep him going for a while, David wasn't sure how long 640Please respect copyright.PENANAdg38qAhTfo
they've been walking but with the blood pumping through his veins he 640Please respect copyright.PENANAn3Uc9vwzyR
felt like he could walk a few more days straight. Hoping didn't seem to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAaO7MOl6R6Z
work for David, never did really, as the adrenaline was wearing down. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAnrD4N00UOF
Slowing down more and more. Gob looked back and noticed David slowing 640Please respect copyright.PENANADPZG2aJn3v
down giving him a look of disdain, but then he looked at Angela who 640Please respect copyright.PENANAPPT34GhtHh
wasn't doing much better and sighted. "We can take a rest. Sit down, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAPIKd8UkLRz
I'll try finding some berries or anything for us to eat." 640Please respect copyright.PENANAwo1xGFutGS
David slouched to the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAfgNPSQ0M6F
ground with a grateful sight while Angela sat down with her back to a 640Please respect copyright.PENANAWETHxFXB6e
tree, hiding her head in her knees, as silent as she was during the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAyRC3uY8mbi
whole walk. David didn't care how devastated she felt, but if she wasn't640Please respect copyright.PENANAWxVfYWfeX4
fully there with them they might get ambushed and David didn't survive 640Please respect copyright.PENANAXdSODavc2b
so long just to have a teenage girl kill him because she was going 640Please respect copyright.PENANA7NySpD2MQL
through mood swings. "Hey, they're strong. Even Twitch, I'm sure they're640Please respect copyright.PENANA7ThE0pk5BV
fine and when we see them they'll be as cheery as ever." He called out 640Please respect copyright.PENANAKm3wb8JlAk
from his spot, not bothering to move closer to Angela640Please respect copyright.PENANA5m70ThA9WG
No answer. ~Oh hells, do640Please respect copyright.PENANAFqeJcENzSO
we have another Rock on our hands? ~ David waited to see if he was 640Please respect copyright.PENANAzgboWAKtta
going to get anything from her. Mostly because he didn't know what else 640Please respect copyright.PENANAAXhPj4jzv9
he could say. After what felt like an eternity he heard...someone 640Please respect copyright.PENANA6rnltV8WCG
sniffling and saw Angela shake. With a suppressed sight David got up and640Please respect copyright.PENANAfk4hKnFbdE
sat beside Angela, he hovered his hand above her shoulder but decided 640Please respect copyright.PENANAjGZGPI3w3j
against putting it on her.640Please respect copyright.PENANAoeWx2EUeWT
"I...I should've been 640Please respect copyright.PENANANh8lPxN3ha
there. I should've been there when pa was shot, I should've been there 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1cL40yVyeW
now. Oh gods...oh gods...." She continued in that vain for a while 640Please respect copyright.PENANAToxSohsNTz
seemingly not aware of her surroundings or any words that came out of 640Please respect copyright.PENANAHMdZAnYGmQ
David's mouth.640Please respect copyright.PENANAHbHM9lXkR0
"Why weren't you? Now, I640Please respect copyright.PENANA7CGtriJsM4
mean, when the attack happened?" David asked anxiously, he wasn't the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAHxobg99c5o
best when dealing with hysteric people. Again, no answer came, just more640Please respect copyright.PENANAZwu1Is9eAP
cries. David lost hope of ever getting an answer, but one finally came.640Please respect copyright.PENANAxV3ukgNrnJ
"It happened so fast. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAPHDZTnqDv2
I've tried following them, but I lost track of them... No that's wrong, I640Please respect copyright.PENANAc9ZBV76RF9
could see them during the attack but I couldn't get to them. And when 640Please respect copyright.PENANAoB9fRUFNll
everyone started retreating...oh god it was like a butchery. So when I 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1LocPPGTwg
saw Gob turning a corner I followed. I was scared...I was scared...oh 640Please respect copyright.PENANABhBBL1o9kr
gods I murdered them because I was scared." And then she began muttering640Please respect copyright.PENANAhduHe9EoWA
to herself again640Please respect copyright.PENANA0l4geARDzq
David struggled to find words, but thankfully Gob saved them from the awkward silence as he came back from his hunting trip.640Please respect copyright.PENANAFBtOyDiILt
The mighty hunter 640Please respect copyright.PENANAqAxrNe8vWg
managed to gather fruits and berries, apparently the fighting had scared640Please respect copyright.PENANAWUuKfxGGbw
most of the animals away, and they couldn't make a fire so they were 640Please respect copyright.PENANAH1n9mKt5mI
stuck being cold, miserable and hungry. Berries weren't the most 640Please respect copyright.PENANAhx36u2LboK
fulfilling things to have on an empty stomach 640Please respect copyright.PENANAyOlQzXiKjX
Their respite didn't 640Please respect copyright.PENANA4bfoQ0Tl0J
last long, and they were on their way soon after. Angela seemed to have 640Please respect copyright.PENANAw16OxmBz8H
calmed down, she still wasn't participating in conversations, but she 640Please respect copyright.PENANAkakhALaCI3
wasn't crying either and David counted that as a win. Even if Angela 640Please respect copyright.PENANADYsjPVoqjB
wasn't paying attention to anything around her, David decided to trust 640Please respect copyright.PENANArwtHKKmAZa
in Gobs awareness of the surroundings to protect them from any ambushes,640Please respect copyright.PENANAKtcYfYRFw7
he seemed to know where David was at all times, so he might as well put640Please respect copyright.PENANAXMzAWAVjLg
that skill to actual good use.640Please respect copyright.PENANAHAjYMGY5g4
Thankfully their walk 640Please respect copyright.PENANA5wGrsCItXM
didn't last long, moving through the overgrown bushes and trees they 640Please respect copyright.PENANA3cHYNzYAp4
reached the edge of the isle, looking down to the surface covered by 640Please respect copyright.PENANAVdn8wwVt2K
clouds. It was told that if you'd look long enough over the edge you'd 640Please respect copyright.PENANAlIo6IfU0ck
go crazy, as far as David could tell that was true. Everyone he flew 640Please respect copyright.PENANAIS9sAPzWf2
with was one degree of crazy or another, including David himself.640Please respect copyright.PENANALJvfiqCw0k
Gob motioned for them to640Please respect copyright.PENANAor2wBwjVmM
wait as he went back into the forest, David was about to start another 640Please respect copyright.PENANAL44BbaiTII
awkward conversation with Angela, but Gob returned quite quickly. He 640Please respect copyright.PENANATlf8k0VTaN
didn't return alone though, he had a fly boat with him, which he 640Please respect copyright.PENANAcshh2aOIQk
conveniently carried on his shoulder.640Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5eW1TKJKz
Fly boats were made out 640Please respect copyright.PENANAIfM81gSqoF
of wood and had a ether engine on them. While smaller than ship engines,640Please respect copyright.PENANACJWhd7gUZl
they managed to lift the boat and three or four people, with the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAP0xISeOiFO
paddles being used to move while airborne. Movement was agonizingly slow640Please respect copyright.PENANA4ziyZfDpgH
on them as well as dangerous. Ether engines were basically bombs, even 640Please respect copyright.PENANApgiZ4aXKgi
small ones. Ships had precautions for that, security equipment shield 640Please respect copyright.PENANAUaCxgpViLf
from the worst of it, of course it mattered little in the end, but the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAHtl2PP2l5G
boats didn't even pretend to have those measures. So, Gob was basically 640Please respect copyright.PENANA8seZ6gNvbe
carrying a bomb on his shoulders, with the same facial expression he ate640Please respect copyright.PENANAJ36Lek7fz4
or smiled. A frown.640Please respect copyright.PENANAojDrv82gR5
He put the boat down on 640Please respect copyright.PENANALMCtcERRNG
ground and activated the engine with a practiced motion. The engine 640Please respect copyright.PENANAMVN6Objp9U
started making a sound. Gob nodded, lifted the boat and made some more 640Please respect copyright.PENANATSQJQrk7vm
motions which made the boat stay at that height. David had seen some 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQaEA6QTTSW
boats while serving on ships and he knew they had no way to actually 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1Hg6UEnWM7
lift themselves up, only to float. Ships were the same, but with all the640Please respect copyright.PENANASBeY8A2tJS
technology attached to the ship they were also able to lift themselves 640Please respect copyright.PENANAGET5wpGn0J
up. David moved his hand across his eyepatch and scar, the engine was 640Please respect copyright.PENANAt8OyyUDExH
making his wounds ache.640Please respect copyright.PENANAPsdCAsohRa
Gob put the boat over 640Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z7ZhhcDgA
the edge and jumped into it making the boat float down a bit but it came640Please respect copyright.PENANAhXD3MsK50R
back to its assigned height in moments. "Well come on, we don't have 640Please respect copyright.PENANAM09OIqYK8k
all day." David and Angela promptly followed, one more tentatively than 640Please respect copyright.PENANA0ninBdQq3N
the other. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAvsnbalLD7U
Gob handed David the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAwflTNT4NSn
paddles and he knew better than to argue. There went a relaxing trip 640Please respect copyright.PENANAmchVprbK7d
over the bottomless skies with a bomb as his companion. Death seemed to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeOVY3h5Bcb
always just be one step either behind or ahead, David still couldn't 640Please respect copyright.PENANAsUhcd7EN9H
decide which. ~There are worse fates than death~. David wholeheartedly 640Please respect copyright.PENANAPGyJEasVXe
believed this was definitely one of those fates.640Please respect copyright.PENANADPI0yjdifh
All though David did 640Please respect copyright.PENANAC6ehdqdlhe
grumble the boat itself moved quite fast. With both Gob and David 640Please respect copyright.PENANA4iUO6NZ7g4
paddling they made good time and soon enough they got their rhythm and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQBYAzKXxKB
David's mind blanked out. He didn't even notice when they reached the 640Please respect copyright.PENANACxvVKUTyam
edge of the other isle, at the very leas not much time passed, judging 640Please respect copyright.PENANApcyz7IUrZa
by the sun.640Please respect copyright.PENANAvigVtI9Eno
They all disembarked, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAihyjEeEuGd
and Gob opened a trapdoor hiding the boat after disabling its engine.. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAVvzIbYK068
When all seemed to his liking he closed the door and hid it with some 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1xb2cziIRC
make shift ground and grass "We'll need to find a place to sleep. My 640Please respect copyright.PENANANk6xXwMIfH
friends wanted to meet tomorrow so we'll need to find a safe spot." 640Please respect copyright.PENANA3y6QFNjfnt
David had no idea what day it was or how long it's been since the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAECQCV62GaN
attack, good thing Gob the human sized watch was on the job.640Please respect copyright.PENANA1nKb6TKuOg
"How do they manage to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAsZYo693nD6
slip past the patrols?" David asked, it just seemed like they were 640Please respect copyright.PENANA0hKIDV92xg
walking into a trap, especially after the attack. Gob kept walking and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAvGPfe5nicz
it didn't look like he was going to answer, but at the end he relented. "640Please respect copyright.PENANAWxWIYexMCp
They have special...permission to be on any isles they want, as long as640Please respect copyright.PENANAsKuFPa0lXR
it's a good reason no one will suspect them."640Please respect copyright.PENANA984YPhxt8t
David nodded, the answer640Please respect copyright.PENANA3tvbFvUNOA
didn't ease his worries, but it was the only answer he had and not like640Please respect copyright.PENANAOSRyEvMAoS
he had much of a choice but to follow their glorious leader.640Please respect copyright.PENANAJffltDLjvp
One thing David noticed,640Please respect copyright.PENANAR1D333Arii
during their walk, was that some of the shrubbery was more burned and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAx9kB8PX0ib
drier on this isle. This wasn't so rare. Apparently when their ancestors640Please respect copyright.PENANAp1utwS3xpM
were plunged into the skies they couldn't hope with the change of 640Please respect copyright.PENANANcZ44u7JEU
weather. No rain or protection from the sun meant that many trees and 640Please respect copyright.PENANARd0OPGgAI7
plants either caught fire or dried out. Mages had to think fast and some640Please respect copyright.PENANAAeNu7eVLBm
of the isles were luckier than others, with the mages making everything640Please respect copyright.PENANAdGugqU9SXi
self-sustainable. Over time the forests adapted, and new seeds didn't 640Please respect copyright.PENANADyGj8z79nn
require rain to survive. The aftermath could still be seen on most 640Please respect copyright.PENANATqfXqBVzkQ
isles, especially on ones that rulers deemed inconsequential. Oh, what 640Please respect copyright.PENANAbrElAdUuMN
things you learn while travelling with people from all flights of life.640Please respect copyright.PENANASDlrOHywNw
It made him remember 640Please respect copyright.PENANALmeTLBvauh
life before meeting the rebels. Much more carefree, just flying, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAf3CmBhjjhI
gambling, sometimes betraying. A happier life, happier than walking 640Please respect copyright.PENANAG0ts8Hredg
around in the mud and cold at least. ~Happiness is for people who aren't640Please respect copyright.PENANAZOnKqV8bJX
damaged. The chosen few who get to enjoy it, while the rest just 640Please respect copyright.PENANAKS7B2vOzRy
pretend to have it. ~ Indeed, happiness was something David could never 640Please respect copyright.PENANAR7dxKOWdmz
feel or archieve. He could only pretend to feel it. David accepted that 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeTJkMM0lXb
as part of his life, he wasn't sure when he did but he knew it happened a640Please respect copyright.PENANA8j1YsTkOy8
while ago.640Please respect copyright.PENANA9MRIhsw3EB
Just as previously they 640Please respect copyright.PENANAOUX5MPTchZ
walked in silence, with Gob in the lead pausing every so often to listen640Please respect copyright.PENANAOuMVRoNvS5
to his surroundings. Until reaching their next camping spot. On top of a640Please respect copyright.PENANA3P6mckxhZt
hill with dried out yellow grass. Not a lot of trees surrounding them, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAyMorOFxxQb
but only one way to get on top of the hill. Easy to defend and easy to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAxiRlojRVC1
get spotted if not careful. Gob went to go hunt and left David and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3sjNAVTTE
Angela on their own to set up camp. David was able to follow Gob, with 640Please respect copyright.PENANApHHjoRGhl9
his eyes, now that the colours of his uniform did not match the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAeSnXVexqzp
surroundings, of course that didn't mean he could do it for long and 640Please respect copyright.PENANAUVJqlSZfGk
sooner rather than later Gob disappeared from David's view.640Please respect copyright.PENANANpyZ8h19LJ
David was apprehensive 640Please respect copyright.PENANAVuScRnEfWO
on starting a conversation with Angela, thus he just concentrated on 640Please respect copyright.PENANA7wOhQ3fkit
making his sleeping spot as comfortable as possible, while she sat with 640Please respect copyright.PENANArhjlKwTf5t
her head down. It didn't take Gob long to come back with some food, 640Please respect copyright.PENANA2PbKxV6CIx
berries and such again. It didn't look like he had any luck hunting. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAVtk6gbMoOJ
Maybe he was just rubbish at it. That thought made David feel better.640Please respect copyright.PENANAaSQIxLsnJf
Before they all turned 640Please respect copyright.PENANAO0YZAQfdnu
to their respective spots on the ground Gob approached David. "You'll 640Please respect copyright.PENANA5eePGKHOmi
take the second watch, I'll wake you." David just started to say 640Please respect copyright.PENANAyIn0M3wwZe
something, but Gob turned around and stalked away before any words could640Please respect copyright.PENANAhHyWVsSFjW
be formed. Shrugging David laid down on the ground and contemplated how640Please respect copyright.PENANA8dpJyW8pJe
far he and Gob came. ~Sure, and soon he'll let his guard down and will 640Please respect copyright.PENANADYBYdw6C40
be an easy target~ David went to sleep imagining that sweet thought.640Please respect copyright.PENANAFx3W7Qi9MS
Sadly the sweet dream 640Please respect copyright.PENANAfnZS8IU0dx
turned into a nightmare, as he was rudely woken up by Gob, who 640Please respect copyright.PENANArjbskq09dr
immediately went away after kicking David awake. Rubbing his eyes David 640Please respect copyright.PENANAzApC3SDTTm
walked to a boulder which provided a good view of the only path up to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAHRf7gTzADn
the hill. He wasn't sure what he was actually supposed to do if imperial640Please respect copyright.PENANAf4Vnra0jHK
soldiers found them, wake everyone up so they'd be arrested in an 640Please respect copyright.PENANAJt351DorJj
orderly manner? Or pretend he's a huge bear? David contemplated on 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQFSNhgwiVC
making a roaring noise but quickly subdued that thought. Gob would 640Please respect copyright.PENANAYL0O6gXjJK
probably kill him and the bear, imaginary or not.640Please respect copyright.PENANAJipZDfzWd4
~Or maybe just hide yourself or betray them. Wouldn't be the first time. Not like they matter. ~ 640Please respect copyright.PENANA2KJjemtEWI
David shook his head and640Please respect copyright.PENANAwoaqvnA8BT
let his mind wander to more cheery thoughts and over time the sun came 640Please respect copyright.PENANAl2W3TprQ20
back shining light on all the yellowish grass. Slowly Angela and Gob 640Please respect copyright.PENANAzLUtoTS2RP
joined David in the wake world. It was so nice and quiet without them 640Please respect copyright.PENANAvFY7MfruvO
too.640Please respect copyright.PENANAqEuRHmhJio
They spent the morning 640Please respect copyright.PENANAA37sDZzC4R
in silence finishing all the berries; Gob was his usual gruff self. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAw0JZ5Yn2Jm
David was feeling tired and Angela was still grieving. ~What a fun 640Please respect copyright.PENANA4NWJphFvYX
crowd. ~640Please respect copyright.PENANAC9it8S4sr2
After they were all done640Please respect copyright.PENANAfoHrUVXkUx
their journey began anew. Surprisingly David felt positive about it, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAf48XzeJ1UG
his clothes were finally dry, the sun was out and shining. He even 640Please respect copyright.PENANA4cyCc0XONV
started to believe that it wasn't a trap they were walking into. 640Please respect copyright.PENANAqIKJr7Rq99
Positivity all around.640Please respect copyright.PENANAA3NciGiAND
Soon they reached the 640Please respect copyright.PENANAChcDrQHF3d
meeting spot. A secluded edge of the isle, surrounded by dead and burned640Please respect copyright.PENANANbt0pZJlJq
trees. There were people there already, a small crowd with a smaller 640Please respect copyright.PENANAjkokbSS2Ur
ship floating above a crack. The aforementioned ship was flying league 640Please respect copyright.PENANA7n1We68vuX
colours. That explained why they'd be able to go here without much 640Please respect copyright.PENANAoFba8RY3Xu
scrutiny. Some of the trading princes were rich enough to buy their own 640Please respect copyright.PENANAIC7aM7JinS
isles so bribing a few officials to look the other way wouldn't be too 640Please respect copyright.PENANAQA1aKiS6FC
hard and as long as they weren't caught doing anything suspicious 640Please respect copyright.PENANAZashnUsADf
everyone won.640Please respect copyright.PENANAb5ZY3qynbL
Gob seemed to be pretty 640Please respect copyright.PENANAmLL5fku5ZN
tense, while still out of the view of the men he slid his knife out of 640Please respect copyright.PENANAOavgRfeCLG
the sheathe and hid it in his sleeve. Having finished his preparations 640Please respect copyright.PENANA64mT43EJs2
he made his way towards the group of people. Without further 640Please respect copyright.PENANAIsRbaoKwTg
instructions from Gob, shrugging, David followed Gob, with Angela slowly640Please respect copyright.PENANATYCbS9jZ4D
making her way behind David.640Please respect copyright.PENANA92bc9b5vmi
"Where's Lev?" Gob 640Please respect copyright.PENANAWTs2tHUzfo
shouted from a distance. One of the men walked up and put his hands up 640Please respect copyright.PENANAxhjaIeH9Kh
in a cheerful manner. "Couldn't make it, friend. My name is Ioseph. Lev 640Please respect copyright.PENANAoD9JqzVXmV
told me everything. You are Gob, yes?"640Please respect copyright.PENANAhnWF6LcPOT
Reaching the middle 640Please respect copyright.PENANASDcqQjBnSm
point the two men met and Gob carefully nodded. " Why not?" Ioseph 640Please respect copyright.PENANAue4pRHnkxs
shrugged jovially. "Dangerous times, friend.A lot of pirates, a lot of 640Please respect copyright.PENANA6dqWrIFyoW
guard, a lot of unpaid debts..." Ioseph's voice had an edge while saying640Please respect copyright.PENANACztLLGAzTL
the last bit. Before anyone could do anything, Gob and grabbed Ioseph 640Please respect copyright.PENANAcTYGg3B668
and quickly put a knife to his throat.640Please respect copyright.PENANA6vd7kS9fuy
Before David could 640Please respect copyright.PENANA2nwmcsCBdn
react, shouts came and boots hit the ground as soldiers emerged from the640Please respect copyright.PENANA9jVLnV9wwy
league ship. All the guns were aimed at the group of four. A soldier, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAktYIjUkt6L
most likely the leader judging by his hat and emblems on the shoulder, 640Please respect copyright.PENANArfCtJo5GaI
approached Gob, slowly. "Put down your knife and you have my word you, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAlmDwsWffLK
or your companions, won't come to any harm" Gob, just pushed the knife 640Please respect copyright.PENANAkKuUUHwKAe
deeper into Ioseph's throat, drawing blood, as his answer640Please respect copyright.PENANA3sqkUhCW4z
The captains facial 640Please respect copyright.PENANANBEmbYD8ML
expression didn't change and he kept his gun, steadily, aimed at Gob. 640Please respect copyright.PENANALyBfwLdE7d
"Put it down." David was getting a bit anxious, the rest of the soldiers640Please respect copyright.PENANAFVT73CgXs6
were circling them and neither David nor Angela had any weapons.640Please respect copyright.PENANAg2CPquhUkp
"Enough of this!" 640Please respect copyright.PENANAN0oCnCNQIp
Another figure disembarked from the ship. Before David could take any of640Please respect copyright.PENANA1qRu2uqiEq
the newcomers features, a ball of hot appeared in the air and flew 640Please respect copyright.PENANAx5s6458JlD
towards them.640Please respect copyright.PENANAzJjgGgdx5T
David felt himself flung640Please respect copyright.PENANA1dvaloBbrk
into the air. Landing face first on the scorched ground. Ears ringing, 640Please respect copyright.PENANAUTJMbFOwJS
eyes confused, ash and smoke around him. He saw Angela's body flung to 640Please respect copyright.PENANAyjQaVaPMgR
the other side, unmoving. David wasn't sure if she was still alive or 640Please respect copyright.PENANAKnn1se7Voa
not. The last thing David saw was Gob getting up and the soldiers 640Please respect copyright.PENANAoPOmkV9E0b
subduing him, knocking him out with their rifles, as darkness finally 640Please respect copyright.PENANA1g7N3avMib
overwhelmed him.
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