Fort Bastion

After a hit that would have cleaved his shield, and more importantly him, into two pieces, Face was struck with a quick fear that caused him to take a few steps back. Looking at his sparring partner who was still in a state of shocked excitment Face walked back to his captain with an off expression. All the while Larry's sword stil stuck midway into his shield.

"Now that, was scary" was the only thing Face could say when he got back into the camp and handing his shield over to Rak before sitting down next to him in a slump of amazement.

Lifting up his huge wall shield, Rak looked over the damage that was made to it. From the top part of the cut to the end where the blade was still stuck it seemed like the shield had just vanished. The seration of the cut looked as smooth as a mirror and no waves in the metal from friction could be seen, just the pure color of black metal that it was made of.

"Fascinating" was the only word that could come out, but from two people. Rak looked down to his side to find Anubis who was also staring intently at the damage, same as him.

With a hard tug of the sword imbedded into the shield, it was finally free, and the damage to the sword was no less jarring, its entire edge had been blunted almost like it was also dissolved, just leaving the bulk of the metal, clearly it could not handle whatever power was used through it.

After letting his thoughts run wild, Larry finally made it back to them also to see the damage he was able to cause on the massive shield. He was extremly happy with the results of the power he got. Now he could do more than just ranged support with his rifle and be a baggage handler, he could be a powerhouse like those around him.

"From what i can tell your power seemed to stem from your awakened ability, your power of space must have combined with what little divine power you now had to destroy the space of the shield itself, almost like wiping a drawing on a piece of paper away with an eraser." Rak said, still holding the shield and looking at the clean cut through the heavy metal.

"I agree" nodded Anubis, "Gods who wield powers of space before have demonstrated such power, it is powerful yes, but immensly draining."

"What do you mean draining? I feel fine like i just won the lottery here." Larry said before taking a few more steps forward, when he suddenly crashed to the ground. With a grin on his face, he was already asleep before he hit the ground, apparently it was indeed draining enough to knock him out.

"So what now?" asked Face while not believing this was happening.

"Me and Shaper will take first watch for the night, get some rest and we will have Gremlin and Reaper take the second shift in three hours, then we will head to the next town. You and him can rest for the night it seems like you need it." Rak explained to him. With an allieved expression coming from Face, he walked to his tent and was asleep shortly after.

After an uneventful night after the duel and some nice rest, the group awoke and left, continuing south along their way for hours. Gremlin who had missed the show the night prior could not help but wonder why her teammate Larry was in such a good mood, as well as the soft feeling of sadness coming from Face.

With their capabilities moving faster than an average horse was just a jog to them, covering ground that would take a caravan almost two full days to overcome, they finally came across a grand sight.

A mountain range that looked like a platue had just risen in a straight line from one end of their view to the other. In the middle of the only gap to the sheer cliff face was a giant wall which seemed to be carved out of the same mountain, and the top half of a grand castle. Most important was the fact that people could be seen up on the walls, moving from one side to the other.

Finally coming to the base of the grand wall, they were greeted by a large draw bridge spanning an impressive moat that went from one end of the wall to the other. After waiting a few minutes for someone to notice them, the bridge was lowered revealing an armed group of five people walking their way.

The man in the middle, who was the one least covered in metal and with a beard that ran shoulder length spoke first. "Travelers from Troya huh? Come to give your exploration report have you? But we were not expecting you for another day or two at least, almost like you are running away from something." the man said in a oddly high pitched tone that did not match his gruff exterior.

While everyone was looking at him with an odd face, trying to get used to how the man talked he came close to Rak and put his hand on his shoulder, acting like an old freind. "Why aren't you saying anything? What? Demon got your tongue or something?" the man said as his group of guards bursted into laughter.