Chapter 46: Before the king's council

As the invaders were invading their kingdom a secret meeting was commencing deep in the secret chambers of the cathedral in the capital, the sacred priest was seated on a round table with four other people seated with him under the dim candlelight, the walls were made out of hardstone and the room was filled with dust as if no one has been down here for a long time. He was wearing a black collared shirt and cassock with a ferraiolo worn over the shoulders , extending in length to the ankles . The priest had soft feminine features and glasses over his brown colored eyes , his brown hair was combed back smoothly. The people he was sitting with had masks over their faces with different designs and wearing commoners clothing, one of the masked people tapped at the table twice" Is that all tumo?" the priest half nodded without keeping his eyes off of the insects mating on the wall

"That boy who sits on the throne Is very unpredictable , he must be watched at all cost is that clear Tumo?" One of the masked people instructed , the priest briefly looked at the person who had just spoken before looking away without responding . The person laughed "if the meeting is over I'll be on my way" he disappeared quickly followed by the other two , leaving Tumo with one of the masked people

"Do not mind them too much , they are just following orders . Now tell me this , there is still no traces of a person with runes inscribed on their whole body?" The man asked his voice calm and soothing

The priest shook his head "Not yet , I have found people with one or two runes on their bodies nothing more . I have been reading the ancient texts about runes which you provided and I must say I have made a few discoveries , one of the discoveries being the fact that there are passive runes....the explanation is that they are there but they are inactive , basically meaning for example that this person we are searching for might have passive runes he just hasn't activated them yet " The priest explained calmly looking at the man with the mask seated Infront of him

"Uhhhhhh yes .... you are on to something here ,keep me updated about your research . " The man instructed Tumo who replied with a nod before speaking

"I heard that the blades both old and new are investigating the blood brothers ? Why didn't we remove that thorn out of the way sooner?" Tumo fixed his sleeves under the ominous glare of the masked man

"Yes we should have but where is the fun in that ? If they can't even deal with this problem then they do not deserve the throne, but I have to say the new blades are an interesting bunch I must say especially the Mesa " the masked man spoke his voice laced with a little excitement

" Mesas are always interesting , anyway relay to the people that lord Zebha hasn't abandoned them and that he will be helping them in this war . I will be on my way now I'm not supposed to be gone for such a long time" with that he was gone leaving Tumo staring at the empty chair he was sitting on with a shake of his head

" Why would Divine lord Zebha , suddenly stop communicating with me? Maybe he is advancing to an even higher realm ,but that would ...sadly I'm still to weak" the priest stood up and blew out the candles leaving the room dark and empty.....

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Timothy got out of the cave with helis following obediently behind whilst komoni walked Infront with the little fox on her side complaining about being put beneath dead bodies . it was now nighttime a blanket of stars covered the night sky meaning they had spent half the day in the cavern

"Why would any sane person hide beneath dead bodies? "The little fox complained making komoni laugh

"Shut up and turn into a horse !" Timothy spat out in annoyance , the little fox looked at him before turning into a dire wolf yet again

"Is that a horse? You little-" the fox cut him off before he could even finish the sentence

"You can walk and save me the trouble"the fox had a wolfish grin

Timothy clicked his toungue pushing helis forward to get on the wolf's back followed by him and komoni who wrapped her arms around him tightly

"Don't -yooooou piece of shit" Timothy screamed at the fox who had dashed off with high speed heading to the capital.

Making their way through the desert dunes and passing through ancient ruins and canyons within a few hours they had already reached Sondor . They got off the wolf's back and walked to the entrance of the village where a man with green hair stood looking at them

"Greetings lord Faro" both Timothy and komoni bowed slightly with faro returning the greeting

"Greetings blades , ah Helis you have finally returned home after a few years of causing trouble for us , look at you now you reek of the foul . " Faro stared at Helis intently

"Greetings fourth uncle " Helis smiled and looked away

Faro shook his head and explained to Timothy and komoni that La'faurians had already invaded their Kingdom currently making their way to Sondor , Timothy and komoni were both a bit shocked before regaining their composure , komoni looked at Faro and asked" my Lord what can we do to help?"

Faro smiled shaking his head at komoni" This is not a task for the blades , Sondor will protect the Kingdom all I need you to do is take my nephew here back to the capital "

Faro took out a small Crystal orb that looked exactly like the one they had used to teleport out of the capital when they were traveling to La'faura , he channeled breath into the the orb and it started spinning a spatial crack the size of a grown adult appearing

"Tell the king to send the first regiment, the number of enemy knights approaching is very high" komoni nodded and they went inside the portal.

Infront of the palace gate 4 guards were stationed on both sides of the gate, the guards were leisurely chatting when a portal appeared right Infront of them , quickly moving into action the guards surrounded the portal with their weapons raised . A person wearing a white cloak stepped out of the portal followed by a little fox , a person with a black cloak and a man that had half of his body horizontally charred with a hole on his chest revealing a beating heart wrapped in a cocoon . The guards lowered their weapons and gave a salute after realizing who the people in cloaks were. " Greetings Mighty blades "komoni and Timothy returned the greeting , the guards opened the gates and they went inside .

Walking to the the throne room many servants and guards kept stealing glances at them or to be clear they kept looking at Helis who had a composed smile on his face. They reached the door outside the throne room and stood outside as they waited for the guard to announce their arrival to the king , the guard hurriedly came back and they went inside the room . Inside the room Finn was seated on his throne and by his right was the sacred preacher to his left an old woman wearing an emerald gown while wearing a lot of jewelry and they were many total guards stationed across the room with the leader standing below the throne. They knelt before the king and the other two people with Helis standing behind them looking straight at Finn

"You may stand , with your return I assume you have completed the mission I gave you?"Finn asked , komoni stepped forward and gave a detailed report of the mission " and he said that they have abandoned him ever since he was defeated by us the first time"

Finn listened to every word and nodded looking at Helis who smiled at him and winked his eye trying to taunt him

"Helis of house Jorn , son of Dreya jorn hero of Zebha welcome back home . You seem to have been stirring quite a lot of trouble for the kingdom your family has protected for thousands of years why?" Helis chuckled at Timothy's question

"My family you say ? The same family that abandoned me when they discovered that I couldn't harness the breath? The sane family that tortured me for years none stop saying that they were helping me!? That family ? Spare me the bull Finn -" heavy auras fell down on him bringing him to his knees 

" He is your king ! Not your mate , you shall address him accordingly!!" The leader of the royal guards spoke in a grin tone before they retracted their auras , Helis had a smug smile as he stood up slowly 

" Sorry but I'm no longer a citizen of Zebha so he is not my king, but anyway if it so pleases your egos I'll address him accordingly , king Zaloz please do not associate me with that family of hypocrites ." He spoke every word slowly with great hatred carried in his voice , Finn sighed but before he could respond the sacred preacher spoke " so you are the child Dreya brought to me two decades ago and I refused to see you , Well that was my mistake I didn't know he had brought a special child with him that day but it's all in the past . You have tainted what made you special by using the foul , truly sad " the priest spoke making Helis's eyes widen 

" Tumo speaks the truth you have tainted something very special , it is truly sad " the old lady also added , making Helis tremble because he knew these two people would never lie to him 

"What special thing my master called me worthless he said there's no way I'd ever feel the breath let alone use and my master is all powerful he has no reason to lie to me ! " Helis screamed but in his mind he was starting to doubt his master

"You have been blinded by your hatred and pain child that is why you refuse to see the truth Infront of you....your so called master lied to you inorder for you to join him and place your whole trust in him , to put it in simple terms child you were bamboozled" The old lady pitied him , Helis screamed with rage 

"But maybe the effects could be erased only if you tell us everything and I mean everything not the story you told them " the sacred priest proposed to him