The Chronicles Of Rhaxtyx

When she looked towards Rhaxtyx, something in his eyes made her fascinated. Something about him made her brain stop and just admire him. As they travelled through the forest together, she started to think of him as a friend. But not once she looked at him properly.

"A-anyway! Our dinner is already over s-so, I'm going to sleep!" (Angeline)

"Oho! Are you blushing?"

"N-no! Why would I blush!?"

"Haha! Well I don't know, maybe you fell for my godly talent?"

"N-n-n-no way! What godly talent?"

"My talent over magic of course! I learned that spell that you taught me in a day perfectly!"

"It is one of the easiest spells! Hmph! Whatever. Like I said, I'm going to sleep. We will reach Feraz Village tomorrow evening. So don't forget to don your disguise. It stays on as much as you want anyway."

"Yeah yeah. I get it. Go to sleep, I'll wake you up if anything happens."

It was a calm night. Apart from the occasional explosion. It was Rhaxtyx, doing his nightly magic practice. He still could not find a way to safely cast the fireball spell. If he could not, what was the point of being The God of Magic?

'Still can't find it. What is the reason? Even if it is the different laws, I've already adapted. The chanting is not the problem either. Everything is as it should be. Fuu. Whatever, I will not find the reason like this. Let's leave it at that for tonight.'

And so he returned to camp. The fire was crackling and Angeline was sleeping peacefully beside it. He added some sticks to the fire and sat down. While he was thinking about something he heard Angeline sleep talk.

"mot…her"

"Huh?"

'Mother?'

Even if he listened after that, she would not speak. He always wondered her past. Why would she travel? And why all these secrets? When asked she would change the topic abruptly and act as if she knew nothing.

"So it is about her mother… If she doesn't want to tell then I can't rush."

With that he lay down, puts his hands under his head and started watching the night sky. He smelled a burning scent but put it to the corner of his mind thinking it was probably the aftermath of his practice. He lay like that until sun started to rise up.

Angeline opened her eyes with the first light. As she wiped the sleep out of her eyes she called.

"Good morning, Rex."

"Good morning!"

"…"

"…"

"KYAAAA!"

The first thing she saw was a man with a deer head. Or was it a deer with a human body. She was swift with her feet and she was behind the creature with a jump and her knife was on its neck.

"C-c-calm down! Calm down, Ange! It's me, Rhaxtyx!"

"Prove it!"

"Why The God of Magic would need to prove himself!"

With a sigh of relief, Angeline put the knife down and looked at Rhaxtyx angrily. Hitting his shoulder to vent.

"What were you thinking!? I could've hurt you!"

"But you didn't."

"And why the deer head! How?"

"The wonders of [Disguise]! I wanted to know if I could look like an animal and I remembered a deer I saw the other day."

As he spoke, he undid [Disguise] and returned to his normal white hair and red eyes. He had and innocent smile on his face. Angeline was pouting and murmuring to herself. When he saw her like that, he came closer and started to poke her cheeks and spoke with a cute voice.

"Idiot" (Angeline)

"What is it? What is it? Did I make you angry? Why are you angry? Or are you sad?"

"Stop it!"

"Heheee. Don't wanna."

"I said. Stop it!"

"Okay! Fine! No need to push me so hard. Even trying to make you happy is not allowed anymore."

"Go collect something for the fire! I'll go catch our breakfast!"

"As you wish, princess."

"What was it?"

"Nothing!"

"Good boy."

After having their breakfast, they continued on to their destination. They would arrive approximately at evening but if they walked fast they could arrive at Feraz by about 3 hours after noon. Rhaxtyx was skipping all over the place and looking and touching everything he could and Angeline was yelling at him to stop as usual. This was their daily routine for the past week.

As they neared their destination, a burning smell came to their noses around noon.

"Rex, do you smell it?"

"Yeah. Burning wood. What do you think?"

"I don't want to think anything."

"About how much road is left?"

"We were a bit fast so, about a couple more hours?"

"Then it doesn't look good. Let's hurry. I hope it's just a forest fire but if it isn't, then at this distance, it must be quite bad."

"I hope it's just a forest fire too. Let's go."

With that they picked up their pace. As they went, the smell got stronger. Angeline was getting worried and Rhaxtyx's face was serious. Angeline looked at him and reminded him to use [Disguise]. He nodded and turned himself to a brown haired black eyed youngster. He even added a few freckles.

They ended up reaching the village around 2 hours after noon. But what they saw was not a village. Rather it was a field of burnt houses and ash filled streets. Angeline fell to her knees and started crying while Rhaxtyx got a lot more serious. In his eyes were pure anger and even his aura started to change.

"No. NO! How could they! Who would do something like this? WHO?" (Angeline)

"I will find them! I will destroy those humans. Every. Single. One of them!"

The burnt smell was coming from here. And if they are not lost, this is, or was, Feraz Village. There was no one in sight. All they could see was burnt houses and houses that are still burning. They went towards the village. As they got closer, burning wood smell was getting accompanied by the smell of burnt flesh.

"These human filth!"

Angeline searched through the ash and lifted a half burnt teddy bear. Her look towards Rhaxtyx made him even more furious.

"Do you think there are any survivors?" (Angeline)

"I doubt it. Whoever did this, knew what they did. I do not think they would do something like this halfheartedly."

"All these innocent people. I can't believe someone would do something like this."

"Who would such a thing? Do you have an idea?"

"Vulca City lord might do if village was late with its taxes."

"The person you were supposed to meet was here as well right?"

"Yes. *sniff* But… I think…"

Rhaxtyx hugged him as soon as he heard her voice. Angeline was surprised by this but gave in and started to weep silently.

"I don't know how you two were connected but I can feel they were important to you."

*sniff* "Thank you… Rex."

"A Look at this, fellas. It plucks my heart strings." (???)

They jumped and assumed combat positions after they heard a third voice. Angeline drew her sword and along with Rhaxtyx, looked around to find the source of the voice. After a while they heard footsteps approach from their right.

*Tap. Tap. Tap*

A number of people were approaching.

"Who would've thought that you would take this long to come here. I thought you would arrive before the third house burnt down."

"You bastards!" (Angeline)

"Calm down Ange."

"'Ange'? Look, she even got a pet!" (???)

"Okay I want to kill them now!" (Rhaxtyx)

"I don't think so. *snap* Be a nice dog!"

With a snap of his fingers, numerous archers and mages came to view from street corners. They all aimed their arrows and spells towards Rhaxtyx. The mysterious man sneered and pointed at Rhaxtyx.

"And sit down!"

"Why did you burn this village down!? Why would you do something like this!? Have you no heart?" (Angeline)

"To corner you, of course! I wanted you to come out of your own accord but you didn't. So I had to draw you out now didn't I? The answer to your next question is the same so I'll not repeat myself. I hate it anyway. And for your third question: No, I have no heart."

"You were at the previous village weren't you? Why are you following us?" (Rhaxtyx)

"Follow you? Hmph. Who do you think you are boy!? My mission is to capture that bitch over there! And I do not recognize you? Are you perhaps a resident of that shit hole?"

'I should not reveal myself I suppose.' "

"Y-yeah! I opened my eyes outside the village!"

"I see. I told you bastards to look carefully! How are you gonna explain this huh? You left a witness!"

The boss-man looked around furiously, waiting for an answer. After that he sighed and pointed towards Rhaxtyx and Angeline.

"Anyway, this is your chance to redeem yourselves. Kill the peasant and capture the girl. If you even harm a single thread of hair again, you are dead. Go."

With that order, arrows whistled, spells flew and after that volley swords swung. Even if Angeline, with her magical talent, tried to erect a defensive shield, under this volley of magic and arrows, it crumbled quickly. With a last force ball, she and Rhaxtyx were launched inside a house. Rhaxtyx hit a wall and stopped but Angeline was less fortunate. She hit her head to a support beam and spun towards the back wall. When Rhaxtyx saw this, he ran to her side. Voices of other mercenaries could be heard outside and they were coming closer.

"Ange! Ange wake up!"

When he inspected her, her sky blue hair was painted red with blood and her heart beat was getting weaker and weaker. The boss-man's voice was heard outside while some mercenaries laughed at their status.

"Haha! Look at the village boy. Crying! It's just a bruise kid, get over it!" (lackey #1)

"Didn't I say that if you even harm a single thread of hair again, you are dead?! *poof*

With a poof, the lackey burned down to ashes. After that he looked over to Rhaxtyx and spoke.

"Look kid, sorry about your girlfriends head. How about this: You give her to us, we heal her and give you a fast death. Huh? What do you think?"

"Ous-" [Just a mere]

"What did you say kid? Yes? Alright, take her and kill him."

"OUS CALIN-" [Mere humans!]

"WOAH!"

With a shockwave, the house was completely blown apart. The mercenaries that were inside were launched away. The stronger ones were able to land safely but the weaker ones would be launched into the house across the street. Grunts of pain were heard all over. The boss-man's eyes reflected his fear and panic.

As Rhaxtyx slowly stood up, his disguise fell apart. First his hair turned back to white. He faced the mercenaries and they could see his crimson eyes. Voices of shock and fear came from mercenaries and Rhaxtyx began to speak in a different language.

As he spoke, he grew taller by a head and his clothes began to change as well. Because of his released energy, wind started to pick up around him and his hair swayed. Maybe it was the distortion caused by the fast winds but his voice was like coming from the depths of abyss.

"Ous calin… Gefr ouy ha tus? Shi wud jinh!"

[Just (a mere) human… You dare touch her? (How dare you touch her?) Death is (would be) kindness to you!)