Warring Kingdoms: Birth Of The Dark Elves

Alexander had been training in his magic, in particular he was curious about how many times he could use the engulfing sphere before it began to weaken both him and the spell. In total at level 3 he could use it 7 times before he would need to restore his mana, having used his current amount he went back up the tree and prepared to go to sleep.

Alex decided to quickly check up on whether there were any lingering prayers from the southern Elf tribe, he was intrigued by what this would give him if he acted as a deity for these people however he would all ways refuse to go out of his way to save them. Alex was a firm believer that relying on other people was a sign of weakness and he knew to survive in a world where murder was rife weakness needs to be eradicated.

A series of prayers rang out as soon as he entered his meditative state, they all asked for protection from the shrine maiden as she had been possessed and enslaved by a spirit of a long dead witch with a vendetta against the Elves. Alex connected the dots and assumed that the growing mass of power he felt in the south was the witch attempting to resurrect herself. He answered all of the prayers with the same message. "Tomorrow I will be in Basingulch town, those who wait for me outside the town will be assessed, those who pass will be incorporated into our mercenary group. You will be provided with food while with our group. Any who fail the assessment may become servants for the group or go on their own way, those who do not make it in time will have to survive on their own."

With his message passed on Alex prepared to go to sleep, he slept until morning when he was awoken by an arrow just missing his head. Surprised he pulled the arrow out of the tree and jumped off of the tree and landed near to the rest of the group. He turned to Clara and said" I assume that this is my wake up call?" Clara just nodded her head, Alex turned to the group and said" We all know what we need to do, lets get this done. Phoebe lets go, Ajax when you get the supplies bring them back to here and try to hide them in the branches or bushes. Get as much armour and weapons as you can as well as food, I expect us to swell in numbers after today and we will need to equip our new recruits."

Before anyone could ask what he meant, he moved towards the entrance to the town, the group separated themselves and moved towards the various locations they needed to be to enact Alex's plan. Phoebe followed Alex while Clara and Bucephalus tailed them from a good distance away. Alex waited for Phoebe to catch up and went to the gate, when they arrived on of the men guarding it said"Are you Elves or Human? We don't like the Elves in this country, the vermin sc.u.m cause nothing but trouble."

Alex laughed and said" Your right about that, Phoebe if you would." Phoebe lifted up her hood and walk seductively towards the two men, she then stroked both of their cheeks before quickly pulling out both of her daggers and plunging them into the men's throats. Alex muttered "Elves are indeed vermin but when the vermin are ignored they turn into a plague." Alex then moved the bodies out of sight and carried on into the town.

From his first impressions of the town, it had a basic Roman like infrastructure, there were pillars of marble decorations that followed the main path towards the lord's manor. Alex thought that the kingdom was doing badly but it seems that only some of the kingdom ii struggling while the rich are getting richer.

Phoebe pointed to a building that was barely standing in the town centre and said" That is the mercenary guild, should I pull my hood up master?"

Alex responded with" That shabby building? oh well it is what we need to continue to develop fighting strategies that will work against the local kingdoms. Do what you like with your hood, I prefer you with the hood down, your crimson red eyes reflect the light beautifully." Alex then continued towards the mercenary guild while Phoebe was temporarily frozen in place, her face slightly blushing.

Alex was intrigued by her reaction, it was the same as a typical girls reaction to a compliment, it was another thing that made this universe seem more realistic. When Phoebe had recovered from her slight daze, they entered the mercenary guild, almost immediately the entire room went silent. A group of strong looking men approached Phoebe and said" We don't serve your kind in here, if you want to join a group I suggest you piss off back to the forest and join the fer"

Before he finished his sentence Alex had already made his move, he infused his darkness magic into his throwing daggers and pinned the man to the wall. He then took out his daggers and approached the now struggling man. When he arrived at his side he whispered" If the magic on those daggers touches your skin you will become insane almost instantly, after that your organs will slowly shut down one after another. I suggest you apologise to the lady now."

The man laughed and said" I will never apologise to a filthy, feral Elf. Do your worst, I will never apologise."

Alex laughed and turned to the rest of the room and said" You heard the man, he asked me to do my worst right? Well then we shall begin." Alex wiped his daggers on his his hands and then very slowly began to cut through the man's little finger, the man was in agony however he still didn't budge. Alex nodded his head at this and then moved the dagger next to his ear and started hacking away at it, it took Alex five minutes to cut the ear off, the man began to break down form a loss of blood.

Alex then whispered in his right ear" Next will be your P.e.n.i.s, all you have to do is apologise and this can end." The man said nothing and so Alex stabbed him above his groin and carved a circle of flesh out of the man, leaving half of his scrotum still attached to his body. Alex then threw the body parts on the floor, that is when he noticed that he had cut of the man's right ear, rendering his threat useless.

He laughed and said" My bad, I offered you a choice in the ear I cut off, I'm such a clutz when I'm angry. So can me and my associate use this building or not?" The man was barely able to nod his head, Alex smiled and headed towards the counter, there was a receptionist throwing up in the corner at the scene of the man. Alex just shook his head and said" Miss can we be served please? I still have many things I need to do in the town."

The receptionist was able to force herself to stop being sick long enough to talk to Alex. "What service can I offer you so you leave quickly?" Alex smiled and said" I want to set up a mercenary group, it will be called 'The Silence'. I have the credentials here." He threw the head of one of the troops onto the counter and this caused silence to fall once again in the room. Alex ignored this and placed the required gold next to the head and looked sincere in his actions.

The receptionist processed his request and said" Thank you for registering as a mercenary group, these papers will be recognised in the 6 continents and allow you to take contracts out with kingdoms. The rank we have given you based on you exploits is rank C, now please get out of the building before the guards show up."

Alex smiled and said" To late for that, one of the men snuck out when I threw the head on the table, it is safe to assume that the guards are already surrounding the building. Don't worry though I had a plan for this"

"Elven Wrath get out of the building now, You killed so many of our allies in the village of Grimewich, we will avenge them."

Alex laughed and shouted" One". A large hail of arrows flew down from the roof of the building behind the guards killing 10 of them easily, panicked the guards began to split in many different locations when they settled in a formation that they thought covered both sides, Alex shouted"Two".

The wind around the guards began to speed up rapidly until a cyclone appeared above them and began pulling them off of the ground, they were torn to pieces as they made contact with the eye of the storm, Bucephalus. Alex smiled at the sight and turned to Phoebe and said" Shall we join the fray? You go meet up with Clara and see if Gwen and Marcus need help. Me and Bucephalus will hold as many of them as we can here. If the runes are ready to be detonated start doing it, we need to give Ajax time to escape."

When the command left his mouth he instigated an ability that he hadn't used before, animal shape shifting. Within seconds, Alex fell onto the floor as his hands and legs were replaced, his skin became both feathery and furry at the same time. His new body felt extremely comfortable as he began to sprint towards a large group of guards who were retreating towards the lords manor. Smiling he activated Carnage and began tearing them apart, limbs were scattered all over the place, the sight of an Alce ripping its way through soldiers as if they were clay would haunt the survivors for years to come after the battle.

As Alex and Bucephalus ripped through the troops with ease, the magic runes began detonating, buildings began falling down due to damage and the amount of people killed in the explosions numbered in the thousands. The marble rthat decorated the down was now being thrown around as shrapnel, the small amount of guards whot didn't desert, ran to the Lord's Manor hoping that the Lord's mage would be able to stand up to the demon that was the Elven Wrath.

Alex and Bucephalus, stalked the guards, killing any stragglers without engaging the main force, not out of fear but for the enjoyment of the hunt. After satisfying the urge to hunt, Alex changed back to his normal form, much to the horror of the guards, he shouted " O lord of the manor, get your arse out here and the rest of these men don't have to die, I just want all of your money now. If not, I will come and take it from you by force and that won't be fun for either of us."

After no response from anyone within the Lord's manor, Alex looked at the guards and said"Sorry its nothing personal but people will need to know in the future that my words are final. I would start praying to whatever gods you believe in now" After addressing the guards Alex drew his bow and enchanted it with engulfing sphere, he then shot it at the guards in the formation.

The arrow was knocked off course by a magical barrier, surprised Alexander looked behind the guards and saw a tall blonde woman carrying a mage's staff. He laughed and said" You, the mage behind the guards, you look exactly like my ex-wife. This must be the universe f.u.c.k.i.n.g with me, that won't save you, what will save you is if you move to the side and stand down, you only get this option once."

The mage's lovely laughter was the response Alex got, she looked him dead in the eye and said"You will beat local garrisons of border towns with ease with your skill and even me however the main towns of this kingdom will kill you before you get to the gates. The heroes of the Auyukesta Kingdom will kill you just by looking at you, I will leave now and report to my master about the so called 'Wrath of the Elves'. I hope you live long enough to meet me in the field of battle, your abilities are interesting."

Alex laughed and launched two arrows infused with darkness magic at the Mage, she just clicked her fingers and disappeared completely. Alex sighed and looked at the guards and said" Don't really feel like killing you now, drop your weapons, shields and your amour where you are and run as fast as you can."

Alex walked past the men who were taking off their armour while Bucephalus kept guard of them, it would kill any of them that remotely moved near Alex. Alex walked along the destroyed marble path and up the crumbling stairs into the Lord's throne room, as he entered the room he was assaulted by two guards, he ducked under one of the sword strikes and blocked the other with his dagger.

He looked the guards up and down and said" You guys are stronger then the grunts outside however you shouldn't have let me get past you." He then pretended to throw his daggers at the guards, only to throw his darkness infused throwing knives instead. The knives got lodged into the stomachs of the guards and they both fell to the floor and began chanting an unknown language like the man in the barn.

Alex looked at them and sighed before moving towards the throne and saying" You know if had just given me my money, you wouldn't have had to die but now I need you head and your cash. You can save your own neck if you agree to gives everything you have as well supply the mercenary group 'The Silence' with 20% of you monthly income from now one."

The lord quickly responded with " Whatever you need, I'm on your side from now on, you can even take my son with you from now on. He is not smart enough to" Alex cut the Lord's head off while he was still speaking, his lips muscles continued to move for a while before stopping. Alex then turned to the son and said" Your decision?"

Alex left the manor with the gold and valuables safely hidden in his inventory, next he had to see if any of the Elves waiting for him outside the town were worth recruiting beofre he moved onto his next destination, the Aneoca Dynasty.