Delcado

Why not chase other stories. Why particularly fixated on this one only. It's a question one can ponder.

Anyway.

It was the dead of night when the whole kingdom was asleep but two were planning something.

Jay :

Man I wish i had schematics of this place, but they don't do kingdoms.

McElroy :

Just make sure they are in the right places.

Jay :

Okay hand me the Third ground type elemental stone.

McElroy thew the stone towards him and he caught it without even looking.

And planted it in the ground at least 15 feet deep.

Jay :

Why do I need to dig up a hole and plant it.

McElroy :

It I use magic it can cause suspicion.

Jay :

And me using magic to dig out this hole is different.

McElroy :

I'm feeling proud that you're putting some work into it.

After digging for 15 minutes all earth element stones were placed in order.

Jay :

Now comes the fun part. Explosions.

Along with the earth element twice the amount of high grade fire element stone were buried.

And we spent the whole night laying down the plan.

And then during the day we were so exhausted from the very tedious task.that we slept and woke up in the evening.

Doing all of that took us nearly 8 hours.

I expect great results now.

And hope atleast this time the plan doesn't go sideways as always.

But as always I know that it is an ideal condition.

And ideals don't exist in any world. For very long.

Jay :

Start phase 1.

Cutting to a different point of view. A slight difference.

A mercenary returning him from the dead of the night after he finished a bounty mission. His clothes dyed with blood so much that when he stepped out he had a brown coat but when he returned his coat had turned crimson red.

He was greeted by the mercenaries guarding the front entrance.

Guarda :

Welcome back boss, how were things this time.

The boss simply nodded his head. It meant that things went well. They thought that they were too low to speak to him.

But the boss was simply tired to speak.

But there was no difference in his stature as he entered his home. The Kingdom of Gold.

While walking through the streets he were greeted by the mercenaries patrolling the city.

And while walking he passed by an alley when he saw two men digging a hole in the middle of the night.

He thought that those must be some goons trying to hide the drugs they scored. And further thought rhag he'd squared them tomorrow.

While walking down the dead silent streets as everyone was asleep. He noticed the hooded figures two to three times each time either burying something or either looking for something.

They seemed highly suspicious. But the moment he could act they slipped away once again.

He walked and knocked the door. And his wife answered the door. She was an aureus species. Gold skinned.

She welcomed him inside the house and served him water. He was once again happy to see his family. After a long time.

And so the night passed.

The head of mercenaries also known as Delcado. Is feared in many areas. For the survivability would just plummet down to the earth if he had received the assignment.

And he would not just finish you. He would straight up torch everything so that there is nothing left.

Delcado had a wife and a child of 7 years of age.

The next day when Delcado was eating dinner with his family. When he felt a slight tremor.

The ground started to shake slightly. The food on the table started to vibrate and move to the sides.

The kid was afraid that something terrible is happening. So he cowered in fear of the tremor.

Delcado :

Hey kid, listen everything is going to be alright as long as we are here. Now stay strong like a man.

His wife was also in a lot of fear with this small earthquake since she had never experienced one.

Delcado :

Don't worry I'm here I will not let anything happen to you.

Hus wife felt somewhat relieved. After a few minutes the tremor stopped.

I must go and maje sure everyone is alright.

Delcado stepped out of the house and talked with some of the mercenaries. And found out that the whole kingdom was affected.

Some of the building which were many years old and with their residents either gone out for work or the houses were completely empty. Were the ones which had collapsed.

There is an uneasy feeling I am having and it might be true.

I walked to one of the houses that had collapsed.

The house of gold collapsed was just a standard house.

Delcado took one of the pieces and bend them into half and they easily were bent.

Another pieces of the pillar when examined were hollow. It might be due to faulty construction so that's why

Delcado overlooked them and returned.

Delcado :

It seems some of the houses have fallen over by the small tremor.

Wife : (worried)

Is everyone alright there.

Delcado :

Yes everyone is alright. When the houses fell there was no one at home.

Wife :

Thank God.

Son :

I heard from my friends that the tremors were cause due to the curse in the kingdom.

Delcado :

Son there is no curse in the kingdom.

And the day ended.

Delcado was laying in his bed but he couldn't sleep. Something was keeping him up at night. So he decided to take a small hike.

He wore his coat since it was cold outside and headed out and walked for a bit when he saw the same people burning something.

Delcado walked towards them. But they noticed him and ran away. Delcado ran towards them but they had already fled.

Delcado had understood that they were not mercenaries.

He tried to uncover what did they bury . So he digged and digged about 4 feet but he couldn't find anything remotely out of place.

He came to a conclusion that those men were about to bury something but since Delcado had caught them they just ran away without burying whatever they had in them.

The next morning the tremors came once again but.

They were intense than usual. Our house despite having a strong infrastructure and resistant against earthquakes was shaking.

My wife and son were afraid they ran out of the house.

After some time the tremors stopped once again.

Worried once again I left my house and saw more buildings were destroyed.

There were now accounts of mercenaries being injured due to the tremors. Today 4 houses had collapsed with residents having injuries which were not major.

This is an issue that cannot be walked off now.

As Delcado walked from site to site he heard the rumor of the kingdom being cursed. As they had somehow angered their god. And this made a string sense of fear consume their minds.

And the mercenaries who were injured suddenly tried to leave after the tremors.

My whole life I had never touched a book. But bow things are different. I have someone to live for. Not like my bloody past. Where I used to assassinate Kings just for corrupt nobles to take over.

This is my home and I won't let anyone take it away from me