Captured

(These two sealed artifacts have gotten significantly stronger. I'm pretty sure that even having one of these would be more than enough to deal with a sequence 9.) Stewart thought. (The birds that attacked me are most likely spirits so being able to see their weakness would be very useful.) Stewart turned to Lisa and asked "I've run into some trouble in Backlund. Can I borrow this for a while?" Lisa agreed without a second thought since the items belonged to Stewart in the first place. Also she and Luna use the same body in the physical world so only having one sealed artifact would be okay. Stewart explained the new abilities of the jade green glass flute and when he said {Grade Aura} Lisa raised an eyebrow but didn't ask. When Stewart explained the Kill effects Lisa finally couldn't hold back her confusion anymore and asked "I've never heard of a sealed artifact or Magical Item that can absorb the Characteristic of beyonder that are of the same pathway as them." Stewart, expecting one of them to ask this question explained "{Grade Aura} Sealed artifact could be called my personal skill that I kept from my former glory. I bet my life that I'm the only one who knows how to make {Grade Aura} sealed artifacts. Not even that bastard Craftsman or whatever you people call him now can make these.

Stewart praised himself for his acting and looked at Luna and Lisa. They looked confused then Stewart thought of something. (They might not know that the god of steam and machinery used to be called the god of Craftsmanship.) so he thought of the most logical reaction and said. "Don't ask, I don't want to talk about it." The girls didn't continue asking and Left the Garden of Glass when Stewart signaled them to leave. After Stewart left Luna and Lisa in his shop he went back to Backlund. After Stewart exited the garden he fainted.

May 7th Year 1349 5th Epoch , Backlund

Stewart got up and went out the door to pick up the newspaper he had delivered to his house each day, looked at the date and thought. (I fell asleep for 3 days. This time it seems like the Aura of the river of eternal darkness is starting to corrupt my body. I really can't keep opening the door to the river of eternal darkness. That's probably the last time I'm doing it until I become an angel since I can't upgrade my sealed artifacts like that anymore.) Then Stewart heard the sound of a magpie and it was getting louder and louder by the second. "Oh you have got to be kidding me!"Stewart muttered under his breath. Stewart, not wanting to be discovered by Official Beyonder ran toward a more rural area of the cherwood borough. It was in the late afternoon most of the people in the cherwood borough are in the middle class so most of them were happily with their families at the dinner table so most people didn't notice the person running through the streets and the people that did just thought it was someone that was late for an appointment and looking for a carriage. Only Stewart knew how bad the situation may be.

Stewart turned into a wide alley between two tall buildings. The buildings were completely dark so it could be assumed that the buildings are vacant or the building may be abandoned. As Soon as Stewart turned into the valley covered in sweat and panting he thought. (Paragon pathway doesn't get any physical enhancement until Sequence 8 if it weren't for his occupation needing him to blow glass and increase his lung capacity I wouldn't even be able to get here.) Right after he finished this thought two magpies landed at the end of the alley. They started to grow. Stewart could hear the bones of the magpies cracking as they grew taller into the weird bird creatures that had attacked him before but this time they looked different. They were both wearing crowns and they were staring at Stewart with their cold and dead looking eyes. A creepy smile crawled on their faces making the already horrible situation feel creepy. The Birds suddenly charged at Stewart. Already prepared Stewart flew up in the air while always looking at the creatures trying to analyze their weaknesses the two birds split up as they flew to both sides of Stewart. The one on the left charged first Stewart pointed at the bird and thought. (10!) Five feathers detached from each wing as they turned into air blades and flew at the creature. The creature Stretched out its claw and broke through the wind blades.

As Stewart was busy dealing with one of the creatures the other creature also attacked at this point Stewart knew something. (Whatever these things are, they're not spirits. If they were, I would have already analyzed their weaknesses by now.) This thought took Stewart's attention for a split second as one of the birds smashed him toward the ground as the claws of the bird left 3 deep scratch marks on Stewarts as feathers grew around the wound. The pain made Stewart's ears ring as this was the most pain he had been in, in both his lives. Stewart Slammed against the ground causing a loud sound that no one can ignore. Before the birds could get down Stewart bit open his own finger and drew a line across his own neck with his own blood. By the time the birds got down to the ground all they found was a supposed corpse.

Stewart laid on the ground as still as he could, hoping that the effect of the withered black glass tulip would activate, making the birds perceive him as a corpse. The birds circled around him a few times, grabbed him then flew into the darkening sky as the darkness turned into a darker shade of black. Stewart, being conscious, didn't dare move or even open his eyes. He knew the birds grabbed him but he couldn't hear any wind. Why did they grab him? What do they want with a corpse? These questions swirled inside his head as he was carried away.

POLL

your choices effect the future story

1.Stewart should try to escape using the gate of glass

or

2.Stewart should keep playing dead and see where they bring him