Chapter 13

"Now, since the two of you are special, I had made a few changes to the contract" The king spoke. "Oh, yeah, we know. We read through the contract before we signed it" Darius said. "The changes stated: "The two foreigners who sign this contract will be able to speak freely and have any charges on them removed" Right?" Novius asked. "Yes well-" The King was interrupted almost immediately. "Yes yes. We also have free will to do anything right?" Novius asked. "Yes but-" The King was interrupted again.

Novius and Darius continued to interrupt The King for a few minutes. Until..

"SILENCE!." The King yelled as he was torn to shreds.. "Huh.." Novius stared at the floating shreds in confusion. "Mind explaining?" Novius looked at Darius. "Looks like whoever was controlling him got furious and lost control, which ended up shredding the doll into thousands of pieces" Darius said. "Ohhh- wait, doll?" Novius asked before Darius smacked him on the back of his head. "Sometimes I really wonder how you managed to get this far in life with the small amount of braincells you have.." Novius held the back of his head in pain.

Then, Veda came running up the stairs at the other end of the hallway. An unconscious man was in her grasp. She was dragging him by his hair. "I will only say this once.. Women can be terrifying.." Darius mumbled..

Veda quickly swam to them. "Are you guys okay??" Veda asked, worried. "Yeah, we're fine.. The king isn't though.." Novius pointed out. "Are you sure that was the king? Because the guy I have right now in my hand is the king" Veda brought up the unconscious king. "I'm surprised he managed to pretend to be unconscious this entire time" Darius said. "Wait what?" As soon as Veda finished her sentence, The king opened his eyes and took out his dagger before stabbing it into Veda's arm. She let go of The king.

The king tried to flee but Darius quickly grabbed him. "Ah-Ah! You're not going anywhere until you answer our questions" Darius said. "PLEASE!.. HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!!.. PLEASE-" The king suddenly exploded into shreds too.. The three of them were stunned.. "We didn't even get answers this time.." Novius said, disappointed. "What do we do now.. We don't have another source of information.." Darius said. Veda suddenly perked up. "We have another source!" Veda exclaimed. The two thought before perking up as well. "Aine!!" The three yelled in unison. They started running out the castle and to Aine, who may be in trouble..

With Aine

She was still battling The king along with Lorsan.. There wasn't long left until Lorsan's contract would completely lose all effect..

Aine kept sparring with her dagger, which was close to shattering.. Lorsan was trying to help, though not very much.. Aine's battle skills were no match for The kings.. Before long, her dagger was thrown out of her hand.. Lorsan rushed forward and stopped The king from doing anything else to Aine.. "Aine just run!!" Lorsan yelled. "I'm not leaving you!!" Aine yelled back before swimming to get her dagger.

Lorsan was sparring with the skill he had, but it wasn't much.. "You brat's are so annoying!!" The king said, slashing Lorsan's chest. It left an opening for Aine to strike.. She rushed forward and stabbed The king in his shoulder. The king groaned in pain before grabbing Aine by the neck and squeezing. She started choking.. Lorsan was in too much pain to move.. "Aine!" Lorsan yelled desperately.. "It was fun while it lasted.. but you have gotten on my last nerve.. time for you both to die here, slowly and painfully.." The king cackled.

And suddenly.. Rope wrapped around The king's arms and pulled him back. The king was taken by surprise.. a sword was pressed against the hand holding Aine by the neck.. it was Darius.. "Let go of her or else your right hand will be fingerless.." Darius threatened in a cold tone.. The king let go of Aine, then Darius pulled her close. Aine took deep breaths right as he lips were about to turn blue.. "Are you alright?.." Darius asked Aine, worried.. "I.. I'm okay.." Aine mumbled..

"Hoho?~ What is this I see?~" Novius teased, holding one end of the rope. "Darius I swear if you hurt her, I will hex you till kingdom come!!" Veda yelled, holding the other end of the rope. "Relax! I'm just doing what a normal friend would!" Darius then let go of Aine. Aine rushed to Lorsan to check on his wound.. "Are you okay??.." Aine asked. "Yeah.. I'm fine.. its not deep.." Lorsan chuckled. "Still!.. You need to get it checked!.." Aine said. Darius went up to them. "So you're the Lorsan I've heard so much about. I'll heal you so don't worry" Darius said as he started chanting a healing spell on Lorsan.

Novius looked at The king. "Answer our questions! Don't you dare explode!!" Novius yelled. The king looked back at them with glowing eyes. ah.. here we go again. "You children are really a rare bunch.." The King pointed out.. "May I know who you all are?.." The King asked. "We're just a bunch of teenagers who long for the thrill of adventure!" Novius yelled. Veda looked at him confused. "But we ask the questions now. We want you to tell us how to free these people!" Novius said. "You can't.. I am the most powerful wizard in all of Eldpoisle! Only a witch or wizard with the same mana level as me is able to free all these people!" The King said before laughing maniacally.

"This man has lost it.." Veda said. "Such a shame you were here to kill me.. I was going to ask you out.. You are quite attractive, if I do say so myself" The King said with a smirk. "If you like me now, you'll like me better when I'm not pissed at you." Veda exclaimed. "Is there another option to free them??" Novius asked. "Just remember this.. The power of 10,000 siren songs are enough to break the force field."