Chapter 60: Elemyr of Radiant Sun

                                    

                                          
                    
                          
Chapter 60: Elemyr of Radiant Sun
                          
Alastor's POV
                          
"I heard you want to talk to me. Here I am!" Zen, riding on his horse, shouted at the three representatives of the elven group who have been brought out from their cells.
                          
"My name is Eris, priestess of Solana. I represent the voice of the people of Malatas...at least those who are still alive." Going down her horse, the priestess prostrated herself in front of everyone." I ask for your compassion, to lend us your help in this dire moment."
                          
"Help? You invaded us for no reason and now when we win, you come here and ask us for your help? Have you no shame, woman?" the Beast King preached.
                          
"The war was forced upon us by the mad king Aldol and the court mage Astrea. We have tried to stop him but anyone who spoke against him was silenced quickly. Please believe me when I say that we don't want this war!
                          
I can beg for all day but none of that could undone what has happened. The people gathered here are those who were lucky enough to escape during Aldol's absence at the capital and some join us along the way. I can assure you that none of us means any harm toward you." Eris pled.
                          
"Am I hearing it right? You are among the leaders of your country. It's your fault that you let that piece of shit taking over. Not only were we the ones who had to pay for the consequences of your actions, now you have the guts to ask us for help? Don't make me laugh!" Zen grunted.
                          
"Please, we have nowhere else to go! Our land has been engulfed by a strange mist that kills anyone who approaches it. We elves no longer have a home to go back to." The Solana priestess sobbed. 
                          
Black mist? They must be referring to miasma. But if what they were saying was true, then how did it happen in the first place? I needed to find out more.
                          
"Where does it come from?" I asked Eris.
                          
"The smoke came from the direction of the capital. However, when we left yesterday, there wasn't anything like that. From what our soldiers said, there was some kind of explosion at the palace that released this black cloud which quickly spread to everywhere in an instant. Even now, it continues to spread across the entire land as we speak. 
                          
This is only the representative group that escorts me. However, we have made a large camp not far from here and most of our people should be there, waiting for new from us."
                          
"Are you the person in charge? Where is the priestess of the moon?" asked Loo.
                          
"I lost contact with her since yesterday after she insisted to stay to get the one left behind out of there. But since then we haven't heard anything from her. I am afraid that she couldn't get out of there in time.... 
                          
I beg of you! Please help us!" the elf woman bowed her head to the floor. Her words seemed to be sincere. Seeing her like this made me a little unconformable. 
                          
She said that miasma was coming from the capital. That was where Elemyr was heading to. Odium must also be there. I could only hope I got there in time.
                          
"Chief Zen, I need to go for a little while so I will leave the rest to you. Commander Luvik, please send your army to find this elven camp! Take care of them for now until I come back!" I instructed.
                          
"Wait!!! Where are you going now?" Zen shouted trying to stop me from walking out. "WAIT!!!"
                          
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Things were worse than I thought it would be. I was only half way to the capital and already I have encountered miasma. If we supposed that it spread evenly in a circular area, then by now the mist would have covered half of Malatas. For something like this to happen at this kind of scale, it could only mean one thing: Odium has used one of those things she told me about, a demon lord's core.