"Sneaking skill, check. Invisibility spell, active. I have all the tools I need to stalk the Alaric. I am going to find out what you're up to Alaric and you won't see coming" Elias snickered to himself
"[Invisibility], [Sneaking]," Elias casted his spell and activated his skills, the combination of the Invisibility spell that rendered him…invisible plus the 'sneaking' skill that rendered him nigh detectable when activated made him seem like he was not even in existence.
Elias had scheduled his activity for the rest of the day to be centered around King Alaric, he was going to secretly follow the king around to see if he would find any clue as to why his whole attitude changed suddenly.
Elias began by watching the King's room, he noticed that the king mostly just ate and slept in his room in the morning, and in the afternoon he would et with family heads and have a discussion with them which mostly involved when next they would hold a banquet or festival.
Whenever important matters that required Alaric's action were brought up, he would waive the idea and instead present less pressing and effort-requiring topics.
The family heads looked like they were tired of the eting, all of them except Thane of course, Thane not only encouraged and followed up with the King's talk about lax living, parties, and celebrations, but he also sucked up to the king at any opportunity.
He would flatter and indulge whatever the king did and said. After their eting was dismissed, the king ate and slept.
Co evening, the King's itinerary involved listening to ballads, jesters and other perforrs showcase their crafts until he fell asleep on his throne, and was carried back to his room to continue his slumber which lasted until the next morning. For two straight days Elias secretly watched the king, and what he concluded was that;
"Alaric is one fucking laid-back king. The man basically does nothing, and when he does do sothing, it amounts to nothing. His itinerary is lax and unproductive. Has he gone senile from old age? Still, I think sothing is off with him, I can feel it" Elias soliloquised
"At least I know the sneaking skill and Invisibility spell work perfectly, so that's a plus I guess," he said, as pulled off his shoes, and dropped face-first into the comfort of his plush bed.
"I should take today as a rest day, and then go give the flares feedback on mine and King Alaric's decision.
If I were to fight the mountainous beast, I need the activation of Lira's blessings.
It would be wise for to save it until the right ti, but I don't think I have a chance against sothing of that size without it, currently at least" Elias sighed before he dosed off
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"What kind of a kingdom is this, I can't find anything to fight in that isn't entirely made out of tal or too restrictive" Elias sighed, then proceeded to stuff his face with a lamb bite.
"I wonder if that pickpocket kid is doing okay, he was a smart kid, I wonder if he is stealing from another person right now." He chuckled
Elias followed the directions the kid led him in to reach the flares' hideout.
As Elias erged from an alleyway that led to the hideout, but instead of eting an abandoned house, what Elias saw was a group of soldiers, dressed in full armor as if they were ready to fight a war, at least forty in number and four n dressed in flowing robes.
"Soldiers and mages? Have the flares been discovered?" Elias's expression stiffened at the sight before him
Elias's eyes widened at what he saw next; a group of people bound in chains and collars, the flares. Elias could recognize a few faces from his last eting with the flares amongst the people escorted in chains.
His heart dropped when he saw Loria too, he could miss her, even in a crowd filled with nurous people.
Her expression betrayed her feeling of regret, yet it was filled with undeniable rage. She too had been caught, as almost everyone else, Elias waited till they were all carried away in a barred carriage.
"I didn't see Carius, that huge flare man that caught the kid and so other flares. If I had to count, I would say five flares were missing, Carius included.
That's good news, all is not lost yet, but just who inford the soldiers about the flares, because there was no way the King's soldiers knew exactly where to look" Elias thought aloud, stroking his bare chin with his thumb and index finger
Just then, Elias saw a boy erge from the flares abandoned house, tears dripping out of his eyes profusely, he recognized the boy, it was the pickpocket boy that led him there.
"Oh no. What have you done kid?" Elias muttered
He approached the boy, and the mont the boy's eyes set on him, he ran and hugged Elias, this ti genuinely, "Mister! I thought they killed you, I thought I was too late" the boy cried, soaking Elias' clothes with tears
After the boy had cald down, Elias sat the boy down, and squatted down beside him, "What is your na kid?" Elias asked
"Theodore," He replied sharply
"I'm Elias, not Mister and I'll call you Theo for short. So tell Theo, what happened here? What did you do?" Elias asked softly
The boy looked down, seemingly embarrassed at his actions, "I thought Miste—Elias sacrificed himself to let live, I thought they were holding you captive.
I didn't want you to die because of , so I went to the soldiers to report imdiately, but they sent away and threatened to arrest If I ca back.
But I told them I would rather be arrested than have you die because of , I kept pestering them every day but they kept on ignoring until today.
I don't know what changed their minds, but they found this ti and asked to take them to the place I told them about. That's how I brought them here." Theo narrated, his voice raspy from crying too much
Elias furrowed his brow as he listened, "That's how it is. I see" he remarked
Theo looked up at Elias, "Did I do anything wrong Elias? I feel bad" He asked innocently
"You did nothing wrong Theo," Elias comforted the boy, "Have this, and stop picking people's pockets, else you will find yourself in difficult situations like these. Got it?" Elias advised as he handed Theo a small pouch of shillings, 8 shillings to precise
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[Spell Na: Invisibility
Description: Renders the wearer invisible
Duration: As long as the user's mana is not depleted
Cooldown: 40 seconds ]
[Skill Na: Sneaking
Description: Makes it nigh impossible for the user to be detected due to any physical factor. E.g. Footsteps, breathing sounds, heartbeat, clothes ruffles.
Duration: Remains active until deactivated. While active, causes the user's stamina to rapidly deplete
Cooldown: 40 seconds ]
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