Chapter 2
By: Meowda
Edited by: thecat
A boy with long red hair
was practicing his sword on a clearing in front of his house, in the human
village of Canis. His name is Lux. “Lux? It’s time to hunt!” shouted the
hunter, Robert Margin.
“Dad, I just turned fifteen yesterday. Can I
go hunting by myself today?” Lux asked while tying his scabbard and his
a-hand-and-a-half sword on the left side of his waist.
“Mr. Margin, you’d
better not let the little boy go by himself. Can I go with him?” Selena
Carisona, a girl with long blond hair and dark green eyes said.
“Hey, Selena! Don’t call
me little when you are only six months older than me!” Lux protested.
Then Ana Carisona
shouted, “Selena! It’s time to weave! Come over here!”
“Yeah, Selena. Go weaving! This is what girls
need to do.” Laughed Lux.
“Oh shut up, Lux!”
Selena cried, “Mom! I
hate making clothes and doing boring chores. Can I please go hunting? I’m
pretty good at archery. I promise I won’t get hurt.”
“Okay, but just this
once!”
“Thanks mom!” Selena
smiled happily.
Then Mr. Margin said, “Selena, don’t forget
the dagger skill I taught you yesterday, and you also need to help me take care
of this hasty boy.”
“Hasty boy, Lux. By the way, I need to get my
bow, arrows, and daggers from my house.”
When the two teens were
armed and ready to go, Mr. Robert admonished them once more and said, “Remember
not to cross the red line!”
“Yes, dad!” Replied Lux.
Lux and Selena ran happily into the forest.
The human village of
Canis is surrounded by a huge, dangerous forest filled with vicious magical
creatures. It was said that a long time ago, Sai the spirit of all
casted a spell that kept all magical creatures out of a circular red line,
which surrounded Canis to protect the villagers. Inside the red line, there’s
only normal animals like deer and rabbits. The legend also said that Sai built
a temple in the forest, but no one knew what its position because it was
outside of the red line. Canis is a small village with a population of 30
people. Villagers mostly hunted for living. And here goes Lux and Selena!
“Hush, Lux. I spotted a
deer over there. I’ll shoot it with my excellent skills. If it still had the
energy to escape, you go and kill it with your sword.” said Selena in a low
voice.
“Don’t try to brag about
your skill, Selena. You’re skills are okay, and I can shoot too.” “Shut up,
Lux. My hunting plan starts now.”
Suddenly, the ground
trembled, and the deer ran away with fear.
“What’s going on?” Lux
asked with surprise.
The ground’s shaking
became stronger, and four tall trees behind them were slashed away by a giant
paw, revealing a huge human-looking beast.
“Kill! Destroy! Blood! I can’t stop thinking
about these words after the king did the stupid experiment on me!” The beast
said, with a mouth full of fangs.
Selena shot an arrow
straight at his head, but the arrow bounced off harmlessly.
Selena shouted to Lux
with dread, “I think we’d better run.”
“You’re totally right.”
Lux cried back as they ran deep into the forest.
They turned left and
right to get rid of the chasing monster. However, the fat monster was very
fast, and they spotted the red line right in front of them.
Selena stopped and cried
desperately, “What do we do now? The big monster is catching up!”
“What can we do? Run straight forward!”
“But…” Not waiting for
her to finish her sentence, Lux grabbed her hand and dragged her forward.
“Lux, we’re forbidden to
cross the red line!”
“But we don’t have a
choice!”
“Then think of a way to
go back without the monster chasing us!”
“I have no idea! By the
way, let’s turn right here.” They argued as they continuously ran deep into the
forest.
Suddenly, they heard a
howl and saw a gigantic wolf with long fangs on a branch of a big tree staring
at them. The fangs shined with electricity around it.
“That’s a magical wolf!
I told you not to cross the red line, Lux. Now, what do we do?” Selena cried
even more desperately.
However, Lux said with a
smile, “I’ve got an idea! Stop running, and when I count to one, we jump to the
side.”
“Really, Lux! You…”
“Three…”
The wolf howled with
hunger. The human-beast was getting closer slashing away trees which blocked
his way.
“Two…”
The electrical wolf was
ready to jump down, and the monster behind was ready to stroke.
“One!”
Lux and Selena both jumped to the side of the
path, and the monster clashed with the wolf. The electrical fangs stabbed deep
into the monster’s shoulder, and the giant paw stroke deep into the wolf’s
stomach. However, the two beasts didn’t die. The wolf rapidly jumped off from
the monster, and the monster stumbled backward. Instantly, two arrows hissed
through the air and hit both of the beasts on their wounds. Only Selena the
great archer could shoot two accurate arrows together. She shot more arrows at
them. Then Lux pulled out his long sword and stabbed the wolf on the back.
Bluish blood flew out of the beast. After killing the wolf, Lux also jumped and
stabbed the human-beast deep into his wound.
“Finally! Let’s go
back.” said Lux who was gasping quickly.
“But how? I don’t know
which direction the village is. I think we are lost.”
“One dilemma after
another. Now you decide which way.”
“Okay. I think…the best
choice is to turn left.” Selena said with hesitation.
They jogged for a while
after turning left, and then they found themselves surrounded by four giant
electrical wolves. Lux said with a wry smile, “Great idea, Selena!” Suddenly, a
wolf jumped and slashed Selena down. Just as Lux was trying to protect Selena,
another wolf jumped towards him and put him down as well. When he was trying to
endure the pain, he saw the two other wolves gathering around Selena opening
their electrical mouths, ready to have lunch. Rage grew inside him. Even though
Lux always quarreled with her, he could not bear to see Selena his only friend,
being eaten. “I want power.” he thought with anger and aspiration. Suddenly, a
deep voice echoed in his mind, “I can give you power.” Then he blacked out for
a few seconds.
When
Lux was conscious again, he found himself standing with his sword in his hand.
Around him, four dead wolves lied in puddles of blue blood. His sword had blood
all over it as if it was dipped into blue ink. Selena was staring at him with
surprise and fear. “Did I do this?” Lux asked with wonder. “You began to glow.
You threw off the wolf on you. Then you pulled out your sword and slayed all
the wolves with lightning speed and incredible strength. At that time, your
eyes looked as cold as ice. Then you poked my arm, and both of our wounds were
healed.” Selena explained. “That was unbelievable. Lux, how did you…” A blazing
fireball suddenly landed between them, and threw them high into the sky. When
they dropped hardly on the ground and stood up, an elf with brown hair, in
empire armor was sneering at them with a blazing fireball floating in his hand.
