The Order Of Swords

Achlys arrives home looking down with red eyes and dark circles under his eyes clearly showing he hasn't been sleeping ,"what should I do..."

He opens te door as mariola is standing there silent looking worried but having a resurring smile on her face ,"it was a rough day wasn't it Achlys?"

As he walks to his mother he hugging her and looking really distressed as you hear him sniffing sometimes ,"mom..? What should I do... I don't know what to do..." As he speaks you hear his broken voice

Mariola is going with her fingers trough is hair comforting him as he starts to fall asleep ,"Achlys... Just calm down it will all workout I am sure Tia will wake up soon" she says with a resurring voice

Achlys has fallen asleep but his face is still enough to see that he had a rough week as mariola carries him up to his bedroom and staying by his side till he wakes up ,"I'll be here for you Achlys stay strong my son..." She comforted him as she shows some tears and starts to cry over time

As the savitr and surya go under the horizon and the stars are coming up and the moons shine from the skies above lighting up the ground as the moon shy on Achlys face though the window his marking gives a glimpse of a green light

He Slowly wakes up and looks around as he does that he notices that mariola has fallen asleep with tears on her face laying on the side of the bed Achlys looks worried but you can see on his face that he has decided something

,"I am gonna train on my own..." He thinks as he is showing a determinded but sad expression

He gets out of bed picks up a bag and puts clothes food drinking and his sword into it as he looks a last time to mariola and hugs her last time ,"I love you... Mother..." He says with a saddened expression but nods

As he leaves mariola comes to the door ,"Achlys I love you son!" She shouts as she waves to showing tears but accepting his decision with a smile Achlys heard it and turns around showing tears but waves before running away using the skill dash

He arrives at his place he used to train and looks around having memories here as he shakes his head grabbing the tent folding it and placing it also in the bag using the skill boost to hold the bag ,"I will see you soon... friend" he looks one last time at the city before running to the mountains in the distance

As he is running the sounds of wind gets replaced by water droplets falling after some time it's Ocean of rain In the sky you hear rain falling but also a soft sound of wheeping sound

Achlys is struggling to see Infront of him but he sees a light in the distance ,"light?" His voice trembling from the cold and rain he changes his direction to the light and is walking towards it

As he comes closer the light gets brighter until he sees a silhouet of a building as he looks at it he notices the door and tries to open it as it opens he walks inside the house carefully keeping his guard up

,"who is there?" A voice echoes through the house followed by heavy footsteps "dot tik dot tik dot tik" the footsteps sounds different from each other one more like wood

Achlys sweats alot and start to fall of his face becoming more scared by every footsteps as he hears the footsteps coming closer til he sees a shadow forming in the alleyway and a big guy with one metal leg and a gaint scar on his chest with some burned skin ,"who are you?! what are you doing here?!" the man shouts with a stern and strong voice commanding for an answer to come out of the little boy

Achlys is scared and doesn't want to talk but he knows he needs to say something now he build up the courage to say it ,"I.. saw the light and It felt safe to come here..."

The old man is sceptical but he nods seeing in his eyes he speaks the truth ,"why do you carry a bag with you... Young man?" He asks worried but with a serious tone

Achlys knew that question would come still was caught off guard ,"I ran... When my friend that is in the healing centre..." His voice become sadder with some tears falling off his cheeks

The old man looks at him and gives a sigh ,"you don't know what to do... When you saw a friend being hurt... So you blamed yourself for not being strong enough" his voice sounds resurring making Achlys calm down slowly but surely

Achlys looks to the old man and nods in agreement ,"that's... True..." He looks down the old man looks at him ,"you can stay here until you think you can return I live here alone anyway" his voice showing a glimpse of happiness Achlys looks up and shows a little smile before he falls on the ground off the lack of energy and sleep

Achlys gets lift up and gets Carried to a couch as he lays there sleeping peacefully the old man starts to wander into sleep also ,"this boy... Needs alot of learning.." as he falls asleep also

In the morning the old man wakes up he smells something good as he looks at the cough and doesn't see Achlys there ,"where Is he?" As he looks around he sees someone standing in the kitchen

,"hey boy! What's your name?" The old man asks with a voice of curiosity as Achlys look at the old man and smiles ,"names Achlys what's you're name mister?" The old man let's out a laugh and looks at him ,"I haven't heard that question in 18 years well I'm Akatsuki August the 4th nice to meet ya" he says sterning with a smile

Achlys looks at him as he remembered he heard that name before ,"that name... I heard it once from someone before..." Akatsuki smiles and stares at him ,"I see you remembered that's right... I am the king that used to rule this land"

Achlys eyes widen ,"why... Why didn't you return..!" He rushed to akatsuki as he grabs his collar ,"the people of Loipetras need you... We need you..." His voice is stern, worried but also saddened his face shows an angry yet worried look

Akatsuki looks down showing an troubled face he looks up and sees the face of Achlys and widens his eyes ,"you are the only person I have seen in 18 years... I have been locked in prison by Reteos for... 4 or 5 years I don't remember... They tortured me and did alot if worse things to me... I have felt fear and anger in that prison that I have started to despite humans and elves as races..." He said it with a saddened face. Achlys looks at him with a worried but comforting look ,"I understand I am sorry" he lets go and bows to the king before going back to the kitchen

,"uhh akatsuki..." Akatsuki looks at him with a face of concern ,"what is it Achlys...?" Achlys looks at him isn't sure if he should say it ,"should I say it " he thinks showing a glimpse of shyness on his face as he looks at akatsuki and opens his mouth ,"the food... I burned it..." Showing a face with fear written all over it

Akatsuki looks at him with a face of disappointment as he stands up letting a loud sigh and walks to the kitchen as he enters he gets hit with a smell of sweet aroma and sees the pan with the food being perfectly cooked ,"you lied to me... Achlys" gives a glare at Achlys, Achlys gives a smile and stares at him showing some hope in his eyes ,"akatsuki you came to see what I did wrong... showing a worried but not helpless personality of you... you did the same 22 years ago... For the people lives... you came Infront of the general who threatened to kill all your people... But what you did that day saves all the people of loipetras... your people... They need you... Keep that in mind akatsuki..." He says that and smiles showing the need that Achlys needs but also reminding him that he needs to reconquer the throne

The king shook his head in admiration and gives a smile ,"for a kid you can be smart and motivational" he hits the back of Achlys head softly and goes back to the living room ,"where is your back and do you have a sword with you?" He asks with Curiosity as he looks around he sees the bag laying in the hallway and walks to it and gets out a wooden sword

He holds the sword and looks at its craftsmanship ,"this sword is in good condition and it's craftsmanship is also near perfection" he thinks as Achlys comes walking in and looks at the sword and smiles with a glimpse of compassion ,"I got that sword from my mother... She said it was from my dad... But he died before I was born..." His voice softer then normal but still sounds clear enough to be heard

Akatsuki turns around to look at Achlys showing a euphoric face ,"i have decided" he smiles with happiness and throws the wooden sword to Achlys catches it ,"after breakfast I will train you" Achlys shakes his head with a smile ,"akatsuki I'm sorry but I am going to train alone" Achlys shows a compassionate smile

Akatsuki looks at him and smiles and bows down ,"take care of this house... It's important to me" he takes a look at Achlys and shows a look of empathy but also showing some kind of hope ,"I promise I'll take care of it" Achlys reaches out for a handshake and smiles with compassion

As they shake hands akatsuki turns around and is starting to leave eventually he leaves the house but before he is going to walk away he takes one last look to the house and shows a smile of sadness as tears starts to form ,"thank you for keeping me safe..." He turns around and starts to walk to the city that can be seen in the distance while Achlys looks out the window and stares at him ,"thank you akatsuki for giving me this..." He smiles with hope and motivation and he is going back to the kitchen to grab his breakfast and packing it

He grabs his sword and putting food in the bag and carries it using the skill boost he leaves the house going towards the mountains in the distance with white tips ,"the hunting begins today" he thinks

There is a knock on the door as we hear footsteps the door swings open as mariola stands there ,"Saria? What are you doing here?" showing a worried but confused look as Saria looks serious ,"I came to the training place but Achlys wasn't there... Where is he?" Showing a face of worries but with frustration as she said it, mariola sighs ,"he ran away in the night he gave himself the blame of Tiabishi pain" Saria widens her eyes and looks down mariola shows a face with empathy as Saria starts to speak once more ,"I... Failed as a mentor.." mariola walks up to her and gives a slap on her face

Mariola's face is showing sadness but anger as tears fall of her face ,"if it wasn't for you... Tiabishi would have died there... And my son... Would have been in deep dispair... You protected them... Keeping them safe..." Saria stares into mariola's eyes and is shocked but mesmerised by her motivation she bows down ,"I will make your son and daughter proud and strong... You have my word..." Mariola is shocked ,"stop bowing down... I have already given you my acceptance to train them..." She smiles giving Saria a flashback of when she used to train doing the same training as Tiabishi and Achlys as she smiles ,"may I come inside and have a tea...?" Mariola nods and let's her inside making for her some tea and they keep talking as they laugh showing happiness and trust

As we go back to the mountains we hear sword clash we see Achlys and skeleton with a sword fighting Achlys,"boost and dash!" Achlys uses the skills as the skeleton is having a harder time to fight losing lowly but giving a good fight to Achlys, Achlys swings his sword down sideways as the skeleton blocks it but it's pushed back a couple meters trying to get balance but is stabbed in the skull by Achlys,"may you rest great sword wielder"he puts his hands together and takes the sword from the skeleton as he puts the wooden sword back in his bag ,"it's a light but strong sword" he Holds the sword and travels further in as he heard sounds of something in danger he runs towards the sound as he sees some kind of creature with wings being tortured by orcs and orc king

He dashes towards hitting the back of orcs king's head and slamming him down killing him as Achlys looks at the other orcs with a face filled with engagement and letting out a pressure from his stare ,"get the fuck out of here" his voice is soft but heavy as the orcs tremble and hesitate as one decides to charge the other ones join in the charge

The orcs are charging at him as one of the orcs heads fall off and seeing Achlys standing behind it ,"i warned you..." They scatter around and running away as they knew that the group couldn't stand a chance ,"phew I was scared they would've killed me..." He sighs as his hard is beating fast showing a face of relieve as he heard the bird like creature making noises being in pain

As he walks closer he notices it's a phoenix but a blue phoenix as he is approaching closer the phoenix is showing a fearful face but tries to act up ,"it's oke buddy I am not here to hurt you..." As he reaches out a hand one of the finger gets frozen ,"you're a cryophoenix... Don't worry I'm not gonna hurt you..." As he grabs his bag and takes some food out if it he gives some to the phoenix the phoenix sniffs it but backs off and shows a untrusted posture towards Achlys

Achlys sighs and force fully picks up the anime and carries him making sure it can't bite or freeze Achlys ,"you are coming with me... I'm gonna fix you up..!" The phoenix is struggling against Achlys as Achlys is having a hard time keeping him in control but still walking towards the house,"stay still will ya!"his voice sounds commanding but reassuring as he gives a small smile of annoyance to the phoenix

He carries the phoenix all the way to the house as he enters the phoenix jumps away and runs into the house searching a hiding spot somewhere Achlys doesn't mind and is going to sit on the cough putting the bag besides the cough,"I am tired..." He thinks as he falls asleep slowly the phoenix is hiding under the cough not moving but knowing he is safe