I had betrayed Ezkor, it wasn't supposed to happen........ These thoughts were flashing through my mind, never leaving.....never wavering. And now I needed to be rid of this curse.... To take, revenge. (/) (/) (/) (/) (/) (/) I bowed in front of Oryx and waited for a command. "Skintar, you are my most trusted ascendant on the Dreadnaught, you carried out my commands ever since I marked you." I smiled and my scar flashed. "I will give you another assignment, this time you are on your own." "What is the targets, my king?" "There is an Eliksni house that's planning to hunt you down." I smiled again. "Little do they know what power i possess now." I said. "Yes, now, go kill them, they are headed to the Dreadnaught to plunder, but if they find you they would try to kill you." "Yes, my king, it shall be done." I stood up and walked out, my scar glowing, ready for ether to be spilled. Chapter 31 I walked down one of the thousands of halls in the Dreadnaught and every step I picked up speed. These, "assassins" didn't know who they were dealing with. I rounded the corner, sprinting at full speed. I leaped onto a hive cusp and stood just above them. They looked up at me and instantly knew who I was. ~that's right, try and kill me, you won't live~ "Looking for me?" I taunted. "Your dead!" One said and lunged at me. I brought up my sword and blocked the clumsy forearm-focused swing. I gracefully spun my sword around my waist and the blade connected with his belly. Ether spurted out, pouring out everywhere and my scar seemed almost appeased. I dropped down from the cusp. As I was falling I brought up my fist. My landing created a black shockwave sending all the Eliksni to the ground. The shockwave left behind a blight which was sending out taken troops already. These Eliksni were odd. Their colors were a fern with a logo of two crossing swords. Taken Knights poured out from the blight and instantly locked on with a few targets. I looked across the ether stained battlefield. At the end of the lines of dregs and vandals there was a single captain and dreg. I picked up speed and leaped over the lines of Eliksni landing in front of the captain who instantly turned on his shock swords. He went for a stab just below my chest and I parried and continued to stab with mine. The captain was too slow and the sword pierced his abdomen sending one sword to the ground. He swung at me with the other and I dropped my two swords. I quickly grabbed his forearm and pushed hard. A wet crack sent the captain down to the floor screaming. I pulled my sword off the dirt and stabbed his chest, the blade giving him a swift end. The dreg looked at me with both arms high in the air. "I'm not here to fight you, Skintar" "Very well, send a message back to what's left of your house, tell them: I win" He nodded and ran away. I looked behind me. There were just a handful of vandals left and they were dropping fast. They dropped to their knees and put their hands up. Oryx appeared and took them with his dark magics. Another command fulfilled, another target killed. And my scar was appeased. ------------------ Oryx stood up from his throne, one thing he almost never did. He stood before me, his eyes searching me for something. "Something troubling you, Skintar?" "My scar" I began. "Every kill, every life I take in your name, my scar feels more......powerful" "Ah, the scar absorbs the power of the dead, in fact your friend had that such power too" Oryx said. "So, this scar is part of me?" "Correct" Oryx replied. "The longer it stays the more powerful it gets, you are ascendant." ~I've been marked~ "Now, I have a new assignment for you Skintar, head to earth, there are a few 'Guardians' that are threatening our blights." "An extermination mission?" "No" Oryx said. "I'm sending you to defend our blights." "Yes, my king" I said as I stood up.