The entire throne room collapsed because of Saleem, Kaleem and Lia, it also did damage to other parts of the Castle, such as in the dining hall, watch towers and even on the Royal bedroom. But it was nothing compared to the overall damage caused on the Throne room. There was nothing left in it but dead bodies. The King didn"t meet a fate similar to the Guards though, he ran and hid on the other side of the Castle, hoping for this disaster to end, praying to his lord Xakro ill.u.s.tratio l. And lucky for him, the situation ended. But in fatal circ.u.mstances. A lot of Guards were lost and it sounds like the group of 4 aren"t stopping there."Where the h.e.l.l did you two come from? You two really turned the tide in this battle!"
Said Lia outside of the Castle as she tried to take in what just happened.
"I am witch. I Mean Saleem. I mean Kaleem. Kaleem the Witch. No! Wizard!"
Kaleem tried to form a sentence but he was stunned by Lia"s beauty, who like her power, was extraordinary, leaving him struggling to form a full understandable sentence.
"Smooth!"
Coughed Kaleem in the background.
"Kaleem the Witch. Thanks for saving my behind. Literally. I would be dead meat before execution if those Guards were to arrest me."
With a teasing tone but yet thankful intent, Lia expressed her feelings of grat.i.tude towards Kaleem and Salem.
"You are beaut...i mean welcome!"
With further embarra.s.sment, Kaleem finally managed to form half a sentence.
"Our destination is Pameres Kingdom. King Zar kicked out the illas along with the ill.u.s.tratian alliance from his Kingdom. We were going there to support him but were stunned when we heard that a Witch is causing havoc in the Castle. We arrived just in time as it seems."
Explained Saleem why they are on Wide River Kingdom to begin with. They were travelling to Pameres Kingdom.
"But why do you go against the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance. You are an ill.u.s.tratio after all. So is this shy kid!"
Pointed out Lia.
"I"m not shy!"
"Of course you aren"t."
"ill.u.s.tratios killed my wife long ago because she was an Ignite and a Witch. I avoided the situation for nearly 2 decades but not anymore."
"Many of the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance will die on our hands!"
With an admirably brave tone, Kaleem finally came back to his senses, looking actually more attracting to Lia who was never attracted to any man before. But she hid her thoughts and gave a slight blush.
"I hate to interrupt your conversations of bravery but trouble approaches."
Said Jim who was carefully observing everything in the Background instead of speaking.
As they focused on Jim, they noticed a big crowd in front of him. They were mostly ill.u.s.tratios with some Ignites here and there all booing at the group of 4.
Lia"s family walked out of the crowd but they didn"t bother to run. Acting like spoiled brats from a higher financial standard, they kept their heads so high that they would trip over anything easily.
Her stepfather was the one leading the family of 4. The family is following him out of the crowd, in hopes of reaching Lia.
"Lia. Did you cause all of this havoc?"
Asked her Stepfather. After Lia"s father died of a fate led by the ill.u.s.tratios, Lia"s mother re married to this man. Or merely a man. He married Lia"s mother to obtain the fortune Lia"s father left behind and no doubt spend it all where no man is supposed to. That"s why Lia is financially supporting the family and why this "man" didn"t disappear yet. Because he thinks there is more money to drain.
"I might off. Why are you here? To call me a Demon?"
Lia didn"t get along with her Stepfather. She knew of his intentions. And as older she grew, she became less depended of him or anyone else in particular.
"Witches come from the depths of h.e.l.l as far as the illas have told us and these two kind Spearfishermen have told the town the truth. A Black Marlin struck your face with its nose but you aren"t even b.l.o.o.d.y."
Said her Stepfather in aims to put her below his feet. He especially started targeting Lia more when she cut of his financial income and started managing the Gold Coins herself.
"Lia is that true. Do you work with Demons?"
Asked her mother in concern and with her two older brothers looking down on her.
"Of course not. Look. I have no idea how I"m able to withstand such attacks but I never saw any Demon. If i was a Demon i would kill all of you long ago!"
Lia couldn"t believe that her own mother also thinks that she is a Demon. Her marrying an ill.u.s.tratio was nothing but trouble.
"That"s not what your powers are saying Lia. What the h.e.l.l is going on?"
Yelled one of her Older brothers.
"Are you really listening to what this maniac has to say? The ill.u.s.tratios killed our father, why the h.e.l.l are you taking their side?"
Hearing what Lia just pointed out, her brother went into slight sadness when his father was mentioned and didn"t let out a word after.
"Alright. I"m going to make this situation very simple."
Interrupted Saleem as he walked and stood in front of her family, leaving Lia behind him and continued
"You can support your daughter, your family member through this awakening of power or you can go against her and call her a Demon. I couldn"t care less what you choose. Either choice would satisfy me.
If you choose to support her, you spoiled brats will finally mature though to late.
If you choose to oppose her, i can crush skulls. So either way, i"m satisfied!"
Standing 7 feet tall, he made his intent rather clear.
"You are either for or against. What will it be?"