Chapter 25 : "Signs"
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On the hideouts of the bandits, in their main camp. Alexor is talking to De'Wa.
"Is that what happened daughter?" Alexor said.
"Yes father" De'Wa replied to his father Alexor.
"Why didn't you tell me that earlier daughter?"
"I am sorry father, pardon me"
"That is okay. Please, always look after him okay?"
"Yes father, I will always do"
"It might be the sign that I am always telling you way back then"
"Yes father, I guess this is the beginning. It is already starting to showed up"
"No matter what will happened, always stay with him. This is the time where he needed us the most"
"Yes father, I will always be right beside him" De'Wa replied.
De'Wa spoke to his father about what happened to 'E' three days ago on the river. 'E' is doing something outside the hut. The hideout is yet to be reveled. De'Wa is about to go out from the hut, when Rence entered.
"What are you guys talking about?" Rence said and asked his father.
"Nothing son, We just talked about how we can sustain and still provide for our people despite of the conflicts that is happening" Alexor replied.
"I see father" Rence said.
"I came in father, to report that all the bandits stationed on every sub camp already arrived" Rence said.
"Alright, call them and let them in. I need to talk to them" Alexor said.
"Yes father" Rence replied as he go out and call all the bandits who just arrived.
A moment later, Rence return together with the other bandits.
"Here they are father" Rence said.
"Take your sit" Alexor said.
All the bandits took their sit as their leader Alexor talk to them.
"Do you have any reports? Did you guys encountered or observed anything while you are on your way back here to the main camp?" Alexor asked the bandits.
"Sir, we saw that some of the villagers who lives in the Brownstone Town are started to evacuate" one of the bandits said.
"Some of them where guided by some Maslih Soldiers, and some are taking their way and took their own path" said by the same bandit.
"Sir, while we are heading here we also saw that the Maslih had already sent their troops on Woodcliff Village. There are about Hundreds of soldiers who are matching towards this settlement" the other bandit said.
"We saw that there are big tents build near the Maslih boarders, where the banners and flags of the Estian Kingdom can be seen" the other bandit who is present inside the hut said.
"We guess that they are already making a move and they are already planning to attack the Maslih's" the same bandit said.
"And also Sir, there are some villagers who are taking and making their own shelter near in our main camp. I guess those villagers are also evacuees who took their own path, who wants to be far away from the conflicts" the other bandit said.
"Well, those are great information's, we can now adjust and make our own plans base on those things that you gathered. So there will be no necessarily evacuation, all we need to do is to stay low and avoid any contacts with the two kingdoms" Alexor said.
"No bandits will be deployed on sub-camps until further notice, we will just occupy the near sub-camps located near the main camp, so that we can have visuals on the perimeters around here. We will not engage on any activities that will make us vulnerable to both Maslihs and Estians. No more stealing, we will now rely on what do we have around us" Alexor said.
"Sir, what about the sightings of the Nijj?" one of the bandits said.
"Yes Sir, some of the us fought with some Nijj" the other bandits said.
"Yes father, Nijj are one of the problems too" Rence said.
"Nijj are unpredictable, we can't tell when will they attack, or when will they be seen. As long as we keep quiet during night, and always putting our guards up, we can manage to defend our selves and fight those who will attempt to enter our territory, same goes for the Maslih and Estians" Alexor said.
"Isn't it alarming Sir, that we frequently have sightings of Nijj this past months?" one of the bandits asked.
"It is alarming, because it is been a long time ago since I saw one, specially those who are on the higher level class of Nijj, like the 'Alphabets'. It is alarming that they are now showing their selves and attack humans frequently. I guess animals are not anymore enough for them, and they are now already need to feed their selves with human flesh." Alexor explained.
"Like the one who attacked 'E'. It was an Alphabet, who 'E' fought" De'Wa said.
"I guess, they already regained their will and power to fight and attack humans again" Alexor said.
"What do you mean father?" Rence asked his father Alexor.
"Twenty seven years ago, the warrior who stopped the battle of Midnight Blood is also the one who fought a group of Nijj, Because of that warrior the Land of Estheron never encountered a Nijj again. That group of Nijj is composed of Three Jiffrits, among the three there is one that leads them, there are also Seven Alphabets and some Ordinaries. He fought them by his own, the group of Nijj lose and that made them retreat and hide in to the darkness and never been seen again. It was like a treaty to them, they where so afraid and terrified that the leader of that group promised to never interrupt or make any chaos towards any human ever again" Alexor said.
"The story of the Battle of Midnight Blood, I thought it was a batlle between Maslih and Estians?" Rence said.
"Yes, it was a battle between Maslih and Estian, but that battle causes a lot of blood to shed and there are many dead soldiers and knights. And because of that, Nijj where attracted by it. This group of Nijj then immediately go to the location where the battle is happening, but this man, the warrior who wares a Yellowcape stopped them, and fought them by himself. The surviving individuals on the battle witness everything as they realize that the battle is already comes to its ending" Alexor said.
"How strong is that warrior father? how can that warrior managed to fought those Nijj?" De'Wa wondering as she asked her father.
"That warrior is a Celestial, the strongest Celestial I ever saw. He was all alone when he fought those Nijj, he was by his own and stood up alone, he protected us, he fought for all of us, he saved all of us" Alexor said as he remember the scenes in his mind.
"I will never forget that night, I am in great debt that I would lay my life for him" Alexor said this in an emotional tone of voice.
"You where there father?" Rence said and asked his father.
"I was there, I witness the greatness of that man" Alexor replied.
"I was there before the bandits ever establish, and I witness it all with my own eyes. If I could meet him once again..." Alexor is speaking, but before he finish his sentence, Rence already speak up;
"Wait, what do you mean father? that if you could meet him? is that warrior is still alive?" Rence replied.
"Yes father, what do you mean? correct me if I am wrong. But we all know that the statue on the Yellowcape was built after his death right? De'Wa said and also wondering like Rence.
"Yes, he died after that battle and when the treaty was created, they build a statue to honor him on the town that was also named after him" Alexor said.
"All I mean is that, if I could ever meet him one day on the afterlife, I would thank him with all of my heart and honor" Alexor explain and emphasize what does he mean.
Everyone becomes quiet, as they bow there heads and looked down into the floor.
"One more thing father, if that warrior was a Celestial, then what Bloodline did he came from?" De'Wa asked.
"Yes father, you said he was a Celestial, so meaning someone with the same Bloodline with him, inherited his weapon, right?." Rence asked his father Alexor.
"No one knows" Alexor replied as he stands up and walked on to the door.
"Haven't you recognized his weapon father?" Rence asked.
"Remember what we had talked about a while ago, the well being of our people and their safety is the important thing to prioritize. We are done here" Alexor then walked out the hut as the bandits remain inside on the hut.
"You guys heard what father said, now let's go" De'Wa then said this as she walked out her way from the hut. The remaining bandits followed her, but Rence stayed inside the hunt and still wondering about what his father told them.
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