Page 19 of Rise of the Warlock


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“They are all under some kind of spell,” Brok says as he leans against a tree, a pensive expression adorning his face.

“What did you find inside the tent?” I ask.

“Nothing, absolutely nothing” he mutters, “The phoenix was sitting cross legged in the middle of the tent, there was nothing else there. When I entered, he opened his eyes but seemed to not see me.”

“Maybe the sisters can break the spell,” I say.

“They will attack if they feel threatened,” Brok says as he leans down to pull a long blade of grass to place it in his mouth. “To do that we will have to find a way of keeping the sisters far from the action or they will get hurt.”

“You will be surprised when you see how strong those girls are,” I say, “together they can unleash a power that is all consuming.”

“Okay,” Brok says, “how are we going to do it then?”

“We aren’t sure if Love is in there, we will have to wait for our opportunity because I won’t have the girls in danger if she isn’t in there,” I say.

“Maybe we should go and find these other camps that the girls spoke about, the more we know about it the better.” Brok suggests as he continues to scan the camp.

“I agree, lets get back to the tunnels and arrange with the Dragons to fan out and find all of the Warlocks camps.”

We start making our way back, not walking through the same path so that we aren’t followed or tracked to the Singing tunnels. It takes double the time but finally we reach our destination. Entering the tunnel, we are met by a group of Dragons. Darius iswith them awaiting us, the women are standing behind, hidden from sight.

“Welcome back brothers,” Darius greets as we approach.

“How did it go?” Hope asks as she comes to join us, her smile radiating light straight into my heart.

“The beings we saw there are all under some kind of spell which we were hoping you would be able to break,” Brok explains looking at the girls.

“What kind of spell?” Vain asks stepping closer.

“They all seem to be in a trance, no one talks, and they just stand around,” I explain.

“That sounds like a Zombie curse,” Reality calls out from where she’s standing with Dream and Drez, “Do you remember when we were learning how to hypnotise, and I accidentally tranced the shaman?”

“Oh, I remember,” Dream replies with a grin, “that was funny, the poor man was doing everything you commanded.”

“Do you remember how you broke the spell?” I ask hoping that they can break the spell on the beings in the camps.

“Well…umm,” Reality starts to speak and then quietens as she strokes her template in contemplation. “Seline helped, and she did insist I do it with her, but I’m not sure if I can get it right again.” I noticed that Seline was not with the two sisters when we arrived, I didn’t want to ask in case something happened to her, but now is the perfect time to ask.

“I haven’t seen Seline, where is she?”

“We don’t know, when we were attacked Seline stayed behind to hold them back with her magic.” Vain reveals, “she promised to find us, but we still haven’t seen her,” I can tell by thegirls expressions that the thought of Seline being lost to them saddens them. Seline was their mentor, nearly like a second mother as she looked after them and brought them up when the Queen wasn’t around, which was a lot of the time.

“You did move around, maybe she just hasn’t found you yet,” I say trying to appease their fears. Seline is a powerful being in her own right, if she wanted to find the girls, she would, which doesn’t bode well for her absence. Looking at the girls I know that they realize that too.

“Did you see the Warlock?” one of the Dragons asks.

“No, the tent which belongs to him has a protection spell around it that doesn’t let anyone close.” Brok explains, “but we have thought of a plan, but this plan would need everyone’s help.”

“What’s the plan?” Darius asks.

“We need to find out where the other camps are, this needs to be well planned so that we can attack them simultaneously. The best option would be by air, but they would see the dragons, therefore we will need to scout the whole area and try and find the camps and how many are in the camps,” I state.

“What if we used the cloaking spell on the Dragons?” Hope asks, a thoughtful expression adorning her face.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“Well, the only reason the Dragons do not go and look for the camps is that they will be seen. If each one of us rides one of the Dragon’s, we can cloak them from prying eyes,” Hope explains.

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