"No, the clothes are not of a spy." He leans back in his chair. "Remember, I use to be the General in his Majesty's army. I had to use what I can to get an advantage at our enemies. Spies included." He touched his chin and groomed his long white beard. "After all, the Alliance was created nearly 5,000 years ago. There is no reason to try and break it now." He rubbed his eyes for a couple of seconds before finally speaking again. "It is as you said...muscle memory. Perhaps whatever or whoever taught her so much, must be when she was only a child, younger before we found her." He stood up from his chair and walked over to the window, next to Alessia. "Her sword is nothing like we had seen as well, and I seen all shapes and sizes, but this?" He shook his head. "I wonder if she had come from the border line?" He turned to look at the Kingdom map hanging on the wall behind his desk. "Our lands are next to that line, and we know nothing about those lands." He walked towards to a table that had beverages and some food, he poured himself a cup of wine. "I had heard stories and rumors. A explore team was sent and had never been heard from ever again, we even sent a team out to recover them, but even they were lost as well." He takes a sip from his cup, "It is possible that is where she had come from."
He takes a moment to think before his ears flinched, hearing the sounds of heavy foot steps walking to his door. The door bursts open quickly, the Captain walked in breathing heavy. "My Lord, I apologize for the intrusion, but we have a problem."
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In the infirmary, nurses cleaned the wounds of a scarred soldiers, covered in blood, cuts and bruises. His armor was next to the bed, rant and battered. His sword broken in pieces. His helmet crushed like a piece of paper.
The Captain walked in the room with the Lord and Alessia including Velayna whom followed. The Captain stood next to the bed and kneels next to him. "Tell him your story son." The Captain said softly.
"We...were sent to the kill the beast, as ordered." The soldier groaned as he leans up a little to speak better. "Our tracker found a trail that led to the beast's lair, we lured it out with a trap and tried to kill it." His voice shook a little. "I never seen such a creature that can kill a whole platoon. Our mages couldn't hurt it, our weapons were...it did not care if it got stabbed. We hit it with arrows and it did not stopped."
The Lord listened while looking at the armor and sword on the counter. He picked up the sword, the blade was truly destroyed, shattered into pieces. His fingers traced over the marks where the beast had struck.
"Everyone was killed." He said finally.
The Lord looked over his shoulder, "What did it look like?" He asked.
"Four legged creature, with some kind of armored spikes on it's back."
The Lord hummed for a second. "Captain, gather your men in the armory and find this beast, I want it dead before tomorrow morning."
The Captain saluted, "I will lead the men myself." Then walked out of the room.
The Lord looked to his daughter, "I do not want to risk your life, but once you become a leader." He reached for the shattered sword and held it in his grip. "It is your duty to protect the innocent." His grip was tight as he squeezed firmly. "I will leave this choice up to you Alessia, if you wish to assist the Captain with this situation."
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