The journey to the south

Nemu and Michael had set out fives days now, the weather is getting harsh and winter comes quick down south. It will take them a total of two weeks and three days to reach the hidden keys hidden out located by the bay before reaching the port to board a ship which will take them a month and thirteen days to finally reach south, the land filled with so many beautiful animals, colorful buildings and ancient art.

During their journey nemu continued training Michael during the night time when the set camp to rest and during the day, he made him memorize top level hard incantations and difficult spells. Michael never complained so it inspired nemu more to teach and train him. On getting to the bay, they rested for few hours, spoke to the locals, met with members of the hidden keys and gave them a full feedback on what will be happening within the next few month, nemu said to them prepare for attack at any moment always be on your guard.

They escorted them to the port where the board a ship heading south nemu got them a well comfy room with no troubles attached. It was the second time Michael would board a ship but luckily for him this time under different circumstances he was enjoying and living the life of royalty during the day and through the night nemu was training him and preparing him for war.

It was a long month and thirteen days of nightmare journey for Michael and he had also turned twelve but there was no time for celebrations because the war has eaten up nemu’s mind and his only concern was to train Michael ready for war.

Nemu made sure he created a day to Michael it was the last day of them being on ship before they make port so he let him go round the ship, visit the cool spots and took him to the highest spot to have a lovely view of how vast the oceans where so he began by telling him a story of the marine creatures, wonderful species once peaceful but now plagued by king nerious most of them now pledge allegiance to him. Nemu also told him how the war started and how he lost his best friend Darius who was his father which Michael never knew or saw and what a brave intelligent warrior he was as a former leader of the clansmen. He gave Michael a standard history of how the war begun and the history before that when royal families had so much influence and power over citizens and the king overlooked all they did because of their contributions to the enlargement of the empire. It was what Michael needed to hear so he can know what they were really up against and the main reason the hidden keys existed. Nemu also gave him a sound lesson on how the hidden keys came to be and the first grand elder of them all who created the keys was a merman, a powerful king who rebelled against the royal families but was killed at a young age. This grieved Michael and made him sober so he wanted to know if there was a magic that can be done to find who his parents was but all nemu could ever tell him was somethings in magic can’t be tampered with we just wait for life to reveal them to us. Michael gave up on the questions and asked nemu how long they would be at the south, and he responded until the war is over and the south is stable. My job here is to bring the peace back to the people and drive king nerious’s army out with the dark cult.

The made port a the edge of town lantorshire and the elder from the hidden keys sent one of his warriors Barron to attend to them and pick them up, he was happy to once again see their powerful elder nemu and welcomed the young apprentice Michael, they greeted eachother and he smiled and said to nemu master you come with a powerful friend this time around.

As the journey back on their horse Barron filled him in on what was going on and how the witches have plagued their cities for days kidnapping children’s and offering them up for blood sacrifice to the demon king. This got nemu aggrieved and he said we hold a counsel meeting immediately we get home and attack the enemies stronghold tonight. It will be Michael first taste of blood and war and he couldn’t wait to scar the earth with his pain.

On getting home Barron did has he was ordered and asked for the grand counsel meeting which was held and they had to pull everyone in, Carlton an elder from the city Kritia the largest of the kingdom in the south explained to nemu that they are under constant threat and attack, the kings army is wounded and witches attack them on a nightly basis, they needed support immediately. So it was decided that nemu should leave for kritia at once with fifty warriors to accompany him on the mission.

It was dark and everyone where prepared to leave when a young lady sixteen years of age saw Michael, and asked nemu if he was going to be coming along and he said yes, so she said to him the battle front is not place for a little boy and nemu said to her Lola don’t be surprised to see a capable warrior in him.

They headed straight for kritia and Carlton promised to hold everything down until their arrival. Lola kept asking Michael various questions about him, his age, where he was from, his people and all sort but he kept quiet not because he hated her guts but because he had nothing to say neither does he know anything about his past so it grieves him even more. They stopped for water and Lola with her friends took advantage of nemu and Barron going to fetch some meals for them to bully Michael, they laughed at his cloths, laughed at his belongings and mocked him that he was just a slave to answer to their master elder nemu. Michael went to another corner and started crying so when nemu came back with Barron for them to have lunch they couldn’t find Michael and they all went in search for him when they found him Hazim a friend Lola shouted look, the lost sheep, and Barron walked to him saying why are you sitted here and he said I just felt like seeing the city.

They set out again after their meals and reach the gates of kritia after ten days of journey, immediately they were spotted by a member of Carlton’s men Tyson who said to nemu master our master awaits. Tyson had a gift of a fortune telling so he immediately saw into michael past and said the child of prophesy is here. Everyone was astonished and most especially Lola who hated him for no reason been.