Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Battle of the Elements ❯ Chapter 2

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Chapter Two



"I am known as Anglarana," the silver-haired woman replied. "Why did you just help us now, and how did you know that creature?" Sage asked, suspician lacing his tone. Anglarana held up a hand.
"Please, I will answer all of your questions soon enough, but for now I think it best that you rest and see that your friend has some time to recover from the attack." None of the Ronins replied, but they also didn't make any move to go back inside. Anglarana stood for a moment staring back at the men, then turned and disappeared into the shadows of the forest surrounding the lake. Kento shook his head confusedly,
"Well, I don't know what either of those people were or what they were about. But I am now really starving." The tension now broken, the rest of the guys laughed and went inside to eat a the now cold dinner somehow instictively trusting the strange woman with ancient eyes.



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The sun was at its peak the next day and the Ronins were still outside training for their new enemy. The sky was cloudless and as blue as the water of the lake below. Everything was as it should be. It was hard to believe that mere hours ago they had fought with an enemy strong enough to easily withstand Ryo's feared attack.
Mia walked outside laden with a tray of lemonade. She was practically mobbed by the guys as they went for the frosty glasses. Everone sat in the shade and enjoyed a moment of relaxation. Then Whiteblaze sprung up from the ground and ran into the forest.
"Hey! Whiteblaze, where are you going?" Ryo called after the tiger. After a lengthy silence where even the birds held their breath a figure emerged from the spot where Whiteblaze had dissappeared accompanied by the tiger. It was Anglarana, now carrying a five foot wooden walking stick. Everyone stood and walked over to the woman. "You came back," Cye declared unneccesarily. Anglarana nodded,
"Yes, I am always true to my word." "Then will you tell us about that monster?" Ryo urged. She nodded again. "Come sit down in the shade with us, I can fix another cup of lemonade," Mia offered with a welcoming smile.Anglarana returned her smile.
"Thank you, but I don't need anything to drink." They all returned to their seats with Anglarana sitting cross-legged across from them. "What do you wish to know?"The Ronins glanced at one another.
"Let's start with that creature from last night," Rowen replied. "All right." She briefly closed her eyes gathering together her thoughts, "Crynis is what some have called an elemental demon who thrives on the destructive forces of nature. He is originally from the Nether Realm, but escaped from Talpa's control two thousand years ago. He ravaged this world commanding the choatic forces of nature. Talpa, enraged with Crynis's betrayal, fought with him and lost. My people assembled and attacked Crynis while he was still weak from his battle with Talpa. We put him into an unnatural slumber and trapped his body underground. He has stayed there undisturbed until now." "What happened to set him free?" Mia asked. "I'm not sure. But I do know that someone managed to waken his mind. From there it was only a matter of time before Crynis could break through his cage." Anglarana paused for a moment in reflection, then raised her head proudly. "My people have guarded his prison all this time. But our numbers have greatly dimminished over time and we were forced to go into hiding. Recently, I felt a great disturbance in nature and came to investigate, I have been wandering the world for over two years searching for the source. I originally thought it to be Crynis, but now I am not so sure. I have been able to pin-point the source of the disturbance to this area. Do you know of any kind of disburance of that sort which has occurred here recently?" "Yeah, Talpa tried to take over the world twice," Sage said. "Not to mention all the Dynasty's attacks in between," Cye added. Anglarana's face fell slightly,
"Oh dear," she whispered, "that expains it then." She raised her voice to address the others, "From the fact that you all are still here, I assume that you defeated Talpa. But what of the Dynasty?" "We destroyed that too," Ryo replied. "Not all of it, apparently. There must have been one that escaped you." "Why do you say that?" Mia asked. "Crynis is very strong, but due to his nature as an elemental demon he has little patience and no ability to plan long term battles. Elemental demons such as he care nothing for domination nor control, they only take pleasure in destruction and that is all that they desire to do. He has no strategy and merely wanders around destroying all that he sees. His fighting and control on the battle field betray the will of another. I believe he was freed by someone from the Dynasty and they are now using him to gain some goal. I do not think it is world dommination like Talpa. If so, he would already be trying to do so." A silence fell over the group as they considered the new information.

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