Cachot Noir military prison
Six days ago, in the city of Asdrath's Northern region, nightfall descended upon Cachot Noir military prison. The artificial sun, a great artifact of elven and dwarven technology, stood a thousand feet above the underground nation.
This giant artifact, powered by explosive ethereal stones, had shone brightly for years, illuminating the city. As nightfall approached, its radiance glow dimmed, casting the city in darkness.
Dressed in black attire and a dark cloak, Eira sprinted toward the seven foot tall prison wall, using the darkness to her advantage evading detection. She climbed the wall using her mediocre infiltration skills, carefully avoiding using magic to conceal her presence. Upon reaching the top, she inhaled deeply and crushed a purple oval glass, releasing a toxic gas.
Two guards, patrolling the western wall, were quickly overcome by the gas, collapsing to the ground as they struggled to breathe and call for help. Their paralysis gave Eira an opportunity, she seized it and slipped in without hesitation, leaving the incapacitated guards behind.
After landing on the inside of the prison she immediately dashed for the dungeon moving quickly seeing many guards she decided to find an entrance above the dungeon 's stronghold,Eira leaped onto the dungeon's roof, using a nearby window to sneak inside. Eira sneaks into a storage room on the upper floor, seeing the absence of guards she quickly unfolds a map of the dungeon she brought from the black market.
After a quick scan, she tucked it away, her mission clear to retrieve dark magic manuscripts for Lord Osric from the prison repository. She navigated to the second floor then the second underground floor.
It seemed the prison extended deep below the ground, Eira blending into the darkness. The higher floors of the basement seemed surprisingly less secured, with minimal guards. Too easy, Eira thought, her instincts on high alert.
As she crawled along the ceiling, a voice echoed through the hallway "Oh my, how long has it been since we had an intruder? The Chief warden will be so pissed." Lax, the third Captain of Cachot Noir, emerged, carrying his sharp blade that was at odds with his muscular build. "I'm Lax, at your service," he said, his tone filled with amusement.
Eira landed silently on the floor, her fighting stance tensed. Behind her black mask, her anxious face remained hidden. Lax, a dwarf captain in a green uniform, smiled with amusement. "Giving me the silent treatment, eh? And here I was just trying to get along. Well, don't blame me for being mean."
"It had to be a guard Captain there were few guards around, this must be his doing. And I'm so close to the repository, I guess I have no choice but to fight, I can't try to escape while coming this far " she thought to herself."It seems I walked right into your trap this is your doing, isn't it?" Eira spoke with a high tone, trying to mask her real voice.
Lax smiled, intrigued. "Oh, you're a clever one, aren't you? Thanks to you I can play a little, this place can be quite boring; I kept the guards away when I sensed your presence to see what you were after. I thought you were here to break someone out, but it seems you came for the prison repository, what a greedy elf or did your companion who got arrested have an irreplaceable treasure with him that you'd try to break in here."
"Tch, I clearly masked my presence; how did someone of your level sense me?" Eira asked.
Lax chuckled. "Someone of my level? You're claiming to be superior? You clearly aren't cut out for this infiltration stuff; such poor mana masking skills, and your pure mana is leaking from being forcibly suppressed that made it easy to detect. It seems you need to be educated; fortunately for you, I'm here. So, stop your futile attempt to buy time." "Ice daggers!" Eira chanted, her hands clasped together, pointing at Lax.
A glowing light burst out her hands and ice daggers materialized, flying straight for Lax. He swiftly countered them with his thin blade, using his technique"Spinning Blade." Quickly tilting his body around, he shattered all the daggers.
Eira backed away, her gaze darting around the area, searching for potential reinforcements. "Not bad," Lax said, his voice filled with amusement. "It seems you're more than just a burglar. Worry not, no one will interfere with our little play. So, give it your all."
"Ice blade!" Eira incanted, forming a long sword made of ice. She charged towards Lax, her movements swift and deadly. Lax, anticipating her attack, prepared to defend himself.Lax met Eira's ice sword with his spinning blade, the two weapons clashing in fury of steel and ice shards. Eira's sword cracked under the pressure, conjuring icy shards on her blade to increase its lethality.
The battle raged on, with Lax using his strength and blade mastery to counter Eira's rapid assaults. Eira retaliated with a barrage of ice shards, forcing Lax to dodge and weave.Creating an opening, Lax launched a powerful slash, aiming for Eira's shoulder. Eira deflected it with her ice sword, but Lax's blade sliced deep, threatening to shatter her defense.She instantly vanished and reappears away from the attack,"what the you can use a kekkai.. you Who are you it seems I need to get serious here.
A kekkai a powerful ability that can be achieved by those who reached Argentum phase it allows the user to instantly teleport to a short distance it
"I knew your movements were a bit advanced it seems you are at the Argentum phase no wonder you were cocky enough to face me but I can tell, you just reached that phase so I should be able to you it's all about skill after all, the gap between us isn't that big"said LAX
"Are you buying time", Eira said mocking
Lax annoyed by her remark,"you will pay for that",he charged towards her using his strength raising his blade to strike upon reaching the target before he closed the distance, Eira stood motionless her body glowed with mana "Iceland",she chanted softly without gestures.Lax's eyes widened as he realized Eira's mana had surged to a high level.
The air around her seemed to shimmer with power.As the floor, ceiling, and everything within Fifty meters froze, surroundings were covered with ice that looked like crystals,Lax's charge came to a halt. He found himself standing on frozen ground, his blade inches from Eira's face. However, she didn't flinch, her eyes gleaming with a confident intensity.
"You're fast, Lax," Eira said, her voice calm. "But speed alone won't save you, this was a technique I just achieved after advancing to the Argentum phase. It's my first time using it in a real fight."Lax's eyes narrowed, his frozen grip on his blade tightening but. He knew he was outmatched, but he refused to back down.
"I'm laxus do you think I reached my position my connections don't underestimate me,"he yelled trying to use his raw strength to break free from the ice,Eira violently struck his vital point in the neck,he instantly fell on the ground.
It was then that Eira decided that she would follow her dreams and sacrifice everything and stay by Lord Osric's side leaving the military and her home to serve his lord. From that point there was no going back,she knew other guards, wardens and Captains would be there soon.
She quickly charges to repository that was within her sight,she instantly covered her right hand with ice upon reaching the repository gate punching great force, The repository gate that was already frozen from her technique shattered open it seems the frost from "ice land"was draining mana from the repository's seal which weakened its state.
Eira rushed inside scanning quickly through looking around many treasures and evidence confiscated from criminals she saw a large shelf of books,she saw those isolated separately aside she knew her prize was before her eyes she quickly grabbed her black magical storage pouch without going through each of them she put them all inside.
However time was against her, prison guards were arriving and standing outside the vault the commotion was increasing ,Eira was trapped yet she prepared to charge in forming her sword."I'd rather not if we're you just make things easy and surrender even you meticulously defeat me, you won't escape this place with your life."Willand, a Senior warden officer in the military prison.
Cachot Noir military prison was overseen by a Chief Warden. Under him was Senior Warden Willard, Reporting to Willard were three Guard Captains in charge of squad guards around the dungeon.
Before Eira, Was a senior warden who reached Argentum phase an experienced elf Who was unexpectedly bold, not a single hair on his head his pointy ears stood out more,he was no stranger to Eira as he had seen him a couple of times as a military officer but he was mostly famous for his despicable torturing methods to prisoners it was said he even tortured anyone who laughed at him even his subordinates.
"I didn't think I'll have to use this but I have no choice," Eira said talking to herself.she pulled she pulled a large green glowing Rock."huh ether..why do you an explosive ethereal stone that big, those are prohibited you..who are you?!.
"I hope you now understand the situation Warden Willard if I crush this stone all us within 70 mitre radius will be left in shambles you have a chance of surviving but what about your subordinates who are at the core phase are you willing to sacrifice them just to catch me?."Eira asked holding the green stone that was bigger than her hand which she retrieved from the storage pouch.
A moment of silence passed a staring contest was underway the warden had to make a decision."Go ahead you will barely survive yourself, would you kill yourself after all this time? I think not."
Unwise decision she said,"ice Oracle third form" she chanted while throwing the ethereal stone covered in ice towards the warden,her enchantment made her body glow with mana then she was instantly petrified with ice layer upon layer growing from her in seconds,a massive protective ice she created.
On the other hand the ethereal stone she threw directly at the warden in a fast pace was neutralised by him catching it softly reducing the impact so it does not Break and explode destroy everything around."I see you have lost your mind but it seems your efforts have gone to waste", response did not come from Eira who was covered by a huge Boulder of ice, suddenly on Willard's hand the ice that covered the stone started forming veins piercing the stone."Oh sh*t so that was your plan"
Boom.