EXT. - FOREST OUTSKIRTS - DAY

There is a large open battlefield with the alchemist and barbarian armies standing on either side. The alchemist elder, Eve, stands in the middle of the battlefield. Naxid walks up to her while both armies watch patiently. Naxid wears some armor but makes sure to keep his chest exposed. Eve has a mechanical device attached to her arm. On the back of her hand the first relic can be seen powering the device. Naxid does a sarcastic little bow.

NAXID

I suppose I ought to be honored that the great alchemist Eve should grace me with her presence?

EVE

If you people spent half the time educating yourselves as you do fighting then you could have a civilization as prosperous as ours.

NAXID

(Flexing)

Aye! And if you lot spent any time training then you could have muscles like mine.

EVE

So it’s to the final man then?

NAXID As always!

With that Eve holds out her hand and fires a shockwave from the device on her arm. Naxid is knocked back several feet

but remains relatively unharmed. He touches the relic on his belt and begins to glow red while letting out a ferocious battle cry. All of his fellow barbarians begin to glow with the relic’s power and the two armies charge each other.

In the midst of the battle the alchemist captain runs to Eve’s side to receive orders.

EVE

Take a squadron around the battlefield so you can fire on them from behind. If we can get them fighting on two fronts then they won’t have any opportunities to regroup.

ALCHEMIST CAPTAIN It will be difficult to sneak by unnoticed even with all of this chaos.

EVE

Use the forest as cover. We’re going to need that tactical advantage soon.

The captain nods and runs off-screen, gesturing for his men to follow.

Meanwhile, Naxid is taking down several alchemists while having a conversation with the barbarian captain.

BARBARIAN CAPTAIN Those infernal contraptions they carry are making it very difficult to get within bludgeoning range!

NAXID

Very well. As your king I shall lead by example. Assemble in a V-formation. I’ll break their ranks while your men finish them off.

The alchemist captain and his soldiers begin to enter the forest. They stop to find an army of hunters being led by Janora. When she pulls out the relic knife the sounds of the battle slow down and she becomes obscured in a shadowy aura.

She dashes forward at super speed and stabs the Alchemist Captain’s neck. The other hunters join in behind her but she leaves them, going into the heart of the battlefield. After taking down several soldiers, she stops and looks around for a new target.

In the distance she sees Naxid, singlehandedly beating a squad of alchemists. The two lock eyes. Excited by this new challenge, she wastes no time shadow dashing in for a killing blow. However, Naxid catches her by the neck, causing her aura to disappear. He then slams Janora on the ground and she drops the knife.

Naxid is about to crush Janora under his foot when he is struck in the eye by one of Virgil’s arrows. Virgil runs at the king who swings his fist. Virgil ducks under the fist and grabs the knife off of the ground. Once he touches the knife the aura appears around him. He then grabs Janora and shadow dashes away. Once safe, Virgil skids to a stop, dropping Janora’s body along with the knife.

VIRGIL

Tags: Alexander Dingeman Fantasy
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