This is the eighth chapter of the Fantasy series "Mystery Land". You can read the previous chapters below.
Celina the wizard of the wooden realm had just crossed the path of the mighty Elves. She had escorted the Dark Wizard Sam safely out of the Dark Woods. In doing so, she had to stop the Elves who were pursuing Sam. They were after the Book of Enchantments which gave Sam his powers. The book belonged to the ancient Elves. But, during the great battle between the Demigods and Elves, the book was stolen from them. The loss of the book caused the Elves to perish in the battle. They were driven from their homeland by the demigods at the peril of their lives. They had assumed that the book was hidden deep in the demigod territory. So they remained in exile for many thousand years. But, whispers of the lost book reached their ears once again. The Elvish spies found a young wizard called Sam chanting spells to raise the dead using the enchantments from the lost book.
Sam had come to the Dark Woods to seek Celina's help. He knew that she despised King Riley. The King was a ruthless ruler who was hell-bent on becoming a world conqueror. Sam wanted to avenge his sister's death at the hands of the King's men. Celina had promised to help Sam on one condition. She wanted him to bring her lover Abar safely back to her. Abar was a trusted lieutenant and spy in the King's army. Abar was devoted to his King but he was a kind and noble person. He had been sent by the King to spy in the Mystery Land.
The Elf prince Yala decided to eliminate Celina. He knew it would not be easy to hunt her down in her own forest. So, he decided to call her for a truce meeting and kill her treacherously. As was the practice in those days, two Elves took out rhino horns and began to blow them. A shrill echo filled the forest. It was the call for a truce. Celina heard the horn and turned her horse in the direction of the sound. She was curious to know why the Elves were after Sam. How did they know that he had the magic book? There was only one way to find out. Celina rode towards the Elves.
Celina saw the Elvish camps and got down from her horse. She walked for about four hundred yards in the direction of the camps. She was stopped by two tall Elvish guards. One of them went inside a very large white tent with an Elvish flag perched on top. He came back and told her that the Prince Yala would be happy to meet her. He checked her for any weapons. She didn't carry any weapons.
Celina got inside the tent. The Prince sat on a table sipping wine. He smiled at Celina as she walked in. He bowed to her and greeted her,"I am humbled by your presence, Lady Wizard. Please take a seat."
Celina sat down. The Prince poured her a glass of wine and she accepted it. She took a sip of the wine. It was the finest wine she had tasted. It seemed thousands of years old.
"So why are you after the boy?" she asked him. "I guess you know why? He has our book," the prince replied.
"Your book, what do you mean? That book belongs to his ancestors" she said.
"You are wrong Celina. That book belongs to the Elves. It was given to our ancestors by the Creator himself. It was stolen from us a long time ago. I have come to reclaim what is ours. You are making a mistake by shielding that boy," the Prince replied to her.
"I don't believe you, Prince. Even if that book did belong to your ancestors you have no right to it now. The book rightfully belongs to King Riley. Is he aware of this book?" she questioned Yala.
One look at Yala's face and she knew that the Elves had kept Riley out of this secret.
"Looks like the King isn't aware of this book yet? So you are hiding this secret from him," she questioned Yala again.
Yala got upset and replied," Yes. The book belongs to the Elves and no one else. I command you to stand out of our way or face dire consequences."
Celina looked at him and shouted,"How dare you to talk to me like that? No one commands me but the King. Get out of my woods you filthy scum."
Yala got up in a fit of rage. His blue eyes turned red with rage and with lightning speed, he took out a dagger from his back and slit Celina's throat with one swift move. "You prick, die," he said with a smirk.
Celina held her throat with both her hands and looked at him with an expression of disbelief. She lowered her head. A moment later, she raised her head and smiled. Then she began to laugh loudly and vanished.
Yala was shocked. Just then, he heard cries from outside. He rushed outside. All his guards lay dead with their throats slit open. He saw Celina at a distance slicing the neck of one of his guards. He drew out his sword and rushed to attack her.
As he ran to attack her he saw another Celina standing to his right. He turned left and another Celina stood on his left. He saw ten more Celina's standing in front of him and laughing at him. Several Celina's surrounded him. He stopped unable to make out which one was the real her.
Suddenly Yala felt a cold knife slicing his throat from behind him. A warm gush of blood rushed out of his neck. He held both his hands to his neck stop the bleeding. He turned back to see one more Celina, the real one.
She took her dagger and pierced his heart. The Prince lay dead. Blood of the Prince dripped from her dagger.
She knew she would have to pay a heavy price for killing the Elf prince. The Elves would hunt her like wild wolves. She mounted her horse and rushed to Titania to meet King Riley.
To be continued
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