A NI!ght Attack (Do-Rei)

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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With the approach of the evening, I would return from doing my rounds, surveying the various portions of the desert. It wasn’t too unlike me to vanish for periods of time to do as I wished, since I had no one to directly report to. My body drifts in my levitation in a downward motion towards the nucleus of my domain with the deep lavender hues of the skies mixing with red in my backdrop. The night would be upon us soon, and with it would come an unusual form of entertainment. Soon after landing, I walk among the structures under construction and being built by the various crews hired by my lead carpenter Hakim. I would be approached by said carpenter and greeted. He wreaked of a good days work with his body tanned from having worked in the sun all day in the process of building my kingdom. The sturdy man wipes his forehead with the back of his hand and speaks, “hail, mi’lord. I have a bit of news to give to you.” With a nod, I allow his speech, asking, “what is it?” He goes into detail speaking about a warning that he and his company were given concerning an attack on my ranch. As it had turned out, my actions were not unnoticed by the human populance, and here and there I may have made an enemy or two by coincidence. Such a thing was a small matter, but I had nothing of a militia yet, nor did I believe I needed one. I am advised that it seemed we would be attacked after sundown by a band of assorted thugs and bandits. Hakim was unsure of the number, but asked what he should to in preparation. After thinking for a moment, I advise him, “it is fine. I will have the matter taken care of. Continue to work and rest as normal; this will not interrupt us in the least.” Hakim bows at my words and is dismissed. From there, I make my way towards my lair, but not without first seeking out Rei. On reaching the edge of the cliff, overlooking the eastern seas, I would give the call “boy!” to see if he were at least in vocal range.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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I am not forced to wait long for my student to arrive. As he comes, I mull over the thought that the potential in this one might far surpass that of my former reluctant student, Adrian. With my body facing the ocean, my head turns to the side as he approaches, announcing his arrival. With a pleased nod, I acknowledge his presence. The stern look stays about my visage, however, and I go into detail about his mission for the night, which I would be observing. I would put full faith in Hakim’s words and his sources in hopes that the events of which he spoke would come true. Beginning, I speak, “tonight humans will come. I am unsure of the number, but such a thing does no matter to one who is strong. They should not know that we will be awaiting them. Logically they should approach from the west, so there we shall wait for them. You will be what cuts them off from the center of my budding domain. I will look to you to defeat every adversary that comes and allow none to pass onto me. I will not raise my hand against the enemy until you are dead, so do not think my strength will assist you. If you are able to do this, then you will have proven yourself ready for your next stage in development.” With that said, I await any answer from the student. He is given plenty of time to respond, but after said response, a boy from the carpenter’s guild would arrive, running by foot and out of breath. He would report, “mi’lord. I came from Hejar. There are several on their way here. They should be within visual distance in about ten minutes.” The boy bends over, holding his knee as he catches his breath. He had done well for a mortal. Looking to Rei, I would motion for us to go and greet our approaching guests.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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After the messenger’s arrival, he is dismissed, and does so making his way back towards the caravan settlement of the carpenter guilds. My attention and body shifts turning to the west as it would now be our destination. I look to Rei for a moment as his words come in, and I accept them. I found it a bit convenient that my pupil could now fly, since I only liked walking when the situation called for it. Naturally, I would fly when I wanted to be somewhere and didn’t want to bother with taking steps. It was interesting that I had never observed Rei flying over a height of about two-stories and I wondered if that may be a limitation of his levitation abilities. It would be something to work on, since it was moreso than something of convenience than something needed to increase his powers due to the tactical advantages it brings to the table. Without further speaking, my feet levitate from the ground as I rise to about a story and move towards the western boundaries of my maturing lands.

The sun sets fully, bringing in the cloak of night over head. The stars litter the deep cobalt veil that was pulled out overhead. I continue the flight to about a distance of a half mile from the current production area of my empire. In these outskirts, my feet come to the ground, standing in a mixture of short grasses, dirt and sand. The dry air shifts over the badlands, bringing in a soft breeze from the deserts. In the distance, I could see the shadows of men approaching by the dim glow being caste down by the semi full moonlight. The sounds of hooves could be heard in the distance and various weapons would give off metallic sounds with their movements of getting closer. There would be about two dozen men in all with this mounted group. Looking to Rei, I would nod and motion for him to move to the front to intercept their path if he hadn’t already moved in place without asking. On seeing a lone swordsman in the middle of this open terrain, the men would most probably stop and verbally interface with him.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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Author’s Clarification: The "cave" is basically Domen's house; it's going to be his private residence and a temple is going to be constructed directly on top of it overlooking the sea. The cavern’s interior will have the basic bedrooms, bathrooms, etc, set up in it. It would be Domen’s personal space. The actual empire and mentioned areas of construction are above ground, so the carpenters and people aren't in the cave. Above ground in the lands near the eastern coast, there will be small huts and houses in the process of being created or finished. The largest structure created thus far would be the homes of the carpenters and the supply houses. At this point in time, the cave would be more along the lines of a house, or rather, basement room that will expand into an internal or underground palace.

My body floats back several paces from my young apprentice as I move into the background, observing him and the situation. The mounted men would notice Rei on their approach and slowly come to a halt at a distance of about five yards from him. They would see the sword in his hands, a lone warrior out in these badlands with a shadowy figure in the distance. The men themselves were of various shapes and types, wielding various physical weapons in their personal arsenals. Notable were swords and crossbows, hanging from harnesses on the horse like creatures. The lead man holds a hand up with a “whoa” to the others for them to pause. Looking out at Rei, the leader, a well built man in bandits attire, consisting of tanned slacks, a bandana encasing ragged strands, and a opened half vest with no undershirt lifts his sword and announces, “we are the mercenaries of Ri. Perhaps you’ve heard of us. What are you doing out here in the dark, little man? You can’t possibly be the demon we’ve heard about.” The others around him nod and confirm with cosigns of “Ri… ri, ri.”

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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The chanting pauses for a moment. There is general chatter of unrest as the words take the men by surprise. Within a mixture of utterances of confusion, the words, “oh no he didn’t” comes from the background as well as “who does he think he is.” The leader pauses, seemingly insulted that they had not been heard of, but coughs into his fist and gains his composure. He looks around cooly, first to the left, then to the right as he takes survey of his men. “Kind sir,” he says in a reminding tone, “there are twenty seven of us, and one of you. Little boys should watch their mouths. Little John, kill this boy to teach him a lesson in life.” A dark male with a head massed full of dull onyx locks, dark eye goggles and a smile revealing golden teeth rides up beside the leader and answers, “what?!” The leader looks to him and says, “kill this boy.” The dark male requests, “what?!” The leader asks, “can you hear me, fellow?” The dark male pauses and nods, “yeah!” The leader reiterates, “then kill this boy!” The stout dark male nods and says, “okay!” and lifts up a cross bow leveling it at Rei before firing at his chest to shoot him down.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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The initial strike catches the men by surprise as most eyes were on the duo of leader and John. When the attack comes, the horses are indeed spooked and rear up with the explosion of debris and such, causing several in the front to fall off of their horses. They would meet with the sandy ground below and with one such person, the sword would find its place at his neck as it is struck causing a cascade of blood to spray into the night air. The male falls limply to the side, void of life and his bowels and the other men come into battle mode, angered by the loss of an ally. The game of numbers would come into play here. The men would start to reach for their weapons and prepare for the counter attack. In the ground about 75% of the hands there would come to swords, with the rest reaching for cross bows. About six, including the leader hand fallen from their horses as the others remain mounted. Taking hasty aim at Rei, the first few shots are fired at him as the men who had fallen off of the horses pick themselves up and prepare for close range weapon melee combat.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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The explosion from the crusader’s bash causes more chaos and more riders are thrown from their mounts before being able to launch a successful counter attack. The horses that had throws their masters made haste into the night leaving their riders stranded. By this time, those near the back who were still mounted were circling around to encircle Rei in attempts to find a route to attack him. A few bolts strike the shield/body, but it takes a moment for a bulk of the men to realize what just happened. Yells of “monster” call out at the hideous site. The counter attack is launched by those still able to fight, but if a close range battle were to break out, it would be hard for the mounted archers to get off a free shot. With a few of the men wounded or unconscious already, the rest were forced to fight out of fear. A couple weaker willed individuals, in the numbers of two or three, trailing in the end, step back cautiously, eye open wide in fear as they attempt to flee, heading back into the desert from where they came with words of fright about their lips seeking escape.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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I watch from my vantage point set in the background of this chaos as it unfolds in front of me. My arms continue to remain folded. I count the numbers that he had taken down in a short amount of time. This was the difference between humans and something more. I felt this experience was important for him; he was dealing with evading attacks and dispatching enemies quickly; he showed signs of strategy, poise and control in battle, which I felt were important things for him. He mentioned behind a mercenary before this, so I knew he had battle experience, but still, it would be good for him to become acclimated to his new abilities. I felt he would have to learn to pace himself a bit better, since using his new abilities would drain his stamina more so than if he were seasoned with them. I remain stoic and silence as I watch with stern approval, the process of these men dying at the hands of my apprentice. There were 27 when they first arrived with the ignorance to threaten what they did not know of; I wanted there to be none left… or rather, perhaps one left, to carry the tale of this slaughter back to whoever sent them.

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Ooc: Take out as many as you can in your next big post, then I'll post after that.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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I watch in approval as my servant goes through the motions of taking down his adversaries. As a being that had been around for many years, I had the patients to watch this in motion. More so than having a necessity of patients, I found that this act was entertaining to me, almost like watching a sporting event. There were portions of me felt compelled to want to participate and I saw several moments when I could have devastated the playing field, but my discipline was too strong to give any serious thought to these whims. The numbers are reduced to over half of what they originally were and the men were starting to surround him once more. I would see how he would respond to this, wondering how his stamina was holding up against them. I think to myself that he needed something more than melee tactics; something he could clear the field with. Of course I had a few ideas in mind; but that would come later in his training.

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Ooc: Take out as many as you can in your next big post, then I'll post after that.

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A NI!ght Attack
Location: Eastern Desert Coast

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I witness as the rest of the vermin are dealt with leaving the leader last, allowing him to see his entire troop defeated and murdered. After performing his task, Rei turns to me and inquires about the life of the leader. Lifting my chin a bit as I speak, I advise, “allow him to live and crawl back to where he came from so others will know of what happened here.” My gaze looks around the bodies and blood littered about my front yard. Though it might be a deterrent for future actions against us, I did not like how it looked. It was a bit barbaric to put the bodies on steaks and then on display and it didn’t seem classy. I didn’t really care what happened to the bodies, I just didn’t want them littered about my domain. I motion towards them and give the charge, “You have done well. Now that you have made a mess in my domain, I will leave you to clean it. After that, you are free to do as you will for the remainder of the night; your training will continue tomorrow.” With that, I linger long enough to assure he understood my will before leaving him.

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