“For who doth thou think thou art to disrupted a venerated battle such as this?” The old mage asked.

An old mage, eh? Of course, the first one I meet is an old man.

“The King has delivered you into mine hand to strike you down and I will send your head into his bosom and I will do this thing before all of the kingdoms and beneath the heavens. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandments of the king to do evil right before his sight? Thou hast killed in unlawful fury and hast taken up sword against the kingdom for thoued own. Now for the sword shall never depart from thine house.”

Okay, no dumb old mage names for him.

“I get it, Moses. Enough quoting scripture. Tell me, you really like your king, don’t you? Your kingdom too, so just give me what I want then I’ll leave. Also, I don’t think I’ve killed anyone, yet. Really hope there’s not going to be a reason to change that.”

“I will raise up evil from beneath thine own feet and will take thine heart and give it over to mine king and he shalt take your gods and has them for his own this sun. Who has givens thou the commandments to rise in evil against all the people that stand before you?”

I had to think a bit, I didn’t really know what I was getting into.

“Thus actions shalt be for mine own king!” I told him.

I think that was right to say.

“I am the one-” I remembered that Faye was with me, “we are the two that he holds in the highest regards. The hands of the king and his goddess.”

“Then why art thou, being as the right hand to the king, here holding the sword against us?”

“As a message.”

“I advise you again to turn and leave this field as the prey would flee from its predator.”

“I feel more like a predator and you are like an alien to me…” I chuckled.

“My heart is deeply saddened for thou hast not hearken onto the voice of my king nor mine own. I am Leoren, son of Kaelmar, son of Lutumal. Proclaim your name before me.”

“My name is Asher Burell. Direct agent of Cyrus, a conquerer, son of Alexander the third of Macedon, son of Genghis Khan and Attila and Caesar and Napoleon and…, okay at the moment I can’t think of any more conquerors but be warned, he is not to be messed with.”

“This day shall be the last you spent on this world. Behold for the righteous might the lord has given onto me.”