As the two groups seperated Gernam turned to his sister.

"Now back to our discussion. How did you die?" (Gernam)

Lilium let out a sigh.

"It was about 20 years ago. Little sister had asked a favor of me. She wanted me to help her establish a guild base in Razielon. The negotiations with the king went exceedingly well. In all honestly we should have realized it was too good to be true.. We had actually talked out a great deal. So long as we didn't interfere with their locals and followed their laws we were to have free reign. It went well for the first five years." (Lilium)

"What went wrong?" (Gernam)

The lich kicked open one of the cells finding two Nulguards interrogating a human. He pointed his staff at the first and the man's skin started to rot. The he formed a ball of what appeared to be a black flame and shot it at the other Nulguard. The dwarves head was blown clean off, becoming a splatter on the wall behind him. The lich jumped back to avoid getting blood on his robe. "Better avoid that one indoors." He mumbled to himself.

"The generals stormed the base. The killed non-humans left and right. Humans were captured and.... "freed" after being shown the "truth." Safe to say the non-humans were the lucky ones. The attack came out of no where. It didn't stop with the main base. The hundreds of village guild halls in the country were raided as well. I and several other guild commanders were sent to help those who were fleeing. We were successful at first but........

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Lilium road on a falcon wyvern. Her sanguine armor shining in the sun. When she spotted the fleeing adventurers her heart sank. When she was sent out a few days ago the adventurers were in the thousands. Based on the size, she guessed only about one to two hundred remained. As she got above them her commanded her wyvern to dive down. As she approached the ground she noticed a lone figure on what appeared to be a horse far in the distance. The adventurers themselves were in a frenzy. Running for their lives some had stains on their shirts and robes. Most likely from vomit induced by the constant running. She landed in between the adventurers and the lone rider.

As the ride approached she noticed that what she had thought was a horse was in fact a sleipnir. A six legged horse that could reach speeds up to 140 mels* per hour. Within a few minutes he was upon her. The figure leaped off the the sleipnir and landed on his feet. His weapon was a single longsword and his armor was white chainmail. He was a head taller than Lilium and wore no helmet. His hair was long and platinum blond. He had deep blue eyes and stubble on his chin. He looked at her with disgust.

"Stand aside. I will not let those heretics free for a single vermin." (Saphiel)

With that he jumped onto his sliepnir and made to ride off, and she made no move to stop him. However the moment he passed Lilium she raised her hand. An enormous spell circle formed in front of her. A blood red beam exploded forth from the circle. Rock and earth were torn apart easily by the beam. When the man turned around his eyes widened. He didn't expect such power, even from a vampire. He was able leap off his sliepnir and out of the way just in time to dodge the attack. His mount was not so lucky.

By the time he touched the ground Lilium was already there her enormous greatsword already racing for his neck. Moving his arm fast enough to leave after images he blocked with his single longsword.

"Very well you have my attention." (Saphiel)

*1 mel= about 1 mile

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Sorry for the short chapter. Studying for my final. Thought I'd give you gusy something even if it's not much. Next chapter will be longer. The flash back will probably be two or three more chapters.