Ch 6 The Lands, The Arrows

I awoke in a small tent only just large enough for two people.

My senses were heightened and immediately I could hear the soft crackling of a campfire nearby, the slight openings around the tent let in the flickering light of an orange fire.

I was wearing a rough spun tunic and trousers with a thin rope belt around my waist....my feet completely bare.

None of my usual possessions could be found except for a small White scroll with a golden wax seal which Aella had placed in my hand just before pushing me into the glowing green portal.

Immediately I took the scroll and pulled off the shimmering seal, Immediately a low golden glow shone from the seal but only for a moment....The glow so fleeting that if I had blinked it would have been missed.

I felt my heart tremble as I opened the small white scroll as the scent of my beautiful wife emerged from the unfurling parchment.

{Kaliniki, My Husband

I am sorry our time was cut so short.

I planned to spend much more time with you before sending you off, perhaps to even name our daughter who is now residing in my belly.

I am unsure where on Terrium you appeared, I had no time to adjust the portal before Monwraithe appeared but I have no doubt you'll find your way back to me.

You will be able to see me again at my temple deep in the Aen Carnith Valley, Hidden away from the eyes of The Bathian Church and all of humanity.

The last Monarch of the Aelven Empire is also In Aen Carnith, she is a devoted follower of mine named Elyria.

Now that the male line of the Antediluvian Empire has extinguished the Young High Queen Elyria is now looking for a worthy Husband to continue the Royal Lineage.....You shall be Him.

My temple is inside her Capital of Caedwinn, Make her your bride if you wish to unite the remaining disparate clans.

If you wish to take more women as your own do not hold back, Ive always wanted little sisters after all~

And a powerful man needs many women as well Husband so don't let me down~

Take the golden seal and say 'Aellarith I Love You' three times for a surprise my love~

But Remember.

I want their souls.

With our wedding rings any whom you slay will have their souls sent directly into my hands.

Make them scream like they made my people scream all those years ago.

For Glory's Sake.....For Vengeance Sake.....

Ps. You are also now Aelven, And one of the most handsome in all the lands at that. Also, Please forgive Monwraithe, she is overprotective of me and only rarely loses herself to the Laevian Rage, I will make sure she apologizes fully the next time we meet my love~}

A tear fell from my eye....I would be a father soon enough which meant I had no room for failure or mercy towards my enemies.

I would Make it to Aen Carnith and see my Bride once again no matter who or what stood in my way.

Immediately my hand moved to my ear, Long thin and pointed just as Aellarith had said....My Hair fell in front of my face just at that moment.

I froze for a long moment upon seeing the swaying lock of hair was a striking shade of white....I'd never thought of painting my hair on earth but white would have been number one on my list.

Then i rolled up the scroll once more and picked up the Golden seal which id just removed before crawling to the tents entrance.

I grabbed the tent flap and slid it aside before moving out slowly as I looked around and examined the surroundings.

Immediately i noticed my heightened senses.

From a bug crawling under a pile of leaves

To an owl nearby swooping down and snatching a squeaking rodent from a the underbrush

My vision was also incredibly improved.

I could see clearly Into the pitch black night just outside of the campfires illumination....It was incredible.

After being sure that no one was around i finished exiting the tent and stood up, immediately i noticed my height was also much different....On earth I was only ever 5'10 before my death...now I felt much taller as well which was strange.

Just as I was enjoying my new body and senses I heard two or three leaves crack from nearby in the pitch black forest and my eyes immediately snapped to the direction of the sound where I spotted a tall Chestnut haired Aelven woman with sharp green eyes, The bow in her hand was raised and drawn while pointed directly towards my chest.

What unsettled me was the dripping orange goop on the arrowheads tip.

Immediately my hands went up in submission as she spoke.

"...incredible senses...None should be able to hear me coming.....vision is superb as well....." The woman mumbled to herself as she contemplated whether or not to fill me with her poison tipped arrow.

"If you're going to release that arrow then do it." I spoke coldly, I'd had barrels directly pointed towards me several times and pissing myself now was not in the cards.

"Why were you naked in the forest....And that scroll in your hands....Why couldn't I open it." The Bow wielding green eyed beauty spat with a hint of venom in her voice.

"Any free Aelven man has the right to be naked in any forest...And its rude to try and read another persons private letters." I spoke calmly with my hands still raised.

The Chestnut haired beauty scowled for a second and I was sure she'd release the poisoned arrow until I heard a soft snicker from her direction.

I almost couldn't believe my long Aelven ears until the woman broke into a wide grin and chuckled loudly.

"Ahahaha!!!!...Who says something like that...Ahahaha!!!" She laughed beautifully but in her amusement her fingers managed to let go of the bowstring.

Both of our eyes widened simultaneously as the Arrow loosed and began to fly directly towards my heart.

*SWOOOOOSH!!!

The Poisoned arrow flew forth at frightening speed 

I could see the horror appear on the Tall Aelven woman's face.

But to the surprise of both of us my hand shot forth and grasped the flying arrow, its tip ripped deep into my palm before sliding further until i was holding tightly onto the wooden shaft.

Fresh hot blood began to flow almost instantly from my hand and I tossed the Poisoned arrow aside.

Within a few breaths I felt a searing hot pain from my hand, Far more than what would come from a mere flesh wound.

"Ahhhhh!!! Fuck!!!!" I shouted and grasped my wrist to keep the orange goop from spreading out further into my bloodstream.

"Oh No I'm So Sorry!!!" The chestnut haired woman yelled as she ran quickly from the dark wood line with panic in her eyes.

If i wasn't so focused on the pain i might've noticed her long legs in leather tights and lithe body but a man has priorities.

Upon reaching my side the Chestnut haired Aelven woman grabbed the thin rope belt around my waist and grabbed another arrow from her quiver in order to make a makeshift tourniquet.

My Hand seared as if being thrown onto a grill as the woman tightened the rope tourniquet tightly, What came next however I'd never expect.

She brought her bright red lips towards my dripping arrow wound and slurped deeply from the gash before spitting it out onto the nearby campfire.

I would have thought it was erotic if I didn't feel as if i were dying with my hand in a fryer.

before long my vision began to blur and my legs began to buckle.

"Oh Fuck, You'll be okay!!! I'll suck it all out!!!" The woman spoke frantically before sucking deeply on my wound once more even more vigorously.

"hehe...Damn girl...Y...You...You Suck Good...." My slurred words sounded just as my vision turned completely black, my last sight showed her face scrunch angrily for a moment before spitting out yet another mouthful of my fresh blood.

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[Dream sequence 2]

(November 19, 1991)

In the temporary Arkanovci camp in the Ovčara farm there another truckload of bound men were thrown out of a UAZ truck at bayonet point.

Several men in balaclavas walked up and tied stained black blindfolds around their eyes and pushed them out towards the back of a large wooden barn where four men with Ak's stood around smoking cigarettes.

"Ulagar you dog!!! Stop smoking we brought you another batch of traitors and Croat loving Scum!!!" A man wearing a red beret and balaclava yelled out chummily towards the usually no nonsense Captain.

"I may be a dog but you're my brother!!! That makes you a bitch Hugo!!!" Captain Ulagar yelled out as he neared the man in the red Beret.

"Don't let that kid of yours smoke, he's too young for that." Hugo spoke as he embraced his younger brother.

"Don't let his size or age fool you, Little Krv is more of a man than any of these!" Captain Ulagar spoke aloud as he turned to one of the tied up men and sent a hard kick to his shin with his steel toed boots.

*Swoosh

*Thud

*CRUNCH

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!KURWA!!!!!" The blindfolded prisoner yelled out in pain as his shin broke in two and he collapsed onto the floor.

"Oh Shut up you damn polish animal!!! I barely touched you!!!....Krv Make him shut up so my brother and I can talk!!!" Captain Ulagar ordered at the young boy who was trying and failing to smoke a cigarette nearby.

Krv rushed over and pulled the bright nickel plated Tokarev pistol from its leather holster.

The young man Aimed the pistol at the screaming mans head as he had done so many times before.....

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[Many hours later]

My eyes opened slowly, the pain in my hand almost entirely gone.

I wasn't in the small tent any longer, instead i was laying down a few feet from the warm campfire upon a soft fur pelt.

Looking down at my hand i saw it now wrapped in bandages and smelling strongly of a mint like green paste but the pain was entirely gone....it felt as if the wound had closed as well.

Sitting nearby on a log stump was the Chestnut haired woman, staring at me angrily as if she'd pick up her bow and finish me off with another poison tipped arrow, I was lucky she had a large roasted mushroom in her left hand instead of a dagger.

"You look like you want to shoot me again....If you want to do it now is the time to finish me off." I spoke with a little smile but she didn't look amused in the slightest.

"You are rude." She spoke coldly before taking an angry bite of her roasted mushroom which smelled delicious.

"I think Being a bit rude is fine after almost being killed..." I spoke as I laid my head back onto the comfortable fur she had laid me on but instead of any normal response she yelled out loudly.

"It is never fine to insinuate that I am Some Kind Of Harlot!!!Cant you see my finger doesn't have the Scarlet Mark!!!" The Aelven woman shouted angrily while pointing her roasted mushroom at me threateningly as if it were a weapon and holding up her right hands ring finger.

I didn't know what the 'Scarlet Mark' even was but I could clearly see that it upset her genuinely.

I simply nodded and decided to apologize, my mother would haunt me from whichever realm she was in if I didn't.

"I am sorry miss, I didn't mean to offend you with what I said....I hope you can forgive me." I spoke sincerely while looking into her big deep green eyes as the flickering flames reflected off them.

"I forgive you white hair...A...An...And I am sorry for my venom tipped arrow....I really didn't mean to kill you." She spoke so softly that i almost didn't hear her.

I nodded in acceptance before sitting up slightly and nearing the warm campfire a bit and warming myself a bit more, it was no use crying over spilled milk.

But i did notice my Scroll and Seal were nowhere to be seen

"The scroll and Golden seal....Where are they?" I asked the woman as she continued munching cutely on her big roasted mushroom.

*Munch

*Munch

*Munch

*Gulp

"Here..." She spoke after swallowing the food and tossed me a small linen bag.

I caught it carefully and quickly opened the bag to retrieve the Golden seal.

It glimmered in my hand beautifully with the light of the campfire for a few long moments before I spoke.

"I Love Aellarith."

"I Love Aellarith."

"I Love Aellarith."

I spoke while holding the gold seal in my palm and as if by magic it glowed softly for a few moments before it reformed itself and formed a golden chain.

From one moment to another the Seal became a pendant hung on a beautiful chain, The Chestnut haired Aelven woman watched with wide eyes at what I was doing.

Immediately I placed the Pendant around my neck and felt a faint thrumming for a long moment....As if by magic I instantly Realized that it was not only a pendant....It was a portable storage, And luckily for me it wasn't empty...

"What is your name....Are you a Sorcerer...." The woman Asked with wide eyes upon seeing the seal transform.

"My name is Kalinik Hilandar, Although its usually good manners to introduce yourself before asking someone else's name miss." I spoke after looking up at her big green eyes which stared at me intently.

"Natalka, Best Archer of the Valewood Clan....Never heard of the Hilandar Clan though..." Natalka spoke softly as she stared at me with her intensely curious Green eyes.

Just before both of our heads turned simultaneously towards the Pitch Dark Wood Line.

Cracking of leaves and branches.

The distinct Jingle of Chain mail armor.

Heavy Breathing of a dozen Men moving at a fast pace.

And the sniffing and yelping of hounds.

"....Humans....We Need To Run...." Natalka spoke with a trembling voice before tossing a nearby fur onto the campfire and smothering it completely. . . . .

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(Btw, Mc women are mc's women no one else's.)

(There is a Monwraithe image but let me know if webnovel is blocking it since its a bit spicy.)

(I will post a Natalka image as soon as its ready)