The Bard's Ballad Part 6

I had awoken at night to a scream, such a shrill would have awoken every cursed wingless of the Underworld. Another thing with the Draconic religion, Draconics who have sinned are sent to the Underworld, stripped of their wings. It is very brutal, according to Ye'Dunn, the Draconic Hero of the Mountains.

The tale goes as follows: Ye'dunn was betrayed by the horrid dragon of grief into sinning. The Horrid Dragon, Gatyf, then killed him, sending him to the Underworld. After getting his wings stripped, using his will, he regrew them and flew back up to the surface and fought Gatyf. He slew him after a year of fighting, giving the Draconic the power of Ye'dunn's Will after losing his arm.

Enough about my religion, I follow the scream down the hall where a light-skinned woman was being attacked by an imp. The devilish creature was red with horns the size of a small boomerang and a skull face. 

"GET THIS MONSTER AWAY FROM ME-HEE-HEE!" she squealed. I played 'The Bolero of Will' and pulled out my rapier. The Imp notices me and lunges toward me. With a well-timed dodge roll, I was able to evade the attack and stab the Imp in the back. The creature bellows and becomes enraged. The Imp's aura blasted me back.

Ruut yawns as he comes around the corner, "Hey, bud, why didn't you tell me you were having a... ok, not a party." Ruut was unarmed, but luckily for him, I had a knife on me he could use. "Catch!" I yelled. Ruut grabs a dagger and throws it at the Imp's skull. It was a direct hit!

"Now's your chance! Stab it in the head!" Ruut says! I take my rapier and jump over the squealing imp, I raise the sword over my head, and stab the imp's open skull. The lady goes haywire as blood spurts everywhere. My rapier turning into a tint of red. "Holy hell, bud," Ruut says. "Great, now I have to change clothes."

Now that I had time to think clearly, what was an imp doing here? Imps can only be summoned by a necromancer, which was outlawed in this region. Something is wrong here. We're getting into something much deeper than it seems...

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Morning came, and it was still raining! We walked down to the dock market to see Hera. Apparently, Ruut arranged a meeting with Hera before entering the inn. We saw Hera, staring at the horizon. I had to tell her about my vision. "Hera!" I say. She looks at me and smiles, "Come over here!"

We walked to her, and I started, "Hera, I had another vision. The rumors are true! There really-" Hera shushed me and said, "I know, umm..." She must not know my name, guess it's my fault for not introducing myself. "Balasar," I said. "Ok, Balasar, I know the vision was true, we have such great will, we can see the past or the future, even read minds. We both had your last vision."

I have some kind of foresight, huh? Wait, let me try something... I, Ruut, will slay the beast single-handedly! Cling-clang, boom, pow! "Ha! You think you can kill the sea monster by yourself, Ruut?" I laugh. Ruut perks up, surprised, "Eh...uh...but... what the hell.."

Well, I'd be damned! Who's laughing now, Ruut? Who's laughing? Hera continues, "Have you seen anything... unusual?" Ruut chimes in, "Yeah! We saw an imp!" Hera smirks. She must know something. "I knew it, I have a plan. It involves Ruut, you, me, some guard, and a bunch of stolen goods."

This won't go well...

To be continued...