Raina snapped her fingers and smiled softly.

“Found you!” She exclaimed happily.

She waved her hand over the cup so that the cup showed her reflection. She had long blonde hair tied into two messy buns with two strands braided going down her shoulder, she had emerald green eyes. She wore robes that were black and red with her hood down. She took a sip from the tea.

“Now how do I break you out?” Raina thought out loud.

She took a pause and hummed to herself, tapping her cheek slightly.

“I could do the proper thing and write to the King and ask for aid in rescuing my cousin. But that would take months to get those blowhard nobles to even consider backing it. Silly nobles and their love of bureaucracy.” She sighed bitterly as she spoke.

She thought for a moment. She stood up and dusted herself off. She walked over to a crate bearing the sigil of an owl with a summer lily in its beak. The sigil of House Grennith. Her house. She opened the crate and pulled out a handful of small bombs.

“With these babies I can maybe cause a distraction for them to be occupied with, get in, free her and get out. I can set the bombs off that are in the mountainside remotely with magic and cover them with an avalanche, which would cover our escape.” She smiled at her plan.

Though after a moment she blinked slightly.

“Just one problem. I don’t know how to unlock doors. But I do know someone who does.”

She started to focus her magic into her hands. She chanted under her breath and moved her hands in a circle weaving a spell, a light blue portal opened. Raina jumped in to her next destination.

—Memoria Obstructa: City of the Lost and Damned —

Despite its name Memoria Obstructa looked like any city in the Kingdom of Caen Lucia. Though located in the March of Nighthaven, a land that was shrouded in everlasting darkness it was where the lost would reside, where the undead and vampires would gather. It was also where Raina was headed. Those who weren’t lost nor damned didn’t tread. Aside from Raina being the niece of the Marchioness and one elf merchant. Though many would say that both of them didn’t have a lick of sense between them.

Raina hopped out of the portal and ended up in the outskirts of the city in the Nightsbane Forest. She happened upon a tent that was covered by the trees. She peeked inside and found who she was looking for.

He was a slender half elf with curly long blonde hair. His clothes were a few sizes too big and tattered with paint stains on the shirt. He had been working. He was sleeping soundly though that didn’t stop Raina from nearly crawling on top of him.

“Riccckkkyyyy~ Wakkkeee uppppp.” She sang out, poking his cheek repeatedly. After a while he opened his eyes showing a deep cerulean blue, he glared at Raina.

“What do ya want?” He asked groggily. His thick country accent coming out.

“I found her!” Raina said moving to a sitting position so Ricky could sit up.

“Found who?” Ricky said groggily as he sat up. He yawned and rubbed his eyes.

“My cousin. Ceirios.” She said with a smile.

“Alright. Out with it. Don’t just sit there with yer teeth hanging there.” He said.

“The cultists stronghold.” Raina said with a wide grin. “The Imperium of Rhodesia nabbed her.”

“Ain’t their main stronghold on an island off the coast of Calix Forest?” Ricky said glaring at Raina.

“She’s at the Grand Cathedral that’s located in Myre. One of their newly occupied cities. Still heavily fortified.” Raina said with a sigh.

Ricky shook his head and sighed. He knew it was going to be a suicidal mission. He didn’t have much longer to live but he didn’t want Raina to get hurt.

“I can portal us easily to the dungeon. There’s not many guards guarding her, they’re all topside. Dressed as holy knights of the Lord of Light. When we portal out, there’s a mountain side that’ll cover our escape.” Raina explained.

Ricky just stared at her.

“Are you in there?! How many of me do you see?!” He shouted at her and jabbed her with his index finger in the forehead”, “Do you think I’m some kind of idiot?!”

“No. Like I said we’ll be in and out. I just need you to pick the lock and set fire to these assholes. Maybe blow up their base.”

Ricky just looked at her and sighed. “Alright. When do we leave?”

“Now. When you get your bearings, we can go.” She said with a smile, walking out of the tent. Ricky grunted, grabbed some things and met her outside.

“Ready when you are, Miss Hoity Toity.” He said with a grunt.

Raina nodded her head and chanted under her breath. She moved her hands in a circular motion, weaving a spell and opening a portal. The two of them jumped in.

-Imperium of Rhodesia — Myre — Grand Cathedral Dungeon—

The dungeon underneath the Cathedral was bleak. It was initially called the Sinner’s Salvation where sinners would go to repent for their crimes against the most holy Lord of Light. Sometimes it was where enemies were forced to convert or lose their life hundreds of years before Raina was born. Now the Imperium cult made it to where people were forced to swear themselves to their Imperator or die.

Raina and Ricky entered the dungeon through the portal silently. Raina waved her fingers and cloaked them in invisibility so that they wouldn’t be detected. She pulled out a small vial of blue liquid, uncorked it and downed it. Ricky just shook his head.

When they creeped down the corridor they say Ceirios in her cell, kneeling down in prayer while two knights looked on. Ricky glared at Raina.

“You said nothing about guards?!” He quietly hisses at Raina.

“I didn’t see any when I was crying.” She whispered in retort. “Besides it’s just two of them.”

Ricky looked at her and sighed. “Takes effort to just stab them.”

Raina sighed and unsheathed a dagger that she had hidden in her boot. “ I carry daggers. We can stab them at the same time. Or throw it and hit them in the head since they’re not wearing helmets.”

Ricky nodded his head and unsheathed his own dagger. At the same time Raina and Ricky threw them, hitting the two guards in the middle of the forehead before they had time to react. Both of them collapsed to the ground. Ceirios was startled by the move, even more so when Raina broke the invisibility spell and approached the cell Ceirios was staying in.

“What in the world are you two doing?” Ceirios quietly hissed at them.

“Breaking you out!” Raina retorted.

Ricky nodded his head as he worked to picking the lock. After a few minutes the lock was picked and Ricky opened the door. Ceirios stepped out and shook her head.

“Do you have a plan?” She turned her head to see where Raina was standing but saw that she had gone. She turned to Ricky and blinked.

“Where did she go?!” She exclaimed.

Suddenly loud explosions happened from above. Large amounts of shouting and footsteps could be heard coming above ground. A portal opened with Raina sticking her head out, causing Ceirios and Ricky to jump back.

“Get in the portal quickly! I re-routed it so we can escape!” Raina yelled before disappearing in the portal.

Ricky and Ceirios exchanged looks and followed after her.

—Raina’s Camp — Mountain Overlook—

The portal took the trio back to Raina’s camp. Raina stumbled a bit which caused both Ricky and Ceirios to worry. Raina waved them off. Raina pulled out another mana potion, uncorked it and downed it in one go.

“I’m fine. Just exhausted my mana a bit by setting the roof on fire.” Raina said with a shrug.

Ricky stared at her in disbelief and wanted to yell at her but he just sighed and sat down next to her.

“Do you think the cult will find us up here?” Ceirios asked looking around nervously.

Raina shook her head.

“I made a few projections to set off the mountain range. It’ll take them months to dig themselves out. They’re not very bright.” She said with a shrug.

Ceirios and Ricky breathed a sigh of relief while Raina pulled out another mana potion, uncorked it and drank from it.

“I wish these had more of a taste.” She complained leaving the other two to laugh as she grimaced. Raina looked up at the sky and sighed softly.

“I’m going to have to go to the Capital and tell them about this. But first we need to get Summer Vale back. Restore it back to its glory.” Raina muttered under her breath.

She leaned back on the grass and closed her eyes. The real hardship was about to

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