It's peaceful, just like he wanted. Caelum doesn't want to open his eyes or move his body. He always pray to pass the day as it is though not to the gods he known as he despises them. But deep down he knew things wouldn't go that smoothly.
The war horn sounded. Its echo carries throughout the skies of abyssia as it also reach caelum who was laying on a solid ground facing the ceiling of the cave.
He tosses before slowly opens his eyes and slowly forced himself to a sitting position leaning on the wall of the cave.
"Already?" Caelum muttered tiredly. "So much for sleep".
He scanned the cave, nothing in particular stand out except for dripping water in the middle of the cave that already formed a mini pool. He assumed there was a huge downpour when he was out. Too tired to even notice.
Caelum sifted his thought to the most important matters, The first horn. The war horn will sound at every start of the day without exception indicate the start of the war between the Luminara and Nyxara for the day.
He would never understand the need for this war. What leads to the war? Is it faith? Religious? Or they just wish to reduce the population since they cant be killed by their own blessings? These two cities believe the cycle of the eclipse above all else that has been dictated by the 6 gods.This war between the two cities has been waging for atleast 500 years from what he learned from his parents.
Caelum gets up, wants to scout the area like he always do for a better view of the war and their situation. He picked up his satchel which is almost empty and crossed the cave, hoping to escape before the two troublemaker shows up but stopped at the pool of water to examine his reflections.
Messy blonde hair with a velvet eye that void of any expression. He always hated his appearance as this was the source of his hardship and suffering . Caelum just have to keep his promise and try to survive though it's not like he can die anyway. But the pain though? Yes, caelum would like to avoid that.
Just as he was about to turn from the water, he heard a pair of footsteps.
'Dammit, i'm late' caelum cursed.
A figure enter inside the cave from the entrance. It's a female, beautiful blonde hair was down till her waist and golden eye that staring at him as she always do. She might be same age of caelum, around 20 years old. Caelum could admire her beauty all day if wasn't for their bad encounters of the past. Lucielle, the troublemaker number one.
Just when caelum opened his mouth, he heard another footstep behind lucielle and there stands varithra, troublemaker number two. Dark purple hair that tied to a simgle ponytail that was as long as her neck and her cold violet eye that could pierced through anyone's soul.
Lucielle frowned upon seeing varithra. "Did you follow me?"
Varithra shrugged and both of them sifted their attention toward caelum. He always hope they would just fight each other and forgot anout him. Anyone who sees them together might find it odd or even shocked as they are supposed to be enemy, destined to fight each other on the war after the first horn. But this is a comman sight for caelum and he don't understand why would they be obsessed in finding and fighting with him. Caelum knew and accepted the fact that he has cursed blood running through his vein and that both cities hate him. But to be keep hunted by these two for months is just unfair.
"When are you two going to listen and stop wasting your time. I can't be killed" caelum said as he glared at them.
Luminaran and nyxaran are immune to their own magic and can only be killed by the opposing force. While caelum inherits the blood of both side thanks to his parent's sin which makes him completely immune to the magic of both side making him immortal. Both cities knew this and that's exactly the reason why they left him here all alive when they bring his parents away for execution, for their sins. But this two stubborn troublemakers though.
"We can always try" Lucielle said as she materialise a golden sword on her hand that was illuminating the somewhat dark cave. Its called aetherforging, to create any weapon desired by the wielder, a blessing from Aureon, The radiant king, one of the 3 gods that has been worshipped by the luminaran.
While Varithra opens her arm wide and summoned a black fire at both of her hands. Entropic flames, flames that can't be extinguise without the wielder's command. Blessing from Erythos, The dying flames, one of the three gods worshipped on Nyxara.
"What will happen if your people found out you two are together?" Caelum asked.
"We are not together" Varithra said without bothers to explain how it's always these two find him.
While Lucielle eye was glued to Caelum without leaving.
Caelum sighed. "Alright, lets finish this quickly. I'm tired"
Caelum extend his hand and a blinding gold sword materialised in his hand. Aetherforging, proof of his luminaran blood that running through his vein thanks to his father.
Caelum waited which make Lucielle charge forward. Caelum hoped to have some distance from Varithra for now so he can focus his meele combat with lucielle first. Their sword met, sparks fluttered around them illuminating the dark cave.
Lucielle was on the offensive, assaulting with multiple strikes mainly from right. Caelum parried her attack and strike his sword aiming for her chest but she rounded he sword to block it while another hand holding the tip of the sword while gritting her teeth.
Thats when both caelum and Lucielle heard a raging sound from behind. Even though they knew what was it, their head still snapped toward the direction the sound that is coming.
Varithra stands there with both hand together, conjuring a bigger black fire ball and toss at their direction without a particular target in mind ,hoping it will engulf both of them.
Caelum and Lucielle both pushes their sword away creating a huge space between them that blasted almost immediately due to the fire ball's impact. Caelum examines the place that still held a small number of flame raging on the floor making the already tight space of cave not a suitable place for a fight between three people.
'This is getting annoying'
Caelum shifted his gaze toward varithra who already started to conjure another flame. Caelum dashed toward Lucielle first. Lucielle did a horizontal sweep with her sword, making caelum to slide underneath the sweep while swinging his own sword at her leg which make her yelp and stumble.
Without wasting a moment, caelum rushed toward varithra. Varithra eye widened as she has a huge disadvantage on close combat. Varithra swing her hand and summind a wall of black fire between them hoping it will stop caelum but he knew his capabilities more than anyone.
He dashed through the fire gritting his teeth and ignores the scream in his head. His skin was starting to peel due to the intense heat but caelum knew he cant be killed, not here.
He exited the flame and continues to dash toward varithra with some remnants of fire still clinging to his skin and shirt. Caelum raises his arm and dismissed his golden sword and just before reaching varithra another sword form in the same hand, this time it was a black dagger that looks like craved from the shadow. Umbracraft , the blessing from Noctyss, The veild queen. Inherited from his mother side due to nyxara blood that allow to create any dark weapon the wielder wants similar to aetherforging.
Varithra was stunned with wide eye probably does not expect caelum would charge through the flame, none with sane mind would. Before she coukd react, caelum closes in and sliced the sword across her stomach makes her cough blood.
Caelum retreats the dagger which make varitha drop to her knee while clutching the wound as the flame in the surrounding and on caelum slowly extinguished.
As caelum examine his burn, he can see his wound already started to close in. Its a painful and yet familiar feeling.
Just when caelum about leave hoping Lucielle wont charge at him.
"Why" Lucielle asked "why don't kill us, why always let us live".
Caelum never killed a person and he never intended to. He cant be sure whats in stores for him in the future but as far as he can, he has no intention of killing anyone because-
"My priority is finding a way to kill myself" caelum said as he stepped into the wasteland of abyssia hoping to find a new place to hide. One that he hope will last longer.