secrets of the dungeon

Chapter 4: Balled of the Red Guards

Vertigo Royal capital city

URISTAL CITY

Chris stared at his supposed brother.

He was a dark skinned man, with a beard that connected with his raven colored side burns, his attire was the same as Chris except his red jacket had more emblems on it showcasing his higher rank, his back trousers went well with his red sneakers as well.

"Lincoln! What are you doing here!" Chris yells.

"I heard my baby brother messed up , had to come tell him off" Lincoln gives a smug smile.

"Tskkkkkk, you've always been like this every since we were kids, getting in my face when I messed up" Chris hissed.

"And I'll keep doing it till you stop screwing up, now how about we visit the guild hall" Lincoln grabs Chris's hand and pulls him left.

Chris eyes showed fear instantly *No anything but that! I don't want her to see me like this!!" Pleaded with his elder brother.

"Hehehehe" Lincoln just smiled and continued to drag his brother with his superior strength.

Red Guards guild Halls

The second biggest building in the Capital a huge castle made from red stone bricks giving it a fiery look, the castle was divided into many sectors for training and other activities.

Inside were more than a hundred people wearing red jackets, cloaks and hoodies, people of different colors.

As Lincoln dragged Chris in, many people stared at him like a pest

"Ugh, that failure", "I heard his ranks been demoted again", "what a loser", " I can't believe his a childhood friend of the commander" the comments came one by one each hurting more than the other.

Commander's office

The brothers entered A huge office to

The surprise of a woman with short dark hair and pale skin, her expression went back to being solemn as she saw Chris.

Her red cloak had the most medals on it and her inner wear was a beautiful black one piece jumpsuit.

"Iris..." Chris said softly as he looked at her.

'smack' "That's commander to you!" Lincoln hit his brother in the face.

"That's, enough, Chris do you remember what are vow is..." Iris said in a serious tone.

"The red guards oath- To protect citizens from the supernatural and to master magic to the maximum opus and most importantly, to stop commoners from obtaining power" he pledged and put his only hand on his chest.

"If a commoner, gets his hands on alchemy that turns rocks into gold, we eliminate them. if a commoner tries to establish another nation somewhere, we eliminate them.

And most importantly if a commoner enters a dungeon to get it's secrets, we eliminate them... Now why did you allow one to get the Artifact?" Iris asked annoyed.

"...." Chris remained silent.

"Answer her!" 'slap!' Lincoln hits his brother once again.

"He... Was lucky, too lucky, it was almost like the dungeon was made just for him, Trevor!" Chris remembered the boy who had humiliated him.

"So a common farmer left you a maimed mess" Iris looked at Chris's missing right hand.

"What a failure" Lincoln facepalmed.

"Sighhhhhhhhhh, you are dismissed, go try to raise your rank up once again" Iris looked away from the disgraced mage.

Lincoln and Chris then left the office, Chris looked at Iris one more time and remembered the past.

Flashback

16 years ago

A young dark skinned boy is walking hand in hand with a pale skinned girl with long black hair walking through a field of cherry blossom trees.

"We're almost there Iris" the boy smiled missing a few teeth.

"I can't wait to see it, Chris" Iris the young girl said with blush on her face.

The two children were of royal blood meaning their futures were secure, they could enjoy their youth in peace without having to work unlike the commoner children.

Chris had taken Iris to see one of the biggest trees in the kingdom "I know you like nature alot, so I introduce you to, Green Goliath!" The boy showed the girl.

Green Goliath was a combination of nearly every tree species warped and wrapped together to form a giant tree that reached the sky, the blue fruit hanging off of it was very sugary.

"Woooooowwwwww!" Iris blushed as she looked at the huge biome.

She had a fondness with plants that even she couldn't fully explain, it gave her joy to be close to nature.

Thank you so much Chris 'chuu' Iris gave Chris a peck on his cheek causing the boy to blush profoundly.

"Ehyahh, it was nothing" the boy calmly responded even those he was flustered.

The kids at this moment had no problems in the world until.

10 years later

Iris's magic awakened turning out to be the rare plant magic, seeing this her parents quickly sent her to join the kingdom's special forces The red guards.

Chris however manifested the weakest tier of fire magic and his parents didn't bother enlisting him to join however.

"I won't give up, I'll be by her side! I'll join the red guards for sure!!!" The teenager said pushing his magic to the limit.

After almost 3 years of training he was accepted into the faction however.

Iris had already become commander of the whole organization following the mysterious death of the previous one, this changed her, her sweet smile was gone, her eyes were soulless and her skin was even paler.

Chris could do nothing but try his Best to lessen her work load by taking on difficult tasks however he mostly failed or accomplished them due to the efforts of others marking him as a failure...

Years later he's whole career would be ruined by a common farmer boy.

Present day

Wallowing in his sadness Chris sat by the balcony outside of the castle looking at the passing citizens when...

"Kyaaaaaaaaaahhh!" A woman cried out as she ran into a crowd of people.

"Busahhhhaahhhahhh" an ugly looking man with bronze armor was after her "Babe you know you want me stop resisting" he said in a rasty tone.

"Hey, leave her alone" a passerby tried to stop the ugly man however.

'slassshhhh!' "guwahhh!" Blood flows out as the ugly bastard slashes the boy's chest with his sword.

"Stay out of this punk!" The man yelled and turned his attention towards the fallen woman.

"Kyahhhh, gahhhh owahhhh!" The crowd quickly dissipated leaving the road empty.

"Tskkkkkk, what a day" Chris said as he ran towards the scene ready to assist the situation.

"Huh? A red guard? Hahaha a one handed man wants to fight me?" The ugly bastard said.

"I guess I'll let off some steam, {Blaze....}" He began chanting But...

"{Crazy tornado}" a girl's voice spoke out and passed by him at incredible speed.

"Gahhhh!" The ugly man was pushed back by the force of the wind magic by the unknown girl.

"You really shouldn't be picking on women creep" the young girl said, she looked about 16 with long messy dark blue hair, her eyes were green with strange green marks on her checks as well, her attire was a red jacket sign of the red guards along with a white blouse.

"Oh come on!...." Chris's face turned sour.

"My turn now!" Another woman wearing a similar jacket came Running from behind Chris, this one had short spiky red hair and wore torn black jeans as well, her ears were pierced with 2 black star ear rings on each side.

"{Cobra chain!}" She yells and chains shoot out from her hands ensnaring the ugly man.

"What?! These chains, are too hard" the man true to escape.

"Let's do it sis!", "Alright here we go"

"{Combo magic: Chain hurricane!}" The girls yelled together their magic powers merging together to form a twister of rains and wind that knocks the ugly bastard out "gueahhhhh!" He cried and lost consciousness.

"Yah we did it wow hoo!!!" The red head said smiling and jumping around.

"It didn't blow up in our faces this time, that's a relief" the one with messy hair said holding her medium sized chest.

"Hey you two just stole my scene, that could have gotten me promoted damn it!" Chris yells out loud.

"Haaaaa?! Shut up mister failure, first come first serve" the red head one said furiously.

"Ummmmm! that's not what we intended to do Mister!" The other girl said nervously.

"Oi, Abigail, Emilia!, The commander is calling you two!" Another red guard came forth calling the two girls.

Wait a sec,... You two are the Strain sisters! Twin mages the strongest under 18 wizards in the kingdom!!"

Chris realized.

"That's right old man! Bleeeeeh" the red hair one, Abigail said sticking out her tongue.

"Ummm, yeah" the one with messy hair, Emilia said shyly.

The sister then proceeded to the commander's office with Chris secretly tailing them.

"I have mission for the both of you, A commoner who stole an artifact from a recent dark skull dungeon, a farmer I think" Iris said reading a report.

(Wait.... That's Trevor she's talking about) Chris said listening in.

"A farmer?, what kind of moron let a farmer get an artifact" Abigail said puzzled.

"All artifacts belong to the king and the royals, that's law" Emilia pointed out.

"Anyway, the farmer boy Trevor, hunt him down and take his artifact, if you fail to do so, a member of the guild will have to suffer for it" Iris said showing some bitter emotions.

(No way, I couldn't be, she's sending them after him so I don't get into anymore trouble for my mistake) Chris tightened his fist.

"Sheesh, hunting a farmer seems boring but whatever!, We'll do it commander!" Abigail gave her a thumbs up.

"Yes we'll do our best ma'am" Emilia forced a smile.

"Good, Don't fail me girls" Iris gave a serious look to both of them.

Unity road

The twins had gotten their supplies and we're heading towards Trevor's last known location.

"Sighhhhhhhhhh, why couldn't it be a deranged convict instead, a farmer is too common" Abigail said pouting.

(Actually I'd like a deranged convict as well)" A farmer ain't all bad, if the commander sent it as a private mission he must be strong" Emilia said trying to maintain face.

Meanwhile in the guild hall

"Where's that good for nothing brother of mine!" Lincoln yelled "Chris!!!" He continued. Unaware that Chris was currently following the Strain sisters.

Chris hid in a bush "Abigail Strain, Emilia Strain... They are my ticket back to top, and also for revenge against Trevor that damn farmer" the dark skinned man said under his breath.

"Seriously that old man tailing us is gross as hell" Abigail said annoyed.

"Just ignore him a 20 something year old following teenagers is too disturbing to talk about" Emilia said covering her eyes in embarrassment.

Sigurd Town

Their investigation took them here where the farmer boy was last scene.

"He was the grim reaper!!!, He vanished and appeared like a ghost!!" One of the bandits who escaped the royal guards said scared for his life.

"Is his artifact a teleporter?" Emilia wondered.

"I'm more interested in why he's called a reaper" Abigail smiled.

(No doubt about it, it's him he teleported as well back then, stupid kid) Chris yelled in his mind.

The villagers said he headed north with a strange old man and thus the twins and Chris went North towards the last known location of the reaper

To be continued