Huff Huff
The friction of leather boots can be heard dragging themselves across the dense desert.
A man coming from the horizon wearing nothing but a white top and a straw hat to protect his face from the rays of the sun.
He raised his hand across his face to look at the sky and check how far he's gone.
"Curse this regional weather shift." He said as he patted the sweat of his wrinkled face showing he's around forty-eight years of age and above.
"If I can even find a water source it would have been better."
The world of the 4 realms is comprised of 6 regions: Central Court, Eastern Gold Kingdom, Western Black Desert, Southend Red Sea, Northern lands valley with the last being the seas the separates them.
Every seven years, the 6 regions shift bringing a change to how the people in the lowest realm live. Using the term of nobles they are called mortals, the scums of the realms.
Most mortals are without manaless living their daily lives doing heavy labour other people do effortlessly with mana.
A glorious palace gradually appeared in his vision, emerging from the plain horizon.
He of course is a mortal without mana. "If only I was a wind user I could have scaled this whole desert in one leap" He cursed in his earth. Its not like mortals can't have mana but to preserve their faces and prestige the highest nobles of the world sealed their mana. The mages closest to the king of the world.
Ka Ka Ka
Above his head vultures flew circling him as if they were sensing he will soon die of dehydration.
"Stupid chief, siding with Kang." The man lamented because the slippers that had served him all the way here cut.
Six years ago, the village in the Northern land valley had their chief killed by outlaws. To preserve the village they appointed a new person to power, only two weeks in he inforced the law of banishing people who had reached 40 years of age to save food for hard time.
Clearly this was the doings of an outside King Kang forced this law onto them. He now was banished now to fend for himself, here he found himself in the middle of nowhere with several humps of giant sand dunes set as obstacles for him by Great Mother Nature.
Thump.
A body drops
The vultures that were flying above land to inspect the body and of course he's dead but they do t touch him yet.
Fwossh.
"My My. What do we have here?" a voice resounding in the sands. " it would seems its a mortal. Nothing special, let's get a move on." The other voice scolded the first showing they both belong to desert ladies.
They were carnivorous but this so called mortal was dead and the two of them don't eat people they did t kill themselves. This was the harshness of the Northern lands.
...
"Five hundred and six"
Whish.
"Five hundred and seven"
Whish.
"Five hundred and ... ah who am I kidding." Riven said inwardly as he lowered the wooden sword. He snuck out of his hospital bed to train. The last defeat from the Wind Faction really opened his eyes and showed him how weak he was.
Ah
"Mr. Riven, you need to rest." A nurse said as she ran to stop him before he resets the bandages she put on him.
Ah
"Don't worry ma'am I won't go overboard." Riven said as he showed his usual big smile. "why don't you don't even go normal board huh?" the nurse said with redness in her face coming from her looking at Riven's chiselled body.
"Riven you're supposed to be resting. Don't stress the nurses any further." Lily said as she rested on her bed stand. Riven and the nurse who were arguing heard her and stopped.
"Fine I'll top for today." rolling his eyes before he dropped the sword.
Knock knock
Another nurse entered as she was more corporate while holding her flipboard before saying: "Sir Riven, missy Lily. You have a visitor." The other nurse flaring up immediately walking over to the other nurse. "visiting hours are over Mrs. Abigail!" the corporate nurse shifted her glassed before saying who the visitor were. "Actually I'm aware of that, but its the person who brought them in that day."
The room fell silent. "You mean Kairo ah I mean Mr. Kairo?" the flaring nurse asked, while the other nurse nodded in affirmation.
Knock Knock
A tall figure walks in with flowers in his hands while his deep silver hair shimmers along with the Brighton Academy sigil on his shoulder uniform.
It was Kairo.
"How are you guys feeling now?"