Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 435: Encounter (2)

There is the Saranites who lives in the Green Plains, riding tigers. 

They are called Beast Riders as they ride beast. They have the abilities to talk to beast, understanding their language.

The Ragran is a community type of tribe. They look out for each other and live near the sea; they could swim and dive for a long time, breathing underwater like a fish. 

The Negevians lives near the Black Hills, called the hill folk by most of the other tribes. Their abilities are a secret even among the Thirteen Tribes and they are very mysterious.

Eradites lives inside the Illusion forest. Considering their abilities in magic, especially illusion magic, it is not bizarre at all for them to live near the forest.

Every Eradites is born with great reserve of mana in their bodies and they all are expert in illusion magic, making them as formidable as faerie. 

Some say it is because their ancestor Faerhan Son of Qoriah bed a Fay Queen and his son marry a Fay princess.

The Arakian lives near the Tree Ring guarding their Orb of Fire. It is said that the Fire is not lit, and can only be lit with the power of the Priestess of Asrana.

It is their sacred duty to guard the Orb of Fire since it was Eremetheus gift for them which made them enemies with the Negevians, considering they worship Varleon.

Vergonians lives near the Ruins of Alendar. Ruins of a forgotten city, one of the great capitals of the former dynasty.

It is said there is still treasure buried deep under the ruins.

Nasranian lives near the Red Shore while their enemy tribe Leviathan lives near the coast, controlling the sea with their ability to sense wind and some even say to ride the winds.

Leviathan tribes are the Conqueror of the Sea, they pirated, loot any unfortunate ship that came near their domains and they trade with the continent further south making them very powerful among the tribes and almost as powerful as the Three Great Tribes.

Cassinian lives near the Godstree and protect the Godstree. 

They have great relations with both the Nasranian and Leviathan tribes since they are the front line protector if the darkly Things decide to attack.

The Three Great Tribe is Enceladus, Veranians, and Lucians who all live near the border of the Godstree and reap benefits from hunting the Darkly Thing. 

They are the bravest and the strongest of all the tribes, respected and feared, all have their own abilities and power.

Ereshdu tribes live near the Great Temple of the Thirteen Gods, secluding themselves with sealing magic of every kind.

They are known to be as mysterious as the Negevians and have great knowledge of the past events.

Lucians, the skinchanger tribe lives near the Godstree like Enceladus and Veronians. 

Enceladus on the other hand with the cooperation with Veronians and Lucians has trade with each other and even controls jointly the Mercenary guild. But Enceladus is also known to have a very powerful ability.

If the Leviathan is a dragon on Water, then the Enceladus tribe is a Divine Tiger on Land. 

They are born with the ability to control the earth and is even said to control nature with their mind. 

Only the very gifted among them can do this, bending the will of nature, to hear the whispers of the spirit.

They traded regularly with the Leviathan tribes, profiting mutually.

All of this information, she learns from her younger sister notes. If not for her she wouldn't even know about all these cities and tribes.

Tatiana thought all the remnants of the Thirteen Tribes have suffered from the Darkly Ones attack. Who would have thought they have maintained their power and influence outside of Ragora.

Titania said to her the reason why they never meet these communities before is because they were looking in the wrong place.

After finishing the fish, Tatiana is cooking meat. She is still hungry and starved.

She hunted these games when she went outside the caves, just near the caves, because she dares not venture to the open plains.

There is also some rabbits and birds that she caught earlier in the morning. 

She roasts them and eats it deliciously with a sprinkle of Dermian spice that gives the fish a bit of spicy taste.

After finished eating she looks at the stars and hears the waves.

Even though she was evicted from Ragora she is not sad. For the first time she feel free. At least this time she is with her family. 

Tatiana has asked her sister to bring them to the city of Casssini but her sister said that the Cassini tribes lives very near to the Godstree so it is very dangerous and once they entered they will be recruited to fight the Darkly Ones.

After an hour contemplating her thought she begins preparing to fall asleep.

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It was morning. She opens her eyes after feeling the heat of the sun on her cheeks.

'I have to fish today' she said.

She brought over her net determine to swim a lot farther than yesterday and net a few fish before she returns to the shore.

If not she has to at least hunt some birds or rabbits.

She walks along the shore when from afar she sees a figure lying on the white shore. 

'Who's that?' She asked herself as she brought out her dagger. In the Plains danger is always present.

Tatiana rushed to the figure, after seeing no suspicious movement.

'A man from the looks of it.' She said as she sheathes back her dagger.

'Maybe a survivor from a ship crash.' She deduced.

After all from what she knows before entering the Land of Shadows any sailors brave enough to cross the Dark Sea must first enter the Triangle. 

The triangle has its own danger. 

She rushed to the person and she realized the man was very handsome almost like her previous man. 

Before in the city of Ragora she has a childhood friend name Sanaa. He was handsome and muscly and he looks kind. 

But compared to the person lying on this beach? Sanaa could not compare. This man must come from great family mused Tatiana. 

The man has great complexion, his neck has a golden pendant of a dragon holding a pearl and wears shining armour with the crest of a dragon.

Each one of what he wears must worth a fortune, she thought to herself. Beside his body is a large glaive, shining with some unreadable inscription. 

Tatiana tried to lift the glaive to no avail. 

It was like trying to lift a stone of steel, heavy and overbearing. One could only imagine the strength of the man that could lift such weapons.

But what strikes Tatiana as odd, is the man hair color. It was white like snow. It was not like he was old, and even old people has no white hair like these. 

It was not like aging but like snow, pure white snow.

Then suddenly the man opens his eyes and coughed some water, while holding Tatiana sleeve because of reflex.

'It's alright. It's alright' Tatiana said as she supports the man even though she too was startled by them man sudden awakening. 

The man holds her hands tightly and then opens his eyes.

He still coughed water and then he was about to say 

"Thank y-'before he suddenly stopped his sentence.

He looks at Tatiana and for a second he was shocked looking at her.

'It's you!' The man said almost screaming, pushing his hand away from Tatiana attempt to help him and Tatiana is almost flung away.

If not for the man physical condition, he might have flung Tatiana to the sea. What strength! Tatiana shockingly thought to herself.

The man previously pale faced is now flushed red, his body emits cold aura and it bears down on Tatiana and her heart shivered in dread.

'What!' Tatiana asked in an attempt to be brave. Have she save the wrong person? She asks herself.

Is he some bandits or some stray mercenary from the Mercenary Guild? No, she thought to herself. He doesn't look like a mercenary and he doesn't look like a bandit. 

But he doesn't look like a merchant either. He looks majestic.

And then a most hideous expression appears from that handsome face, cold aura billowed from him and he said as he slowly get up, even with bated breath and exhaustion..

'Why are you here, Liselle? Have you sick of life already? TO EVEN NOT RECOGNIZE ME!' He yells and his voice was like thunder reverberating around the Plains as Tatiana was thrown back just by the force of the man voice. 

The man gets up and opening his hand, the large and heavy glaive fly to his hand like it was even lighter than feather.

What powerful internal energy! Tatiana realized. She heard that people who have reached the pinnacle of internal energy could even make things fly. 

Energy manipulation. 

While mages have magic, people who practices cultivation could control energy, and with that everything.

But to reach energy manipulation, the man in front of him must be some expert.

Tatiana is confused and full with fear. What had she done to offend this expert? She has tried to save him, why would he be so angry?

Then she realized something

Liselle? Who is that? she mused. 

Could the man be mistaken? 

This question is what on her mind now as the man with the glaive is stepping one step at a time to her, with killing intent so powerful that Tatiana is frozen in place.

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