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Chapter 6
“Spell of
Illusion!”
The man who
had been trying to run cursed, and then froze. His eyes widened as he looked at
the sigil of dark magic laced around his chest. Even now he could feel himself
weaken, almost as if it were stealing his life away….
Two guards
came running, hearing the call, halted as they caught sight of him. The
delegate cursed.
It should
have been easy work. He had drugged the guards with sleeping powder, and paid a
visit to the royal treasury. That child didn’t need all this gold in any case.
Who would mind if he took a little home to show his King? And of course, his
pretty young maid-servant…
Now though
it was unlikely that he’d be seeing her again.
Why
wouldn’t his arms move! Strings of black … energy swarmed from the ring looped
around his chest, crawled over his body like greedy snakes. He could feel
himself becoming weaker every second in passing, and he was ready to pass out
Quiet oblivion would be so pleasant…
Footsteps,
and at once the guards who were holding him paled. He saw one of their faces,
and turned around, wondering what monster they saw.
For a
minute, he faltered. It was one of the Elected Priests, dressed in white and
gold. Well, so much for getting away cleanly. Maybe he could bribe him with
something.
Then, he
caught sight of the man’s eyes.
They
weren’t recognizable. He vaguely remembered them as being blue during the
feast, but they were certainly not that color now. They were a pulsating, angry
green, shading away almost to black around the corners. Floating at his
shoulder was a thing… in black armor wielding a staff.
“High
Priest Mahaado!” The guards almost yelped.
“You two,”
The High Priest said, and something in his tone boded ill, “Have not
been doing your jobs properly.”
The two
guards exchanged shamefaced looks. Mahaado tapped one finger against the gold
bracelet he was wearing.
“When the
Pharaoh assigns you to guard the Royal Treasury, he does not expect you
to be out whoring!”
The guards
twitched some more.
Mahaado’s
voice dropped, chilled into freezing ice. “And I do not expect you to
desert your posts.”
Stunned
panic got worse. One of the guards started babbling underneath his breath,
sounded a bit like pleading even though his knowledge of Egyptian language was
not so good, and the other crossed him self. How very odd.
“With our
security so low, it is no wonder that the assassins almost got to Pharaoh.”
Mahaado’s tone had modulated, become almost conversational. Then, before the
delegate could react, both of the guards fell to the ground, daggers buried
through their chests.
He… what
did he… did he just…?
Mahaado
walked closer, ignoring the fallen guards as he grabbed the thief by his long
hair and locked eyes with him. The last thing the delegate saw was an eerie,
poisonous green.
Yami sighed
as he peered out of the shadows, safely protected by a multitude of furry
little Kuribohs. Mahaado had practically shoved him into a Kuriboh’s arms and
the Kuribohs had protected their Pharaoh by multiplying. Now though, it was
over.
Mahaado
looked at the body with a glare, the green fading from his eyes. “My Pharaoh?”
“I’m fine,
Mahaado. Let’s see what he tried to take.”
They looked
over the bag of loot. Yami scowled when he recognized a pair of lovely earrings
that had belonged to his mother in the mix. The rest, well…
More footsteps
came running and several guards stopped at the sight of their dead comrades.
Mahaado
shook his head. “Our palace security is worthless with these… people.”
There was
no doubt what he was planning. Yami nodded.
It would be
a bit of a strain, but as long as they had the Items… they could have monsters
keep watch for them…
“Yes. You
have my permission.”
Mahaado’s
smile turned feral, and in an instant, the walls began to crawl with dark
shadows.
Wall
Shadow, Yami thought absentmindedly. Somewhat related to the Shadow Ghoul, if
he remembered correctly. But they were fast, and they were silent, and… aha…
Perhaps
that explained how Mahaado knew some of what he did.
“You’ve
been using them.”
Mahaado
nodded. “I can’t scry much, my Pharaoh.”
“I’m not blaming
you.”
No more
needed to be said. The delegate was quite dead, no doubt about it. The guards
swallowed and cleaned up the mess.
More than
one of them cast wary glances at the Priest of the Ring.
They might
not know, but they suspected.
Yami idly
wondered how much longer Mahaado could protect him, then banished the
traitorous thought.
He didn’t
want to think about life without Mahaado. Not yet.
The
Ethiopian leader of the delegates was not happy when the incident was reported
at Morning Court the next day. They were listening in to judge how well the
Pharaoh ruled, apparently.
At least
they weren’t arguing his probable marriage.
Yami sighed
as Set began to bicker with one of the men, vaguely amused, at least until Set
called out Dios in a fit of anger.
“Apprentice
Priest Set!” Akunadin said sharply. What was his son doing? Just because
he let Set accompany him to council sessions as training wasn’t any reason for
him to act so rude!
Set glared,
but recalled his Ka before damage could be done. Yami shook his head. Things
were moving too quickly. Their treaty had been fragile enough as it was…
Now though,
some man with a greed for gold in his heart had ruined it! Indeed, tempers were
fraying and everything was falling apart.
Aishizu
summoned Supiera, dropping a rainbow barrier around the throne just as one of
the men lunged forwards. The rest of the men grabbed their weapons and charged
the throne as one.
Too slow!
As one, the Ka burst fourth
from the hearts of the other Millennium Item holders. No time to call their
tablet monsters, but enough time to play the Ka in their hearts!
Dios
materialized with a vengeful smile as its sword cleaved through three men.
Weapons were useless against the shadows!
Gadius was
fairly weak, but Akunadin’s eye glowed with fury. Traitors! How dare they try
to break an alliance of peace! His spirit charged into the fray, followed by
Shadah’s Two-headed Jackal Warrior and Karim’s Curse of Dragon.
Mahaado’s
eyes settled on brilliant green as his mage rained bolts of magic down upon the
enemy.
In the midst of all this, Yami
watched, and a slow smile crept up his face.
And it was
only later that they noticed Priest Donkor had summoned nothing.
End Chapter
Completed 4/8/06
Well, there goes the treaty…
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