The Rising Sun: Episode 6 by J Hawk Page B

crashed: the Xeni swooped in from
all sides, and there was no way in the world they could wriggle off
their grasp.
     
    But Mantra threw both hands out as he had
done when the Zelgron had attacked them: A violent shockwave
erupted from where Mantra stood, soaring out to smash into the Xeni
from all over, lifting them into the air. They sailed, airborne,
across ten metres. Before they had landed, Mantra and Ion had
hurtled across the distance and had passed them. A collective,
muffled thud and a set of groans sounded right behind them
as the Xeni’s bodies landed. Ion threw a split second glance: the
Xeni were scurrying to their feet and, together, dashing towards
the two Nyon dangerously fast…
     
    His heart hammering, Ion turned back and
propelled himself forth alongside Mantra.

 
     
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    Redgarn strode down the large cave with quiet
footsteps, another cloaked Xeni by his side. The only faint sound
through the silence was the rustle of their cloaks scraping the
cave floor behind them as they walked.
     
    “We’ve come far.” Redgarn said. “We are now
closer than anyone had dared for ages. We owe our debts to many,
both before us and with us now, to have helped us reach where we
are now.”
     
    The Xeni walking by his side nodded.
     
    Redgarn continued. “But our greatest debt is
to you, my fellow Xeni. You rank after Zardin himself, in the
contribution made to our order’s victory.”
     
    “Thank you, my lord. You are very kind.”
     
    “Your continued assistance to us has been the
greatest boon possible.” said Redgarn. “And it has fetched us a
great heap of benefits. You have served with us for almost two
decades, and these two decades formed the period of our rise … and
of their fall. The fall of the Nyon. It’s no co incidence at all.
But it was your most recent achievement that we could not have done
without: your success in getting the Ensys to join us. For that,
the entire order is truly grateful to you. The Ensys are a valuable
ally, and you steered them away from joining the Nyon and got them
to join us instead.” He shook his head. “But didn’t the Nyon ever
suspect you?”
     
    “They didn’t.” Dantox replied, his smile
seeming to glitter in the dark. “I was good at what I did.”
     
    Redgarn gave a loud, unpleasant laugh. “You
definitely were. A spy within the Nyon is something is the one
achievement we had craved for, but never could achieve. But you
made that possible. For years now, you have lived among them as a
spy, pretending, and hiding your deep secret well from them. I must
congratulate you, for it must have been no easy feat. And now,
after so long, your efforts have paid off … in our long awaited
victory.”
     
    “Thank you, my lord.” Dantox gave a mild bow.
“I must admit, it was no easy feat. I was forced to hide my
intentions in the most crucial way possibly. For the Nyon were not
the sort that fell prey to deception with ease. And I was forced to
arm myself with only the most advanced mind concealing training to
undertake the dangerous mission.” He stopped and turned to face
Redgarn, his eyes gleaming with triumph. “And it payed of. I proved
myself worthy to them, and something happened which made my very
own self question the enormity of my luck…”
     
    Redgarn nodded slowly. “Yes … you were made a
member of the elder council.”
     
    Dantox’s smile widened. “Yes. And that was
the turning point for the Xeni. With my entering into the elder
council, I managed to redeem information of various sorts, to aid
our rising conquest. I found the existence of file D from some of
the other masters, who confided in the secret deeming me
trustworthy now that I was a member of the council. Mantra, who had
been there when the file had been created, had been aware of it all
along. In time, I forged spy relations with a very, very crucial
entity: the Naxim. And through this, I learned about the current
secret holder of file D, and where he