As the duel continues the viewers are sat in awe. Watching a battle that destroys the land around them. Fire from Ilyanna burns the grass and trees, while Khatar's slashes from his blades make holes in the ground.

  "You are too good to be human, what are you?" Khatar asks while breathing heavy from being tired.

  "I'm an elf, just like you" Ilyanna says shooting more fireballs at Khatar. Where Khatar stands is filled with dust and Ilyanna thinks she finally hit him. She takes a deep breath but then looks shocked as though she didn't mean to kill him. Then suddenly before she realizes it, Khatar hits her in the back of the head knocking her out. Before she collapses on the ground.

  "I'm not, JUST an elf" Khatar tells her and she falls to the ground. Khatar thinks to himself that was a great fight and if I wasn't careful I really would've died. He also notices underneath her ears she has gills.

  Namato and the rest of the group come over to congratulate Khatar on winning. Everyone except for Evelyn. She stands over Ilyanna.

  "Sorry child, but you took the wrong contract today" Evelyn says opening a vial of blood. She raises her hand and the blood comes out and forms a spear above Ilyanna. That's when everyone else realizes what she is about to do.

  "Wait!" Namato screams as the spear travels down. But it stops when a kid jumps on top of Ilyanna.

  "Please don't kill her" the kid screams and cries.

  "What are you doing Evelyn?" Namato asks.

  "She will come after us again, these contracts don't end unless the person who made it stops it, and trust me they never end them"

  "Yeah it's true she will come back but you can't choose who to kill, especially someone that's unconscious"

  "Tell me what's your plan when you meet this orc or the lady who framed you for being a thief?"

  "We are going to stop them and put them in prison, so they can't hurt anyone else"

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  "You think you can merely just stop them? You think you can go through this journey without killing anyone? Foolish boy, sacrifices and deaths will happen on this journey, you plan to become a king don't you? You plan to stop wars and murders. You don't have to answer I can see it when I look at you. I see it because I knew someone a long time ago who was a fool like you"

  "Yeah if I do become a kind one day, it will not be over blood, and I will stop wars, Khatar you agree with me right we can't just kill whoever?"

  "I actually agree with Evelyn on this, I'm sorry but we can't have her coming back when we fight that orc again or that lady that took your identity"

  "You can't be serious? what about you Vodden?"

  "I couldn't care less I'm just here to avenge my family"

  "Please don't kill big elf sis, she is all I have, she doesn't have a contract to bring you in, she just caught word that Khatar was around the area, please she won't come after you again" the kid said still crying and wiping his tears.

  "Why would she come after me even without a contract?" Khatar asked the kid.

  "All she said was he needs to pay for leaving me behind and that momma and papa would be made at him for that"

  "She sounds like a younger sister but unfortunately mine died a while back so I don't know her"

  "Please just spare her she saved me"

  "Come on Evelyn, we are wasting our time let's just go" Namato says.

  "Fine but if she returns, I won't hesitate" Evelyn says flowing the blood back in to the vial and closing it. The goblins approach them.

  "Are we ready to go visit our leader? he is eager to meet you" they all start leaving except for Namato. He goes over to the kid.

  "I'm sorry about them they aren't very nice, but at least for Khatar he was always that way, the other two I can't say anything for them" Namato says.

  "Thank you sir for letting her live, I wouldn't know what to do without her"

  "You are welcome and my name is Namato, what is yours?"

  "My name is Ali"

  "Nice to meet you Ali, I hope to meet you again, you are very brave, and I see you care for her very much" Namato says with a smile.

  1 hour later

  The group makes it to a giant wooden fortress in the middle of a forest. There are tons of goblins. One of the goblins come out from the fortress and he is much bigger then the other ones. He has an eyepatch and razor sharp teeth.

  "Long time no see Evelyn" The goblin says approaching them.

  "Hello Drogz, I hope you have some good info on Azril"

  "How about where she is headed to next? Come inside and we can discuss it more"

  As the crew enter the fortress, another kingdom that is not too far away, a bunch of townspeople are grabbing pitchforks and torches while the sun starts setting.

  "Where is that witch she stole my crops?" A man yells.

  "Feathered little shit isn't getting away from us" another man yells.

  "Those stupid things should've died a long time ago" a woman yells.