Chapter 5: Chapter 4 - Loss of Love
Prince Endron was a man who loved the art of mana, when he was born his father the then Magus King of Theon proceeded to send him to the Magus Tower. At those times the tower had an Arch Magus who oversaw everything but unfortunately the Arch Magus who was at Class 2 died of old age.
Residing in the tower he learned strong spells which made him a battle mage at a very young age, he was hailed to be a genius. Everyone thought he would easily achieve Arch Magus sooner but one day he stopped focusing on it.
He fell in love, it was a mission to hunt down some bandits terrorising some villages. While he was doing it he found a female captive in the bandits base.
She was a beautiful girl with black hair and brown eyes, her skin was of chocolate. While the Prince himself was known for his young handsome appearance where he had blonde hair with gray eyes and a near white skin.
Many found his love for her to be unnecessary or a temporary thing and many did oppose it including the King, his father, since she was a commoner.
But he never bothered to care about such opposition, he would treat her, take care of her since she was now an orphan due to her parents being killed by the bandits. They were of the same age at that point as young adults; he took her to the tower due to her mana affinity.
He personally taught her how to use mana and it actually was effective because Ameris became the first woman to reach Class 2 of Magus in just a year. Even the Arch Magus appreciated her skills and mana affinity even though he too disliked the fact that the Prince loves a commoner.
He proposed to Ameris in front of a beautiful field covered with pink roses. He used his magic to make the petals fly around them with a warm yet gentle breeze caressing her hair. She said yes followed by a kiss so beautiful that the very nature itself was melting due to heart warmth.
His love was quite famous throughout the continent where he was praised for being bold to love a commoner and oppose his father.
A rebellious prince called him, since he was the only heir none dared to do anything towards him anyways. It was getting closer for him to get the throne and also the title of an Arch Magus but that was when he arrived, the butcher.
The Prince and his wife who he married at the City where he resided at the last stages of war because his father rejected the idea of the marriage to be held in the Capital.
When Prince Estafan invaded, he aimed for the Magic Tower first. Estafan burned the tower with all the Magus inside. He even made some of the Magus to create a powerful barrier around the tower to deny any escape so everyone will die a brutal death.
He then tortured the said Magus who created a barrier to their death as well. This drastically weakened the country since they were a country of Magus.
Maybe if the Arch Magus was alive then it wouldn't have been easy for Estafan but maybe it was misfortune. The Prince did hurry towards the Capital to save his father but by the time he reached there it was way too late and was forced to retreat.
Prince Endron sat on his knees in front of Ameris who died in front of him. The Prince was in a state of grief so strong that he decided to let the world burn, his body was covered in flames of mana. The floor began to melt under his foot. He raised his hands facing Estafan before a flame appeared in the form of a mini horizontal flame tornado.
It did strike the area where Estafan was but Estafan already disappeared from the area. A large explosion and Estafan tried to approach Endron but before contact could be made Endron unleashed a strong mana covered in heat.
Estafan proceeded to retreat, not to avoid the heat but the impending attack unleashed by Endron. "Congratulations, You are an Arch Magus now Endron." Those words were definitely not compliments but rather a twisted joke.
What he meant was that Endron became an Arch Magus because of grief after losing his wife which made him even angrier.
Estafan continued to provoke Endron "Be angry, remember how I killed your wife. That wench deserved it, especially when she was stronger than you and made your relationship with your father bad." Which was effective, Endron unleashed a horde of attacks across the fortress.
Estafan was fast enough to avoid the strikes but he does stop every moment he is in front of the direction where the troops of Theon present.
In a twisted way, Estafan made Endron kill his own men. Not to mention the fact that the intense heat already burnt Ameris's corpse and left nothing but a charred body which was slowly turned into ashes by the heat.
Endron, who did not realise the fact that his rage was being used, proceeded to fall right into the arms of Estafan's plans. Where Endron was not only in the path of self destruction but the self destruction of Theon.
A very effective plan, though it could only work considering the fact that Estafan was stronger than anyone in Theon alongside with his elite forces who were also more than capable enough to avoid the strikes of Endron who was now destroying not just the fortress but the soldiers of Theon as well.
Estafan finally stopped moving around and he pointed a sword which he grabbed from a soldier of Theon. He was indirectly telling Endron that Estafan doesn't need to unsheathe his blade for this battle.
Endron too stopped because he was confused as to why his enemy who until now was running away from his attack only to realise what he had done.
He could feel it, the smirk and laughter from his enemies considering he was made a total fool while Estafan said "It's too late to even go back." Those words were of total pity.