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Nokigon was very nearly at the peak of the Hill.
He stopped, to allow himself the luxury of thinking for a second. He turned around in his saddle, to view Doom in his own horse. The man was looking grim, but Nokigon could see the slight image of fear hovering around his face.
"There's still time." Nokigon pointed out to Doom. "You can still get out of here."
Doom's face immediately closed. "We've been through this, Nok." And without another word he set his spurs to his horse and charged forward. Nokigon shook his head and rode forward to catch up.
Within seconds, they were facing the Circle of Five.
Shamaster Maldak was an orc that commanded the element that is Fire. The air around him rippled from a heat haze- the man was literally boiling. The Orc had a hard, aggressive look in his eyes.
Geomancer Herrolf was a dwarf- an even shorter one than normal. His eyes, beard and hair were all the exact colour of dirt- his eyebrows mud. The ground he stood on rippled, and shifted.
Enchantress Elissa of the Elves was as beautiful as the sky. Her light blue eyes, framed by her blonde hair, were the exact colour of the morning sky. Her clothes seemed to ripple, as if there was a strong breeze- and there was none.
Archmage Stendas was a seemingly young and innocent looking human, who's eyes were as blue as the deepest ocean. The ground he stood on seemed slightly moist, as after a rain. And there had been none.
Faer Smyss, of the Fey... Nokigon could not see her well enough to describe her. She seemed to ripple- one minute she was like a ghost, the next a Fey. She seemed insubstantial, like a ghost.
The rulers of Fire, Earth, Air, Water and Time. Nokigon felt an urge to fall to his knees and grovel, since he was so inferior to these entities. To fight this urge, he was blunt.
"What do you want from me?"
Five sets of eyebrows rose.
"You have passed our tests." Stendas' voice seemed innocent too.
Nokigon stared at him. "What tests?"
"Every attack that you have fought off was a test of your abilities." Elissa's voice was gentle and calming, but Nokigon was not to be calmed.
"You killed hundreds of people to... to TEST ME?!" Nokigon actually shouted the last words- being a Guard, he spent his whole life attempting to stand up against cruelty and abuse. "Why?"
"Because the task we have for you now is an important one." Maldak had a rough voice. "You must destroy a great threat to the Middle Kingdom."
"What threat?" Nokigon asked, confused.
"An army of Blood Reavers is camped in the north. You must wipe them out." This was Herrolf.
"Right. You want me to wipe out an entire army?"
"Yes. You can get help with it." Elissa added with a touch of humour.
Nokigon sighed. "Anything else?"
"Do not take this as a joke. They are a great threat to the world." Smyss' voice was dreamy, yet at the same time firm.
Nokigon looked at her, and she met his gaze. Nokigon nodded, and without another word him and Doom rode away.