NIGHT

Marcelos regains consciousness in a tent and opens his eyes to see he is in a tent, Zussorader and Philip standing close to his bed looking at him, and they are happy to see him awake. Marcelos sat up and Zussorader asked him ''are you okay, master?".

''What are you doing here, Zussorader?'' Marcelos asked Zussorader.

''The Marcs with me suddenly went unconscious and for that to happen it can only mean something happened. So I had to leave the armies to come to check on you and I met you unconscious'' said Zussorader to Marcelos.

''The Marcs should be fine now that I am awake. Where are we, Philip?'' Marcelos asked Philip.

''We camped at a place not far from the town'' said Philip.

''What happened to you, master?'' Zussorader asked Marcelos.

''There seems to be a weapon powerful enough to damage me or kill me. I don't really know yet'' said Marcelos.

Zussorader and Philip were confused and shocked that a weapon that could hurt and kill Marcelos existed. Zussorader asked Marcelos ''what kind of weapon is that?''.

''It is a sword and I think I have seen it before'' said Marcelos, trying to remember where he once saw the sword.

''A sword?'' exclaimed Philip who was shocked and confused, same as Zussorader.

''Is the sword so powerful that you think it can kill you?'' Zussorader asked Marcelos.

''The sword was powerful enough to absorb lightning into it and hit me with the lightning which made me unconscious'' said Marcelos, still thinking about where he saw the sword.

''What kind of sword it is?'' Zussorader asked Marcelos, just then Marcelos remembered where he once saw the sword.

Marcelos remembered that the sword belonged to King Raynold and that he was once stabbed with the sword by Noah which made him confused because he had once had the sword trying to find out if the sword had any magic in it but he couldn't find out because they seem not to be any magic in the sword and the sword look ordinary. Marcelos said to himself ''it can't be. There was no magic in the sword'', as he thought about the sword and was puzzled about the sword.

''What is it, master?'' Philip asked Marcelos.

''You all remembered that Noah once stabbed me with a sword and we tried to find out if the sword had any magic in it if Noah thought the sword could kill me.'', (Zussorader and Philip nodded their head as they looked at each other and then back at Marcelos), ''The sword is the same sword that hit me with the lightning'' said Marcelos.

Philip and Zussorader believe what Marceois said not to be true and Zussorader said to Marcelos ''that is not possible. The sword has no magical properties. It is an ordinary sword just like the other swords''.

''Yes. Our magic and yours confirm that. There was no way our powers wouldn't reveal the magic in the sword when tried to find out if the sword had any magic in it when the sword is not a being that can hide its power'' said Philip.

Marcelos reasoned the last statement made by Philip and said ''Or the sword hides its power from me, you, Philip, and Noah''.

''What do you mean by that?'' Zussorader asked Marcelos.

''Come to think of it, while I was trying to find out about the sword, I found out that the sword is not new but a very old sword. The sword also doesn't look like it has been sharpened from time to time or ever broken, maintained, or remade. King Raynold also fought me in the battle with the same sword and why would he do that if he knew that I can't be killed? Unless he knows his sword is powerful enough to kill me. The world doesn't seem to know about the sword which was never recorded in history and only a few know about the sword and its power.

Noah believed the sword could kill me which is why he and the others came on a suicide mission to kill me but the sword didn't kill him which means the sword hid its true self from Noah, and Noah and the others were shocked that the sword didn't kill me. It was also this same sword in the hands of King Raynold that killed the Marc. If the sword refuses to show its true self in the hands of Noah, me, and the both of you that can only mean that the sword will only show its true self in the hand of someone the sword chose to serve, and now that the sword current master is dead which is King Raynold is dead. The sword has found a new master'' said Marcelos.

''Then who is the new master of the sword?'' Zussorader asked Marcelos.

Marcelos said with a smile ''Esther is way smarter than I thought and she is right. Am letting my anger and arrogance get in the way. Esther knew Ramsay was no match for me and she let him fight me knowing he was the new master of the sword. So when I killed Ramsay I unleashed the anger of the sword by killing his former master and hurting its new master which is why the sword attacked me alone''.

Zussorader and Philip were shocked and worried to hear that. Philip said ''so Ramsay is the new sword master?''.

''I have forgotten what kind of power Esther possessed. I have forgotten that she can see the future and knows all things which is why she let me take Ramsay under my wings and made him stronger then she took Ramsay from me and turned his back on me'' said Marcelos and smirked.

''If Ramsay is truly the master of this sword we are talking about we need to kill him and destroy the sword'' said Zussorader to Marcelos.

''I kill Ramsay but am not sure he is dead because Esther is using her ability to see the future as an advantage against me. We are not just going to destroy the sword. We will kill every one of them and kill Ramsay again if he is alive'' said Marcelos, just then a Marc entered Marcelos' tent.

The Marc bowed to Marcelos upon getting to Marcelos and said to him ''I stabbed one of the princes with my sword. We can find him wherever he is''.

Marcelos, Philip, and Zussoreder were happy to hear that then Marcelos said with a smile to the Marc ''well done, my son''.

''Finding a prince means finding them all'' said Philip.

''You can return and continue your mission, Zussorader. I and Philip will handle this. I will make them all pay for stealing my dark crystal'' said Marcelos.

Throughout the whole day, Karl, Noah, Lilia, Ramsay, Benjamin, Hawk, Ryn, Tracy, Kylie, Camelia, Hemdal, Kinsley, Esther, Redrick, Nelson, and both soldiers traveled with Mike who later regained consciousness but was in pain and could feel himself dying to get him to someplace safe and treat him, Ramsay did not talk to anyone but remain on his thought of how he came back to life. Everyone kept on checking on Mike telling him to endure that he would soon be fine even Ramsay.

Mike spent the whole time Karl was using her healing power to heal him screaming pain which made everyone look at him pityfully, in the forest where they camped openly with no tents or provisions. As Karl healed the dark magic inside Mike, Mike could feel excruciating pain that made him scream in pain, and by the time Karl was done healing him, Mike already fainted and was laid properly on a fabric on the ground so he could rest.

Karl was able to stop the dark magic from continuously affecting Mike and healed his wound but she was not able to close the cut the Marc’s sword made on Mike's chest which served as the mark of the Marcs on Mike. Healing Mike took a toil on Karl, and she lost all her energy feeling very weak and not okay. After Karl was done healing Mike, she sat down with Noah, Lilia, Ramsay, Benjamin, Hawk, Ryn, Tracy, Kylie, Camelia, Hemdal, Kinsley, Esther, Redrick, and Nelson to talk about Mike's health. They all sat down close to each other on the ground forming a circle. Camelia asked Karl ''how is Mike?''.

''He should be fine when he wakes up but the Marc's sword has marked him which made me unable to close up the cut made by Marc's sword on his chest'' said Karl.

''That is really bad. Him being marked by the Marc sword put us all in danger'' said Nelson.

''Yes. The Marc will be able to find him wherever he goes which means they will be able to find us too'' said Kinsley.

''Then what are you all insinuating'' asked Camelia, looking at everyone's face.

''We are not insinuating anything, Camelia, but we need to do something about Mike being marked'' said Hawk.

''We will do nothing about him being marked by the Marc’s sword'' said Esther.

Everyone was confused to hear that then Noah asked Esther ''what do you mean?''.

''Everything I expected to happen has begun to happen so there is no stopping it'' said Esther.

''Does that mean you knew Mike was going to be stabbed by the Marc and get marked?'' Kinsley asked Esther.

''Yes, I do'' said Esther.

Everyone was shocked to hear that Esther knew about that and did nothing to prevent it from happening except Hawk who knew the reason why she might have done that. Karl said ''okay'', and then fainted.

Everyone was worried to see Karl fainted but Esther said to everyone ''she is fine. All she needs is just rest and she will be okay'', then Hawk carried Karl and went to lay her down next to Mike where Mike was laid, and came back to join the others.

''If you knew Mike was going to be stabbed why did you do nothing about it?'' Tracy asked Esther.

''Because I wanted it to happen'' said Esther.

''Which means you knew I was going to be killed also?'' Ramsay asked Esther.

''Yes. Why do you all think I came back?'' asked Esther.

Everyone looked at each other to see if anyone knew the answer to Esther's question but no one seemed to have an answer. Esther said ''I have looked and tried different futures but all of them ended with Marcelos winning. I have witnessed the death of every one of you and mankind, and you should know how hurting and scary it can be seeing you all die right in front unable to do anything to save you all. To be truthful and realistic to you all, there is not even a zero percent chance that we can we against Marcelos because all I have seen is our death. We are all going to die'', and everyone became scared upon hearing that.