{"sf1_id":563135,"sf2_id":"keNR4p8e","title":"Anthropia: The Crimson Eye Chronicles 3 (part 2)","author":"Chaos121","words":1756,"posted_at":"2013-07-14T04:38:00.000Z","tags":["Anthropia","Bear","Eagle","Komodo Dragon","Leopardess","M/F","Mole","No-Yiff","Rhino","Vixen","Wolverine"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/563135-anthropia-the-crimson-eye-chronicles-3-part-2","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/keNR4p8e","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/22/ae/22ae9d81-602c-41dd-9035-3b67d2f73853","description":"#4 of Anthropia: The Crimson Eye Chronicles\n\nHi all, this is part 2 of chapter three, this leads on from where part one finished and I'm sorry for the way the stories are arraigned in the folder before I have since fixed it. I am also sorry for the wait and the spelling and grammar I didn't have time to get someone to look it over, the next chapter will be coming soon so stay tuned.","content":"No words were needed, Tatherus wiped the tear from her cheek  \nand gave her a nod, he then proceeded to climb the ladder, and with a push he  \nopened the manhole cover and looked around. When he was sure the cost was clear  \nhe pushed the cover off the manhole and climbed out, the others including  \nMishra followed not knowing what they would find. It didn't take long for them  \nto get their bearings and set off in search of the Chancellor and the rest of  \nTatherus's family.\n\nTime past in silence apart from the gentle chink of the  \nknights heavy armour as they worked their way through the corridors making sure  \nnot to alert the guards that patrolled them. Tatherus was about to round a  \ncorner when he heard the sound of a patrol walking toward them, he froze and  \ngiving a quick hand signal he and the rest of the group darted into a nearby  \nroom. The guards walked right up to the door and stopped they didn't enter the  \nroom as per standard guard protocol but stood outside and started to have a  \nquiet chat.\n\n\"Hay did you hear that they captured the rest of the Red  \nClaw family?\" one asked the other \"I hear they will get the special treatment  \nfrom the Slave guards before they are shipped out, and get this rumour has it  \nthat the girl is still purer, no one has given her a good pounding in the  \ntarget zone yet\"\n\n\"Yes I have, and frankly I'm just annoyed that I was stuck  \non hallway patrol instead of the courtyard, and another thing how the hell did  \nlord Nagrath stop the Mages from attacking us? I mean there was an entire Cabal  \nhere and several Clerics too, and they were all powerless\" his fellow replied  \nTatherus recognised the voice as being from a large feline of some description.\n\n\"I don't know, maybe he found something that gave him the edge\"  \nthe first guard said back speculatively, \"come on we need to finish this sweep  \nthen were off duty, I'm looking forward to having the biggest flagon of Ale you  \nhave ever seen and some alone time with that Minx slave down at the Fire Ants  \nNest\"\n\n\"You still go to that dingy dock side Tavern? you know it's  \nwhere the thieves guild like to pick there marks\" the second guard said with a  \ntwinge of disgust in his voice before walking down the hall away from the door,  \nTatherus couldn't pick out much after that, but now the group knew where to go.\n\nTatherus looked around the room they were in and was almost  \nhit flat on his rear end when he realised where they were, the office was  \nsmaller than he remembered after all he was a child the last time he entered  \nthis room and just like it was back then the desk was covered with loose papers  \nand scrolls. Something within Tatherus told him there was something here that  \nwould shine some light on what the guards were talking about, he began to  \nsearch the documents on the table making sure he didn't disturb anything many  \nof the papers were little more than Tax documents and Council meeting  \ntranscriptions but one object stood out, Tatherus picked up the small leather  \nbound journal and opened it finding a name scribbled in the top left hand  \ncorner of the first page _'Nagrath Shadow  \nfang'_ \u0026nbsp; this was what he was looking  \nfor he hoped that the journal had what he needed.\n\nBy this time Talon was getting antsy again, the guards had  \nmoved on and now Tatherus was looking at a book, \"hay Tath, the guards are  \ngone, are we going to move or what?\" he asked trying to not let the volume of  \nhis voice go any higher than a calm word.\n\n\"just a moment, I think there's something in this journal  \nthat will explain a few things, like how Nagrath was able to overwhelm a large  \ngathering of Mages and Clerics\" Tatherus replied still looking through the  \nbook, much of the writing was badly done almost bordering on rushed scribbles  \nand not carefully written words. Flipping over the next page the Komodo  \nDragon's eyes opened wide almost to the size of dinner plates \"found it!\" he  \nsaid with an elated coo, the rest of the group except for Talon congregated  \naround him to see what he found.\u0026nbsp;\n\nTatherus pointed to a paragraph and began to read out loud _'The\u0026nbsp;secondday of my preparations  \nhas come to an end but I still am missing a crucial item. It's not a question  \nof where to find it but how to get it, my good friend was scheduled to deliver  \nit to me but he ended up getting killed by bandits, lucky for me the object was  \nrecovered by the Crimson Eye and now resides in the hands of the Mages. If they  \nfind out it is the fabled Orb of the Reaper they will destroy it, I cant let them do this for\u0026nbsp;I Necromancer  \nLord Nagrath and soon to be king of Obsidias will have this fabled artefact and  \nlearn its secrets this I swear.'_\n\n\"That how he did it, I remember father telling me the story  \nof the orb but I thought it was a legend\" Tatherus flopped down in a nearby  \nchair his eyes full of disbelief.\n\n\"But if this book holds the secrets of a man who wants to  \ngain power through deceit wouldn't he hide it better? I mean it could be a  \ntrap, why leave it here to find?\" Talon speculated still watching the door.\n\n\"Because I wanted him to find it\" came a gruff voice, the  \ngroup jumped and looked to where the voice came from. From a shadowy corner the  \ngroup could make out the form of a wolverine in heavy plate armour, he stood  \nleaning up against a book case his eyes locked firmly on the group near the  \ndesk \"and I wouldn't be so hasty drawing your weapons in the presence of a god\".\n\nThe Wolverine moved into the light revealing himself in all  \nhis glory, an almost golden light seemed to envelop him making him hard to look  \nat, he held a massive two handed claymore in his left hand\u0026nbsp;like it weighed as light  \nas air itself and his eyes glowed a vibrant orange. The group found themselves  \ndropping to their knees and began to pray, Talon didn't get the memo until he  \nturned around and with a gaping beak he began to stammer uncontrollably, it  \ndidn't take him long to follow the others example.\n\n\"Arise young champions\" he commanded and the group complied,  \n\"I've been watching you for some time now and I feel it is time to act\" he  \nwaved his hand and conjured up what looked to be a replica of the Orb \"we need  \nto stop him from using the orb, if he uses it all of life will in danger\" he  \nsnapped his finger causing the replica to disappear like smoke in the wind \"and  \nthe only way to do this is to shatter it\"\n\n\"But how will we shatter it? If we are going to destroy the  \norb we can't do it with it with mundane weapons, and we don't have an enchanter  \nnearby to imbue the ones we got\" Tatherus asked trying looking at the situation  \nlogically.\n\n\"you just\u0026nbsp;leave the logistics of that part to me, besides there  \nare many people in the court yard who need to be saved, that is your top priority\"  \nthe god replied, \"I only have a finite amount of energy to work with, when it's  \ndepleted I will return to my realm so I can't help all that much, most of the  \nheavy lifting will be\u0026nbsp;done by\u0026nbsp;you and your companions\"\n\nThe group gave a nod and proceeded to the door, after a  \nquick check the group made their way through the maze of corridors till they  \nfound the court yard, all the while making sure that they didn't alert the  \nguards. Tatherus moved quickly through the door into the open space and moved  \ninto a perfect hiding spot with the best view, the others soon followed and  \nbegan to assess the situation but what they saw made each of them shiver. The  \nonce beautiful garden of the court yard was completely changed into a space of  \ndebase sex and torcher, several slave cages lined one side each filled with  \nthree to four slaves that were ether taken from the citadel or shipped in for  \nNagrath pleasure or appetite while the other side was converted into an  \nalchemists work space, at the work bench an old and very sleep deprived mole  \nworked on a blue liquid in a conical flask, the poor thing had a collar around  \nhis neck and his feet were shackled to one of the many stone pillars that made  \nup the court yards architecture.\n\n\"Damn them, they go Magrenos!\" Zarasha whispered to Tatherus  \nher voice was saturated in hatred \"and they have him mass producing the potion  \nI gave you the day before we were initiated\"\n\nThere was some movement from one of the cages that the group  \nwas unable to see properly followed by an evil snigger, as the group watched  \nthree people walked out into the open causing Tatherus to give out a quiet  \nhiss. Gorgon gave a grunt of anger as the two identified the three individuals,  \nthe first two were grizzly bears that were stark naked the\u0026nbsp;other figure\u0026nbsp;was a very  \nfamiliar black rhino but all were moving something into the court yards centre  \nwhere a strange contraption sat, it was obviously to tie down something while  \nhaving it suspended in mid-air almost like a tanning bed bit it was too big for  \nsimple leather work and there was too many winches and pullies making it clear  \nthat it was a torcher apparatus. The group watched as the three men places  \nsomeone into the device and winch her up so they were upright; it was only when  \nthe three individuals were satisfied at their work and moved away to choose  \ntheir tools that the Knights were able to see who they had strung up. The  \nfemale Komodo dragon's batted and stripped form slumped slightly in the device  \nwhile her head looked around exhaustedly eventually she managed to look in Tatherus's  \ndirection giving him a view of her eyes, his mouth dropped open as he saw the  \nbeautiful Emerald green eyes of his twin sister.\n\n\"By the gods! No, Not Jade!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Anthropia: The Crimson Eye Chronicles","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/545401-anthropia-the-crimson-eye-chronicles-3-part-1.json"}}