8 Ring

Inside a dark room, a young girl was crying. With her looks, anyone would be charmed and should have asked her for the reason of her distress. It's a pity that no one was able to see her as she is now, if not then they too might have felt a desire to be of help to her. This young girl was Hannah. Just right after she returned from Cray's house, her mother had passed away. She left behind a silver coloured ring and her last words saying "Take this ring and take care of it and yourself from now on okay? And, be happy with Cray, I'm sure you'll be a happy couple." Hannah repeated those words that her mother had said.

She passed away with a happy looking smile. Hannah could not even think of anything else. "What happy couple if all I can ever do is just run away!" Hannah cried out. She wanted to bring back her mother and tell her that. But she couldn't, all she could do was patiently wait for Cray to return. She didn't know what else to do, in fact even if she knew it she wouldn't be able to do it. She was too powerless.

At that time, she still hadn't noticed it but when she wore the ring her hair suddenly turned white with a faint trace of silver, her fierce eyes had a certain fire inside. The desire to become stronger than anyone. To not feel this cold and harsh feeling of being powerless. She had resolved herself and was prepared to take extra measures to get more power. At this moment the woman who shall be known as The Silver Sword was born.

Meanwhile, Cray was captured by the woman that was chasing after him after she had knocked him out. She then carried his body and was preparing to head out. Just as she took her first step a dagger was plunged on the ground near her foot.

"What is the meaning of this?" Alec with a frown sharply looked at the direction that the dagger was thrown from. It was late when she noticed it but when she looked back there were men who had already cut off her escape. She was surrounded without her even noticing.

A man who was in his teens wearing black clothes and a black veil masking his face appeared out from the shadows as he took back the dagger that he threw. When he took a dagger, a black ring was apparent on his right hand. "You see here Missy, that boy you're holding, I also need him you know?" The man with a threatening voice pointed the cold black pointy dagger towards the Alec.

"Did you possibly think that you could overpower me with just your number? You must be joking!" Alec then swiftly took out her sword with her right hand while dropping Cray's body from her left. She then closed in towards the black-clothed man and was preparing to pierce straight through him. But the moment that she did she was dumbfounded because she didn't feel anything at all. It was like striking through nothing but air. Then she immediately knew that this was nothing but a diversion. And since she already knew what they were after she then felt her hands turn sweaty. And as she looked back, she saw that she was right as Cray's body was nowhere to be found. The men who were surrounding her had also slowly melted into the shadows. She was deceived!

She thought that she had been surrounded so she targeted the leader of the group, but she just figured out that this was all the works of one man. She never felt this frustrated in her life. She was flustered and wanted to chase after them but as she took her fifth step her body shivered as she suddenly had an idea of who the enemy might be.

Back when she was still young she had always seen her grandfather as someone kind who remained calm and composed no matter what the situation was, but at that time she saw the hatred of her grandfather when he had ordered the extermination of the "Shadow Lurkers". She had seen the crazed look of her grandfather as he ruthlessly killed even the young of the tribe. Till this day she had thought that no more of their blood was still alive as her grandfather's order was backed by the emperor, so they rid the world of those with the blood. "As I thought, that was a shadow lurker." She had a clue at the moment she had pierced through a clone of the enemy. "The ability to control the shadows..... This is going out of hand. I first need to report this the higher ups!"

Meanwhile, inside thick forests of Zone 10, a young man was taking deep breaths while he was sweating bullets. He had just used something beyond his current ability. He might not have escaped if Alec seriously tried to track him down as she was superior in terms of power, speed, and experience.

The young man removed his mask as he took out a black orb and focused on it. A face appeared within the orb. "Chen Clan head, Blue Spear, I have successfully secured the Einder descent." The young man with golden hair smiled brightly towards the orb, he then showed Cray to present his appearance towards the man on the other side of the orb.

"No need to be formal Stan, didn't I told you to just call me uncle Ye? Anyways good job on accomplishing the mission. Immediately head towards the sacred lands on the Southern Continent. I'll meet up with you there." The black orb suddenly lost its contact with the head of the Chen Clan.

On the other side of the Continent, a blue orb had just cut its contact with the black orb. The man who was sitting on a throne was smiling with an evil look on his eye. "Finally, the descent of the Einder blood has come! OH, how long have I waited for this moment!" He had then started to laugh hysterically alone in his seemingly small but luxurious throne room.

"The time is near!"

"THE WORLD SHALL KNOW FEAR!"

The man who was just laughing like a maniac slowly stood up and walked outside his room as he held a blue spear that was emitting sparks. On his right hand was also another ring, this time it was the same colour as his spear.