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Chapter 11 - Artorious's world

He dreampt as his eyes closed.Who deserves to reach my world,heaven."do I?, perhaps not however this world is not just for me." He convinced himself,while he knew the truth he coudln't accept.He had no one to make the world for,but himself.Is it wrong to destroy this world for my ambition?.Self doubt plagued his mind as he entered the world of dreams.

His mind expanded to vast white landscape,the features of his empty mind were nothing.There were no notable features of this white land that seemed to go on endlessly.

His own thoughts gave rise to questions,with no truths.He awoke to find himself scaling the wall missing a great deal of men.While he dreampt soldiers risked their lives and perished for the king's dreams.Over and over it repeated.They fall into the foggy skies as their screams echoed, a sign of the foreboding path ahead.

The king slowly regained his consiousness as they ascended.His body was cold,the temperature lowered to -17c and the wind blew relentlessly against their pursuit.The snow's chill froze him.They kept climbing the king tied to a soldiers back near the back of the pack.

The king watched unfazed is more men fell to seas of fog below.It was 10,000 metres.Humans weren't designed to reach these heights,his breath shallowed,his lungs throbed.

Artorious thought to himself,no one else has fell.He looked up,no one was there,he looked down.Only four remained.

The king glued to the soldier,and another soldier that also seemed to be dragging another up this never-ending mountain.The king fell to despair.He knew the possibility of his dream becoming his last legacy.

Hope was lost,they kept their steady pace crawling along the mountains edge.It would be too late to turn back with their bodies worn.The king was the only one able to look up with the other two preoccupied with climbing,and the lone human wrapped under the soldiers back.

He saw it Limveil.His thoughts of war flickered as he saw land as refuge.The foggy veil opened around it,as if it was unable to enter.

He dared not speak up,he feared it may shock his small party remaining.As the climbed slowly up, the suspense and salvation brought him to tears.That short distance,felt like an eternity for Artorious.

The two resilient in-human climber noticed the peak as well.No one dared utter a word.They latched onto the edge lifting them up.The climber fell to knees at the sight of Limveil.The other two copied the same act as if it was reherased,the climber fell to his kness as the guilty passenger is admiring the views.

The two turned to eachother.The king of the strongest empire stood before her, his strong gaze,his frozen skin pale white cold to the touch,his short black hair turned a cold white.

There she stood before the king,her soft glance,warm skin,and long golden blonde hair.

"Who are you?" He asked."Im a doctor,my name is Alice my lord". She talked to him as if she was unaware of his title,in a friendly almost familiar tone.His mind flashed of vague memories of his mother as a child.Why does she remind me of my mother he thought.

"Tend to them,doctor" he ordered in a suggestive tone.They both lied there before them carrying their spears and equipment.The man to right was a beast-man,that gave him the strength and endurance to carry the king.He shared his traits with a lion,he was covered in a thick mane and sharp claws.

Although the king hand picked his soldiers,he didn't know their names he thought it was meaningless to give value to his pawns.However he didn't pick the supporters however only the docter remains.The king had the strength and ambition to stirve for his dreams however outside of battle he knew litle of this world.

The man to left who carried alice was a regular human,much like the king he was strong.Humans weren't built for altutiude this high and he suffered for it, while carrying alice up nature's cruel conditions.

She instinctivly priroritized him.She knelt as the mountain winds ceased atop the peak,her warm fur clothes deemed unncessary.She removed her warm cloak revlealing a staff,a golden glow was cast around her patient.

"I thought only elves could use magic" accidently muttered

She inadvertently heard and halted her process.

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