Maledictus Terra Book 3: Vetitum Nemus Part 10
Introduction
Welcome back to Maledicturs Terra. This is a Chain Story between myself and @lex-zaiya, meaning that we each write the parts alternatively.
If you have not read Maledictus Terra Book 1: Mortis Custos yet, it starts HERE at Part 1 and ends at Part 101 HERE. At the end of the Part 101 post you will find links to all 101 Parts!
Maledictus Terra Book 2: Sanguifex started HERE with Part 1 and ends at Part 111 HERE
The previous part by @lex-zaiya can be found HERE.
In the last part @lex-zaiya left me off in the middle of a conversation as Gorox, an Adept of the Vallox Kai appeared to assist Noxus and the Queen she serves with the greenskin threat.
Part 10
"Indeed Gorox." Noxus said. "Greenskins. There..."
"How many are there?" Gorox interrupted.
"Well, we are not sure." Noxus said. "Hundreds, perhaps thousands of..."
"By the Kai! And you only asked for me to come?" Gorox demanded. "It's a bloody invasion! I know I want to earn my title as a member of my temple, but I am hardly planning on wiping out an army single handed and become Grand Master or anything!"
"At this stage we don't need anyone else. I..."
Gorox interrupted her again. "We will need to contact the Temples! We need immediate reinforcements, on the honor of Vallox Kai, we shall destroy them all!"
"Enough!" Queen Mary thundered. "Will you stop interrupting my aide and actually listen Gorox?" The Queen had a vein in her forehead that was quite prominent. She rubbed at her forehead.
Gorox had enough grace to look mollified. "My apologies your Majesty."
"These greenskins are not an army, not completely an army Gorox." The Queen continued. "They sent an emissary, they chose to meet and discuss terms with us."
"Your Majesty." Gorox inclined his head. "I am sure Goblins have some rudimentary intelligence and will likely try and trick you and trap you or whomever they can fool."
"Are you calling me a fool?" Mary arched one eyebrow.
"Of course not your Majesty! I uh..." Gorox floundered.
"Perhaps you should heed what Noxus had to say then." Mary interrupted him and indicated to her Court Mage to speak.
Noxus looked sternly at Gorox and took a deep breath, her face set and determined. "These greenskins are not the same as the ones the Temples have fought Gorox. Their ambassador was a Sporeseer and he was eloquent and civilized. He knew Derric, or rather his parents. Parents who died around three thousand years ago. It seems that these greenskins were trapped in stasis because of a curse, I do not know why, but they are the original greenskins and those we have fought are not anything similar to them! We wanted you here to witness and give some council, but until we know better, you are not to attack a single Greenskin until ordered to, understand?"
Noxus sucked in air, her face pale. She had managed to force all of the words out of her at a rapid pace in an attempt to make sure the Gorox did not interrupt her again.
This, together with the Queen cowing the barbarian, the mage had managed her explanation before the man could interrupt her again.
There was a slight pause and a silence and Gorox nodded and rested his hands on the pommel of his hammer. "Right. I understand. So what is next?"
All eyes went to the Queen. "We shall need to wait for a message from Zreld."
"Zreld?" Gorox asked.
"The Sporeseer." Noxus said. "He introduced himself as Zreld Erd Stretmong. Sporeseer of the Blackhollow Tribe of the Goblinkin."
"Stretmong!" Gorox exclaimed. "I have heard this name!"
"Really" Noxus asked.
"Indeed. I hear it as a warcry from Goblins."
"Interesting." Mary said. "I shall keep that in mind."
Great, 10 parts done! @lex-zaiya back to you!
Thank you for reading!
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Vetitum Nemus
| by @zakludick | by @lex-zaiya |
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| Part 2 | Part 3 |
| Part 4 | Part 5 |
| Part 6 | Part 7 |
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Congratulations @zakludick!
You raised your level and are now a Dolphin!
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Wooohooooooo! Yeahhhh!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
Congratulations on becoming a Dolphin @zakludick 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much! It has been an effort and quite a bit of work.
Now it's onward to the next milestone which is Orca... but I am looking at the smaller targets and just keep going!
Next stop is top 2000 in ranked Staked HP... then it will be 6000HP and so on...
Thank you again. I miss your stats posts. Not doing them anymore?
Can't wait to see you becoming an Orca. Good luck with your next steps.
Thank you for your feedback. I have been criticized a lot by some self-proclaimed "abuse fighters" for doing it before and stopped when my infra was hacked (didn't rebuild that service)
But I also see more and more kind people like you asking me to publish them back. Need to think about it.
Perhaps the format can be reworked into something that does not set off the abuse fighters. Something that can possibly be built with their assistance...
But basically, some of those stats were fun and a useful resource. Maybe the daily or bi-weekly stats post should include something else... like a daily wording. I see that being done on a lot of the giveaway posts as well. They arent allowed to just copy, paste and milk.
Maybe integrate the daily stats thing to an active community? 😀😉🐝😁
My boy finally made it.... Hahahah Dolphin status unlocked 💪💪💪💪 I actually like how Gorox’s impulsiveness clashes with the calm strategies of Noxus and the Queen. It really adds depth to their characters and makes the story even more exciting.
You should have seen Noxus, Gorox and their two other Kai Temple Acolytes in Book 1!