The next morning I woke up at 4:30, ate changed into my second best pair of clothes and put my best pair of clothing in a bag. I then grabbed my hooded coat with long sleeves it. I wanted to hide my ears and watch which would attract a lot of attention. More so then wearing a hood and long sleeves. I then put my hood down as it was a weeks travel by foot to the capital Black Wall from our village Elven Pass. It was called Black Wall because all the walls were made out of obsidian. The walls themselves were made by necromancers who had been defeated and driven out 300 years ago.

The week of walking was completely bland we made great time the first five days so we would arrive a day early. We arrived at a village this is where the story continues on.

The village was in poor shape. I could see mice scurrying around the village and the fields looked bare. I saw several fat cats that didn't even bother hunting the mice and rats. Some of the rats were the size of dogs and one the size of a wolf. So I let FEAR go berserk. The mice and rats didn't even avoid him. he just scooped up mouse after mouse eating them in gulps he bites the head of the largest one first. Me and my father then went to the biggest house where the town Mage should be. We walk in to see a fat man with food all over the ground. The smell in the air is of rotten food and the air is damp like a cave. It makes me feel like vomiting. When he sees us he says

“third house from the front of the village is empty sleep there.”

He then goes back to eating. Rats and mice eat everything that he drops. We leave and go back down the path. FEAR is still eating like crazy and many of the villagers have come to see the lizard eat like no tomorrow. The villagers are not well fed but they don't look starving either. I'm assuming that they have been eating the rats. The idea to me is repulsive. An old man with a young skinny black haired girl around the age of 3-4 approach us.

“Where are you travellers from? If I may rudely ask?”

my father answers in a stiff tone

“We have no home.”

after my father answers with that remark I slip my rings into my pocket and punch him right in the nuts seeing how that’s the only vital area that I can reach with my current height.

“what would mother do if she heard you say that?”

he is groaning on the ground but still answers

“a whole lot worse probably”

I then turn to the elderly man and his daughter who now looked quite scared of me.

“we are from Elven Pass headed towards Black Wall.”

a smile goes across the old man's face. “Do you know the “servant of the goddess of harvest?””

I frown and respond really blandly “your looking at him but don't call me that I don't really like that title”

he then gets on his knees “please help us get rid of the rat and mouse infestation in the village of mice! They have plagued us for the last 300 years! We want to grow Crops like elven pass! Not eat rat and mice co bobs every day for the rest of our lives! Please help us!”

“well I might be called “servant of the goddess of harvest” but its really FEAR who does all the work for it”

“who is this mystical FEAR you speak of?!?”

I point to FEAR who is still eating rats and mice. They are now starting to move away from him and their is a visible area of where he just was. A clean red trail of blood of where ever he went.

“I will leave FEAR here while I am at Black Wall when I return the rat infestation should be under enough control for the cats to take care of.”

I then speak telepathically to codex.

“codex?”

“yes?”

“do you think he can do it in a week?”

“no not currently their is a huge abundance of mice. But he just finished producing his armour which is now harder and stronger then any substance and can withstand any blow. Seeing this I have decided to make it so FEAR does not require sleep which will greatly speed things along as he will be able to eat through the night and day.”

“won't he get full?”

“nonsense I quick convert the food in his stomach into mana to speed along the process of evolution to the point where it won't take a million years and generation after generation. How do you think he was produced that armour in only 3 and almost a half years?”

“hadn't really thought about that. So its good for the villagers as they get what they want and me because FEAR will get a lot stronger from this”

“yup A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“really Napoleon now? Just stop quoting and you have my word ill do one thing for you”

“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”

“is it impossible for you to shut up?”

“The word impossible is not in my dictionary.”

“you have a dictionary?”

“no but you just ruined my napoleon quote thanks.”

“your welcome”

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”

“so your the first and I’m the latter?”

“.....”

“good finally got you to shut up codex.”

the whole time that was happening I just stood there which was enough time for my dad to recover. As he stood up I pushed him over and then put the rings back on. We then went to the house that was supposed to be for us. We went to sleep right away. Their were no mice or rats as FEAR had already gone through this house. We slept peacefully and awoke early the next morning. We left before any of the villagers had gotten up I said goodbye to FEAR who ignored me as he was once again eating.

“Gluttony would have been a better name for you”

i said out loud with a smile as I pet his head. The scales were seamlessly put together and he could be pet up or down and it wouldn't cut your hand. A rare feature as most creatures who have scales can cut you if you pet them going against the grain per say.

We walked out the village and I could sense a presence following us I asked my father telepathically

“do you sense the person following us as well.”

he has to speak out loud since he doesn't know how to speak telepathically

“no but now that you say that I feel it as well.”

“do you want me to use magic to capture who ever it is?”

“sure”

to the person following us they must be really confused as it looked like my Father Henry was talking to himself. I turned around and used an earth magic Codex had taught me. It turns the earth under the person into quicksand.

“AHHH HELP ME”

Is what we hear. Its not the words that make us run to help the person but the voice. Its a young girls no older then five. We run my father easily outstripping me and from behind the tree we see the young girl from yesterday. The one with black hair. Using magic I pull her out of the quicksand and she lands on me. She is crying on top of me and it reminds me of the past. Then my mind flash backs to the day I died.

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