[6] Neo Steam – Guild Wars

Rope Isle – Iron Base

The next day both Dev and Dekas were completely recovered and together with the rest of the guild they decided it was time to take back the mine and give the elerds a payback, they moved quickly to Conviction town but from there only Dev left for the mine, she moved swiftly, for her alone was faster to infiltrate the defences, once in she used Lead Location, the strongest space/time spell, thought only to the elite Trackers, with this all the members of Signa Infero were summoned beside her, they were ready for a surprise attack.
“Get ready, this must be a lighting attack, if they fight back kill them, if they escape don't chase them, our objective is only the mine, ok?” they all nodded in unison “ok...Attack!” with the order given they all rushed out.
The moon was full that night, beautiful, maybe more that ever, engulfed in a malinconic silent, but, suddenly, that peace was broke by the screams and shouts of those fighting beneath it, blood started flowing like a river, the clouds covered the moon like a mother that didn't want to let her child see such horrifying sight, none of them wanted to retreat, was greed that made them fight?...no, in the mist of the fight they forgotten about the mine and the promised money, why did they keep fighting? Who knows, some of them were smiling, some of them were crying, or maybe it's more right to say that, this was they reason, this was for what they were born for, they fought and fought until the sun risen, like a prize for the winners.
“We won!” shouted Scarlet with tears in her eyes, four guild members, four friends where lost that day
“Congratulations!” a shout come from behind the trees
“Who's there???” a man came out of the woods, followed by others
“I'm Raphael, and this is my guild Oblivion from Rogwel, we too were given the task to take control of the mine”
“You too?...too bad we already took it, there is nothing left for you”
“Yes...I see that, your guild fought an admirably battle for it, but...” as he was speaking he took out his gun and pointed it at Scarlet “no one said we can't take it from you, i'll be kind, since you are from rogwel too, give it to us peacefully and in exchange i'll let you all keep your lives”
“YOU SON OF A....” shouted Celtic while he was getting up
“Stop!!” Scarlet put her hand in front of Celtic “Tell me...Was it Putaten who gave you the task of conquering the mine?”
“Bullseye! Your correct”
“And he didn't tell you anything about us?”
“Hmm...he didn't specify that it was your guild, but he told me that he didn't care which guild had the mine as long as they get the energy stones”
“I understand... do as you please, we are exhausted, can't fight any more, the mine is yours..”
All the surviving members of the the guild left the mine with rage on their faces, it all looked so pointless now, in the end they defeated their strongest enemy only to be stabbed in the back by the ones they called allies, after this event Signa Infero disappeared in the shadows, no one heard of it any more, a few days after that the Maestro of Maestros was found dead in his bedroom, no one knew who did it, only a scrap of paper was left behind with a message on it “ He became a disliked friend”. This was only the beginning of the Guild Wars, even today after fifty years guilds still battle each other on that ground which became known as the Blood Mine...

The End...