Master Of None

"He is awake!" The healer in charge of one of the groups that had arrived rushed to Walker and the rest of the party. They had just checked on the man that had been brought to them. When there, they had been changing bandages only to find he had woken up and was calmly watching them do so.

"What? Already? I thought he would need more rest!" Walker jumped up. He was followed by the others who ran toward the man's bed roll as well. However, Su stopped them and let Walker go alone. She realized that it would be very bad to crowd someone not feeling well.

"I take it you're the one?" The man spoke with a soft voice that had clearly been through a lot. His calmness appeared to be just for show. His eyes told Walker that he was worried about his son.

"My party found you. We were able to get rid of the night thorn poison. You risked a lot to get through the border. I might ask you how you did that. But for now, I was hoping you could tell me more about the why you did it?" The man visibly relaxed when he was told his son was fine and just resting.

"It's not safe. Things got worse than they have ever been before." The man's voice was shaky while recalling it. This wasn't just some small matter.

"If you don't want to talk about it that's alright. We are going to the border anyways and can find out more there. I just wanted to see if you would tell us more details that someone from the demon lands might know." Walker was sure that the experience was not pleasant and that the man might just want to put it behind him.

"No! Don't go. It's madness there. You might be affected too. The entire border… is all madness. If you aren't affected by it then you are just a victim heading in for slaughter." It wasn't that the man was afraid for himself, but that he was afraid others would become hurt.

"You mumbled about madness and Wrath…is it another sin demon title holder causing it?" The tone that Walker held was not one that was soft. It was full of ice and needles waiting to be used against those that would cause such trouble.

"Yes. He came with soldiers to the border villages and began to run wild. He said he was marching to take the other kingdoms down and would start recruiting. They are all lost in maddening anger. There's no reason for it all. Just fighting and killing for nothing.." There were a few tears that fell from the man's eyes.

"But you escaped. Both you and your sin are safe. Don't worry anymore. We will look at ways to block madness. It sounds a lot like Lust's poison but more of a curse or something. We will handle it. The same way we beat Lust, Greed, and Pride. We beat them and have a few more sin demons to handle before we free your people." Walker made the solemn promise. He would not rest until he saw the demons able to live freely.

"Don't try and do that. The ones that don't leave the castle are pure terror." The man warned Walker before rolling his head to the side and trying to rest more. The man felt that his warning was enough for the moment. He was having trouble talking and needed to rest more. Just knowing his son was resting safely next to him was enough.

"We will do everything we can to save more of your people. Just rest and recover with your son." Walker left the man to return to the rest of the party. He looked at them with his brows furrowed waiting to find the right words. He was building a proper plan. "I need to contact Clara." This was what he came up with.

"But why? What did the man say was going on?" Remey wasn't sure why Clara would be able to help the most in this situation.

"We need Barry to come back. The sin demon title holder Wrath can make people go mad. I don't have a lot of evidence but that's the gist of what seems to be ha[peneing. Wrath led an army toward the border and has been killing anyone that gets in his way. On top of that, the people that fall under his madness become part of the army. If we take him out then we are better able to handle the demon soldiers and rescue the people."

"Do you think we would be affected by the madness?' Su wasn't sure if they would all resist it. There were too many things that they were missing since they didn't have enough information on the direct effects of the skill.

"From what it sounds like, it is another skill that comes with the title. If you think of wrath, then it means anger so great that you go mad, right? Can't even control your anger. Barry has that mastered as a berserker. He can lose himself and come right back." Remey remember this clearly since she had wondered if she would ever have that kind of skill after hearing about Barry's skill.

"That is why we need him. He can go in and handle Wrath. Then the armies can back him up. Perfect plan. Walker can take care of that while we prepare the healers to come with us. We will take a carriage and get to the border through the night." Gil was off with the plan before Walker could even start anything. Onyx was right by his side helping to get the healers. Alice just sat preparing some more healing supplies for when they got to the border wall. The entire party was waiting on Walker.

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