Lucky!
A boy, barely a man grinned. He was in luck today. While he had disobeyed his mother before, this was something that had rarely come up before. The army had wanted to use his tactical thinking, his smarts, and his mother had agreed. Well, she had indirectly. Close enough. Today, he was going undercover into the Catacombs. He would distract the lord of that area of the Catacomb and the army would storm the area. One thing he tried not to think about was the magic users down there that were not bad. If there were any, he would help them out, but he doubted anyone down there would get his sympathy.
The plan was simple. He would go down as a disguised magic user and challenge the leader, who happens to be a chess fanatic to a game. Courtesy of a spy that they had down there. Ealius had no doubt that he could beat the leader. No one had ever beaten him, not since he had reached the age of twelve. This was good. He got to do what he liked to do, and he might be able to get more of his freedom back from his mother. Servents whirled around him, dressing him oddly. No, not oddly, just different. Soon he was off with but one man that would serve as his bodyguard.
He headed into the Catacombs, a few guards watched closely as they entered, in case there was an ambush by the entrance. There was none, luckily. Ealius strolled deeper into the heart of enemy territory. So many different pathways. It was a good thing that he had a really good memory. Eal glanced at each one, and remembered the slightly different paths, in case he would ever need to run. They were pretty deep into the Catacombs now. Strangely, he noticed a few guards running around, as if they were looking for someone, but they ignored Eal and his guard.
At first it was nothing, just a shadow at the edge of his vision. But he looked again. It was a young woman. Strange. She looked as if she were hiding. He implanted her into his head before continuing. No delays, everything needed to be according to the plan. If not, this could get dangerous fast.
