Priestess Of The Land

"My priestess, I have waited for a long time for your arrival, my humble name is Hepri" said the man, standing up.

"I did not know I had another guardian, how did you even awaken?" asked Tria.

"My awakening happened on the same day as yours, the energy in here is a mix of all the energies from the other Lands and more, therefore when you did I was automatically linked to you, and awakened."

"Ah, so that's what happened and you had simply waited for me here?"

"I knew you were coming, but that is not why I decided to wait...before my awakening, I was the keeper of one of the ancient temples here...although it had been ravaged by the Eye, it still is a historical site with possibly many secrets..." he said giving Tria a smart look.

"Ah, haha, I see. I'm glad to meet you, and we can talk about that in a bit, first these nice uncles here said you were their boss...are you also a bandit?" Tria looked at him fiercely, expressing her displeasure.

"Who?" the guardian asked in confusion, he looked around and finally noticed the bunch of men tied up on the ground and one of them with tears and snot on his face.

"Boss, you've come for us," cried out the leader of the bandits.

"...Who are you?" asked Hepri, 'when the heck did I become the boss of bandits?' he wondered. The last thing he needed was to make a bad first impression upon meeting the priestess so he walked to the man who had called him boss and kicked his chest.

"We are the ones you saved that one time from the Eye by the temple!" quickly said the man fearing for his life, he knew what that man was capable of and he did not want to end up like a carcass.

Back then, when the Eye would continuously trespass the temple, he did not do anything. However one day, the Eye was killing anyone of their path and was about to enter the temple, when Hepri brought out an army of beetle and in a matter of seconds, only the skeletons of over fifty people were scattered on the ground. There was no blood, and no mess...since then the group of bandits had revered him as their boss.

"I have saved many people around the temple, that does not make me your boss," Hepri said to the man then turned to Tria and asked seriously, "would you like me to end them?"

Tria smiled but shook her head.

The bandits then crawled their way out of there as fast as they could, leaving only Tria, Crei, Chukah and Hepri.

"Your power involves beetles?" asked Tria.

"Yes, priestess. My power represents creation, however, I can only create beetles, as many as I want and use them as I will. They are great at teamwork!" Hepri joked.

"Hmm, well you have met Chukah, he's my other guardian, as well as my big brother, and this is my husband, Crei," Tria introduced Hepri around.

"You have already married Priestess, then how-

"Asking a lot of questions, are we?" interrupted Crei looking Hepri, and that shut him right up.

Chukah chuckled on the side, and glad that there was someone new to share Crei's bullying. Hepri was already on the road to a beating, asking questions he shouldn't ask.

"We'll learn about each other as we walk, let us go to your temple, it's getting dark and it would seem that a storm is coming," Tria said looking over the horizon. There were gusty winds blowing the sand left and right, they needed to take shelter as soon as possible.