Bian dragged a body out of the forest, exhausted. He dragged the body of a special entity, the thing he hunted in the month. He looks ahead, the base still far away. He sighs before walking towards it, the body leaving blood trails on the ground.
A green Katana was on Bian's back, ancient symbols glowing faintly. Bian wore a green scarf over his face, some blood marks over his body. The special entity had glowing orange eyes, a dagger embedded in its left eye. There were many sword marks on its body, all the marks glowing green...
Bian looked at the base as he moved. It was a massive base, watchtowers around it even though nobody was there to watch. The watchtowers were infused with Sensor magic, being able to alert them just in case an enemy got in three mile radius of their base.
The base had multiple structures in it, training ground in the middle, the place to sleep in or to rest in its left, meeting place in its right and weapons area in its back. There was also a dungeon near the Base, the place where they kept the special entities locked. A storage place also stood close by, stories food and supplies needed..
Soon, Bian got close to the base and Tylibark immediately noticed him from afar. Tylibark had a red trident on his back, his eyes scanning Bian. Tylibark quickly ran to him before placing a hand on his right shoulder
"We were waiting for you to return. Finn got here tomorrow and told us you were gonna get here by today since you decided to carry the body. You could have let him do his part."
Bian shrugs, looking at Tylibark
"He needed a break. We were pretty far too. It was better to let him go without the body because we had already won and there was no danger left."
Tylibark sighs
"You know very well that other hunters could have tried to kill you. Anyways, I can take the body. "
Bian nods, letting go of the body before walking to the base..
Tylibark uses telekinesis to lift the body in air before walking towards a dungeon near the base, the body floating besides him. He swiftly unlocked the gate to the dungeon before walking in, the body still floating besides him...
Once Bian got close, he noticed Creeper and Pika practicing together, some other members looking from sidelines
Creeper sent one clone at Pika to test him first. Pika formed an icy sword on his right hand, his eyes scanning the sprinting clone. The clone swung his sword at Pika but Pika leans his head back, dodging it. Something Pika didn't see was that the clone followed it with a smooth kick straight at Pika's stomach, throwing Pika back. Pika got up quickly, his fists clenched around the frozen sword. The clone lunged at Pika, his sword ready. Ice formed around Pika's hands as he caught the clone's sword with his right hand. The clone tries to pierce through Pika's hand but it doesn't work, the ice had already frozen most of the sword. Pika's left hand starts glowing blue before Pika punches the clone full force. The punch formed a blue shockwave, the clone smashing against the ground, blood pouring from clone's head.
Creeper yells as he sees Pika use magic
"Wait what? You were supposed to not use any magic for this fight, remember?!"
Pika sighs, cracking his neck
"Whatever.."
Creeper makes another clone of himself
"You better not cheat again!"
Pika nods, ice sword forming in his right hand, his jaw clenched. Just then, Creeper sends the clone...
Pika sprints at the clone, quickly closing in. The clone raises his sword, ready. Just as Pika got close, the clone swung his sword. Pika swiftly slid under it, Pika's own sword slicing through the clone's left leg. The clone fell to his knees. Pika quickly got up before jumping at the clone, his sword ready. The clone jumps out of the way just in time, his left leg bleeding. Pika sprints at the clone once again. The clone knew he had no choice. He barely gets up, his left leg stopping him from dashing forward. He grabs his sword and gets ready to fight Pika. Pika jumps high before he turns the icy sword into a spear mid air and throws it at the clone, the spear hitting the clone square in the head. The clone's grip around the sword fades away, the sword falling down from the clone's hand as he falls to the ground, dead, it's eyes lifeless...
Creeper gasps, proud of Pika
"Nice, you did great. Especially the last spear part, you are getting smart."
Pika smirks, proud of himself
"Thank you."
Creeper cracks his knuckles before taking out a sword
"Wanna fight with me now?"
Pika raises his hand, ice forming around them
"Bring it on."
Just before they could start the fight, Beth teleports between them
"It's enough training for now, stop. You two can train later."
Pika nods before walking to Creeper
Creeper looks at Pika, hos footsteps slow
"We can do it tomorrow."
Pika nods, the ice sword in his right hand deforming
"I wish but we can't train tomorrow. Remember tomorrow is when our mission starts.."
Creeper nods as he looks towards the meeting place
"We can fight after we come back from the mission though."
Pika nods, his gaze looking at the main base
"You are right but it's not like I can win against you anyways."
Creeper shakes his head as he walks inside the base
"Nah, you are crazy good."
Pika also follows him to inside the base
Beth looks at Pika and Creeper as they walk inside the main base. Then she looks around and notices Bian walking towards them. She quickly runs to him and hugs him, glad that he's okay
"You finally returned.."
Bian hugs her back
"The mission was barely any problem."
Beth breaks the hug as she points to the base
"Let's go to the base now, others are probably waiting."
Bian nods before following her...
Tylibark throws the special entity into one of the cages before locking it and walking through the dungeon, passing by some other special entities captured in other cages. Once he walks out of the dungeon, he locks it and looks around. He sees Reiyan walk into the meeting room, alone. He thinks for a second before he walks to the base. As he gets to the base, he sees Turtleblade walking towards the base in distance, Sweat walking besides him.
Tylibark waves at them from afar before sprinting to them.
Sweat waves back before looking at the base. Sweat wore a yellow scarf over his face, a green bag on his back, body of a special entity floating besides Sweat, white energy orbs formed around the body. One of it's eyes glowed blue, it's other eyes having a scar. The special entity itself was alive but couldn't do anything because it was too weak to resist the magic..
Turtleblade walked besides him, his eyes scanning the forest. He had a Katana and a axe on his back, both glowing green with ancient symbols, green daggers in his pocket..
Sweat and Turtleblade keeps moving, getting close to the base. Tylibark finally gets to them, stopping right infront of them, his eyes scanning the special entity
"Nice, you got the entity."
Turtleblade shrugs as he looks towards the training ground
"Where are others?"
Tylibark looks back at the training ground before looking at Turtleblade
"I don't know. When I went to dungeon with Bian's special entity, Pika and Creeper were still training there. By the time I got out of the dungeon, they were gone."
Turtleblade nods before walking towards the base, Sweat walking besides him
Turtleblade walked slowly, his eyes scanning the area
"Reiyan has returned yet?"
Tylibark nods
"Yea, he got here in middle of the day. I actually just saw him walk into the meeting room."
Turtleblade nods, muttering to himself
"Meeting room..."
Sweat looked at Tylibark
"How did your mission go? You got the special entity?"
Tylibark smiles before nodding
"It went well. We took care of the special entity and returned by tomorrow."
Sweat nods in approval
"Nice, you got here before even we or Bian could."
Tylibark crosses his hands, a smirk on his face
"Of course, me and Hannah are unstoppable."
Soon Tylibark, Turtleblade and Sweat got to the main base, their footsteps slow.
Tylibark looks around as they walk in
"I'm sure they will be happy to see you."
Turtleblade hummed under his breath in the response.
Sweat stops right infront of the main base, looking towards the dungeon
"Anyways, I'm gonna go take care of the special entity, you two continue."
Tylibark nods before walking in, Turtleblade following him.
Sweat looks at the meeting room for a second then notices Liana and Orion from the window in the weaponry room, practicing.
Liana lunged forward, gripping a staff in her right hand, her jaw clenched. Orion catches the staff mid air with his left hand, fire forming around his right arm, heating the staff up. Liana swiftly pulls him closer to her right but he let's go of the staff. She carrys the momentum of spins, hitting Orion with the staff, a small shockwave forming from the impact and throwing Orion far away. Orion lands just a few feet away from the wall, quickly getting up, fire still formed around his right arm. He brushes off the blood coming from a cut on face with his left hand before sprinting at her, a fireball forming in his right hand. Liana stomped her feet to the ground, shifting her stance to defensive, her staff raised.
Liana attacks as soon as he gets close, thrusting her staff forward. Orion swiftly dodges it to left, closing in and dropkicking her.
Liana staggered back, her eyes narrowed, her hand clenched around the staff. Orion swung his right hand at her, the fireball ready. She swiftly ducks under it but Orion carries the momentum, his body going full circle and hitting her straight in head with the fireball. The explosion throws her far back, the staff hitting against the wall...
Inside the main base, Turtleblade and Tylibark see members walking around.Beth and Pika were talking in the living room, Beth twisting her hair around her finger. Bian was observing the base, his eyes narrowed.
Just then Finn taped on Bian's shoulder
"Heyy, you finally got back. I was worried that someone might have attacked you alone."
Bian scoffs, shaking his head as he looked at Finn
"Attacking me? And winning? I don't know if someone like that even exists."
Sweat walks out of the dungeon, the body thrown into a cage. Sweat looks at the dungeon one last time before looking at the main base. He stays there for a moment , thinking about something before nodding to himself and slowly walking towards the main base. Just as he was about to enter the main base, he sees Reiyan standing near the meeting room.
Reiyan waves at Sweat from afar, pointing him to come to the meeting room before walking in..
Reiyan paced around the meeting room, a purple staff on his back. His hands were on his back as he walked around the table, waiting for someone. Just then, Sweat enters the meeting room
Reiyan nods when he sees Sweat enter
"Took you long enough."
Sweat shakes his head as he looks down
"Just say what you want."
Reiyan looks behind Sweat, the meeting door open
"Where's Turtleblade?"
Sweat shrugs
"Probably in the main base."
Reiyan raises his eyebrows
"Probably?"
Sweat nods
"Yea? I was gone to dungeon to take care of the body. I told them to keep walking but who knows where they would go."
Reiyan nods his head in approval
"Can you tell him, Jannik and Bian to come to the meeting?"
Sweat nods before asking
"What about others?"
Reiyan shrugs
"Let them be."
Sweat clicked his tongue when he heard Reiyan say it
Reiyan raises an eyebrow
"What?"
Sweat scoffs at Reiyan
"Are you like stupid? Meetings are supposed to be with everyone. Just talk to them in main base if it's not a meeting. "
Reiyan rolls his eyes
"Our group, it needs a leader. So, I'm making this meeting with most competent and strong fighters."
Sweat bursts out laughing
"Strong? Competent? That's like the whole group"
Reiyan shakes his head in disapproval
"You know what I mean. I'm talking about smartest and strongest in our group."
Sweat continues laughing
"Then you shouldn't even be on the meeting yourself. You and strong in the same sentence will never happen."
Reiyan rolls his eyes
"Just get them here."
Sweat finally stops laughing
"Fine."
Sweat walks out of the meeting room, muttering under his breath
"Kid..."
Sweat walks to the main base, his footsteps slow. Just then, Liana walks out of the weapons area and notices Sweat
Liana muttere to herself, shaking her head
"They are already back?"
Sweat enters the main base, looking around. Pika and Beth were still talking in the living room. Beth notices Sweat looking around
She walks to him, curious
"You and Turtle are back?"
Sweat nods
"It's Turtleblade and yea."
Beth nodded before asking
"So, who are you looking for then?"
Sweat thinks for a second
"I'm looking for Turtleblade, Jannik and Bian, do you know where they are?"
Pika joins in the conversation
"I saw Turtleblade and Tylibark go to second floor. I think Bian went outside."
Sweat nods, thankful
"Thank you."
Pika shakes his head
"No worries man. How did you mission go?"
Sweat shrugs
"It was decent, not too easy nor too hard."
Pika looks at him, thinking about something
"And you are better at fighting than Creeper?"
Sweat shakes his head
"Nah, he's too good. He knows alot of things about fighting that I don't."
Pika narrows his eyes at Sweat
"I don't know about that, you like to underestimate yourself a lot."
Sweat raises an eyebrow before ending the conversation
"Anyways, I'm going to go find those three, see you two later."
Pika and Beth wave at him as he goes walks to 2nd floor
"Byee!"
In the meantime, something woke up in the dungeon...
A special entity finally wakes up in the dungeon, the Frozen Demon..
It wakes up, gasping. It looks at its body, cuts from the battle everywhere. It slowly got up, looking around the dungeon, ice forming around it. There were 7 other entities just like it, captured and locked in a cage. They all were still unconscious, still breathing...
It tried to break the cage, punching against the cage again and again, trying to break it...
Just then, it hears something to its right and sees a pair of glowing red eyes watching it from the darkness..
"Do Not Try To Break, Your Luck Has Limits. If You Run Out, Your Fate Will Be Worse Than Death Itself."
The Frozen Demon's eyes widen, it's legs giving up as it falls back down, covering its head with its hand. It's body starts shaking as it kept its head covered. Once it looks back up, there was nothing there....
It was all a dream, or was it...?
Just a mile away from the dungeon was Rain. He sat atop a tree, eating an apple. Just then, it hears someone run under the tree he was sitting on. He looks down and sees Creeper doing his daily exercise, running 8.6 miles. Rain knew Creeper was gonna pass the tree once he comes back and so he waited patiently...
After some time passed, he heard someone running in distance. Rain immediately got ready, tossing the eaten apple to the side. Just when he saw Creeper pass, he immediately jumped down, kicking Creeper on his back. Creeper falls down mid sprint, landing a bit far away, a spiky stone brushing against Creeper's body.
Creeper got up quickly, his eyes darting around
"The fuck?"
But by then, Rain hid behind a tree, hearing every step Creeper took.Creeper took out his sword, his eyes scanning the surroundings.
Just then, Rain attacked from behind, two sickles in his hand. Creeper immediately heard it, he quickly turned around, swinging his sword in a wide arc but it stopped..
Rain stood a feet away from Creeper, pointing his hand at Creeper. Blue orbs formed around Rain's right hand, Creeper's arm stuck mid air...
Creeper tries to move his arm but it doesn't work, not even an inch. Creeper glares at Rain
"Is he so bad at combat that he has to use magic?"
Rain smirked at Creeper as he walked closer
"Tell me, how does it feel to be so fragile against magic?"
Rain's left hand glows green as he attacks Creeper. Creeper clones himself at the very last moment, jumping out of the attack, his clone taking the hit.
The hit throws the clone crashing into a tree, blood pouring from its head and eyes, its bones broken, blood pooling around the body...
Creeper quickly got up, his hands clenched, a smirk on his lips
"Easy."
Rain throws both the sickles at Creeper but Creeper slices both of them in half, its sliced pieces hitting the trees. Rain scoffs before dashing forward. Creeper thrusts the sword right into Rain's stomach but Rain swiftly pushes Creeper's hand away from the sword before punching him with his glowing blue right hand..
The hit throws Creeper through multiple trees, finally crashing against another tree hard. Creeper gets up slowly, blood dripping from his head. He looks straight at Rain, blood slowly covering his right eye..
Creeper shakes his head as he walks forward, his right eye covered with blood
"I thought we were doing no magic dual, motherfucker."
Rain scoffs, a blue orb forming in his right hand
"That's not how you are gonna dual the special entities, will you?"
Creeper's eyes twitch, his jaw clenched. He brushes the blood off the surface of his right eye
"And we are not enemies, are we? You literally attacked out of nowhere first. I would have won easily if it was fair."
Rain bursts out laughing
"Sure kid, keep dreaming."
Rain takes the sword out of his stomach before tossing it to Creeper, snapping his finger, his body healed back
"Pick it up and continue fighting. Show me your worth, kid."
Creeper smashes his hand against a tree
"I can't really beat you without killing you, you know? Unless I hit you in one of your organs, you can't lose."
Rain smriks
"Sounds like a you problem."
Creeper grinds his teeth, shaking his head
"Of course, you are too scared to fight without that healing ability, aren't you?"
Rain chuckles
"That's like saying a fighter that uses swords is too scared to fight without one. Let me ask you something."
Creeper raises his left eyebrow
Rain continues
"Can you truly call someone a mage if they can't use magic? Magic is what makes someone a mage and not a normal soldier."
Creeper takes a deep breath
"That's not the point and you know it."
Rain narrows his eyes as he scans Creeper
"If I stop using the healing, you will also have to stop using clones, fair enough?"
Creeper sighs, grabbing his sword from the ground
"Deal."
Meanwhile in the main base, Jannik stood atop the main base, looking at Rain and Creeper as they started fighting, shaking his head in disapproval. Just when he was about to go and stop them, he feels a tap on his shoulder.
He looks back and sees Turtleblade, his eyes widening
"You are finally back."
Turtleblade nods before asking
"What are you looking at?"
Jannik sighed, shaking his head
"Those two are fighting again..."
Tylibark joins in
"Let me guess, Creeper and Rain?"
Jannik nods
Tylibark narrows his eyes
"Rain is so painfully annoying, always fighting."
Turtleblade shrugs
"I don't know, he just likes dismantling the popular fighters."
Tylibark looks at Turtleblade, dumbfounded
"That doesn't mean he attacks ou-"
Just then, Sweat got there
"Turtleblade! Jannik!"
They all look back at Sweat
Jannik waves at Sweat
"What's up?"
Sweat looks at Tylibark before looking at others
"Reiyan wants to talk to you two and Bian?"
Turtleblade raises his left eyebrow
"Which two? There's three of us here."
Sweat sighs
"He wants to talk to Turtleblade, Jannik and Bian."
Turtleblade looks at Sweat, confused
"No team meeting?"
Sweat shakes his head
"Nope, just you, Jannik and Bian."
Turtleblade thinks for a second before walking to him
"Let's go, you too Tylibark."
Tylibark looks down at the meeting room before looking at Turtleblade
"You sure? He wants to talk to you and others only, not me."
Turtleblade nods
"Yup, I'm sure. Now, let's go."
Tylibark thinks for a moment
"What if he says something?"
Turtleblade sighs
"He's not strong enough to. Let's go now."
Tylibark nods
"See you all down."
Tylibark jumps off the roof, getting down faster than all of them.
Jannik just stares blankly
"We could have just used stairs..."
Turtleblade and Sweat walks down the stairs, not waiting for Jannik. Jannik quickly catches up to them, his steps fast.
Soon they all get to first floor, Beth and Pika weren't there anymore..
After getting outside, they see Tylibark standing infront of the meeting room, waving at them. Bian stood besides him, his expression confused
Sweat nods
"Guess he got Bian too."
The trio finally walks to Tylibark and Bian before walking in...
Liana watches them all enter the meeting place from the window in the weaponry area, confused
She looks at Orion
"They are going to meeting room."
Orion shrugs
"So?"
Liana looks at the meeting room as the door closes
"I thought most of the meetings are always with full group.."
Orion walks to her before looking at the meeting place
"Maybe they are just having some casual conversation?"
Liana shakes her head
"Why do it in the meeting room then? That makes no sense."
Orion shrugs it off, walking to middle of weaponry area
"Don't think too much."
Liana nods, looking at Orion before picking up the staff..
Pika and Beth looked around the storage room. There were many bandages, artifacts and what not. But, there was barely any food and water supply
Beth looks around
"Hopefully Andrew and Sophia managed to secure the deal with the kingdom for the supplies..."
Meanwhile, in the close by kingdom
A noble farmer talks to Andrew
"The total for everything you have bought will be 130 gold coins."
Andrew tossed them a pouch containing 135 gold coins
"There, all the gold you asked for. Extra 5 for the delivery. Now follow us to the main base."
The farmers nod quickly, putting the supplies to a cart before attaching it to a horse. The guards help them get all the supplies in bags before placing them atop the carts and tightening a rope around the cart so it won't fall down when they ride the horse. The guards sealed the fishes in a special box so it won't get infected.
Sophia was walking through the marketplace, looking for other things that could be needed. There she sees a noble jewellery shop and walks in
The Worker looks at her
"Do you need something?"
Sophia looks around before noticing a necklace of pearls and gold. She grabs it before looking at it
"Maybe I can buy something's for others..."
She thought to herself.
She looks around more before grabbing a emerald pendant on gold chains
"Beth will look so good with this.."
The farmers are done with getting the horse's and carts ready. Andrew look around for Sophia
Sophia buys 3 emerald pendants, 4 jeweled crows and 3 necklace of pearls and gold.
The Worker checks the price
"Your total is 38 gold coins."
Sophia nods before taking out a pouch full of gold and carefully giving 38 gold coins to the worke before walking out.
Just then Andrew also finds her
He looks at her, a bag with golden linings on her back
"What the hell took you so long??"
Sophia shrugs
"I was just buying somethings for others.."
Andrew looks at her before sighing
"Let's just go now, they are waiting."
Sophia nods, following him to the farmers. The farmers were already sitting on their horses, carts attached, ready. Andrew and Sophia quickly got on a horse before riding off, the farmers following them...
Back to the meeting place..
Reiyan paced back and forth, his steps slow and light. He stopped as soon as he heard the door creak open, standing on the other side of the table, his eyes narrowed.
Just then, Turtleblade, Tylibark, Sweat, Bian and Jannik entered the place, most of them confused..
Reiyan looks at them all
"Take your seats."
Jannik site in the last seat in left side, Tylibark sits in right seat near the end , Sweat sits in the seat infront of the door and Bian sits besides him.
Turtleblade didn't sit, he didn't his want to, eyes scanning Reiyan
"What do you want?"
Reiyan shakes his head in disapproval
"I said take a seat."
Turtleblade tilts his head
"I don't want to."
Reiyan rolls his eyes
"Fine, don't sit then. Let's start the meeting now."
Turtleblade shakes his head
"Where the fuck is like 70% of the fucking team?"
Reiyan looks straight at Turtleblade
"They are not important."
Turtleblade holds back his laugh
"Not important? Andrew alone is more important than your entire existence."
Reiyan scoffs
"Don't compare a me to a psycho."
Tylibark joins in
"Andrew? Psycho? Just because he's stronger and is known as one of the best magic users doesn't mean he's a psycho."
Reiyan takes a deep breath
"You don't know him, kid."
Tylibark looks dumbfounded
"We have like 2 years of ga-"
Reiyan cuts him off
"Let us start the meeting now, shall we?
Reiyan looked at them all, his expression serious, his hands clenched
"I'm sure you all know that even if our group is strong, unified and smart, we still have one fatal weakness."
Tylibark raises his left eye, standing up
"That fatal weakness is that we should send more than two members for every continent? There's a chance something might go wrong with only two members..."
Reiyan shakes his head as he looks at Tylibark
"Wrong. Our fatal mistake is that... that we have no leader."
Everyone looked at each other for a second before they all burst out laughing
Bian barely controls his laugh
"No way, Rey. Stop making fool of yourself, we all have already talked about it beforehand."
Tylibark joins in
"You expect him to have a brain? No way."
Reiyan slams his fists on the table and they all stop laughing
Sweat shakes his head slowly before looking at Bian
"There we go, he's gonna give some speech now.."
Bian nods
"Of course he will, he's posses..."
Reiyan looks at them all, controlling his anger before speaking
"Do any of you know just how important leaders are? If we have a leader, they can guide us and help u-"
Turtleblade interrupts
"Guide us to where? Internal conflict?"
Reiyan looks at Turtleblade, tilting his head in confusion
"No? They can guide us through wars, give us missions based on our skill level instead of letting us chos-"
Turtleblade interrupts again, his eyes narrowed at Reiyan
"Do you know just how much internal conflict will start just because someone else might wanna become the leader? Hierarchy will ruin our group."
Reiyan chuckles, shaking his head
"Why do you think so many other clans and groups have leaders? They know they need someone."
Turtleblade glares at Reiyan
"Why do you think they are not on top? Why are we, the group who doesn't have a leader, on top?"
Reiyan places his hands behind his back
"What if some kingdom wants to ally with us or something? Who would decide it?"
Turtleblade sighs
"We don't need anyone's help and we can also, that's the reason personal alliance exists in this group."
Reiyan scoffs
"Of course, your arrogance blinds you, Turtle. Just because you are the strongest doesn't mean you don't need help."
Turtleblade rolls his eyes
"Why do you think our group exists? We help each other, we don't take outside help. Why do you think so many of our members learned healing magic? Because we need them, we need everyone we have in this group."
Reiyan nods
"Yes, you are right about that. But, it doesn't change the fact that a leader can give us better roles."
Jannik joins in, getting up
"Tell me, how would we even declare someone a leader?"
Reiyan thinks for a second
"Majority votes decide it."
Jannik shook his head as he looked at Reiyan
"Just because a member might be popular among others doesn't mean they are good enough to be an actual leader."
Reiyan shrugs
"That's how they decide it in any kingdom plus that's what Turtleblade used to say for alliance."
Jannik scoffs
"Thing is, we aren't even a kingdom. And about Turtleblade saying it, that rule got removed a year ago. Why are you bringing past into present?"
Jannik sighs
"Give me a better solution to this and do it quick."
Reiyan rolls his eyes before thinking
"We can declare someone a leader if they bypass everyone else in 5 categories. Strength, Agility, Abilities, Magic and Intelligence."
Jannik shook his head again
"Last time I checked, being a good fighter doesn't mean being a good leader. Just like being intelligent doesn't mean being diplomatic or selfish. They might be ambitious, selfish and anything else."
Reiyan takes a deep breath
"Then, what do you suggest?"
Jannik smirks, closing his eyes
"We shouldn't make a leader at all."
Turtleblade joins back in
"See, even he hates your stupid idea. We don't need a leader, we are good enough ourselves."
Sweat, Bian and Tylibark nod, Turtle was right. Their group first started 2 years ago and since the removal of Votes Decide Alliance rule, there's been no major internal arguments...
Reiyan looks outside of the window for a second
"Fine, we can talk about it later..."
Reiyan plces his hand on the table, looking at the forest while thinking. Just then, they hear a explosion in distance..
Creeper quickly pushes himself off the ground, blood coming from his right hand, blood covering his right eye. Just then Rain lunges at him, holding two sickles. Creeper quickly leaps over the attack, quickly grabbing his sword from the ground before turning towards Rain, his back against a tree..
Rain walks towards Creeper, his footsteps slow. There was a cut near his chest to his left shoulder
"What happened?"
Creeper shook his head, brushing off the blood covering his right eye with his left hand before getting ready for the fight..
Rain looks at Creeper, his eyebrows raised
"You know you are not winning this, right?"
Creeper raises his sword, glaring at Rain
"We will see."
Rain cracks his neck, a smirk forming in his face
"Alright then."
They both dash at each other, their weapons raised. Just then, a red orb lands between them, exploding as soon as it hit the ground. The shockwave throws both of them back into a tree. The explosion itself does no damage, no fire, just the shockwave..
Creeper slowly got up, breathing heavily. He looks straight, who did this? Rain also floats up before looking around.
Just then, Rain looked at a figure standing atop a tree, looking at both of them. It was May. Her orange eyes pierced through Rain, her blue hair flowing from the wind...
She jumps down, standing between them
May looks at Rain, shaking her head
"What do you think you are doing?"
Rain raises his right eyebrow
"Fighting a kid who thinks he's Turtle."
Creeper interrupts
"You know for a fact that I don't think I'm even close to him."
May glares at Rain
"Just get the fuck away, stop fighting everyone for no reason."
Rain bursts out laughing
"You are really taking that kid's side?"
May rolls her eyes
"No? You literally fight everyone for no reason."
Rain shrugs
"Deal with it."
May takes a deep breath
"Be happy that most of them don't take it seriously."
May then looks at Creeper
"Go back to the main base and take care of the bleeding."
Creeper sighs before nodding and walking away
Rain scoffs
"Scaredy kid."
May looks at Creeper as he walks away
"Nobody is ever scared of you."
Rain rolls his eyes before walking away, back into the forest. May looks around for a moment before her eyes land on the meeting room. Just then, she sees Turtleblade, Bian, Tylibark, Jannik and Sweat leave the meeting room. As she looks at the meeting room, her eyes meet Reiyan's through the window. She tilts her head, what was Reiyan even doing in the meeting room...
Creeper walked to the base, his footsteps slow before looking around and seeing Andrew and Sophia return, some farmers following them..
Back to the meeting room
Reiyan sighs as he looks at them all
"Fine, just go sleep."
Turtleblade and Bian look at each other before nodding and walking out, others following closely behind.Sweat stops right infront of the door
"Good luck next time."
Sweat said before walking out, following others to the main base...
Reiyan slams his hand against the table before looking out of the window and noticing May looking straight at him...
Once out of the meeting room, they all walk to the main base. Just then, they see Andrew returning from distance, riding a horse, Sophia following closely behind..
Andrew finally returned from the kingdom with the supplies aka food. He and Sophia had left somewhere between afternoon and evening to go to the kingdom close by and bought the supplies. They also paid for the farmers to deliver it to the base. Andrew and Sophia rode their horses while farmers used multiple carts attached to horses and followed them to their base.
Turtleblade and others wave at Andrew and Sophia as they got back with the supplies, farmers following them.
Soon the farmers took the supplies to the storage area, placing all the supplies there before going back with their horses.
Turtleblade walks towards Andrew before stopping infront of him
"So, how much did they sell it for?"
Andrew looks at the storage area before looking at Turtleblade
"About 134 gold coins for the supplies and the delivery. This would probably enough for about a month."
Turtleblade nods
"That's a good deal."
Andrew then waves at Tylibark before walking to him. Turtleblade looks around before spotting May who was walking to them, Rain looking at them from atop a tree..
Sweat walks inside the main base, walking up the stairs
Just then he heard Creeper's voice from behind
"Hey, wait up. I got a question for you."
Sweat turns around and looks at Creeper
"Yeah?"
Creeper points to the blood in his hand and head
"Do you know where the bandages are?"
Sweat raises his right eyebrow
"Just ask Beth to heal you?"
Creeper shakes his head
"She's sleeping. I can't just wake her up."
Sweat sighs
"They are in storage room, second floor."
Creeper nods before quickly walking out
"Thank you."
Sweat takes a deep breath before entering his room, placing his weapons over a table near the bed and sleeping..
Creeper quickly walks out of the main base. There he sees Tylibark and Andrew talking. Andrew hears the noise, looking at Creeper
"Hey, Creeper. What's up?"
Creeper answers as he walks to the storage room
"Nothing, looking for the bandages."
Andrew sighs
"Was it Rain?"
Creeper doesn't answer and enters the storage room..
Andrew looks towards the forest
"We need to do something about Rain at this point."
Tylibark nods
"True, he thinks he's something. God forbid he fights someone of his level."
Andrew shrugs
"I mean he's defeated some strong fighters and also a special entity. Can't underestimate him even if he's a jerk."
Tylibark rolls his eyes
"You are right, yes, but he's still a jerk. Anyways, I'm going to sleep."
Andrew shakes Tylibark's hand
"See you tomorrow."
Turtleblade, Sweat and Bian also leave to their rooms..
Sophia hugs May when she sees her
"Long time no see.."
May hugs her back
"Yea, I missed you.."
Sophia breaks the hug
"I got somethings for you, Beth and others."
May raises a eyebrow
"Oh, they are sleeping."
Sophia carefully takes out a necklace with pearls and gold before handing it to May
May gasps as she sees the necklace
"It looks so good..."
She carefully takes the necklace from Sophia before looking at it
"This is so beautiful, thank you!"
Sophia nods, a smile on her lips
"Your welcome."
Just then, they hear Creeper walk out of storage, his head and right arm bandaged
May looks at Creeper
"You okay now?"
Creeper nods, looking at her
"Yea, I'm good. I will get that guy one day."
Sophia gasps
"What happened to you?"
Creeper sighs
"Just Rain doing his thing, you know?"
Sophia rolls her eyes when she hears Rain
"Why is he almost always the one connected to like every bloody fight?"
May shrugs
"Who knows? I will never understand him."
Sophia looks into her bag and takes out a golden crown before handing it to Creeper
"I bought it for you."
Creeper's eyes widen
"A crown?"
Sophia nods
"Yup, now wear it. I'm sure it will look good on you."
Creeper looks at the golden crown for a second before wearing it..
May nods when she looks at Creeper
"That looks nice on you."
Sophia smiles
"I told you."
Creeper looks at Sophia
"Thank you for the crown, Sophia."
Sophia shakes her head
"No worries."
Sophia looks around for a second before she notices that lights in weaponry area are on
"Anyway's, I'm going to Liana and Orion to give them the things I bought for them."
May and Creeper nod as she walks away, to the weaponry area
Liana was sitting in the right corner, exhausted. Orion was swinging a sword, using his fire power to turn it into a flame blade.
Just then the door creak open as Sophia walked in. Orion looks at her, the flame over his right hand disappearing. Liana also wakes up from the sound before noticing Sophia. Liana quickly gets up before hugging Sophia and Sophia hugs her back
"Long time no see?"
Liana breaks the hug before showing Sophia her staff
"Remember you told me to keep training and I would become as good as you? That's what I have been doing..."
Sophia gasps
"Really? You must have become alot more skilled now. Anyways, I have something for you."
Liana raises a eyebrow
Sophia carefully takes out a Emerald necklace with gold chain from her bag before handin it to Liana
Liana's eyes widen as she see the Emerald necklace
"This necklace looks so good"
She carefully took the Emerald necklace, her gaze falling over the beautiful emerald. She hugs Sophia, thankful
"Thank you so much for this!"
Sophia hugs her back
"No problem. Keep training and get better."
Liana breaks the hug and nods
"I will, don't worry..."
Then Sophia look's at Orion before caredully taking out a red Fur-lined robe for him
"This for you."
Orion's eyes widen as he takes it
"It looks pretty good, especially the colour.. thank you."
Sophia nods
"No problem."
Orion wears it on his back, lookingat it
Liana gasps
"It's looking so good on you, Orion."
Orion smiles
"Thank you."
Liana then remember something and looks at Sophia
"So, there's something we need to do. Wanna come with us?"
Sophia nods
"Sure, what is it about?"
Liana and Orion walk out of the weaponry area, Sophia following closely behind. Liana stops there and looks at Sophia
"So, you know that the leaders are banned from this group so no leader can exist?"
Sophia nods
"Yup, that's why I'm in this group."
Liana continues
"For a long time, Reiyan has been like starting arguments over it. He thinks that we need a leader."
Sophia nods
"Yea, I'm quite familiar with the situation."
Liana looks straight at the meeting room
"Today, for some reason Turtleblade, Bian, Tylibark, Jannik and Sweat went into the meeting room, alone."
Liana then looks at Sophia
"We suspect that Reiyan has been trying to get them on his side so that our group gets a leader."
Sophia nods again
"Okay, I don't know if that's gonna ever work to be honest."
Liana narrows her eyes as she looks at the meeting room
"You are right, Turtle, Tylibark and Sweat don't really like the idea of a leader."
Sophia thinks for a second
"So why does it matter?"
Liana sighs
"Its just that there's a big chance that this argument might break the group apart. Reiyan is really important for our group even if his belief's don't exactly match ours..."
Reiyan looks at the moon from the meeting room
"Tomorrow is when their missions are assigned... what if they pick the worst ones and die...?"
Reiyan sighs
"Why can't they just appoint a leader for their own safety..."
Next Day
Beth wakes up early, stretching up. She then goes to take a bath before wearing a yellow dress with golden lines. She then goes to the rooftop, sitting near the edge while waiting for others to wake up. Just then someone tapped on her shoulder. Beth looks back and sees Sophia standing there
"Oh, when did you and Andrew returned?"
Sophia looks at Beth, a smile on her face
"We returned tomorrow buy you were sleeping at that time. Anyways, I wanted to give you something."
Beth raises a eyebrow
"What?"
Sophia hands her a Tiara of silver and diamond roses
Beth's eyes widen when she looks at the Tiara
"That must have costed so much, don't use so much money on jewellery!"
Sophia chuckles
"Come on, you always say that. You should spend some gold yourself too. Anyways, try it on."
Beth carefully places the Tiara over her head
"Wow..."
Sophia smiles as she looks at Beth, her arms crossed
"See, I told you that it's worth the gold. You look so good with it."
Beth nods before looking forward
"Thank you.."
Soon, most of the group keep wakes up. May and Finn goes to the storage area, getting the food ready. Turtleblade and Sweat practiced in training ground. Creeper showed Pika some fighting moves. Rain also woke up, golden light peeking through the forest, straight on him. He gets up before looking around and walking to the base. Orion walks out of the training room, looking around at others. He walked around for a moment before looking at Rain and waving at Rain. Rain waves back, finally getting to the storage area. Liana wakes up in the meeting room, light reflecting from the window onto her. She looks around, Reiyan wasn't there. She then walks out and notices Beth sitting atop the roof, Sophia pacing back and forth on the roof. Andrew and Tylibark also goea into the storage area, helping Finn and May prepare the food..
May looks at Tylibark as she finishes seasoning and heating up some salmons
"Go grab the white manchent bread."
Tylibark immediately starts looking from all the good stores there
"Andrew! Where the fuck are white manchent breads???"
Andrew starts looking around
"I remember I bought it..."
Finn shakes his head, finishing the stew with some final touches
"These guys..."
Sophia added some extra seasoning to both the salmon and the stew
Tylibark finally finds the luxury package in which white manchent breads
"Found it!"
He quickly tosses it to May. Andrew quickly gets the honey pot and tosses it to Finn. May quickly grabs the honey pot from Finn and prepares the food.
Soon, the food was ready to serve. Since this was the last time they were gonna eat in the base, Finn, Tylibark, Andrew and May went all out
For drinking, they had clear spring water. They also made pottage stew with some beans, cabbage, onions and some spices. Alongside this was some white manchent bread with honey and finally for the main dish they had: Seasoned Salmon
Soon, all the members for their food and started eating. Most of them loved it. Turtleblade liked the seasoning on the salmon. Tylibark enjoyed the white bread with honey and stew. Pika loved the pottage stew. Jannik tried to mix a part of salmon with pottage stew to make it better. Reiyan ate the white bread with pottage stew. Rain ate an apple before eating everything else. Orion used his fire to reheat his and others soup if it got cold by the end. Liana took two bread, put a part of salmon inbetween them and ate the sandwich. Hannah also showed up, sitting besides Tylibark while eating. Sophia
In simple words, everyone enjoyed the food.
Once everyone finished eating, they were called to the meeting room.
Everyone got there in some time, sitting on their seats. The world map was placed atop the table.
Reiyan looks at everyone
"Let's chose our missions now, shall we?"
Everyone nods except for Rain who was eating an apple. Rain looks at the world map for a second
"I'm going to Florven Quanite continent, the special entity I will hunt is... Glacead."
Reiyan nods
"So, May and you are going to Florven Quanite continent, got it."
Rain sighs, biting into his apple before speaking
"I don't need her."
Sophia joins in
"Yes, you do. What if you alone aren't enough?"
Rain rolls his eyes, tossing the eaten apple to the bin nearby before taking out another apple from his bag
"Who told you to talk?"
May places a hand on Sophia's left shoulder
"Don't mind him, he's just a little dumb."
Rain scoffs when he heard May call hin dumb.
"That's not how you talk to your elders here, girl."
May tilts her head
"We literally have same age."
Reiyan takes a deep breath before slamming his right hand on the table
"Stop arguing, you two!"
Rain throws the apple into the bin before glaring at Reiyan
"What will you do if I don't stop arguing, huh?"
Reiyan shakes his head before he looks at Pika
"Where will you and Beth go?"
Rain mutters under his breath
"Thought so.."
Pika thinks for a second before answering confidently
"We will go to... Diastal Hoaral, the special entity we will hunt is... Floire."
Reiyan looks at Beth and Pika
"You two sure?"
Beth and Pika nod, before Beth answers
"Yea, we are sure that we will win."
Reiyan nods, his eyes darting around the room. Just then, Turtleblade speaks up
"Lavil is our target, only ours. The continent is Embrans Molteins. She has something I need."
Rain looks up, curious
"She has something you need?"
Turtleblade nods as he looks at Rain
"Yup."
Rain's curiosity wins over and he asks another question
"What does she have that you need?"
Sweat answers this time, his eyes on the map
"She has information about a certain entity."
Rain and others look at Sweat, everyone getting curious
"Who?"
Sweat looks at Turtleblade and Turtleblade nods at Sweat. Sweat takes a deep breath before answering
"It's about a specific entity from The Dead Shadow Empire."
Sophia speaks up, here yes cautious
"Don't tell me you are thinking about making them your enemy."
Sweat scoffs
"Fuck no, they are too strong for us. Making them our enemy is like the worst thing we can do."
Reiyan clears his throat ashe looks at everyone
"We can talk about their mission once they return with the information. Let's continue the meeting, shall we?"
Others thinnk for a second, some still curious about the mission Turtleblade and Sweat are taking while others nod, ready to continue the mission
Reiyan then looks around before his eyes fall on Orion
"What about you and Liana? Who's your target and what continent?"
Liana thinks for a second before answering
"I think we will go to Lavoria Gladoraft, the special entity we will hunt is Devire"
Orion looks at her, confused
"No,we won't. The Dead Shadow Empire has high control there."
Liana rolls her eyes as she looks at Orion
"So what? They barely even attack without a reason. They are literally known as one of the best demon empire's while simultaneously also being the richest demon empire in history."
Orion thinks for a second, tapping his finger on the table
"What if they attack? We have like no way to survive."
Liana scoffs
"What did I just say?"
Orion narrows his eyes as he thinks
"Fine, we will go there. Hopefully, The Dead Shadow Empire is as good as they say."
Reiyan nods, surprised by their decision but not questioning it because they gave the valid answers
Andrew interrupts them as he speaks
"Me and Sophia are going to Drowling Amphere, our target is Crysvil."
Sophia chimes in
"Kingdoms in that continent also have better jewellery types and high value for gold. We can buy so many things from there.."
Reiyan looks at others before looking at her, a eyebrow raised
"You know that you are going there to hunt a special entity, right?"
Sophia nods, a smile on her face
Reiyan nods slowly before ask
"Then why the fuck are you thinking more about jewellery then about the special entity you are going to hunt?"
Sophia clicked her tongue when she heard him
"God forbid we have some fun while hunting."
Andrew interrupts before Reiyan could say something
"Let's just move on now."
Bian looks at a Æeghaldo continent in the map before looking at Finn and pointing to the map
"I think we should go to this continent"
Finn looks at Bian, before looking at the map
"Oh, that continent. Yea, that's a good choice. How do you spell it anyways? Aeghaldo?"
Bian shook his head at Finn
"Æeghaldo"
Finn nods before looking at Reiyan
"Me and Bian are going to Æghaldo, target is gonna be Spire."
Reiyan stares blankly at Finn
"You mean Æeghaldo?"
Finn nods as he looks at Reiyan
Reiyan takes a deep breath before announcing where he and Alice will go.
"Me and Alice will go to Gasdreor, our target is Werilver"
Alice crosses her arms
"We chose Gasdreor because we don't know that much about this continent and it would be a interesting experience."
Creeper and Aurora looks at each other before nodding
"We will go to Etyvrykolas, we will go after Feremon"
Reiyan looks at remaining four members
"Your turns, chose your continents."
Tylibark and Hannah nod before looking at the map
"We will go to Foilia Lysun, we will hunt down Flade. Wish we get his trident so I can add it to my collection."
Jannik and Flora then choses the last continent before sighing
"I guess we are going to Flasevon, our target is Shade. Also a fact, he has met with some Dead Shadow Empire generals so this should be interesting."
Turtleblade sharpened his sword and axe, his eyes focused on his weapons.
Sweat stood besides Turtleblade, a bag on his back, all the supplies needed in it.
Creeper and Pika fought did one final dual, both of their attacks fast and precise.
Rain left already, not bothering to wait for May, eating a apple on his way.
Reiyan and Alice were reading a scroll in the meeting room. They weren't in a hurry since they live in the continent they chose for the hunt.
Beth was talking to May when May noticed Rain just leave. Instead of following him, she decided to keep talking to Beth. She knew she can catch up quickly later.
Liana and Orion did one dual, only using magic instead of weapons.
Sophia was giving Andrew lists of every jewellery they should try in the continent and if they like them, they buy them.
Bian and Finn packed their bags, packing the food and artifacts they might need. They then lend two horses from Andrew and rode it to their destination.
Aurora watched as Creeper and Pika fought, rooting for Creeper to win.
Tylibark grabbed both his trident before looking at everyone around him.
Hannah also got ready, two spell books floating around her.
Jannik stood atop the main base, looking at the beautiful view around him, it was time to leave..
Flora placed a arm on his shoulder before gesturing for them to go.
Soon, everyone left the Base, expect for Reiyan and Alice
They waved at others as they left...
Rain soon saw a kingdom in distance.
"Guess I can buy a horse and get to the continent faster.."
He walked to the kingdom, his footsteps slow. Soon he got close to the kingdom, looking at it, stopping right in front of the main gate. The guards immediately got out of his way, their eyes scanning him cautiously..
He walked into the kingdom, his eyes scanning the surroundings. He then started walking towards the marketplace, the guards nearby holding their weapons tightly. Soon, he got to the marketplace and looked around for a moment. There he saw Merchants selling their goods to their customers, children running around and playing with each other. Guards walked around the marketplace, keeping everything in check. Many people sold animals or food there, hoping someone buys their goods..
There he sees a horse seller, his eyes immediately going to the horses. If he bought one of them, he could get to the continent faster
"Which is the fastest one you have?"
The seller kept his composure as he answered Rain calmly
"The one with blue collar is the fastest one we have. Would you like to try it, sir?"
Rain shakes his head before looking at the horse
"Price?"
The horse seller stops to think for a second
"2 gold coins but for you, it's 1 gold coin."
Rain tosses him 2 gold coins before riding the horse away, out of the kingdom. He didn't care about what they thought, but he knew one thing, they all feared him. He looks at the horse as he rode it, atleast this will save him some time...
Some hunters spotted him from afar, ready with their crossbow and swords.
Archer loads up a glowing white arrow
"Remember, you two distract him with your swords. If this arrow hits him, his healing will be gone for a good amount of time..."
Others nod before two of them jump down, one holding a dagger while other held a sword, hiding behind a tree..
The other archer took out a poisonous arrow and loaded it to his bow. Then he took aim with his bow, right at the horse's left leg.
Rain kept riding the horse in full speed, his mind thinking of an plan to capture Glacead. Suddenly a arrow pierced through the horse's front left leg, the horse yelling in pain, making it crash into a tree. The crash throws Rain crashing into a tree. The crash makes all the birds in the nearby trees to fly away. Rain quickly pushed himself up, the horse crying in pain from the crash. Before the horse could recover, poison starts taking place. It got up slowly, blood coming from its left leg. Before it could sprint away, blood and foam starts coming from its mouth and it falls down, it's eyes slowly going lifeless...
Suddenly another arrow flew right past his head. The archer quickly took out another arrow of restoration nullification and loaded it. Another hunter loaded in a poisonous arrow quickly while other two attacked at Rain. The nullification arrow glowed white faintly while poison dripped from the poisonous arrow. The first hunter attacks but Rain swiftly catches the right hand with the dagger mid air. Rain then swiftly twists its right hand to his throat, the dagger cutting into its throat. The hunter slowly fell down, blood coming from his throat, it's right hand bone broken. Just then, the other hunter attacks at Rain from behind, its sword ready. But Rain swiftly gets out of the way before punching the hunter into a tree.
The two archers atop the trees took aim and shot the arrows..
Rain swiftly jumps out of the way before pointing his right arm at them. Just then, a blue circle forms around them and tightens around their bodies, restraining them for good..
One of the archer takes out a syringe with purple liquid in it before injecting himself with it. His eyes glow purple for a second before he teleports a bit far away, out of the restraints. He looks back one last time before sprinting away.
"I'm sorry.."
Before Rain could stop him, another hunter strikes back from behind with the sword. But Rain swiftly dodges it before kicking him far back. Then Rain grabbed the poisonous arrow from the ground before kicking the hunter back down and stabbing it's head with the arrow. His body slowly fell to the ground before blood mixed with foam poured from his mouth, his eyes going red, his body dead.
The distraction causes the restraints to disappear entirely. The archer has two choices, take one last aim or run and hope he doesn't notice.
He knew that running would be stupid and Rain would hear him so he took out one nullification arrow before taking aim
Rain slowly turned around and looked at the archer as he took aim.
"Try, come on."
The archer's hands started shaking but it fired anyways...
Rain dodges the arrow before grabbing the sword from the ground and throwing it at the archer, its dead body falling down with a thud.
Rain then looked at the dead bodies of the three hunters
"Guess they can help me.."
He knelt down to one of them, a black orb forming in his right hand. He took the orb close to its body, the orb flying in. The body immediately started shaking violently, some of its skin turning black, it's pupils turning dark, blood pouring from its eyes...
He then got up and did the same with other two...
The same happened with other two, their bodies shaking violently, their skin turning dark, their pupils black, their eyes bleeding..
Then Rain floated between them and clicked his fingers and their body starts moving, slowly getting up. The dead hunters slowly got up, looking at Rain with their bleeding eyes before bowing to him..
"Go and help me find Glacead."
The controlled hunters nodded
"As you wish, your majesty."
"If you succeed, you will be freed."
The hunters quickly ran away, towards the continent. Rain smirked as they left. He then looked at the dead horse, sighing
"Guess I will just have to walk. Atleast I have them look for him."
He then looks at the sky as the sun started to set
"Hopefully, they find Glacead by tomorrow..."
Next Day
Rain woke up under a tree, golden light lighting everything. He slowly got up before he felt a rock hit his head. He immediately looks around and sees May getting there
May looks at him before throwing another rock at him. He slaps the rock away mid air
"Quit playing."
May rolls her eyes at him as she slowly walked towards him
"Come on, a rock can't really hurt."
Rain shakes his head. Just then, he hears footsteps closeby and immediately turns around only to find one of the undead hunter walk to him..
Undead hunter stops and bows to him
"We have found where he is located, your majesty."
Rain nods
"Tell me where he is."
The undead hunter nods
"He is hiding behind the mighty walls of kingdom of Folsnaw."
Rain nods
"Good job, you are now free."
Rain points his right hand towards the undead hunter and the black orb comes out of his chest and gets absorbed into Rain's right hand.
The undead hunter looks up at Rain, his eyes and body turning normal before he falls to the ground, dead.
Rain then starts walking towards the kingdom, May following closely behind.
As they walk, they come across a outpost...
Rain looks at the outpost curiously
"Who's outpost is this?"
May looks at the banner and immediately backs off
"It's the outpost of The Dead Shadow Empire."
Rain's eyes widen
"They don't even have a kingdom closeby, what purpose does this even have?"
May shrugs as she looks at it
"Probably to show their power and influence."
Rain nods before walking around the outpost, their footsteps slow. The guards see as they passby, their weapons ready.
One if them throws a spear right in front of Rain, stopping them from advancing further
The demon guard then walked towards them, his steps fast and precise.
Rain tilts his head as he looks at the demon guard walk towards them
The guard stops just a few metres away from them
"Where do you think you are going?"
Rain sighs before answering
"We are just walking by, we mean no harm."
The demon guard scoffs
"Hard to believe considering you are a member of the Dreaded Infernal."
Rain shakes his head before answering
"We are just walking to the Kingdom of Folsnaw."
The demon guard scans them for a moment before nodding
"You may advance but remember, never be near our outpost."
Rain and May nod before walking forward, their footsteps slow. The guard looks at them as they walk by before sighing.
"Not a threat, it seems."
The guard then walked back to the outpost...
Soon, Rain and May stop in front of a forest, breakfast time.
Rain looks around the forest
"What type of trees even are these? They don't even produce anything edible."
May takes off her bag before throwing a apple to him
"There, your favourite."
Rain catches it before taking a bite
"Thank you."
May nods
"Anyways, why did that guard thought that we are a threat?"
Rain shrugs before biting into the apple
"I don't know, our group is probably popular even in the Dead Shadow Empire."
May nods
"That can be both good and bad. Good if they see us as potential allies or competent fighters. Bad if they see us as threat."
Rain stops eating and thinks for a second
"Does that mean we are on their bad side since the outpost guard saw us as threat?"
May shakes her head before answering
"No, that was justhe a guard. We are on their bad side only if their officials see us as threats."
Rain and May continued to talk but little did they know someone was watching them. The spy immediately starts walking back, to the kingdom, his footsteps slow until he got far away. Then he sprinted, his heart racing...
Glacead stood in the centre of the meeting table, other generals looking at him. Just then, a soldier rushes in, breathing heavily
"Glacead, our spies have confirmed that Rain and May are headed towards us, The Kingdom of Folsnaw!"
Glacead's eyes widen
"Where are they right now?"
Soldier answers, his face filled with worry
"As of now, they are walking through the Crys Forest!"
Glacead nods, his mind thinking of something, anything to save the civilians...
"Who are they hunting?"
Soldier takes a deep breath before saying it
"You..."
Glacead's eyebrows raise
"That's not good.."
He paces back and forth for a moment before looking out of the window
"Get yourself and the civilians far away from the kingdom. I will go and try to stop them in the forest but if I fail...this Kingdom is doomed..."
The soldier nods hurriedly before sprinting off
Glacead looks at one of the generals
"General Gerald, I want you to try and locate where Jay can be. If we manage to get him on our side, we have a chance to survive..."
General Gerald nods before asking
"But, what can he even do against Rain and May?"
Glacead looks straight at him
"He has connections to The Dead Shadow Empire and he's skilled."
General Gerald nods before sprinting out, taking some soldiers with him...
Glacead then looks at the Commander and The Prince before taking a deep breath
"You two, I might need your help for confronting them..."
The Prince shakes his head
"We would rather die fighting alongside you then to send you to your death."
Glacead nods
"Go get your armour and weapons ready, we will leave by Afternoon."
They all then walk out of the meeting room, their footsteps fast. Glacead looks around and sees the civilians hurriedly get their items, ready to leave. He then stops and looks straight at the Crys Forest. Just then, The King gave him, The Commander and The Prince a glowing purple syringe.
"Return to the castle if you fail, don't die in the battle, especially you, Glacead..."
The civilians had already started to get all their important belongings out of their houses, guards fitting them all in carts before sending them off to drop the civilians to the next Kingdom and return for the remaining civilians.
Many civilians cried as they looked at their Kingdom for the last time, if Glacead lost, they all will lose their home...
Rain and May walked through the forest slowly, Rain eating a apple. Just then Rain looks ahead and sees them. The Glacead walked slowly towards them, a helmet over his head, holding two swords. On his left was The Prince, wearing full armour with a golden blade and a metal shield. On his right was The Commander, wearing light armour, a battleaxe in his hand, two swords on his back.
Rain holds out his hand to block May from walking further
"Stay back girl."
Glacead stops a few metres away from Rain
"You still have a chance, go back."
Rain scoffs, cracking his knuckles
"There you are, undead. You also brought your friends with yourself? That's gonna be interesting."
Both sides look at each other, scanning for any movement...
May cracks her neck and knuckles, getting ready to fight.
Rain's both hands glowed blue, a smirk on his face.
The Prince checked his sword and shield, ready.
The Commander held the battleaxe in his hands tightly, his eyes narrowed.
The Glacead raised both his swords, ready to dash forward.
The Glacead dashes forward, his swords ready to cut but Rain immediately uses his right hand and punches him far back, a blue shockwave forming. Somehow, Glacead's helmet took almost no damage. The Prince attacked from left, swinging his sword at Rain. Rain quickly leans back, the sword missing him by inches. Rain quickly punches him with his left hand, the impact almost breaking the helmet apart, a shockwave formed. The Prince hits hard against a tree. Before he could even react, Rain dropkicks him through the whole tree, The Prince landing on the ground behind. Just as The Prince started to get up, the tree fell right atop him...
Just as Rain broke the rest of tree and saw it fall on the Prince, he heard the footsteps and jumped to his left, barely dodging Glacead. The Glacead dashes forwardn, glaring at Rain. Rain quickly flies right into Glacead before grabbing him by the throat and flying to the sky, both of the swords falling from Glacead's hands. After reaching some height, Rain punches Glacead to the ground...
The Commander dashes forward, swinging his battleaxe at May but she teleports right besides him. He quickly swings his battleaxe again but she teleports away, this time a metre away from him. He takes out a dagger before lunging forward. Again, she teleports away. He immediately throws the dagger at her but she easily teleporting out of the way
She looks at him before yawning
"Too slow."
Before he could react, she teleports besides him before slamming him into the ground, the cracks appearing on the ground.
Glacead's body hits the ground with a loud thud and bounces off the ground, his bones broken, cracks appearing on the ground beneath. He got up slowly, scratches all over his body, one of his eyes bleeding.
Rain slowly floated down and stood right in front of him, looking at him with a smile on his face.
May punches The Commander through some trees, right at Glacead. They rise again, barely clinging to life. Rain tilts his head, a sword forming in his hand
"I know there's more to you, you are a special entity. Come on, show me."
Just then, The Prince pushed the tree off of him before grabbing it and throwing it at Rain. The tree hits hard against Rain, pushing him far away.
Glacead hits his feet against the ground, ice forming on the ground and covering the nearby trees. Ice spikes came from the ground all around him, his body getting covered with ice armour, ice covering his cuts, his 2nd form...
The Commander cracked his neck, his battleaxe flying back to him, his body ready
Just then, Rain punched the tree off of him before jumping back up, glaring at The Prince. Glacead dashes forward at May, ice blades forming around his hands..
Rain flies right at The Prince but he hits Rain back with his shield before dashing forward with his golden sword. Rain quickly dodges the sword before punching him. The shield manages to block the punch but the force throws The Prince back. Rain immediately throws a blue orb right at him. The blue orb smashes right into the shield, demolishing it into mere pieces. The Prince looks shocked as he sees the broken pieces of the shield on the ground. He then shakes his head before attacking Rain. Right when Rain gets ready to dodge, The Commander kicks Rain forward, right at the sword. Rain barely manages to lean to his right but the sword still manages to leave a big mark across Rain's chest. The Prince takes a deep breath, exhausted. The Commander places his left hand on The Prince's right shoulder, nodding to him.
"This is the time to use the syringe."
The Prince looks down
"I used it already..."
The Commander's eyes widen
"How will you get escape then.."
The Prince nods at the Commander
"You know what to do, save yourself and Glacead."
Just then, Rain lunges forward but The Prince swiftly punches him back
"Go, run!"
The Commander immediately starts running towards Glacead...
Glacead kicks May back, his eyes calculating her movements before dashing at her. May easily jumps out of the way before teleporting behind him and slamming him into the tree. Glacead quickly elbows her back. May points her hand at him before her right arm glows orange.
"The perfect counter."
A fiery sword forms in her hand as she looks at Glacead, smiling
"You really think you can win this?"
Just then, a battleaxe hits into May's right shoulder, throwing her to Glacead. Glacead uses the opportunity, slamming her to the ground before thrusting a sword right at her. Just then, a blue orbs blasts against his sword, demolishing them and throwing him back.
Rain flies quickly towards both of them but The Commander manages to get to Glacead first. He quickly takes the syringe from his pocket before injecting him with it, teleporting him away. Just as Rain gets close, The Commander takes out his syringe and does the same, escaping the death for now...
The Prince looks between May and Rain
Rain turns around and looks at the Prince
"Well well well, looks like they abandoned you, little one."
The Prince glares at him
"Shut your fucking mouth up. I told them to leave."
Rain smirks as he slowly walks forward
"I don't think so. Guess that's what happens when your strongest is an undead."
The Prince narrows his eyes at Rain before walking forward
"Glacead is more human than you can ever become."
Rain shakes his head and glares at him
"Now that's enough."
He flies straight at him
The Prince smirks
He had never even brought the teleportation syringe, he had brought something else, something better. He didn't join the fight to win, he joined it to sacrifice himself.
As soon as Rain gets close and grabs The Prince's throat before smashing it against the tree, The Prince takes out a syringe of magic nulification before going straight for Rain's right arm. Little did he know that May noticed the syringe as soon as he took it out. She immediately teleported besides him before grabbing his hand and smashing it against the tree, the syringe falling to the ground.
Rain looks shocked as he looks at the syringe then back at the Prince
"You dared to try and nullify me?"
Rain punches The Prince against the tree again and again, until his helmet broke. Then he smashed The Prince to the ground before picking the syringe from the ground
"This might help me.."
Rain then looks at the body of the Prince. He forms a blade in his hand before cutting the iron gauntlet off of his armour and putting it over both of his hands
"Yes, he will absolutely love it."
Rain also takes the golden sword and places it behind his back before wearing The Prince's greaves over his legs
"Feels good wearing your dead enemies armour."
He then looks at May who was looking at the Kingdom
"Remember, we will attack tomorrow. We need full power."
May nods, her eyes lingering over the kingdom...
Glacead looks around confused when he gets teleported back to the kingdom before seeing The Commander teleport there too
Glacead then looks at his arm and sees the syringe injected
"Wait, why did you teleport us back to the kingdom?! The Prince is there alone!"
The Commander takes a deep breath before answering
"I had to. We would have died if I didn't do it! The Prince said he already used his one."
Glacead paces back and forth, his fists clenched before falling to his knees, his hands shaking
"Why...I will kill them."
As the sunset, The Commander waved one last time to the leaving soldiers
"Take care of yourself. We will inform all of you if we won or not."
The soldiers nod and one of them speaks
"I hope you will win this, we can't lose you..."
The Commander places a hand on his shoulder
"Don't worry, we will try our best to win, for you and for our civilians."
The soldiers waved one last time before riding the horse away...
Glacead stood atop the kingdom, looking at the civilians disappear. He then looks down at The Commander and 2 royal fighters who decided to stay back to fight.
The moonlight reflected on the crystal blades on his back, the stars shinning. He looked at the beautiful sky, knowing this might be his last night...
They all stayed up the whole night, they knew the hunters could attack at any point. Glacead and others wore a new armour as the sun rose in the sky, the darkness disappearing...
Just then, the royal fighters rang their horn, Rain and May are closeby.
Glacead looks at others
"We should not have stayed in the castle. I'm sure they will destroy this whole kingdom."
One of the royal fighters scoff
"You really think they wouldn't have punched you into this castle to destroy it? They are inhumane, they don't understand empathy."
Glacead sighs.
Soon they all start walking through the royal hallway before standing on its end, looking straight. Rain and May can attack from anywhere...
Behind them was a window but they didn't thought to look back. Rain slowly floated up and stopped right in front of the window, looking at them. He clicked his finger and three orbs formed besides him. Glacead immediately heard the click and turned around but it was too late. The orbs blast all of them far back. Rain cracks his neck before floating in and attacking. Glacead immediately dashes forward and slams into Rain, throwing both of them out of the window, into the ground below. Glacead hits the ground hard but quickly jumps up. Rain also gets up before grabbing Glacead and dragging him against the wall as he floated up to the top. As soon as he gets to the top, he kicks Glacead to the other side. Glacead takes a deep breath before quickly getting up. Just then he feels a touch on his shoulder and turns to see that it was The Commander. He helps Glacead get up. The two royal fighters were also here, ready.
Rain stood on the opposite side, holding the Prince's golden sword. Just then, May teleports besides him, ready to help...
Rain points the golden sword at Glacead
"Look at what your dear friend gave me, his dear sword."
Glacead glares at Rain
"Fuck off, you monster."
Rain scoffs as he looks at Glacead
"I'm a monster? You are an undead for God's sake."
The Commander steps forward
"Atleast he has more empathy then you. You killed a prince and then also took his armour and his sword. Thing is, you don't even need them, you are just doing it for fun!"
Rain chuckles
"Actually, I do need them. These gauntlet's will protect my arm, greaves will protect my legs. This sword is for cutting his dear friends to pieces."
May dashes at the two royal fighters while Rain goes for Glacead and The Commander...
The royal knight swings his poleaxe at May but she teleports behind him before grabbing him and throwing off the top. Just then, the royal fighter attacks, his sword hitting her across her left arm. She quickly teleports behind him before kicking him off too and then jumping down. The royal knight immediately jumps out of the way as she lands smoothly, the royal fighter landing a bit far away. The royal knight quickly dashes forward, slamming his body into her through the wall into another room. May quickly kicks him back before throwing a fireball at him and throwing him out. The royal fighter also gets there, giving The royal knight a hand and helping him get up. Fire chains form around May's right hand and a spiky ball forms in its end, essentially becoming a flail but instead of it attaching to a handle, it's her hand. She jumps out, her eyes narrowed. Both the royal knight and fighter get ready...
She swings it in a wife arc towards them. The royal fighter manages to leap over it but the spiky ball manages to hit the royal knight into a wall, his armour damaged. May swings it at the fighter again but he manages to cut the chain mid air, the spiky ball smashing into a tree behind him. May narrows her eyes at him before dashing forward, a fiery sword forming in her right hand..
She goes relentless, swinging her sword at him again and again, her speed only getting faster. He manages to block or parry her attacks. Just then, the royal knight lunges at her but she teleports away in the last moment. They all look around for her. Just then, a fireball lands between them, throwing both of them into the opposite sides. May quickly lunges forward at the royal fighter, chains formed around her fiery sword...
The royal fighter quickly pushes himself up before blocking her attack with his sword. She smiles before jumping back, pointing her sword at him mid air and then firing it at him, the chains letting go of the sword. The sword pierces through his chest, throwing him into the ground, the sword embedded on the wall.
Just then she hears someone running at her and looks behind, the royal knight dashing at her with a dagger, the dagger glew white. She caught the dagger but he keeps pushing forward. She then throws him over her shoulder before quickly getting up and looking at them.
Rain swiftly rolled under Glacead's crystal swords before punching The Commander hard. The Glacead attacks again, thrusting his sword at Rain but Rain sidesteps, looking at the crystal swords as they thrust through the air before punching Glacead. The Commander attacks from behind, his battleaxe ready but Rain easily jumps out of the way.
Rain smirks as he looks at them both
"How do you like my new gear and this golden sword?"
Glacead glares at Rain before charging forward. Rain swiftly blocks the swords with the iron gauntlet before leaning forward at Glacead
"Look at that, he gave me such useful things."
The Commander yells at Glacead to jump away as he hurled his sword full force.
Glacead spits at Rain as distraction before jumping out of the way
"You litt-"
The sword hits Rain straight in his shoulder, throwing him back.
"You little dipshit."
Before Rain could take the sword out, Glacead lunged forward. His crystal sword cuts clean, leaving a big mark through Rain's cheat before he thrust them into him. Rain barely catches the sword as it cuts into him. Rain's one eye turns blue as his hands start shaking before literally crushing the crystal sword and stabbing Glacead in the shoulder and punching him far away. Just then, The Commander throws his 2nd sword, piercing into Rain. Rain falls down before sending three blue orbs in sky, one of them hitting Rain and blowing, the swords embedded in him thrown out, giving him chance to heal. Other two hit Glacead and The Commander, demolishing half of their armour. They look around before looking down and seeing May. They nod to each other before using their swords to cut through the wall as they slid down at her. Little did they know that Rain was right above them, jumping behind them.
May kicked The royal fighter into another house before she heard them and looked up, seeing Glacead and The Commander right above her, their weapons ready. She quickly teleports out of the way. Glacead and The Commander land smoothly onto the ground before Rain landed between them, throwing both of them away. Rain quickly attacks at the royal knight who was about to attack at May,hitting him far back. Just then, Glacead and The Commander also attack at them. Rain and May turn to opposite sides, their backs turned at each other. They swiftly hit everyone away when they tried to attack them.
May then sees Glacead distracted for a second, teleporting besides him before punching him to the air. Rain quickly kicks Glacead into the wall before pointing his hand at Glacead, his arm glowing red. Glacead eyes widen and he barely manages to jump away, the laser slicing through the entire part of the castle and making it fall down, at them all.
Rain quickly flies through the rubble while May teleports away.
Glacead and others however gets trapped by the rubble, or so they thought...
Once the rubble settles, Rain and May got atop the destroyed building, looking around. Just then they saw a big part of the rubble get thrown away as Glacead and other emerge, getting atop the fallen building.
Rain cracked his knuckles, ready for round 2
May looks at them, curious
Glacead formed crystal swords in his hand, crystal armour forming around his body.
The royal fighter took off his helmet, his blue hair flowing, his eyes narrowed. His chest still bled.
The royal knight cracked his neck, a poleaxe forming in his hand
The Commander looked at Rain and May with hatred. Little did they know, he have a secret weapon...