Ooosh! Mommmmmmmmm! Shouted Lee and saw the vathroos standing around him.
Vaaka Vaaka! Fooka Fooka, said a fat vathroo and sliced lee’s head with his gigantic axe. His head hurled upwards and dropped inside the cauldron by spraying his blood all over the vathroos.
No Foooooooookaaaaaaaaa! Shouted Lee and woke up on his Naga bed at Nagamalya. The Naga guards standing outside the tent rushed towards him to check what the commotion was all about.
Swas! Swas! Bedana urinea! Staha galaya vasamey, asked the Naga guard, which means Lord! Lord! Any problem! Why do you look like you saw a ghost?
No! No! No urine on the bed, it’s just a nightmare snake man, said Lee hoping he sounded funny.
Estera! Swas jumpale hilleria matinga! Kachavaye ne, said the guard which means, ok Lord! Breakfast is ready, shall I bring it?
Who is Ester? Why is she going to jump from the hill, asked Lee shockingly.
No! No! Jumpale! Jumpale! Said the guard and showed the action of eating food.
Oh! Jumpale! Not now, after cleaning myself. I need a brush, ordered Lee.
Brush!! There was a look of surprise on the Naga guard’s face, nevertheless, he rushed out and got back with a stone stating that that was the brush.
Oh! This is the brush! (the Naga guard nodded) Put it on my head!! ‘Surely another decade will pass by the time you and I learn each other’s language,’ said Lee bitterly.
(The guards smiled and went out of the tent)
Ufff! These snake men are laughing like they won a gold medal in Olympic or something, ufff! I need to get back to Goa soon, thought Lee and came out of the tent.
The tent was built on the hills near the river Isis. Lee went to the river and started cleaning himself up. While he was doing so Lee spotted the woolly rhinos on the banks of Falconnia, they had been drinking water in the river but when they saw Lee, a look of fear spread across their faces and they rushed back into Falconnia. Lee was surprised but got back to the camp. The Nagas removed his wet clothes and dressed him like a Naga king with the snakeskin coat.
(A Naga came rushing)
Swas! Swas! Rhinorios! Rhinorios! Swalika esssse maaaaesaks, leer aaley botchva, said a Naga petrified. This means, Lord! Lord! Rhinorios killed some of our people and took our boats.
The favorite food of Rhinorios were the snakes, so they often hunted the snakes and Nagas on the banks of the river Isis.
Swas! Swas! Rhinorios nathazingaleu, eafauit! Sstancia joelariee, said all the Naga people bowing down before Leonce. This means, Lord! Lord! Save us from these Rhinorios! Defeat them! Guide us on the right path.
These snake people look more warlike as compared to those Black people (Vathroos), but there is yet another group of people who fear these people. What kind of place is this? Will I get back to Goa safely, thought Lee.
By watching Lee remain in silence, the Nagas asked, Swas! Swas! Yeskituthayu, issa swalika esssse maaaaesaks, which means Lord! Lord! What happened! Will you guide us on the right path?
Lee hadn’t fully understood his powers and had no idea about the scepter’s power so he was afraid to fight them but he liked the Nagas bowing down to him and so he lied that, he will scrutinize Falconnia, find their weakness and attack them at the right time. Hearing these words, all the Nagas felt happy and once again bowed down to him.
Well! Now is as good a time to visit Falconnia, could someone get me a map please, said Lee.
The Nagas brought the map of Empyrea and that’s when Lee came to know about the different places situated in Empyrea, and he thought to himself. I must go alone so it would make my escape easier and I could use the Naga boat to get to Goa.
I am ready to leave, will bring back good news soon, said Lee and set off.
Swas! Swas! re yeskitu thayuisdr, said the group of Nagas, which means Lord! Lord! We will also come with you. But Lee stood his ground and reassured them stating, he is an one man army. Once they fight with him, they will meet their death, and started his journey.
Lee swam through the river Isis and reached the region of Falconnia.
I need to find the boat and get back to Goa soon. Oh god! Until then, I shouldn’t be caught in the eyes of those Rhinorios or any other weird creatures! Please save me God, prayed Lee and walked towards the banks of the river Isis.
Lee didn’t step inside Falconnia but just kept walking along the banks of the river looking for the boat and also shielding himself from the weird creatures. He thought to start from the south of Falconnia.
The whole place was still and so quiet compared to the previous two places (Sorgamia and Nagamalya), Lee was thinking to himself, why on earth were the Nagas scared of the Falconnians.
The truth of the matter has Lee had the scepter, and this was no ordinary scepter but the scepter of venom owned by Kraity, and that was one of the reasons why the creatures of Falconnia feared and hid from Lee. And moreover, Rhinorios lord Prince Horus had disappeared since the death of his father, so the Rhinorios were scared to face Lee and hided.
As Lee was exploring the place, he came across a massive sculpture. He stood there mesmerized staring at the massive rock, that was the falcon rock. Lee thought the rock had been sculptured as a bird and was wondering how they bought the machineries inside this deadly island.
The falcon rock was in fact obstructing his way. He had to get inside Falconnia and then only could cross the rock. When he entered Falconnia, the birds flew away, it was as though they sensed something was going to upset the equilibrium in this place. Lee was even more scared and quickened his steps but he didn’t have to worry about a thing because the creatures were more afraid of him. The only person out to get Lee was Kraity. She was desperate to get her hands on him and even more on the scepter.
Meanwhile in Dinolaya,
Ameer was dressed up like a dino king and roaming around in the deadliest forest of Dinolaya, he was looking for some food for his breakfast.
At that time, he saw the flying dinosaur Quetzalcoatlus hunting down the baby falcon bird, which had accidentally entered the region of Dinolaya.
(Group of Quetzalcoatlus caught the single falcon kid and surrounded it)
I am in the same situation as that kid but luckily own this scepter. It’s been a day since I entered this island and everything I have seen is abnormal. What kind of place is this, is this like an unidentified island on earth, thought Ameer.
(Soon a mature falcon bird started to attack the Quetzalcoatlus)
It might be the mother of that kid. I am so hungry, you fatty! Take this shouted Ameer and hurled the scepter at the flying falcon bird. (The bird fell to the ground) Ameer ran to that place but his pets went ahead of him.
You weird flying dinosaurs! Don’t keep your bloody mouth on my food, ordered Ameer to the Quetzalcoatlus and sliced the falcon bird’s flesh with his scepter to have his breakfast.
Meanwhile, in Falconnia, Leonce saw the biggest building inside Falconnia and that was the Empolosseum. Leonce was more surprised to see a different architecture on a bizarre island. The inner Empolosseum had been made with some special black granite that looked breathtaking. While examining the Empolosseum, Lee saw some frescoes drawings on the broken walls. The drawings illustrated that the rhino people built the Empolosseum under the province of a greenish elongated skull man. Seeing this, Lee guessed they must be the Rhinorios.
Now, each gateway had different sketches, the drawing of the 66th gate made him shiver, that was about the empyreans. The sketches were filled with greenish elongated skull men with various creatures and the only word that came to his mind was aliens.
The next gateway sketch was about the meteor strike, sketched in a way that depicted the fall of meteor boulders turning the place into dust and turning the greenish men into different physic. By this, Leonce found out that the meteor was the only reason for different physic in Empyrea. He was more interested in seeing the drawings and checking all the gates. The next gate’s sketch was about each group of people, it sketched like t
hey were attacking one another. The following gateway revealed the truth and mystery about the scepter to Lee.
It was sketched as the sun and moon gifts 5powerful scepters to 5empyreans and like they took control over the people and the creatures of Empyrea. With this Lee understood that all this was because of the power of the scepter.
Meanwhile, Kraity was hiding in the 54th gateway observing the activities of Lee. After checking the scepter’s sketch, Lee moved towards the 53rd gateway filled with awe and eager to know more about his powers. In the 53rd gateway, the sketches were confusing. There was a massive mastodon, a furious dinosaur, an arrogant ape, a woolly rhino and a gigantic snake controlling their own family animals. Without understanding the sketch in the 53rd gateway he started moving towards the 54th gateway where Kraity was ready to attack him. It was merely a 20metres gap between them.
At that moment, a gunshot reverberated all over Empyrea, it came from Manav in Sorgamia who was dressed up like an Ape King. He found the shotgun used by Sammy to attack the veloxes. And to figure out whether Royston and Mosses were alive, he shot the bullet towards the sky thinking it would act as a signal for them to come to him. The silence in the forest only helped carry the sound and echoed throughout Empyrea.
There is someone alive! thought Lee and started to run heading towards Sorgamia with excitement. Kraity who had been waiting to stab Lee was disappointed but followed him.
In Dinolaya, Ameer heard the shot while having his falcon breakfast.
That’s a shotgun! Someone is still very much alive on this island, thought Ameer and looked at the Quetzalcoatlus.
In Sorgamia, Manav was waiting all excited to see his friends.
Royston, Mosses anyone come back, please! I lost Sammy but am not willing to lose you guys too, shouted Manav.
Manav after waiting for a long time decided his other friends must have been killed at the hands of furious apes and started to leave that place.
‘Hey buddy! Wait. Where are you going alone’, came the words from his behind.
Ameer ji! You are alive! I am so glad to see you again, how you escaped from the maelstrom and from the apes, asked Manav and both hugged each other tightly.
No big hugs for your buddy! Asked Lee from behind and joined them.
It’s been just a day but each one of them was so happy to see each other as though they were meeting after a decade.
Hey Lee! Where did you get this snake dress?, asked Ameer.
Mine is far better than yours! It looks like a monster’s skin and Manav is looking like a monkey, with that monkey hair dress, kidded Lee.
That’s enough Lee! Where are the others? Are we the only three who survived? asked Ameer.
John, David and I landed in the north, our treasures all sunk into the sea. The black people captured all of us, took us to their camp and killed John. David and I managed to escape from their camp but we were sucked into another disaster, we both fought a gigantic snake, it swallowed David, said Lee all of a sudden feeling dejected.
Royston, Mosses, Sammy, and I landed on the western side of this same region, we split into groups and came into this island to find some help. Sammy and I moved towards the beach, instead of help we got stuck with the apes, those furious apes chased and separated us. I hid inside a tree, but Sammy ran to save him, after that, I didn’t see him. Today, I found his gun in this same place, he must have been killed by those apes. And, I used this gun's last bullet to find Mosses and Royston. But still, no news of them. I fear they must have also been killed by those apes, said Manav.
Peter and I landed south, it seemed to be going smoothly for us there to begin with but then suddenly we were attacked by the dinosaurs, we ran to save our lives and in between all this poor Peter disappeared.
What!!! Dinosaurs!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! Shouted Manav and Leonce.
Ah! Don’t worry. Now, all of them are under my control. I found a scepter, (showed the scepter to others) this controls all the dinosaurs and the weird people in that region, said Ameer.
I too found a scepter inside a tree. This controls the black people as well as the apes, said Manav.
I am not left out of the whole scepter thing, I found the scepter of venom, and the name of this island is Empyrea. The region we stand now is Sorgamia, the region you stayed in is Dinolaya and the region where I’m coming from is Falconnia, but I stay in Nagamalya, said Lee.
Wait! Wait! How do you know all these things, have you come here before? asked Ameer.
(Lee showed the map of Empyrea to them)
Where did you get this and what language is this….? asked Manav
This is Nagali, my Naga people gave this to me.
What do you mean by, ‘my Naga people’, are you going to stay here for the rest of your life, asked Ameer.
Listen! Just now I found a place. We need to get back there to know about our powers. I am tired of running, let’s just head over there, said Lee and pointed at the place on the map.
Then we will fly, said Ameer and whistled.
Soon the trees surrounding them swayed from the effect of a massive wind and danced like they were pushed by some unseen force. When the trio's hair wildly flailed, three Quetzalcoatlus with huge wings and beaks landed on the ground.
Now, that’s what I’m talking about! Let’s head to Falconnia, said Lee.
Each one of them sat on each Quetzalcoatlus and flew to Falconnia.
Meanwhile, the old lords were staring at them fly by, standing on the ground.
They aren’t weak. They have begun to realize the powers of the scepters, we can’t delay a single minute. We will face them at the Empolosseum, let’s turn the mock battle place into a real battle place, said Pitheceus.
Yes! We need to stop them. Otherwise, they will learn the transformation power too, said Kraity.
They need to learn the transformation soon because that will reduce our work. Once they learn it, they will fight with each other and kill themselves, said Tyrant.
But those are our powers. We can’t leave them like this, raged Kraity.
Let them go! We have some serious work in Evila, let’s go, said Tyrant, and they started towards Evila.
Leonce, Ameer, and Manav were flying over the lovely Empyrea,
Lee leaned forward to take a good look at the enormous islands of Sorgamia. On the other hand, Manav was staring in amazement. They crossed over the Armania, saw the group of mastodons and mammoths washing themselves in the river Isis.
What a view the island was from the top, this is awesome, said Manav.
This bird is fantastic! I’d like to own this to avoid the city traffic, said Lee.
This is awesome right! I am thinking we should just take these birds back to Goa, (Quetzalcoatlus shake its fly) but we need to learn how to handle them though, said Ameer.
If we take these to Goa, we could earn more money by showcasing it, and I will fly all over the lovely beaches of Goa with my love Jaswanthi, said Lee.
Oh lee! Stop your daydreams. Where exactly are we going now, asked Manav.
We are heading to an arena, it will surprise you for sure, and you guys will change your mind about wanting to get away from this place forever, said Lee.
Nothing can change my mind, I need to get back to Goa as soon as possible, said Manav.
Let's see!! Do you see the tallest building in the midst of the fog, that's the place we are going to, said Lee.
There’s way too much fog over there, I can't see anything, said Ameer.
I can see the roof, but are you talking about that building which is near to the flock of circling eagles under the blasting thunder lights, asked Manav.
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