by Asher, Yarid
“Yes, but why do you care?”
“I am here to help.” She looked at Arusus and smiled “You can go talk to Meagon and Adne, while I speak to your brother.”
Arusus nodded and walked over to Adne and Meagon who were standing before the throne, while Leosher walked down the huge steps of the Throne and over to Asurot who was waiting for him and they both walked in the lawns of the castle. Though it was an island, the Strinthiun architects had designed it very carefully. This castle had ports, views of the sea from the castle and huge grasslands however Colossus never used the grasslands because he despised anything that involved work.
Leosher and Asurot walked on the soft and moist grass “Why are you here?” Leosher asked with a slight anger in his voice but it seemed like ever since he became the king of The Empire, he has had this anger in his voice “You do not belong here.”
Asurot smiled and looked down at the grass “Son, let me tell you something, you might be able to talk like this to all others but I am different. You are no different to me than any other gods and all the other gods, even my brother has to respect the queen of Aseroth.”
Leosher thought it was a joke and laughed but Asurot remained serious “Anyways,” said she, “That is not the reason why I came down to Thraenus, I came here to inform you that your brother and the Empirion armor are currently undergoing a slaughter. They were attacked by Katos and his men, and are now fighting for their lives and Virgil has asked the gods for help.”
Leosher laughed thinking that she was lying again, just to make him care “Well that is horrible.”
Asurot looked at him, filled with anger and disappointment that this was the king Thraenus was going to get, she quickly grabbed his wrist tightly and just as she did, they were instantaneously engulfed in a fiery ball of inferno and shot up in the sky. A tail of sparks and fire followed them out, far away from Thraenus, somewhere through the deep dark voids of space and soon, they saw a bright light that shone directly upon them, showing them the way and in a blink of an eye, they had reached Aseroth.
The ground was fluffy and white, just like clouds. The pathways were made of gold and there were magnificent huts because all the gods except for one, Dadurot, lived there. Since he was the guardian of the underworld, he could not leave it or the inhabitants of the underworld would cause havoc and most likely, be released.
The huts were made of the smoothest marble and the pillars were gold and platinum. All the gods of Thraenus roamed around these streets and now, Leosher could finally see his dream coming true, him being the king of all of them but they weren’t here for a tour of Aseroth. Asurot took him to the meeting halls where they stared down at the battle scene, where the slaughter was taking place.
“Now do you believe me?”
Leosher was shocked, for he was watching the slaughter of his own men, happening in front of his own eyes.
“I know you did not join them, for you were scared the prophecy might come true.” Leosher nodded and she continued “Let me tell you something, saving your men is more important. Trust me, we will take care of the prophecy ourselves, all of the gods, and their soon-to-be king, you, together.”
“How do I get to the battle grounds?” Leosher said while still keeping the serious look on his face “Can you take me there?”
“I have a better idea. You shall ride Ezhak into battle.”
“The Dragon I freed?”
“Yes.”
“How do we call him here?”
Ausrot smiled and looked down at Thraenus, with her hands behind her back. She stared for a few seconds and then she turned to him again “He is flying right where you need him. All you will do is jump out of Aseroth and you shall find Ezhak underneath you.”
“But I do not carry my weapons with me, how will I fight?”
Just as he said that, a shout came from behind them “Do not worry about them, because I brought them here for you brother.” It was Arusus. She had Leosher’s scythe, the golden spear and the Gladius sword to kill the rulers “Now all you need to do is slay the evil doers.”
Leosher walked over to her and wore the sheaths and afterwards sheathed the weapons and with the same angry look on his face, he said while curling his moustache “You shall see that The Empire will have expanded over entire Thraenus by night.”
He jumped out of the meeting hall and coincidentally, this was the same place where he was dropped out of Thraenus and now, this was the place he was jumping down from to fulfill his destiny. He quickly made his way through the dark outer space and into the atmosphere. The air made his cloak and his hair flutter but when he was about halfway from Aseroth, Ezhak came underneath him. The giant beast looked even more intimidating than he looked before, for now he was preying on big animals such as Elephants and he had grown in size a bit. His scales were even more sharp and his tail was longer and had more thorns and horns on it. His roar was louder and his armor was stronger. His teeth were bigger and his fire was hotter and his skin now had a red hue. Each of his wings spanned over more area than 7 elephants, standing side by side and the wings were razor sharp and had developed the ability to cut through many things.
Ezhak was now reaching his full potential, for when he was guarding, he was restrained because of malnutrition and loneliness but now he could fly freely, anywhere he wanted and make as many friends as he wanted.
“So we meet again,” said Ezhak in his roar-like deep voice with a lisp “It is pleasant to see you again, my lord.”
“My lord? How is that? This is our second meeting.”
“You freed me from my worst nightmare, therefore you are my master,” Ezhak’s voice rose high nearly to the point of yelling “And from this day forth, I shall dedicate my life to you and I shall fulfill your every desire, even if it means my death. My life belongs to you and to you only!”
Leosher was filled with pride now “I am flattered,” He paused and looked around but all he could see were white clouds “Let us go battle the Agnithiun army, take me there.”
Ezhak nodded and dove down. He looked around with his keen eyesight and smelt blood with his keen sense of smell. He followed the scent of the blood and thick sweat and soon, the battle site was in plain view.
“There it is,” Leosher said while pointing “Take me there, for we shall massacre our enemy.”
Ezhak flew quickly over to the battle and it did not take any time at all to get there. The wind from his wings was felt by every soldier and every eye was set upon him, and a cloaked man riding the beast, sitting on his neck, his master, Leosher.
Soon, showers of arrows were shot in an attempt to eradicate the biggest threat the Agnithiun army had but Leosher and Ezhak dodged it quickly.
Virgil, who was trying his best not to get killed, was relieved when he saw his brother in the air. Usere and Urey were surrounded by soldiers too, but they held their own. They were using the same technique they used against vampires but they were tired and were very happy to see Leosher, for now they knew there win was certain. Azar and Neiham hid far behind, in a bush and made no sound but when Leosher came, they got out, for now they had hope.
Barian, Colossus, and Katos, all who sat on a giant boulder and watched the genocide were now a bit concerned, because the tales of Leosher’s brutality were famous.
“Master, what shall I do?” asked Ezhak.
“Burn them alive,” Leosher said with an evil grin on his face.
Ezhak opened his huge mouth and blue sword shaped flames were shot out. They started out blue and by the time they reached their target, they turned yellow and burnt the enemy down to ashes. His fire burnt through everything, even rocks.
Now the Agnithiun army saw their demise in the shape of Leosher and Ezhak. All they saw were giant blobs of fire and Ezhak and Leosher were hidden behind those fires, and just when the fire reached its peek, Leosher jumped through it and shot the golden spear at Colossus. They were too far apart but the spear did not miss its target and Colossus couldn’t do anythi
ng, for it was all too sudden. It was aimed for the chest and it hit in the chest, right in the middle, through Colossus’s white robes. The spear was shot with such immense strength that Colossus was dragged halfway across the barren field with the spear until it finally came to a stop and nailed him to a boulder and killed him instantly. Both Katos and Barian were very shocked, for Colossus was sitting between them just a second ago and now he was gone.
Leosher came crashing down to the ground, feet first. The ground trembled when he came down and many soldiers around him fell to the ground because of the impact. Leosher paced towards his brother while slaughtering anyone who stood in his way.
“Are you alright, brother?” Leosher asked, and for the first time since his coronation, he showed care “Are you hurt?”
“No brother, I am not hurt but I am very happy to see you.” Virgil hugged Leosher but an Agnithiun soldier tried to kill Leosher just as they hugged but lucky for Leosher, his friends, Urey and Usere were looking out for him. Urey shot an arrow right through the soldier’s head and killed him and soon, joined the Poppins brothers “It is surely nice to see you here, we needed help.” Urey said while shooting arrows at the enemies.
Usere smiled as well “I am sorry to break your moment, but we are at a battle field right now. I believe we should finish the battle first.”
Leosher looked around for Neiham and Azar but when he was unable to find them but then he looked at Virgil “Find Azar and Neiham and guard them. I know both of them are incapacitated. Take Urey and Usere with you.”
Virgil smiled “I will brother, but remember:
“We are not ordinary,
for we battle with destiny.
We have great power,
the power to write our own fate.
There is a beast rising within us,
and our revolt is weakening.
The beast is at the edge of our souls,
and its might is strengthening.
The beast is raw and pure,
its power is like lightning.
We cannot begin to describe,
the storm that is inside.
But the beast will rise again,
to bring forth the eternal pain.
The sun of hope has risen,
and the battle has begun.
But we remember one thing,
we will always be one.
We let the beast within us, rise,
to bring forth our enemy’s demise.
We move forward with one creed,
for it is our need,
Clearly, we are not ordinary,
for we battle with destiny.”
Leosher nodded and turned around. He swung his scythe and killed all within the reach of his scythe. He accidently killed some of his own men but he did not seem to care, for the only thing he cared for was killing Katos and murdering the traitor, Barian. He began running towards Katos and Katos, who had not let Leosher get out of his sight since he arrived at the battle site, got up and stood tall at the boulder.
“You were a great ally,” Katos said in his hoarse voice “But now, it is the time you left the mortal world and went to the underworld, to serve a greater being.”
“Are you thinking about killing me?” asked Barian shockingly.
“Yes I am,” Katos laughed “What did you think I would give you all the money I promised? You are a moron if you believed that. I have no purpose for you anymore, and therefore you will die now.”
“Not so fast,” Barian took out his sword and stabbed Katos in his stomach. Katos looked shocked and his jaw dropped. His eyes widened and his knees bent. He held the blade with both his hands but for some reason, there was no blood.
“Now you see, I am not the one who is dying,” Barian mocked him “I am the one who gets to live.”
“How naïve” Katos smirked and slowly stood straight again and took out the sword and threw it away. His wound healed and soon, there was no sign of it. Barian was very shocked and all the booze vanished away and now, finally he was back to his senses.
“You spent all this time journeying with Leosher and learned nothing? Only the wielder of the weapons can kill us rulers.”
Katos took out his own sword and grabbed Barian from his neck and slowly began to choke him. Barian was unable to move, for he was in too much of a shock but when he finally realized that he was in a choke hold, he struggled to break free but Katos was too strong. He lifted Barian up in mid-air and held him up there, with just one hand, and watched him struggle.
He looked at Leosher with the corner of his eyes and saw that he was approaching him, making his way through the soldiers, at a fast pace but steadily, wiping out the Agnithiun army. He looked at Leosher for some time but shifted his focus back on Barian and swung his sword and stabbed Barian in his gut, multiple times but it was so fast that it looked as if it was just one blow.
Barian died instantly and became lifeless in a second. Blood spurred out from his huge wound and covered Katos’s bare body in blood. He threw his lifeless body away in the on the rocks like a rag doll and shifted his focus to Leosher who was still coming at a fast pace.
Katos now grew impatient; therefore he jumped off of the boulder and onto the stony, barren field. Leosher saw him and smirked, for he knew this was going to be a challenge defeating Katos, for he had been training in the art of fighting for over two millennia and he had immense strength and speed.
Leosher unlatched his red cloak from his shoulders and dropped it on the ground, for it fluttered every time he moved fast and provided an easy target for his enemies to grab a hold of him. Afterwards he took his coat off, for it provided resistance and he did not aid him in any way. His body was fully toned; each and every muscle his body consisted of, was showing through his skin.
He dropped his scythe on the ground, for he knew it was useless against Katos. Now that he was ready to fight his greatest and strongest enemy yet, he began running with all his might. Now no one dared step in his way, for they knew they were for sure going to die if they did. Same was the case with Katos, no Empirion soldier dared step in his way. Both of them had a clean path and a singular target they had their eyes set on.
Leosher ran towards Katos and Katos did the same and in about a couple of seconds, both were close enough to begin the fight. Both tried to ram each other but both were quite strong. Their hands clenched together and the fight began. They both clashed with such force that the impact was felt all over, even to the corner of the battle site, where Virgil and the rest were fighting.
Leosher almost broke his own back when he crashed into Katos, for Katos was highly trained and it was his plan to do so but Leosher was a god, he had a strong back and an even stronger will. Leosher swung Katos around and flung him away to get out from the back breaking stance.
He quickly chased the flying body of Katos and right before it hit the ground, he kicked it up in the air. Katos was sent flying up in the air like a weightless baby and Leosher was undoubtedly besting Katos, for the impacts were so great that every man on the battle field stopped to witness this historical and magnificent fight because this was the fight that was to determine whether good or evil won and this was the fight that was to determine the happiness or the misery of Thraenus, for now, if Leosher lost, Katos was to get the whole world to himself, and most probably, Saulus was to destroy Thraenus.
Leosher squatted and jumped as high as he could and he reached Katos, who was falling out of the sky but somewhat, still awake. Just as Leosher swung his leg to kick Katos in the gut and send him back on the ground faster than the natural falling, Katos punched him in his chest and delivered a haymaker to his face. Leosher was launched towards the ground and there was nothing he could do to avoid hitting the ground. He fell on his back and crumpled the ground around him, with the impact. Many of the soldiers standing around the crash site were hurt but those who managed to jump out of the way were happy and they kept on watching the fight.
Leosher got out of the debris and wa
lked out of the dust cloud around him, with a smirk on his face and a little blood coming out of his nose and the right side of his lower lip. He wiped it out with his arm and stood tall again. There was quite a distance between Katos and Leosher but both stood and stared at each other but after a few seconds, Leosher ran towards Katos again. He jumped and ran and did all he could to get to him as fast as he could.
Many of the soldiers were not even able to keep up with Leosher’s speed but those who did, included Azar, Virgil, Usere, Urey and some of the highly trained soldiers of the Agnithiun army.
Leosher approached him and smacked Katos in his chin with his elbow but Katos stood firmly and was only pushed back a little, for the blow was strong, but not strong enough. Katos’s feet did not even move but rather slid a little bit.
Their hands were clenched together again and both were sweating, for the blazing heat of the afternoon and such a heated fight was taking its toll. Their bare, brown bodies shone brightly under the two suns’ light and the sweat made it even more magnificent. Both tried to take down the other one but all their tries were futile, for both were very strong.
“You are strong,” Katos said while licking the blood off of his face “But I am stronger.”
“You are not strong—just disgusting.” Leosher said after Katos licked his own blood “Being disgusting and savagely does not necessarily means you will win a fight.”
“It is my belief and lifelong dream to be as savagely as I possibly could.”
“Well that belief is about to be proven wrong and that dream is about to be shattered.”
Leosher roared with rage “AHHHHHHHHH!”
His roar was heard all over Agnithius and it even reached the gates of Aseroth. He pushed as hard as he could, with all his might. His muscles pumped up and began bloating. He suddenly was rushed with power and began pushing Katos back and Katos only made one mistake, he did not walk back but instead, he stayed firm and stiff but the stiffness had made him brittle against the brute force Leosher was putting forth.
“Give up already, you are never going to defeat me,” Katos tried to discourage the slightly disfigured Leosher, but he did not listen and instead kept on pushing with even more power.