CHAPTER 68-RISING SUN II

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My strength looses and I'm kneeling on one knee while the tip of my blade is on the ground, assisting myself not to fall, I'm not done I can still fight. We're totally loosing, her armies still growing in numbers and we're surrounded like a rodent around the predator. My hands were trembling and I forgot how many times I had been hit. I felt hopeless, useless. I keep stumbling and falling to the ground a lot of times.

But I have no choice. I maybe the one to end the blood line. My body became weak and I don't know why, my soldiers are too, they fell on their spot but still catching themselves before they fell onto their knees. Something is wrong.

Not a moment until I noticed that the air was filled with miasma. I know it doesn't affect human but why now. Her numbers didn't even decreased its like I was the one who's loosing armies. Black mist swriling around her and the blast of wind sent us flying. I shield my eyes because of the dust.

I'm sorry mama I screwed up... I failed. My knees are melting. My energy is draining away and the air was too thin I can't breath.

"BOSS!!!!!"

I heard the familiar voice shouting from a distance and we looked at the shadow swarming from the mountains like black ants. "BOSS CAN WE JOINED!!"

Tears fell from my eyes, it was a tears of joy, Xylldor and his men march here.

"Don't interfere!!" I heard the  one of the prime minister shouted

"Shut up old baboon that's are boss over there! Boss we miss you" his waving his hand at me, did he forgot that were at war not waving like some friend haven't seen on a long time. I saw Aldanard stand on his horse and blow the shell and heard the gasping voice of the people. And I left stunned.  Something coming raising their flags. Those flag.

"That's Tasvania!"

"And Bel' air!!"

"It's that Devuniak, a Devuniak!!" My soldiers were shouting in disbelief even I too. Devuniak? Why? The enemies run back to their position and the leaders came to me.

The Ugana men, my three favorite hunter came to me with my fiance prince Inavie, he rode his horse and jump down. I saw his facial expressions like he almost burst in tears seeing me covered in blood.

I even saw papa together with his siblings proudly riding his horse to me.

Someone patted my head and saw Chancellor Tai "You lier, you didn't told that you were princess, lady Han was crying that night when you suddenly disappeared and then one day we just found out, gossiping really spread faster and then it reached us to. I shouldn't be involved because the Queen was our Emperor's step sister but the concubines owed you and the han's clan armies march also and joined"

"You know she was his sister but why help me?"

"Because you save my people, the emperor and I owed you that and also he has many sibling that he didn't even met so that includes her so he doesn't really care aside from that his Majesty owed you a depth of gratitude, the concubines have safely delivered his heir and the ladies you left was offering if you would visited the emperial palace " He gave me a poster and saw my face in there " The Queen declared on war with a.... toddler" he looked at me like some child racing with a sword to fight for my kingdom.

I found it insulting. But I guess his right

Our conversation stop when a blast of wind starting roaring. I saw her enchanted something and she created an army again. And it's just grew in numbers. But I feel calm now because the people that I treasure are here for me.

"Attack!!!!!!!!!!!"

"FOR ESTHERIA!!!!!!!!!"

"For Estheria!!"

The thunder sound awake the entire men and the light spread chasing away the miasma. And saw a dark storm coming but it wasn't a storm or swarming plague but fairies. Fairies came on the human border My eyes darted to her and I race to confront her. She's mine!

Even this body is weak I can still fight. I'm down being useless. Our blade met with such force, screeching sound. Fighting while driving a horse is harder than I thought. She kicked me and I fell and I saw her horse raise and I dodge the hooves.  I manage to bleed it and she jump down.

My mind was blank when the battle started but I have one goal I wanted to end her reign. I wanted to live. Naramdaman ko nalang na parang basa ang dibdib ko at  sinipa niya ako sa mukha na kinabagsak ko. She jumped on me and I blocked her sword and. It nearly slice the half of my skull. I tried to pushed it and the she pull it down and my strength is loosing.

But something blast her away and she fell on the ground and sent her sword somewhere in a distance.

I saw a shadow circling our spot, I look up and covered my eyes with my arms and saw a falling men from the sky and extended it's wing and began to attacked the Queen's armies effortlessly.

I look around me and the Queen disappeared. Where is she...!

Before I knew it an intangible blade blew past my chest. A subtle burning sensation invaded my whole body.

It's so painful like I'm going to fell in a seconds. Someone scooped and he flew me in the mid air. His hand was familiar  but his actually a monkey. He fly us with great speed. I saw how he look at the Queen in rage.

"I can win this" I said and asked him to put me down

"Then finish what you must" he whispered and put me down. We both leapt forward our sword clashed and the metallic sound reverberated and a plethora of sparks frizzanated everywhere.

"Why don't just surrender!!" She stormed out and scratch my face. I push her with all my force, I punch her face  that save me sometime and I manage to pushed her down and I'm on top of her, tightly gripping on the sword and strike it by force. Her breath ceased.

I rose up and she gasped for air and saw my sword right beside her neck.  "Why?" She asked. "Why not kill me?!"

"Oh you want me to kill you? Sorry I don't kill a witch... Bitch rather. Just surrender.."

She grabbed the sword "I won't.." but her breathing stop when I looked at her while holding a spear that were aligned on her forehead

"Don't try me" I said fiercely. Ready to strike it.

"My queen!!!!!!" Someone pushed me away and my butt fell on the sand and it was the grand duchess, withdraw her sword to protect the queen. I stood up felt pity because her face all wrapped on a piece of linen. The king confronted her. My father spoke calmly, yet the tone of his voice was enough to send a different kinds of shiver down her spine, one that made her trembles slightly as she kneeled to the ground and bowed before him.

The men are still fighting. I still joined and help until they race and surrender. The armies shouted in triumph, winning the battle. Someone snatch me and I saw the arrow past my eyes. I saw his gentle wings like a winter owl, flapping and slashing the enemy by only using his wing.

Without a warning I heard a whoosh sound and I shield my eyes, felt the blast of air on my face. He flap those enormous wing and the enemies tumbled and other send flying in such force. His strike was fast like an eagle and he glide smoothly on the air and the enemies dies on their spot instantly. Until they admitted defeat and ran to save themselves.

I lay down on a warm sand while looking at the bird, circling on the sky and it coming closer and closer, slowly flapping down his wing like an angel come down to Gaivera. Until I saw a monkey with a giant wings reaching his hand to me and I recoils away immediately in shocked.

Someone catch me and it's Prince Inavie. He raise me up, spinning me and his smile lightened me up but I never like spinning. Nang binaba na niya ako nagsuka ako ng wala sa oras.

I saw the fairies gathering around  the monkey and I found out that it was just a mask. I saw the lunarian from the crowds and they all looked at me and it was awkward because their eyes are looking at me. Why? What?! What!!!

The place erupted into a chorus of cheers, triumphs that sent vibration to the ground. People flocked around me, offering congratulations.

The monkey came to me and I saw his carrying the moonstone crystal crown in his majestic walked. As he approached me, towering my height and he caressed my cheeks and I'm familiar with this hand, how he touch me, so gentle like a feather "Luna crest? Is that you?"

He didn't answer but rather stared at me with his ridiculous disguised. He gently place the crown on my head and was flabbergasted when my hair became a diamond and my hair extended faster until it reach my waist the moonstone crown, disappeared leaving a gem on my forehead. The armies bowed to one knees

"All hail, Empress the Great!!" he said proudly, I burst into tears because I heard his voice it's him. It's him!! He rose up and flick my nose and he spread his wings up to the air, calling the pixies back home.

"All hail Esthelian the Great!!"

Hail!

Hail!

Hail!.....