When the dust settled down, a shadow slowly walked inside from a giant hole that appeared in the wall, Alex slowly raised his head from the ground and gazed at the responsible for making him kneel.
Covered in a dark purple armor made of a strange texture and horns spiking out from his shoulderplates, a man whose face was covered from a shadow slowly extended his massive wings.
Soon, while he walked to the center of the room, the light reached for his face, revealing a young man with slightly dark bags under his green eyes and black hair.
Both Alteon and Sepulchure stopped fighting and with a shocked gaze, they said only a single name.
Alteon/Sepulchure: Drakath?!
One of the skeletons that accompanied Sepulchure suddenly charged at the intruder, however, with just a glance coming from the latter, the skeleton was shattered in pieces. As Alteon and Sepulchure were surprised from the unexpected presence of the man, he swung his broadsword around.
With a single strike for each, he sent flying away the two champions that were capable of shattering mountains with a simple attack, both of them slammed against the opposite walls, both covered from a strange purple glow and unknown creatures attached to their armors as if they were parasites.
Alteon: What…!?
However, between Alteon and Sepulchure, it was the latter that was still able to get up and yelled.
Sepulchure: FOOL. YOU CANNOT KILL WHAT IS ALREADY UNDEAD.
But despite that claim, he still gasped for air from that strike. Drakath gazed at Sepulchure and just replied.
Drakath: My mistake…
He just opened his wings, and disappeared, before reaching Sepulchure in an instant, with his arm lodged inside Sepulchure through a portal. After some seconds, Drakath took his arm back from the portal together with a red orb.
Meanwhile, Sepulchure's body was trembling, as he looked like he was on verge of dying. Yet, he continued to act superior while he slowly raised his blade.
Sepulchure: I AM DARKNESS!! I AM DOOM… NO FORCE ON THIS WORLD CAN DESTROY WHAT I AM! LONG UNLIVE THE SHADOWSCYTHE!!!
He raised his blade, but Drakath was much faster and destroyed the red orb representing his soul barehanded.
The next instant, a red lightning passed through Sepulchure's armor, stopping him in the middle of his swing. Little by little, his armor was falling in pieces, revealing nothing inside.
The remaining power contained in the armor was expelled through a pillar of darkness that penetrated the ceiling, acting as a beacon for all the evil faction to mean that their leader was dead.
A feminine scream reached the ears of the people in the room.
?: NOOOOOO!!!!
Drakath's attention was attracted from that scream and slowly walked towards the hole he made, before gazing towards the massive dracolich carrying a castle on its back.
Drakath: Sepulchure had a daughter? Amusing…
Alex: 'He must be talking of Gravelyn…'
Then Alex gazed at Drakath as his right hand glowed purple and a purple fireball was created. It was as big as a fist, but when he threw it at the dracolich and reached it, it caused a gargantuan explosion that was able to send the dracolich far away, crashing somewhere between the mountains.
Drakath: The battle between Good and Evil is over. Now begins, the age of Chaos!
Alteon glared daggers to Drakath and asked while his body felt drained due to the strange purple eyes attached to him like leeches.
Alteon: What is happening to me?! Drakath… what have you done?
Drakath: Heh. Not feeling like yourself, King? You and this pathetic guy can't stop what I am about to do to your world.
Alex: You really need to throw salt in the injury, don't you?
Drakath: Watch as my 13 Lords of Chaos destroy everything that you love. I will save you two for last. Enjoy the show. HAHA!
And then he spread his giant wings and flew away while laughing. The pressure caused from his presence also vanished, and Alex eyes were getting blurry as he heavily panted.
Alex: Christ… That guy is no joke…
*Thump*
He fell unconscious in the floor of the throne room.
[Later]
He slowly opened his eyes, finding a white ceiling over his head, all around him there were moans of pain and many nurses and doctors doing their best to help the injured soldiers.
Alex slowly sat up from the bed and held his head in pain. With a groan, he asked.
Alex: What is happening?
A nurse stopped right in front of his bed and told him.
Nurse: Sir, please rest, you fell unconscious due to magical pressure, your soul couldn't take that much pressure. When you think you are alright, please take your weapon from Sir Vival, our Knight Lieutenant and go to the throne room, our King is waiting for you.
Alex: Nn…
Another knight was passing by with a bandaged head, Alex knocked his armor, attracting the knight's attention.
Knight: What do you ne-
Alex: [Highlord's Gaze].
Knight: WAHHHHH!!!
The Knight fainted for seeing the illusion of a giant demonic beast in Alex's place, meanwhile Alex was feeding off from the Knight's negative emotions, he could feel the strength turning back to him.
Meanwhile, the Nurse watched with a sweat drop as Alex stood up from the bed and got out from the infirmary while waving back at the nurse.
After picking up Nightmare, he walked directly to the throne room. The King, Alteon the Good, was waiting over a throne in a newly-repaired room.
Beside him, there were two pactagonal knights guarding him with spears, while the King had a scepter. However, the King now had also parasite-like beings over his armor, which wasn't a good thing to see…
Alteon: Oh, it's Sir Alexander, the Paladin Artix told me about what you did, I wish to thank you for your help with money, but as you can see, it isn't possible now.
Alex: It's alright, I understand… I was warned that his majesty asked about my presence.
Alteon: Hoho, right on duty, huh? Well, for now We and Lady Gravelyn made a truce, for your information, she is Sepulchure's daughter and also the new leader of the Evil Faction.
Right now I wish for you to aid us in this battle, our deadliest threat right now is Drakath! But you are free to decide, you aren't much involved in this, unlike me and the little girl...
Alex: I will do it.
Honestly, not even Alex had much of an idea about what is he agreeing to, since he can't really see the future despite knowing some important parts of it.
Alteon smiled and said.
Alteon: Then I wish for you to go to Skullholme, at Shadowfall, to assist Lady Gravelyn. She just lost her father and now she needs as much help as she can due to her special situation.
Alex nodded before turning his back, however, he stopped his steps and slowly turned around.
Alex: ...You have some portals for there, right?
Alteon: ...I fear we don't, you need to make the journey with your own feet…
Alex: ...Goddammit. Guess I'll fly...
Hey guys, sorry for the wait, I just finished my exams, now I will put the chapters daily once again, unless there will be some problems once again