19 The King

Gaia was seriously wounded, the wound he got on his leg did not heal due to the last spell that Jagal cast before he died. Gaia need to better stop his plan of catching Linhardt and taking Juno.

Using his blood and remaining strength he summoned a monstrous monster that looked like a bird and had wings like a bat. He rode it to return to the castle inside the land of VEA first.

While he was in the air riding on the Monster bird that he created, he saw the entire Velos Desi while flying and the whole land was covered in piercing arrows with the color of red blood and the entire Desi was burning while a lot of dead people and monsters were inside. He turned his gaze to where he had left Linhardt and was surprised to see that only one assassin was left. The two have fallen and their blood is spreading on the floor.

As he looked at the situation below, he saw Linhardt looking at him, his expression was very serious and he wanted to convey to Gaia a terrifying presence. Gaia smiled again but he couldn't fight anymore so he just let himself rest this time and come back to Linhardt when he recovers his whole body and ready to fight again. He promised to himself that once he comeback he will not give them any chance to escape and will kill them brutally with full force.

Juno, on the other hand, also reached Linhardt, what she did not expect was that she saw two dead assassins in front of her and the other remaining assassin bowed down and dumbfounded as tears flowed.

He asked Linhardt if he was the one who did it. Linhardt denied it and said it was Kilian's doing. Kilian was very angry with these assassins because when they last fought against them, Seth's condition his sister became serious and almost died that time. Juno was surprised because she knew that Kilian was incapable of combat, especially as they were assassins.

Lucius said that even they did not expect also what Kilian did. He manages to control the mind of these three assassins and make them think that they were fighting the enemies. They brutally killed each other with their poison and only one of them that seems to be the strongest of them all was left alive.

When the remaining assassin realized what he did and returned back to his consciousness, he could not believe what he had done to kill his comrades. He wanted to kill himself because of the weight he felt in those moments but Kilian was very cruel and merciless. He controlled his mind and didn't let him kill himself. Instead, he ordered him to watch his colleagues who he mercilessly murdered here.

Although Juno was very angry with these assassins because they were companions of Gaia, she still felt pity for the remaining assassin who did not stop crying. She also told Kilian that what he did was inhumane. He suggested to Kilian to just release this assassin and let him suffer for the rest of his life and in return Kilian will stop controlling his mind and leave him in peace. Kilian responded to Juno's suggestion, Inhumane? Do you think I would live long in the Kingdom of Zo-An if I were not inhumane? Here in our Kingdom you will be considered a weak being if you cannot do these things. They will think you are weak and abuse you until you can't live anymore.

I want to kill Gaia. Linhardt said that everyone was shocked because they did not expect that word to come from him. Also Linhardt added, He will not give Gaia a peaceful death because of the damage he did to the beautiful place of Velos Desi. Many innocent Velums suffered and lost their lives due to the attack of that powerful Zodiac. He also cannot forgive the entire house of VEA so he promises that he will avenge all of them.

Because of Linhardt's mixed emotions, he couldn't control himself again. Since then he loses control of his body and his eyes shine like the light of the sun. He held his back as if he was drawing a weapon. And a very long sword flaming and hot as the sun fell upon them. Everyone backed away from Linhardt because they couldn't bear the extreme heat in his sword. Linhardt looked up into the sky where he saw Gaia riding a monstrous bird and swung his sword as hot as the sun in Gaia's direction.

Linhardt's swing of his sword burned the entire area and Gaia, who thought he could escape safely, was shocked by a burning ray of light coming towards him. It hit the monster bird he was riding. When the ray of light touched the bird's wing, the monster's entire body suddenly burst into flames and it died. Gaia jumps because he can also be burnt if he doesn't run away. He fell to the ground and everyone heard a very loud impact. Because Gaia tried to punch the ground he was going to fall to reduce the force of his falling to the floor.

Everyone was amazed at what they saw. No one wanted to speak at that time because they all couldn't believe it and even them were too afraid of Linhardt by that moment. They were all sweating profusely as Linhardt held his burning sword that feels like they were near the sun. There was no emotion on his face and when Linhardt turned his gaze to them he suddenly spoke. Just kneel down and pay respect to your King. I will end the life of this entitled and reigning royal commander. Zodiacs should be working together. They should not become a pet of anyone powerless than us. Linhardt took his position and his sword gradually got longer and longer. It's like a ray of sun that continues to reach the direction where Gaia fell. He doesn't even need to come close because his sword can reach any enemy.

You're also just a mere Zodiac Linhardt! You have no right to call yourself King! Royalty owns the entire Kingdom of Zo-An! Gaia answered as he forced himself to stand up to avoid Linhardt's slowly approaching sword that was made by the ray of the sun.

When he was about to reach Gaia with his sword, suddenly someone came and managed to break Linhardt's sword. A man with long yellow hair and beautiful clothes. That person is none other than Sirius, the Royalty of the house of VEA.

Sirious looks at Gaia's situation and it made him laugh a bit even though the situation was critical. The High Guardian's condition was so dire at that moment so cannot waste any more time and focus on the condition of his High Guardian to be cured immediately. He just looked at Linhardt and said nothing. He felt the terror and didn't want to perform a combat at that moment also. He immediately picked up Gaia and created a portal to teleported back inside the land of VEA.

Due to the events, Linhardt suddenly lost consciousness and almost fell to the floor. Luckily Juno caught him.