Chapter 5

"Yes, that's the one" Spoke king Lucas as he met Magnus eyes, he could see that the father of the girl was displeased but it didn't bother him. He would always end up getting whatever he wanted whether the latter likes it or not. "so what do you say Magnus, give me your daughter Luna in return and I can help you win against that fool?" inquired Lucas with a smirk on his face.

Magnus looked outside as he sighed internally, what was he going to do? he knew sooner or later he was going to give out his daughter but he couldn't believe it would be to this devil, this ruthless monster that was feared by the three other kingdoms.

"Uh uh, Magnus don't forget I can listen to whatever you're thinking right now, it would be wise to make a better decision so as to not suffer later, I can help you get the seal of torrid so you can have the power of both kingdoms" He spoke.

"Alright, I'll do whatever it takes to protect my kingdom from any external attack, so we have a deal then" Magnus replied while rising from the chair.

So soon, well his decision is smart!

"Yes a deal, would you like to take something before you leave?" Lucas asked pretending to be good at hospitality and that was because he wanted something, if not he didn't care if the person died of hunger or thirst.

"No I must refuse this one your majesty, I would like to leave as soon to orchestrate some plans" Responded Magnus as he bowed his head to Lucas before retreating.

Lucas tapped his long nails on the arm of the chair continuously as he watched magnus leaving, he beckoned on one of his servants not far away from him to come forward and when that one arrived, he ordered him to go call the General.

"Gather your armies for tonight there's gonna be a battle" Lucas spoke with a straight face as if what he was going to do wouldn't require any strength at all, for he could just clap his hands and watch the enemies going against one another and killing each other to make things easier for him. But he enjoyed torturing them, the sound of his enemies pleading and crying was like a sweet melody to him.

Lucas is a sadist; he found absolute pleasure in causing others pain. And he isn't to blame for becoming like that, witnessing his parents and brother slaughtered right before his eyes was the cruel thing one can ever witness. Since then he had vowed to become strong, to punish whoever dared to cross his lane whether they had a hand in killing his family or not, they were going to hell.

"Battle? Is anyone trying to attack us?" the general asked. That would be the funniest scenario ever, because their kingdom was the strongest and largest, they could defeat their enemy with just one blow and someone trying to attack them would mean that, they had a death wish!

"No, we're helping Sleasea defeat torrid, Maximilian is planning something terrible to Sleasea" He finished as he rose and went into his chamber to get prepared.

The general watched the king as he walked away, he was so confused as to why would their king ever meddle with anything concerning the other Kingdoms. Lucas was known to never help anyone so why this? well he had no answer to it so he would just do as instructed by the king. He went outside to gather his armies as ordered by the king.

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When Magnus got to Sleasea, he was surprised as how the place was a silent as the grave yard. Fear instantly gripped him when he heard cries and shouts not far away from him, he reigned his horse and rode towards where the noise was coming from.

Magnus was shocked to his very bones, his people, most of them were dead and lying on the ground as they were ruthlessly killed. It's either part of their bodies were separated or their organs were out of their bodies producing a fetid smell. How could Maximilian do this! what kind of monster was he?!

Magnus clenched his fist hard as he saw his people, those that weren't dead and had survived although they were brutally injured. He felt like he had failed as their king, he never saw this coming or else he would have prepared for it. What about his family? what happened to them?

Magnus body shook in trepidation as he thought about the slightest thing that Maximilian could do to hurt his family, no he would never accept that, never!

Before he could ride his horse towards the castle, chains flew in his direction and before he knew what was happening, it held his horse captive, the horse wriggled and Magnus lost balance as he ended up flying in the air and falling right before Maximilian on his horse and his soldiers.

He was beset by Maximilian and his horde of soldiers.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the scaredy cat called Magnus, you dared to leave your wife and your children alone, likewise your people while you run away?" He asked with mockery laced in that horrible voice of his.

"I didn't leave them, what did you do to my people max? What the hell did you do to them?" He asked in rage.

"You aren't in the position to ask me questions Magnus, and you aren't in the position to call me by by name for you are now a commoner" Maximilian said with a smirk as he raised the seal from his pocket.

What? Magnus asked in his mind, he always kept that seal in his secret passage, the place where only him and his wife knew about, he had told them to hide there whenever something was going to happen to them.

"Where is my wife and children?" Magnus asked.

"I can let you know about that one" Smirked Maximilian, "Bring them out" He ordered and two if his hefty men brought out Luna, her sister and the queen. Luna was still alive but her sister, was beaten to death because of her stubbornness, their mother had been defiled by Maximilian and was on the verge of death if Luna hadn't try to save her.