Jessica and I took some time travelling towards the source of the loud boom as knights were still scattered around the town. We managed to get there but once we arrived, we were soon engulfed in shock, fright and awe at the same time.
We were looking at Rhythian, fighting against 7 knights and winning as the King of Yorthos watches them. We wanted to help Rhythian in any way so we decided to attack the king. I engaged the fight by shooting 3 arrows at the king, which were blocked easily by him. Jessica soon dashed from beside me to attack him at close range. I supported Jessica by firing at a distance.
Soon, the king began his attack on us, and now 2 fights were engaged as a purple hue glowed over us and the sounds of war echoed throughout the burning kingdom.
[Minutes Before, Rhythian]
The knights charged at me, weapons at hand. The assassin got to me first as I countered her with a few punches, knocking her back quite a bit, however, she was soon replaced by the brawler, who tried to attack me with multiple flurries of punches and kicks. This one was harder to counter as he showed no opening...
I managed to parry one of his strikes which caused him to lose momentum, and allowing me to knock him back using my sword. He was soon replaced by the man who held spears and the female who held a sword. They gave me quite the fight as they showed proper teamwork and took me some time to actually retaliate against them.
However, the time spent with the spear man and swords woman made the other knights attack me at the same time. They showed me a proper fight and was actually enjoying it, but the situation at hand wasn't enough to stop me. I soon learned their moves and attacked momentarily, counting each and every attack they would throw at me. As I did though, I accidentally showed an opening, causing the spear man to strike me. He stabbed me right underneath my breastplate, they weren't only strong, but accurate too. The fight went on despite the constant attacks I received.
As I kept fighting, a dark aura started to emit from my body. My attacks felt lighter and my body felt faster. This caused me to counter against the 7 knights easily. Leaving me and them in yet another stand off.
"Come on...We were only getting started..."I taunt as I raised my sword to point at the knights. This seemed to have angered them as they have started to attack simultaneously.
Minutes passed by and I have knocked down the last, yet hardest knight. The swords woman. She put up quite the fight as she was the one who has placed the most slashes on my body. We were now in a one on one situation.
She began the attack in a 3 way combo, which caused me block all of it. We attacked each other in turns as if we were purposefully trying to prolong the fight. However, my sword was not in great shape as I have been fighting them whilst blocking, it might break at any time. Despite the damages, we kept the fight going.
We fought for what seemed to be half an hour and as time flew by, I knew I had to finish this. The swords woman stuck yet another blow, but this time, I parried the strike and proceeded to slash horizontally at her body. This caused her to drop dead on the ground as she bled out. I bowed down to respect her talents as a warrior. After so, I looked at my blade and saw that it could only handle one more battle...
As I exhaled deeply, I heard a familiar voice yell out. I turn around and saw Jessica on the ground while Mileena was fighting the King. I dashed towards her as fast as I can to assist her...
[Present, Mileena]
Jessica is still unconscious from that massive blow she received right on her chest. The king was as strong as Rhythian, maybe stronger. Despite the strength gap, I still decided to persevere and fight the king. My mana was starting to become low, and fatigue was soon getting to me. This was truly not in my favor, but I held on. The king swung his blade and I barely dodged it. As I did, the king continued with a downward strike. An injury I received from the king soon reacted, leaving me in a still position. I looked away while lifting my hands up.
When I looked away, a loud clash of swords was heard. I looked forward to see a very damaged Rhythian blocking the attack of the king. He then soon slid his attack off and countered with his own. This caused the king to jump backwards and take position, as did Rhythian.
"Are you alright?" He asked as he kept his focus on the king. As I saw Rhythian stand in front of me as the cloth in his armor ruffled in the wind, I felt something I would not normally feel, what is this?
"Y-Yeah..." I replied as I stood up and went into a fighting stance. I brushed off that feeling I had and focused on the situation at hand. The king let out a chuckle and dashed for the attack. Rhythian and I dodged to the side, but this was only to stop the first attack as the king continued his attack but was aiming for me. I managed to kick his hand off and attack the king.
The king wasn't fazed much and managed to dash towards me. Rhythian intervened by quickly heading in front of me and blocking the attack, this allowed me to attack the king another time. Rhythian and I soon attacked the king in a duo style. As we did, the king soon caught Rhythian's blade, this caused Rhythian to look shocked.
The blade was soon cracking under the pressure of his grip and soon broke into pieces. This caused the sword to disappear into mana dust. Rhythian was soon punched backwards, knocking him back quite far.
"Rhythian!!!" I yell out. The king soon caught me and lifted me up by the neck. This caused me to slowly loose my breath.
"Pitiful" The king spoke in a dark and scary voice as he choked me, making me slowly lose my consciousness.
[Rhythian, Wake up...]
I try to stand up after receiving that massive blow. I looked up and saw Mileena in the clutches of the king. I couldn't stand as I felt the pain ache throughout my whole body. The first time in a long time, I felt helpless...
I closed my eyes as I stay crouched, clenching my stomach. As darkness envelops my body, multiple memories of different events came into my mind. Most of them were memories of her. As the memories flooded my mind, I felt a sudden surge of power in my hand and this emitted a huge amount of light, engulfing my whole mind in a bright light.
[Mileena, Stay Alive...]
As my consciousness almost faded away, a loud crash was heard, and before I knew it, I felt a familiar embrace. An embrace that I haven't felt in a long time. The feeling of safety and hope...
I opened my eyes and saw a man with short blonde hair wearing familiar armor. My eyesight was faded so I couldn't see the details of the man's face. He laid me down on a wall as I took a quick breath, regaining my vitals slowly.
"Rest for now Young Draconian, I will handle this" The man's mumbled voice spoke out to me as I now regained my eyesight. The man was soon looking at the king. The king seemed to be in disbelief as he looked at the man.
"Impossible!!! You are supposed to be dead!!!" The king yelled out as he dashed forward with his hands on his sword
The man soon raised his hand up and summoned a sword that was recognizable to anyone...
The sword was the fabled Origin King Odachi! A long katana made purely from bluesteel and multiple crystals. So that means...
The man soon went into a stance as he waited for the king to reach him.
"DIE FIRST KING!!!" The King yelled out as he let out a strong slash on the man. However, the man easily blocked it with the katana and soon pushed the king away. He then unsheathed the whole katana and held it with both hands. A black aura enveloped the blade as the man readied his attack.
"Release! Kono no Tatsu!" The man yelled out as he let out a strong slash downward, which resulted in a huge gust of wind which soon turned into a black dragon was travelling towards the king. The slash was very strong that it made the ground crumble underneath the man.
The king was yelling out before he disappeared into the white glow of the slash. The attack caused a mark into the mountains. I looked in awe as I looked back to find the man and saw that he, too has disappeared.
The dark clouds and purple portals soon disappeared, clearing the skies into an orange hue. It was a sunrise, it was rising over the slashed mountains. I leaned on the wall as I clenched my injury, my tattoo soon glowed green and the bleeding soon stopped. The war was over, yet the Majiked Kingdom is left in ruin. However, one thing was left on my mind as I looked up into the sky.
The First King of Yorthos saved us all...