Leen and Ross had to rush back to their rooms along with their group. The last meeting was canceled unexpectedly without giving them time to coordinate the next visit.
The reason behind this was that madness broke out among those present when they learned about the appearance of a charix in South Africa. Two emirs ordered to follow the live broadcast to draw their own conclusions about the battle.
The bewilderment put them in check as they saw a creature of more than 250m devastating everything in its path.
The news channels repeated the information about a tragic event in the middle of an encounter between the dragon clans. The charix appeared in the middle of a battle for the title of leader and caused the day to turn to night at 3pm.
The number of deaths and the total level of damage caused was not known, but it was known from all the amateur and journalistic recordings that there was only one person facing the charix.
When they were most fearful, the news anchors announced the appearance of a star rider who joined the affront in support of the unknown individual.
The expectation increased, now they would witness the power of someone who wielded a supernatural power not to say divine.
Helix, Bernice and Leen watched the news attentively while Ross excused himself by going to rest in his room to calm his headache that plagued him all day before going to the airport. Leen knew instantly where he was going and begged him to take good care of himself. He just kissed her and told her that overtaking Shel was a good idea to take a weight off him.
The more they looked at the screen, the more scared they were. They prayed that they would end up destroying the charix.
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Sonia and Arthur were transported back home by Antares before the disaster began. She promised to return to Rigel and Regulus when they finished, begging her sister-in-law to come and rest to calm down before disappearing for Abu Dhabi.
Arthur practically doped his sister from watching the newscast, sparing her a nervous breakdown. He saw Shel and knew that Rigel would be safe until Antares vacated his duties to assist them.
The blows and slaps of the charix were uncontrollable. At one point, Rigel flew off to hit the concrete floor when the tail caught up with him. He stood up covered in blood and continued his attack as if it was no big deal to be hit.
Despite the beast's overwhelming strength, he didn't waver or blink at his shots. It started to rain and the people on the highway held their breath as they saw arrow-shaped lightning strike the beast.
The arrows fell like a downpour and the creature screamed in deafening pain. Shel finished driving the last rod behind Laura's torso and then leaped headfirst to the ground, landing on the gold bricks.
The beast opened its immense mouth to launch a column of fire that rose into the sky to break through the storm clouds. A cloud of dust rose up, preventing them from seeing ahead.
Rigel gritted his teeth and waited. The thunderbird sent more rays that struck the creature and the rods served as a conductor to knock it to the ground causing an earthquake that was felt to the center of Johannesburg and beyond.
The column of fire as it emerged vanished like an illusion. The press in the helicopters and the others gulped as they saw the unknown individual approach the beast surrounded by blue light in the rain.
Jumping to position himself in front of Laura's torso, he let out a sigh accompanied by a snap of her fingers and the thunderbird descended with Antares, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet to signal Regulus to get into the saddle.
Rigel pushed his wet hair back and started laughing like crazy. Suddenly, his hand crossed Laura's chest to the other side to rip out her heart.
-I was so close ...- Laura was still alive until a moment ago
-Not on my turn you fucking bitch- Rigel showed his most ghoulish smile
-Your punishment will be not being able to reincarnate or ascend. You will be their food for eternity-
With that said, the light surrounding Rigel grew brighter and brighter. The end was drawing near and the doubt that he would follow then gnawed at them.
The light became so blinding and in an instant it exploded into an almost destructive shock wave accompanied by aftershocks of tremors that exceeded the limits of the continent.
The transmissions were cut off suddenly and nothing else could be seen. The blue sky returned to normal, the storm clouds disappeared as if nothing had ever happened and in the distance a half rainbow settled.
The figure of the creature lay calcified in the middle of what was once the parking lot and part of the stadium. Nobody came out of astonishment and the crying with cheers of happiness was soon heard in the distance.
Many did not realize that the battle was over and that all the injuries and illnesses they suffered disappeared with the light, until several minutes later.
In the midst of the joy it was heard as some journalists who kept their cameras and several civilians ran in the direction of the beast to get the scoop.
The transmission returned on some channels and everyone celebrated. But not everything was joy ...
On Leen's side, Arthur and the white rabbits could only think of one thing when seeing the person being interviewed as if he was a famous star.
-What is he doing? He's an idiot! -
Correspondents in the area caught Regulus for an interview as soon as he got off the thunderbird. He was surrounded by a sea of people who wanted him to give an explanation for the fact and tell everyone who they were.
-Who are you? Can you tell us your name? Are you a star rider? -
The rounds of questions came and went, driving Regulus crazy, seeing himself cornered, he said the first thing that came to mind.
-Well ... I'm not a star rider, I'm the deputy commander in charge of the "Golden Lion" tactical front, I only came because they called me and my name is ...-
The pressure became more annoying and they would not let him continue with his answer.
-Was that a story eater? Can you tell us more? That magic light, what was it?
An annoying voice from the thunderbird answered the wave of fanatics that had gathered around.
-That was just a baby charix that some lunatic locked in an ancient artifact to use by taking possession of her body. They were lucky that today a crack did not open, but next year they will have to stick to those who will come, get ready ... come idiot I will take you home-
Sheldon leapt onto the bird's back, leaving the cameras behind with a goodbye salute. They watched their rescuers go away in the air until they disappeared into the clouds, who did not omit to leave them a warning. Suddenly they realized that the young man covered in blood who struck the final blow was nowhere to be found.
Speculation and theories began around the monstrous trio.
Antares left Rigel at his house to return to Leen. He apologized and withdrew until a next meeting.
Rigel was covered in blood and went to bathe before Sonia woke up and started screaming.
-Today was a very hectic day ... are you alright? - Arthur had doubts about the appearance of his brother-in-law
-Hey?! Hahaha obviously yes. This is nothing, I have recovered but they ... how do they continue? -
-I had to give her a tranquilizer, maybe she'll sleep until tomorrow and Bethel is still asleep ... are you upset? -
-No ... I appreciate you. Now I'll take a shower and go to sleep, I'm tired. Take the keys to my brother's house and my cell phone, go there and don't come unless we call you-
Arthur laughed as he took the keys, grabbed his things and left. He would let his family rest after so much trouble.
Although for now they would rest for a while, the others would take the opportunity to search further for their traces, starting with the epicenter of the problem and the main witnesses; the dragon community.