Like I just said...Shut up. The event is about to begin...No not that trail we all knew the outcome of that. No, the event that I speak of is one that will change this little town for the remainder of its history...Didn't know that? Lying does not get you anywhere but I really do not care at this moment...Allow us to continue.
Alexander stood and saw around him that no souls were standing. Making him feel relieved that he did not take a life of his own. Hearing the footsteps but as he turned and readied his blade, he saw a Azamaar dual wielding daggers that ran up his arms and his wings with brown tips from sand that was interlacing and floating around before the Paladin spoke,
''A Fallen one?! Assist me in defeating the heresy!?''
Kyu flapped his wigs, removing the sands but stopped, tilting his head at the half-elf,
''Uhmm...What heresy? Don't get me wrong I will but what-''
The Azamaar stopped and widened his eyes and turning with anger as he finished his sentence,
''Oi...Was this heresy you were talking about by any chance...Shitto the Fat?''
Alexander looked with shock before he spluttered out a sentence,
''Y..Y-Yes.''
''Yoru save us...You will distract It while I heal my comrades. We can not defeat it with just us two.''
Alexander simply nodded at the request. Raising his weapon up with both hands while speaking a prayer,
"The sun at my side I cannot fail for pain and plight I will burn a trail. Now, son of the suns, light my way so another dawn may come one day."
He said matching towards where he flew from, trickles of blood running off began to glow golden as it seemed to flow over his remaining Armor and weapons, carving what looked like painted runes over their metals. He prepared himself for the abominations' arrival, seeing the black outline of a hobbling mound moving quickly towards them, seeing the gnomish parasite trying to smile. His jaw hung low and his eyes were misplaced, looking more like a creation than a creature as he began screeching. Horrible distorted noises that seemed to pierce the soul of lesser men,
"OH ALEXANDER! COME BACK AND PLAY! YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO KILL ME AND HEAR I AM. I GUESS YOUR GOD IS A GOD OF COWARDS!?"
Alexander had to grit his teeth to stop the rage building too high and cloud his judgement. Gripping the blade so tight that the sounds of stretching leather could be heard by the angel clearly as he spoke,
''I will need around ten minutes...Can you provide this sun paladin?''
The man smiled. Keeping his eyes locked on the creature barrelling towards them before he asked,
''Oi cleric...If I exterminated him before hand is that okay?''
Kyu tilted his head, speaking with slight venom,
''Of course it's fine you idiot. Just do not die until my friends are standing."
Kyu moved over to his friends. Having to pick and choose who to heal first. He saw Mathis, Mathew, Elias, Evelyn and Regal but Bee was nowhere in sight. Having now time to think, he began healing Mathew as he still had a small amount of his reserves still residing within the draconic humanoid body and he was still wearing Mathis healing demi-threads. Forcing his reserves into his very heart and kick starting it, forcing him to awaken coughing up small amounts of sparks as he jolted upwards, looking like he just awoken from a fever dream. He sat up and looked passed Kyu to see some unholy entity and some knight shining bright fighting near the edge of town before the angel snapped him back,
''Oi. Go and untie your sister after you get Mathis' storm caller! The chain on his arm! Go before it's too late Sir Drago I have my duties to attend to!"
Mathew was almost too shocked to know what the angel just commanded him. Dragging himself over to the only slightly moving body of Mathis and seeing the shining chain that Kyu had mentioned wrapped around but as he went to start to take it off he heard the shout of the angel,
''Move fool!''
Matthew laid down as quickly as he could as chunks of burning wood and stone flew into the wall behind them, sending dust and debris everywhere. Looking in horror at the event that was happening. The knight was grabbed and slung between buildings, sending chunks of death towards him from the impact. He tried his best to focus his hands and vision as he clumsily tried to undo the chain from his arm, finally succeeding and standing up, holding the end of the chain in his still normal hand but swinging the bladed end at great velocity as it started to form a slender circle of a pale blue that crackled off every second. Matthew realised this was not his power but that of the chain but that made him regain his composure. Knowing that he can now place his own power into a battle as his scaled arm started to shine a bright white, turning a pale blue like the blade and now making the slender whip of lightning become double the thickness. He felt the power surging through his body before his legs seemed to move on his own and charged low towards the abomination, looking at the still swinging tendril that was being used to slam the man between buildings and picking the moment. He stopped and started to spin his momentum in the same direction as the circle span, letting it go with a mighty roar before a giant beam of lightning left his mouth, slamming into the chain sending sparks in every direction. The tendril of the creature was filled with holes until he had no choice but to drop the man as the chain slashed clean through the monster's body and forced him in two. The man was shocked as he saw the chain slam into a wall and disperse the last of the energy out and slam into the ground around the still twitching body.
"YES I DID IT! I'M A TRUE KNIGHT OF ROCOCOCOTO!"
He screamed as the body of Alexander slammed into the dirt ground. Mathew fell over as well over his own tail falling backwards. The two warriors started laughing about their great deed. He saw the gaping mouth of his sister looking down at his tears, her face softly sobbing.
Alexander pulled himself up offering his hand to the young draconic man, pulling him up before beginning to clean his wounds and asking
"Should we save this young woman? What transgression did she do to deserve to be in such a harsh situat-''
''This is my sister...She was charged with attempted murder of a royal...She is guilty of this and the entire town including our leader saw this...This royal did nothing but try to waste his riches and his life to rid our land of the curses that have blighted us for as long as I can remember...He is a great man and she went insane over the fact that our leader did not want to talk about his ailments and Mathis agreed...She deserves the trail that is coming.''
The paladin looked with confusion before speaking,
''By any chance...This prince hangs out with an older green goblin? Names Wilt Globe if I remember right?''
''Yes he does...Sir Grove has been a loyal right hand to the prince...I have not spent much time with him personally but he seems like a kind and caring soul...He was a help in me surviving and becoming this…''
''Well thank your god boy! That Wilt is a good man and he spoke highly of this lord Tysol so you need not worry! Do you hope to be knighted soon?''
Matthew smiled for the first time as he looked at him,
''I already am. Sir Matthew Lakefield, Royal knight in training for prince Mathis Tysol...He has given me a chance to still follow my dreams and I can never thank him and Lord Kyuuwin for that enough.''
The sentiment was broken by the sound of the angel,
''MOVE!''
Alexander jumped. Grabbing the draconic man to the side as a bolt of sludgy black hit the pillar and started to stretch up, taking the girl in its grasp before the whole pillar was engulfed making Matthew stutter as he spoke,
''N-No…''
Alexander looked up to see the two halves reforming at a great pace. Its body already reformed and only needing to remake it's thickness before it spoke,
''OH SO THE UGLY DRAGON HAS SOME SPUNK HUH?! I'LL ENJOY EATING YOU WHOLE!''
Alexander stood and readied his blade again,
''Hurry up boy...Lesson one of being a Knight.''
A tendril flew towards the elf before he made it fly into the air. Making Matthew look in shock as Alexander spoke again,
''Disarm the prey. Lesson two is simple.''
He raised his blade again before bringing it down with a swift incantation,
''Son of suns burn through this heresy!''
As the large blade hit the ground, a blade of shining sunlight formed over his head and came down with a mighty thud, sending the sand everywhere as it collided with the still forming Shitto, as the sands were setting. Matthew could not see anything but he could here the paladin,
''Hit it hard in the head! Oh and lesson three.''
The sands set and showed the man standing proud before he continued,
''Remember to burn their sin so they can never return!"
He said as the runes on his Armor and weapon glow to a blinding level. Stabbing his blade forwards into the still moving centre mass before dragging it down, speaking an invocation loud and clear,
"Farther above that lights my way I have pinned the heretic now cleanse his sin in holy sunlight!"
He screamed as the light blinding became to turn inwards centring on his blade as the body of Shitto began to radiate light and heat like the very sun as his body expelled ripping his form into small droplets pouring and steaming on the ground as the light faded from his weapon before the paladin stumbled back panting like a dog as Mathew grabbed his shoulder his his human hand steading the tall man. As the two men began laughing again as the small drops of black ooze continued covering everyone and thing in the area. Alexander steadied himself, sheathing his blade in its scabbard still huffing while dripping with sweat and glowing blood starting to trail once again,
"Lesson four...know your limits."
He laughed, slowly walking over to a stool just outside of That Place. Grabbing a bottle of Sand Storm a patron left in the chaos, downing the still fresh bottle before saying,
"And lesson five...rest when you need to. My God, that one just didn't know when he was beat, the weakling."
He said inviting the young knight to take a seat while the bird was seemingly trying to avoid looking his way, healing the fallen around him before covering the prince's eyes with the mask that sat on the shaved side of his head to keep the sun from blinding, pulling the Prince up forcing him to his feat commanding,
"Wake up I cannot deal with the sun by myself.''
Mathis looked at him with the tilt he normally received from the angel before he spoke,
''Do you know how hard it is to transport over a few hundred people at once?! Seriously...then this crap?!''
"Yes I do now stop whining. Use your shadow to stop the blinding light coming off that knight...please I cannot deal with this light is like staring into the void but it burns."
Mathis then turned to see Matthew stand and bow before Alexander laughed. Mathis now stood making his way over to the two, still groggy before Matthew went to help him to the bar and handed him a bottle of Sand Storm. Mathis put it down and sat before he turned to the half-elf and spoke.
''You're no normal knight...You're a paladin...As much as you were a help and I must pay that I must ask you not to spend much time in these lands...Hundred Dragons seem fitting?''
The prince handed a bag to the paladin who spit out his drink at the sight before he responded,
''T-Thank you my lord! I will be gone by the end of the day! I would like to see a member of your court if I can be so bold?''
Mathis sat back and stretched his left arm over his head and grabbed the elbow with his right before he spoke,
''Ah...So your the paladin who travelled with him to his home?...Indra sake now I need to add more money to the bag...Here is a extra ten for watching the old man.''
As the paladin took the bag he saw from his periphery that the drops were moving back to a central point and pointed it to the others before he spoke,
''Great...I'm not going to be much help here but I will try...If I end up going to the great sun then tell Wilt I said I hope he is doing well.''
Mathis stood to shake his hand before he was encased in the black ooze and disappeared from the sight of all. The ooze started spreading at a rapid pace. Starting to form and become smaller gnomes standing around the prince as a slightly smaller mass formed from the black pillar and spoke,
''What are you waiting for?! Kill them nice and slow! I want to feel their jealousy seeth through the land!''
The mindless shapes did as the large one commanded and started to circle the prince and Matthew before Kyu flew up and went to heal the old man. Matthew was confused at the angels leaving but Mathis removed his mask before he laughed,
''Well this thing is useless against mindless blobs...Oh and Kyu knows we can handle this...I'll cover you while you collect storm caller...Use it proud got it?''
Matthew nodded before he spoke,
''Of course my lord...But how do i-''
''Indra turn the warm gold to a cold black and shroud my ally in his mission.''
The shifting sands below them started to rise. Varied shapes of iron black sand swirled around the draconic man. He started to move towards the building where it slammed into and pulled it out with one large pull, making himself fall in the process but learning how to use his tail he was able to not land on the ground. He wrapped the chain around his scaled arm and held the sharp dagger with his claw before he shouted to the prince,
''I...I AM A ROYAL KNIGHT OF RECOTO AND WILL SERVE THE ROYAL LORD THAT IS MATHIS TYSOL!''
Mathis smiled at his stupidity, taking a step as two clones were formed from his shadow, all holding Lytesbane in their hands. The young knight saw this and knew he must act, The prince would not be willing to engage unless he knew that Matthew would help so he began the swing of the chain, forming the slender wheel of pale blue lightning as his arm shined the same colour. He looked at the main entity before Mathis now stood in front of him before they were ten feet above the main body as the prince spoke,
''Now Drago!''
He looked down and released the chain with such velocity that a sonic boom formed only meters from the pair before crashing into the main body and making it splatter all over again.
The two men landed and scanned the ground before Mathis spoke a incantation,
''Indras void will not allow the putrid to roam...No one can escape the void's clutches.''
The floor took the colour of iron sand once more as the small blobs that touched it fizzled out and burned away, the small brainless masses did not step foot in the black ground after seeing what happened to their fellow gnomes and all waited with eager noises being made as the circle started getting smaller.
Kyu landed after seeing the old druid and not being able to find Bee, now worrying his friend might be in serious trouble but deciding that the old man was the best option at this point. He began healing the man's eyes and brain as he had somehow obtained damage there. Speaking an invocation reaching into pull out the very life force of the old man to save his life,
flooding his intake system with his own life essence the man awoke in a storm of nature's energy flowing through his being. As if the desert itself seemed to breathe life into his lungs as he rose in a demonstration of speed unseen by the angel in his short life,
"You have done well Kyu of lands far from here. But Glassand problems should be dealt with by their king."
He said he's words reverberated through the sands as if the plane itself was an amplifier for his voice. Raising his hand, green glowing tendrils of sand and air surrounded his hands then covered his body As Regal the king of Glassand makes his stand muttering something small Under his breath,
''Bocaj you crazy fucker...Lets see if this still works...The first gate is that of trivial strength but in this fight it is what I must began my fury at!''
Lowering his stance he placed his left leg back with his right leg now curved, shaking the very ground below his feet, breaking and bending as he bounded to the abomination. Each step was like a tremor as the very air seemed to tear in his path before a foot ripped through a set of the small gnomish blobs, bouncing and colliding into a puddle as the old king went to work. smashing the very ground beneath them and forcing the now rising nature into a ball of rubble, debris and bits of Shitto before stepping down off the created twisted form, popping it like a balloon sending the small bits into the ground, making them merge with the rock.
The rest of the group was in awe at the sight before them. The old man was pounding into the step, it's form looking more like a stain in the ground than a person before the old man stopped. Looking rather proud of himself as he wiped some liquids to the ground. His body steamed sweat into the air, spitting on the ground before walking towards the stunned group while proclaiming,
"I the true king if the seven sands have wrestled passed this pitiful plight. But this does imply that Tyflos is not happy with the tri-"
So that's what happened back then...hmm I was wondering what events happened to temper with the way of the world in such a manner. Mother Nature has just lost one of her champions choosing a different path before his demise…. How fitting if this was the end of the era though it's not so to many it would be considered sad but threat not…. Oh yes, the step and his presence. Well you didn't ask me for his story so I don't know why he's here. Oh forget about it, that's not too important right now… nor do I care if the case was just or not. That's not my domain and I never knew anyone to deal with that one directly. So proud and strange that one. Let's hope he keeps clear for everyone's sake. But if you are done, back to my False Heroes in the fight for the sands. No no that's too grand for a small skirmish… never mind I'll work it out...Maybe what happened to the people that the prince just burned into thin air? He did do a great deed right there and we never really looked at the fact the mines are filled with serious firepower...I do wonder what will happen in the next few pages and how will this creature that has tormented this world for eras be defeated by...Hmmm...Ah! By a group of False Heroes that pretend to be the new royals...Okay the king IS alive but...Just let me read my tomb before I swear to myself I will turn you into a door opener in my endless library...Yeah I thought that shut your annoying mouth for a second. Let us see what the family is doing shall we?