Herman is a man in his late 30s, a powerful man he is, he is a man who earned nobility, he is one of the 10 men who challenged Alaric, the great Kaiser.
Despite their fight ending quickly, Herman saw the strong power and might of Alaric, thus following him.
From the 10 men, that Alaric fought, Herman was declared one of the top 4 strongest soldiers, the four chosen of the ten are called specifically the elite Kommandanten.
Soldiers whose their Powerlevel is above 300,000 like Herman, Heller and Fredrick are called the Elite Kommandanten and the 4th Elite Kommandant is the protector of the King's Castle.
Herman saw the three Monarchs, Darya, Piling and Pola, he still had a long way to reach them.
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The three Monarchs were walking through a thinopyrum field, except Pola who was leading them, the two had an annoying expression on their face, Piling raged like a tiger at Darya, "Where the hell are we going you smart ass!", Darya with a blank face answered, "Why do you ask me, I am not the one leading you...", pointing at Pola, "...it is him".
Pola turned around only to see the rage of a beast, the hatred was gathering and he knew, he can no longer keep it together, "Come here you little shit", Pola looked around a little and pointed to himself, "Me?", "I am a nice guy, who enjoys your company", [PUNCH ON THE FACE], Pola was thrown far away, then Darya stated to Piling, "I think he just wanted to play it safe and avoid fightings", "What the hell are you talking about, you mean he took us for weaklings, we are fxcking Monarchs and we are stronger than them".
Pola stood up slowly and he shouted, "Don't hit me like that again, I have my reasons to take you on this route", as he was talking behind him a figure appeared, Darya and Piling got their guards up, Pola-, "The reason was to divide their greatest cards, the Kommandanten and one is already behind me", Pola swung around with a steel stick that he generated from his hand, as the steel was about to strike his head, a portal opened with no destination, with a smirk Herman said, "Abgrund".
The steel was sucked into the portal, Herman was completely fine, Pola jumped back to his fellow Monarchs, "This man is using a unique power I have never seen before, we must be careful and with his enormous energy-level, he is more like a monster than a human", Piling, "Whatever you cat, when I destroy him then you will see who is the real monster, haha", Darya with a concern expression stopped them and stated, "Guys, I think I know his power, this man is more than what we can handle", Piling looked at Darya with a raged expression, "Don't worry I am not insulting our pride of being Monarchs, I am just stating facts that should be accepted by enemies and friends, this man's ability is..."
"...The Abyss, believe me, we might need to take a long distance from him, he is not to be messed with, if you ask for a scale to his power, let me just say if he had enough energy like Zoran or Agir, he would easily destroy the planet, possibly the solar system", Piling, "Oh shut up with all the praising and explain his shitty powers, I am itching to attack him", Darya with a concerned face answered as Herman was looking forward to his analyzation.
"The power is the name, the Abyss, a bottomless hole, get draw in and you will never come out, rather there is no way to come out, so please watch out, since portals open wherever he wishes them to be opened, he is definitely a Manipulator too, the worst-case scenario would be him, turning the earth we stand on to an Abyss".
Herman with an amusement expression answered his simple explanation, "Even though you are not wrong but yet you are not close, in fact, my Abyss are more than a bottomless dark hole, I can make the Abyss be as I wish for It, I can generate an Abyss where there is a ground at the end but will you be able to reach it, in time or?"
"Or will death reach you first, for the people I have sent down into the Abyss none has returned and I am still wondering why the death is the only answer I give myself"
Darya knew something is off with his statement, he was thinking and planning something and that was a piece of great information for him, with Herman's statement he knew there is a chance to survive the Abyss, "None has returned?, when I read your lips, I saw a little lie there, maybe the fact that someone has already returned from your Abyss and it has insulted your pride, making you now lie before us and keeping up your reputation".
"Haha..., you Peasants, I never lie I am a noble of the Royal Crown and yes there is one who has come back from the Abyss but he is not any someone, he is the Majestät, The King, Alaric".
"He was the first and the last to escape the Abyss, I will make sure of it".
Piling attacked like a beast, looking at his prey, however, the power Herman possessed, might be the greatest ability a man could have, charging in without a great plan that is able to cancel out the dimension portal is indeed suicidal.
Herman touched the ground as piling reached near his range, "Offen", As piling looked down on the ground, slowly beneath him turned into a dark ground, in actuality, it was the gate to the Abyss that opened beneath him, "Now die, you lowly monarch".
Piling's feet felt no ground, however, his hope was not lost, his dear friend Darya a Generator of Ice managed to catch him by generating ice ground before he falls to the Abyss, "Arzy Bwz".
With a wonder expression, Piling got a feeling as he touched his heart, "Is this the feeling of fearing death, I couldn't touch beneath me, the darkness was close and yet far away" [DEVIL SMILE], then Herman stated, "Don't worry I will send you there, you will meet the darkness there and have the true feeling", as he was about to open his palm, Herman was attacked by Pola, he managed to counter it but countering him hurt him, "What the hell is this? his hands are strong like metals", thought Herman to himself.
As Herman looked at Pola, he was pure steel, "Suprised, yes I am one of the Manipulators who reached the level of fusion, I managed to fuse myself with my power, making myself greater than what I am already".
Pola struck with fists, not giving Herman a chance to reply, Herman was dodging but then drew his sword out and swung the air, creating a portal, Pola was fast enough to avoid it and jump back, "This annoying Ability, be a man and fight me with your physical power, using a cheat and avoiding a direct fight was us-".
Herman was pissed off, Pola was using his power too, "Are you telling me to be a man, I didn't use my power when you first struck me, because I wanted to take you on but since you used your powers I too can use mine...", Herman struck his Sword on the ground and took off his top clothes, to move easily, "...Now come at me with your physical and not your ability, that if you are a man", Piling laughed loud and everyone looked at him, in curiosity, what the hell is he laughing about.
"Earth I command you to move and take me to him", said Piling loud as they all listened to him, with the thought of what nonsense is he on, nevertheless he has the ability to control the earth.
The earthquakes started and Piling was thrown at Herman, Herman saw him coming at him, as both eyes looked, Herman saw a beast in those eyes, a threat, people think that Alaric is the threat but for Alaric Piling is the threat, thought Herman.
"Let's have fun", Stated Piling as he come close to Herman in the mid-air, Piling punched Herman, coughing a little then Herman held his left wrist, with blood leaking out of his mouth he looked at Piling, "Nice", Piling with his right leg, kicked his right knee and damaged him, as Herman collapsed on his knees, "Weak", Piling got out of his hand and freed his wrist.
Piling getting freed from being held by Herman, throw consecutive punches and keep on damaging him, all the while Herman was getting punched, he was showing a smiley face, until Piling with his last Punch, sending him beneath the ground, Pola being closer than Darya, he saw the eyes of a tiger and the face of a devil.
The smoke covered them, the ground shake however was strong and in the faraway distance an Oldman's ear and the feeling was strong, "Oh... there seems to be a great fight down there, maybe I should change my destination to there", The Oldman was Agir, he was ready for more action and slowly headed to where the noise was coming from, seeing a big clash of Energies on the Air, he was interested.
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As the smoke of the punch and the ground got clear, Herman slowly climbed the ground, with blood coming out of his mouth, he was catching his jawline with his hands, "You... Broke... it...", Herman couldn't talk a lot due to losing much blood and teeth but after saying those words he smiled and seemed happy, "You bastard is still laughing", Said Piling loudly to Herman.
Herman with the sharp cold eyes slowly approached Piling, Darya come closer to Pola and Said, "He still wanna fight in this condition?, Is he mad?", "I don't know but I like what I am seeing, I am enjoying it", Stated Pola, then Darya looked at him with an alertness expression, "What?", "I am just telling the truth".
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Herman approached him and passed him with losing blood in his way, Piling his opponent, he was in a rage, it was like an insult to him, he is a man of no patience and no wisdom, so he thought the worst, "You motherfu*er, what the hell is supposed to be", Pola and Darya only acted like spectators and were silent.
Herman slowly approached his sword, Piling saw him getting close to his sword, "I see your manliness had a limit, it is okay I give you the permission to fight me with your sword, I have always rathered to fight more than one at the same time...", with a satisfied and Amusing smile, "...So come and cut me".
Herman took the grip of the sword and let his jaw fall, slowly looked back at Piling with serious eyes, he swung the air and an Abyss opened, Piling screamed at Herman, "What the hell are you doing?", with the raged expression, "Don't tell me you are running away, come at me, don't leave", Darya was only looking with the concerned face because he knew more than the other would chew.
Herman looked back at Piling before entering and he pointed at Piling, with his middle finger, making him enraged and Piling responded with beams of the earth but it was too late he already entered the Abyss, "No, come back-", Screamed Piling, before he was Interrupted by a blade in his Abdomen part in the back, with blood on the blade as Piling looked at it, "Who... Dare-".
With a fine tone and shocked face by the fellow Monarchs, the owner of the blade said, "Thank you for using your powers, the rule was to not use it on the opponent right?", chuckles, "I only used it because you tried to attack me!", trying to look back and know who it is, it was hopeless for Piling, his body was paralyzed, no matter how much he tried only the eyes would able to move, Pola was trying to attack but was stopped by Darya, "What the hell do you want, I am going to save him!", Darya disapproved with him and Pola Screamed to let him go, "Why don't you understand, he will send him to the Abyss now you can't do a thing, can you?", with the hopeless expression Pola lowered his head.
Piling hearing the name of Abyss from his friend he asked, "How... did...", coughed blood, Herman release a Dark force on his blade covering Piling's body with darkness, "I told you people there are more to my power than all what you know".
Piling was consumed by the darkness, there was no chance of winning for them or so one would think, Darya with a concerned face but did not want to was anytime said loudly, "We either die here or win", boosting Pola to be motivated to fight more, great beams of Ice were generated as he said loudly, "Sahol", the ice was directed at Herman.
Pola taking the chance too, he jumped real high above him, in the midst of air he gendered from his shoe a long stick of Steel to not fall, "Barbawa", from the mid-air Steel was generated and headed at Herman, Herman seeing both of the attack coming, he knew they both put all the 100% to it and it would bad to not encounter it at the right time.
Taking his stand, now was one of the times to show his powers, Herman can not only send things to Abyss but also summon, he knew Darya was easy but the Steel guy was harder to get, so he swung with his sword a 180-degree strike and from it, a portal opened that took all the ice and steel with no problem, showing once again it is a bottomless area.
Herman called out to a creature as he saw the steel finished to be generated and from the dizzy feeling Pola Fell, "Komm, große Schlange des Abgrunds und iss deine Beute und meinen Feind", Come, the great serpent of the abyss, and eat your prey and my enemy.
A snake come out just like he said, Pola was falling to him, the snake feeling his prey coming close he slowly opened his mouth as he got closer, Darya screamed but he was hopeless, after using his energy he had become weak, but as everyone loses hopes, solutions come up in ways that no man has heard of, from within the snake, a man jumped out from the mouth and cached Piling, the snake fell because it died, Herman was looking with the terror expression.
It was Piling but with a little more beard, "Are you alright, man", "Yeah just got a little older, it seems the time, moves different there than here", Herman was looking at them pissed off expression, as he tried to call for other creatures of the Abyss, "Kom-", a fire burned the Abyss he generated and was supposed to be bottomless and nothing can reach.
"How and who, no one can burn the Abyss, who did it, where are you show yourself", Herman was curious and slowly turning insane so he Screamed, "Who did?, who...", from far a man was standing, an old man, he thought to himself, "It must be him, no one would withstand our battle energy it will make them pass out and I don't even feel this man's energy", Herman looked at his direction and loudly asked, "Was is it you Oldman, who are you?".
Agir said with a coughing and an old voice, "Just an Oldman, trying to pass this fight and go back home", Agir slowly started to walk away, however, Herman was not a dumb man and struck his Sword on the ground and from it, a long Abyss was generated, "Extreme Release", Herman was getting serious and powered up by a lot, not feeling someone's energy does not mean he is weak, but one cannot read what he cannot comprehend, as the Abyss got close to Agir, he turned around and stated, "You are a fool".
Fire generated from Agir's body burning the Abyss, till his sword, as the flame got close to his blade, with a concerned face he jumped back to avoid being burned, but behind him was Agir already present, standing together with Darya, "What the how-", Darya freeze his body from the bottom to the neck.
Agir got closer and sighed, "The Abyss is a nice power you have, I must give you that, If I hadn't existed then maybe you were going to be one of the strongest men alive but man your luck is sh*t", with anger Herman said loudly, "What nonsense are you talking about, Release Me, I am the noble of the crown and his Majestät Elite soldier, release me and surrender-".
Agir caught his mouth and said with a deep voice and a death-stare, "Shut up, today is the day you and your Majestät will die, I promise you", From the hands of Agir fire emerged, Herman screamed and tried to get his face out from his grip but he was too strong, the fire burned his head to ashes, with the blow of the wind it was all in the air.
Piling come to Agir and said, "Well done old man, I am thinking we should fight once what do you say", with a blank face Agir walked away and answered, "I say choose life over death", "Scary".
Slowly after the steel dude, Pola, self-healed, they started to head to the castle, now the Monarchs had defeated three Monarchs.
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After the fight finished Agir led the way to the castle, where they would fight the king but behind them, they were being spied on and so Darya asked Agir, "Sir, can I ask a question", with a sigh he answered, he was feeling hungry, "Yes, go on".
Darya asked his question as he kept on walking without Interrupting other's walk, "Those guys have been following us for a while, I don't know why but they feel like they are friends, well just from their aura and I have been thinking about it carefully they seem to be Layla and Alan-"
Agir, drew his sword out and swung the bushed, thus lit them on fire, "Enough with the hiding, we have known you have been following around from the beginning, what did you take me for?"
Layla and Alan both got from the Bush before getting burned and saluted while standing before him, Layla talked, "Sorry for disobeying your order sir but we had orders from the King Zoran, to keep watching over you no matter what".
Alan did not bother talking, he had a feeling if he talk, he will ruin themselves, with an aggressive expression, "Zoran, that mad bastard, it is OK, I forgive you two but only this time, so just follow us and be shut up, the shut up goes for everyone".
[ALL], "YES SIR", Everyone was formal to Agir, even Piling because he was a worthy man of Everything, "Agir, a man of his word, he destroyed the foe without a problem when they were struggli-".
Agir Interrupted her thoughts, "Layla, could you please heal Pola slowly as we walk to the destination?", with pride and joy she answered, "Yes, of course", so she started to heal her slowly as they walked.
The end of Chapter 13.