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Chapter 31 - The Darkest Hour

In the Black Raven.

Byron and Mayvel were walking through the fiery pathway and they have seen that there was no sign of anything that led to bringing the Black Raven down.

"How are we supposed to bring it down if we don't know how to bring it down."

"We figure that out but this way led to another path and I thought the nobles stay down here in the basement."

"Yeah."

They walk and then they see a large space with no cover and four windows and the sun was coming through on the right side and it was rising and the Black Raven was hiding such a beautiful room inside such a cold place.

"It starts to get around 11 o clock."

"How?"

"Time does move fast."

"I thought elves time going fast."

"No, Elves have a longer life span so you guys don't feel no age."

"What about the other races?"

"What are you talking about Mayvel?"

"I talking about the different races."

"The only races I know are elves, giants, dwarfs, humans, and orcs."

"Yeah, you have never been out of Lords before."

"You must live in Garden Oaks before coming here as a hunter."

"Yeah, I told you Rose and the other elves were so kind but they knew I was half-elf and they soon stop talking to me but Rose told me that I should travel and discover more about the other worlds."

"How are the worlds even built on?"

"Well, that is tricky. They say that the stars told stories and how the gods were created into this world but I don't know the tale."

"So you know the stars tell stories but you don't know how the gods are created."

"Rose was very cautious about telling me something that I wasn't supposed to tell about the gods."

"But there is a world that is for the gods."

"Yes, it calls the divine realm or Vanir you may call it."

"I see."

Byron was looking at the end of the pathway and it was a large door that led to black veins that were growing and it seem like they connected to something or someone.

"These black veins are popping and they seem like they are someone's heartbeat."

Byron try to touch it and it was sticking and seemed like glue-like stuff.

"Why is it so moist?"

"I don't know Mayvel but this isn't good."

Back to where Valentine and Vicky were at.

The noble people were hanging and it was a black vein that was connected to their backs and they were still alive but barely and that was keeping the Black Raven up.

"What is this?"

"Mistress valentine, this is where those who think their action is pure and they are punished think that way about the people." Cloak said

"No, this madness."

Valentine turn around and see that Vicky was breathing heavily and she dropped to the ground in fear.

"Get up slave and show some respect to the mistress."

"I'm sorry."

Cloak slap Vicky against the head.

"Know your place girl."

"Stop it," Valentine said

"Yes ma'am."

"I want to live. I want to live." Vicky was looking at them hanging and trying to cover her eyes but can't look away from the horror

"Vicky calm down okay."

"Yes ma'am," Vicky said

Vicky got up from the ground and she was trying to calm down from the people that were hanging out her mind and look only at miss Valentine.

"That's it just look at me."

The black veins started to glow red and beat even faster and harder than before.

"What is happening?" Valentine ask

"Well, my lady. Their body is being used to keep the Black Raven floating."

"I see." Valentine was hoping that her son had found a way to bring down the Black Raven.

Back to where Byron and Mayvel are at.

"These black veins led to somewhere and we need to find out where it led to."

Byron had walked on the path to find out where the black veins is connected to.

"We find it."

They hear voices and they was above Valentine and Vicky was.

"Why is my mother down there?"

"No, who is that with the black hood on?"

"I don't know Mayvel but it seems like we going to find out pretty sooner than later."

"So what the plan?"

"It looks like the black veins are connected to the nobles but I don't feel like leaving them."

"What?"

"What am I thinking anyway? Why would I help them?"

"Byron." Mayvel call his name

"Okay I going to cut down the nobles people and you protect my mom and Vicky."

"But Byron."

"Have some hope in me okay."

"Okay."

"If Like and Kelvin was here right now. They probably call me crazy."

Byron smile and he jump down and start slicing the black veins and cloak notice it and the Black Raven started to lend over to the right.

"What the hell are you doing?" Cloak said

"What it looks like I saving these people from their deaths."

"You bastard." The cloak charge in at Byron and Byron manages to dodge him by rushing to the left side of his body.

The cloak turn to the shadows and he came back in front of him and slash him with a clever.

"Dammit," Byron said

The clever hit him in the left shoulder but he going to be okay and he kept going to cut down the people.

"Why are you saving these people for? Did they try to kill you guys?"

"You're right. They did try to kill me but thinking about the past is not helping me look toward the future."

"So clueless." The cloak once again went into the shadows and this time he punch Byron.

"Why do you insist on thinking about the past?"

"They try to rob us of our freedom as the people that live in it."

"He mad at the noble people for their cruelty against the common people."

The cloak had gone back into the shadows and went to the side and the other side.

Byron was getting slashed on one side and then the next side of the body.

"This is not going to work if I keep getting hit like this."

Byron had both of his shoulders were bleeding out.

"Dammit."

Byron rushes at the shadow and slashes it.

"AAAGGHH!"

Byron hit the cloak and the cloak was slashed in the hand but he soon had gotten healed by the

black veins that were holding the noble people.

"He can heal himself by using them."

Byron cut some of the noble people down but the ones that were still up there were being sucked for their lifespan.

"What are you going to do?"

"I show you what I going to do."

Byron rushes toward him and slashes to his right side and then he slashes to his left side.

The cloak had his left and right hand cut off and then Byron rushed to the black veins and cut most of them down and he use his speed toward his advancement. The cloak was getting angrier and angrier.

"You is just a menace."

"How am I a menace for saving people."

"You saving those bastards from their doom and fate that they desire for so long for the corruption and I finally get my chance and now I am not going to let you or anyone take that away from me."

"Your eyes seek revenge."

"Yes, they took everything from me."

"What was that?"

"They kill my family and then they thought they would live peacefully after they sold us out. Did you have hatred toward them?"

"Yes, at one point I wanted to have revenge against them and the person who control the Black Raven but I realize that it wasn't worth it."

"So you let them live while they kill people for their own desire."

Byron understand what he was coming from but he couldn't see himself fighting a fight with

angry thoughts against an enemy that is far from his reach in power.

"Why are you not angry about all this?"

Byron had gotten angry with all this nonsense and he charge in to attack cloak and he went back into the shadows and then Byron clash against the wall of the Black Raven and he open a huge opening for the light to come through.

"Dammit."

Cloak couldn't go through the shadows and they were trying to figure out how they should get out of the Black Raven.

"Mayvel, where we going?" Valentine said

"We have to get down from here."

They were near an opening in the Black Raven and see that the sun was beginning to go behind the clouds.

"Byron needs to hurry before the sun goes behind the clouds."

Byron was fighting the cloak and the cloak was using his shadow abilities to seek behind him and attack him but Byron has seen his movement before he could attack him and Byron slash his whole right arm off.

"You need to understand that there are only the powerful ones and the weakling."

"What do you know about all this?"

"I know more about that subject than you never know."

"Dark elemental: Dark cloak: Black slash of ten shadows."

He slash him in different places all over his body and he had been choked down onto the ground he also frees the remanding people that were hanging down from the black veins.

"What do hope to gave from doing all this? You think they will remain loyal to you."

"I don't need their loyalty but it is the shame to kill them like this."

"If you would have this power early then it could have been a different story." He start to cry and he was hoping to see his family again.

"Yeah, you might think that but I not that power in the least."

Byron sees if the noble people were still alive and they weren't breathing and they were barely surviving.

"This is crazy."

"Byron, the sun is going behind the clouds and the Black Raven is going down."

"Thanks, Vicky." Byron was on his knees and he was having trouble figuring out if this was what this world had for people.

Byron got up and he had gone with Vicky and they had to jump off of the Black Raven or else they might not survive the crash.

"Look, we got to jump, or else we not going to make it."

"But we need to think about how are we going to do that?"

"We can do it but we need a soft surface."

"Okay, and what is that?"

"That right there." Byron pointed at a group of Wyvern.

"Wyverns, no Byron."

"That the only way. You get my mom and I get Vicky."

"We not jumping."

"Too late for that."

They jump down from the Black Raven and they were air gliding toward the Wyverns.

"We're almost there," Byron said

Byron grab one of the wyverns and he was flying it to where the soldiers were going to be.

Mayvel grab on a wyvern too and flew to where the soldiers were at.

"Byron did it," Yolanda said to Peter.

"Alright, thank you Yolanda" Peter stands toward where the mountains are at and they got into position and then The Kid came with the dark lords' army.

"Well, this is the end for them. I want to see if there is a way to keep this smile off my face."

"Mmm." Raven Blood said

"Orcs and Urks, the time had come to defeat those who impose you."

The orcs and urks chant and they had to clash the ground with their weapons.

"Now, charge in!"

"Archer ready!"

"Mom go down to the Underground Temple."

"Okay. Come on Vicky."

The archer fire and some of the orcs were falling down and they kept on firing until they got close and then there was another group of soldiers from the right and left.

King June charged in from the left and king Sexton charged in from the right.

King June chop a few orcs head off and King Sexton had to slash some of them with his sword.

"There you go, man. Keep these monsters back."

A captain of the orcs came and attack king June but he dodge it and he soon slashes his head off and then he slash another head off too and then Raven Blood came down and attack him.

"You are strong." Raven Blood said

He attack him with his sword and then he had use his powers to send him down.

"My blood magic can be strong depending on the opponent."