The match was over, but with a cowardly victory and an ashamed knight who's power and strength were countered so easily that it made people skeptical and worry about if the knights were really powerful or just cowards and weakling in disguise…
This match that made linback the general knight caused an uproar in the capital that protests rose and the knights unable to raise their weapons against the people were getting stoned and even their families could not come out of their homes in fear of something happening to them!.
And after 8 hours the king finally orders the knights to take action and stop the protest; hesitant at first but he knew that this was the only way. The knights started to move 3 minutes after the order was issued and in just 2 hours the whole capital want silent. There were no protests to be seen there but the houses and stalls and roads were scattered with blood and bodies…
Over 300 civilians were killed in that incident and over 500 were wounded and some were even rendered immobile for life. The king had lost all support from his people in 1 night and was ultimately de-throned from his position and his eldest son became the king… all in one day.
This not only put the capital at risk but the whole nation was now a sitting duck waiting to be attacked and of course it happened! The country to the east Fruon-de.que the nation of beasts attacked.
But because of the treaty between the northern nation, the whole nation was not taken but a portion of the eastern side was.
Amongst all this chaos, Arthur went to his father out of concern; but when he reached there, he heard sounds of other people laughing and when he opened the door what he saw made him enraged! His father was drinking with some other people so happily. but until today he had never seen his father like this. And moreover the people whom he was sharing drinks with were black market dealers and criminals!
With a high voice he asked his father "what are you doing? You know that those people are criminals! What is happening?"
His father was surprised to see his son here but also angry at the same time "uh! Why do you care?" after this, his tone and expression changes as he says "well, now that you're here… I guess I can get the work done! Sora, kill him!"
Arthur could not believe what his father had said but he didn't have any time to think as one of the people there charged at him with a knife aimed at his heart but he simply dodged it and beheaded the man immediately and in a split second, the mans head fell down and rolled over to his father's legs.
His father was not surprised by this but the others were and three of them got up from their chairs and tried to kill him with swords and daggers but were all defeated with ease.
Arthur slowly walked towards the other 2 in the room and slashed their limbs but he did not kill them, he went back to his father and asked" were you the one who paid the man to kill me?"
His father responded with a smile "yes… but…"
In anger Arthur takes up his sword and says "why?...mom died because of you! You bastard! I thought of you as my own father! And yet…why?"
His father replied "when you showed Claire that paper with your full name, she was confused…she had heard of it somewhere before but didn't know where and that same day she asked me about it; and I knew exactly what and who it was! That name you have, the 'B' it stands for 'Berata' doesn't it? That name is from a certain family of rice farmers whom where well known decades ago but now has disappeared and do you know why?"
Arthur responded "no,.. I don't know about any of this! What are you talking about?"
And his father then tells him "A certain man married into that family… 'Sanders' is his name. your father that is?"
Arthur was surprised as he had never seen his father ever in his life and thought that he abandoned him and his mother"
His father then continues "he was a powerful man…too powerful, the power he held was beyond human understanding but yet he led a normal life with a girl he loved, your mother. Well, you can't call her weak, she was also strong as strong as him… and I also used to be as strong as him until one day my powers were drained and taken by him!"
Arthur set his sword aside and sat down and said only one thing "continue.."
His father then went on "good decision…now back to the story, we were all adventurers… the 12 of us were great friends as well but the leader or 'captain' was the strongest of us. All of our strength combined could barely stand up to him *chuckles* and our strength were not like yours, power to destroy universes and hold dimensions in our hands… we had it all! But, there was a rule, to never leave a friend behind! And the punishment for defying that was the removal of your rank from the group and the removal of your power! So now do you know why I am in such a pathetic situation?
Arthur was even more intrigued by what his father said but he found it hard to believe and asked his father "do you even have proof? To show that any of it were true?"
His father once again smiles and says "have you heard of "Chronos the god of time?"
Arthur laughs and says "of course! And what? Please don't say that you are him and make me laugh!"
He laughs and replies to Arthur "No, of course not! I wouldn't be that weak! 'Chronos! Ego praecipio tibi ut Surge, et audi vocem domini tui. In mundem hominum materia!' (Latin for 'Chronos! I command you to Arise, and hear your master's call! materialize into the world of men!)
All of time stopped! Arthur and his father was the only ones who could move and then Chronos himself appeared from within the ground. he did not look human or like a god but just a white silhouette in the form of a man and it said "vocas me dominum? ( latin for "did you call for me master?")
Arthur was shook to see a god like being communicating with his father. but he could not understand the language the two were talking in.
His father then tells him "ah! don't worry! he will not hurt you! but now do you believe in the power we have?"
"Yes"
To be continued-