In another realm, a planet far removed from earth, a mighty Army was moving slowly towards the fortress of the king. The King's guards readied themselves to defend the castle with their last breath.
"I can't believe we have been duped!" The commander of the guard exclaimed.
"The battalions advancing North was just a decoy! The real army was targeting the fortress!"
He felt so bad remembering how the general ordered the entire king's army to match to the North to counter the attack of the Dark Lord! He questions their sanity and scoutmanship!
"Didn't anybody see this whole vast army and warn us in advance? Why were they invincible!"
"GET READY!"
He bellowed as he took his position on the wall and readied his troops!
"ARCHERS!"
He called again to his battalion of men with arrows! Just then, from the enemy camp a soldier stepped with a white banner propped up his spear. He raised it high as he rode his horse towards the fortress.
"Hold On! Stand down!" The commander called again. "It is a truce! Grant him passage!"
He ordered and the gates of the fortress were opened. The Messenger wanted to deliver his message to the king.
"That's the far you go!" The commander called to the man from the enemy camp as he came near him. Still he maintained a good distance between them.
"Speak oh servant!" he ordered.
"Our Majesty The One Supreme Ruler asks the king of this lone fortress to surrender to him at once and he would spare this land from his unquenchable wrath! The one true ruler wishes to avoid bloodshed in this land! However, if your King is so adamant to press on with resistance, then my Lord the true ruler will be generous in unleashing hell upon you. You are given three days to ponder this offer during which time the supreme ruler demands your King to hand over to him the golden key to the time beyond and the token of time traveller!"
The Messenger shouted all these in a very distinctive voice. Every soldier in the King's guard could clearly hear him. The mention of the supreme ruler had unsettled many of them. This was a very fearsome dark Lord who had poised himself up as the ruler of all kingdoms in his time.
It was said that he had special powers harm the worlds and bring them under his one command. Anyone who resisted him barely lived to see another day! His outrageous wrath was unfathomable.
Yet he has issued three demands just now to their king. Anybody who knew the Old King understood that he would never surrender. Furthermore, he would never give up the token of time traveller and the golden medallion that opened the gates to the other worlds. Many had attempted to get these from him but they ended up failing.
The commander send in to the King's presence his aide to present to him the demands just issued by his arc-enemy. Not that he thought the king would agree to them but as it was the rule, the emissary's message had to be delivered.
"Our King, who is the rightful ruler of this lands and beyond will listen to your leader's demands and you will get his answer as soon as he gives one!" the commander shouted back and the soldier returned to the enemy camp.
"What time do we have?" The Old King asked inside his chambers. All the advisors and astrologers were gathered before him in reference.
"I am afraid your majesty but the alignment of stars say the time is now!" his chief magician and astrologer responded.
"Is the earth ready? Are other worlds ready?" he asked again.
"Your majesty, we can only act for them to be ready. I am afraid your daughter is taking too long to activate the system and initiate the evolution process to ensure the survival of all living things!"
"Don't blame my daughter! The prophecy said she will succeed! Even if it is remaining a single day she has to do it!"
"My King, can't something be done to speed up her action?" another advisor spoke up. He was immediately answered by their chief advisor.
"We have already tried that! According to earth time, a day ago we sent forth Ude the ancient to help her trace her mate as soon as possible. Ude will try to influence the forces of nature to bring them together as soon as possible!"
Just then the commander's aide was granted audience before the king and he delivered the demands from the other camp.
"Two days!"
"Golden key and the Token!"
"Supreme ruler?"
"Surrender?"
All those present picked a word that mostly hit them home and uttered in shock! They could clearly tell that all was not good.
The chief advisor turned to the king and bowed.
"Speak up!" The king ordered.
"Your majesty, I suggest you act now. Only you or your daughter can save mankind from eternal damnation at this point! Two days might be too long. Who knows what the Dark Lord might be doing during those two days? Besides, you understand that two days here is barely a day on earth! Before they know it the Dark Lord would have struck!"
The king rose from his throne! The atmosphere inside this glamorous chamber suddenly changed! The Old One never rose unless he wanted to make a very solemn decree! Everyone knelt down before the king, holding their breath and waited anxiously.
The king looked around and raised his hands up!
There was sudden tremor and all the palace shook. Outside the King's guard were stupefied as some of them were thrown off their feet.
A myriad of dazzling lights erupted spontaneously where the king stood and in front oh him a huge table appeared with a big Golden spectre. Thereafter a huge golden key also appeared! The king was ready to act! Just as he stretched forth his hands to pick the items on the table, a huge whirlwind suddenly swept down the entire chambers throwing everyone against the wall. Even the king was hit by the sudden force of the wind.
The soldier who had entered as the aide of the commander had suddenly vanished and where he once stood a huge snake-like green mist appeared and swept down to the table where the items were! It overshadowed everything and then it disappeared all of a sudden.
When everyone regained consciousness, they looked and behold! The golden key and the Token were gone!
"The Dark Lord has struck!" shouted the chief advisor!
"Check on the King!"