Darius and Angela froze in their spot but later calmed a little when the soldiers weren't moving. They were sitting on the floor with their face down. Angela went to hide behind the gate. "Do you think they can see us?" She said. " No l don't think so, they are not moving" said Darius. "How do we get in without waking them up? They are very sensitive" Said Angela. Darius thought for a while, "Wait here" he said. He went closer to the soldiers. The gap between them is too narrow for him to pass . He waved his hand in front of one of them, but got no reaction , he did the same thing to another and got no reaction. He then tried to squeeze himself into the gap between the soldiers without touching them, but the gap was too narrow, and he mistakenly pushed one of the soldiers. He froze when the soldier fell down, but still the soldier didn't wake up. He then pushed the other. "Darius" Angela gasped. Darius ignored her and continued to push the soldiers causing them to fell hard on the floor, but none of them wake up. Angela came out of her hiding spot and ran to him. She looked at the sleeping soldiers, "l now know why Barcus doesn't allow anyone out of their homes after sunset" said Darius. "Because his puppets are not active at night" Angela completed. "Let's get in" said Darius. And with that they both went inside the palace. All of the palace guards are in deep sleep too, so they went in easily. As soon as they entered the palace hall. They began to hear faints beats of a drum. And the sound grew louder as they walked further. "Where is the drumming coming from?" Said Darius as they neared the front, they climbed the stairs to where the throne is supposed to be. The both of them kept on looking around the hall to see where the drumming is coming from. Then Angela turned back, 'shouldn't there be a throne here?, Where is it?' she thought. She looked up and saw a very large monsterous face smirking down at them. She froze in shock. "Where is the drumming coming from?" Darius asked in frustration. "Uhmm, Darius it's not a drum, it is his heartbeat " Angela said in a shaky voice as she pointed at the monster looking down at them.
Darius froze in shock when he faced the monster. "He has grown larger" said the armour. "who are you? What are you?" Darius asked as he drew out his sword. The monster squated down to their level. " I am lord Barcus, it's been a while Darius" Barcus said . Darius jaw dropped, he knew that Barcus had turned himself into a hideous monster but he wasn't expecting him to be this large and hideous, " what have you done to yourself?" He said. "I turned myself into an immortal" Barcus said simply. Darius shook his head, "no, you've turned yourself into a soulsucking monster, you are so insane" . Barcus laughed hard, "that was what your father said to me too" he said. "My father, what did you do to him?" he said angrily. Barcus go down from his throne, "come, l will take you to him" he said, and Darius and Angela went with him.
He took them to a garden behind the hall. He stood in front of a very large beautiful tree, the tree has a lot of beautiful yellow blossoms growing on it. He is even taller than the tree. Barcus touched the tree and sighed, "this is your father" he said to Darius. Darius looked up at the tree and touched it. "Back then, when he came to finish me, l killed him and buried him here, and later he grow out into this tree" Barcus explained. Darius tears fell uncontrollably. " We used to be sworn brothers, but he chose to betray me. Such a pity" he said without remorse. Darius looked at him angrily and Barcus smirked. "It was you who betrayed him, he gave you all the love one could possibly give to a brother. But you were greedy, selfish, self-centered and evil, you were never satisfied. That you would even betray your own brother, just to get what you want" Darius growled. Barcus kept on smirking. " And you will pay for everything that you have done. Not just to my father alone but also to all the innocent lives that you have taken. And all the people that suffered under reign" Darius said as he drew out his sword and unleashed his powers. "l would like to see what you can do to defeat me, BRING IT ON" Barcus growled.