Drake runs through the hallways of the giant castle along with three guards behind as he asks "How far in did he get?" "Last we heard, the man had reached the main lawn and is heading towards the entrance by now" "Got it, you'll go call for Captain, I'll handle Rugo" "But Drake?" "He is my friend, it's my responsibility, now go!" The guards, though first hesitant, accepted the call and let Drake go in to fight Rugo himself.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the castle, multiple guards lay fallen to a figured covered with a black and dark aura, the only parts visible to anyone were of his left hand mouth and some of his knee while multiple tentacles came out his back, the man in a deep voice calls for Drake and just as he does, the man jumps down the first floor of the castle from the hallways through which the lawn could be seen while taking out his sword
"Sword Skill. Body Range, High" as suddenly a giant shadow orms up on the ground right around Rugo but he quickly pulls himself away by attaching his tentacles to nearby pillars and dodges the attack as Drake lands creating a giant crater around him "GET A LOAD OF YOURSELF, RUGO!" but Rugo wasn't ready to hear anything as he shouts out Drake's name and heads towards him.
The battle begins as Drake blocks all tentacles that came his way and says "Sword Skill, Body Weight, Low" and moves towards Rugo with quick speed and attacks him from multiple sides but all attacks were ineffective against the dark aura. Rugo grabs Drake by his neck and raises him up in the air "WHERE IS SHE?!!!" "Rugo, Calm down, you are not in control of your body…just-" suddenly the grip on his neck begins tightening as he says "Shut Up, just shut up…you took her away from me and now it's all over, I am here to save her from piece of shits like you"
Drake hearing this closes his eyes and thinks "It's all the same, just like her…he has also lost control, I am sorry Rugo but how was I even supposed to tell you that…Lilia is dead" as he remembers the incident that happened a few days ago
The same night when Rugo told about Lilia's disappearance, Drake and one other were on stroll with torches in their hands walking down the dark path when they began talking and came to the topic of the monster that haunted the streets of Carole known as…
"Carole Killer?" asks Drake, hearing the men around him talking about it "Yeah, a monster appeared in the streets of Carole and had already killed multiple innocents in its quest of endangering the people of Carole".
"You serious, got any clues about who it might be?" "No Drake, but, do you think this monster…" "I don't want to think of it as a possibility but you are suggesting that Lilia might have been one of its victims?" "Yeah, She disappeared right after the first appearance of the Carole Killer and I don't think this can be a coincidence"
"If that would be the case then, Rugo won't be able to live with that news" "But we have to tell him, it is our right to-" when suddenly they both hear a shout from a nearby street surprising them as they both run from where it came from only to arrive there and encounter a dark monster eating away the remains of a fallen soldier shocking both Drake and the Guard.
The monster looked towards them with a mouth filled with blood and eyes covered with a dark aura as it quickly began moving towards them with all four of its limbs with blood spilling around the streets. Drake quickly took out his sword while the guard activated his magic of Ice.
The guard shoots out multiple spikes of Ice towards the monster which were blocked by the aura surprising Drake and the guard. Drake quickly moves towards the monster and clashes its claws with his sword and their battle begins.
The monster kept on attacking Drake with its claws trying to find an opening but he used his quick speed to dodge the attacks attacking the monster in retaliation while getting support from the other guard who kept raising an Ice wall in whichever direction the monster was going in order to mislead it. The monster stood between both of them growling as Drake looked into the eyes of the guard and gave him a sign which he completely understood.
Drake headed towards the monster once again getting all of its attention focused on him but it was only a distraction for the guard to shoot out an Ice spike from below the monster launching him in the air as Drake jumped high above the monster and to increase his range and plough the monster down to the ground making him shoot out some blood. The Dark Aura begins decreasing as the face of the monster is revealed to be none other than Lilia shocking both of them.
"You must be kidding me" The guard said to Drake who quickly checked her nerves only to find her dead as he thought "Did we just…" "There must be a reason behind this Drake, don't lose yourself here, we have to first report it to the captain" while Drake silently sat there, fist formed as he thought of Rugo in frustration on what he had caused.
Back in the present
He barely had any breath of air left, the monster tightened his grip once more and as his eyes began to close…the only words that left his mouth were "I am…sorry, Rugo" hearing which, Rugo thought of only one thing, which was that his suspicion was true. His angry grew and he was just about to kill Drake when a huge tornado-like blast headed towards him and blew him away while he lost his grip on Drake who fell to the ground and fainted.
The monster, after being hit by multiple wind waves, destroyed the blast with blades forming off his dark aura. Breathing heavily, blood comes out of his open wounds as he glares towards the women that shot that blast and saw an Elf standing there ready to fight.
And the adventure continues….