Adam's side didn't know what happened. One second the rider was in front of Draconivis, the next second he was with Alsvid. Alsvid had wasted no time in killing the rider. Adam forced himself into his feet but all he saw was a mostly empty battlefield with Kage smirking a few meters in front of him and Nathaniel sitting behind him. Everyone else was gone. Alsvid, the boy, the girl and even Draconivis was missing.
"Well well well. I told you this wasn't over the last time we met Ragon but you seemed to be in a hurry somewhere. Now, let's renegotiate. You come with me peacefully and your companion there won't be harmed, or, you fight and I kill both of you." Kage said while smiling.
"I am not going anywhere with you Sam-"
Before Adam could finish his words a giant snake coiled around the area and blocked his vision with its wide open mouth. Thinking quickly, Adam summoned his last two summons as Jellon grabbed Nathaniel and flew off while Noir grabbed his shirt by the teeth and jumped out of the coil.
The giant snake lifted its head and fired a beam at Jellon. The beam was powerful as it incenerated the jellyfish and heavily injured Nathaniel who slammed into the ground after being heavily injured. Nathaniel, forced himself into his feet as he prepared his silver beam and fired it at the snake which dealt some damage.
"Wow kid. You seem to know a thing or two. I have an offer for you. Come with me, let me train you. I can make you powerful." Kage said to Nathaniel.
"Go to hell." Nathaniel replied.
"Oh you are looking at the devil himself." Kage's smile grew wider.
Something heavy landed behind Nathaniel. He turned around to see the tail of a dragon as slapped him straight towards Kage. He fell down right in front of him.
A black beam came from the side which Kage blocked easily with his snake as Adam appeared by his side and attempted to punch him only for the snake to swat him away. Adam got up and tried to run to Nathaniel's side when multiple very thick shadow chains appeared and anchored all his limbs in place as he was forced to stand still.
"You could have prevented this Ragon, all you needed to do was accept my request. What infuriates me more is that you tried to utter my name." A giant shadow arm slammed onto both Adam and Nathaniel.
Noir fired off another beam which was blocked again by the snake.
"Annoying weak summon, know your place." Kage said as the snake moved at an insane speed and swallowed Noir whole.
Adam felt like yelling. He felt like screaming his lungs out. He was angry. He was really angry. How dare he. How dare that nobody kill Noir.
Noir was his first creation. When he was first brought to this world he was twenty five years old. A young man with flowing golden hair. He had been scared for his first few days. He didn't know how anything worked. He had spawned in a dangerous desert with no food or water in site. The place was infested with beings he had never seen before. They were not that scary but they were very dangerous.
He walked around for days until one day, he found an oasis. The oasis wasn't that large but it had a few trees with foreign fruits and some water. That was all that mattered. After making sure the fruits weren't poisonous he ate some and drank some water. It was then he discovered a weird sensation in his chest. He tried everything, sleeping, eating some more, drinking water, it wouldn't go away. During this time his imagination had also become very active. He imagined a lot of things but the most prominent was a companion. He wanted a tiger as a companion because they were strong and he had the feeling he would be able to ride it. After a few more days he heard something in a nearby tree. It was a small black cat. At the same time the weird sensation had disappeared.
Memories of his first encounter with Noir passed through his mind. He had created Noir when he first came and nurtured it into the twin tailed tiger it was. And just like that, this nobody who couldn't stand before him a few weeks prior had just killed Noir. He was enraged but there was nothing he could do.
"I think I broke him. Oh well, my students need me, I can't waste anymore time here, are you sure you won't come with me?" He asked Nathaniel for the last time.
"I will never follow someone who kills others without a proper reason." Nathaniel said.
"Oh, did Adam not tell you. Boy all we do to survive is kill. There are one hundred other people who wouldn't think twice before killing you and you think am a bad person for trying to help you. The person you follow has killed seventy different people. Do you think any of us wanted this. The program picks people at random, no one chooses to kill because they like it and if you are of the impression that we have a choice but to kill, then you don't deserve to live. You blame people based on what you see but don't look at the bigger picture. People like you disgust me, my offer has expired."
The giant snake then moved over and devoured Nathaniel, ending his life. Kage looked at Adam. His small outburst had brought back unwanted memories. He then unbound Adam and left him in the open.
He made it to the dungeon. There his shadow opened up to reveal Alsvid, the boy and the girl. No one actually knows what happened to Draconivis but Kage had transported him to a random location.
"Ok, Monarch you already know the drill so just sit back and let me break things down." Kage said with his usual stern face.