"No."
Garka's body stilled. His charming smile now turning into a frown.
"Please do reconsider. You are passing out a very rare oppurtunity. My lord can give you everything you ever wanted. If you swear your allegiance to him, you will have a privilege of being part of something greater."
"Tempting offer however...I already made my decision. I made my promise to her and I intend to keep it."
A relative silence descended upon us. None of us moved as we stared each other. Despite none of us moving, a tense atmosphere is present between us. We both know, what's about to happen from here on out.
"One last chance, King Jerome. Swear yourself allegiance to the Sentient Lord...or die."
I narrowed my eyes at his threat.
"No."
"Very well."
He immediately rushed towards me. His left arm formed into a fist. A small Shockwave left in his wake. I stare at him unmoving. My body is rooted to the ground and awaited his reach. A millisecond later and his fist is about to hit my face. I smirked.
"Now."
At my signal, numerous drones made themselves known. All of them pointed their EPB Launchers towards Garka and the ones nearest to me formed a barrier protecting me from his assault. Garka noticed the uninvited guests but he had no more time to react as multiple drones fired and hit him directly.
A loud explosion occurred. The glasses shattered, shockwaves came out, and from afar, one could see a singular building letting out a massive smoke. The top of the building came off and fell down. It descended to the ground with a loud crash.
I stood at the now top floor of the building. The drones that served as a protection from the blast are all severely damaged. Fortunately, I remain unharmed. My drones made sure of that. The strong winds are now slowly dissipating the wind and as seconds go by, I could clearly see the effect of multiple EPB bullets towards him.
And surprisingly, he is still alive but barely. Most of his upper body is covered in burns. His once elegant clothing are so burnt that it could be mistaken for a rag. He lost his legs and arms. The only thing left of him bow is his torso and head.
"You!" Garka's voice is sore. The combined explosion of the EPB's has affected his tonsils as some of the strongest volts are able to pierce through his body.
"Me." I replied as another batch of my drones came by and equipped me with armor. This armor is still not the one I worked so much for the last few months but it would still tank a lot of hits from a sentient. I also installed a lot of equipment on the inside, either weapons and more. The designs of the armor is similar to that of a riot gear however, my entire body is fully incased in an element similar to that of a metal.
"You will die for this insolence!" I walked towards his pitiful state. No matter how strong a certain being can be, they will always fall to those who posses great knowledge.
I aimed my fist at him. A blaster came out of my wrist and started gathering electrical particles.
"No I won't." And I fired. His head was vaporized by my electrical blast. The strong voltage of electricity completely turned Garka's head to ash.
I turned sight towards the ongoing chaos at the far side of my nest.
"Send all available battle drones."
"Affirmative." A robotic voice replied on my command.
On cue, multiple battle drones started emerging and started to intercept the remaining threat. I held up my right wrist and press a button. A small screen came out and showed numerous footage from the drones' cameras. I checked on the footage recorded by the drones that are near at the chaos. I saw Juha fighting a being that is fully coated in purple flame. Juha has her wings came out. It seems that her opponent is a strong one but from the looks of it, she can take care of herself. The next footage shocked me before it turned to white hot anger. The footage showed me the beaten form of my friend, Whity. His armor are dented and there is a notable blood coming out of his mouth.
I saw red and immediately pinpointed his location. I prepared myself for a leap but I noticed the incoming attack from behind. I ducked and fired my electrical blast towards the unknown attacker. It avoided my attack and stayed near at the corpse of Garka.
I annalyzed my opponent and noticed that this one is a male undead and is considerably muscular. He wore clothes that are similar to Garka minus the hat and had notable scars on his face.
He stared at me with a grin before directing her eyes towards the fallen form of Garka.
"Would you look at that. Looks like the plan didn't work."
Plan?
He took out a small knife from his back pocket and held the blade tightly. I got curious at this weird development. He kneeled down at Garka's form and held his hand at the top of the corpse. His hand held the blade tightly and soon draw blood.
I quickly grew alarmed. Whatever it is that he's doing, I can't allow him to continue. I ordered my drones to attack them and made my way towards them at breakneck speed. The helmet opened and it showed my masked face. The mask opened as well and underneath it is an undead mouth full of boiling black liquid. I inhaled before firing my black breath at them. As my attack was about to fire, I saw the blood from the newcomer dropped towards Garka's corpse. My black breath came out and numerous drones around me fried multiple bullets towards them.
As the combined attack of the drones and mine headed towards them, the newcomer stood up and formed a barrier of pure dark particles. Our attacks hit the barrier and a loud impact vibrated around us.
The smoke dissapeared and what stood before me is an undamaged dark barrier. The drones rained bullets towards the barrier and I made my way around to find it's possible weak spot. I didn't need too after all as the barriers dissapeared soon after.
A sudden force erupted at my enemy's location that blew away the nearby drones. I got caught up by the impact and was soon rolling at the floor. I stopped my momentum quickly to prevent me from falling down.
I checked the state of my drones around me and noticed that they didn't sustain any damage at all. I let out a sigh in relief. My masks and helmet closed off. My head is now fully covered and analyzed the two people standing in front of me. Garka is now fully healed with the absent of his hat and upper clothes. His pants is still there but has noticeable burns and tears.
"You lost to this one? And you call yourself a general?" The muscular one said. His tone is full of arrogance. Garka narrowed his eyes at his tone however his eyes are focused on me.
"I got careless. I underestimated him. I should have known better considering that he killed two sentients despite being a newly turned."
"Poor you. Now..." He turned his head and stared at me. I can see his excitement and eagerness in his eyes.
"From what transpired here, I'm guessing you didn't accept his offer. You have made a wrong decision, boy." His form emitted a strong gust of winds that blew the nearby debris. Red mists are coming out of his body and a small dark particles started to circle around him. He held out his right hand to his side. The mists and the dark particles started gathering near his palm. The two elements combined and formed a massive sword. The blade is crimson colored and is letting out a red mist. He turned his head at Garka once again.
"You stay out of this. He's mine. The drones are yours. Can't have them interfering in our fight."
Garka is visibly upset but he held himself back. He let out a sigh and directed his focus towards my drones.
"Fine."
The bigger one smirked and slowly approach me. I assumed my fighting stance. The multiple drones around us prepared their blasters to shoot the intruders.
He stopped and pointed his sword towards me.
"I am Horan. One of the generals of the mighty Sentient Lord. Remember my name as I take your life."
My body is tensed. I feel anxious towards this new foe. I could tell that he is a bit different than Garka. His presence reeks of bloodlust. His scarred lips sporting a wide grin showing his yellow teeth. But my feelings then changed that of extreme anger and determination.
"Both of you came in my home and laid chaos upon it. You even dared to brutalized my dear friend. For that I will not show you any mercy.".
I stared through my helmet as Horan's grin grew wider.
"Both of you will die today."