The shadow Kings Journey through hell ,had been an arduous one Indeed,he had been attacked twice by demons ,before he had even reached halfway to his destination , he was making his way to the castle in the distance, that was where he had to go, he had to meet with the Demon Lord , he could not afford any mistakes ,the time was fast approaching ,the time of war was coming ,he would increase his power ,he would become so strong that his rule ,could never be threatened or challenged , the plans he and Lyndanim ,had made were starting to come together , he must ensure that the Demons kept to the agreement .
The first Demon that attacked ,was a mindless creature, a young demon one who had not gained much intelligence yet ,but that did not mean it was weak, the demon was filled with rage and anger, it was hungry, it wanted to evolve ,and for a demon to do that, they would kill and absorb the power of their victim ,the more powerful and cunning the victim was ,the more the demon would grow in intelligence as well as strength, the demon could sense the powerful essence of the shadow king, driven by pure instinct the demon attacked .
The demon was bigger than a bear, it stood eight feet tall ,it moved faster than he thought it could , it moved towards him with a sudden burst of speed ,it swung its claws at his chest , the shadow king grabbed hold of the demon's arms ,and pulled it towards himself with all his strength , still holding onto the arms of the demon ,he raised his leg and kicked the demon in the stomach, the demon was sent flying back ,but the shadow king still held tight to its arms, a Sickening sound could be heard, as the arms of the demon were ripped from its body.
The shadow king killed the demon, then continued on his way ,the second attack came hours later ,or was it days, the shadow king had no idea how long he had been in hell ,all perspective of time was lost to him.
The attack came from a demon, that was much more troublesome than the first .
This demon was more intelligent it attacked without warning , the demon had hidden Itself from the sight of the shadow king , the demon lay flat on the stone overhang hidden from sight by any who ventured into the ravine below him .
The shadow king made his way into the ravine, and the demon became aware of him, the demon hidden from view,watched him as he approached.
When the shadow king, moved under the position of the demon, the demon leapt from the stone overhang ,landing on the shadow king, sending him crashing to the ground , the demon attempted to rip the shadow king's throat out .
Ardin Shadowbrook ,brought his arm up and blocked the attack to his throat , he thrust his fingers under the ribs of his attacker , a pulse of dark energy shot out of his fingers which shot through the body of the demon punching a hole the size of a baseball through its side, with his other hand he gripped the demon by the throat and drained its energy adding the energy to himself,the demon lay dead ,a shriveled husk was all that remained , the shadow king pushed the now dead demon off and continued on his way .
A few hours after the demon attack he arrived at the castle and entered .
Two guards came forward as soon as he entered blocking his way .
"Who are you to enter here " asked one of the guards.
" I am Ardin Shadowbrook the shadow king , I have business with your masters " he replied.
" Then enter " said the guards who bowed before him .
He continued on his way until he reached the center of the building, before him stood two massive doors , pushing the doors open he stepped through into a large room ,where , four thrones stood, two of which were empty, two demon kings sat upon the other two thrones of black marble.
The two demon kings were both at least ten feet tall ,heavily muscled with crowns of dancing red flames around their heads, large wings folded behind them , one was a dark blue almost black in colour, the other was a deep red , power exuded from them both .
" why are you here Shadowbrook " asked the red demon king.
" I have come here to ensure that the agreement between us remains intact , the time for the war to begin is fast approaching, Lyndanim has determined that a new unknown power is rising ,a power that will stand against us ,we must all be prepared , we must be ready when the time comes" he explained .
" We will be ready shadow king, tell your witch we will stand with you " said the blue demon king .
" will the other kings join our cause " asked the shadow king.
" They stand apart, they will not be joining us, they do not trust your witch,although they will not stand against us " stated the demon king.
" Very well , we will call upon you when the time is right" said Shadowbrook.
He turned around and headed back the way he had come , it was time for him to return home , he would inform the witch what had been said here,and proceed with the plan.
The return journey to the lands of night was uneventful .
The large fire place inside the private chambers of the shadow king's palace, suddenly filled with dancing flames and Ardin Shadowbrook appeared within the flames,as he stepped out of the flames into his chambers the flames disappeared behind him , he summoned a servant to fetch him food and drink , then he Inquired how long he had been gone for,and was surprised to discover he had been gone for, four months , to him he had only been in hell for two days.
The shadow king informed the witch Lyndanim ,of what he had been told by the demon kings , then turned his attention to the task of preparing for war, first he would secure his own lands, by weeding out all who were not loyal to himself in the lands of night, then he would conquer the goblin world, before he turned his attention on the Faye and the werewolves ,once he had achieved this he would take the human world ,he felt confident that with his own army and the legions of demons under the command of the demon kings , he would sweep away all that stood in opposition to him, all would fall before his might.
Ardin Shadowbrook would not stop there he knew eventually he would have to become a god ,and defeat the demon kings before they could turn on him, it was in the nature of demons to betray,but for now he was sure that they would honor their agreement , he was sure that they would try eventually ,Lyndanim would watch for any signs of betrayal , she was the only one who he believed he could trust .