As the dust settled down, the smell of blood became more pronounced and in the center of the destruction stood a lone figure of a young girl. Looking at the many dead people around her, she smiled creepily, the corners of her mouth seemed to stretch further than they were supposed to.
'Want to kill me again? Dream on!' she thought before turning around when she saw something moving. "Hmm? you are still alive?" her small child-like voice was laced with a murderous intent as she walked towards the moving figure.
THUD! The man fell on his knees "Haha.....Hahahaha..... your might is as powerful as the legend speaks. Welcome back ancestor!"
"Die!" Ayasha's body disappeared from where she was standing, the next moment, she reappeared beside Osborne with one hand barely covering half of his neck.
"Wait! I'm your kin!" Osborne said in panic.
"Who cares? You threw me away to die! Give me one reason why i shouldn't snap your neck right now"
"I summoned you, i helped you re-awaken and l will help you to get what you want....revenge to all those who plotted against you!" Osborne hurriedly explained.
"Pffft!" The mad king burst into peals of laughter "You? Help me? I'm not even using half of my power but you are still helpless against me. And as a thank you for helping me gain control of this body so quickly, l will grant you a quick and painless death!"
Osborne's heart palpitated wildly in his chest, he knew by the crazed look in his eyes that the mad king was serious. The pain came first as the hand around his neck tightened it's grip, he tried to pry it open but it wouldn't budge. 'No! l can't die like this, l'm meant to achieve great things!"
Just as the mad king was about to crush his neck, a sense of weakness invaded him and he staggered backwards, nearly falling down. When he stabilized his footing, he could still feel the energy seeping out, he closed his eyes and examined the state of his current body.
"What? No...not enough. My power...i have to get it all back" he clenched his small fist tightly then he looked directly at Osborne and snapped "Give me more crystals now!"
"Ancestor, you should know better than me about this matter. Absorbing crystals is only a temporary solution, it will still fade away even if you can absorb thousands of them." Osborne said respectfully.
"Tch! How annoying, in the end, i still have to cultivate my powers from scratch" He mumbled.
Suddenly a bright flare shot up to 20 feet in the sky and remained there, constantly pulsing like a heartbeat.
"Long live the king! Hahahaha!" Alaric laughed hysterically while holding the casing of the flare.
Shortly after, movement could be seen from the bushes and trees afar.
"Backup is here, i'm injured and you are losing your powers. We can't fight" Osborne said.
"I can't run either, this body is too weak" The mad king said as he examined the exterior of his new body in dissatisfaction for the first time.
Osborne snapped his fingers and a big silver ring with a blue transparent gem appeared in his hand "come with me, this teleportation ring will get us away from here, when you get back all your powers, you can finally come out of hiding and teach these bastards a lesson."
"Shut up! Since when have l ever turned my back against a fight? Since when do i hide like a coward? If you keep on insulting me, you won't know how you die!" The mad king shouted as he kicked off the ground, running towards the incoming army of elementalists.
Osborne's temple throbbed from irritation as he ran after him 'i can't let arrogant old fool ruin our centuries old plan!'
When the mad king reached halfway through the battle field, he stopped running and spread his hands with a grin plastered on his face "In the end, even if i'm outnumbered, i still have an advantage over you!"
Standing in front of the army, Alaric smiled in response "Men! ready your weapons."
Everyone immediately took out weapons that looked like bronze colored batons and simultaneously raised them all around, using energy from the weapons, a transparent shield formed around them.
"Useless" The mad king smiled mischievously "l've grown rusty, i wonder if there will be at least one intact corpse left behind" the light purple mist in his hands grew into two massive dark purple balls oozing with an oppressive aura. Even Osborne who was running after him felt like he could no longer breathe properly, let alone take a step forward to stop him.
When he felt he was about to lose control, he immediately threw the two black ball of dark magic towards the army and patiently waited to see the results. The two balls exploded upon impact, the purple mist covered the whole barrier and obstructed the view.
When it finally faded, the mad king's pupils dilated in shock and disbelief "H-how?"
"it's what i was trying to tell you, dark magic is no longer an ace you should be proud of." Osborne said, appearing by his side.
Alaric and the others placed away their weapons once all the mist disappeared "you didn't think we'd be waiting for your return only to be at your mercy once more, did you?"
At that moment, the mad king felt an even heavier sense of weakness and fell down, black blood slid down his chin. "pathetic, one spell and this damn body is already at death's door?"
"Quickly take this and get out of here, you can't die now" Osborne took out a different teleportation ring.
"Only cowards run away, i would rather die in battle" The mad king wiped the blood from his mouth and stood on his feet, but when he tried to summon dark magic again, he staggered and fell.
"He's been weakened, attack now!" Alaric yelled and everyone else charged forth.
Osborne gritted his teeth and forcefully shoved the ring on the mad king's finger, it immediately shrank and tightened around it. "What are you doing?"
"Saving you " Osborne infused his energy into the ring and didn't even bother to see if it worked, he turned around and summoned all his wind energy to run s fast as he could.
When he reached the small tower, he quickly entered and held Sirius by the hand "it's done, lets go before they get here" He snapped his hand and the silver teleportation ring appeared, the only difference with the one he gave away was that this one had a thumb sized translucent blue gem in the middle while the other one had a clear transparent gem.
Sirius widened his eyes in shock "if you still have this then.... you gave him the incomplete one?"
"The plan changed, i'm not risking our lives for that arrogant prick" Osborne said as he placed both their fingers in the ring.
"Osborne Jefferson! That ring has unstable spatial fluctuations, who knows where it will throw you off and that even depends if you survive it!"
"That's his problem now, we might not need him anymore anyway" The ring shrank around the two fingers and with a flash of light, they were gone.