Chapter 31: Comeback Part 1
[Third Person POV]
In the Kingdom of Evilandia.
Prince Luvian sat comfortably while grinning evilly. Little by little, what he desired the most will soon be fulfilled. He couldn’t wait to take revenge and subdued all the magic users to grovel under his feet.
Priestess Urduja reveals that their King will awaken at any time. Thus, Prince Luvian declares war on that instant. Now, thousands of his armies are marching through the snowy deserted Moondrous World going to the Faraway Kingdom.
Oblivious of what will happen, the magic users were celebrating the annual festival that happens every 13th of December. Snow was scattered everywhere, but it didn't seem to stop them from celebrating, knowing that their princesses will awaken anytime soon.
The vast snow field illuminates with flames cast by fire magic users.
While everyone was celebrating outside, the King and Queen stayed in their princesses' room with a loving smile as they stared at their unconscious beloved twins while the four stones of life were still floating and spun around the twins.
The sudden appearance of Goddess Luna surprises them. Goddess Luna somewhat looks nervous for some reason.
"Lumeena!"
Sensing her mother’s tense voice, Queen Lumeena quickly approached and said, "Mother? Something’s the matter?" She knew her mother had returned to the moon where she lived, so she was surprised that her mother suddenly appeared in front of them.
Without beating around the bush, Goddess Luna uttered, "They are coming! We need to stop the celebration now and prepare for the war!"
"What!?" the King and Queen reacted in disbelief. Have they heard wrong? Prepare for the war? What’s going on?
"We don't have time! They'll be coming any moment, and we need to protect the twins. Don’t let them get the twins or else all hell will break loose!"
Despite being confused and baffled, King Edward hurried out of the room without uttering a word because he knew what Goddess Luna meant. He immediately ordered the knights to prepare and inform everyone of the upcoming danger.
The festivities stopped when the sound of the horn rang out. A warning of impending danger or war. Sensing the upcoming danger, the people immediately left and fled to a safe place. But other magic users didn’t flee in time because of the sudden appearance of half-gifted human half-demon creatures. Since it happened without warning, everyone has no choice but to fight for their lives.
Because of the cold temperature and the absence of heat, they became weak and freezing as the temperature dropped lower and lower. Only with ice powers can withstand freezing temperatures. But the cold temperature didn’t affect the demons because of the thickness of their scaly skins and they have cold resistance because of their natural fire attribute all over their body.
"What's going on, Joaquin?" said Princess Aira with a stunned expression when she saw the half-gifted human half-demons attacking the kingdom.
"They are creatures from Evilandia. We need to help the people!" Joaquin said and was about to run towards the chaos when Goddess Luna suddenly appeared and stopped them.
"Halt!"
"Goddess Luna!?" They were shocked to see the Goddess and immediately kneel and bow to pay respect.
"Rise! Please look after the twins and don't let the Evilandians get them! I'm sure they’re trying to get their hands on the twins. I’m entrusting the safety of the twins to you kids."
“We will. It’s our honor to protect the princesses.” they all uttered and bowed.
Joaquin and Bryle clenched their fists. They wouldn’t let a single finger touch the twins on their watch.
"So, the princesses are their motives to revive their leader. That's why no one rushed to us, because they waited for us to complete the stones of life." Bryle said in contempt and Goddess Luna nodded.
"That must be their plan. Their leader is not yet dead, like what happened to the twins whose soul wanders to Eternal Place in search of the heavenly stone. But to my knowledge, the stone will only show to the one who will truly own it. It looks like they will use the twins to get the powerful stone." Goddess Luna explained. The four magic-users looked at each other. They immediately nodded and Goddess Luna immediately disappeared.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go to the palace and protect the princesses!" Aira said. They immediately teleported to the princesses' room. When they arrived, they saw the Queen and immediately paid their respects to her.
They can hear the loud commotion from outside, and they could hear the growl of monsters.
"Aira, Isagani, watch over the princesses and the Queen. Bryle and I will guard outside." Joaquin said. Aira and Isagani immediately nodded their heads. Joaquin deliberately said that to protect Aira and Isagani because they couldn’t afford to get them hurt and jeopardize their lives. The two are also the princess and prince of another kingdom, and their safety must also be prioritized.
Joaquin and Bryle immediately went out and made sure the princesses and the prince as well as the Queen were safe inside. They put a thick barrier in the room so uninvited guests could not enter. Being the pride of their town and hailed as the strongest, they must show their skills and do everything to protect the royalties.
All royal knights fighting the Evilandians all over the palace.
Joaquin and Bryle summoned their weapons when suddenly someone appeared in front of them. The rattles of their weapons resonated throughout the hallway. Launching a sneak attack, their enemies were sent flying and died on the spot. More and more Evilandians appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Joaquin and Bryle, trying to move past them to get to the room. Seeing the number of enemies, Joaquin and Bryle felt excited. Their eyes shone and let out a wicked grin. All these creatures are nothing but ants in their eyes.
The battle continues and there are already a lot of magic users and Evilandians fall to their demise, all drenched in blood, lying cold on the snowy ground. The powerful ice magic users continued fighting and didn't look exhausted at all while surrounded by a lot of enemies.
On either side of the vast place, people and monsters are fighting nonstop. And now, the snowy ground turned crimson red.
The magic users became even weaker when suddenly the growl of another batch of the gigantic monsters rang out. Everyone felt horror-stricken after seeing the triple number of monsters descend from the other dimension. These are the monsters that come from the underworld. Monsters that had been confined for a very long time.
With the special power of the prince of Evilandia, none other than—Luvian, he summons thousands of evil creatures from the underworld. Prince Luvian laughs maniacally, seeing the monsters he summoned from the underworld. He smirked when he saw the two creatures he didn’t expect to be trapped in the underworld. None other than Ramon and Ezekiel, the King and Prince of Drazona Land from the Enchantreia World.
At this time, blood-curdling screams resonated throughout the place as monsters slaughtered everyone mercilessly in their way.
Meanwhile, in the realm of Eternal Place, the twins are now fighting head-on with Ingrith and Allamadin.
Both sides exchanged attacks nonstop.
Luna admits to herself that Allamadin is truly a powerful demon. He managed to strike a cut in Luna’s bare left arm. Blood spurted out and scattered through the sea of flowers. Luna frowned upon seeing her blood change color. However, her wounds quickly healed, so she shrugged her shoulders.
Unbeknownst to them, Luna's blood is nutrient to the flower, causing them to grow even bigger and bigger, like gigantic trees.
Their eyes widened at what they saw. Even Luna wondered why the flowers suddenly grew bigger. And now they can hardly move properly because of the crowded flowers. Leena climbed up through the gigantic flower.
As Luna seeks the presence of her enemy and still looks flabbergasted at the sudden happening to the surroundings, she never notices an arrow flying swiftly toward her direction until the arrow hits her right leg causing her to groan in pain and bend her knees to the ground. Again, her unique blood spurted out and scattered to the ground. Surprisingly, her blood showered on the army of black ants.
"Luna! Are you okay?" Leena said worriedly and jumped down beside Luna.
"I'm okay, Leena. It’s just a minor wound and not life-threatening. Let's get this over with and get the stone." Leena nodded and helped Luna to stand up. Her wounds quickly healed. Luckily, Luna can heal herself fast because of her white flames.
Suddenly, the ground shakes tremendously. Something is wrong, she thought. Upon looking at the ground, she saw an army of black ants slowly growing bigger and bigger. And it was at that moment she realized the black ants were stained with her blood. To avoid being crushed by the black ants, the twins quickly teleported away. Now, they can hear the noise of the ants that have grown bigger.
Luna stood at the top of the gigantic flower and spotted Ingrith and Leena clashing their swords. They move swiftly like lightning.
Surprisingly, the giant black ants never attacked Luna, instead, they attacked Allamadin. She smirked, knowing that the ants didn’t attack her, she controlled some of them to attack Ingrith too.
Luna teleported beside Leena and made the latter jump up a bit.
"You freak! I almost hit you!" Leena grumbled, and Luna giggled.
They immediately headed for the lone tree covered with gigantic flowers. They almost didn't see it and fortunately, they felt the presence of the stone as if it was calling to them.