Radium brushed the snow away from his furred coat. The mage coat was dark with the symbol of a skull on both sides of. Behind him, Oxygen walked reluctantly behind, trying hard to keep pace. The snow around her kept entering her feet. Around her, leafless trees and dark colored boulders were the only objects that separated the otherwise white world they had set foot in. Oxygen looked around her. Only moments ago had Radium cast his teleportation spell, and now they were already in a far corner of Rune Midgrad. Somehow, something about this place is too familiar.
They arrived abruptly at a snow plain, and Radium stopped. He turned to Oxygen. ‘Now, Priestess, I want you to cast a safety wall.’
Oxygen eyed Radium. ‘Why do I do that? You are powerful enough to…’
Radium laughed. ‘Haha… Not on my silly girl. On you.’
Just before he could finish, Radium lifted the skull wand, and a dark shot of magic shot out of the wand and entered the ground. The ground began to shake and tremble, sending snow and debris in all directions. Oxygen barely finished casting the red walls of light around her, when she heard a huge roar. She was baffled at what she saw. Two gigantic creatures emerged from the snowy grounds, breaking and tearing through everything as they did. Oxygen knew those monsters. They were gigantic, powerful, and fearsome. Most importantly, they were dead, and she was there to see to it.
The large Arctic Wolf howled at the sight of Radium. All over its body were icy scales and strong powerful teeth bared as it glared at the both of them. Next to it, another powerful monster, this one more human like, stood up. It opened its red glowing eyes, and stood to full height, towering above them, snow falling down as he did, and it was visible that he held a silver lance on his left hadn. The Knight of Windstorm and Garm glared at Radium.
Radium looked back at them. ‘Now… for the final piece of the puzzle.’ He turned to look at Oxygen, who was already dumbfounded. Oxygen was trembling. ‘You… impossible… of all the monsters, you… You wish to resurrect HIM?’ Radium smiled gleefully. ‘A smart one you are, Priestess. Legend has it that that only the power of his two brothers, that the cursed seal of Ice and Snow be released. I have Garm and Knight of Windstorm. You do know their story, don’t you, Priestess?’
Oxygen could not believe it. ‘Indeed… what you are about to do is a monstrosity! Why Radium? What are you actually after…?’
Radium slapped Oxygen across the face, which came as an utter surprise. Oxygen fell to the snowy ground with a loud thud. He was not the usual mischievous self no longer. Sternly, he glared at Oxygen, with a vengeance he had never shown before. ‘You want to know why I am doing this, Priestess, or should I say, my Love?’ Oxygen kept one hand on her cheek, and the other to support herself. Radium lifted the wand again. This time, behind him, the entire ground began to tremble. A monstrous piece of land surfaced above the snow, and it was obvious that even Radium was having difficulty lifting it up. As it finally subsided, Oxygen could see a huge plateau of stone that stretched across a vast acre of ground. On each corner of the obelisk were four stone statues, and Oxygen could recognize them. There was the statue of Ifit the Titan of Fire; the Dark Lord, the Titan of Death; Lady Bascojin , the Titan of Silence; and the Baphomet, the Titan of Earth. But at the very centre of the plateau when she saw it. It was that very moment that it all fell to place. Oxygen looked at Radium, then back at the frozen statue at the middle of the canyon. ‘Oh my god…. What have they done?’
Before them, trapped within the silvery ice, was a human. A small boy. The body of the Prince of Rune Midgrad, true heir to the throne, Prince Radium. Oxygen looked up to Radium. ‘But.. how?’ Radium looked at Oxygen. ‘There is just so much you do not know, my love. So much. But I must do this. You have never loved me, but I will do this much, for I have loved you. Oxygen begged, ‘please, Radium… stop…’
Radium closed his eyes. ‘Goodbye, my love. STONE CURSE!!’
Far beyond the canyons, the jet of red light shot out into the sky, and back again onto the ground. A deafening roar could be heard, and it echoed all around the lands of Rune Midgrad.
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In Prontera, Tritium looked up into the sky, closed his eyes and felt all the pulse in his body rushing. ‘So it begins.’
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Lucifier looked down at the fainted body of Pure and the rest of his acolytes. He heard the loud cry, what sounded like a giant coming from the Northerlands. ‘What was that?’ he asked himself. But before he could even gather his thoughts, or his strength, he could feel it. The presence of death, and the power from his slowly draining away. ‘Garhh… what’s going on…’ As he turned, he could see a large, dark shadowy hand appearing from behind the stone gate. Lucifier tried to stand up, but it was no use. Slowly, the hand moved the heavy boulder aside, and two red glowing eyes looked at Lucifier.
The Dark Lord glared at the monk. ‘You… have resurrected me…’ Lucifier tried to stand up again, but the force of death, fear and corruption was too much to bear. The shadowy face of the Dark Lord emerged behind the gates, as his humongous body walked out into the open. It stopped for a moment, closed its eyes, then glared back at the lone monk.
‘Ah… mortal… do you have any idea what you have just done?’ the Dark Lord asked.
Lucifier stood up forcefully, and managed to gather 5 spheres around him. ‘No.. but I will not let you pass here…’
The Dark Lord looked down at the monk. ‘Funny.. young child… it is as if I have seen you before. No matter… I seem to be summoned by a more.. powerful entity. Now, I’ll just take your soul, and I’ll be off.’
Lucifier held his ground. The Dark Lord reached out his hand, and held it above the monk. Lucifier shouted ‘Body Relocation!’ But was surprised that he was not moving. The Dark Lord looked down. ‘Surprised, I see? You really know nothing about me, don’t you, mortal?’ The Dark Lord waved his hand, and Lucifier was sent flying backwards onto a huge pile of rubble. ‘Garghh!’
The Dark Lord moved towards the fallen monk slowly, and lifted just one finger. ‘I… am… DEATH!’ A red beam shot out from the edge of his fingers. Lucifier cursed. ‘Damn it…’
A huge wooden shield appeared between the two. The Orc Lord came between them, and as he did, turned to Lucifier. The red beam of light reflected off the shield, but the Orc Lord was pushed back several inches. Lucifier was dumbfounded. The Orc Lord turned back to lucifier. ‘Go.. now! I sense Dark Lord presence from village! Human! I know not why this. But Dark Lord is alive! He is too powerful. You must find Merlin! Only way to stop him is Merlin!’
Lucifier stood up, still heavily wounded.
‘GO!’
Before the Orc Lord could even finish, another powerful ray of light emerged from the edge of the dark Lord’s finger. The Orc Lord barely blocked the shot, but this one caught him square on his shoulder, sending his shield flying off. He held his shoulder as he knelt to the ground. Lucifier shouted ‘No! Orc!’ The Orc Lord shouted ‘NOW!’ Lucifier dashed off.
The Dark Lord frowned, ‘Orc Lord… it’s been a while, hasn’t it. Why protect the little human?’ the Orc Lord stood up, and lifted his spear. ‘I no not why. But I trust them. World changed since you locked up! No wars now! Why you return?’ The Dark Lord smiled. ‘I don’t know either. I think I was summoned. But please, out of my way, before I have to kill you too.’ The Orc Lord was blazing fast. He disappeared and reappeared behind the dark shadow and plunged his spear right through.
‘Is that all? My.. you must be getting old…’
The Orc Lord turned around, and the Dark lord was standing there. The Orc quickly withdrew his spear, but the shadow of the Dark Lord that he had just pierced held onto his spear. He quickly dislodged himself, as the Dark illusion pulled out the spear and threw it onto the ground. The Orc Lord was anxious now.
The Dark lord smiled. ‘You know you cannot defeat me, Orc. Your race and mine have never been… well… on the same plain of existence. I can create illusions at will, and each illusion has the same ability, strength, power, and yes, intellect, as me.’ As he finished, he snapped one of his fingers, and the Dark illusion merged back into a cloud of dark mist and remerged with the Dark Lord.
Orc Lord looked straight at the Dark lord. ‘Yes, you right. But we need no more war. We have enough of war. We want peace. Humans come, and we had peace. When titans ruled world, always war! My people die, my children suffer!’ A powerful surge of energy erupted around the Orc Lord. ‘Go back! GO BACK WHERE YOU COME!’
‘EARTHQUAKE!’
The Dark Lord smiled as the ground violently shook at the shockwave of energy was about to hit him. ‘You would sacrifice yourself for these wretched human? Foolish.. you truly are….’
The ground erupted with a powerful blast.
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Merlin could make out the sound of the deafening roar. Argon and Kalla could hear it too. ‘What was it?’ Merlin shook his head. ‘It’s the end of the world.’ Argon looked concerned. ‘What do you mean, old man?’
Merlin looked up to them. ‘If my age does not fail me, both the Dark Lord and a viler creature have been brought back.’
Kalla looked at Merlin. ‘Impossible. The Dark lord has been sealed and….’
Merlin shook her off. ‘Given all that has been happening until now I am sure you should no longer be concerned with new developments like this, Princess.’
Argon looked at Merlin sternly. ‘What is the vile creature you speak of, Merlin?’
Merlin looked at Argon, tears in his eyes. Argon has never seen the old man so shaken up before.
‘The Titan Lord Ktullanux.. has been brought back.’
Kalla slumped to the ground, and the expression fear and helplessness could be visible on Argon’s face. ‘All the Titans, have been brought back… this truly will be the end of the world.’
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Far beyond the plains, just as Magnesium could see the gates of Prontera, the loud roar of the Ktullanux echoed throughout the forest. Before him, he could see the Baphomet, almost inches from the castle gates. ‘God save us all. MEN! TO ARMS! CHARGE!!!!’
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