Herothion

The Castle

Step... step... step....

With each step, the atmosphere around him becomes ominous, filled with fear...

He heads toward a throne, shrouded in mystery and stained with blood, a symbol of his dark majesty...

Surrounded by guards and leaders, all bowing their heads before him...

He sits on his majestic throne, with an imposing aura...

Minalos: (in a cold voice, commanding tone) I've heard someone's been meddling around the walls. Have you found him?

One of the strongest guards of the kingdom steps forward.

1. (White): The strongest in the ruler's court after the king.

2. (Thanos): The second strongest in the ruler's court after the king.

3. (Ban): The third strongest in the ruler's court after the king.

4. (Thia): The fourth strongest in the ruler's court after the king.

White: (bowing his head respectfully) Yes, Your Majesty. I sent some guards to bring him to you.

Minalos: (glancing at him with cold eyes) Were you waiting for me to tell you what to do?

White: (looking at the ground, terrified) I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I heard about him yesterday, and I sent my guards as soon as I heard, without delay.

Minalos: If you cannot resolve these matters before I tell you to, you should pass your position to your brothers. I'll overlook this failure this time. Bring him to me before sunset.

White: Understood, Your Majesty.

Minalos: Leave now, all of you. If I don't find this lawbreaker before me by sunset, prepare to place your heads before me.

They quickly exit the king's hall.

White: (muttering angrily) How dare he insult me over a damn parasite breaking the laws? Your reign won't last long, you damned king.

White rushes out with his guards and heads toward the walls...

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The Walls

Okays and Kalira, riding on Turans, began rising upward after flying for over half an hour. Finally, they began to see the end of the wall. They reached the top, and the wall was enormous, with a very foggy atmosphere.

Okays: We've arrived. I don't see anything here except fog.

Kalira: I think it's because we're above, in the clouds.

Turans: (in a calm voice) Be careful, I see some people ahead.

Okays: I think they are the wall's guards. Should we fight them?

Turans: Definitely, they won't let us pass peacefully.

Kalira: (frightened) Look, something huge is coming towards us.

Okays looks and sees an enormous creature heading toward them.

The creature arrives, huge in size with a terrifying voice, and speaks.

Creature: How did you get here, and what are you doing?

Okays: (feeling fear and awe but holding his ground) We just want to pass the wall peacefully.

Creature: (laughs loudly) An enemy from where you came from? Before I cut you down and throw you off here, no one is allowed to pass these walls.

Okays: (creates a weapon from his blood) You can't make us retreat now. We've worked hard to get here. We'll pass by force if we need to.

Creature: (laughs) This is fun. It's been a long time since I fought anyone. I'm getting bored. Show me what you've got.

Okays: Kalira, retreat. Turans, take her with you.

Turans: Retreat, Okays. This is not a beast you can fight.

Okays: We have no other choice but to fight him. We've come this far, and there's no turning back. I won't give up here.

The creature grabs his huge axe.

Creature: Listen to me, boy. I'll give you one last chance to retreat.

Okays ignores his words and charges at him quickly with a swift strike of his weapon. The creature grabs Okays' weapon with his bare hands, strikes him with his axe's head, and throws him away.

Okays falls with one blow, but he doesn't lose his courage. He creates another weapon from his blood and charges again. The same thing happens again; the creature grabs his weapon and throws it away with another strike.

Turans: Stop, Okays. Let's retreat. We can try again later.

Creature: Stop, boy. You're no match for me. Don't kill yourself. Listen to what this bird says.

Okays: I can't. We won't get another chance like this to cross. I'll kill this beast no matter what.

Okays closes his eyes and calls upon his other ability, Bloodout...

Bloodout...

Bloodout...

It doesn't activate. He tries again and again.

Okays: Why won't it work? Why isn't it responding? What use is this power if it doesn't activate when I need it? Damn it, damn it...

He creates another weapon from his blood and rushes toward the creature. This time, the creature was about to kill him, grabbing his axe and striking toward him.

As the strike came, a person rushed in, grabbed the creature's weapon with his hand, pushed it back, and with his other hand, pulled his own blood and formed chains that bound Okays, Turans, and Kalira.

To be continued...