Bimeathest

Chapter Two: A call for a journey

It's been six thousand years after the war between the fallen and humans, after the death of Azriel and her son. This leads to a new era of untold mystery.

The six dragon crystals were shared amongst the four solid kingdoms over all kingdoms of the world.

The Zhou to Jin kingdom which is the heart of all kingdoms were the war began, the Nylobab kingdom who is well loyal to the Zhou to Jin kingdom ruled by Queen Xara, the kingdom of Medo-Persya who's known for their pride of greatness ruled by king Mammon Sa and the kingdom of Gypet ruled by Shu'ri Rah known for their taste and conquest for empires. These were the four main pillars of all kingdoms amongst of forty-four kingdoms approximately and each kingdom possessed the dragon crystal.

The twelve tribes were scattered amongst the four Kingdoms in perspectives to defend and protect was their obligation.

The dragon crystals were divided amongst the four Kingdoms.

The Zhou to Jin kingdom has two (2) dragon crystals

The Nylobab kingdom has two (2) dragon crystals

The Medo-Persya kingdom has one (1) dragon crystal

The Gypet kingdom has one (1) dragon crystal

And each being supported by the twelve tribes:

The Zhou to Jin kingdom has two (2) dragon crystals

The A****n tribe

The Judah tribe

The Ceuta tribe

The Nylobab kingdom has two (2) dragon crystals

The Muzaki tribe

The Tanzi tribe

The Gad tribe

The Medo-Persya kingdom has one (1) dragon crystal

The Asher tribe

The Hanuman tribe

The Gargareans tribe

The Gypet kingdom has one (1) dragon crystal

The Tanzi tribe

The Levi tribe

The Motuyin tribe

These are the twelve tribes to support the four pillars of the Kingdoms and with each tribe giving a task at hand to serve their nations and country against the coming threat that is to come.

Once more, the kingdoms were peaceful, the demons and fallen were never heard of, at least we thought. Not until five years later, an outbreak began right under the nose of Zhou to Jin kingdom. There, a group of mages been called by the dragon crystal who sought to gain powers over the dragon crystals to control the demons, their leader Zebrokan was drawn to the calling of the crystal, a voice in his head telling him what to do, a voice that whispers to grant his desires if being freed from perdition and that voice was the voice of samaras.

An ancient legion of demon who took sides with Lucifer to rebel against the creator and now that voice has been heard once again to unleash hell on earth.

Right there in the middle of the temple of Asherah, inside the temple was encrypted with prophecies of old and new, images been carved in the temple all over, an image that describes a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, NYLOBAB THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH".

And the woman drunken with the blood of the innocent, and with the blood of the martyrs of the chosen one: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. This was the temple of good and evil, prophecies and visions and all that is to come. So many images and words that describes the coming end of all life of all creations.

And in that temple, as comrades of Zebrokan gained possession of the two dragon crystals from the Zhou to Jin kingdom, Zebrokan summoned the spirit of Azriel to grant him his wish to take dominion over the kingdom.

With Zebrokan's wish granted, he unleashed a demonic bird-like creature from perdition called Cockatrice to bring destruction upon the kingdom and her people, the knights of Zhou to Jin kingdom battles with the demonic bird like creatures terrorizing the kingdom. 

Destruction was upon the kingdom once more but at this rate, the kingdom wasn't fallen, men had gain the powers of Azriel to defend themselves from evil. Zebrokan and his minions were convicted and their penalty was death. 

The king Sargon Zhin, ordered the execution of the betrayals and on the morrow, the execution takes place. No one understood why the attack on the kingdom and what was his purpose against the kingdom.

It was the next day and the people were gathered across town to witnessed the execution as to set an example for all that will have any evil intentions against the kingdoms. As the king decreed.

Zebrokan! You have violated the kingdom and her people for no reason

You treason against your country, against your nation and her people

You brought disgrace upon the holy temple of Asherah the goddess of perfection

And for that, you'll pay for your crimes.

Just as the executioner was about to behead Zebrokan, from nowhere he was teleported out of the kingdom, leaving his comrades to the hands of fate itself.

Being teleported to an unknown location in a snowy area, Zebrokan on his own wandered, about to forever have his revenge on Zhou to Jin kingdom.

Bau Khan and Amata Khan headed to the "Arid cave" where Bau trained while Amata went to pray. It was their quiet time away from their village to the Arid cave which is ten kilometers away from them. On getting to the arid cave, Amata went into the cave only to see a kid of her age inside, holding his bleeding left arm, and when she looked up to see his face, his eyes were red as blood.

This looked terrifying; she screamed and Bau came to the rescue. Seeing the child, he looked weak, very weak as he staggered, about to fall when he whispered for help. 

Bau quickly caught the young child, and rescued him. Bau decided to raise him as his own.

Ten years later, the young boy had become a teenager, and trained with Bau Khan just outside the arid cave. Amata, meanwhile, sat on a rock as she watched their fight. Both went toe to toe at each other.

As Amata watched their fight, the teenage boy whom they rescued, who goes by the name Hiro Khan, came at full speed punch toward Bau Khan, but Bau Khan blocked it, punching him as he dodged his attack. They both went forth and back during their training.

Amata, on the other hand, watched until they rounded up for the day.

After the training, Bau told Hiro Khan that he's improved over a short period of time and that his "Han" was remarkably great. They both talked for a while before heading back, but along the road side, taking the route of the three tribes, Hiro told his grandpa that he was hungry, so they all went to the local diner shop across town to eat.

While at the diner shop, they were seated, and Hiro asked the waiter to serve him his specialty which is pottage.

He loved his pottage and never got tired of it. Just as they were eating, a group of knights from the Zhou to Jin kingdom stepped in to make an announcement. Everyone was a bit frightened, thinking they came here for trouble. But not trouble, they came for recruitment of knights, saying that the forms were available and free, also laying down an interesting reward to take care of each family members that enroll for the recruitment, saying that they would be taken care of properly for this is the decree of the king Sargon of the Zhou to Jin kingdom.

Just as they were informing them about the offer, Hiro walked up to one of the knight and asked that he would love to become a knight in other to fight and protect her pride.

The knight placed his hand on Hiro Khan's shoulder and told him that you can be whatever you want to be, and that the Kingdom needs youngsters like you to fight side by side with her. 

Just as the knights left, the crowd in the inn/tavern of the local diner shop all burst in laughter, mocking him:

"He's a joker, what does he thinks the knights does, uproot trees

He can't even pick up a sword nor handle a cross bow".

They all laughed at him, but he wasn't discouraged, telling them to their faces that one day, he'd be the greatest knight that ever lived, going even further, saying he'd become a king ruling the entire kingdom of Zhou to Jin someday. They all laughed and ignored his words, but just then Amata walked towards him and encouraged him further, saying that she believed in him no matter what happens: "Hiro will always make it." 

They returned home, where Bau sat on a chair and Hiro did too, while Amata stood. Resting her back to the wall, she seemed to be busy with something earlier but also wanted to take part of their discussion.

Amata called her grandpa quietly, but Bau understood why Amata called him that way. Bau then told Hiro that he's a skilled fighter and that he's ready to face what's out there, no matter the obstacle that he'll always overcome. They ended their discussion as Hiro headed back to his room to prepare for tomorrow's journey. Amata stood at the doorway trying to convince him to stay, but Hiro understood that Amata was only worried and that she would miss him. 

The next day, Hiro was at the exit of the Zhou to Jin kingdom, standing in front of a giant golden gate. It was a busy city and the kingdom was huge, having two main gates: one outside, leading to the exit and the other silver gate right in the city that led to the heart of the kingdom. Just as he was about to enter, he met a young boy about his age, Bruce Wee from the Ceuta tribe. He was also enrolling for the knight recruitment, so they introduced themselves to one another and walked in.

Inside the kingdom, they spotted the recruitment centre where they signed in alongside other new recruits before heading out to the main camp domain. The new recruits marched out alongside with some knights under the command of the general and captain, who rode horses.

They all arrived at the camp domain where they got to train and test their agility and combat skills. The general gave an announcement, leaving the captain in charge while he and the other knights headed to another mission.

It was training session, so the new recruits stood in an assembly line as the captain addressed them, giving them a few lectures on how to harness their han, or magic.

He went on further to explain that all living things have divine energy flow through, in and out, and the han is essentially one of the main reasons.

"The han is the basic life force of every individual, it is the manifestation of our body, spirit and soul, in other words, the han is limitless."

Some of you may be able to access your han and others not so much. Only few are able to possess both, some just magic. So shall we begin.

The captain asked for a volunteer, but none stepped in except for Hiro, who decided to give it a try. He trained with his captain as everyone watched, excited by Hiro's performance, which was still no match for the captain, though. While in their fight, the captain sensed that Hiro's han was immeasurably powerful and greater than his.

After so many months of training and use of han and magical weapons to test their strength and wit, the new recruits were finally ready, waiting for the order of their general to send words.

Five years earlier, in an unknown location, in a snowy area, Zebrokan is seen walking endlessly, getting tired and weak. It's dark and red creepy eyes are all over. Just as he was about to give up, he sights an open cave within the snowy area for shelter. His eyes are heavy, he stretches forth his hands as if he's reaching for the cave, his eyes are getting dimmed as he sees a black shadow-like figure is standing right outside the cave. Zebrokan falls to the ground helplessly.

Just as he regains consciousness, Zebrokan opens his eyes; he's been warmed by a fire, set by the shadow-like figure to keep him alive. The figure knows that Zebrokan has regained consciousness, and communicates with him.

He tells Zebrokan that he was the voice in his head and that he was the one who saved him from being executed.

"So you were the voice in my head", Zebrokan said. 

Yes, the figure answers. Zebrokan then asks why it chose him.

The figure them reveals his true plans to Zebrokan, saying he's called the samaras. The samaras explains that if Zebrokan can fuse with him as a host, he'll gain unimaginable powers ten times greater than anyone.

So Zebrokan agrees, and the samaras grabs Zebrokan's face as he possesses him by entering into his mouth. Zebrokan's eyes explode wide open, and completely black as black light bore a hole from the snowy cave into the sky, causing a massive shock wave that destroys the entire snowy area into a wasteland of horror.

And from that moment, Zebrokan was bonded with the samaras to take their revenge on Zhou to Jin kingdom and all of creation.

A few months later, Zebrokan attacks the Xylda village, home of the demi-humans. There he set an example to what will happen to all the kingdoms of the world. Zebrokan laid waste on the Xylda village and the knights who defended it.

After the defeat of the Xylda village, a messenger hawk was sent heading straight to the knight camp domain where it delivered it message that was sent by the general, informing them of the danger that is ahead.

A LETTER FROM THE GENERAL OF ZHOU TO JIN KINGDOM

The enemy we face is a dreadful one, and would stop at nothing to destroy anyone or thing that stands on its way, this enemy is known to be called Zebrokan, he's on a mission to retrieve all six Dragon Crystals and now he's heading to the Nylobab kingdom. It is left for you and the new recruiters to take matters into your own hands for the fate of the kingdom rest upon your shoulders

Signed,

General Tao Kain

The captain quickly assembled the new recruiters and headed for battle, taking the titan forest a knight unknowingly stepped on a tree branch, causing the ground to shake as the bird sounds were heard all over the place, there our heroes were encountered by giants being surrounded by them, the giants began to reveal themselves as the knights were Surrounded.

The knights battled with the giants to get to the other side. Taking the Titan's path is the quickest way to the Nylobab kingdom; one of the Giants reached out for their captain as a knight quickly pulled out an arrow aiming at the sky to cause a bright light, temporarily blinding the giants as they made their way to the other part. Getting to the bridge gap, a female giant punched the ground, causing an earthquake that split the ground in half, tearing it apart. This caused the captain to fall from his horse as he struggled to maintain balance with his sword.

Another male giant threw a big tree at them, toward the knight, who cut it in half with his magical sword. One of the knights aimed an arrow to the giant's eye, but he pulled it out, while punching the captain's horse in one smooth move. The knights successfully made their exit out of the Titan's forest as they continued their journey.

They arrived at the Xylda village mountain, where they could see the devastated waste land, hoping they could find survivors, a knight then brought the General's sword and red cloak to the captain.

Seeing this, the captain was downcast. He was at the top of the Xylda village mountain, and put his sword there, tying the general's cloak to it as one of his knees was to the ground, the other supporting it. All the knights bowed their heads in respect to the General's death.

Two and half hours to their journey they arrived at the Nylobab kingdom, where they met with the Queen, Queen Xara. The Nylobab kingdom were well respected and loyal to the Zhou to Jin kingdom. They met with the Queen in her castle as they informed her of the coming threat.

Right in her throne, there were three seats. Two seemed to be empty, and a flying Jaguar could be seen close to Queen Xara. The queen immediately gave the orders to her general. The knights in Nylobab kingdom were all females. Their culture was well respected as an example of women's power.

The queen was grateful and thus she entertained her guest of honor. Just about leaving, the flying Jaguar approached of one the Zhou to Jin knights as if it were familiar with her presence. The Queen was surprised to the Jaguar's actions towards the knight and how open it was to the knight. 

"He's really not open to outsiders, except to the Royal family; he belongs to my daughter Jade; they're very close," the queen said.

The knights were well-treated, as the Queen threw a feast in their honor to show gratitude.

However, not every knight was celebrating, as they needed to keep the kingdom safe and secure. One of the female knights of Zhou to Jin stood guard to watch over the Nylobab kingdom alongside other Nylobab knights. Queen Xara walked toward the female knight of Zhou to Jin, the one for whom the flying Jaguar seemed to have special affection.

The Queen and her flying Jaguar approached the knight. The queen seemed happy, and they proceeded to talk for hours. On the knight, an awareness ribbon was tied to her left arm, representing the Nylobab kingdom's royal symbol. They talked heart-to-heart, the queen and the knight, about life, family, and home. The queen asked the knight if she missed her home. Just as the queen left, Jade whispered, "I love you, mom".

It had been three days with no sign of Zebrokan and his army. Then the Nylobab kingdom bell rang: the sound of war. One of the female knights of Nylobab spotted a male-like object far away from the kingdom. The general and the captain both sensed the dark han, which looked like trouble. The alarm was sounded, and citizens in the kingdom went running to safety. Back to Zebrokan, his soldiers began to reveal their identities, while dead-looking creatures and beasts emerged from the ground like a biblical plague, resembling demons of all kinds.

Three sorcerers of the Nylobab kingdom stood in the heart of the kingdom, just as the knight went out to battle the enemy from invading their nation. A few knights stayed in the kingdom for safety of the people, and just then, the three stood in a triangle, spun their staffs and hit them on the ground, chanting the magical word meaning "dragon's triangle."

Thus, the entire kingdom was sealed with the dragon's triangle magic. The knights went off to face Zebrokan and his minions on the battlefield. The battle was fought, as both opponents went all out, the knights vs Zebrokan's minions, the dead soldiers, and ginormous beasts.

Both superior knight leaders fought their way through to get to Zebrokan as they battled with him. The battle with Zebrokan was like no other; his prediction and movement skills seemed to outmatch both superior knight leaders.

General Vinnie, of the Nylobab kingdom, swung her sword toward Zebrokan but he dodged, and Captain Xiao Kain was able to stab Zebrokan's back from behind.

Zebrokan grabbed captain Xiao Kain by the neck, with his sword still on his back, then pulled out the sword, ready to kill the captain. He was stopped by General Vinnie, who used her magical sword to cut off Zebrokan's hand, freeing the captain from his grip.

Zebrokan's hand, now on the ground, transformed into a gigantic scorpion-like creature. Both superior leaders stood strong, staring at each other as if they knew what next to do.

They raised their swords in the air, creating a glowing bright white light, and used the swords to slice the hand into pieces, effortlessly ending it. Zebrokan knelt, placing his hand on the ground, and chanting magical words that turned the sky dark and caused a pentagram symbol to appear all over the battlefield.

Just then, Zebrokan's cut off arm immediately grew back, and his eyes, wide open, were completely black. Both superior knight Leaders charged toward him to attack, but Zebrokan sent them flying backwards with his dragon's push.

Making his way out of the battle field, Zebrokan headed to the protective magical kingdom, there he would face the dragon's triangle magic in order to bypass it. Placing his hand on the force field, Zebrokan forced it through the magical force field. It burnt like hell, tearing and ripping his hand apart as it regenerated and disintegrated again.

He stopped for a while, as the ground beneath him opened up like a portal, then went through it to appear right inside the kingdom as well as being surrounded by knights.

One of the knights gave the order to take him down. Charging toward Zebrokan, he made an optical illusion of self-duplication but was later counteracted by one of the female sorcerers, Zebrokan's waging war in the kingdom causing destruction and massive mayhem.

Meanwhile on the battle field, Jade spotted Zebrokan from afar. She felt concerned about her nation being at war.

Right at that moment, Zebrokan used "instant nullification" to break the dragon's triangle magic all over the kingdom.

Jade rushed toward the kingdom, but was confronted by a gigantic two-headed beast. As she fought her way through, the captain, general, and Hiro assisted her; clearing the path for her, so that she could hurry toward the kingdom while Zebrokan still raged rampant in the city.

Zebrokan made his way to the queen's palace, and found her seated on her throne, her flying Jaguar making an angry face at him. Zebrokan walked toward Queen Xara, telling her the reason for his conquest in a demonic tone.

"Why do you still fight, Queen Xara? I perhaps may have underestimated you for a while, your judgement and wise decision, handling one of the dragon crystal to the demi-humans."

The Queen spoke, saying, "the power of the dragon crystal is too strong to be kept alongside its counterparts. It needed to be far away from the others, but somehow you have gained access to one. You don't know the powers you are dealing with, Zebrokan. Or should I say, 'samaras.'

"Does the mortal body consent to this? What else do you want?" Queen Xara asked. Zebrokan walked toward her, facing her directly as the flying Jaguar growled angrily. 

Zebrokan's face gave a slight glitch, showing his other personality to Queen Xara. He asked Queen Xara once more to hand over the dragon crystal, but she refused. Zebrokan tried grabbing Queen Xara by the neck, but she caught his hand and sent him flying five feet away from her.

Zebrokan then unleashed his magical powers to battle with the queen; they both went all out in their battle.

While they fought, Jade arrived to the scene and grabbed a cross bow from one of the statues, shooting right at Zebrokan. He caught it, enchanted the arrow with dark han and stabbed the Queen. With rage in Jade's eyes, seeing her mother hurt right in front of her, she rushed toward Zebrokan to attack him. Just as she faced him in an epic battle the flying Jaguar jumped into action, attacking Zebrokan, who, without hesitation slit the flying Jaguar's throat, and walked toward Jade to end her. Just then, Hiro arrived unexpectedly, rescuing her.

Zebrokan then walked towards the dead Jaguar, sensing great magic within, the dragon crystal in his vest drawing him nearer to its body. He placed his hands over its carcass and recited an enchanted spell that revealed the Jaguar's true nature into the dragon's crystal.

Jade quickly rushed toward her dying mother, taking off her helmet. She felt remorse, and burst into tears. Queen Xara, in a dying tone, told her never to blame herself:

"It's not your fault, sweetie, you had always loved adventures rather than instilling in you what you weren't ready for, but when that time comes, you'll understand that it was meant to be. I love you." The Queen's last words spoken, she died in her daughter's arms.

A group of knights then emerged, and right before their very eyes, Zebrokan vanished away while battling with Hiro. Out in the battle field, the three tribes of Nylobab kingdom (the Muzaki tribe, the Tanzi tribe, and the Gad tribe) joined the last hour of the battle and drove the demons into the shadows. 

Jade still sat with her dead mother, holding her and crying without her helmet on. Just then the General and captain of both superior knights walked in. The general walked towards Jade, who turned to face her, and the general immediately recalled that Jade was the daughter of the queen they were looking for.

The war was over for now, with Zebrokan and his minions gone, leaving behind the royal corpse. The kingdom also took a lot of collateral damage. 

Princess Jade thanked the knight of the Zhou to Jin kingdom and Hiro as well for saving her life. Captain Xiao Kain told her that her people need her and that she should stay by their side until fate brought them back together, predicting that unity would then reign once more.

All the people gathered in one accord, the three tribes of Nylobab kingdom, the townspeople and everyone in the city, to witness the coronation of the princess who would rule over her country, nation as Queen Jade.