"Gantala! You bastard, what have you done!?" Gantala had stabbed Jacob in the back. He didn't pay heed to the voices of Yuri, Sasha, and Race, who were calling out to their friend. Krystal had just arrived. "What in the world is going on?" Gantala pushed Jacob with his foot to withdraw the sword as he scrambled back to the side of Yusaku Ona. Yuri glared at the two. "You two were in this together from the very beginning." "I'm afraid so, Yuyu. But you don't worry, not one bit. I'll have you and all your friends here. Follow Jakey soon enough." "Then, when you said that Axel and Mel betrayed you," "Those fools chose to die with their king. I chose to live with my emperor!" "Gantala!" Driven with rage, Yuri charged at the former general as their swords clashed. "Sasha, please give up. Surrender and all this will stop; if I say a word to my liege, he will show mercy." Sasha stood silently as Kira urged her to surrender. Kira might have been following the wrong leader, but she
'Krystal...' 'Do it!' "Why do you even fight? Why bother fighting for the likes of them?" "It's because I'm selfish! I don't quite care about what you go off doing with the rest of the world. Heck, kill whoever you want; I won't judge you. But... You sealed your faith the day you decided to harm my friends. I stood there silently as Vladimir and Justin wept and grieved the deaths of their loved ones. And Ona, that is your biggest crime against me. Touch my friends... and you shall face my wrath!" Krystal was tired and worn out, but he seemed to have gathered his strength from his sheer determination in defeating the opponent that stood triumphantly in front of him. Crack! Krystal smirked, noticing a dent in the armor. He swept his opponent off his feet and slammed him hard on the ground. "Your body might be shielded, but not your face!" He got on top of him and started pounding at him. With the crunch of knuckle against bone, Krystal didn't ease up on his assault as the Mad Kin
Clank! Boom! Boom! Swoosh! The location was the palace room within the Castle of Grim Grave Island. A large, muscular man standing seven feet tall was exchanging blows with Shambala. "Those two have been at it for five days now." Shambala uses his speed to his advantage, as he does not dodge a couple of straight jabs from the large man. "Neither side looks as if they are ready to cave in." "Shambala...win...for...vex." The man fighting Shambala was none other than Vagrant Varvartos. Shambala flips over Varvartos and kicks him in the face. Unfazed, Varvartos grabs the leg of the Sage and slams him hard on the ground, creating a man-sized hole in the process. "Hahahaha." Jester laughs as he pauses to slurp down the juice he was carrying. Shambala's broken bones healed almost instantly as he got back up. He was using the healing powers of the bird to rejuvenate. He pats Varvartos, who had turned away. As the large man turned his head, Shambala struck him with a palm imbued wi
It has been a couple of days since Yuri ascended the throne of Harijoh as its new king. Yuri is currently addressing the citizens as Sasha and the envoys are standing behind him. I, Yuri Ona, swear to serve you all with all my might! Through thick and thin, till I bring this nation back to its feet."He went silent to examine the expressions on the faces of all the people that had gathered around the castle. Yuri was nervous; he had never given a speech in his life. He coughs and continues... "I know that my ascendance to the throne was because of a coup that followed a dreadful reign from a tyrant who got into power due to a coup of his own." At first, the majority were skeptical about accepting Yuri as the new king. For some, it was since he was related to the man who took the throne from the former king and nearly destroyed the region. Others merely wanted to take the throne for themselves. They were the lords, nobles, or relatives of the royal family. A minority of those
[FLASHBACK: LAST NIGHT'S PARTY]Everyone was enjoying themselves as they had organized a city-wide banquet over their triumphant success.Grover had a dance-off with Race.Riley listened to the other envoys as they shared their own adventures as a guild.Vladimir had passed out after entering a beer-drinking contest against Justin.They each chugged twelve cups of beer as Justin remained unfazed by the surplus amount of beer he had consumed."Guess the big man can't hold down his bear."Kazami and Krystal were having a conversation from the balcony of a building as they watched everyone have a good time."Haha. Justin's going for his thirteenth cup; heh, he might give Ernie a run for his money."The two shared a drink as well."..." A brief silence overcame the place as Krystal decided to break the silence."So... when are you leaving?"Kazami raised an eyebrow. "You knew?""I'm the captain. Of course, I knew you wouldn't be staying with us for long.""The base is almost done. The Eas
Kazami had made his way back to the carriage given to him by Vladimir.He made a stop at Nohland Market to clarify certain things about Jester."Honestly though. How strong are the vagrants? If we had faced the original Jester...""Oy! Where do you think you're going?""I can ask you the same thing."Kazami looked at Agnus Reigns, who was carrying his luggage around his back."I meant, where do you think you're going without me?"Kazami tilted his head."Huh?""You're returning to the Eastern Continent, are you not?"Kazami nods."Good, take me with you.""As much as I hate going there, I have to report my findings to those old fossils."The two rode off.Meanwhile..."Ahhhh!""Sir Krystal, do something!""Guys, hold on!"The Dragon Heart was descended at a fastening rate as a red alarm beebs on the deck."Brace yourselves!"Grover was chewing his fingers as Riley and Justin clutched each other in fright. Krystal was struggling to steer the Ark to a safe spot for a crash landing.Boom
"This place has everything!" Krystal exclaimed as he and Vladimir were awestruck after arriving at the battle dome. It was a section of the tower. A stadium with all sorts of fields for combat. "Those two seemed to have forgotten why we came here in the first place." Grover face-palmed.Rex walked up to the bunch. "Hey!" Grover and Riley gave a murderous stare to the man as he flinched a little. "Tck. I'll make you bastards pay; just wait." "Move aside, you wannabes. I'm here to speak with that guy." He points at Krystal. "Captain to Captain." "What did you just say?" Grover rolls up his sleeves as Rex finishes. "It's okay, Grover."Krystal walked up to Rex. "So, how may I help you?" "I take it; you fancy this here battle dome... Want to compete with us in a 3-on-3 fight?""What's this runt up to?" Grover could smell something fishy going on. "Sure. Let's fight!" "Haha! I've been itching to duke it out with someone here." Vladimir chimed in on the conversation. Rex l
"Huff. Huff." "Hey! big chunk of meat. Look what you did to Coby!"A vein popped on Rex's head."What's wrong, little runt?"Grover sneered. "Oh, don't tell me you actually thought your friend over there would win just because he could read minds." Rex widened his eyes as he gently laid Coby on the ground."Stay put." He said this to the unconscious mind reader as he looked at his other clanmate. "Deen! Look after him." Deen nodded as Rex turned his attention to Grover. He points at him. "Sit tight and wait for me; you're next just as soon as I put your oversized friend here in his place." "How are they so strong?"Rex had underestimated the Shadow Guild. That had always been his issue in the first place.He lacks the intuition to scale a person's power. Even when he witnessed them take out a hundred artifact beasts, he merely saw that as a team effort."Nonetheless, he beat up my clanmate, and I intend to make him pay!"Rex walked into the ring to stand face-to-face against