The Power of God's Cube System

Chapter 12 - Dark Past

(Flashback on)

"Take the cube away from here before Draco snatches it from our hands. If Draco manages to retrieve this cube, our nation will be in grave danger. Don't let a creature from another dimension find it because it would be disastrous if it fell on the wrong person like Draco." Morwen, King of Pyloruf, hands the heirloom to a man and woman wearing masks.

"Alright, Your Majesty." Robert, the spider demon, received the Cubes. There are eight spider legs on the man's back to help him make webs and walk on walls. 

"Get as far away as possible before Draco finds you! Hide in the world… argh!" Morwen immediately fell to the ground clutching his aching chest. The bearded man coughed up blood.

"Your Majesty!" Dawney reflexively caught Morwen's body as he fell. "Are you okay?"

"Don't mind me! Hurry up and go! We only have a little time left! Draco will be here soon! If I can't stop Draco, you guys will have to make it to that dimension! Understand?!"

"But we can't just leave you alone to fight Draco! We are your soldiers!"

"I've ordered, don't mind me! Do you want to oppose me?"

Dawney sobbed. "We don't want to lose a king as good as you! Because only Lord Morwen cares about lowly people like me and my little sister … Reyna!"

"If you can't carry out this mission for me, do it for your little sister! Because if you two manage to hide the cube, someday, you will be able to defeat Draco and save the country of Pyloruf with the young man, as my father had prophesied! Your little sister and I will be released from suffering."

Dawney nodded while crying bitterly. "Alright, Your Majesty. I will obey all your orders," she said in a trembling voice holding back tears.

"I'm really counting on you guys! The fate of the Pyloruf kingdom is now in your hands, Knights!" Morwen smiled proudly at his two men. However, the look in his eyes was sad.

Robert and Dawney, the white bird demon, immediately entered the forbidden forest towards the gate of the time and space dimensions.

 "Where's the cube?!"

Dawney and Robert's steps suddenly stopped when they heard a familiar voice. They immediately looked back and saw Draco arguing with Morwen.

"Until whenever, you will never be able to find the cubes or become King over the world! I've hidden God's Cube in a place that no one, including you, can get to!"

"Bastard!" Draco immediately stabbed Morwen's stomach with a sword to penetrate the back. Morwen immediately fell to the ground.

"Noooo! Your Majesty!" Dawney screamed hysterically.

"Stop, Dawney!" Robert reflexively grabbed Dawney's hand when the woman was determined to help Morwen. "Don't act rashly!"

"Let me go! We must save the King!"

"Don't make all your sacrifices go in vain because of your carelessness!"

"But-"

"Enough! You must behave like a knight, Dawney!" Robert snapped angrily.

"Apparently, you guys are hiding there! Give it back to me! Hurry up!"

Robert was surprised when Draco ran toward them. "Shit! We're caught! Let's run away!" he pulled Dawney's hand, who was still frozen in disbelief over the death of Morwen by Draco's act.

"Don't run away! Get back!" Draco chased the two Morwen warriors and spurred his black horse as fast as lightning.

The spider demon hurriedly turned the Cube to the west and east to open a portal to another world.

Then a portal opens. Robert and Dawney immediately entered the blue portal.

"Do not run away!" Draco hurriedly pulled his bowstring tightly and released two arrows at Robert and Dawney, who managed to escape to a different dimension. When the portal was not completely closed, the arrows managed to penetrate and stab the backs of the two Marlin men until they penetrated the front of the chest.

"Argh!" Robert and Dawney fell to the ground.

Their moaning voices suddenly disappeared as the portal disappeared.

"Shit! They managed to escape with the cube!" Draco was annoyed when the portal suddenly disappeared along with his two arrows.

(Flashback off)

"So Dawney and Robert are the cube's caretakers?"

Reyna nodded sadly. "Yes."

"Why… Why do you look sad?" Riko asked worriedly.

"Dawney is my older sister who died from Draco's actions."

"I-I'm sorry!" Riko said apologetically. "I didn't mean to make you sad at all." The young man felt guilty for being so presumptuous to bring up Reyna's dark past, which hurt his heart.

"No problem." Reyna smiled sweetly. But the look in her eyes couldn't hide the fact that the beautiful woman was not well.

"Now tell me… where is the cube now?" Reyna whispered while monitoring the situation.

Riko was silent for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know."

"Are you kidding me?! How come you don't know where the cube is now?!"

"I also do not know. I know about the Cube, but I don't know where I saw it the last time. My memory suddenly disappeared."

"Shit!"

"Sorry, I … argh!" Riko groaned in pain while clutching his throbbing head.

"What happened?! Are you okay?!" Reyna asked, panicky.

Riko suddenly remembered all the events that had happened to him when he found the Cube in the forest and then got lost in the world of mythological creatures.

"Oh my! I remember everything now, including the cube!"

"Really?!" Reyna smiled happily. "Now, where is the cube?"

"The Cube is in my world," Riko whispered.

"I'm grateful. I beg you to take care of the cube and put it in a safe place. Come what may," Reyna insisted. "Don't tell my friends or the creature here about the cube's whereabouts."

"Why?"

"Because they are Draco's minions."

Riko was surprised. "That means you're also a member of Draco's gang?" He asked to be sure.

Reyna was silent.

Riko immediately moved away from Reyna and looked at him suspiciously. "Please, answer me! You must want to kill me, right?!" He is scared.

"No! It's not true!"

"So, why do you say your friends are Draco minions?!"

"I never considered myself and my comrades to be Draco's accomplices. Because all my friends are only affected by Draco's spells. Because of that, I was forced to pretend to join them to become Draco's minions to free my comrades from the snake demon's cunning. Because they are the only family I have left."

"What has Draco done to you, your family, and your friends?"