Chimera and his Crusaegrums rushed to the court hall to voice out their case to the ruling council and the judges present but it was too late the verdict was already passed.
He ordered his Crusaegrums to protect Eunicia placing her under extreme supervision no one was going to get close to her unless it was from him or the close members of the Redridge family.
He asked one of the judges that supported him where was his brother and re-appeal his case to the court of justice for he wished to present the evidence they found. Judgeman Vhen gladly aided them but with only he to enact and revoke the case, there was only one person to approach to do so.
The Grand Archon himself was the only one who can revoke the decision and change the fate of his brother and his father would be returning from the frontlines tomorrow. But Judgeman Vhen told Chimera that he pleaded with the court to give him 1 night to settle his affairs before heading into the gate tomorrow.
Though it was so little time he thanked Vhen for doing all that he could the two made their way back to the Redridge manner when they encountered some members of the enemy team Kent fought several days ago.
They asked where was he hiding for the past few days as they had a bone to pick with the young dragon master. Lily told him to get going as she has had enough of the betrayal and now her brother the one person who saved her life.
After leaving she slowly pulled her blades out of her rear dagger belt as she said to them.
"Faith forgive me for what I am about to do... You nobles remember this you brought this upon yourselves... Now you put my brother and family in danger... The streets will run red tonight..." Lily said as she started slaughtering the nobles.
Chimera on his way back he could hear the sounds of sword clash and gunfire ignited across the street and back where Lily was.
Upon arriving home he saw his own mother crying her heart out as if her rule was nothing more than a lie to the judicators despite being the queen of the kingdom. Chimera told her that he had evidence to help support the case but they needed Victor to help them clear his brother's name.
He told her everything from the nobles involved, their plans to rule New Dawn, and take over the frontier even the possibility of them being involved in the destruction of Requiem. She reviewed the data disk given retrieved from Eunicia and made several thousands of copies and sending it to the sentinels and the Iron wolves.
"Chimera whatever happens you have to keep the original with you safe from anyone who dares to try to take it... I had made copies and sent them all to the Iron wolves and the Sentinels... Soon enough a purge will begin... Should anything happen to me or your father... I ask that you be there for them okay?" Charlotte cried.
"I will mother... My brother was wronged and we got involved in their little ploy... I will not stand for this... Do not worry Mother I will make things right." Chimera growled comforting his mother.
"Thank you, my son... You should go and see your brother their's only so little time left before his sentence is enacted... I need to make some preparations first... For tomorrow will be a long battle."
Chimera went to his brother's room as it was locked he knocked on the door several times to no avail he used his mind's eye to check if his brother was okay.
"Big brother... I'm sorry if I wasn't there for you earlier... I was trying to find evidence to prove your innocence... I know you may not want to hear this but Eunicia played your heart brother... I have enough evidence to blacklist her... I thought she was our friend too... But I guess our dream of having a peaceful normal life is out of the question I would say... But do not worry big brother... I will make things right... If you believe me, Big brother..."Chimera said as he tapped his fist on the door.
Just before he left he heard a tap on the door he smiled knowing that his brother still believed in him. That night he spent all of his time working and compiling his please to the court upon his father's return.
The next day at the Black Zone Entrance their lied a massive pit with a lone functioning elevator deep within the pit lies the entrance to the hell's gate. The Judicators who judged him were present especially Judicator Sorrhen as he even made a big speech about the betrayal that he made and the attempted murder.
No one believed anything he said as he scoffed at Kent for his betrayal as if he was innocent at all the marines cuffed Kent but he saw that it was heartbreaking even for them to do the deed.
As the elevator slowly descent to the lower levels Chimera and Charlotte went to the Port Kirrintor where the 3 Arc class battleships dock. The Bull Raider the oldest of the 3 Arcships docked at the port as hundreds upon thousands of Knights from the Royal guard of the Iron wolves marched to the port.
Wasting no time Victor found all the details from his son and Lily he realized many faults in his own actions. Just before they could do anything several loud explosions were heard in several districts as human mercenaries poured in from the east and western ports.
The Noble rebellion began and was easily crushed by the defenders out of all 500,000 mercenaries and 20,000 ships that docked on New Dawn. None survived the fury of the wolves and those who managed to escaped faced off against the High Glaive's Leviathans.
Before they escaped the High glaives under the prime directive of their Progenitor to follow the Redridge family's every command.
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The knights of the Iron wolves immediately jumped in front of the bullets to defend the civilians while the Crusaegrums used their telekinetics to draw out and kill every single last one of the mercenaries.
The Marines loyal to the royal family and to the 1st son rallied to Chimera's side and arrested the nobles who tried to escape. Those who wanted to kill Kent were arrested first while the other Marines who were still in the black zone tried to stop Kent from being placed inside the Hell's gate.
Their rebellion that started on June 9, 4309, ended on the same day Victor openly declared 52 members of the nobility as traitors and were to be held inside the Black Prison.
While the High Glaives cleared the remaining human mercenaries inside New Dawn Eunicia was presented in front of the High court with the rest of the Judicators who participated in the Revolt.
She confessed to everything about the blackmailing, death threats, bribery, and so much more angered by their actions. He immediately ordered their execution when Chimera wanted the nobility and the judicators to remain alive until Kent returns.
Victor agreed to his request for the wolves to take them to the black prison when Sorrhen started laughing maniacally.
Sorrhen told them all them if he returned Kent would be an unrecognizable corpse as he had one of his expendables tamper with the gate instead of 2 weeks it was changed to 10 months and the difficulty was beyond godly.
By the right of trials should Kent die he will become the next Archon Candidate as proof of the trial his ring that sealed the deal. Chimera hated the judicator as he is very cunning to be left alive but he wanted to give his brother a chance to get his justice
Victor rushed him kicking him in the jaw as he fell he pulled out a knife slicing off his right arm crushing the ring.
"I think not... Former Judicator... As an Archon, I have the right to revoke any challenges made without my consent... And I did NOT GIVE YOU CONSENT TO KILL MY SON!"
"HA HA HA, It's TOO LATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM REGARDLESS AND THE RIGHT OF LEADERSHIP WILL BE MINE!!!" Sorrhen cackled while drooling blood.
He was dragged away into the black prison though some form of justice was brought to his son and maybe others that fell victim to this power struggle.
Thought it was a long day Faith stood by the wolves and the dragon templars as no civilian casualties were incurred during the fight. The three went down to the black zone pit where the Hell's gate resided to see the stone dilation tablet was destroyed and the gate was sealed shut not even the Venerable Dread knights could pry them open.
The two marines who brought Kent into the pit were planning to release him they believed that it was wrong to judge him all because he cared more for the people than the nobility. One of those marines even went to state that he saw Kent's kindness firsthand as his sister who had stage 4 lung cancer be given medical treatments in New Dawn's 2nd Life hospital and all the expenses for her treatment were covered by Kent.
There were several human mercenaries who went into the pit and successfully destroyed the stone Dilation tablet. The two desperately tried to stop the mercenaries but they were simply outnumbered despite this they held their ground to try and defend him and the tablet.
Victor understood the situation clearly the betrayal of the nobles is a clear threat to the royal family he ordered the Wolves and Sentinels to find the remaining supporters of the Nobles and arrest them as well should they fight back they are free to kill them.
Chimera, Victor, and the Templars wasted no time to find and repair or rebuild the Stone Dilation tablet if it were repaired or replaced they could open the gate and rescue him.
Though the task of simply replacing the tablet was no easy feat as the tablet was made by the first founder and the masters of the eternal forge. Only Faith can undo the damage done to the tablet as it was destroyed beyond repair Charlotte went off on her own interrogating each noble in the most brutal way possible to find the reasons why they betrayed the kingdom.
Each day that passed by the higher the risk that they would never see him again though a small lingering hope remained as the Gate did show them that he was still alive. The killboard in the academy also updated his scoreboard to the surprise of every team in the academy his scores were skyrocketing to the millions.
The Gate will only open if the time set upon the tablet is over or the challenger dies as anyone who is sent inside the gate will always die but should they succeed they will gain the right of immortality, true strength, and the will of the Unyielding.
Their father did not care about the benefits he only wanted his son back from the gate with each passing day the harmful effects of Hell's gate would force his body to stop aging, his mind will be ripped apart, The concept of time, morality, integrity would be gone.
What is worse is the Gate can increase the aggression levels of any knight no one is exempted from this rule.
After 10 long months, all members of the Dragon-wolf Kingdom united to rid themselves of the corrupt nobility, and the thought of bringing Kent back from the Gate.
The knights of the Fell Fang Berserkers and the Black Fang Royal guard waited patiently with the father and son as the gate itself slowly opened.
The two Went inside the gate with a team of 10 Elite knights and 2 Ancient Venerate berserkers including the late captain Khorn in an attempt to find Kent.
What they saw was beyond their expectations, mountains upon mountains of bodies from rank 71 to 95 beasts were horribly mutilated. torn apart, or cut into ribbons. Rivers of blood pouring down from the ceiling as far as the eye can see giant beasts horribly dissected from the inside out to act as immobile statues some prostrating themselves to the point their rib cages were badly decaying.
They went in deeper into the realm to find a trail made of skulls and corpses leading to a throne made of the dead fell beasts. Beside the throne was a monstrous blade made of flesh, bone, and blood one of the Knights tried to grasp the handle when it growled violently as it nearly tore off the knight's hand.
The team felt a terrifying presence behind them to their surprise, he is alive but something was wrong his eyes were blood-red the body was chiseled but covered with so many scars and crude stitches.
Half his hair turned white, his fingers turned into claws, and his left arm was gone and covered only with a black cloak made of Dra-nathule Dragon hide which is an extremely tough material that can deflect light ammunition and disperse energy-based attacks.
Victor tried to plead with his son when he reached out his hand as the blade shook violently as it burst from the ground as it flew through the team into the hands of the lost son. He unleashed a powerful roar charging at them as if he no longer recognized a friend from foe.
They immediately defended themselves when one of the black fangs blocked his attacks the force of the attack was enough to destroy two mountains' worth of corpses that laid behind them.
His rage and fury overwhelmed the Knights as his strength and speed almost equaled a thousand Ancient Venerate knights showing no mercy or rest they were forced into a corner trying to defend themselves.
His strikes are strong enough to shake the ground beneath their feet Victor grabbed his son by the shoulder when trying to throw him aside when he grabbed his after image.
Despite their experience and equipment, they were easily overwhelmed by the lost son's power in all aspects as if he had reverted into an ancient Primal Berserker.
The battle to free him from the madness weaved by the corrupt had only just begun.