Chapter 19 – The dancing Madman
----------------------------------------
Before the grand gate, that led into the inner depths of the cruel world. Crows swung their wings into the high sky, flying higher and higher with each swing, the breeze of a cold Wind swept through before the Gate and there stood a Man covered in blood. His eyes were drenched in the blood of his slain enemies. Surrounded by the guards of the inner City, he stood there without flinching an eye, directly looking into their eyes with a gaze as cold and lifeless as the corpse around him
Filled with Fear the guards steeled themselves and rushed towards Kage with the Intent to end his life in a single slash.
“Get that Bastard!!”
"Abyssal Nexus"
As the guards slashed their swords towards Kage. He twisted his upper Body to the left, evading the slash, the sword-slash closely missed him and went down right before his eyes.
The movements of him almost seemed like a dance and as he turned his body in a circle to avoid the countless slashes aimed at him, a blade slowly started forming in his hands as those slashes fell to ground.
"Why... why can't we hit him?" one guard stammered.
"Don't stop! He'll tire eventually," barked another.
Kage smirked. "You sure about that? I can play with fools like you all night!”
"W-What did you say? I'm the Vice-Captain of the City! How dare you disrespect me? I will torture you until you beg for death."
"Hahahhaha, ahahahahah...” Kage laughed out loud.
...
"I have already experienced far worse than that. But I will take you up on that offer, but let's make it fair and add one rule."
"What are you talking about? A rule, don't joke around!"
"The Rule is that the one who loses more blood will lose, simple right? There are 7 of you and one of me so you have the advantage, what do you say?"
"Haha, don't get too arrogant", the vice-captain shouted irritated.
"Make him get suffocated by his own blood! Get him!"
“You need to learn your rightful place.” Kage informed them with a menacing face.
The blade that had been slowly forming behind his back, took the form of a long blade in the color of dark purple and Black, which he hid behind his back and as they closed in on him, he swung his blade followed by a weak purple flame like energy that covered his blade.
It only took a single breath worth of time, and the heads of the guards hit the ground. Lifeless bodies fell to the ground, with blood flowing out of them endlessly.
He stood there in the middle of a Lake filled with blood, surrounded by dead bodies in a circle. He Looked at the clouded sky and drops of water started to fall to the ground.
At that moment, time seemed to slow down. Almost stopping completely. The falling drops of water slowly fell to the ground. The blood that marinated on him from the lifeless bodies around him was slowly washed away. His Mask, resembling a crying demon at the Time. Was it really the mask, or something that cried from within?
As the energy around him disperses and spreads around. It quickly covers the entire inner parts of the town, with his senses enchanted in this area formed by him, steps sounded from afar coming right for the inner Gate where he stood. Partly four places were the most suspicious, where many people had gathered. Almost like a vision in his head he perceived multiple powerful enemies, one at the right and left side, “they must be the ones that killed Lyra´s family and around these two people there seem to be quite a lot of powerful people. The Dungeon seems to be just outside the gate of the inner parts at the northern side. But there is something else outside, close to the Dungeon, I can´t exactly tell what or who it is, but it´s something out this World. A Power above mine.”
A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.
“Let´s avoid getting near there if possible.
“I should investigate these two places in the inner parts and try getting some information on them.”
…
He jumped off the ground onto the top of the House, Kage jumped from roof to roof, unnoticed by the guards rushing to the gate at the south he sneaked his way to the west side. One of the Places where many people had gathered. The moment he got close to it, he felt a sudden pressure, he hid behind the roof of a building nearby as he observed a big fancy Manor. Through the door they walked a woman with dark blue hair with vicious blue eyes. She wore a revealing yet elegant combat ready dress, that had the color of the blue-sky unseen in Nacht. Behind her there followed a woman dressed in white, her lifeless eyes were the same as her long smooth black hair, she spoke “My Lady Noon, it seems that Dawn has ordered his Shadows back, it would be wise to prepare for the Dungeon Raid and ignore a ruffian causing trouble at the south gate.”
“Huh, you dare order me around?”
At noon, she punched the white dressed girl in the face, and she fell to the ground. Grabbing her face and pushing it into the ground, breaking the floor made of stone. She lay there not moving with her black eyes lying there, she had not suffered any injury from her attack.
“Prepare for the Dungeon now!” Noon ordered her and walked back into the Manor.
…
Kage silently watched the event that unfolded, “It seems like there is something going on behind the scenes. That white-dressed woman is strong, stronger than Noon, yet she lifelessly follows her as if that´s her only choice. If I find out the reason, I may be able to use it to my advantage.”
…
The girl lying on the ground unharmed pressed herself up and got on her feet and followed Noon.
“I will prepare as much as I can in the next two days before the raid!”
…
Two days later, just before the opening of the Dungeon.
To get inside the Dungeon was easy, you just had to walk through the stone gate that had formed at Stark Reinhards grave. The Portal-like thing flickered like lightning and locked like a sea-colored black with ink.
Before it there stood many soldiers counting about 200 Warriors with two leading forces at the front, behind them their close servants. Noon and Dawn, both had powerful people behind them. Behind Dawn there stood three people dressed in black covering all their skin. Noon had two women behind her back, the white dressed girl and another woman dressed in black, also covering her face like an assassin.
The people that lived here before were driven out of their home´s, after the Dungeon showed signs of appearing. Noon and Dawn had a huge fight at this place, to decide who would get the right to this place. But in the end their fight ended in a draw. So, it was decided that both parties would participate simultaneously. This place still looks like a wasteland, everywhere you look there a wrecked Houses piled up.
…
As the two leaders approached each other their attendants followed right after. Standing face to face looking directly in each other eyes, they began smirking disgustingly as if they hated the other party.
“Haahh? Bitch, Bitch what do you plan on doing with soldiers as weak as that?”
“Haahh? Musclebrain, you look like you exchange some of your braincells again!”
…
Both very much like each other.
No that is an understatement.
They love each other so much that they could kill each other.
Both smirked arrogantly and with their eyes burning they declared something grand.
“Tchhh.” Or maybe not?
Noon and Dawn walked back enraged to their position waiting for the Dungeon to open itself.
The Moment a new Dungeon is formed, magical energy starts emitting from within. People with a strong sense of magic can sense that magic. Most people tried finding new Dungeons to monopolize them, to either sell the information or to raid it first.
“This dungeon isn´t just a new Dungeon filled with treasures, it is a dungeon formed by the Lifeforce of Stark Reinhard, the first leader of Nacht. The unimaginable treasures it could hold within are beyond comprehension. There was once a king so high that he could reach the heavens with his hands, while he was in rule Nacht prospered and the sun shone down on it brightly. But history says he committed a grand crime and was sentenced to death, he didn´t even try to defend himself, he simply gave up. Although he could have easily defended himself as the King, he chooses to give up. That king was none other than Stark Reinhard.”
Kage hid behind the piles of destroyed houses and observed the Army from afar.
“That´s something I was able to find out in the last two days. But why didn´t he defend himself? Why did after the end of his life form a Shadow Dungeon at his grave? Did he have regrets left behind in the living world?”
“Whatever it is, I will find out the reason behind it and….”
Kage placed his hand on his forehead, as if he was in pain.
“and… kill it!”
…
A sudden burst of energy shocked everyone present, the Dungeon started emitting a strange energy in the same color as the gate like a sea filled with ink. The ink-like energy streamed out of it like water and covered the entire place.
“What this?” A soldier shouted out.
“R-Run!” another shouted.
As some soldiers tried to flee, they ran into a black barrier that appeared as soon as they got close to it.
“We´re trapped!”
The Water-level within the barrier rose higher.
“Stay calm!” Dawn ordered the soldiers.
“The Raid has started” Both Dawn and Noon informed the soldiers in sync.
But his voice wasn´t heard in the panic and left the soldiers in fear.
The entire barrier filled itself in a matter of seconds, as the moment it filled completely all living beings got absorbed in it. The Barrier began shrinking and disappeared completely, not a soul was left outside the Dungeon.
…
Inside the depth of the Dungeon.
There stood a man inside, with long black pants, with a white shirt- the sleeves puled up- the uppermost buttons undone. His long black hair in a ponytail reached down his back, some strings of hair hanging in his face, while some of the hair is white. A mask that resembled a demon and a long Odachi sword strapped to his left hips.
“I guess I got sucked in too.”
…
“Hey? Who are you? You don´t seem to belong to either the soldiers of Dawn or Noon.”
-Orange and blue clothed mixed
“It seems everyone got split up.” Kage whispered.
“That means this will be an easy hunt.”
“Let´s start preying on my enemies!”
----------------------------------------
End of chapter 19 --------------------------------------------------------------------To be continued