The sun had finally begun to set, the danger passed. The five gathered themselves and went into the castle, they picked their way through the ruins, throwing open the doubled leading to the courtroom, it was beyond wrecked.

"The five.." The boy who sat on the throne muttered

"Is he the one?" Belegor growled, he had shifted into his human form, his hair was a long flowing green, his eyes sky blue and his skin dark brown.

"Looks like it" Ymoir nodded

"You…" Koverg sniffed and glared "Get down here" He growled

"Don't-" The elf queen had started before the boy was tossed from the throne by the gnoll king

"You don't get to seat there" The gnoll king glowered taking the steps two at a time

the animal folk king stepped in front of the boy

"A child" Belegor scored

"He should die" Koverg growled

"I'm hurt" The boy said as he stood to his feet wobbly

"Child, you must be the doom bringer" The elf queen said

"And?" The boy raised and eyebrow

"To think-" The dragon king started but was interrupted

"It was nice, that you'd let me see them, but you should stop playing" The boy called out

"…" The five shared a glance

"The deamon is dead" Koverg spat

The boy grinned and held out his palm "I command you to kill them. All of them" He said coldly

"This brat…" Belegor mused

"I thought you loved the five" The shadows started in the corners were the light couldn't reach started to fluctuate

"That was long ago" The boy said and cracked his neck

"I suppose so" The shadow stepped out of the darkness, it was volatile, it's body expanded and retracted as if boiling over

"It's still alive" Ymoir stated

"He's mine this time" The dragon king hissed, a long sword materialized in his hand

"Let me introduce myself. The name's Trkneil, son of the dark. It was fun." The shadow grinned exposing rows of teeth and a gaping red maw

The dragon king shot forward, swinging his word twice, he spun and slashed, cutting the shadow in three

"I see" The shadow said and came back together

"Tch" The dragon king leapt backward and used the wall to propel himself forward, he brought his sword downward

There was a clang and a blast of air as metal met dark metal. Belegor's yes widened and he jumped backward. The shadow grinned as it held up it's long sword, it had intricate designs as light swirled around the sword

"You like?" It asked

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"Die" Belegor hissed and rushed forward again, he raised his head overhead and swung, the shadow split in two and scattered, converging again in front of the boy, back turned to the animal king

"Are you hurt?" It asked

"I mean it's not like i was thrown from al the way up there" The boy smiled

Trkneil sighed as he put an arm up, stopping the animal folk kings kick "I apologize" he said

Ymoir leapt backward and narrowed his eyes

"His essence is absolutely different from last time" he informed

"{Extremity: Ever raging fire}" Belegor grinned, his sword lit up with a roar, covered with flames hotter than larva, he twirled the sword, embers dropped from his sword, melting the stone floor.

He dashed forward sword in hand

"That's quite enough" A voice cut through the silence and interrupted the dragon king, he turned to stare at the seemingly human figures that approached

"Who the hell are you?" Koverg asked

The human figures paused in the middle of the courtroom

"Do i take care of them Master?" The boy asked his companion

"Very well" The other said calmly as he walked past the gnoll king to the throne

Koverg reached out to grab the man and paused, his hand dropped from his socket in a spray of blood

"What just happened?" Belegor asked wide eyed

"Don't touch the master" The boy said from the floor, his grey eyes on the gnoll king

"I dunno who the hell you are, but those are my targets" Trkneil said and started toward the boy who stood unmoving

They stood staring daggers at each other, one a shadow and the other a seemingly human boy, the boy had dull grey eyes and wore a blue robe, he stood at 5'7 and had short white hair. The shadow stood well over 7 feet and sneered down at the boy

"Your soul… I want it" Trkneil said and leaned forward

"Deamons." The boy scoffed and an invisible force slammed into trkneil, sending him through the wall and out cold

"I-impossible" The elf queen gasped, she had mad her way to the gnol king and was attempting to heal him

"Brat. I'll kill you" Belegor growled as he made a sigil "Extremity: Circle of flames" The sigil appeared on the ground where the white haired boy stood and fire rose form them, burning so bright the dragon king had to shut his eyes, they rose through the ceiling, lasting for a good minute before dying out

"Got you" The dragon king panted

"Are you sure?" The boy asked from beside the dragon king, he turned and got a boot to the face sending him crashing into floor

Ymoir gritted his teeth then smiled "Who are you?" He asked turning to the man who traced the intricate designs on the throne

"Master Ruben" The boy said as he approached the throne, he glanced at the animal folk king and then at the elf queen and then up at the man that inspected the throne deeming them not threat worthy.

"You…" The man who stood by the throne turned to the boy who crouched beside his deamon "You did this?" He asked

"What if i did" The boy retorted

"I'm impressed" the man grinned "come" he said

The boy started forward besides himself, unable to stop himself, he came to a step at the bottom of the stone steps

The man hummed as he descended the steps, stopping a step ahead the boy

"What is your name?" He asked

"Valen" The boy answered

"Valen. Return to me what was mine" The man commanded

"I don't -" The crimson eyed boy star ten then paused. He grasped at his chest as he dropped to his knees, he gasped for air blood poured from his mouth. The man put out a hand and a blueish purple hue spilled from the boys mouth, it collected in his arm forming a small ball. The boy dropped forward dead.

The five watched wide eyed as the man consumed the ball and sighed in content "One down" he said

The man approached the elf queen who had drawn her bow and trained it on him, he kneed before her and glanced at the gnoll king

"You just forgive me koverg" He said and placed his hand on the gnoll kings head

"What are you-" The elf queen started

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah" The gnoll king screamed as he burned, turning to ashes in the queens lap

"Noooo" Ymoir started forward but was forced to his knees by an invisible force

The elf queen had pulled stared in shock, lips quacking as the man turned to her "Aren't you a pretty thing" He said and snapped his fingers

Ymoir watched helplessly as the elf queen fell unconscious and fluttered to the floor like a leaf.

Finally the man turned to him "I hate cowards. Kill it" The man said

"Master" The boy answered and flames started to build in his hand, he formed a flaming sword and tossed it, it landed with a thud and burst into flames around someone who was cloaked, the person danced around trying to put out he fire and collapsed to the floor a burning mass.

"Tell me child, are you one of these new gods?" The man asked as he stood

"…" Ymoir couldn't bring himself to answer, he had just watched this man completely decimate all five of them without breaking a sweat

"It matters not. It's your lucky day child" The man said as he turned from the animal king

"Come sister " The man said

'What's this? I'm afraid. I'm so afraid. How can i be so afraid' the animal king thought and bit down on his tongue hard, he released a massive burst of aura and felt the force on him momentarily freeze, he took his chance and stood to his only to be knocked back down, his eyes blurred as he huffed and finally blacked out.