A beautiful lake was in front of the middleaged man's red eyes that resembled the eyes of a maddened beast if not completely focused on the sound of water dropping could be heard as blood was leaking out of his neck as he held these thoughts in his mind.

'How can I die like this without fulling the promise I made to her majesty without me there to keep up the barrier the kingdom will be overrun by the eastern invaders if only we had time to prepare for this yet the attack was so sudden no one not even Rain Verion I with mythical arts could have defended against such ruthless foes their tyranny exceeded that of Akin Verion III The Cruel and their tactics resembled that of Alan The Quick.'

This man's name was known as Daemon Deepstar The Holy he had joined The Church at the Ripe age of 16 and graduated from it at the age of 25 many of his teachers would further say later in his life that he was one of the best swordsmen the world had ever seen he was noble, heroic, kind oneof his flaws though would be his lust for money many wouldn't know this only those he activity interacted with would know this important detail it was for the sake of one precious thing that no man could be without that would show itself even beyond his death.

'Her majesty would most likely say in such moments as these that you tried your best with a bright smile on her face yet what is my best if I couldn't have hold on for three more lions (months) I failed everyone even more pitiful is that I died due to tripping over a rock hitting my neck at the wrong angle. '

sigh

Yet even as he sighed he inwardly welcomed the cold embrace of Ela The Goddess of Life and Death as it took him to the afterlife he truly wondered if what he preached and taught for all these years truly existed, slowly as this was happening another man...no I should say boy had also met his death.

We should first start 5 minutes before he had died to truly understand this sad boy's life that he had kept hidden in a man eat man world such as this there was no place for princes like himself the prestige and powers in the title of prince was all but name he truly had no true power in this land of power grabbers and betrayers with the honorable and kind being killed or tricked, instead he had been sentenced to a lifetime of regency as his former regent his very own mother who had ruled for him into he reached the age required to be crowned (15) had declared him incapable in simpler words a retard a true waste of space who's destiny was to be eternity bound to a bed to be taken care of this boy's name was Klaus Orett IIII The Weak.

His schedule was to receive food from men loyal to his regent Ser Alan The Cunning his mothers concubine while she ruled the kingdom in Klaus's place this had continued for 2 years before one of his fathers loyal bannerman Ser Anders had sough to free him from confinement with the majority of his father's men on Ser Anders side it should have been easy for them to take the capital yet one simple factor had turned the tide of battle for his mother and that was Golems not man nor beast they don't need rest nor can they be killed by removing their head only by destroying the powerful core inside their hard, elven, enchanted armor materials can they be slain.

As the two sides clashed Ser Anders had instructed his cousin Kallen The Charming to sneak into the castle and retrieve their one true King Klaus IIII everything had went as planned Kallen successfully made her way into the castles lower chambers dressed as a maid she sough for King Klaus's chambers she went further down stairs that seemed like they would last forever into at last she had entered a dark room with barely any sun only giving a tiny bit of light while the rest of the room was enclosed in darkness.

Within her eyes was a pretty boy with gold eyes and blond hair that was so white it came close to being the real thing his arms were slender and small while his body looked like it wasn't fed enough for him to property develop explaining his short height for his age. > (13)

If we were to compare him to his passed away father they would be polar opposites his father was strong and large with boyish looks that enchanted his entire army into following him with his pure charisma and battle prowess, instead his son was sickly and delicate looking not fitting a true warrior of royal blood many would say the only way to tell the two were father and son is their trademark gold eyes.

But alas as she quickly shoved his appearance to the back of her mind she had quietly spoke to the boy to not alert any of the guards nearby to their presence.

“Your majesty my name's Kallen Orett I was sent by your fathers nephew Anders Orett to retrieve you from the clutches of the usurpers”

As she continued to speak the boy didn't respond instead of it being an insult to her it only made her feel pity the boy had been broken so badly that he wouldn't even open his mouth one only has to imagine what torture his mother put him through the shocking part though were the bruise marks around his arms and neck giving no thought to it she had only went closer to him and pushed him into herself softly to not harm his all ready fragile body.

"Waa"

The sickly boy had quietly cried into her chest releasing all the pain he had bent up from hearing of his father's death and having his mother trap him into this prison that she would call home the worse part is that she never visited him since only sending guards to deliver him food who'd beat him and do even more horrible acts that he would never want to remember, he didn't know why these people were seeking to save him nor did he care all he wanted was to escape as he moved his arm towards his eyes to wipe off the tears.

“I..I'm ready to go Ms.”

The Scarlet Haired girl only smiled as she said.

“Your majesty I'm only your loyal vassal you need not address no one with such titles especially after we get you out of here if your bannerman see you show such weakness then you'll only be abandoned again.”

Seeing his fearful expression she quickly made an oh expression as she responded quickly.

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“I know when ever you feel scared or just want to run away just respond with a smile.”

The boy hearing these words started to remember the torture he experienced here and promised himself that he'd never go back if she wished for him to hide his weakness then he would with a mask covered with only bright smiles.

“There you go, let's head out of here milord.”

She quickly took his hand as they started running away from the lower chambers of the castle as instructed by Anders she was to make her way to the upper quarters of the castle which would have a few flying beasts for them to head away on, as they made their way towards the top they saw some guards who they had to silently sneak past distracting them with a few sounds that sounded like rats moving about of course in a situation like this they had no time for mere pests.

Opening the door they saw large hawk like beasts with majestic appearances of course they took the one belonging to Klaus father this was mostly due to the influence of Kallen who had always wanted to ride on The Great Beast called Karma it was said when Lord Alex III had ridden on this beast he was always blessed with good luck winning every battle he went to yet when he didn't ride this beast to The Great Racial War due to fear of it dying he had instead met his death in battle slayed by Ser Mongon The Strong a hardened dwarf trained in the way of the warhammer especially meant to eliminate those who are in heavy-plated armor.

Alas as they got on Kallen had strapped on the buckle to keep them from falling unfortunately time was not in their favor as a loud Boom! Had been sent into every direction as Karma shot into the sky clearly notifying The Sky Knights of intruders being inside the castle which was the reason that The Beasts were unprotected due to this top of the line magic that would notify any nearby Sky Knights Of One Of The Beasts being taken.

“Stop intruders....wait it can't be call all nearby troops to our direction one of the rebels is attempting to take his majesty.”

Suddenly within the lower chambers of the castle a black haired woman had opened her gray eyes that possessed a strange mana within them as she shot forward quickly out of the window to the sky.

“Hold on tight milord!”

Karma had shot into the sky at a speed far surpassing any human.

“So...so fast!”

Both Kallen and Klaus had a smile on their face as they shot forward into the distance hoping to catch up with their allies yet suddenly a red energy had came in front of them.

“I hope you had enough fun outside Klaus”

A raven haired woman with gray eyes had called out to him with a certain chill in her voice.

“Mo...mother no..no I won't go back!”

Seeing this his mother revealed an expression filled with a devilish smile.

“Bad children need to be punished what should we start with the arms or legs after all we can't have our men thinking you're suddenly capable of ruling can we?”

Kallen looking at this woman who is the window of her Uncle and former king Alex she couldn't help but to be surprised when she saw her flying as far as she knew The Madam had no training in Magic nor had she shown skill in the use of the sword if anything she was one of the kindest woman you could meet yet right now she had no time to think about this fighting her in the air was a no no she had to join up with her cousin or they would be in trouble.

“Sorry old woman but we don't have any time to chat fortunately we're busy with reclaiming this Kingdom for it's rightful king!”

And with that karma tried to speed away unfortunately The Madam wasn't took by surprised as she moved at even faster speed landing a punch in it's gut sending them crashing towards the ground fortunately before they landed she had caught both of them in her hands.

“You ill tongued little girl it seems you also need a lesson of manners as well.”

She had roughly threw Klaus towards the ground as she started to focus her efforts on Kallen as she started to beat and kick away her leaving scars all across her body this had continued for a few minutes into she started to stop.

“Humph! I'm starting to get annoyed by that smile on your face I think it's time that I silenced you now.”

As she started to gather energy in her body

Klaus tried to move yet his weak body didn't have enough energy in it's body to move after being thrown with so much force his forehead started to leak out blood.

'Someone please help us!'

Elsewhere.....

Daemon was currently enjoying himself as he traveled across the gray mask of endless space seeking to find any trace of any other existences yet as this was happening he could hear a voice calling to him almost like a plead for help looking towards it he saw a boy on the ground bleeding out of his forehead close to the doors of death and a girl being held up one handed by a raven haired woman gathering a corrupted energy in her hand, seeing it Daemon instantly recognized what it was Demonic Mana used by Demons who took over humans body to carry out their will even if it were a crippled old man if he were to be possessed by a demon and survive his darkest thoughts would come out changing him from his core person into a mindless murder who's only desire is to fulfill their darkest pleasures like a pure glutton.

Seeing this he as a follower of Ela couldn't stand for this without even noticing his spirit had left from it's original location entering inside the passed out boy's body engulfing him in golden aura with a tint of red as he opened his eyes they were a pair of gold and a glowing bloody red.

Hearing screams Daemon looked towards the girl who's body was about to be pulled apart instantly he gathered up magic in his fingers and shot them towards The Raven Haired Woman only what happened next was not within anyones exceptions.