The day after the battle in the mountain range Reinholm is filled with happy civilians and soldiers alike with the knowledge that more of the first survive. Reinlas wakes up with Linra and both teleport clothes and armour on then teleport to the throne room and sit on their thrones. Laraka teleports there and stands next to the thrones as Liara and Farenisle walk in. After a few minutes Gheranto and Itimkrata walk in with guards bowing to them.
"Itimkrata, Gheranto, good morning" Reinlas says
"Likewise Reinlas. We do hope you are alright after yesterday" Gheranto and itimkrata says
"My magic is rather depleted but fine for the most part" Reinlas says
"Fair enough" Gheranto says as he looks around at everyone else
"Who are the rest of you? We are woefully behind given we were forced into exiled territory to survive" Itimkrata says
"I am Linra, Reinlas's wife and queen" Linra says
"Pleasure to meet you, wish we had long ago" Itimkrata and gheranto says
"Likewise but no time like the present" Linra says
Itimkrata and Gheranto look at Farenisle and liara.
"Doesnt take much to guess you two are their children" Gheranto says
"Indeed, I am Liara" Liara says
"And I am Farenisle" Farenisle says
Laraka steps forward.
"I am Laraka, leader of the elite warriors of the kingdom including the soldiers in this castle" Laraka says
"Good to meet you all" Gheranto and itimkrata says
Kylorn floats out of his scabbard and infront of reinlas.
"I am Kylorn the living blade forged by Reinlas" Kylorn says
Both Gheranto and Itimkrata look very confused.
"I didnt believe it either at first but yes its true" Reinlas says as he grabs Kylorn and sheathes him again
"Alright then" Gheranto and Itimkrata say
"Now, I have a question for you two. What the hell have you both been doing all these years?" Reinlas asks
"Our own war with Keireen clearly didn't go well, our defences were not the best we didnt anticipate him attacking after all he claimed the kingdoms before ours were responsible for his parents assassination. He breezed past our defences and while we adapted quickly he was much better" Gheranto says
"Indeed. My golems sure as shit made him work for a win as the ground turned against him he took the skies which became a lightning storm thanks to Gheranto" Itimkrata says
"I got the soldiers under his command to turn against him with the lightning, if I so wish the lightning takes away ones fear and lets me control them slightly so the ones that were only following him because they were scared shitless now attacked him. That severely pissed him off and he butchered soldiers and their families to prove a point that no matter if his soldiers dont fear him ours definitely will. If I used my lightning on our people even if they know I wont hurt them it still wont look good" Gheranto says
"In our final battle Keireen killed most of our royal guard and then took as much magic from us as possible so much so that for years after we couldnt use magic, dont know how he managed it but we had to live like that for years even taking care of our injuries manually. When we finally got it back we started fighting by ourselves against our own people, that hurt us inside but we never killed them we couldnt knowing their families gave their lives for us. Eventually the war beasts came and we didnt know what they were hell we still dont but they scared the shit out of us enough for us to try and avoid them as much as possible" Itimkrata says
Syremai appears above them hanging from a beam with his tail.
"Too late" Syremai says
Itimkrata and Gheranto instinctually grab their weapons but are quickly stopped by shadows from Farenisle.
"Dont worry, hes with us. Syremai alongside 2 others braved escaping Keireen years ago, they live here and more war beasts have been freed over the years getting their own districts in the city due to them having their own styles of living" Reinlas says
Itimkrata and Gheranto nod then let go of their weapons. Kytal walks in.
"You said you still dont know what we are, ever thought to scan us?" Kytal asks
"We have but we could only determine somethign was off about your souls and oddly familiar" Itimkrata
"They are all made from the soul of my brother, after Keireen killed him his soul was taken to make them" Reinlas says
"Are you fucking serious?!" Itimkrata and Gheranto shout shocked
"I wouldnt be joking about my brothers death so of coarse I'm serious" Reinlas says
"Fuck... may the others of the first help us all. We're sorry Reinlas" Gheranto and Itimkrata say
"I know, now most of our matters are done just one final thing" Reinlas says as his eyes turn black and he reaches into the shadows pulling onikerm out
"Oh now this is jsut a whos who of getting tortured in the future" Onikerm says with a smirk
"Shut up" Reinlas says as Laraka walks over and grabs onikerms arms breaking them then chaining him
"Take him to the dungeon, we'll probe his mind later, Itimkrata and Gheranto shoudl have the opportunity to walk around the city for a while before we get down to serious business" Reinlas says
"Of coarse Reinlas" Laraka says as he teleports to the dungeons with Onikerm locking him up with the best guards keeping constant watch on him
Reinlas looks at Gheranto and Itimkrata.
"Please go look around the city, get acclimated to a setting like this again, let the people see you" Reinlas says
"We will" Gheranto and Itimkrata say as they walk out of the castle heading into the city
Hours pass as Onikerm waits patiently in the dungeon, chained up completely with his arms and legs locked in place and with no magic as guards keep a constant watch on his cell. Onikerm looks around at the guards watching him, carefully choosing one when he notices Uniera is one of the guards and smirks evilly as he stares at her.
"How'd the scars heal?" Onikerm asks giggling slightly
"Just fine, now shut up you crazy son of a bitch" Uniera says
"Oh I dont think I will, you see I fondly remember torturing you after all your sister was watching, her reactions were just as divine as your screams" Onikerm says
"I said shut up!" Uniera says but onikerm ignores her words
"Not to mention the reaction on Larakas face after he saw you, how nice of him to carry you, thinking you need protection, you shouldnt have been an elite warrior is what he thought" Onikerm says as his giggles turn to laughter
Uniera gets angry and grabs the keys to onikerms cell.
"Hes just trying to make you angry dont let him" One guard says
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"He tortured me and my sister, I want to get a hit in at least once" Uniera says
The other guards look at eachother.
"Ok just be careful you know more than us what hes like" The guard says
"Indeed" Uniera says as she unlocks the cell
Uniera walks over to Onikerm not afraid of the man chained in place before her then with the same hand shes holding the keys in hits him in the face but feels pain in her fist as onikerm managed to bite her fist hard enough to break the bones in it. Uniera moves her hand back not realising her broken hand dropped the keys which onikerms hand was able to catch without moving his arm. Onikerm quickly unlocks that arm and grabs Unieras leg pulling her down then knocking her out and putting the chain around her neck. The guards start to run in but Onikerm grabs Unieras blade and throws it at oen of the guards heads stabbing into their brain killing them instantly. Onikerm uses the moment of shock to quickly unlock his other arm and his legs. Onikerm smirks looking at the guards as they rush him again, Onikerm dodges their attacks unnaturally quickly and bending hsi body in unnatural ways to avoid the quick movements of the guards. Onikerm catches a blade with his teeth and pulls the blade away from him the guard and stabs it into the foot of one guard quickly grabbing the same guards head and tearing it off, Onikerm quickly follows up by beating down one guard with the decapitated head. Onikerm moves quickly and looks back towards the remaining guards as he feels hsi magic start to return.
"Ah how good, seems I took out the right one" Onikerm says with a smirk as he makes a sound barrier then levitates the chains from all the nearby cells which quickly wrap around the guards pulling them away and slamming them against the roof, floor and walls as Onikerm makes spikes come out of them
The guards all scream in pain before dying on one final impalement.
"The beautiful sounds of death, I love them so" Onikerm says with a laugh
Uniera starts to get up and take the chain away from her neck but Onikerm speeds over to her and slams her against a wall with no spikes.
"Ah, ah, ah dont get up" Onikerm says as he puts the chain around her neck again
"How the fuck did you break my hand with your teeth?" Uniera says as she tries to punch him but her arm gets broken by him quickly before she can connect the punch
"Simple my dear, I put some metal in my teeth and jaw years ago, dont even try to manipulate it either, wont work" Onikerm says as he laughs and picks Uniera up attaching the chain to the ceiling and letting go of Uniera starting to hang her
"Do try to survive, I hope to torture you again another time" Onikerm says as he giggles walkign away and he breaks open a wall as quietly as he can then running out and away rom the castle as Uniera struggles to free herself from the chain
Reinlas, Gheranto, Itimkrata and Laraka come down to the dungeons and they find the corpses.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" They all shout surprised
Laraka senses Uniera still alive and rushes to where she was hanged and quickly grabs her and holds her up to keep her alive.
"Uniera are you alright?" Laraka asks concerned
Uniera blacks out and Laraka quickly unwraps the chain from her neck and lays her down gently then wakes her up with magic. The other three walk over.
"What happened Uniera?" Laraka asks
"Onikerm got under my skin not literally this time, bastard broke my hand and managed to free himself with the keys after they dropped from the broken hand" Uniera says as she starts to heal herself
Laraka sighs.
"I dont blame you, hes a tricky bastard" Laraka says as he helps her up
Reinlas telepathically speaks to guards across the city.
"Everyone on high alert, Onikerm has escaped from the dungeons, search everywhere for this fucker!" Reinlas telepathically shouts
Guards and resting soldiers across the city scramble into action patrolling everywhere and searching unoccupied houses in case hes taken residence in one.
"Lets go help search" Reinlas says
"Right" The rest say as they walk to the wall Onikerm left through and run down into the city in hopes of picking up his trail
"Theres many elite soldiers within the city hopefully they'll be able to find him if we dont" Laraka says
"indeed" Reinlas says
Everyone continues to search the city, the elites checking the delantramite district guessing that Onikerm may go there given his past command over them. Scyera is among the elites searching there and she hears giggling in an alleyway quickly turning to look into it with her scythe at the ready in a defensive stance.
"Not very stealthy Onikerm" Scyera says
"Wasnt trying to my dear" Onikerm says with a smirk as he uses hsi limited mind control on her
Scyeras stance drops as Onikerms will is imposed on her mind and soul.
"Be a dear and fight the first with your monster while I escape" Onikerm says
"As you wish" Scyera says as mist begins to surround Reinlas, Laraka, Gheranto and Itimkrata
Scyera disappears into her mist. Reinlas and the others look around confused.
"The fuck is Scyera doing!? No one can see through this! Onikerm will get away!" Reinlas shouts
"I dont know what shes doing!" Laraka shouts
"That name sounds familiar" Gheranto and Itimkrata think to themselves and eachother with telepathy
The red eyes of Scyera appear infront of them her eyes glowing in the mist.
"Scyera! Get rid of the mist!" Reinlas shouts angered and confused
Scyera says nothing and doesnt move until Krenatur growls behind her, when he does she lets them see through enough of her mist to see her face which has an insane smile adorning it.
"Hes taken her mind" Gheranto says
"Indeed" The others say as they get ready to fight
"You're not winning this" Scyera says as she continues to smile and they lose the small bit of sight into the msit she gave them
Krenatur roars as he tackles Laraka biting into him hard enough to shatter his shoulder causing him to yell in pain as he tries to stab Krenatur with the other blade on instinct but cant hit him. Scyera looks at Reinlas and speeds towards him hitting him out of the mist and through multiple buildings. Reinlas gets up.
"Gheranto, Itimkrata both of you focus on her, Laraka is strong but against Krenatur his chances are low!" Reinals shouts
"On it!" Itimkrata and Gheranto shout from the mist as they get back to back tracking the movements of her eyes
Scyera circles them disappearing and reappearing on the opposite side from where they are almost toying with them as she prepares to attack them. Scyera speeds towards them and as they block infront of them scyera disappears appearing behind them and stabbing into them both causing them immense pain but Itimkrata makes the ground beneath them into a golem which doesnt need sight to attack scyera who quickly lets go of her scythe as she dodges the ground attacks. Gheranto pulls the scythe out of himself and itimkrata and they get out of the mist.
"Ok your magic is working so she'll tire and Onikerms magic will do so as well, thankfully his main magic isnt mind control or else this would be such a pain" Gheranto says
"indeed" Itimkrata says as she looks at the scythe and she quickly takes it
"Reminds me of our old guard captain and her husbands scythes" Gheranto says
"Yeah im realising that now... hold on their names are on here" Itimkrata says
"I didnt notice, wonder why" Gheranto says
"Me too" Itimkrata says as the scythe gets yanked out of her hands and scyera looks at them from the mist
Scyera speeds towards them coming out of the msit and bringing the mist with her, Gherantos eyes quickly turn red as he strikes red lightning down around them causing Scyera to stop and move back.
"Lets see if we can counter act Onikerms mind control" Gheranto says as he starts to shoot the red lightning at Scyera as fast as he can
Scyera dodges and closes her eyes as she expands the mist making her completely undetectable but not blind as she sees through the mist and Krenaturs eyes. Scyera throws her scythe out of the msit that appears behind gheranto stabbing the blade straight through hsi back and damaging his spine causing him to fall down.
"FUCK!" Gheranto shouts in pain
Itimkrata quickly makes the ground attack scyera again as she takes the scythe out of gheranto and starts healing him. Reinlas senses what happened to Gheranto and keeps fighting alongside Laraka but gets an idea.
"Laraka, you know where Lieran is get her here now!" Reinlas shouts
Scyera hears that and quickly levitates her scythe to her hand and throws it towards Laraka but Reinlas senses it and blocks it as Laraka runs out of the mist and teleports to Lieran.
"Lieran, scyera is mind controlled a-" Laraka gets cut off as Lieran teleports to the mist and conjures msit soldiers which begin to collect the mist as she walks over to Krenatur and doesnt get attacked as she manages to get him to sleep before the mist is gone.
Scyera looks at Lieran with her insane smile as everyone can see them staring each other down, scyera teleports her scythe into her hand as she speeds towards Lieran attacking her as quickly as she can as Lieran dodges and blocks her attacks flawlessly. Scyera begins to get annoyed as she attacks faster and stronger.
"Stop it scyera, you know we fight to well together and against eachother" Lieran says
"Shut up" Scyera says as she dodges an attack from Lieran
"We've been through much together scyera, seen to much and cared for eachother so long I know how to snap you out of this" Lieran says
Lieran attacks scyera methodically as she continues to dodge Scyeras counter attacks until Scyeras scythe gets caught in a wall after one downward strike giving Lieran the chance to get behind her and restrain her then she hugs scyera.
"When you wake up, come back to me" Lieran says as she uses her magic on Scyeras soul causing her to fall asleep for a minute as she gets laid on the ground by Lieran before waking up
"Have you come back?" Lieran asks
"Yes, like I always will" Scyera says as she hugs Lieran then kisses her to everyones surprise but not Lierans, they both separate as they get up
Everyone looks at eachother in shock before shaking it off. Reinlas looks at them.
"Well that was certainly surprising" Reinlas says
"Eh... sorry everyone, probably didnt need to see that" Scyera says
"After the main events of the day I think it was a very needed and beautiful event" Reinlas says
Scyera makes her mist appear around her and Lieran as they leave.
"Onikerm is likely far gone by now, too bad we didnt learn anything from him" Laraka says
"Well people can see into their controllers mind so maybe scyera knows something" Gheranto says
"Lets ask her another time, for today we need to rest and lay the dead to rest" Reinlas says
They all nod and leave to do whats needed while Onikerm walks into Keireens castle and to the throne room. Keireen and Ratankira look at him slightly surprised.
"How the hell did you escape?" Keireen asks
"They let me go" Onikerm says with a smirk
"Wait seriously?! Are they idiots?!" Ratankira shouts
"Calm down Ratankira, I mean in the sense that I tricked a guard into a position that let me escape and then mind controlled that mist monster lady" Onikerm says
"Oh, that makes much more sense" Ratankira says
"You have something dont you?" Keireen asks
"I took some plans during my escape, some of the old ones from billions of years ago, Reinholms building plans, I know some secret ways in and out. Ratankira can do soem damage" Onikerm says with a giggle
Keireen smiles.
"Good. Lets get planning" Keireen says as Onikerm gives Ratankira the plans...