Thelia’s head hits the floor. Endo sees her head bounce on the ground and stops his attacks due to the shock of losing her. Cleus looks back at Cyte standing there with the Crown’s Blood Sword in her hand. The sight of Cyte’s triumph put a smile on his face. Because he knows how much it means to her to redeem herself and hold the sword of her family.
Cyte’s face is covered in Thelia’s blood, she uses her tongue to lick some of it off her lips. She thinks to herself that it tastes sweet. Cyte looks down at the decapitated head with a gaze devoid of any emotion.
“I made you a promise didn’t I?”
Cyte kneels down next to Thelia’s head, she opens Thelia’s mouth and grabs her tongue.
“You won’t need this in hell.”
Cyte then rips the tongue out of Thelia’s head. She stands up and with her grip enhanced by strengthened blood, she crushes the tongue in her fist.
The Crown’s Blood Sword starts shaking uncontrollably Cyte doesn’t know why this is happening but holds on to it regardless. The sword begins glowing with a yellow light and after a few moments, a bright flash appears blinding Cyte for a few seconds. When she opens her eyes again she can see the blade of the sword dissolving into blood. Only the hilt remains in her hand.
“Why?”
Cleus and Endo are both unaware of why the sword dissolved like that. But Endo couldn’t care less, because in just a few moments he lost his shield, crown, and sword in one fell swoop. His world has begun crumbling down around him. Endo’s head falls in despair and the two spinning blades dissolve into blood and fall to the ground. Cleus on the other hand is smiling because this is the first time he has seen Endo so distraught.
“Get your head up. I didn’t go through all that for it to end like this. At least fight back.”
Endo swallows his tears and raises his head back up. He takes a deep breath and then looks at Cleus.
“You’re right. A king should never bow his head to his subordinates. I will get a new Sword, Shield, and Crown. But first I have to kill you and that bitch.”
Cyte is still looking at the Crown’s Blood Sword’s hilt. She snaps out of it when she hears the word bitch and looks up at Endo and Cleus. She knows that she shouldn’t interfere in this fight and that helping Ten takes precedence over watching the fight. However, if she is correct in her assumptions, Endo is still a viable threat to Cleus. Cleus will need “that” to ensure his victory.
“Your Highness, I will be back.”
Cyte starts running towards the abandoned building that Cleus and her use. While running she is hoping that Cleus and Ten both stay safe until she returns. Especially Ten since he is going into unknown waters and Strils has yet to show his face. So the chances of him being down there are high.
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Cleus and Endo both look at Cyte run in what they believe to be the wrong direction. Cleus doesn’t know what Cyte is thinking but he trusts her enough to know that whatever she has planned is crucial to their survival. Endo thinks that she might be calling for reinforcements to deal with what is waiting for them in the supply room. He is going to have to hurry and defeat Cleus. Endo uses the blood still on him to spawn a new sword which he then points at Cleus.
“I will bring your head back with me as payment for the lives you took.”
“Your family took my father, my mother, my shield, and my future from me.”
Cleus’ blood starts to boil with anger, and the rage inside him manifests as a red aura that surrounds him. The dark red energy is enough to make Endo nervous.
“You hunted down my brothers, killed my family, and sit on my throne.”
As Cleus speaks his anger increases and thus the swirling energy of anger around him intensifies as well.
“And yet you dare talk to me as if you lost something.”
The energy around Cleus starts pulsating its then that Endo realizes what Cleus is doing. He immediately jumps back far enough to be out of range of the energy field. The red energy around Cleus drops to the ground like a shadow finding its home and stays there. Cleus whispers the name of what he has just done to himself.
“Death’s Domain.”
Endo can’t believe that Cleus is able to create a domain like this. Endo isn’t even capable of creating a blood domain of this size. And it took him a very long time to master it even though he was taught by his father and a personal trainer. So how can Cleus do it at such a level without having received any training? Or wait perhaps …
“Who trained you?”
Cleus looks at him confused.
“You did.”
“I WOULD NEVER …”
Before Endo can finish his sentence Cleus jumps at him with his sword in hand and slashes Endo with a diagonal strike. Endo is able to react in time and block the attacks. Endo uses his free hand to summon a group of blood needles he shoots as projectiles towards Cleus. But Cleus sees them coming and dodges them by stepping to the right, and in one motion he slashes Endo again while dodging. Endo blocks this attack too, and then goes on the offensive with his own sword attacks.
The two exchange blows and sparks fly as their swords clash. The sounds of their fight reach all the way down into the supply room’s basement. Ten can hear them as he very slowly and very carefully walks through the hallways. He ran down the stairs and into the room where they first met Endo and Thelia, but that second door was unknown territory, so he took it a bit slower.
Plus he figures that if he takes it slow, he is giving Cleus, Cyte, or Demo the chance to catch up. It would be unfair for him to do it all alone. His eyes are already adjusted to the dark he is in. There were several light switches on the wall, but he passed each one without touching them. Because by doing so he would be giving away his position and presence. On the way down, he made several pieces of armor he put under his clothes. Because you never know what might happen, and as always better safe than sorry.
“Mai, did you find a map for this place?”
“No, this building shouldn’t have an underground facility according to the blueprints.”
“Based on how we came here, and what we’ve seen so far, any ideas of what’s ahead?”
“Strils used this as a storage facility for drugs, and we have yet to encounter any drugs. Stands to reason that we will soon come up on a lot of drugs.”
“Or Strils.”
“Possibly.”
“I just want it on the record, that the moment we see Strils, you have my full consent to take over.”
“Noted.”
Ten reaches the end of a hallway and there is a single black door. With a keypad and eye scanner next to it. There is also a camera above him and on the door, there seems to be a palm/finger print reader.
“I think this is it.”
Chapter 54 Fin