Chapter III

Shadow gazed at the night sky; it had turned dark just moments ago. The fortress had been magically lit up with fairy lights. A magical torch that never burns out and lights places brightly. The fortress was now like a lighthouse amidst dark seas, shining brightly, cutting through the darkness of night. Shadow was standing in a watch tower, an unconscious guard at his feet. He was studying the fortress layout, he sighed when he realised he still had a long way to go.

"Walking is slow..." Shadow muttered to himself. "But teleporting without a set destination is very dangerous. Considering the Terria Fortress has installed magical sensors, teleporting will also bring this place into full alert. Resulting in higher ranking wizards to take the position of defending this place, which is creating more trouble for us."

Shadow then nodded as if he had decided something. With a wave of his cloak, he teleported towards another tower. Immediately, the fortress became alive, with alarms blaring and some fairy lights had turned red, giving the fortress a red hue.



"Now the fun begins." Shadow said grinning. Many groups of men in black robes suddenly appeared everywhere. They stood on the high walls, monitering the whole base. "Well, things are going according to my plan. Terria's famous black paladins had appeared."

Shadow was observing the paladins when he felt a spell heading towards him. He jumped, narrowly dodging a flaming arrow. The arrow alerted the paladins of Shadow's location, and a group teleported off the wall. They appeared surrounding Shadow. One paladin with a white crest on his sleeve spoke.

"Who are you? The Paladins Of Terria question you." He questioned Shadow. "Answer me! Or we'll take action."

"My name is no concern to you. My job is to warn you. Leave the base now, or be destroyed along with it." Shadow said looking towards the paladin. "Tell the whole Terria army to leave or be killed. Our main target is your Clan Master."

The paladin shook with fury and shouted. "Lord Narius defeated by the likes of you? You must be dreaming! I, Gero will kill you!" He concentrated a huge ball of energy and charged towards Shadow. Just as he was about to hit Shadow, Shadow disappeared. The paladin looked around him, searching for Shadow. He gasped as he found the dead bodies of his comrades around. Then, wounds appeared in an instant all over his body. He fell.

"Gero! Gero!" a paladin shook Gero. Gero was motionless, standing weakly as if in a daze. " YOU! What have you done the Gero?" The paladin shouted, pointing his sword at Shadow. "He merely felt into a illusion." Shadow replied, and with a wave of his hand disappeared.

"How the?" The paladin said, dumbfounded at how Shadow manage to escape them. " I thought Felis casted a anti-teleportation barrier?" He turned towards Felis and saw Felis in the same state as Gero.


"Who set off the alarm!!" Virgil screamed as he ran. A team of paladins were chasing him. He turned and found himself facing a dead end. When he turned back, the path had already been blocked by the paladins.

"Surrender yourself!" a paladin spoke. "Or we will kill you..."

Virgil laughed. "Is that suppose to be a threat? Leave... Or I WILL kill you." Virgil said, staring at the paladin. The paladin then motioned for his team to attack Virgil. They charged towards Virgil, all preparing spells to strike him down. Virgil inhaled a deep breath, and tore off his right sleeve. Red markings on his right arm was crawling towards his shoulder, and it was slowly spreading towards his body.

"Impossible! He's the Red Demon !" The paladin realised. " STOP YOUR ATTACK!" He shouted, trying to warn his team.

However, the order came too late. A red orb of energy emerge from Virgil's palm. A huge blast of red energy erupted from the orb. The blast hit the paladins, sending them flying. Red mist had surrounded Virgil, blocking him from the paladin leader's view. Virgil started walking towards the paladin. The paladin slowly saw Virgil's figure appear, the red markings on his right arm shining brightly through the mist. Virgil emerged out of the mist, and looked at the paladin.

"You're the Red Demon!" the paladin screamed. "You're Virgil, the Crimson Prince"

Virgil smiled, and the red markings started to retract slowly back towards his hand. " I see you seem to know my identity."

"Who doesn't, you're the son of Saint. Along with your brothers, you three are know as Heaven's Three. Crimson Prince, Virgil. Black Lord, Shadow. White Saint, Tien." he said. "However, because each of you shown amazing poweress, many names were given. Red Demon being most famous for you. Dark Illusion for Shadow. Finally, White Lighting for Tien."

"Why don't you just stop talking and fight me?" Virgil said, walking closer to the paladin. The paladin retreated. "It'll be impossible for me to defeat you." He replied. The paladin then suddenly turn and ran. The paladin ran for quite a distance, he turned back and was relieved that Virgil didn't give chase. Then, he knocked into someone. He gasped as he saw the person's long white hair, and the person wasn't old. He knew immediately he had bumped into the White Saint, Tien. "Please don't kill me..." the paladin said, begging for mercy. He closed his eyes, praying that he would be spared. For a moment, nothing happened. He opened his eyes and saw that Tien had already disappeared and was nowhere in sight. He collapsed shocked from his near death experience.

Tien had ignored the paladin's pleas, he made his way around the maze with amazing speed. The magical restraining spell had been lifted due to the raise of the alarm. It was to allow the paladins to be able to freely use spells to support themselves, however, it also means that the attackers could use magic freely too. Tien's magical agility made it effortless for him to travel around the area, reaching speeds so fast only a trail of light could be seen as he moved around. He was about to reach the center when one person dressed in white appeared in front of him, blocking him path.

"You aren't as fast as they say you are..."
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