CHAPTER XII

Zes grabbed hold of a fallen comrade and pulled him to his feet. "You okay?" Zes asked, however the paladin did not reply. Zes then quickly hoisted the paladin on top of his shoulders and he Su-n (the term for flashstep) back to safety. Zans knowing that Zes is saving surviors, is single-handedly pushing back the skeletal troops with huge shockwaves that shatters bones. Then suddenly, a huge jet of green flame shot out from behind the skeletal troops formation, and headed straight for Zans. Zans quickly shield himself, however he flew backwards when hit. He quickly got up and to his amazement, all the skeletal troops suddenly vapourised. Zans rubbed his eyes in amazement, checking to see if he was dreaming.

"I decided they are only going to hinder the fun, so i vapourised them." A croaky voice suddenly boomed around Zans. Zes felt the magical energy of the person who had spoke and quickly Su-n to where Zans was. "This guy is a low class one, are we expecting someone so powerful so soon?" Zes said immediately as he appeared beside Zans. "Where is it?"

"It? You call me it?" a skeleton with greenish-blue flames surrounding him said, appearing suddenly behind them. Then, the flames surrounding the skeleton lashed out and hit Zes and Zans, sending them flying. "What weaklings, are you sure you two are the one i'm after? i felt a far more powerful presense before in this area." The skeleton looked around as if searching for something. "Tell me... where is your leader? I, one of the five skeleton generals, command you two to answer me!"

"We have no leader, we are fighting for ourselves." Zans replied, standing up and in one swift action punched the ground, sending a huge shockwave out towards the skeleton general. The general laugh and stomp his foot on the ground, and immediately, the shockwave ceased. "Weaklings, your magic won't work on me." Then, he gather a huge ball of green fire and raised it above his head. "Now tell me, where IS YOUR LEAD-" the general stopped suddenly and smiled. "So he has arrived..."

A gigantic black buster sword crashed into the ground behind Zes and Zans, and they turned to see someone dressed totally in black land lightly on top of the sword. The black figure was wearing a tattered cloak, covering a black dragonhide sleeveless top, and black pants made out of unknown material. The person's face was hidden all accept the eyes with black cloth. The person is actually Shadow. He knew Zans and Zes were protecting this area and felt uncomfortable when he felt the skeleton presense nearby.

Shadow mind-talked to Virgil who was observing the battle hidden by the rocky terrian. Virgil only responded by a curt nod before he turned and disappeared.

Shadow shook his head and sighed. He stepped off the sword and pulled it out of the ground. The buster sword was as tall as Shadow was, and when Shadow is carrying it, he gives off a sense of pure danger.

"Who are you?" The skeleton asked, still unable to sense Shadow's aura because of the distance. Shadow pulled a sliver ring out from his pants and slipped it on his thumb. Immediately, his aura disappeared. "I repeat...Who-" the skeleton began to question again but stopped immediately when Shadow appeared in front of it with a single Su-n. The general was shocked by the distance Shadow could travel with one su-n, however he was even more amazed when he couldn't feel any aura coming from Shadow.

"Boo?" Shadow said before he swung his weapon.

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Chapter Xl

A skeletal warrior raise his sword high above its head, preparing to finish off a downed paladin when a shockwave hit it and the skeletal warrior shattered into a thousand pieces. Zans pulled the fallen paladin up onto his feet and in a split second later, he laid him down inside the fort.

"Heal him, and let him rest." Zans said, ordering the healer inside the fort. The healer nodded and quickly went to work, closing the paladin's wounds with light shining out of his palm. "Sir, your flash step is amazingly fast. It one of the fastest i've seen." The healer said suddenly. "It's good to know that both you and Lord Zes is so capable." Zans smiled and sighed before he said. "My mentor's faster." Then, Zans once again departed towards the battle with a single flash step, leaving the healer wondering.


Virgil opened his eyes slowly, observing the area around him. The bodies of slain demons laid around him. He got up and jump towards a peak of a high hill in one swift action. He slowly scanned the horizon, and spotted a battle far away. He closed his eyes for a moment and reopened them. This time, his irises had became blood red will a glowing red symbol shinning on his pupil. Then he smiled. "So Zes and Zans are now great fighters. i wonder how it'll be sparing with them." He laughed and shook his head. "I'll kill them." He said before he jumped off the hill and sped off at an incredible speed leaving a trail of red mist behind him. "Let me check this battle out up close."
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Chapter X


A vast barren area dividing Demonia from the realm of Man. Valleys and jagged rocks scattered around. A huge wall protected the realm of Man from the now active Demonian troops. Forts were built around the barren land, trying to stop the demons from advancing closer towards the wall. Mages and warriors prepared themselves for battle everyday as the waves of demons charged. Soon many forts were destroyed and the demons were beginning to occupy half of the area. Their advances however were stopped by a fort protecting a strategic location for the demons to advance deeper. Chaos reigned in that area as the demons battled to gain control over the fort. It has been 2 years since the Heaven's Three disappeared, the realms are at war once again. Their legends will start here, in this barren land, in the lands of Frey.


Thousands of menacing looking skeletons carrying weapons and bearing armor approached a huge fort. The fort was protecting a path leading into a mountain pass that grants a fast journey towards the wall. The skeletal warriors suddenly charged toward the fort, screeching loudly.

"They're here again. Quickly everyone! To battle!" A man shouted. He was dressed in a black robe and gripping a massive axe. "Let the Geffen Paladins crush them!" Paladins all dressed similar to the man, charged out of the fort's gates and took up their defenses, preparing for the skeletons to arrive. On the high walls of the fort, many paladins prepared their bows and charged their arrows with magical energy. They then aimed toward the massive swarm of skeleton troops. A young man with shoulder length black hair stood beside the archers. He was wearing a simple pair of black dragonhide pants, while his upper body was covered with a red cloak. He was also wearing black gloves of unknown material. He gazed at the skeleton swarm.

"Archers ready? FIRE!" he shouted, as the archers let loose their arrows. The arrows glowed white and showered on the skeletons, vanquishing many. Suddenly, a man dressed simillar to the man in the red cloak appeared beside him. The man who just arrived had short spiky black hair and was donning a dark blue cloak instead of a red one. "Zes, this time they are serious. There are hundreds and thousands of them." The man in the blue cloak said to the man in the red cloak, Zes.

Zes nodded before speaking." Seems like its time for us to fight. Let us go, Zans. For the honor of Geffen." Zes and Zans jumped from the wall, dropping towards the ground. They landed softly and made their way towards the front of the defending paladins. Another volley of holy arrows rained onto the skeleton swarm, however their advance did not slow. The skeletons arrived in front of them in no time, and upon seeing the paladins, they charged.

"It begins." Zans said before he spread his hands wide apart and slamed them together forcefully.


Tien smiled as he laid on the ground, looking up towards gigantic trees. Leaves were slowly falling and Tien slowly sat up. He sighed as he marvel in the place he is in. Many different trees, huge and small, with many colour leaves around him. He strolled towards a tree with rainbow coloured leaves and sat beneath it's shade. "Enjoying the shade?" a female elf ask dropping from a branch above Tien. Tien laughed and nodded. "You catching a nap huh? Leina." Leina nodded and chuckled. "It's a pity you're a human, i would have fallen for you if you were an elf. " Tien laughed and shook his head. "Does it matt-" Tien stopped suddenly and held his head before he fainted. "TIEN!!"
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