A/N: As stated in the title and summary, this will be the book version of Zenonia 4. I may or may not change the plot around to fit the story better, but the fact is that I'll be adding more dialogue because either Gamevil doesn't make very good ones or it's mistranslated in the process from Korean to English.
Disclaimer: I will say this only once in this entire story. I do not and will not ever own this incredibly beautiful game and diverse storyline. But if I ever do, you guys will be the first to know.
Zenonia 4: The Novelization
-Prologue: The Dream-
Do not falter, do not be anxious, do not regret.
Your choice is the right way, your heart is righteous.
-Lu, Captain of the Kinghts
Drip, drip, drip
Water dripped from the long, pointed stalagmites onto the moist earth. The sound echoed throughout the cave. No wind blew in. No living thing moved. Suddenly, a person rushed in, his blades gleaming in the dim moonlight.
This…this dream again!
Color suddenly flooded my senses, letting me see the cave and the person better. This man –no, this boy—seemed no bigger than eighteen, his blonde locks damp and stuck to his forehead. Panting slightly, he surveyed his surroundings with piercing crimson eyes.
Within seconds, a group of monsters surrounded him with a huge ice monster –golem— leading. With gargoyles on his every side, there was no way he could escape even if he tried.
What are they up to…?
The leader of the monsters suddenly slammed his arms against the floor. The other monsters took it as their cue to attack, rushing in with a loud cry.
Not good… He's in danger!
Eerily calm, he waited until the last minute and dashed forward. All I could see was a flash –a very brief flash—of blades, and it was all over. Chunks of the annihilated gargoyles lay strewn all over the ground, leftover blood dripping off his blades.
Wh-what… This guy is… Incredibly strong!
Angry at being outwitted, the remaining golem leader slammed his arms down again on the ground. Again the gargoyles came, surrounding him on all sides and blocking his exit with sharp, glittering claws.
I realized the problem then. There are just too many…
'Hey,' I tried to shout out, 'Get out of here!'
Suddenly another older man ran in and, with a fatal blow, killed two of the gargoyles.
"You look like you could use some help." A grim smile playing on his lips, the older man gave the younger male a roll of his eyes. "Can't even defeat these small fries?"
Is he an ally?
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you think Chael." The younger one snorted and easily parried a claw directed toward his throat before giving the aforementioned Chael a quick side glance. "Worried?"
"Hmph, as if Recruit." Killing off the last of the gargoyles, they started in on the last monster, the ice golem, when it roared in fury. One by one, more monsters surrounded them, looking even more ferocious than before.
"There's no end to these punks!" The younger male growled as he leaped to intercept a crushing blow from behind Chael.
"There is barely enough time as it is," the older blonde man replied, doing the same for the younger male and sliced a monster in half in the process. "I'll keep these guys busy…" He lunged forward, and his sword swiped a graceful arc through bodies of gargoyles. "Go ahead and…"
Impossible! There's too many…I watched as yet another wave on monsters blocked them from running and moving forward. Already, I could see that their movements were lagging, and pants could be heard as they blocked and slashed. The fresh monsters arriving after each slaughter weren't showing any mercy either. Those two…they were going to die if help doesn't arrive soon.
I was soon proven wrong as the younger one finished clearing a forward section opening with only three incredible moves.
"Well…" the younger one hesitated as he stepped through the opening, looking back at his still- fighting ally. "…You sure you can handle them?"
The aforementioned ally gave him a venomous scowl as he glanced briefly at the younger male and ordered, "Don't worry about me. Just go, you fool!"
With a resigned look, the younger blonde nodded and disappeared deeper into the cave.
"Yo, buckethead!" Chael called, addressing the oddly shaped ice golem. "If you and your cronies want to follow that guy…You'll have to deal with my sword first." Sword raised high in the air so that all visible light could be reflected off of it, he smirked slightly as he snarled, "Come at me!"
The last thing I saw was the gleaming of human blood, spilled all over the ground.
A/N: Now, I will introduce myself. Hello readers, I'm just another newbie author on this archive, a fledging if you will. I'm EternallySoulless or ES for short. The Zenonia series of the Gamevil games are what I just got addicted to. I've played through all of them that's out (1-5), and was kind of disappointed at the few fanfictions that have been written about them. So, as a result, I have now started to write them myself. After all, if you can't find a story to please you, go write it yourself.
Thanks for reading and review if you want me to continue. All reviews are accepted. I just want to become a better writer from all your critique.
Toodles~ E.S.