The next morning, befire the sun even appeared in the horizon, Thresh and Lucian were already trekking to the ruined fortress. There were no monsters in the Shadow Isles, unlike last time, giving it a calm but eerie aura. The area around them looked peaceful, but there was a chill in the air that said otherwise. They kept slowly making their way through the Shadow Isles until the fortress came into sight. "There it is..." Thresh gestured. "Yes. That is where we confront the Ruined King. Once we enter, there is no turning back. Are you ready?" Lucian questioned, readying his dual pistols. "As I'll ever be." The duo then continued towards the fortress only to find that it had been completely transformed since last time. There were walls surrounding it with archer towers positioned at the corners, and the broken gate had been repaired. A moat that had a dark aura surrounded the fortress. Thresh threw a hook at the gate and pulled. Lucian grabbed the chain and helped, and they eventually pulled down the gates and entered the fortress to see the Ruined King inside, sitting on his throne. "I've been expecting you. I'm so glad you made it back." He taunted. "We're here to dethrone you, and nothing is going to stop-" Lucian started before the ground below them started to shake and crumble beneath their feet. Lucian fell into a hole and Thresh grabbed him to pull him out, but the ground below Thresh was unstable and crumbled, too. The duo plunged down into the darkness beneath the fortress.
Lucian and Thresh crashed down on a hard stone floor. "Where... are we?" Thresh started. "This is some kind of dungeon..." Lucian replied, shooting at a wall with one gun and lighting a torch. He picked up the torch and proceeded. "And where do you think you're going?" A deep voice sounded. "Who's there? Show yourself!" Lucian demanded. "As you wish. Hahahahaha!" The voice chuckled maniacally as a masked figure in a jester outfit holding dual shivs appeared out of nowhere. Then, another identical one appeared. They kept on multiplying until they completely surrounded Lucian and Thresh. "Stay back!" Lucian yelled, brandishing his torch. "You come closer, I throw this torch at you, and we all go up in flames!" He threatened. "Well then, I'll just have to kill you before you get the chance!" The jester cackled before disappearing once more, the clones disappearing with him. He reappeared behind Lucian and was about to slit his throat when Thresh threw a hook around his neck. "Damn you!" The jester yelled as he threw a jack-in-the-box at Thresh. It opened and started to shoot blasts. Lucian quickly countered with shots from his pistols before shooting the jester. The jester disappeared to dodge the attack and reappeared behind Thresh. Without even thinking, Lucian pulled out his pistols and started rapid-firing waves of bullets at him. The jester just exploded, damaging Thresh before reappearing and laughing. Thresh threw a hook and landed it, pulling himself to the jester and trapping him in The Box. The jester disappeared and tried to escape but Thresh landed a blind Flay and pushed him back in. Lucian dashed around, firing wave after wave of bullets at the jester only to have him disappear and reappear, cutting Lucian with one knife and launching his pistols out of his hands with the other. Lucian winced in pain and rushed to grab his weapons only to have the jester stop him. Thresh landed a hook and pulled the knives out of the jester's hands, using them to keep him in place. "You might have the advantage now... but how will you fare when outnumbered?" The jester laughed as he multiplied once more. Lucian started to spin around and repeatedly fire shots, destroying a wave of the clones. Thresh landed another flay and defeated a group of them. "Your clones are so weak. How fitting of yourself," Thresh taunted. The jester was angered by this statement and disappeared again, reappearing behind Lucian. "Die already!" The jester yelled as he readied a knife only to be intercepted by a blast to the face, sending him back. "Don't think you've won... None defeat Shaco. NONE!" The jester yelled before disappearing again. "He's gone... for now." Thresh stated. "Then let's proceed. We need to find a way out." Lucian gestured, and the two continued through the unknown dungeon.
I'm back! Sorry for the delay.
