Ok I'm sorry this took so long but I had a project over christmas and when I got back I had the lead in a play and 4 other projects and now the semesters over (Thank the almighty lord) and in my next semester I get a study block so that means more time for this (because I really do write better and faster when I'm supposed to be doing work)

well as always enjoy and feel relieved by the fact that I actually haven't died or been kidnapped


The sun shone brightly through the window into the guest room of the Erudon family estate. Ryan slowly opened his eyes and dragged himself out of bed. He walked over to the window to check the sundial which was in the yard behind the house. "Geez, it's late," he thought "I'm hungry. I'm gonna go and get some lunch." Ryan got dressed and headed toward the kitchen. He got to the dining room to find Lire and Arme sitting at the table watching Elesis and Ronan yell at each other. He was still half asleep and couldn't make out what the two kanavanians were saying. Ryan walked through the dining room into the kitchen were he woke himself up by dumping ice water on himself. Afterwards he grabbed some food and headed back out into the dining room. Just as he sat down Elesis let out a big yawn.

"You tired?" Ronan asked politely.

"Yeah, a bit," Elesis responded, "I think I'm gonna go take a nap."

"Good idea I think I will to."

"Sweet dreams."

"Sleep well."

After that Ronan and Elesis walked out of the room. With food hanging out of his mouth, Ryan turned to see Arme and Lire sitting there looking very shocked.

"What's wrong with you two? Looks like you seen a ghost."

"Elesis and Ronan." Arme replied.

"What the hell happened that's got you two so quiet?"

"Well," Lire began, "It all started when we were eating lunch. Elesis walked over and grabbed some meat off of Ronan's plate so Ronan called her a brat. After that Elesis turned and called him a dork. Then they somehow started arguing over whether a spellknight like Ronan or a knight like Elesis was stronger. Somehow that devolved into whether knightmaster Aurora or general Grant is stronger. Then it turned into whether beef or pork is better which turned into what type of fish tastes better. That devolved into whether water from a river or water from a well tastes better. I don't know how but that became an argument over who has a better hairstyle and then Elesis yawned and, well you saw the rest.

Ryan stared at Lire for a long time before asking, "What?"

"Don't make me repeat myself."

"If I didn't know any better I'd say they actually were siblings," Arme chimed in.

"Oh that's nothing new," One of the maids told them, "They're always like that, ready to kill each other one moment and best friends the next."

"Real siblings are actually like that?" Ryan questioned.

"You're an only child?" Arme asked.

"I don't know. When the orcs attacked I lost all my memories and ended up being found by a different elven clan than the one where I was born. There was one guy who was kinda like family to me since he had lost his memories in the attack to. He was such a great guy, he was the only Viken in our clan."

"You're clan still had the ability to train Vikens?" Lire asked, very surprised, "Amazing I didn't think that Vikens could exist anymore."

"What's a Viken?" Arme asked.

"A very powerful, elven warrior," Ryan explained, "It is the highest rank any elf can achieve. They carry their scythes into battle and shred all who would harm their clan to pieces."

"Wow, the highest rank any elf warrior can achieve. They must be amazing."

"Indeed, not just anyone can become a Viken and there has only ever been one person who was chosen by the elven gods to ascend above that rank."

"Magna Dan." Ryan spoke with great admiration, "The greatest warrior any elf clan has ever seen. With the storm blades that the gods handed down to him he struck down all his foes. The gods granted upon him the great title of Vanquisher."

"Vanquisher? sounds powerful."

"Yeah, but Magna Dan is no more than an elven myth. He never really existed."

"He didn't?"

"No, it's just a story handed down to encourage our warriors to train as hard as they possibly could."

"To bad. If we could get someone like Magna Dan to help us then we would defeat Kaze'aze easily."

"Yeah definitely." Ryan sighed, "I'm still hungry. I'm gonna get more to eat, you two should follow Ronan and Elesis' example and get some more sleep we have a big battle waiting for us later.

"What about you."

"When I'm done eating."

"When will that be? When there's nothing left."

"Shut up."

Ryan headed towards the kitchen while Lire and Arme headed back up to their rooms so they could get some more sleep in anticipation of the great battle that awaited them.


As night approached everyone began to prepare. Everyone prepared their weapons and Armor and went to meet with general Grant at the castle before heading to Gaikoz's castle. At the leftmost entrance, Ronan and Arme were hiding behind some bushes and awaiting their chance to strike.

"How's it look?" Arme asked.

"Not yet."

"We're supposed to go after the troops stationed here leave, right?"

"Only if we see Grant's signal."

"His signal is the incineration spell?"

"That's right."

"This'll be dangerous, be careful. I don't want anyone to die. Especially you.

"Look!" Arme looked up to see a giant pillar of fire rising to the sky. "That's it, we go when only one mongbang remains, make sure you're ready."


"How much longer do we have to wait before we get to start smashing those things?" Ryan asked.

"Well, first we have to wait for the signal and after that we have to wait for the dark mages to reach a suitable level before we actually start going." Lire explained, "Elesis how does it look?"

"There's at least ten mages if not more and the signal still hasn't gone off so we wouldn't be moving even if they did start to leave."

"How many dark mages should there be when we attack."

"I say three. Lire can use her arrows to distract them while me and you rush in and destroy them before they cast anything."

"Sounds good to me, I'll aim for their heads and you two get to them and finish them off as soon as possible."

"Look!" Elesis and Lire looked back at the castle to see an enormous pillar of fire rising to the sky, "That's the signal, get ready girls it's almost time."


Grant stood before the great gate with 50 soldiers behind him. Grant turned to address his soldiers.

"This will be the greatest battle Kanavan has ever faced, you all can be proud of the fact that you aided in ending the rain of terror brought to us by the phantom knight!" All the soldiers cheered, "Soon we will be charging through this gate and our battle will begin. Some of us may not make it back but know that any who die will forever be known as heroes!"

The soldiers all cheered again. One of the soldiers stepped in front of the rest. "General, you are Kanavan's greatest hero and the reason I decided to become a soldier. I think I speak for every one of us here when I say that we are ready to lay down our lives before you and make Kanavan a better place for everyone!" All the soldiers cheered again.

"Excellent. All of you are great heroes of Kanavan, your devotion will inspire many and Kanavan will continue to flourish for all eternity. Now, Charge!" Grant lifted his blade and jammed it into the ground. "Incineration!" He yelled as he incinerated the heavy gate with the scorching hot flames which flew up from the ground. "All soldiers Charge!" He yelled as he ran into the enemies on the other side of the gate. "The rest is up to you."


Ronan carefully watched the western gate as he awaited the chance to charge in. Slowly the scouts and guards began to leave one by one. "Dammit, Gaikoz is redirecting everything but the mongbangs to the front gate."

"Without all the others with them then we may be able to defeat the three mongbangs and get in."

"Not likely. Even if we did manage to get rid of all three, one of us would get hit in the process and if you get hit by a mongbangs club then you won't be getting up for awhile."

"Do you know any defensive spells?"

"Yes, but it's nowhere near strong enough to defend against a mongbang's attack."

"Mine either. We don't have any more time to waste here, we have to get in there."

"I think we just may be able to, look." Arme looked at the gate to see one of the three mongbangs leaving. "You're right Arme, we don't have time to waste here so you handle the one on the left and I'll take the one on the right."

"Ok." Ronan charged out followed close behind by Arme. They split up and went to their respective targets. "Shining Wind!" Arme yelled as an enormous gale of golden wind began swirling around the mongbang. It continued to rise until you could no longer see the mongbang and then shredded it into pieces which were so small they could not be seen.

Ronan ran around his target to disorient it before charging energy into his hand. He raised his hand to the sky and pulled it down with force, "Blast bomb!" He yelled as a giant ball of fire fell from the sky and landed on the mongbang. When it landed it made a large and powerful explosion, ending the mongbang's life.

Arme, panting heavily, walked up to Ronan who was also panting. "Nice spell."

"Thanks, yours to."

"Takes to much energy for someone at my level to use often, though."

"I can barely use high level spells as it is. I'm not even sure if I have another one in me."

"lets keep moving, we have to find Gaikoz and meet up with the others."

"Looks like we'll be fighting our way through." He commented as he motioned towards the scouts that had appeared behind Arme. "You still have plenty of energy for your lower level spells, right?"

"Of course, let's go."


The dark mages had been slowly leaving the eastern gate. "Four left," Ryan told the girls, "It's almost time, be ready." Elesis nodded and Lire notched an arrow into her bow. They watched as more and more of the troops left until finally they were down to three dark mages.

Lire nodded and fired the arrow. She quickly reloaded and fired off five in rapid succession. The arrows hit the dark mages in the face. Elesis and Ryan charged forward. Ryan spun around cleaving two of the dark mages in half. Elesis rushed forward and slashed the remaining mage, dropping it in an instant.

Lire ran out to join the others. "That seemed to easy," She commented.

"Maybe Gaikoz is just an idiot," Elesis responded.

"Elesis, he lured Grant out of the castle so his troops could close in while he was gone. He's not an idiot."

"Sure isn't," Ryan chimed in, "Just take a look, that really was to easy."

Elesis and Lire turned around to see a large number of scouts and guards coming towards them. "Damn."

"You girls get going and find your way to Gaikoz, we can't leave Ronan and Arme to fight alone. Don't worry about me, if I get into real trouble then I have a secret weapon that should appear."

Lire looked confused but Elesis looked at him knowingly, "Just try to make sure it doesn't have to, ok?" Ryan turned and nodded as Elesis grabbed Lire's arm and dragged her deeper into the castle.

Ryan stretched his arms behind his head as the enemies approached him. He grabbed his axe and prepared to dash towards them. "Well then, let's see if you've got anything worth the time of the last remaining druid of the great Irian tribe!"


Grant and his men had been fighting the troops with all their might but for every one they destroyed two took it's place.

"Just how many of these things could Gaikoz have around here!" One of the soldiers yelled.

"We cannot back down! The moment we retreat every troop will be sent to Gaikoz's side to fight the infiltration teams!" Grant shouted to his troops.

"If we can't win here then we have to stall them for as long as we possibly can!" The lieutenant yelled to the troops.

As they fought the number of enemies slowly began to dwindle until there were none left. All the soldiers cheered but Grant silenced them. "Gaikoz is planning something. There were more troops than we just fought were with Gaikoz when he returned from his march towards the castle and I have no doubt that he would make more in the day and a half we gave him. He's planning something."

"what should we do General?" The lieutenant asked.

"All of you wait here and prepare to fight at any time, I am going within the castle."

"Yes sir," The lieutenant turned to the troops, "You heard the General men. Rest and regain your energy but be prepared to begin battle again at a moment's notice."

General Grant disappeared through the castle doors but all the soldiers remained vigilant. As soon as General Grant was out of sight one of the soldiers sent to look around the perimeter of the castle came charging back. "S-sir, we have a big problem!"

"What's wrong!" the lieutenant asked. His question did not need answering as he looked down the wall of the castle and saw three mongbangs come around the corner.

"Sir! over here as well!" The lieutenant spun on his heels to see three more mongbangs coming from around the other corner. As the six mongbangs closed in on the soldiers the lieutenant turned to the three youngest soldiers among the troops.

"You three go and bring General Grant back, quickly! The rest of you get ready, we have a difficult battle ahead but we must hold out until the General returns."


Ronan and Arme had been breaking through Gaikoz' guards for some time until they finally reached the heart of the castle.

Ronan looked around, "Gaikoz isn't here," he claimed.

"Then where is he?"

"I don't know but I think we should wait here and meet up with Elesis and the others before we keep going."

"There isn't a very far left to go, but you're right we shouldn't move on until they get here."

Ronan sat down keeping his sword unsheathed and ready in his hands. "Thank you, miss Arme. I wouldn't have been able to do this if you hadn't been with me."

Arme blushed a little, "It's ok Ronan, I need to get to Ellia and the only way to get the boats sailing again is to beat Gaikoz."

"I see. Well thank you all the same, I'm glad that you are with me."

Arme turned away from him to hide how red her face was, "Don't worry about it."

"Ronan!" Ronan turned around to see Elesis charging him furiously, "Did you make Arme cry!" She yelled at him.

"What the hell gave you that idea!" He yelled back.

"She's holding her face!"

"You're a complete idiot!"

"No you are!"

"You are!"

As Elesis and Ronan argued like children, Lire checked on Arme. "Is something wrong?" Arme shook her head and looked up at Lire. Lire saw how red Arme's face was and knew what happened. She giggled, "Don't worry Arme."

"About what?"

"Never mind," Lire looked at Ronan and Elesis, "Those two are probably the only people I know who would argue right in front of Gaikoz's place." Arme giggled.

Ronan and Elesis stopped and walked over to Lire and Arme. "So we've decided that it's about time we get in there and fight Gaikoz," Elesis told them.

"What exactly did you two argue about to come to that conclusion?" Arme asked bewildered.

"Well..."

"STOP!" Lire screamed, "I DO NOT want to hear it."

They all laughed and Ronan noticed something, "Where's Ryan?" he asked.

"Did you just notice that?" Elesis responded.

"Shut up brat."

"Dork."

"Stop it!"

"Sorry."

"How the hell did you two manage to live together for so long?"

"It just becomes routine, I guess," Ronan answered, "Anyways back to my original question, Where is Ryan?"

"He stayed behind to buy us time to get here."

"Will he be alright?"

"You don't have to worry about Ryan." Elesis claimed, "he's stronger than any of us, trust me."

"Fine."

"Anyways I think it's about time we got to Gaikoz."

"Agreed." The four warriors went through the last gate. Once through they saw a tall man in red and purple armour with Gold rimming. Instead of a face he had only a white mask and two glowing red circles for eyes.

"Welcome to my castle young fighters." Gaikoz said in a raspy voice, "I have been waiting for you."

Ronan walked ahead of the girls, "I am Ronan Erudon of Kanavan. I have come today to demand that your attacks on Kanavan stop!"

"Foolish boy. Demands can only be made when one has the power to back them up."

"The four of us have more than enough power to defeat you."

Gaikoz let out a low hollow laugh, "Do you really believe that?"

"I do."

"Well then show me this power which you believe you possess." Gaikoz reached behind him and pulled out a long Katana which matched his armor. Ronan charged, stabbing at Gaikoz with his sword. Gaikoz side-stepped the stab and jumped back creating distance. He then placed his sword at the ground and swung it upwards throwing several large stones at Ronan. Ronan jumped back to avoid the stones and join up with the girls who were all waiting in fighting positions. Gaikoz laughed, "You call that power?" Gaikoz dashed at an incredible speed. Before the warriors knew what had happened Gaikoz was behind them and they all had new injuries. Ronan turned towards Gaikoz with a look of disbelief on his face. "You didn't honestly think that you could keep up with me, did you?"

"Dammit, he's to strong," Ronan fell to his knees, dropping his sword.

"Shut up!" Ronan looked up to see Elesis struggling to get to her feet. "I don't care how fast or strong you are, don't act so damned cocky!"Elesis then turned to Ronan, "And since when do you give up so easily?"

Ronan stared at Elesis for a little while before a sly grin crept across his face and he stood up. "Sorry about that but I'm back now."

"You will lose all the same."

"I don't think so, Gaikoz, not this time." Ronan charged grinding his sword against Gaikoz's. As they ground their swords together Elesis ran around to Gaikoz's back. She swung her sword gashing the back of Gaikoz's armour. Ronan used the opening to slash and put a gash in the front of Gaikoz's armour. He and Elesis both jumped back and took their fighting stances again.

"I will admit that fighting two warriors with a moderate amount of skill alone is not the easiest task in the world." Gaikoz said confidently, "But don't think that this means you will defeat me."

"Two warriors?"

"I think that you've forgotten something very important."

As they spoke an arrow came flying through the small opening made by Elesis's sword slash. Gaikoz reeled in pain but recovered very quickly. He reached back and pulled the arrow out of his back. "Thank you," He said, "I had forgotten what pain feels like and now that I have felt it once again I know that it is something which I must absolutely avoid!" Gaikoz turned quickly slashing 3 more arrows out of the air. "Why don't you just come out?" Gaikoz taunted, "Firing arrows from the shadows will do you no good anymore. I have memorized the sound of the arrows flying through the air and I've memorized the reaction timing I need to stop them." Lire jumped out with a look of complete disbelief on her face. "Don't look so surprised, I was the greatest warrior before my death. memorizing my opponents abilities could only come naturally."

"Nice try Gaikoz but we're not out of tricks yet."Elesis tapped her sword against the ground twice before re-taking her fighting stance. Ronan looked at her trying to figure out what was going on and Elesis winked at him. Ronan nodded, understanding what she meant. Elesis charged towards Gaikoz, holding her sword low below her waist. As she approached she lifted her sword slightly and tried to attack Gaikoz from the side. Gaikoz jumped high, completely avoiding the attack.

"Did you earnestly believe that you could hit me with that? How stupid."

"Say what you want but the stupid ones are the people who fall into obvious traps."

"Wha-," Gaikoz was cut off as he was bombarded by icicles, fireballs and wind blades in rapid succession. After the bombardment had finished Gaikoz hit the ground with a thud.

"I don't care how great a warrior you are, you still won't have much control when you're in the air."

Gaikoz slowly staggered to his feet. "Foolish girl, you have barely had a taste of my true power."

"Then why don't you hurry up and show us, or do you just want us to finish you off now?"

"Very well then, girl." Gaikoz took his sword in both hands and lifted it above his head. He slashed at the air in front of him multiple times at various angles. when he stopped a kanji appeared in the air in front of him. Energy began to form around the kanji and slowly began to flow into Gaikoz. Gaikoz's posture became more upright and his armor began repairing itself. Arme jumped out of her hiding place and threw several fireballs at Gaikoz in an attempt to stop his healing. The energy formed a shield as it flowed into Gaikoz reflecting the fireballs into the ground. After a short time the energy stopped flowing and the kanji dissapeared. Gaikoz stood upright with no injuries to speak of. "Now then, I believe you wanted to see my true power."

Gaikoz disappeared. He reappeared on a platform far up near the top of the castle. Gaikoz lifted his sword and swung it down with force creating an air blade which flew towards Elesis at a ridiculous speed. Lire grabbed Elesis and dove out of the way moments before it hit the ground leaving an enormous gaping hole. Ronan glared at Elesis, "God dammit why did you have to provoke this out of him you idiot!"

"I had no idea he would be that strong." Gaikoz disappeared again this time reappearing just in front of Arme. He held his sword to the side and prepared to attack. Arme slammed her eyes shut and waited for it but suddenly she felt as if she had been pushed. She opened her eyes to see Ronan standing where she was with Gaikoz's sword slicing through his armor. Gaikoz romoved his sword and dissapeared again. Arme rushed up to Ronan who was bleeding everywhere.

"Are you ok?"

"Don't worry about me just go help Elesis and Lire. We need your full power if we want to stand any chance of winning here." Arme looked back to Lire and Elesis who were looking around trying to figure out where Gaikoz would come from next. She formed a small blue energy in her hand and used it to temporarily stop Ronan's stomach from bleeding.

"That should at least stop you from dieing so hide and wait for us." Ronan nodded and staggered away to a safer place. Arme rushed over and joined Elesis and Lire. "Are you two ok?"

"Yeah we're fine for now but how is Ronan?"

"He won't die as long as Gaikoz doesn't get to him."

"Ok good."

"You girls are very foolish if you believe you have a chance to defeat me now."

"Up there!" Gaikoz was standing on the platforms near the top of the castle again. He began slashing the air again, drawing another kanji. This time the kanji glowed red and disappeared reappearing in front of the girls along with Gaikoz. The kanji grew brighter and brighter until an enormous ring of fire appeared around the girls. Gaikoz walked through the fire and approached the girls.

"Nowhere left for you to run," he said threateningly.

Lire and Arme stepped back behind Elesis who held her sword up, defensively. Gaikoz moved closer and closer. Suddenly the fire disappeared. Gaikoz spun around quickly to find that the Kanji had been destroyed and in the spot where the Kanji was there stood a large, orange wolf.


Once again I'd like to apologize as I know this took to long but now my exams are over and I couldn't be happier about it. Well this was actually only half of what the chapter was originally meant to be but when I saw how long it had gotten I decided to split in in two so be sure to read the next chapter for the conclusion of the battle with Gaikoz.

As always review and have a nice day.