Magolor's POV
I rushed out of my house, not bothering to lock the door or anything, they could have the house if they wanted it. The only thing I took with me was the book which I opened to read as I made my way to Dangerous Dinner.
The Lor Starcutter
The picture of showed a high-tech blue-white ship. Its hull is shaped like a seafaring ship with a keel at the bottom and three oars on each side, and a topsail on a single mast. On its aft are two great wings flanking its engines. It looked sleek and powerful and I knew it was just what I needed. I skipped pass all the useless information and went straight for its location.
Said its resting place is a mountain in Dangerous Dinner, the ship waits for someone worthy to be its pilot.
There was no small number of mountains and it didn't say where but I somehow knew exactly where I needed to go. There were plenty of monsters but I felt much more powerful so I just blasted them out of my, I didn't stop for anything or explore, I had somewhere to be. I arrived at the tallest mountain, Landia's mountain, so I began to scale it. I instinctively knew where to go and I eventually ended at a small clearing. I started digging in the ground, getting my gloves dirty but I didn't care about that or how late it was getting. I backed away once I excavated the blue tip of the ship, I was sure of its presence now so I called upon my enhanced power.
I summoned dozens of waddle dees, poppy bros jr, and moleys to assist me in unearthing the Lor. The moleys began tunneling into the ground, taking care of the harder rocks and loosening the soil around the ship. While the waddle dees carried the loose soil away and dumped it over the edge, the assistance of bombs made this easier.
Initially I blasted the rock and dirt away but this combined with controlling all the helpers I summoned exhausted my magical supply and I was reduced to digging like the waddle dees. I was filthy, my hands felt like they would fall off, and I was getting a headache from constantly maintaining the different helpers but I didn't stop digging, I couldn't stop digging.
Long after the sun fell and far into the night we continued, never wavering or stopping. I didn't stop when my eyelids felt like heavy weights or when my stomach screamed at my to feed it, I was absorbed only with thoughts of getting the crown and I needed the ship to do it. Occasionally a waddle dee would wander off and return an hour later carrying whatever food and and water it could scavenge then it would then it would hand feed me while I worked. The eye would disappear only long enough for me to eat.
The constant explosions would also trigger rockslides that crushed some of my helpers or when they came close to me a helper would sacrifice itself to save me, getting crushed, turning into a puff of magic, and returning to me. I used the magic to create more helpers to take their place.
After three days of straight digging we finally managed to uncover the Lor. It looked horrible, it was covered in dirt and rocks, there were holes in its mast and hull, and burn marks were we weren't careful with the bombs. I looked past all this and floated up till I was in line with its battered hull. I placed my hands on it and immediately I could feel a connection.
Lor Starcutter POV
It could feel its resting place being disturbed, it was being crudely awaken as who ever was digging it up seemed to be in a rush. It felt a hand on its font so it reach out and established a connection. Immediately it could feel a deep and all consuming darkness, this body, though conscious, was being manipulated by it. It moved away from the darkness and searched the mind of the individual, it was full of thoughts of that cursed crown but the Lor knew these were not its own.
It was being tortured, led here by childish innocence and ignorance of the dark power in the book.
"Yes, I will help this being in his quest, not the darkness but the pure heart held within it."
I began readying my engine, deciding now was now longer the time for resting. Though I would have to increase my battle capabilities if I was going to do what he was asking of me luckily my new pilot had something on him that would be perfect for just that.
Magolor's POV
I could feel it accepting me as it's pilot and like a heart beat pulse of magic started washing over it. They brought life to the ship wherever they went, removing the dirt and mending the holes. Pretty soon it looked exactly like the picture but it wasn't done yet. There was light glow coming out from under my robes. I reached under and pulled out my warp star, I forgot it was even there.
It started floating then it glowed even brighter as it grew to full size and flew into the hull. It became embedded there like an emblem. Similar stars appeared all over the ship, the mast even gained a star insignia and the entrance opened.
I wasted no time admiring its new look and instead went inside, dispelling my helpers along the way. I went straight for what I knew was the control room as the ship automatically began flying.
It was incredibly fast and we at the top of Landia's mountain before I knew it.
"Landia! I know you are there, come out and give me the Master Crown!", I yelled.
Landia's POV
I walked out from under the shade of a boulder I was resting in. Even from here I could feel an evil presence encroaching itself into a vessel, undoubtedly here to take the cursed crown that rests atop my head.I could also see that the Lor Starcutter was going to help it defeat me probably because it saw good in its enslaved master.
I wish the crown would fade with the flow of time and be forgotten but it's legend precedes itself and again I would find myself challenged by an unsuspecting fool. Sometimes I wished I could give up being the guardian of this thing, to be able to go to other planets and leave this god forsaken rock. To not have to be constantly alert in case of a sneak attack, to be able to mingle with people without fear that they only want the crown, to not have to live a life of solitude...
"No I can't think thoughts like this now", I said sternly in my head as I readied my wings,"I still remember the day I was given this title and why".
Flashback
It was a week after the war against the Master Crown had ended. It was not long but it was hard, they tried to keep it contained to Halcandra but it spread so quickly the whole Galaxy was involved. Despite its ability to summon legions of monsters almost instantly it's host was frail at best from the strain which allowed a small group of specialized warriors sneak into its base and take it down.
However there were many casualties and the survivors were left to pick up the pieces and rebuild almost from scratch. This was why the ancients, who created the crown, decided to appoint a guardian to make sure it was never used again. They wanted to destroy it but the only way they knew to do that was to defeat it while it had a host that could allow it to use its full power. Only when it is forced to draw all its energy, and leave nothing in reserve, was it vulnerable to be truly broken.
Of course it would be far to risky to attempt it so they would have a guardian watch over it till they found another way to syphon all it's energy safely. Since the ancients were going to seek out an entity called Necrodeus for its magic staff that can split something into several weaker forms they were going to assign the new guardian today.
They had chosen me to be the new guardian because I was one of the most capable warriors both physically and mentally and I led the charge in the Lor. I should have felt nervous or scared, I had seen first hand what could happen, but oddly I felt calmly resigned to my fate. I lowered my head as one of the ancients prepared to place it on my head, my three younger sisters all had their strongest attack charged and pointed at me. It was a necessary precaution should something go wrong and I give in, they'll be ready to take me out before I gain full power.
My last thought as the crown was put into place was that none of us wanted to do this but I would rather die than be responsible for such wide spread destruction and in numeral deaths.
Almost instantaneously I was thrust into the inside of my mind, thee was nothing around yet at the same time it didn't feel empty. It was like if you were in a pitch black room, you know the room isn't empty and your eyes are open but it's so dark no matter how wide you open your eyes you can't see anything. I knew the crown was there, I could hear it tempting me whispering its poison into my ear but I blocked it out the best I could. I used whatever technique I knew to keep it out but I could feel it spreading.
In the real world my thrashes and struggled against invisible binds, the others were getting worried I couldn't keep control. When my usually emerald eyes flashed bright red the ancients gave the signal and my sisters fired their attacks. The crown summoned a portal and sucked in the attacks. The portal remained and it practically targeted my sisters and despite their best efforts were ultimately pulled into the portal and absorbed into my body.
To this day I don't know why it did this, perhaps it didn't want to make the mistake of having a host that was too weak again and absorbed them for their power. What I did know was that it mutated my mind and body. I could feel as each of their heads sprouted from our combined body and as our minds were smushed together, sharing one consciousness. Without anytime to dwell on the strangeness of it all we used our much stronger combined minds to gain control of our body again, pushing the crown into the deepest depths of our mind. We could never permanently separate after that again, if we even split up for a second our eyes turn red, showing it's power bleeding through waiting for a chance to break free.
Flashback over
I opened my eyes, now in line with the ship. It may due anything for its master because it saw a pure heart inside but I am not allowed to be that forgiving. It pains me to have to fight an old friend but I must, I let out a loud roar showing my challenge.
Magolor smirked inside the Lor, accepting the it, he knew it wouldn't be that easy.