BUENAVENTURA #2 - Shining! Road to the Force
1,000 years later.
In Rune's library...
-Simone: Oh! Hi, how are you. Did you come to see my grandpa? I'm sorry, he's not here right now; he went to buy bread for tomorrow. Do you want to read this book with me until my grandfather gets back? Goodie! It's about a war between soldiers of light and evil beings of darkness. Here it says that it happened 2,000 years ago. Shall we read it together? Then let's begin!
"Four warriors chosen by the gods were to defeat Dark Dragon and his Dark Army. They were subjected to harsh tests to determine if they had the Shining Soul.
One of this army was Behemoth, also called The Beast King, a beast with a lion's head and four snakes in his neck. The first of the four warriors of light was Max, who had great skill with blades, axes, and spears. He went to Beast Mountain and defeated Behemoth in an endless battle between fighters of great physical strength."
Getting back to the story.
Dragonia.
-Bulzome: Although as a statue I cannot do much, so we'll see in a moment.
Bulzome disappeared.
-Hawel: Monks, colorful birds, evil statues, dragons, unlikely heroes...
-Milo: What does all this mean?
-Hawel: That we're in a fine mess.
-Pyra: Whoa whoa, hold up.
Pyra approached the mysterious knight.
-Pyra: Heya, what's your name? :3
-Milo: Hey Pyra, first Max and now his brother. That makes you look pretty bad.
Pyra is blindly enamored of the knight.
-Max: She didn't hit you! This really is strange.
-Hawel: And this golden blade, how is it that it doesn't burn you or your brother?
-Max: ...
-Hawel: ?
-Max: ... I don't know.
Meanwhile Penn and his friends saw how a small dragon, very similar to the one that fought a little while ago, began to emerge from the egg with the purple stripe.
-Penn: !
-Penko: ^_^!
-Dragon: Name name.
-Kiwi: Mmm... ...?
Kiwi offered the idea of calling him Bleu.
-Sunday: .. .., .. ... ...
-Penn: ... ... ... ... =_=
Sunday was not in agreement. Penn said that the name is very ugly.
Behind them, Bleu trembled and said his last words.
-Bleu: My name is not ugly. T_T
Penko got an idea.
-Penko: ...!
-Penn, Kiwi, and Sunday: ^_^!
They all agreed, he would be called Dryu.
"The second of the warriors of light was Bleu, a half-dragon with unequaled strength. He was sent to the Labyrinth of Death. There he found a very powerful weapon; no one knew where it had come from, or had the technology. They called it The Titan Fighter."
-Simone: Wait a second, seeing this picture makes me remember a machine very similar to this in another book, but well, let's go in order.
"Thanks to his great defense and attack, not to mention his powerful fire breath, he could destroy this dangerous machine weapon that had endangered the land of Rune."
-Cain: My name is Kane.
-Pyra: *¬*
-Milo: Blast Level 1!
With the power of wind, Pyra's dress blew up.
-Milo: No pardon, I didn't want to do that!
-Pyra: *¬*
-Milo: What the damnation. ¬_¬
-Hawel: You had better explain to us why you tried to kill me.
Cain tried to remember, but couldn't.
-Cain: ... I don't know.
-Hawel: They're the same two little brothers.
-Cain: This mask was controlling me, someone called Hawel gave it to me a long time ago.
-Max: Hawel?
Everyone looked at Hawel with suspicious faces.
-Hawel: ... Me?
-Cain: So it is you, you'll pay with your life!
Kane attacked, thrusting with his sword, but Hawel managed to duck and avoid.
-Cain: You don't know how many people, animals, and powerful beings I murdered because of you!
-Hawel: Yes, yes I know.
-Todos: What?
-Hawel: 999.
-Max: Hawel...
-Hawel: Rather...
Hawel turned into a totally different individual.
-Cain: You!
-Max: ?
Max remembered something. Nothing.
"The third of the warriors of light was Hans, an elf archer, the best of anyone. He was sent to the Egual Dungeon. There he met Bulzome, one of the army of Dark Dragon. He was planning how to overthrow Dark Dragon to be the God of Darkness. Although he was only a statue thanks to a spell from his father, he had too much power for anyone, but not for Hans and his arrows. However many times Bulzome teleported, Hans did not miss a single shot."
-Cain: Wh... why did you change! Everything was working out so well!
-Hawel: I was bored, they never ceased using the power of darkness to reach our goal.
-Cain: But that doesn't justify what you did!
-Hawel: Everything is coolly calculated.
-Cain And for that you killed our mother!
-Max: !
-Hawel: When I control all the power of darkness, you'll thank me for everything they sacrificed to bring it to fruition.
-Cain: No more!
Kane attacked Hawel but he evaded him easily.
-Hawel: Inferno Level 1!
-Pyra: Again, that spell.
-Milo: What are you talking about, Pyra?
-Pyra: The one he used to melt the ice on Venus.
-Max: *¬*
-Pyra: And the fact that he teleported to save me.
-Cain: Those aren't a mage's spells; they're the spells of a dark being!
-Hawel: You all die.
The spell left them all on the ground with no signs of life.
"The fourth and last warrior of the light was in reality a beautiful youth who controls all the elements with her spells. She was called Anri.
"She was sent to the Otherworldly Forest. Everyone believes that from that place they managed to bring the Titan Fighter from another time in history. There she met Mishaela, the most powerful witch of all. She could create clones of herself with the same level of powerful magic as her. She was expecting a very special visit. Anri fought with everything she had, but it was not very effective as she did not always get right which one was the true Mishaela.
"It was then that behind one of the trees of the forest appeared a golem, Claude by name. But he could not move since he needed one of the arms that he lost.
"Anri, unable to do anything, complained a lot, but Claude then sacrificed himself and became a soul. The soul of a golem entered Anri's bosom and she felt all her strength return."
-Simone: Wow! How interesting all this is!
"Then the battle continued for several hours more until Anri was again completely exhausted; Mishaela's magical power was immense. But Anri heard a voice that spoke to her, inside her; it was the voice of the golem. It told her to use it, to concentrate all her soul and join it with Claude's.
"Anri did this and from the sky fell a gigantic golem. This day, a punch to the ground and millions of rocks fell. All the duplicates were dissolved one by one and Mishaela was deeply wounded, so she had no more chance to escape."
Max awoke from his deep dream, apparently no one was seriously injured.
-Max: Pyra, Milo, wake up.
-Pyra: What is it now... =_=
-Milo: Five more minutes, please... U_U zzz ZZZ
-Max: Hey!
Pyra and Milo woke up suddenly.
-Pyra and Milo: What, what is it! O_O
-Max: What happened to my shining sword?
-Milo: And that weirdo?
-Pyra: And that hunky knight? :3
-Max: For some strange reason, I feel more powerful or something like that.
-Milo: Must be the blow to the head, it was very strong.
-Max: I have, I have, let's see...
Max used Bolt Level 1 on Milo.
-Milo: Yup, you're right. X_x
-Pyra: So you're a mage, too.
-Max: No, I am not.
-Milo: This "hero" thing has its advantages. ¬_¬
Max and his friends lose an ally, but won't give up on uncovering the truth of it all. But where will they go to now?
In the next chapter: Castling! The Giant-Dwarf Board.