Solomon hurried through the corridors, the trident clenched tightly within his grasp as his ears rang loudly with the sounds of screams and explosions. Shada appeared next to him as he came to a halt at the palace's highest tower. "Sire, the adversary has been well trained within the secret arts! Even Mahad is struggling against their forces!" He was quick to shield the king as a rumble of the earth in response to an explosion that dislodged one of the ceiling's plates. "We must evacuate!"
"I will not abandon the kingdom where I was born!" His voice thundered, earning several glances from his soldiers and their opponents. The disfigured creatures of darkness came in many shapes and sizes much to their disgust; some must have been merfolk at one time but now it was difficult to tell what exactly they were now. Their leader hadn't even been courageous enough to come face him! The trident rang loudly as he tapped it against the stone beneath their fins and raised it high, his lips moving for several seconds as he recited the spell that would activate a protective barrier to expel the threat, and with a mighty bellow the spell was cast, the kingdom disappearing within a flash of violet light.
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