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Heroes From Above
Chapter 9
Boomer flew towards Mongolia, and as he flew, he thought, "How am I'm gonna rescue Bubbles?" "I hope I am strong enough to defeat this, demon of Weather." As soon as he finished that thought, he then boosted his flying speed and next thing he knows, he's flying over the Middle East, with his distance to Mongolia closing in dramatically. As he flew, he saw the land below. It was horrible, as he flew past Turkey, he saw that the Mosques and temples were destroyed. "I can't bear to see the destruction of famous monuments anymore." And he just sped on, flying past Moscow and then making a sharp turn from the center of Russia south to the heart of the Mongolian highlands.
As he landed, he was instantly hit by a gust of wind. It was a terrible snowstorm going on in Mongolia. "I got to find shelter in this snow storm." He grumbled under the gales of the wind. He then saw smoke coming from over a hill. "Must be a camp." "I hope it is a human camp." He said, as he rushed towards the smoke. He was right, it was a human camp, but it was totally destroyed. Bodies littered the snow and grass. And sure enough, a few yards from the ruins of the human camp was a prison of bamboo, with soldiers in it, armed with nothing but what seems to be remains of swords and axes. They were watched by demons and one by one, they are removed from their prison and questioned, and tortured to death. "I must rescue those prisoners." Boomer said, as he jumped in mid air and landed on a demon commander, squashing him in the process. He fired slashes from his sword and eradicated some of the demons, and the rest of them, fearing for their lives, ran away. He opened the prison door of the prison and helped the prisoners to safety.
The leader of that group spoke, "You are powerful, my friend. And I thank you for saving me and my fellow warriors."
He explained that his band of warriors was responding to a call for help from the camp they were imprisoned. Boomer asked him why all the soldiers were armed with traditional medieval weapons, and the leader of the band of warriors said that their spiritual leader, Kalath, had discovered about that these weapons are the only weapons capable of harming the minions of the dark lord. He told Boomer, Kalath enchanted normal swords and axes with the power and handed them to the warriors. Boomer told him about his quest. "Come with us, you must be cold and tired from your journey here. We will travel to our main camp, and perhaps Kalath can find a way to help you." "I'm not sure I introduced myself properly, I am Falken." After saying that, the warriors gave Boomer a warm coat and they walked down the snowy path towards the camp.
As Boomer walked through the steel gates of the camp, he was walking into a courtyard of the camp. He looked about and saw many soldiers, standing on the palisades on the stonewalls. He looked forward and saw a rugged old priest. Boomer walked over and asked, "Are you Kalath?" The old man just nodded. Boomer introduced himself and told Kalath of his quest.
Kalath replied, "Hmmm, this quest of yours seems very interesting." "It actually does says in the prophecies that the demons of the dark lord are attacking Mongolia with a powerful demon in command." "Perhaps this Weather demon is the demon we must destroy to rid Mongolia of these fiends!" "I last heard," , he said. "That the dungeon is located on the top of a high hill. And you must travel through an underground passage to reach the top of hill." He spoke. "But beware, powerful and deadly demons lurk in that passage." "you can find the entrance to the passage in the fields north from here…." Kalath was cut short when a fireball flew through the air and landed somewhere in the courtyard. A soldier on the west side of the wall reported that demons are laying siege on the camp. Kalath then spoke again, "To prove you are the true hero, you will help us lift this siege." "Falken has told me of your strength and bravery to save his men. And we thank you for that, but now we need your help to lift this siege."
Boomer nodded and said, "Don't worry, get as many of your people into the safest shelter as soon as possible, I and the remaining troops will fight the demons." Just then, a volley of burning projectiles flew above the wall and burnt several soldiers on one part of the wall. Boomer flew out of the camp and rushed to the nearest demon catapult and attacked it. As he slashed the catapult the nothing, 3 Orc warriors rushed towards him. But they could not even lay a single mark on Boomer. Boomer just dodged and slashed back, killing the Orc warriors easily. As he fought the Orc foot soldiers and smashed catapults, he saw many tough warriors from the camp fight off monsters. "They fight well, but the monsters are too much a match for them, I really got to lend them a hand." He thought. He ran to them and slashed the monsters to pieces. " Be careful around these demons, ok?" he told them. He ran about across the battlefield, killing monsters that got in his way and destroying all the catapults that are laying siege to the camp.
As he got to the top of the foothills around the camp, he saw the biggest trebuchet he ever saw. The huge siege weapon, has the power to hurl projectiles 9 times further than those small catapults down on the lower parts of the battlefield. And a supreme warrior, 3 times bigger than the regular Orc warriors Boomer fought, operated it. Boomer charged towards the beast, doing a 4-slash combo to his gut, and a roundhouse kick to his chin. The demon roared in pain, but still continued to resist. He gave Boomer a 10 hit combo to his head and sent Boomer crashing down the hill. But that was not enough to stop Boomer. Boomer then ran up the hill at super speed, and head butted the demon in the gut so hard, that the demon collapsed on his knees, holding his stomach and gagging. This gave Boomer the chance to jab his sword into the demons back, and the demon vanished into thin air. Instantly, the great trebuchet collapsed, and vanished as soon as the demon collapsed. "The siege is over." Boomer whispered and walked down the hill towards the camp.
Kalath congratulated and thanked Boomer for his help in stopping the siege. "As a token of our graditude, warrior, we have decided to give you the best armor we have forged and enchanted." "We hope this suit of armor can protect you from the effects of the demons of ice." Kalath then signals one of the men to hand the suit of armor over to Boomer. "Now go great hero, before the enemy has corrupted the rest of our homeland!" With that said, Boomer then flew off towards the North, searching for the entrance to the underground passage to the dungeon of the Weather Demon.
Apparently, Boomer found the entrance quickly and entered the passage below. As he flew through the passage, he is confronted by several demons, all of them attacked with Ice attacks, but luckily, Boomer's shield and armor reflected the cold blasts. Boomer just fought through the demons easily and found the exit at the end of the passage. He walked out of the cave to find himself on a tall mountain. On top of the mountain, there is a giant palace, with it's entrance closed. Outside the palace, is an altar with a giant statue in the middle. It looked like an human. As Boomer went up to the altar, he heard a voice, " I am Nikalak, the god of these hills. I guard the gate to the great demon's palace and I will only let the worthy through to try and defeat the demon, those I find unworthy of fighting the demon will be told to go back so they will not be unharmed by the demon." "You will fight me so I can test you, and see if you are worthy enough to enter the demon's palace." Then a bolt of lightning struck the statue, and the statue became alive, flesh and blood, and everything.
Boomer then pulled out his sword and got into a battle ready stance. Nikalak then struck with his giant axe at Boomer, but Boomer blocked and did a 6-slash combo on Nikalak's arm. Nikalak then proceeded to strike Boomer harder with his right arm, but Boomer was just too fast, Boomer gave a 6 hit combo with his fists, and did a round house slash with his sword, sending Nikalak over the edge of the hill. Nikalak was then hit by a thunderbolt and the body was no more, and the statue stood where he was, unharmed. "Mortal, you did well." Nikalak's voice spoke, "I know you are the worthy one to defeat the demon." "I have something that will aid you." He spoke, and on the altar, a Jewel appeared. "Take this jewel with you to the chamber of the demon, and defeat him with it. Good luck Mortal." Boomer then bowed to the statue and picked up the jewel. "This must be the Mystical Jewel I need to defeat the demon." After he had that thought, he inserted the jewel into the socket in his gauntlet. A blue glow appeared on the gauntlet and faded. Boomer now entered the dungeon doors which are now opened.
Boomer then rushed through the passages and came into a room. He found 3 identical ice Statues of the demon. He struck one of the statues and a golden flash appeared. A crack appeared in the middle of the floor. "Ok, wrong statue." Just then, his gauntlet flashed and realeased a beam on one of the statues. A moment later, the gauntlet glowed and spread to the sword. Boomer slashed the statue the beam landed on, and instantly the statue came alive. The demon spoke, " Very clever mortal, but you will not defeat me that easily." The demon then attacked with a roar and charged towards Boomer. But Boomer just jumped up and did a double slash on the back of the demon's head. Just then, as Boomer was behind him, Boomer saw a strange symbol similar to the symbol of his Amulet. Boomer knew what will happen if he hits it, and charged up his sword with the energies of the jewel. He then thrusts the sword through the symbol on the demon's back. The demon roared with pain and began to melt. "I have defeated the demon. No where can I find Bubbles in here?" He looked around, and heard a faint breath. He used his x-ray vision to see Bubbles trapped behind a wall of Ice. He melted the ice with his sword and freed Bubbles.
"Boomie!" she yelled with joy. He hugged her and kissed her softly. "Where are your brothers?" Boomer just told her that each of his brothers are on a different quest to save her sisters. Boomer then carried her and flew out of the dungeon.
"Let's get you home, ok Bubbles?" "Ok!" So the 2 stopped at the camp to pick up supplies, and get some medicine for Bubbles to recover from the cold. After saying good bye to Kalath and his followers, Boomer then carried Bubbles and flew towards Townsville.
Well that's it for chapter 9!! Cool isn't it! Well, to me, it's cold! Brrrr!! Stay tuned for Brick's quest in chapter 10!! In the mean time, so long! Oh by the way, for those of you who asked for the story for the previous demon, that's a good idea, as soon as I get this one done, I begin work on that story.