Lords of War
Chapter 4 The God of Battle
Riding upon a tamed Drakethorn dragon, Darithal flew to the highest hights. Clouds rushed past him like lightning and soon Ajuk's airborne fortress was clear. Looking up to the heavens, Darithal remembered his orders.
"Take this dragon." King Fascal had said. "With it you must fly to Ajuk, defeat him and save the princess!"
"And that shall be my solemn vow." Darithal thought to himself. "Ajuk will die. The princess will be safe, I promise."
As soon as Darithal spotted the first balcony overlooking the desertland, he jumped for it when it came into range. He landed safely upon the floor and stood up quickly. It was a great deal of luck that of all the balconies on this fortress, he landed on Ajuk's. Looking around, he spotted Ajuk, reading a book off the shelf. Ajuk looked up calmly, like he expected Darithal's arrival. Ajuk closed the book and layed it down. Standing up from his chair he walked past Darithal and looked down the balcony. Darithal was offended that Ajuk had the nerve to just walk past him like that, and he clenched his fist.
"So you finally made it here." began Ajuk. "Darithal, I wonder where you got that name from."
Darithal then remembered what the guardian had said. It too had wondered why Darithal's name was Darithal. But that made no sense to Darithal.
"Maybe no one will ever know." continued Ajuk. "But I know your name. Your real name. You see Darithal, you are not of this world."
"You lie!" exclaimed Darithal.
"Oh do I?" smerked Ajuk as he pulled out the Chaos Gem from his black robe. "Exactly 1000 years ago, Drakethorn and Fenkeep were pitted into a skirmish like no other has ever seen. They say the gods did not approve of such a war, so something had to be done."
"So what are you getting at?" scowled Darithal.
"So one day, the armies of Fenkeep and Drakethorn clashed into a battle to end all battles." said Ajuk. "They say the battle lasted for days at a time, never stopping, never tiring, bloodlust filling their souls. It became so intense that it caused a cosmic event!"
Darithal became interested in this story and cautiously walked closer.
"On the eve of the battle, when all hope faded to darkness, the sun was eclipsed." continued Ajuk. "But strangely enough it was not the moon that eclipsed the sun, it was... something else, no one knows for sure. From that 'new moon' a black beam of light showed upon the battlefield. And from that black light a figure hurled down from the heavens. As it hit the ground, the battle stopped. And from the crater emerged a warrior. It dove into the battle and slew more than half the men currently still alive. The rest ran for their lives."
Hearing of this new character, Darithal was even more oblivious to Ajuk's point. What was this warrior that slew half an army? Ajuk then continued.
"Soon after all the magi gathered together and defeated this being. It was delved into a sleep that lasted for exactly 979 years. About twenty-one years ago it awoke. That warrior... was you!"
Darithal was shocked at this new statement. Him, a 1000 year old warrior from the sky?
"Impossible!" he shouted.
"Tell me Darithal, do remember your childhood?" asked Ajuk.
Darithal thought hard, but nothing came up. It was like his past was a blank, nothing! Darithal gasped at this new discovery.
"Thought so." said Ajuk. "And from the negative energies of the black moon, the Chaos Gem was born. All memory of that day has been wiped clean from history, and so everyone thinks it was the Chaos Gem that ended it. But I have learned that it has a greater power. It has the power to reinact that glorious day! But this time, a stronger being will be born!"
Darithal winced and began to draw his sword. But Ajuk turned around to face him.
"I know your real name, Darithal." he said. "For you are the God of Battle. Your true name is... Escaflowne!"
Darithal was astonished. He was a god? The 'God of Battle'? Ajuk turned around and looked at the horizon. He gasped at an oncoming army of Drakethorn and Fenkeep soldiers. Ajuk also grew a great anger at the sight of a banner of both flags formed at one.
"You!" Ajuk exclaimed. You ruined everything! They have united, and now my empire will never come to be!"
Looking down again Ajuk saw that his army also saw the other army and had already began their charge. Then both armies clashed. Ajuk then changed his attitude from angry to calm again. He then held up the Chaos Gem to the sky, and a black moon appeared out of nowhere, beside the sun.
"What are you doing?!" shouted Darithal.
"If I cannot rule Senbena, then no one can!" announced Ajuk.
The moon then moved in front of the sun, and a black beam of light shot from it to the earth. Then something plummeted from the black moon. It landed upon the ground, causing a crater. It emerged from the crater. It was enormous, measuring at about forty feet in hight. Its armor was as red as blood and from its hand sprouted two large sickles. With these sickles it blew away all warrior beside it, sending them flying.
"You see, Escaflowne..." said Ajuk. "You were much like that. Deep down, you are a monster!"
Darithal could hardly believe this. He was a monster, and that was that. In anger Darithal unsheathed his sword and threatened Ajuk with it. But then Ajuk stepped up onto the ledge of the balcony, his back facing the battle. He had is arms outspread, smiling with intense hatred and malevolencey.
"And you shall be nothing more than a monster, Escaflowne! Nothing more!"
Then Ajuk leaned backwards, falling off the balcony, arms outstretched and his voice still smiling. It was not a pretty site when he landed on the ground, onto a couple of spears jutting upward from some corpses. Darithal looked down at the giant warrior, it still slaughtering the fleeing soldier from all three sides. But now he had to find the princess.
Quickly he ran down the steps from Ajuk's dorm and strangely enough immediately found Princess Sensia in the next room. He untied her.
" What is my savior's name?" she asked. "I wish to thank you for yor deed."
"You know, I don't know anymore." said Darithal.
They ran back to Ajuk's room, and Darithal looked down at the battlefield. The creature was still at it, still on a killing spree. Darithal whistled to his dragon that had perched upon a nearby ledge. It flew close and he jumped onto it. As he flew down to the ground, Princess Sensia looked down from the balcony and smiled.
As soon as the dragon landed Darithal dismounted. He came face to face with giant warrior. Seeing Darithal, it charged at him. Darithal took out his sword and readied for the blow. But it hit him directly and he landed five feet away from where he was. But he got up and stared at the monster. It froze at the sight of a survivor of its own attack.
"Am I a monster?" Darithal thought to himself. "I am the reason for so many deaths about 1000 years ago? I can't believe it. I won't believe it!"
The monster then attempted to hit Darithal again, but this time it missed. Now very ticked, the upper part of its helment opens up, and fire streams out of it. Only his sword and armor are what stands in the way of death. As his suit of armor got hotter, his mind began to race.
"I may be a monster, but that was then." Darithal thought. "Ajuk is wrong. I am not a monster now. I am Sebena's last hope, I can make a difference! I may have come to destroy this world, but now I will save it!"
Then Darithal shouts out, "I WILL PREVAIL!"
A light emitted from Darithal, his armor turned to a light brown, his heart exposed within an orb protruding from his chest. His entire body was filled with power, a familair power. His entire body had became a suit of armor. He then grew to the size of the monster. From his back he pulled out a short sword, blood pouring from where it was. Holding his sword in front of his face, the sword grew in length, until it was much longer. Darithal was Darithal no more. He was now Escaflowne!
He charged at the monster, it bracing itself for impact. For once that destructive being was on the defensive. Escaflowne landed a hit on its left arm, slicing it off. In a rage it attacked him with its sickle and hit Escaflowne right through the thigh. But Escaflowne attacked it with all he had. Eventually their blades clashed. Their blows were so fast that all sound was lost. But with one final blow, the monster fell to the ground. But it was still alive.
Escaflowne then stepped on the monster as a blade sprout from his back. Escaflowne seized the blade from behind behind himself and stabbed it into the monster's heart region. Another one then sprouted and Escaflowne then stuck it into the other side of the monster's chest. It was pinned to the ground. And to end it all, Escaflowne crushed the middle chest region of the monster's chest, making a hole. It was finally dead.
Then there was a flash of light and Darithal appeared in front of Escaflowne.
"You are me now." said Darithal. "And now I know my true purpose."
Both Escaflowne and Darithal looked up to the heavens.
"Gaia awaits you, Escaflowne, God of Battle." echoed a voice from the heavens. "You are destined to become a weapon that can be used to save the world of Gaia, seeking the blood of the Dragon Clan, last of the Dragon Clan kings. With the aid of the Wing Goddess you shall save the world from your own power and the power of true sorrow. Do you accept this fate?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way." responded Darithal.
Darithal then disappeared and Escaflowne began its ascension into the heavens. Princess Sensia gazed at the mighty battle armor that had saved Senbena as it rose into the sky. And once it was close to the clouds, it disappeared in a flash of brilliant light, and then was gone. All the world of Senbena rejoiced and heralds sang of its savior, a warrior destined to save two worlds. A monument of Escaflowne was made at the center of every city, every village, and every town, to never forget the one one saved them all from Ajuk and his madness.
And they never did...
Well, that its! Thank you for reading my series and I hope you liked it! Please send some reviews and tell me how you think it was. If you have seen Escaflowne then you can tell what will happen next!
Chapter 4 The God of Battle
Riding upon a tamed Drakethorn dragon, Darithal flew to the highest hights. Clouds rushed past him like lightning and soon Ajuk's airborne fortress was clear. Looking up to the heavens, Darithal remembered his orders.
"Take this dragon." King Fascal had said. "With it you must fly to Ajuk, defeat him and save the princess!"
"And that shall be my solemn vow." Darithal thought to himself. "Ajuk will die. The princess will be safe, I promise."
As soon as Darithal spotted the first balcony overlooking the desertland, he jumped for it when it came into range. He landed safely upon the floor and stood up quickly. It was a great deal of luck that of all the balconies on this fortress, he landed on Ajuk's. Looking around, he spotted Ajuk, reading a book off the shelf. Ajuk looked up calmly, like he expected Darithal's arrival. Ajuk closed the book and layed it down. Standing up from his chair he walked past Darithal and looked down the balcony. Darithal was offended that Ajuk had the nerve to just walk past him like that, and he clenched his fist.
"So you finally made it here." began Ajuk. "Darithal, I wonder where you got that name from."
Darithal then remembered what the guardian had said. It too had wondered why Darithal's name was Darithal. But that made no sense to Darithal.
"Maybe no one will ever know." continued Ajuk. "But I know your name. Your real name. You see Darithal, you are not of this world."
"You lie!" exclaimed Darithal.
"Oh do I?" smerked Ajuk as he pulled out the Chaos Gem from his black robe. "Exactly 1000 years ago, Drakethorn and Fenkeep were pitted into a skirmish like no other has ever seen. They say the gods did not approve of such a war, so something had to be done."
"So what are you getting at?" scowled Darithal.
"So one day, the armies of Fenkeep and Drakethorn clashed into a battle to end all battles." said Ajuk. "They say the battle lasted for days at a time, never stopping, never tiring, bloodlust filling their souls. It became so intense that it caused a cosmic event!"
Darithal became interested in this story and cautiously walked closer.
"On the eve of the battle, when all hope faded to darkness, the sun was eclipsed." continued Ajuk. "But strangely enough it was not the moon that eclipsed the sun, it was... something else, no one knows for sure. From that 'new moon' a black beam of light showed upon the battlefield. And from that black light a figure hurled down from the heavens. As it hit the ground, the battle stopped. And from the crater emerged a warrior. It dove into the battle and slew more than half the men currently still alive. The rest ran for their lives."
Hearing of this new character, Darithal was even more oblivious to Ajuk's point. What was this warrior that slew half an army? Ajuk then continued.
"Soon after all the magi gathered together and defeated this being. It was delved into a sleep that lasted for exactly 979 years. About twenty-one years ago it awoke. That warrior... was you!"
Darithal was shocked at this new statement. Him, a 1000 year old warrior from the sky?
"Impossible!" he shouted.
"Tell me Darithal, do remember your childhood?" asked Ajuk.
Darithal thought hard, but nothing came up. It was like his past was a blank, nothing! Darithal gasped at this new discovery.
"Thought so." said Ajuk. "And from the negative energies of the black moon, the Chaos Gem was born. All memory of that day has been wiped clean from history, and so everyone thinks it was the Chaos Gem that ended it. But I have learned that it has a greater power. It has the power to reinact that glorious day! But this time, a stronger being will be born!"
Darithal winced and began to draw his sword. But Ajuk turned around to face him.
"I know your real name, Darithal." he said. "For you are the God of Battle. Your true name is... Escaflowne!"
Darithal was astonished. He was a god? The 'God of Battle'? Ajuk turned around and looked at the horizon. He gasped at an oncoming army of Drakethorn and Fenkeep soldiers. Ajuk also grew a great anger at the sight of a banner of both flags formed at one.
"You!" Ajuk exclaimed. You ruined everything! They have united, and now my empire will never come to be!"
Looking down again Ajuk saw that his army also saw the other army and had already began their charge. Then both armies clashed. Ajuk then changed his attitude from angry to calm again. He then held up the Chaos Gem to the sky, and a black moon appeared out of nowhere, beside the sun.
"What are you doing?!" shouted Darithal.
"If I cannot rule Senbena, then no one can!" announced Ajuk.
The moon then moved in front of the sun, and a black beam of light shot from it to the earth. Then something plummeted from the black moon. It landed upon the ground, causing a crater. It emerged from the crater. It was enormous, measuring at about forty feet in hight. Its armor was as red as blood and from its hand sprouted two large sickles. With these sickles it blew away all warrior beside it, sending them flying.
"You see, Escaflowne..." said Ajuk. "You were much like that. Deep down, you are a monster!"
Darithal could hardly believe this. He was a monster, and that was that. In anger Darithal unsheathed his sword and threatened Ajuk with it. But then Ajuk stepped up onto the ledge of the balcony, his back facing the battle. He had is arms outspread, smiling with intense hatred and malevolencey.
"And you shall be nothing more than a monster, Escaflowne! Nothing more!"
Then Ajuk leaned backwards, falling off the balcony, arms outstretched and his voice still smiling. It was not a pretty site when he landed on the ground, onto a couple of spears jutting upward from some corpses. Darithal looked down at the giant warrior, it still slaughtering the fleeing soldier from all three sides. But now he had to find the princess.
Quickly he ran down the steps from Ajuk's dorm and strangely enough immediately found Princess Sensia in the next room. He untied her.
" What is my savior's name?" she asked. "I wish to thank you for yor deed."
"You know, I don't know anymore." said Darithal.
They ran back to Ajuk's room, and Darithal looked down at the battlefield. The creature was still at it, still on a killing spree. Darithal whistled to his dragon that had perched upon a nearby ledge. It flew close and he jumped onto it. As he flew down to the ground, Princess Sensia looked down from the balcony and smiled.
As soon as the dragon landed Darithal dismounted. He came face to face with giant warrior. Seeing Darithal, it charged at him. Darithal took out his sword and readied for the blow. But it hit him directly and he landed five feet away from where he was. But he got up and stared at the monster. It froze at the sight of a survivor of its own attack.
"Am I a monster?" Darithal thought to himself. "I am the reason for so many deaths about 1000 years ago? I can't believe it. I won't believe it!"
The monster then attempted to hit Darithal again, but this time it missed. Now very ticked, the upper part of its helment opens up, and fire streams out of it. Only his sword and armor are what stands in the way of death. As his suit of armor got hotter, his mind began to race.
"I may be a monster, but that was then." Darithal thought. "Ajuk is wrong. I am not a monster now. I am Sebena's last hope, I can make a difference! I may have come to destroy this world, but now I will save it!"
Then Darithal shouts out, "I WILL PREVAIL!"
A light emitted from Darithal, his armor turned to a light brown, his heart exposed within an orb protruding from his chest. His entire body was filled with power, a familair power. His entire body had became a suit of armor. He then grew to the size of the monster. From his back he pulled out a short sword, blood pouring from where it was. Holding his sword in front of his face, the sword grew in length, until it was much longer. Darithal was Darithal no more. He was now Escaflowne!
He charged at the monster, it bracing itself for impact. For once that destructive being was on the defensive. Escaflowne landed a hit on its left arm, slicing it off. In a rage it attacked him with its sickle and hit Escaflowne right through the thigh. But Escaflowne attacked it with all he had. Eventually their blades clashed. Their blows were so fast that all sound was lost. But with one final blow, the monster fell to the ground. But it was still alive.
Escaflowne then stepped on the monster as a blade sprout from his back. Escaflowne seized the blade from behind behind himself and stabbed it into the monster's heart region. Another one then sprouted and Escaflowne then stuck it into the other side of the monster's chest. It was pinned to the ground. And to end it all, Escaflowne crushed the middle chest region of the monster's chest, making a hole. It was finally dead.
Then there was a flash of light and Darithal appeared in front of Escaflowne.
"You are me now." said Darithal. "And now I know my true purpose."
Both Escaflowne and Darithal looked up to the heavens.
"Gaia awaits you, Escaflowne, God of Battle." echoed a voice from the heavens. "You are destined to become a weapon that can be used to save the world of Gaia, seeking the blood of the Dragon Clan, last of the Dragon Clan kings. With the aid of the Wing Goddess you shall save the world from your own power and the power of true sorrow. Do you accept this fate?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way." responded Darithal.
Darithal then disappeared and Escaflowne began its ascension into the heavens. Princess Sensia gazed at the mighty battle armor that had saved Senbena as it rose into the sky. And once it was close to the clouds, it disappeared in a flash of brilliant light, and then was gone. All the world of Senbena rejoiced and heralds sang of its savior, a warrior destined to save two worlds. A monument of Escaflowne was made at the center of every city, every village, and every town, to never forget the one one saved them all from Ajuk and his madness.
And they never did...
Well, that its! Thank you for reading my series and I hope you liked it! Please send some reviews and tell me how you think it was. If you have seen Escaflowne then you can tell what will happen next!