Two years passed after the black spirits were destroyed and their darkness turned everything to stone, the Druun was defeated and the Kumandr subcontinent was now a place where everyone could find home and peace, but no one really knew that the real threat was just coming, the terrible enemy was already on the move just like his mobile fortress, a true overlord.
Nobody knew what caused the rise of evil spirits, many claimed that Druun were created by divisions between people but the truth was quite different, Druun were only pawns in the hands of someone much tall, born of unknown and black power, now the last veils were to be exposed, but not in the southern lands of Kumandra, but in the northern lands of the mythical valley bordering the ocean, the place where the first human tribes lived at the foot of the ancient legend and what was foretold and constantly delayed, and now the time has come where nothing will be in its place and the old prophecies will begin live your own life.
So one day, at midnight, somewhere beyond the great lake, there was a beautiful city of stone, marble and wood, it was another beautiful night, the stars shone in the sky like the moon, showing with its shield a place inaccessible to anyone, but that night was not calm for the earth and the whole city which was burning now and the darkness of the night was illuminated by successive explosions of navy blue power and flames of burning buildings, huge buildings burst into dust by explosions of navy blue power, few people fled the city leaving behind them only despair and the image of complete destruction, because nothing was in its place, so on one day the entire city fell to destruction in the form of successive navy blue missiles of strange fire.
First there were great explosions, first there were navy blue fires that consumed even the rock, and after them there appeared ordinary flames chasing the fugitives, after all the debris of broken stones and burning planks flooded the area, and the roar and flashes changed the night into the day announcing the upcoming shock which will be the beginning of something worse than the black Druun ghosts.
Not the flames, not the roar, the lack of space, however, were the worst, and what was rolling through the city, something that walked through the flames unshakable, steel soldiers dressed in silver armor, armed with shields, long spears, katanas and long bows, mysterious soldiers in silvery plates armored soldiers rolled through the burning city, practically ignoring the hottest flame, and their eyes shone with a strange navy blue light, these soulless soldiers dyed their blades red revealing their true nature.
The steel silver soldiers were not really human, but steel structures, a modernized army of once terracotta soldiers now soldiers of silver anger, these soldiers, powered by the unknown power of the navy blue glow, walked through the city in perfectly coordinated formations, headed by a phalanx, at the sides were swordsmen carrying long katanas and in the rear walked soulless soldiers of long arches, doing a work of destruction and shaking the whole city and not the whole Tunalos valley.
Among the steel soldiers there were some that aroused even greater fear, they were one-time warriors with big hands, five-meter-long battleships, created only to destroy the largest buildings, the thickest walls and the toughest gates, their strength and speed were like the fire of navy blue missiles and their void stubbornness and the ferocity in carrying the smaller houses around made another shocking blow dealt and Tunalos trembled again.
One of such battleships was walking along with a squad of swordsmen walking along the main street through the flames, ignoring everything around, the few defenders and escapees, you must admit most of the weapons that the inhabitants of Tunalos had at their disposal and the currently burning city was not able to properly stop the enemy, let alone stop the charging battleship, even the largest ax bounced off the heavy steel and the battleship as if chasing the unknown charged in a frenetic attack on one of the reinforced black grenade stone buildings, when the battleship was approaching the graphite building one could see in front of the open door how a creature resembling a blue water dragon was disappearing, it was the only image that could be recorded after a while the whole building suddenly exploded together with the hitting battleship.
The explosion tore the granite building into four parts and the shards scattered around the area bouncing off the steel shields and armor of the soulless soldiers, and they themselves surrounded the torn building, the flames beat with great force, yet the first soldiers began to enter the flames until everything began faded, suddenly a ray of icy breath burst from within and the scream of a fierce dragon fighting in a hopeless fight.
- I will not give it back to you. A mysterious dragon hiding in the hollows of the destroyed building shouted.
The first soldiers affected by the temperature difference began to burst, but their successive hosts seemed to have no end, with each passing moment the exposed oldies gave more and more effective resistance and the breathing itself weakened with each passing moment, everything was finally interrupted by the first and only volley of silver archers, arrows they struck and the breathing was cut off forever.
Silver spearmen slowly walked over the slightly frosty ground to finally raise their spears high, when they hit the pit, you could hear only a screech and silence that hung like a terrible omen over the entire Tunalos valley.
The silver soldiers suddenly began to part, giving place to two soldiers, two men of flesh and blood, the commander and attacker on the city which, as it turned out, was a random target because their real prey, or rather what was defended by the water dragon, was in front of them in the great crater of the destroyed building.
The first of the warriors was Ran Hon, a warrior of honor and oath, a samurai master in silver scale armor and a helmet, wielding a large katana, he pulled a black box out of the rubble and shattered its mechanism with his two-handed katana.
- this is it, the engineer was right, he is always right, Pelona look. Ran Hon said, lifting up what looked like an old scroll in strange writing.
- this is probably incomplete. Said Pelona, companion of the samurai master.
Pelona, the black-haired assassin, dressed in scale armor and with two katanas hung at the waist, looked at the first cut scroll and then, smiling on her lips, she looked into the depths of the hole and the blue victim of the great evil.
- yes, the engineer is always right, including that too, he knew that it would not be a full scroll, it was only a half, you need to hand over the scroll to the black empress as soon as possible. Pelona said as she stretched out her katanas and vice versa as Ran Hon and his troops stood before her blue prey.
- You're not coming, wait a minute, I know what you want to do, do you want to get yourself some new armor?. Ran Hon asked, at the same moment a broad smile appeared on the face of the black-haired assassin.
- exactly, wear new armor today. She said before her blades hit their target.
Ran Hon showed no emotion, unlike his companion, instead, he looked again eloquently at the scroll in his hands and fulfilling his duty of service as each samurai led some of the silver soldiers to the west gate where the destruction was most.
It was there, hundreds of soldiers were stationed, the city walls as well as every street and ruins of buildings were tightly surrounded and in the middle of the city gate stood a black empress, a proud black-haired woman in a gold black dress with black diamonds watched the city in flames with quiet patience , her brown eyes patiently scanned every ruined street waiting for the return of her soldiers, her two commanders, and her dark face come full of patience could reveal the pleasure she experienced from seeing the city on fire, her red lips showed delight the most, her diabolical smile shone more than the flames now they are consuming the city.
Next to the empress, there was someone else, an equally mysterious man, called in the Makundaronian Empire as the Engineer, the Engineer was a red-haired man with brown eyes, dressed in a robe, a backpack and a bag, the Engineer looked at the city in complete peace and at the sky with pride, watching his work, silver soldiers illuminated the sky with navy blue power and the flames that consumed the city, it can be said that this man felt proud of his work and was absolutely sure that he would lead the empress's great work to success.
- It takes a while, my soldiers should be back with my reward by now, I hope you were right. The Empress said, looking at her subordinate.
- no, I am never wrong, the source shows me the way, it is never wrong. the engineer said, picking up the bag and the tucked notes.
- he brought me here, and I brought you, they will find him, we managed to drive him out of Lake Narun, now we just have to finish off the wounded animal, and most importantly, we cannot afford pity for these fools, the people of Tunalos in the coming times, they must be afraid of us. The Engineer said as he adjusted his backpack, and his words of mercy surprised the Empress again, not his joy but his peace and emptiness.
- exactly, but you don't get any pleasure from it.
- not Empress, it does not matter to me how much more pleasure I feel and will feel when I get a scroll for you, and then when we bring the prophecies to an end, the great power of the scribe of the scrolls will be yours, and the freedom that will be given to us will allow us to conquer the whole world . said the Engineer for the first time showing a slight symptom of emotion and a modest smile.
- yes, so far the source is right, but do you really believe that when we find the scroll, we will bring the fulfillment of the prophecy?. The Empress asked, looking from under her black hair at the Engineer, then at one of the streets.
- Yes, we'll find out in a moment, lady. the engineer said, bowing his head to the Empress, showing the way with his right hand and Ran Hon returning with his prey.
Ran Hon returned to his empress as obligatory, holding the shiny scroll in two hands, then he knelt, bowing his head, and reaching out with the scroll.
- you are reporting my success, the guard has been defeated and this is the scroll you are looking for. Ran Hon said.
- You never let me down, Ran Hon, and where is Pelona. The Empress asked, greedily taking the scroll.
= my lady, Pelona stayed with the guard, she wants to make herself a new scale armor. Ran Hon said without emotion.
- I knew, she always surprises me, but if she wants to let him do but first duties, I hope she will come here soon. The Black Empress said, handing the scroll to the Engineer.
- I'm my lady. Pelona said as she walked through the vase with another column of silver soldiers, holding a dust bag and a protruding part of blue scales in her hands.
- you did well, Pelona, give your prey to the silver soldiers, let us armorers prepare a new armor for you, and you, my friend, Engineer? Said the Black Empress just as the engineer suddenly started laughing.
- what happened.
- I'm never wrong, the source always tells the truth, but it's true, it's half a scroll. The other half is certainly in Reigun, the fiery region of the dead mine. the engineer said, obviously not escaping the Empress and Ran Hon who looked at Pelona.
- fiery lands, why there, Pelona or the ranger, did you have to. The Empress said, and Pelona took a step back from fear of punishment to regain confidence in what she had seen with Ran Hon.
- Lady, unfortunately it was too late to do anything, the guard was lost. She told Pelona to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead at the end.
- I can confirm it, the guard was executed. Ran Hon said, defending his companion.
Despite the loss of the guard, the Black Empress waved her hand at everything, the Empress in a black and gold dress smiled at everyone looking south towards Kumandr, where the Druun plague was raging two years ago.
- this is not a problem, maybe the guardian was executed today, but we still know where the other water dragons are, if the other guardian is a fire dragon like his lair, we must seek help in water dragons, besides, the guard would never help us, here we need cleverness . Said the Black Empress.
- there is no bad thing that would not work out, so it is good that our Druun creation has been defeated, that is, your Engineers, yours and your sources. Pelona said happily again, also looking south.
- it is a pity that the source does not appeal to me. She added Pelona looking with a slight envy at the Engineer.
- if that were the case, you would be the second listener, but the source chooses itself, but it is not worth arguing why our engineer, it is important that you, my friend, changed everything in my empire, thanks to you today we are a power, and you Pelona, Ran Hon I have for you a great mission. The Empress said, and her words immediately made both Pelona and Ran Hon stand to attention until everything began to tremble.
The whole city began to tremble and crack, some of the silver soldiers began to quickly descend from the walls and give way to something that lit up the whole city and the starry sky. The first was a great bang, followed by an earthquake and then followed by the bang of the explosion, the Empress, Pelona, Ran Hon looked back at the great enormity destroying the northern part of the city, trampling and crushing the highest walls and the largest buildings on its way.
It was a huge movable fortress, with four head towers of pure steel, six towers on either side and two towers on the back, four chimneys in the center and the main circular citadel, and a great energy cannon below, all these transformed the great fortresses into a mobile tank on giant caterpillars capable of destroying an entire city in less than an hour, and from the two gates on the sides between the six towers, more columns of silver soldiers began to emerge from the two ramps.
The great mobile fortress stopped in the northern part of the city and the Engineer standing in front showed another smile as he saw the pinnacle of his genius and the mysterious source of power that lay somewhere in the heart of the great fortress.
- wounds, it always hits me the most. Pelona said, wiping the beads of sweat from her head again, still fascinated by the sight of the great fortress.
- it is always impressive, but it would be better if we obey our lady's order. Ran Hon said, turning his full attention to the Black Empress.
- listen because it is very important, you will take a column of silver soldiers with you, thirty should be enough, destroy everything in the south and when the enemy wants revenge he will go here, straight into our hands, we will guide them according to our will, bring water dragons here, and the prophecy it will be complete, that way we will be able to fully read it and bring it to completion to defeat the scribe once and for all. Said the Black Empress.
- in this way the source will be free, there will be no fetters binding its power, the power of the golden dragon will be your lady. the Engineer said, bowing his head before the Black Empress standing proudly.
Thus, at the will of Black Empress Pelona and Ran Hon, they returned to the mobile fortress to prepare for their wanderings, for the attack on the southern lands of Kumandr.
Despite the devastation and panic that has torn the destroyed city apart, someone has seen the whole event, the current conversation and the plan that will lead the columns of silver soldiers to the south, someone who is currently standing on a high hill in the distance from the destroyed city, above the devastated land and forest, looking at the enormity of the destruction and a great mobile fortress now ramming the wreckage of a great and glorious city, a certain observer gripped his katana tightly, a great slightly curved sword, a man clad in brown lamellar armor.
Lao Bin a swordsman and a former samurai watched in the darkness of the night the flames and destruction caused by the soulless army of the Black Empress, his green eyes scanned the city and the surrounding area and his face could only reveal great concentration, anger and incomprehension, Lao Bin looked to the right and his the black hair tied back in a ponytail twisted twice as Lao Bin watched his companion watching the city and gathering with great concentration looking through the telescope.
The second of the observers was the old man Nitor Hazin, a scientist in a black robe, silver hair and silver beard, he was looking through the telescope with great concentration and a visible ball on his face and two wrinkles on his forehead, showing more and more fear of what was coming.
- Nitor Hazin, what do you see, what are they talking about. Lao Bin asked.
- Lao wait, you know that lipreading is not that easy, besides it is a long distance, so I am asking for silence. Nitor Hazin said, putting the telescope closer to the right one as he always spoke of the stronger eye.
With every moment Nitor Hazin's hands began to tremble, seeing and reading from the movement of Empress's lips what was already obvious and the message itself was becoming more and more dangerous, unfortunately, the night, flames and the Empress's constant movement made it more and more difficult for the scientist to decipher the next words and plans until a moment. when the mobile fortress shook the city again and the Empress and her people began to leave the visible place to hide behind the collapsed part of the city and her own soldiers.
- Nitor Hazin, what's going on, tell me if you know anything. Lao Bin said, looking nervously at his older friend, the ruined city and the sudden movement of a great steel fortress.
Finally, Nitor Hazin set aside the telescope to reveal the bruised spot around his right eye first, and with his terrified green eyes he stepped on to reveal the undoubted fear and inexhaustible fear, something he had read from the movements of the mouths of four interlocutors, except for Ran Hon, always hidden behind a helmet.
- what happened, what are they planning. Lao Bin asked hastily.
- something terrible, I do not know exactly what their plans are, but I know one thing, from what I read from the movements of the mouth, I can deduce that they got some prophecy, the first half and the second is in the fiery regions in the fire sector of the Reigun mine. Nitor Hazin said, and his words at first did not cause much fear in the heart of Lao Bin.
- that's all. Lao Bin asked.
- it is worse, the Black Empress wants to get the second part of the prophecy which will give her the opportunity to fulfill the prophecy and this will bring destruction to the ancient dragon, the dragon of knowledge and prophecy, the scribe of the prophecy, the Golden Dragon!. Nitor Hazin said, this time his words caused a tremendous dose of fear with which Lao Bin was unable to fight back.
- What?. Lao Bin asked, his armor trembling with him for a moment.
- what you've heard, they want to implement the old prophecy written by the golden dragon, something that can only be delayed, they want to destroy it so that the Black Empress can take its power!. Nitor Hazin shouted as his silver beard trembled with his last words.
- so it is worse than I thought, prophecies, a saved future, it cannot be changed, it can only be delayed, if the Empress manages to destroy the golden dragon and takes over its power, she will become immortal and take over the whole world! to the town of Buelion, and the port of Zanonius, one must warn. Lao Bin said, this time full of concentration and determination because he knew perfectly well that only residents of further cities could do something if they were actually possible.
- wait, brother, it's not that simple, for them, for the Empress. Said Nitor Hazin knowing the final part of the Black Empress's plan.
- so what is it, what do you know.
- I do not know if I understood their statement correctly, but themselves, their legions are not fit to face fire, you know fire melts steel, just as the people of the guardian from the lake, Lao Bin, you probably know Druun. Nitor Hazin said.
- yes, I know this plague too well, I feel sorry for the southern lands.
- Well, everything has changed, Druun has been destroyed, and the tribe of water dragons that traveled south to Kumandr, this tribe has survived and you probably know what the Empress is planning. Nitor Hazin said, causing a momentary reflection in the mind of a samurai with a black ponytail.
Lao Bin thought for a moment until he suddenly turned behind him, making a strange whistle, which caused a sudden slight trembling of the earth, from behind the bushes and tall bushes a seven-meter-long giant millipede, a huge armored caterpillar with a brown carapace, red belly and golden eyes, fell out.
- Krun Win, my friend. Lao Bin said as he scratched his millipede under his jaw and Krun Win purred lightly.
- we need you, we must get south as soon as possible. Lao Bin added.
- Lao wait what you plan. Nitor Hazin asked.
- what I have to, we have to. Lao Bin said, looking again at the destroyed city and the flames which are now extinguishing and at the great fortress standing in the middle of the destroyed city.
The steel fortress shone in the moonlight, their steel faiths armed with smaller cannons were above all flames and the highest mores, and the main central gun turned southeast where the fiery Reigun mine was, the main target of the Black Empress, where the second half of the prophecy lay, something that should have been destroyed a long time ago.
- we must go south as soon as possible, since you say that the enemy wants to attack the south.
- exactly, their column is to attack the south, they will leave tomorrow morning, they want to provoke the water dragons in this way so that they can fight the fire dragon, the guardian of the second prophecy, wait a minute or you ?. Nitor Hazin asked, quickly tucking his spyglass into a bag on his back and a black robe.
- if the enemy wants to provoke the water dragons, we must warn them, this is the only chance to stop the Empress.
- I doubt that it would be possible even if they fail to provoke the water dragons, her servant, the Engineer will find a way anyway, we have to warn them in every aspect. Nitor Hazin said as he walked over to the great Millipede, Krun Win, who was now bending his back to lead the two friends south.
- you want to bring water dragons to take over the second part of the prophecy and destroy them, is it possible. Lao Bin asked.
The question of the ex-samurai was very shocking for the scientist, because he knew perfectly well that the prophecies show a future that will come anyway, it can only be delayed and thus could it be destroyed? only to delay whether the destruction of the second part of the prophecy was actually possible, these conflicting thoughts made Nitor Hazin nervously walk in circles until he looked up at the stars and spoke again.
- everything seems to be unchanged, maybe the scroll cannot be destroyed, it is a fact, but it can be taken where the Empress will never reach for it.
- It means where. Asked Lao Bin looking as intensely as his companion, the millipede Krun Win.
- there is such a place, and very close, the depths of the ocean, the port of Zanonius, we will take the prophecy there and drown it forever in the depths of the ocean, apparently there is a great depth there, which even water dragons did not reach from the old history, as if there were great pressure, if we throw the second part of the prophecy there, we will take away the Empress's chance of victory. Nitor Hazin said.
Hearing and knowing the plan of the scholar, Lao Bin, he quickly jumped on the bronze back of Krun Win and extended his hand to his companion in a black robe, ready to go, ready to do anything to stop the empress from an indescribable evil, greater than the evil she had caused by bringing to life the spirits of evil and discord Druun.
- so it's time to go, first we need to get you away from the enemy fortress, find a safe place and tomorrow morning we set off south. Said Lao Bin and his companion shook the samurai's hand and jumped on the chitinous back of a large seven-meter millipede that could lead up to four passengers on its back.
- so to the south, we cannot delay, we must be there first. Nitor Hazin said.
Krun Win cleared his throat and, using many limbs, ran along the ground, through dense scrub and great forest, heading for the pass towards the southern land of Kumandr.
This is how the great race began and its finale could be the beginning of indescribable doom and eternal captivity under the yoke of the immortal, but whether the future could actually be changed or delayed, there were too many questions, one could only act and do everything possible to stop the Empress and such just the thought was rattling in the mind of the black-haired samurai in lamellar armor.
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It has started, a great threat in the form of the Black Empress and a written prophecy is coming, the implementation of which can bring destruction to the whole world and everything will be focused around water dragons and other elements, the world of Raya And The Last Dragon is a very interesting world, I am adding a lot of additional flavors here, in the form of the rest of the tribes of dragons, dragons of fire, wind and earth, and something else that will soon be revealed to the eyes of all.
When I wrote My Little Pony Avengers Power, I had a great dilemma, finally choosing the MLP world as the target for the main character from the human world, which is Alex Kowalski gifted with the power of Avengers, I recently came up with the idea that other worlds are also open and it does not have to be Alex with the power Avengers, so here is my new story, Raya And The Last Dragon Justice Harbinger, and soon a new hero or anti-hero will come to this world, because even I do not know who the unknown man will be, who will soon appear in another world with the power of Justice League heroes , here everything is possible again.
Raya And The Last Dragon 2 Justice Harbinger is my second story after MLP Avengers Rising, which I will be giving at the same time, one day a chapter from MLP and the next day a chapter from RATLD 2 Justice Harbinger and when I'm done I start writing another two :)