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"Have you found the one yet?" an old man asked as he looked up from the pool of water that he was watching.

"Not yet my lord," Malden said as he kneeled before the man, "We will find him soon."

"For your sake," the man said as he drew a whip from his side, "You better be right."

Malden just kneeled in fear at this old man. The power this man held was without reckoning. So far this was the only man Malden has ever feared.

Chapter 11
Shabranigdo
The demon lord reborn once again

Two hours later

"My lord," a werewolf said as he kneeled before Malden who was just exiting from his rest chamber.

"What is it Kalim?" Malden asked as he looked down towards the werewolf, "and what did I tell you about kneeling before me."

The wolf let out a grunt as he stood up and relaxed. "I still think I should kneel since you are second in command here," he said as he shown a face of anger.

"I don't care," Malden said as he stepped past the wolf and started to quickly walk down the corridor like he was late for a meeting.

"We got some news we must give you," Kalim said as he pushed himself to keep pace with the man.

"What news?" Malden asked as he slowed down some and turned his head towards the wolf.

"We found him," Kalim said with a face of triumph, "We found the bearer."

"Where is he?" Malden asked as he came to a complete stop and turned towards Kalim.

"Right here," Kalim said as he pointed down towards the ground, "Right here in Sairaag."

"WHAT?" Malden yelled as he let himself get surprised by the sudden news.

"Thats right," Kalim said as he shook his hand up and down while still pointing towards the ground.

'Why did he come here by himself?' Malden thought in his head when he suddenly remembered that this was holy ground. 'He's here for the magical energy,' he yelled in his mind as the answer came to him suddenly. "Send out a welcoming committee for this bearer and bring him to me," he said with a hint of forcefulness in his voice.

"Yes, my lord," Kalim said with a smile upon his muzzle. With a flash the wolf was gone.

"I hate it when they use magic in here," Malden said as he rubbed his eyes from the flash of light, "I always get blinded by it."

Outside the compound

"Our lord Malden wants this bearer brought to him immediately," Kalim yelled as he was now standing in front of a group of minions, "Fan out and find this man, NOW!"

With a few grunts and hisses coming from the group, they all took off to search for the bearer.

Elsewhere in Sairaag

"Are we there yet?" Barly asked as he was now getting bored looking at all the ruins around him.

"Not yet," Nigdo said in Barly's voice as he was focusing on finding the right spot.

"Why do we need to find this... fountain... or whatever so quickly?" Barly asked as he was getting aggrivated from the endless trip this seemed to be.

"You want to be rid of me, right?" Nigdo asked as he let a smile come across Barly's face.

"That I do," Barly replied as he became more focused now on finding the location just so he could be rid of the nuicence named Nigdo.

"Talking to yourself is not always healthy, you know," a mercenary asked as he jumped out for the shadows behind Barly that he was hidding in with his sword drawn, "We found him boys. Lets get him." Five more jump out and surround the traveler.

"Is this all you send me?" Nigdo said with a laugh from Barly's body, "I'm going to take over for this battle."

"Be my guest," Barly said as he let full control of the body turn over from him and go to Nigdo.

"This should be fun," Nigdo said with an evil smile taking over the face all the while cracking his knuckles.

"Yes for us," one of the mercs said as he took his polearm and thrust it towards Nigdo.

"If you say so," Nigdo said as he sidestepped the weapon and with a quick chant, cast a Mano Volt right into its tip.

"Augh," the man screamed in pain as hundreds of volts of electricity ran up his arms and coursed through his body. Shortly after the first attack started, it was finished with the man falling to the ground dead.

"Whos next?" Nigdo said as he looked at the other mercs standing before him.

"Lets see you take on someone of your own caliber," a female said as she took a step foward and from under her travel robe a hand raised up and out, palm facing towards Nigdo and all five fingers spread with a light bend them each. A ball of energy could be seen floating just beyond her hands grasp. With slow movements she raised her hand above her head and finished chanting the spell. "Freeze arrow," she yelled out as she quickly drew her arm in a throwing motion towards the traveler and shot an arrow of ice at him.

"Childs play," Nigdo said as he raised his hand and shot a flare arrow out of it just in time to counter the other spell.

"Dill Brand," another voice rang out from behind Nigdo as the ground blow him started to crack apart and an miniture explosion erupted below sending him and the pieces of the ground up into the air.

"Levitation," Nigdo called out as he quickly recaught his bearings while floating in the air. "Not bad," he said as he turned his attention towards the newcomer. He was dressed in a simple mage outfit and a staff off to his side.

"Bomb Di Wind," the man yelled as he brought both his palms side by side and a strong force of wind came from the connected source.

"Augh," Nigdo said as he faught against the wind trying to blow him down. "Do you think you can win by trying to blow me away?" Nigdo said with a laugh.

"How about with this," the female said as she brought her hands side by side and chanted out another spell, "Scatter Bleed." Multiple fist sized orbs shot out and homed in on Nigdo. When they got in range they erupted into a sea of electricity, coving a small area around Nigdo, sending wave after wave of electricity through the body. A short time passes by and finally Nigdo falls to the ground in severe pain.

'If I could have fully awakened my power,' Nigdo thought as his vision slowly started to fade from the pain, 'These guys would have been a pushover.'

'Rest now,' Barly thought towards Nigdo as his consciousness drifted closer to Nigdo's, 'There will come a time that we will get a rematch.'

'Your right,' Nigdo said as he felt his body slip away into unconsciousness, 'I will win next time.'

Five hours pass

"How is he doing?" a man asked as he looked towards another that was holding a crystal over Barly's chest.

"He will live," the other said as he withdrew the crystal and placed it in a pouch on his side.

"I will tell Lord Malden right away," the first man said as he turned around and left the room.

Short while later

"Any news?" Malden asked the man as he took a bite of the meal he was eating.

"The host body will live on," the man said as he watched Malden eat.

"And what about Shabranigdo?" Malden asked as he set his knife and fork down and wiped his face with a napkin.

"It has not fully awakened yet," the man said as he watched Malden push out his chair and stand up.

"Thank you for the update," Malden said as he placed his right gauntlet in his left hand and removed it showing he was missing his right ring finger and a scar that went down past the bracers edge.

"May I be so curious to ask where my lord got that wound?" the man asked as he looked upon the scarred hand.

"From an old comrade," Malden said as he placed his gauntlet back on his hand and turned around to look out the window behind him towards the setting sun.

"Thank you my lord," the man said with a bow and turned to depart the room.

"What will it take to defeat you," Malden said outload as he stared at the setting sun, "I will have your life Max. That I promise."

Meanwhile in the medical room

'Whats this power that I feel?' Nigdo said from within Barly's mind.

'Let me out!' Barly yelled from within a enclosed cage within his own mind.

'Sorry but this is where you no longer are needed,' Nigdo said with a smile across his face as he slowly started to change his form into a rather large looking powerful blood red demon with hours that twisted and distorted with ever turn of his body. His eyes glowed an eerie red color and his mouth showed rows after rows of teeth and from within a dark evil power could be felt growing within him.

'You planned on using my body as your host the entire time,' Barly yelled out as he looked upon the demon within him, 'You will never win. You faked going unconsciousness just so you could get closer to the source.'

'Ah but I already have,' Shabranigdo said with a laugh as two slits opened in the darkness around and showed the outside world, 'and your right about the second part as well. The sooner I get to the fountain the sooner I can fully awaken.'

'What are you doing?' Barly yelled as he realized that Shabranigdo now had full control of his body and there was nothing he could do to stop him. The dark lord has been partially reborn and there is nothing he can do to stop it, or is there.

'We are so close to the fountain and to my rebirth once again,' the dark lord said with a laugh the echoed throughout Barly's mind, 'Nothing will stop me.'

'They will stop you even if it means my own death,' Barly said as he remembered his friends from outside.

'Like I said,' the dark lord said with a grin showing in his eyes, 'I already won.' The body started to raise from the table and an unsuspecting man grew afraid as he saw the body raise by itself so suddenly.

"What's going on here?" the man asked as he slowly started to back away from Barly's body.

"My rebirth," the dark lord said with Barly's lips and with a raise of his hand, a beam of energy shot out and pierced the man through the neck taking his head clear off and half his upper torso as well.

"Look out Narzagel," the dark lord said as he made Barly's eyes glow red in color, "I'm coming for that fountain and you will never stop me." Laughter could be heard coming from the medical room as total darkness could be felt from within.

Authors notes

Thats it for Chapter 11 ladies and gentleman. It looks like Shabranigdo has just taken full control of Barly's body now and is planning on his full rebirth. Will he be able to do it or will Barly find a way to stop him? Will Malden ever get revenge against Max? Will the next chapter be up before the end of next week? (I certainly hope so. Darn work is killing me.) Stay tuned for Chapter 12 Metallium the Greater Beast lord. See you all then.