Chapter 7: Master Grimm, unmasked
Paul Grimm was overcome with rage as he gazed into his cauldron. He was
watching Danny's ordeal the entire time and he wasn't very happy with
what he saw. His hunters didn't destroy the amazons, nor did they take
care of Danny, Jacob, or Lily. He heard Truesdale and Terrell coming in
behind him.
"You both had a lot of guts to come back here" said Master Grimm as he
stood up.
"Please forgive us master" pleaded Truesdale. "Those amazon wenches
weakened our monsters and Danny was simply to dominating."
"There's no excuse!" boomed Master Grimm. "As punishment for your
failure Terrell, I'm going to poison all of the water in your kingdom.
There will be no fish, sea serpent, plant, or mermaid alive by the end of
the day. And you Terrell, I'm going to..."
"Please spare us Lord Grimm" cried Terrell nearly in tears. "I know that
if I had another chance I could take the paladin down. Besides,
Truesdale still has plenty of reinforcements that he can recruit. Give
us another chance. I'm begging you!" The reaper thought for a moment.
"Okay, you have another chance Truesdale. Get those reinforcements and
go take down the Chamber's again. I want both Jacob and Danny out of
commission. Don't fail me this time Truesdale or you will experience a
fate worse then death. Now go and don't fail me this time." The reaper
sent Truesdale away. "Master Grimm what about me?" asked Terrell with
fear still in his voice.
"What about you? Unlike Truesdale, you have no worth to me. You are no
longer worthy to be in my presence." Master Grimm returned to his throne
and snapped his fingers.
"Don't do it!" yelled Terrell, I won't let you! I won't go to the shadow
realm. Black Tyrano, come save me!" Terrell held out his black tyrano
card, it came out and roared a mighty roar. Master Grimm quickly leaped
out of his seat just as the rex bit into his throne. Terrell gasps at
the dark lord's incredible speed. The reaper floated into the air and
with an intimidating yell of his own, shot an enormous blast of lightning
at the dinosaur. The blast blasted the dinosaur though the castle walls
and to its falling death. Terrall's was shaking in his boots in fear of
the dark lord, but still wanted to fight for his life. "I'll use
Valkyrion then. Terrell scrambled to try to find the three magnet
warriors in his deck. While he was fumbling with it, a shadow crept
behind him. Terrell got a look of terror in his eyes and slowly turned
back. When he saw the mighty being behind him, he screamed. A green
blast hit him and dissolved him. His spirit was being sent to the shadow
realm. Master Grimm enjoyed the spectacle with a look of amusement.
"That was good exercise. The most fun I've had in months. You did well
Magnus." The figure did a small bow and disappeared as quickly as he
came. "That idiot wrecked my castle. No matter, I'll get the slaves to
do it, but right now, I need to concentrate on my task. He approached
the cauldron and thought to himself about the events that lead to this
point. He remembered being a student along with Demetra Novax under
Danny's guide a couple of years back. He was training Demetra in the
ways of priestess hood and he was training Paul to be a paladin like
himself. Danny was a kind mentor with infinite patience and
understanding. But he was very serious about his work and made sure that
neither Demetra nor Paul fell behind. It was about 5 months later that
Danny assigned Paul to his first assignment. He was to track down and
spy on a cult leader that was kidnapping faeries for tribute to Dark
Ruler Ha des. Although nervous, Paul accepted. Throughout his mission
he kept close tabs on the members of the cult and took careful notes to
report back to Danny. While sneaking around there base, Paul came to the
holding cages where the faeries were being kept. They saw him and
immediately all started begging Paul to let them out. Paul was under
strict orders not to interact with the fairies at all. Danny warned that
releasing them or being around them to long would make a bigger scene.
Paul turned them down and tried to leave before anyone came. But they
continued to plead with them. Then they started to seduce him and
started to tempt Paul with "favors" if he saved them. Paul tried to
stand his ground, but gave into their temptations. Faeries, although
kind, were also very seducing and promiscuous. Not many men could
withstand their charm. Paul went and started to pick all of their locks.
He managed to free all of the faeries and helped them to escape, but by
doing so, he was caught.
The cult leader made Paul endure a harsh interrogation about who sent
him and who he was. Paul took the pain and didn't say anything. The
cult leader got another idea once he recognized him as Danny's disciple.
"Hey kid, you know what, you have guts. Most people would have spilled
their hearts out to save themselves. But you have taken this bravely.
How would you like to partake in the power given to us from the dark
ruler?" Paul got flamed and spit at him. "I don't need anything from
you. With Danny's help, I will be a great and legendary warrior" said
Paul.
"True enough, but let me ask you this..." continued the leader. "Do you
honestly think that Danny will ever let you be his equal? Think about
it. If you became a warrior better then him, he will lose all of his
fame and his girlfriends at the tavern. To Danny, you will always be
second. But if you come to the dark ruler, he will freely give you the
power you need to be an instant legend." Paul thought for a moment. He
wanted to be a strong and powerful person, but was this the way to go?
"Release him" ordered the cult leader to his attendants. They released
Paul from his bindings. But instead of running or attacking the cult,
Paul continued to think. "Paul, come with us. The dark ruler cares
nothing about your status or your talents he will make you truly great."
The cult leader handed him the dark ruler's seal. Paul crept back in
fear. "Accept it!" ordered the leader. Paul hesitated but slowly
accepted the seal. He looked at it and any regrets vanished from his
mind. I think I'm going to enjoy this thought Paul to himself.
Master Grimm came back to reality, but continued to reflect. I never
went back home that evening. I do remember turning on the cult a few
weeks later. I got what I needed from them. I slew them all myself. I
didn't need to bow down to Shinato or Ha des to be great. I will make my
own name. And I'll do it with the great prophets of Chaos! Paul started
in a chuckle but then started to laugh a freighting maniacal laughter.
Paul Grimm was overcome with rage as he gazed into his cauldron. He was
watching Danny's ordeal the entire time and he wasn't very happy with
what he saw. His hunters didn't destroy the amazons, nor did they take
care of Danny, Jacob, or Lily. He heard Truesdale and Terrell coming in
behind him.
"You both had a lot of guts to come back here" said Master Grimm as he
stood up.
"Please forgive us master" pleaded Truesdale. "Those amazon wenches
weakened our monsters and Danny was simply to dominating."
"There's no excuse!" boomed Master Grimm. "As punishment for your
failure Terrell, I'm going to poison all of the water in your kingdom.
There will be no fish, sea serpent, plant, or mermaid alive by the end of
the day. And you Terrell, I'm going to..."
"Please spare us Lord Grimm" cried Terrell nearly in tears. "I know that
if I had another chance I could take the paladin down. Besides,
Truesdale still has plenty of reinforcements that he can recruit. Give
us another chance. I'm begging you!" The reaper thought for a moment.
"Okay, you have another chance Truesdale. Get those reinforcements and
go take down the Chamber's again. I want both Jacob and Danny out of
commission. Don't fail me this time Truesdale or you will experience a
fate worse then death. Now go and don't fail me this time." The reaper
sent Truesdale away. "Master Grimm what about me?" asked Terrell with
fear still in his voice.
"What about you? Unlike Truesdale, you have no worth to me. You are no
longer worthy to be in my presence." Master Grimm returned to his throne
and snapped his fingers.
"Don't do it!" yelled Terrell, I won't let you! I won't go to the shadow
realm. Black Tyrano, come save me!" Terrell held out his black tyrano
card, it came out and roared a mighty roar. Master Grimm quickly leaped
out of his seat just as the rex bit into his throne. Terrell gasps at
the dark lord's incredible speed. The reaper floated into the air and
with an intimidating yell of his own, shot an enormous blast of lightning
at the dinosaur. The blast blasted the dinosaur though the castle walls
and to its falling death. Terrall's was shaking in his boots in fear of
the dark lord, but still wanted to fight for his life. "I'll use
Valkyrion then. Terrell scrambled to try to find the three magnet
warriors in his deck. While he was fumbling with it, a shadow crept
behind him. Terrell got a look of terror in his eyes and slowly turned
back. When he saw the mighty being behind him, he screamed. A green
blast hit him and dissolved him. His spirit was being sent to the shadow
realm. Master Grimm enjoyed the spectacle with a look of amusement.
"That was good exercise. The most fun I've had in months. You did well
Magnus." The figure did a small bow and disappeared as quickly as he
came. "That idiot wrecked my castle. No matter, I'll get the slaves to
do it, but right now, I need to concentrate on my task. He approached
the cauldron and thought to himself about the events that lead to this
point. He remembered being a student along with Demetra Novax under
Danny's guide a couple of years back. He was training Demetra in the
ways of priestess hood and he was training Paul to be a paladin like
himself. Danny was a kind mentor with infinite patience and
understanding. But he was very serious about his work and made sure that
neither Demetra nor Paul fell behind. It was about 5 months later that
Danny assigned Paul to his first assignment. He was to track down and
spy on a cult leader that was kidnapping faeries for tribute to Dark
Ruler Ha des. Although nervous, Paul accepted. Throughout his mission
he kept close tabs on the members of the cult and took careful notes to
report back to Danny. While sneaking around there base, Paul came to the
holding cages where the faeries were being kept. They saw him and
immediately all started begging Paul to let them out. Paul was under
strict orders not to interact with the fairies at all. Danny warned that
releasing them or being around them to long would make a bigger scene.
Paul turned them down and tried to leave before anyone came. But they
continued to plead with them. Then they started to seduce him and
started to tempt Paul with "favors" if he saved them. Paul tried to
stand his ground, but gave into their temptations. Faeries, although
kind, were also very seducing and promiscuous. Not many men could
withstand their charm. Paul went and started to pick all of their locks.
He managed to free all of the faeries and helped them to escape, but by
doing so, he was caught.
The cult leader made Paul endure a harsh interrogation about who sent
him and who he was. Paul took the pain and didn't say anything. The
cult leader got another idea once he recognized him as Danny's disciple.
"Hey kid, you know what, you have guts. Most people would have spilled
their hearts out to save themselves. But you have taken this bravely.
How would you like to partake in the power given to us from the dark
ruler?" Paul got flamed and spit at him. "I don't need anything from
you. With Danny's help, I will be a great and legendary warrior" said
Paul.
"True enough, but let me ask you this..." continued the leader. "Do you
honestly think that Danny will ever let you be his equal? Think about
it. If you became a warrior better then him, he will lose all of his
fame and his girlfriends at the tavern. To Danny, you will always be
second. But if you come to the dark ruler, he will freely give you the
power you need to be an instant legend." Paul thought for a moment. He
wanted to be a strong and powerful person, but was this the way to go?
"Release him" ordered the cult leader to his attendants. They released
Paul from his bindings. But instead of running or attacking the cult,
Paul continued to think. "Paul, come with us. The dark ruler cares
nothing about your status or your talents he will make you truly great."
The cult leader handed him the dark ruler's seal. Paul crept back in
fear. "Accept it!" ordered the leader. Paul hesitated but slowly
accepted the seal. He looked at it and any regrets vanished from his
mind. I think I'm going to enjoy this thought Paul to himself.
Master Grimm came back to reality, but continued to reflect. I never
went back home that evening. I do remember turning on the cult a few
weeks later. I got what I needed from them. I slew them all myself. I
didn't need to bow down to Shinato or Ha des to be great. I will make my
own name. And I'll do it with the great prophets of Chaos! Paul started
in a chuckle but then started to laugh a freighting maniacal laughter.