Chapter Four training
Dragon's Descent Training room
Over the past three days, three weeks inside the training room, Jim and Claire have mastered their chosen weapons Jim the Broadsword and Clair the minor war staff, a weapon that combines the sword, War axe and Spear, her shadow staff had been broken down by Descew and Megcron and re-forged into the war staff. Descew taught them how to get around Magmadona's attacks and how to counter her short swords. Just as Descew was having Cronus remove the time spell the door burst open and a young boy with tiger like features ran in.
"Descew the Council of Elders wishes to speak to you." The young man panted as he was bent at the waist gasping for air.
"Calm yourself young Tigray," Descew said as he approached the now named Tigray "Now tell me why the Elders wish to speak to me."
"They are… concerned for your family's safety." Tigray spoke but the way that both Descew and him spoke it was like they thought differently.
"Run back to them and tell them I will be there shortly." Tigray nodded and ran back to the Elders
"Damn them to the fiery depths of the ten realms!" Descew shouted "They seem to think that every time something goes wrong, they can blame ME so that they can get to the throne!"
"Descew what do you mean?" Claire asked. Descew turned and looked at the now changed Claire Nuñez gone was the human face in its place was a light purple skinned face her armor that merlin had made her was torn apart and remade it now was gold that turned red when Jim was in danger or when fighting (A.N it still is in the same design as when it was purple). She also grew a few inches, so she was only about half a head shorter than Jim.
"The council of Elders was formed by my wife Carmilea shortly after we fled her world because of Armageddon they are only there for advising us when it involves her people, but they seem to think that they can control what we do." Descew growled that was when his demeanor changed it was like he was replaced with a different person when Spider and Cronus saw the change, they pulled Jim and Claire away from him
"That is the king consort S'dar Mahstavir. Listen but do not speak unless spoken to, don't give your opinion unless asked or they provoke you, and above all else do NOT UPSET HIM!" Spider said as they followed S'dar to the room that held The Council of Elders. As they walked in the fighting that was heard from outside the door suddenly stopped. The Council of Elders was made up of twelve beings; six animal like people, one robot, a ghost, two Skrillkanians, and two Dragoons.
"Which one of the souls are we talking to today." Asked a raccoon with coal black fur and holding a cane with a hook at the end.
"You are speaking to your king Lord Cooper." S'dar said. His voice was much deeper than Descew's normally and had just a hint of promised pain if you did not listen.
"S'dar you and your other souls have brought enough pain on us you and your mates are not fit to lead us or any other faction!" yelled a white tiger with a scar that crossed over his left eye and looked like he was blind in that eye.
"I am still your KING lord Za'soud, and I will be treated with respect!" S'dar hissed out. The room felt like it dropped 30-40 degrees.
"I will not treat someone who is unfit to lead us with respect!" Za'soud growled out.
"Then issue a challenge if you dare." Came the voice of Lord Connor Cooper "Challenge him for the right to rule, BUT know this," here he glared at Za'soud "I will not follow you just like most of these elders that are here." Most of the elders nodded as Lord Cooper spoke only two of the animals glared
"Very well," Za'soud said as he stood "I challenge you King S'dar for the right to rule!"
"I accept what are the terms?" S'dar asked as his eyes narrowed.
"Should I win you and your family will step down and be banished." Za'soud smiled as the other elders gasped. S'dar smiled an evil smile.
"I accept but if I win your will be cast into slavery and your family will be given a choice to forsake you or join you." Za'soud paled if that happened, he would never be able to do anything but be a slave! Sadly he could not back out without being shamed and then banished if not killed!
"Very well we meet in two hours in the arena." With that Za'soud and those that would support him left. After they left S'dar changed his demeanor and when he spoke Descew was back in control.
"I hate letting S'dar lose like that his emotions are so primal that it is easy to get lost in them."
"But Descew if you had talked to Za'soud then you might have given in and not told him to give that challenge and we would still be listening to him try and brow beat you into giving him the throne!" Copper spoke with a fire the kids had not seen in anyone.
"If you had talked to him as Descew one of two routes would have happened in the first one you killed him on the spot and then we would have no choice but to remove you as our king and that would not have been good or the other path would have been you actually stepped down from your role and that would have been even worse for everyone." Spoke the ghost, who looked to change his age from young to adult and then to old.
"What can you tell us Clockwork you were the very first Elemental Master of Time," Descew said making Jim and Claire gasp. Clockwork got a deep look of concentration as he then shifted to his baby form.
"If you enslave him two possible paths form in the first path you'll end up with revolt on your hands and a second path and assassination happens and Carmali and Carmelita are killed." Clockwork said with a frown this made Descew and the others gasp.
"No there must be another way so my family is safe!" Descew's voice shook with rage his entire being looked to change his skin became pitch black, his hair a fiery red, and his eyes became blood red. "I will not allow him to win he will die!" Clockwork took his staff and, in a manner like a certain baboon, hit Descew on the top of his head. Descew was stunned stupid and reverted back to his normal form.
"If you would give me a chance to talk you would get a better outcome than what I have given you before," when Clockwork was sure he had Descew's attention he continued "If you were to banish him then two possibilities occur the first is that he seeks out Brutus and demands that he help him get his revenge on you now depending on what Brutus' response is either Za'soud will die by Brutus' hand or he will be made an anti-element and die by the champions hand. The other thing that could happen is Za'soud will be sucked into a black hole and die when he is spit out." At those words Descew sags into his chair.
"Those are much better odds than his enslavement or me killing him in a fit of rage." Descew sighed in relief.
"Descew," came Claire's voice "What was that about issuing a challenge?" Descew looks to the two confused half trolls
"Long before my wife Carmali was queen of her people they were ruled by a vicious tyrant by the name of Blood Moon, a blood thirsty wolf who only cared for himself and his "sport", a nasty one that pitted his people against some of the most voracious predators that her people had ever seen. One day a lowly fox, Carmali's Great great grandfather issued a challenge to Blood Moon," Here Descew smiled as Jim and Claire sat up straighter.
"He issued this challenge 'If Blood Moon and himself entered the arena and fought the monsters that had slain so many of his people. Whoever slew them would be named king and their rule would not be questioned for three generations!' Blood Moon was cocky and agreed to the Challenge not knowing that it would be his last day in this world." Jim and Claire were hanging on Descew's every word.
"They met at high noon dressed in armor and carrying with them their weapon of choice Blood Moon was decked out in solid gold armor and wielding an axe that lived up to its name 'Blood Drinker' while the fox walked in wearing plate armor and a sky blue cloke at his side was a weapon that has been handed down throughout generations that blade was called 'Justice for the fallen' take into account this is just a rough translation." here Descew paused to get a drink of water.
"They fought everything that was thrown at them soon all that was left was to fight Blood Moon's prized animal Blood Moon had forgotten about it being the last one now he was concerned when he heard the monster as he turned he came face to face with the beast. This monster was what we now call a Nightmare Weaver, it stood over thirty feet tall when on its hind legs, it's body was the color of a pitch black night no moon or stars, it's eyes where the color of blood, and it's smile" Descew shuddered, "It's smile was the one thing that hunts most of her people's dreams it was like looking at a shark or tiger and you knew beyond a shadow of doubt that you where it's next meal." Lord Cooper spoke up then.
"Descew go prepare I will finish this story." Descew nodded his head and left to prepare
"The Nightmare Weaver attacked raining blows upon blows on Blood Moon. He was on the defensive looking for a way to end this quick so he could keep his throne. But in all of the fighting he lost track of Carmali's grandfather who was standing behind the Nightmare Weaver his sword in hand with a mighty jump he landed on the beast's head causing it to stop attacking Blood Moon and try to rip him from it's head but try as it might it could not dislodge our savior with one thrust he drove his sword through the monster's brain killing it the crowds went wild chanting his name and calling out 'Long Live The King.' As our hero rose Blood Moon was enraged and attacked the fox. But Blood Moon miscalculated and tripped on a severed arm of one of his slain opponents and fell on an upturned claw that pierced his armor and his heart killing him in a matter of minutes. From that day on Carmali's grandfather ruled justly and was never questioned about his rule. That dear children is where the Challenge comes from." Lord Cooper finished before Jim or Claire could clear the shock from their heads a voice called out.
"Everyone is required to come to the arena this is not an option!" As one Jim, Claire, Lord Cooper, and Clockwork rose and made it to the arena. As they were getting to their seats, they ran into their friends Toby, Arrrgh, Blinky, Mr. Strickler, and Jim's mom Barbara. As hugs where being exchanged a hush fell over the crowd as Descew and Za'soud walked into the arena Descew was wearing his armor but it was a different color instead of gold with red and black streaks on it it was an earthy brown with black and gold streaks running all over it. In his hand was a strange weapon one Jim and Claire had never seen before it looked like a war axe mixed with a chain mace but what was really strange was the length of the chain. It wrapped around his arm both of them as he was dual wielding two of them Blinky was the one to give it a name.
"Amazing he is wielding the legendary chain axe. I have not seen one fought with in a long time."
"What is a chain axe Blinky?" Came Toby' question.
"A chain axe was an axe with a long chain that wrapped around a person's arm covering it in chain. The axe could be used as a close combat weapon or it could be used as a ranged weapon with the chains the range depends on three things one the person's arm length, two their willingness to have more wrapped around their arms, and three their skill in the weapon." Came the musical voice of Megcron as one they turned and bowed expect Jim and Claire, they bowed their heads. They all turned and looked at the arena floor that is when Jim and Claire saw Za'soud standing a strange garb it looked like metal but looked to be one solid piece. In his hand was a spear but Jim got a strange feeling from the weapon Jim stood up and walked over to Spider of the Dead.
"Master I am concerned with something." Jim said as he bowed to the Elemental Master of Earth. Spider raised one of his eyebrows but realizing that Jim would not do this if it was not important responded.
"What is it Champion Jim?"
"I feel something is off with Lord Za'soud's weapon it feel strange." Spider reached out with his powers and felt what Jim had his eyes flew open and just before he could speak to stop the match the bell tolled and the fight was on.
The arena floor just after the bell
Descew, as S'dar, dove under the Za'soud's thrust and came up swinging his axes but Za'soud quickly used the blunt end of the spear to knock the axes away but due to being attached to chains they went back to S'dar who kept swinging his axes with the chains so he doesn't have to get too close to Za'soud spear but his attacks were easily dodged or blocked with said spear and with the time it took S'dar to real his axes back in Za'soud took advantage of this by quickly closing the distance and began his attack by either trying to jab S'dar with the blade, stun him for a brief moment to allow a free attack with the blunt end and due to this S'dar was kept on his toes at all times and forced to use his axes in defense to move the spear away from his body and to stop the blunt end from hitting him in the stomach or head so Za'soud never could get the chance to actually land a direct hit with his spear but he did manage to get S'dar to be on the defensive and not the offensive which is quite helpful for him yet not at the same time with him now beginning to doubt about something but from a quick attack from S'dar got him on the defensive for the time being to he could go back on the offensive as he now mixed in kicks and punches along with his spear to make it much harder for S'dar to keep up or to even attempt another offensive attack.
After landing a kick to the chest it had launched S'dar a couple feet back which gave Za'soud the opening he needed to get an attack in so he took it by lunging at S'dar only from him to be slapped across the face by the flat end of the axe blade which sent him off course with the spear embedding into the arena floor, taking this moment as breather Za'soud gripped his spear tightly before yanking it out of the ground.
"For a spirit you sure do know how to fight well." Za'soud said twirling his spear till the blunt end hit the floor.
"For a pussy cat you seemed to be doing well." S'dar taunted not really interested in compliments but rather the fight at hand and what is what stake here, with him swinging his axes again and when he swept his axes at chest level Za'soud had leaned back so the axes missed his chest and taking this moment to do a backflip before rushing forward only to be frozen in place. His feet stuck to the ground he looked down to see that his legs were encased in earth! Before he could accuse S'dar of cheating Descew's voice rang out.
"What is the meaning of this Spider?!" Za'soud looked up to see that Descew was encased from the neck down in solid Crystal.
"Descew use your senses and look at Za'Soud's weapon!" Za'soud started to sweat for he had coated his weapon in a long thought lost poison. As Descew closed his eyes Za'soud started to desperately think of a way to turn this in his favor before he could fully think of an idea Descew's eyes flew open but it was not Descew that was in control oh no but one of his other souls his eyes had become a lightning blue in color and they were letting off electricity Thoresn, Descew's soul of honor, had been let free.
"You dare try to poison ME!" Thoresn growled out his head turned to the audience.
"Elemental Master of Earth release me so that I may deal with this mongrel!"
As Spider released Descew from his crystal prison people got a good look at his armor and his weapon. His armor was that of what Odin was depicted to wear but his weapon looked like Mjölnir! Up in the audience Toby, Claire, Jim, Barbara, and Strickler stared in shock.
"Who, what, How!" Was all Toby could get out Jim asked the right question though,
"How is it that Descew looks like Odin but has Thor's hammer Mjölnir?!" A chuckle came from behind them. They turned to look at Sakren who was smiling.
"My husband and his council and all of his family is the base of ALL of you mythology. The gods and goddess are based off him and his family. The monster that appear in mythology are the creatures and experiments that roam our worlds. The only thing not based on any Skrillkanian or Dragoon being are the heroes of mythology they were actual people who were blessed by us." Sakren laughed at the human's stunned faces they looked to the others sitting by her at their nods the look changed to a thoughtful one. They were distracted by what was happening on the arena floor
"Za'soud you are hereby banished to the outer reaches of our worlds and are striped of you titles and lands!" Thoresn turned to Za'soud's family.
"I give you the option to join your husband and father in his banishment or forsake him." As one Za'soud's family stood and turned their backs on him.
"You worthless bitch I hope you and your pieces of shit are happy because when I return I will kill you all!" Za'soud spat and raged at them before Descew silenced him.
"Guards take him away!" As the guards dragged Za'soud away from behind Descew Tigray burst into the arena yelling out the one thing that scared Jim and the others.
"Morgana has unleashed The Eternal Night and Magmadona's army is attacking!"
A.N. first let me apologize for taking so long to write this chapter school and kids and real life got the best of me but now that school is done I should have more time to write. Now I am proud to say that this is the longest chapter I have written and I would like to say thank you to TheDevilsMusic69 for writing my fight scene. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think of it.