Chapter 5

Battle Bot went back to the palace and confronted him on what he saw. He pleaded that Everglade had no part in what was going on. All Everglade said was to address him as Primus from now on. Battle Bot asked about what he saw and Primus stood there imposingly. Cables came down and took Battle Bot, catching him off guard. Battle Bot demanded to know what was going on. Primus said he was going to make him better. Battle Bot was given fire abilities and renamed to Pyrox.

To Tom

Tom started to put on his suit of armor and took it off again. Got his short swords in scabbards on his left and right hips. Two daggers, one on each ankle. A long sword on his back with a light crossbow on top of it. He took off the crossbow so he could put the quiver to hold the bolts on his back. He put two hand crossbows on his hips under his scabbard. He sold his old armor set, and his house with everything inside of it. With that he was able to buy full plate armor with a shield and war horse.

He hired a wizard to find someone with the description of Pyrox with their magic. The wizard found him and told him where he was. The wizard advised him to not go, he is very dangerous. Tom ignored his warnings and used the rest of his money on food and kept a bag of platinum coins with some gold coins. Tom put on his helmet and rode off to kill Pyrox.

Adam and Frost Beast rode on Algore tracking Pyrox urgently. "So why would he be in the material realm?" asked Adam through the wind.

"Because, he needs a way to kill me so he is going to go find a sword of wounding which will stop me from healing." said Frost Beast back.

"I have learned the location of the evil James McAvoy. I will be recruiting an army to take him out. He has gained an ally that is very powerful." yelled Dux over his thousands of followers. "So who's with me?" Every hand in the temple raised their hand with cheering. It came out as "PURIFY! PURIFY! PURIFY!" yelled the crowd. Dux smiled that they were so willing to kill this being of evil.

"NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" yelled Aberreen,"HE IS BEING MANIPULATED BY PYROX! JAMES ISN'T EVIL! PYROX IS THE REAL EVIL!" But her cries fell on deaf ears. She tried to cast a spell to get her out of there but the guards cuffed and gagged her.

There laid a kingdom called King's Landing. It was known for its fondness of magical weapons. In some cases, it was a dealer to both sides of a war. No one would call them out on it because then their supply would get cut. They had enough power to do what they wanted.

A half orc guard wielding a great axe of the name Carlos was just patrolling the main gate and the dirt was turning black. The black dirt was somehow infecting the other dirt and turning it into black dirt as well; it came from the darkness of the night. Carlos rang the bell to signal something was off. There were three bells, come and check this, small threat, and big threat. He rang the bell that said they needed to come check this. A female elf sage came down to see what was wrong. Carlos was a man of few words, and just pointed to the quickly spreading black dirt. The sage looked at it and realized it was corruption; from the undead. She said to ring the third bell when an arrow came from the darkness made of bone entered her torso. Carlos rang the third bell and threw a potion of alchemist fire to light up the darkness. He saw skeletons and zombies galore. There stood an ogre zombie twice his size. Carlos gripped tight on his great axe, he had to hold them off.

Carlos hated the wait of battle so he made a battle cry and swung his axe at the lumbering beast. The first attack just slashed it in the stomach. The zombie caught the axe the next swing around. The zombie dragged the axe behind it as it walked towards Carlos. The other zombies started to crowd around him as well. He knew he should have taken that martial arts class. He started to punch at them but it wasn't effective. The ogre zombie picked up the axe and held it over its head until an arrow went in between its eyes. More arrows started to come down and they killed the other zombies around him. He started to laugh and said, "Hahaha, took you long enough. You really like to show up at the last minute."

"Well you should carry a spare weapon more often." said a female voice.

"You don't have to carry a spare Hailey. That is why you like to stay in that tower." said Carlos teasingly.

Hailey jumped down and she was a gold female Dragonborn she had a bow on her back. Hailey was as tall as Carlos if not taller, but only by a few inches. Hailey had green eyes and Carlos had red eyes. They were both muscular, from swinging a great axe and pulling a bow string a lot. Hailey was more fond of killing enemies from a distance. Carlos liked to get up close, he loved the thrill of battle. They were quite fond of each other, they were dating.

"Talking about a spare. Here I got you something." Hailey went to the gate and pulled a battle axe with a bow on it. She gave it to him and leaned on his shoulder as he looked at it. Engraved on the axe was half orcish and half draconic. It said "killing with heart".

"Wow, thanks Hailey. What's the special occasion?" asked Carlos, being surprised.

"I'll let you guess," said Hailey.

Carlos made many guesses, all being wrong. One of them was an anniversary, which he fearfully hoped was not true. "It's your birthday silly," said Hailey with a smile. "I guess being a guard for so long has made you lose track." She gave him a peach on the cheek.

"Guess so," said Carlos, who was stunned that he didn't remember his own birthday.

"Man, the undead are coming in way more frequently. Something big must be going on." stated Hailey.

"It has been unusual. I have noticed this black grass start coming up. It looks like it has started to infect other grass around it." pointed out Carlos.

"Maybe the undead make it when they walk. Killing the grass." offered Hailey.

"But, isn't dead grass like brown?" asked Carlos.

"Uh, I don't know. We will never understand the undead." said Hailey.

"Wanna go in to get a drink?" asked Carlos.

"Sure, bet I can out drink you again," said Hailey. The two went off to the Long Coast tavern. It was their favorite tavern to go to, mostly because that is where they went on their first date. They had been dating for 11 months, almost one year.

Pyrox and James came to the gate of King's Landing. The guards took their names and asked for their purpose. Pyrox told them that they needed a sword to kill a beast that could regenerate its wounds. The guards took note that they wanted to kill a troll and let them in.

Since Pyrox was able to attune to the Void Stone, he was able to absorb damage that wasn't slashing, piercing, or bludgeoning. Since he had combined the Void Stone with the Solar Stone, he could absorb fire and use the amount he took to increase his own might. The stone was on his back in the middle of his shoulder blades.

Pyrox immediately made off in a direction, as if he knew where he was going. It took mere minutes to get through the crowds and find a blacksmith shop. The sign said, Enchantment moving. Pyrox greeted a dwarf working, saying his name; Marvin.

"Agh, *sigh* what do you want this time?" asked Marvin.

"You two know each other?" James asked, very confused.

"Yup, Pyrox came in to get his blade enchanted with fire only a month ago. He pays well so I'm going to listen to his offer." said Marvin.

"Do you have a Wounding Sword in stock by any chance?" asked Pyrox.

"Why yes I do, what are you going to be killing?" asked Marvin.

"I would like you to combine my blade with the Wounding Sword." said Pyrox getting out his blade.

"A flaming sword that stops regeneration. That is a deadly combo, I can put the enchantment of the Wounding Sword on this one. But, it will cost you." said Marvin.

Pyrox threw down a bag of platinum coins inside. The dwarf took a look inside and said, "Yup, this will do. I'll have your blade down in about two hours."

"What will we do for two hours?" asked James.

"I'm sure you can go to the fighting pit, Pyrox here is quite fond of that." said Marvin before going into his shop.

Pyrox and James went to go find a fighting pit while they waited. James entered the audience and knew exactly how this entire event would turn out. What he heard surprised him even more than he already was. The announcer said, "We have a champion returning. He has been on break for a month. And now he has returned to bring blood shed. To make his opponents have a chance, he shall use no weapon. I give you the one, the only, PYRRROOOX!"

Carlos and Hailey made their way to their good friend Marvin. Martin was slowly melting the Wounding Sword, and had Pyrox's blade on an anvil. "I see you got a customer, this blade looks familiar." said Hailey.

"Well isn't it my favorite couple. Pyrox came back, he needs to be able to kill something." said Marvin not looking away from his work

"So the champion is back in town." said Carlos, "Maybe I'll be able to beat him this time."

"I don't know, he kind of roughed you up the last time you two went toe to toe." said Haily

"Well he did go in with no weapon, you might have a chance." said Marvin. "But, he felt different."

"What do you mean by different?" asked Hailey.

"He seemed not him, more serious. He also had a boy with him." said Marvin, "He couldn't have been older than fifteen or sixteen."

"That is weird, do you know where he is Marv?" asked Carlos.

"I think he was hitting the fighting pit." said Marvin.

"Hey Carlos, be careful with him. I don't want you to get hurt too badly." said Hailey worriedly.

"I'll be fine, Pyrox and I know each other." said Carlos confidently, and made his way to the fighting pit.

Hailey went to the audience section. She saw a boy around fourteen eating popcorn. She went to sit next to him and asked who he was. He said his name was James. "What brings you to the fighting pit James?" asked Hailey.

"Oh, *crunch* I'm with Pyrox." said James, still eating. He turned and saw her and saw she was a golden dragonborn. "Wow, I've never seen a dragonborn before. Think I can touch your scales?"

"Haha, sure why not. So what are you two going to be killing." asked Hailey.

"We are killing a beast. It killed my father and Pyrox said he would help me find it." said James, the texture of the scales were rough. She was also very warm to the touch.

"Pyrox being a bot of justice, never thought a construct like him could do something like that." said Hailey surprised and glad that Pyrox found something to do after everything he went through. He had told her and Carlos all the things he went through. Hailey started to watch Pyrox fight, but he was very aggressive. He was aggressive before, but he seemed more so. Next Carlos came out with no weapon either. He had a big smirk across his face, she thought he was too confident. When they got close Pyrox kneed him in the diaphragm, and he lost his breath. Instead of stopping Pyrox hit him across the face knocking him onto his hands and knees. Hailey was getting concerned now, Pyrox was never this aggressive. Pyrox kicked Carlos in the chest flipping him onto his back. "What the heck Pyrox?" asked Carlos angrily. Carlos got back on his feet, very angry that Pyrox would make cheap shots like that. All Pyrox did was smile. Carlos put his hands put and swung at Pyrox, which Pyrox blocked and countered by punching him in the face hard. Pyrox swung an uppercut and a right cross. He took Carlos' head and brought it down to his knee with great speed. Pyrox took Carlos' body and held it up. Chanting from all around started to come from the stands. Hailey sat there horrified of what Pyrox had become and when he did. Pyrox took Carlos and brought him down on his knee, breaking his back. Pyrox placed his foot on Carlos' unconscious bloody body with his hands up in a show of dominance. It had been around two hours after the fight so Pyrox yelled out to James that they were heading out.

James got his stuff and started to head out, his prediction was correct, Pyrox cleaned house. Hailey made her way onto the field and healed Carlos' broken back. He came conscious, "What the heck is his problem?" asked Carlos firesously.

"I don't know man, he is very different. I don't know if that boy is safe with him." said Hailey in a worried voice.

"Thanks for the heal, let's go after him." said Carlos seriously.

Hailey and Carlos rushed towards Marvin's shop. Hailey got her bow from her back and Carlos picked up his great axe and his spare. Pyrox and James made their way toward the dwarf, they got there before Hailey or Carlos. Marvin said, "It is done, there is some left over, would you like to put it on a dagger or something?"

"Sure, put it on a dagger, how much longer will I have to wait?" asked Pyrox in an annoyed tone.

Marvin tossed him a dagger saying that he already did it for him. An army went to the gate and entered by force. The main gate exploded open, thousands of followers came in; they all wielded tridents. One voice could be heard from all the fighting, "James McAvoy, I have come for your head. You are a being of evil, if you come quietly Aberreen will be alright." Hailey heard this and knew she had to get to James before anyone else. Frost Beast and Adam came overhead and saw what was going on, they jumped off of Algore and told him to hold off anyone that was going to stop them. An arrow came from behind and shot Pyrox in his left shoulder. Pyrox turned around and saw another arrow flying towards his legs and he stopped it. He saw where the arrow came from, a second story window. "Whoever you are, come out and face me like the woman you are." said Pyrox. Tom jumped out of the window and onto the street, short swords out and ready wearing his full plate; his shield was on his back.

Frost Beast and Adam ran into Carlos and Hailey, Hailey drew her bow and Carlos held his battle axe. Frost Beast said, "We are here for Pyrox, he has done terrible things and we are here to stop him."

"Well follow us, we know where he is going." said Hailey putting her bow down.

The four of them came across James and Pyrox facing off against Tom. "So we are all finally here, it took long enough for it to happen." said Pyrox.

"What are you talking about Pyrox?" asked Adam.

"I am saying that we are all pawns in the gods' little story, and we are all finally here." said Pyrox pulling out the arrow in his shoulder and getting out his sword. "Now, who wants to be on my kill count first?"

"What happened to you Pyrox? Do you not remember us?" asked Hailey.

"Oh I remember you clear as day, I just don't care anymore," said Pyrox

"Jim was on your kill count first, now you'll be on mine." said Tom swinging his short swords at him both going downwards. Pyrox used his sword to block them stepping backwards with the right foot to gain stabilization. James saw that this was intense and just sat and watched. Pyrox made them slide off to the right and slashed at Tom's left arm, cutting through his armor, making him drop them. Tom stepped back to put his shield on and Carlos swung his battle axe at Pyrox. Pyrox ignited his blade and swung his sword at the handle of the battle axe; cutting the head of the axe off. Pyrox kicked Carlos on the ground with his foot. Adam went to Pyrox with a flying kick, Pyrox caught Adam's leg and threw him ten feet. Only three stood, Tom, Frost Beast, and Hailey. Hailey shot her arrow at him which he caught, he then threw it back at her; cutting her right cheek. She responded by firing fire out of her mouth at him. He absorbed the fire and slashed his blade in her direction. Fire came out of the blade and at her direction which scorched her. Tom got out his long sword with his right hand and swung at Pyrox. Pyrox breathed fire out of his mouth, Tom used his shield to block it. Pyrox used his mind to take Tom's sword and shield out of his hands and grabbed him by the throat with his right hand. Tom grabbed a dagger out of his boot and stabbed it in his right arm. Pyrox dropped him in pain and Tom got his other dagger and put them both in Pyrox's legs. Tom got out quickly before Pyrox could nail him with his sword. Pyrox used his mind to take the daggers out of his legs to throw them at Tom. They merely bounced off his armor. Frost Beast came from Pyrox's side as he was distracted by Tom. Pyrox put his blade in front of Frost Beast as he came and it impaled Frost Beast. He was confused because it hurt, he got himself off the sword and he didn't regenerate. This was the first time Frost Beast felt pain and he didn't know how to respond. Frost Beast looked Tom in the eye and remembered him from when he killed him and Charles. Pyrox used this opportunity to cut off Frost Beast's head. In one clean swing, he separated his head from his body. The body fell to its knees, then it fell to the right on the ground; the head bounced off of the ground looking at Adam. The blue eyes of Frost Beast stopped glowing. Tom grabbed his long sword and swung it over his head with both hands holding it. As Pyrox turned around, Tom cut off his right horn. Pyrox writhed in pain and stepped back. Carlos saw what Pyrox did to Hailey and got up in anger. Carlos saw the short swords on the ground and went toward Pyrox while he was dealing with Tom. Pyrox used his mind to control his dagger, he got it and plunged it into Carlos' stomach. Hailey saw this and got over to him as he fell to the ground. She took the dagger out and tried to heal the wound. But it did nothing, she tried again and again. But nothing worked, all she could do was watch him as he bled out on the ground. "I love you," Hailey said to him with tears in her eyes.

Carlos wipes her tears off and said, "I love you too." He then hugged her, she hugged him back.

Adam got back up and saw the situation, Tom was alone fighting Pyrox, Frost Beast got decapitated, Carlos was bleeding out and Hailey was mourning him.

"Algore, we need help!" yelled Adam.

Algore came down and saw everything, he roared to let Tom and Hailey know of his presence. Adam told them to get behind him Tom grabbed Pyrox's horn and got behind Adam with Hailey; and Algore froze Pyrox with his breath. Algore told them to run, Adam and Hailey didn't want to leave but Tom got them out. Pryox's sword thawed because it was on fire. Pyrox then ignited his entire body into flames and walked toward Algore. Algore fired his breath at Pyrox again trying to freeze him again. It did nothing to Pyrox, he was emitting with fire and was absorbing the ice into the Void Stone. He got to Algore's mouth and stuck out his left hand and cast Sunbeam; inside of Algore's mouth. Algore burned from the inside and died.

Now only three remained out of the original six, Adam, Tom, and Hailey. Hailey and Adam were in a bad place at the time, they just lost the ones they loved. Tom told them to get it together. They all lost everything they had, now they have each other. Granted they didn't know each other, but they would kill Pyrox. Their loss would be able to motivate them to kill Pyrox even more. He said that their deaths would not be in vain. Adam said that only Frost Beast could track him, Tom looked at Adam disgusted. "You trusted that thing? That thing killed Charles and me." Tom said.

"He wasn't doing it on purpose, he was being controlled," argued Adam.

"I don't care if he was, he still killed us." snipped Tom.

"It doesn't matter… they're all dead." said Hailey in a solemn mood holding her arms.

End of Book 2