Act 1, Chapter 7
Faeshrine…
Ever since Lucrun took over the city of Faeshrine, the city had become quiet. Morbidly quiet.
When the Great Purple dragon took over the city, he had used his Convexity energy to corrupt the minds of every adult dragon living there. Next, he had every last Nondragon being hunted down and brutally slain, with their bodies cremated and dumped into the Forest. Lastly, Lucrun captured all of the child dragons and sent them to the Realm of Convexity to be used by Bergan to create more White dragons for their ever-growing army.
In the months after that, Lucrun had turned Faeshrine into a ghost town. All of the dragons were forced into servitude. The Great Purple dragon had all of the city's valuables and riches sent directly to him in the Faeshrine Trading Company's Headquarters, which he now used as his personal Stronghold. It didn't really matter: Neither he nor any of the dragons under his control would need the money anyway.
It was the middle of the night. In the middle of the street leading up to the FTC's main building, a cloud of purple smoke appeared. Out of it, a single dragon appeared. It was Runefor.
The White dragon had decided to let Nellie sit this particular job out. Leaving her behind didn't matter to him: It's not like she could escape the cave they were staying in: the only way in or out was by Teleporting, which Nellie couldn't do on her own. And if she was brought along, she would no doubt be reduced to dead weight, again.
Runefor looked up at the night sky. It was completely covered in storm clouds. With a crack of Lightning and a roar of thunder, the storm started. In a matter of moments, the city was pelted by heavy rain. Most of the water was blocked by the floating buildings in the sky that the dragons inhabited. However, Runefor was standing in a spot that was completely exposed to the elements.
Rain poured allover the White dragons body. For a moment, Runefor shut his eyes and relaxed as the biting cold water bombarded his body. He shivered as the liquid ice flowed down his scales and onto the ground. He sighed peacefully.
Lovely…, he thought to himself. I must remember to have thunderstorms as brilliant as this one when I recreate the world.
Suddenly, Runefor heard someone approaching from the air. He opened his eyes to see two adult dragons flying towards him. He rolled out of the way just as both dragons attacked with blasts of Fire breath.
Runefor growled at the interlopers.
"Interrupt my relaxation, will you?" He growled. He immediately opened his mouth and struck the first dragon with Blood Lightning, killing him in a matter of moments. Meanwhile, the second dragon charged at the White dragon, firing another blast of Fire breath. Runefor instantly teleported to the other side of the dragon and struck him with another blast of Blood Lightning. In seconds, the dragon was dead.
Runefor scoffed.
"Nothing more than a waste of my time.." He sneered.
The White dragon looked up at the sky, searching for any one else who might try to attack him. When he saw no one else approaching, he grinned.
"Good." Runefor looked to the center of the city, towards the FTC HQ. "I suppose my time for relaxation has come to an end. There's work to be done."
Runefor walked towards the FTC HQ, taking his sweet time so that he may enjoy the rainfall.
For a good while, the trip was uneventful. There were no other beings of any kind to be seen anywhere, dragon or otherwise. Runefor almost wondered where they were, but in all honesty, he didn't care.
"They would just be a nuisance anyway." He decided.
However, after getting close to the center building, Runefor heard something sneaking up on him. No, several somethings. And they were close by.
"What..?"
Runefor quickly turned around just in time to see a black monster flying straight towards him. In almost an instant, the White dragon slashed his talons through the air, and the beast was dead. It was a Crepsculus.
Runefor looked around. All around him, Crepsculi were crawling out of portals of Darkness. The White dragon snarled.
"Oh, for fuck's sake!" He exclaimed. "Who invited you?"
Of course, they didn't answer. They only attacked.
Immediately, Runefor started running around the street, blasting the Crepsculi with various Magical attacks: Fire, Earth, Lightning, Wind, Earth, and several other. He was careful not to use the same over repeatedly: The last thing he wanted to deal with was a Crep-gigas.
After killing several dozen Crepsculi, Runefor discovered that more and more kept coming.
"I don't have time for this bullshit!" He shouted.
With a snap of his talons, Runefor teleported in a cloud of Purple smoke clear across the street, right before the FTC HQ's front steps. When the Crepsculi realized where he went, they hissed in rage and rapidly flew towards him. As they did this, Runefor just stood in place, charging Magical energy and glowing Green…
When the Crepsculi were only feet away, Runefor unleashed a Fury attack: Wind Fury.
A massive, Green, sideways Tornado exploded out of the White dragon's mouth. The Crepsculi were completely helpless as they were sent flying backwards through the air, spinning round and round at an alarming rate. During the Fury, chunks of the street and several buildings were ripped off and sent flying uncontrollably through the air as well. Rain water was sucked off the ground and pooled together in the air.
When the Fury came to its end, the Crepsculi had been blown all the way out of the city and into the distant ocean. A massive path of destruction was left in the Tornado's wake.
Runefor laughed.
"Well, that's certainly going to get someone's attention!" He chuckled. The White dragon turned around and approached the front doors of the FTC building. "Time to make my REAL entrance!"
As soon as Runefor got close to the front doors, he unleashed a blast of Earth breath, blasting the doors of their hinges and several feet backwards. The White dragon casually walked into the building's Lobby.
"Helloooooo!" He chided. "I've got an appointment with the head honcho. Could someone show me the way to his office?"
The Lobby was filled with several dozen dragons of various Elements, presumably standing guard. When they saw Runefor, they immediately leapt into attack.
"That's not what I'd call good customer service."
Runefor dodged around their various elemental attacks as if they were nothing. At the same time, he slashed and clawed at their necks and throats, killing them quickly yet painfully. He knew better than to waste what remained of his Magical Energy: He'd need it to take down Lucrun.
After the last of the dragons was slain, Runefor took the time to go around the room and absorb as much Magical energy as possible from the bodies. No sense in wasting perfectly good Convexity energy. It was a shame that there wasn't much of the stuff in most of the dragons.
"They must have been adults already." Runefor assumed. "It's funny how children are more powerful than adults. Go figure."
Once he was done, Runefor proceeded to explore the building, searching for Lucrun's "Lair" or "chamber" or whatever the Purple bastard was calling it.
As he searched the many hallways and passages, Runefor was getting irritated. He often found himself getting lost, wandering through hallways that he had already been through. But it wasn't completely boring: along the way, Runefor encountered several more wandering dragons, and a few Crepsculi as well. One by one, the Crepsculi and dragons fell dead by his paws, the latter of which providing the White dragon with scraps of Convexity.
After a good half hour of wandering, Runefor's patience had reached its end. He roared in rage.
"I'm tired of this crap!" He roared. The White dragon started charging magical energy. "It's time to start blowing the SHIT outta this place!"
Runefor started blasting the walls with mighty blasts of Earth. He proceeded to blow holes in any wall he came across, which was often. His reasoning was, if there were no walls, then he wouldn't feel like he was trapped in a maze. Of course, this garnered the attention of practically every dragon and Crepsculi in the building.
Soon, Runefor found himself slaughtering a mass number of Crepsculi and dragons. The White dragon started absorbing more and more Convexity, which made him start moving faster. He also started destroying the floors and ceilings instead of just the walls.
If he hadn't gotten Lucrun's attention yet, he certainly must have now.
Soon, after having caused massive destruction to a good percentage of the building, Runefor came to a pair of double doors that seemed much more elegant then what he had seen up to that point.
"This must be Lucrun's chamber." Runefor said. He prepared another round of Earth breath. "Let's pay him a visit!"
Runefor unleashed the Earth blast and blew the two doors off their hinges. The White dragon then stepped inside.
It was a grand room, much like what one would expect a king to have. The ceiling was intricately painted with a massive arrangement of various dragons doing various things. At the center of the ceiling was the massive image of a Purple dragon with seven black horns holding the world in one forepaw, and standing on a massive pile of gold. Multiple balls of fire lined up around the room kept it illuminated. The walls were decorated with expensive-looking trinkets and paintings. The Floor was covered in a massive White rug. Piles of Bronze, Silver and Gold coins were scattered allover the place.
On the other side of the room, a Large Purple dragon sat on a Golden cushion, which was surrounded by more piles of Gold. A several female dragons were lying on the floor near the Purple dragon, feeding him various pieces of fruit. Runefor had no doubt who this guy was: Lucrun the Gilded.
Lucrun was a muscular Purple dragon, taller than Malefor, yet shorter than Runileon. He had a pitch black underbelly and Golden talons. He had seven black horns: One in the top of his head that pointed backwards like a Lightning bolt, and six more in rows of two that dotted the back side of his head and neck, which were also shaped like lightning bolts. A vast array of sharp Golden spikes ran down his back and all the way to his tail tip. The "whites" of his eyes were Blood Red, and he had demonic Irises, like Malefor. He had a Golden spear tip on his tail. He wore a massive amount of Golden jewelry on his ankles and around his neck, and a Golden Helm protected his face. He also wore strange metal Gloves on his forepaws.
The Purple and White dragons stared at each other for a time as Runefor stepped closer to Lucrun. He didn't seem all that surprised to see White dragon. When the Great Purple dragon spoke, he had a demonic voice.
"You're that little White Beast that made a deal with Bergan."
"Yes, I am!" Runefor replied, grinning. Lucrun glared.
"Why have you come here?' He asked. Runefor chuckled.
"Isn't it obvious?" He asked. "I've come to be a real pain in the ass!"
"Why?"
"Why? Hmmm…" Runefor pretended to think about it. "Well, I suppose it just seemed like the right thing for a White dragon to do…"
"No, I mean, why waste your time?" The White dragon cocked an eyebrow.
"What do you mean, 'waste my time'?"
Lucrun got up from his Golden cushion and stepped forwards a bit.
"The other Victiumirti and I are about to usher in a new era. There is no point in trying to stop us. Anyone who wishes to survive our wrath must swear fealty to us."
"Is that a fact?" Runefor asked sarcastically.
"I am well aware of your capabilities, Rune. You have proven yourself to be quite the capable dragon, especially considering how you received power from two of our number. Join our cause, and you'll be treated as a God among mortals in the new world!"
Runefor looked up at the Purple dragon. After a short while, he chuckled, confusing Lucrun. And then, the White dragon's chuckling turned to Laughter.
"What is so funny?" He demanded. Rune calmed down and started talking.
"'Join you'? FAT CHANCE! I'm not about to share my plans of ultimate conquest of the world with a bunch of Washed-up, Asinine, ass-licking imbeciles like YOU! Oh, I'll be heralded as a God among mortals, alright, because I'm actually going to BE a God! This is MY world, and no one else's!"
Lucrun snarled.
"You just made a grave mistake, you Whelp!" He bellowed.
Lucrun held out his right forepaw in the air. Almost instantly, a cloud of Purple smoke appeared around his paw. When it faded, a six-foot longsword with a Purple hilt and a Golden blade appeared in Lucrun's paw. The Great Purple dragon then lifted his wings, and levitated into the air. Runefor chuckled.
"So, you wield a sword too…" He chided. "Oh, if only I hadn't left mine back in the Pit of the fallen…"
"Quit speaking and DIE!" Lucrun bellowed.
In an instant, The Great Purple dragon vanished on a cloud of Purple smoke, only to reappear behind Runefor, stabbing his sword downwards to impale the White dragon. Runefor teleported away just a split second before getting ran through with the sword.
As Lucrun's Longsword stabbed the rug, Runefor reappeared a short distance away, charging Convexity energy to attack.
"That's a cheap little trick!" The White dragon said. "I've go to remember that."
Lucrun freed his sword from the ground and rapidly flew towards Runefor, swinging his sword with incredible speed. Runefor dodged out of the way, coming to a stop a few yards away. He then shot several small Purple orbs of energy at Lucrun in rapid succession. Assuming they were bombs of some sort, the Purple dragon used his sword to slash them in half before they got too close. Lucrun then charged forwards, swinging his sword like a mad-drake.
The dragonesses fled from the room as the Purple and White dragons continued their battle, Lucrun trying to slice his opponent into pieces with his longsword, and Runefor trying to attack from a distance with multiple different Convexity attacks. Through out the battle, several piles of coins were blasted into smithereens.
At one point in the battle, Runefor managed to blast Lucrun's sword out of his paw with a lucky shot with a Convexity beam, sending it flying across the room. Both dragons made a grab for it. When this happened, Lucrun and Runefor attacked with a Convexity beam at the same time, and the two attacks collided right above the sword.
As the two attacks moved back and forth, both dragons carefully stepped closer to the sword, careful not to move to fast, of their attack would lose control. It seemed like Lucrun was going to win, so Runefor decided to cheat. He charged Convexity energy into his left forepaw, and held it out towards Lucrun. Before the Purple dragon could react, the White dragon fired a secondary Convexity beam out of his palm, which struck the Purple dragon square in the chest and threw him off-balance. This in turn caused Lucrun's attack to falter, allowing Runefor's first Convexity beam to strike the Purple dragon in the face.
As Lucrun went flying backwards, Runefor ran forwards and grabbed hold of the sword.
"AHA!" He gloated. "What's yours is MINE, bitch!" He turned to face Lucrun, and grimaced.
The Purple dragon was charging his magical energy, and way starting to Glow and even brighter Purple. Lucrun smirked.
"Feel the true power of Convexity!" He bellowed.
"Shit."
An instant later, a massive amount of Convexity energy exploded out of Lucrun's body. Immediately, Runefor summoned a protective shield around himself, but he was still sent flying backwards. The entire room was completely destroyed, as was the rest of the FTC's main building and several buildings that immediately surrounded it.
After the energy faded, the FTC Headquarters, as well as any beings still inside it during the explosion, was no more. Instead, all that remained was a smoking crater with a two hundred yard radius.
Somewhere near the center of the crater, Runefor was lying on his back. He was still holding onto the sword. Rain water pelted his body again, keeping him from falling unconscious.
Runefor slowly picked himself up, swearing.
"Fuck. I guess you Victiumirti really are powerful." The White dragon looked around to face Lucrun. However, he didn't seem to be around.
"Where'd he go?" He asked, partially annoyed.
Suddenly, Lucrun appeared behind Runefor, grabbed him by his mane, lifted him into the air, and proceeded to punch the White dragon several times in the face, causing Runefor to drop the sword.
The Purple dragon then leaned back and tossed Runefor with incredible speed, sending him flying across the crater. He then leaned down and picked up his sword.
"Nobody wields this blade except for ME!' He roared. Lucrun then took to the air and flew towards Runefor, who was still on the ground. He thought he finally had the chance to deliver the killing blow..
However, this was a trick. As Lucrun approached, Runefor was charging Magical Energy. When the Purple dragon got close enough, Runefor fired a blast of Convexity right into Lucrun's face before he could dodge.
Lucrun was tossed off balance, dropping his sword in the process. Runefor took to flight and plucked the sword out of the air. By this time, Lucrun had righted himself. The White dragon pointed the sword at the Purple dragon.
"Maybe this time I can put this thing to use!" He declared. Runefor then charged at Lucrun, ready to slice him into pieces.
The Purple dragon immediately flew directly upwards, using the Wind element to fly high into the sky, past the Floating buildings of the upper layers of the city and up to the Black storm clouds. As Runefor charged after him, Lucrun started charging energy again.
However, Runefor realized what he was doing much earlier this time and stopped in midair between a few floating buildings.
"Not this time!" He shouted.
The White dragon started charging his own energy as he waited for Lucrun to attack. He was expecting the Purple dragon to use another Fury. However, that wasn't what he was planning.
Lucrun created an Orb of Convexity energy, which quickly grew to massive size: It was big enough to hold an entire building within it. Runefor was dumbstruck.
"Let's see how cocky you are after being completely OBLITERATED!" Lucrun roared. The Purple dragon had the giant Convexity Bomb plummet out of the sky, towards the White dragon.
Runefor had only seconds to act. He created a Convexity shield around himself and flew upwards, directly towards the giant Bomb. He shut his eyes as he and the Bomb got close together.
This had better work…
Runefor flew directly into the Bomb. As he continued flying upwards, he did his best to cause the Massive Convexity energy flowing around him to mix with his Convexity shield and allow him to pass through unharmed.
A few seconds later, Runefor made it safely through the Convexity Bomb and continued flying towards Lucrun, who had a surprised look on his face. Before the Purple dragon could act, Runefor ran the sword through his chest. Lucrun roared in agony.
At that very moment, the Convexity Bomb exploded far below, filling the city with a great Purple light and Completely destroying several of the floating buildings.
Runefor grinned evilly. He began spinning in a circle, causing Lucrun to spin around him, gaining faster momentum with every turnaround. In a moment, the Purple dragon was rapidly spinning around the White one. And then, when his opponent was spinning fast enough, Runefor let go of the sword, sending Lucrun hurtling towards the earth at rapid speed. He then took off after the Purple dragon, careful not to go to fast.
Lucrun freefell through the clouds of smoke and debris and plummeted to the crater below. He then crashed into the center of the crater so hard, the ground beneath him cracked.
Runefor came to a hard landing nearby, and walked up to the dying Lucrun. The Purple dragon bled from every Orifice, and was on his last few ounces of breath. The White dragon rolled Lucrun onto his back and grabbed hold of the sword hilt with both forepaws.
"As I said before," Runefor taunted, "This is MY World!"
"Damn….you…" Lucrun sneered weakly.
"And since this is my world, I'll be needing every ounce of Convexity I can find to conquer it!"
Runefor then drove the sword deeper into Lucrun's flesh, his yellow eyes glowing Purple. Almost immediately, Lucrun's Convexity energy started flowing out of his body, through the sword, and into the White dragon. The amount that the Purple dragon had was much larger than the scraps he could obtain from the normal dragons.
But he didn't stop there: Runefor absorbed every last bit of Life energy that Lucrun had. The Purple dragon used the last of his rapidly depleting strength to swear at the White dragon.
"May…you…forever…Rot…"
And then, he was gone.
Runefor removed the sword form the dead dragon's chest, a satisfied look on his face.
"One down, six to go." He said smugly.
The White dragon shut his eyes. He could feel a massive amount of energy flowing around inside him. It made him giddy.
"Oh, this is wonderful!" He exclaimed. He opened his eyes and looked around at the city of Faeshrine. He could here dragons approaching from all sides in the distance. "And now, to deal with the rest of them."
Runefor levitated up into the air, so that he was level with the street. He held his sword directly upwards at the sky. After charging his energy, Runefor made the sword blade become engulfed in a Green Fire.
And then, the Green Fire became a massive Pillar of Fire, which extended high into the sky and grew to have a radius of ten yards.
Runefor then swung the sword rapidly downwards, causing the Pillar of Green Fire to burn right through several floating Platforms that were still in the air, and crash violently into the ground, engulfing all of the buildings that it hit in a raging green inferno. The White dragon then spun his sword in a circle, causing the Green Inferno to spread throughout the entire city.
The entire lower layer of Faeshrine was in flames.
Runefor could here hundreds of dragons fly into the air. Some of them were lucky enough to escape the inferno, while others roaring in agony as they were burned alive. The survivors flew to the few remaining floating platforms in hopes of escaping.
But there was no haven to be found for them.
Runefor took to the skies and proceeded to destroy all of the remaining platforms with his massive Green Pillar of Flames. He laughed manically as the Platforms fell to the burning city.
"Now it's time for the grand finale." He said.
The White dragon flew over to the southeastern edge of Faeshrine, where it met the southern ocean and the tip of the Tarune Forest, and started flying around the edge of the forest. As he did this, he used the Green Pillar of Flames to ignite the countless trees he saw on fire. He did this for a good half hour, spreading the Green Inferno all around the city.
When he was done, and the Green Pillar ran out of energy to go on, Runefor looked at the destruction he caused.
The Ancient city of Faeshrine was now nothing more than a raging Green Inferno, and the fire was rapidly spreading across the Tarune Forest. When Runefor shut his eyes, he could hear the sound of thousands of beings crying out in agony as their lives burned to a crisp.
The White dragon laughed.
"My business is done." He said. "Time to go home for a little 'victory party'."
And with that, Runefor snapped his talons, and vanished in a cloud of Purple smoke.
The City of Faeshrine was destroyed. And soon, other lands would follow suit.