Tragedy of a Hero
Chapter 6
Leona Mobilizes
"What do I do now?" Leona asked The Benefactor as the two saw the sun rise in the horizon,
"You have the power of the Classical Gods." The Benefactor laughed, "What more do you need to do?"
"Don't I need to defeat my father?" Leona muttered, "Fuse the Blade of the Gods back into one?"
"Well.. Yeah." The Benefactor chuckled, "But that's easy!"
"I don't think so." Leona grumbled, "My father has many allies, including the Last Polonian knight. His armor is impenetrable."
"But he's old." The Benefactor chortled, "And you're young... You can defeat him with your eyes closed!"
"And what about Noel?" Leona continued, "He's also a mighty warrior..."
"You have the Classical Gods on your side!" The Benefactor pointed to the Divine Dragons, who were barely waking up,
"I'm ready!" Fiersome roared as he stretched his wings, "Ready to roast Raguna!"
"Where to, captain?" Aquaticus said as the four walked up to Leona,
"I have one thing to do." Leona said, "Before we destroy my father."
"What would that be?" Terrable asked,
"I wish to save my wife and child." Leona answered, "I wish to keep my bloodline strong..." he clenched his fist, "So can one of you grant me this wish?"
"I will take you to the Sealed Palace." Ventuswill volunteered, "But you do what you have to do quickly... Lest we destroy you in it."
"Very well." Leona nodded, then walked over to her,
"I'll be with you!" The Benefactor said as he slowly disappeared,
"Hah!" Leona told Ventuswill, and she flew upwards.
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"Raguna..." Mist mumbled as she shook her husband, who was in bed, "Wake up."
"Uh..." Raguna groaned, "What is it?"
"I sense something coming..." Mist warned him, "Something big..."
"Huh?" Raguna stood up, then stepped out of bed and ran to get dressed.
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"Hm..." a dirty blonde haired man said as he looked up to the sky, pausing the plowing he was doing on his fields, "That's odd..."
"KROOO..." the golem helping him also looked up,
"I never knew there was a dragon still alive." the man muttered, "Unless..."
"Lest!" a voice called out, and a green haired woman ran out of a stone house, "That's Venti!"
"What!?" Lest, who appeared much older than Raguna (due to the field labor), yelled as he did a double take, "Why I'll be... It is!" he exclaimed, "Hey! Venti!" he waved to the sky.
However, Ventuswill took a hard left towards Paradise Gulch.
"Huh?" the woman mumbled,
"Frey... I think something is up." Lest muttered cautiously.
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FWEEOOO! The wind under Venti's wings roared as she landed in the Palace Garden,
"Go!" Ventuswill said as Leona got off of her, "They probably sensed me not too long ago!"
"Alright!" Leona nodded and dashed off to his sector.
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"Hm... Hm.. Hm..." Luna hummed as she rocked her baby around, "Oh... I love you so much." she giggled, "I wish your daddy will come home soon."
POOMP! The door crashed,
"Dwah!" Leona tripped in,
"Ah!" Luna screamed, "Ah! Leona! You scared me!"
"No time to explain!" Leona told her, "Come with me!"
"What?" Luna asked, "What's going on!?"
"Please, come with me!" Leona extended his arm, "We don't have much time, get our child and let's go!"
"Alright!" Luna said and hurriedly ran to him.
"Come on!" Leona nearly yanked her out into the hallway,
"Ah ha!" a voice yelled behind the two, "Come to get your wife, eh!?"
"You!" Leona turned, only to see Raguna, "Get back before you get hurt again!"
"I should be telling that to you!" Raguna yelled, "Seeing that scar on your eye!"
"This?" Leona chuckled, "This was given to me by a coward." he taunted,
"Why you..." Raguna growled, "RAH!" he charged,
"Ha!" Luna gasped,
"TYAH!" Leona countered his attack,
KLING! The two halves struck each other,
"I see... You... are... strong!" Raguna groaned, succumbing to the strength of his own son, "But that.. won't..."
"HRAH!" Leona pushed his father back, "Take this!" he struck down,
"Leona! What are you doing!?" Luna screamed in horror,
"Stand back, Luna!" Leona responded as he blocked a strike from his father, "In fact! Go to the garden! You don't have much time!
"Correction!" a voice called out, "You don't have much time!"
"What th- AH!" Leona was kicked back by a new challenger,
"Thanks.. Lest." Raguna sighed as his ally appeared,
"No problem." Lest chuckled, holding his spear, "Leona, what are you doing, boy!?"
"Something I should've done a long time ago." Leona growled, "Fierstorm!" he yelled and launched a devastating fire blast,
"DWAH!" the two men were knocked back,
"Hah!" Leona laughed, then sprinted off.
"Argh..." Raguna groaned as he stood up, "That damned blessing."
"Don't you have that, man?" Lest asked him,
"No..." Raguna growled as he stood up, "He's too far from us... He'll be back anyways..."
"We'll be ready for him then?" a third person came up, holding an axe,
"Yeah, Noel." Lest muttered, "We'll be ready."
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"Leona." Luna said as she spotted her husband dash in, "What was that all about!?"
"No time to explain!" Leona responded, "Get on Ventuswill!"
"Hurry, lass!" Ventuswill told her, "There's not much time!"
"Come on!" Leona said and nearly threw her on the dragon,
"Ah!" Luna peeped,
"Let's go!" Leona hopped aboard, and Ventuswill soared off.
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"Why are we going so fast!?" Luna asked as she desperately held on to her baby,
"Look to the left!" Leona responded, and surely enough, there was Fiersome, floating in the sky.
"HEHEHEHEHE..." Fiersome laughed, "THIS IS FOR EVERYTHING, RAGUNA!" he roared and started to charge up an attack,
SHWEOO! The fire ball careened toward the Sealed Palace,
"What is he doing!?" Luna screamed in horror,
"He's going to debilitate the Hero of the Runes." Ventuswill told her,
"I said disable!" Leona yelled, "Not Destroy! Fiersome has the power to lay waste to the world, imagine a palace!"
KRAKABOOOMM! The surroundings were engulfed in a seering hot fireball that rivaled that of the atomic bombs.
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"An assault on the Palace." Raguna grumbled as the Palace shook, "A daring plan, Leona... But a vain one..."
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"Hehehehehe..." Fiersome laughed as his attack died down, "WHAT!?"
"HUH!?" Ventuswill said in shock as the Palace still stood, albeit a little scorched.
"I should have known..." Leona growled, "We can't stay here... Ventuswill, take us down to the gulch."