A World on the Brink of Annihilation
Chapter Three
Ok, so I lied about last chapter being the last chapter to come out before Brawl. I've grown bored, so you all get another chapter. Lucky, huh? Well, without further ado...
DISCLAIMER: Refer to the previous Disclaimer.
Last time, Harris, Ben, Yureidoru, and Badge all fought to a draw with the mighty general of the mysterious Aldrian Empire Gregor, and his two commanders, Obsidian and Cobra. Now, the night is over, and the storm has stopped. It is early morning, and the sky is clear.
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"Ok... does anybody know what the hell just happened?" Ben asked.
"Um... three people from some place called the Adrian empire just busted down MY mansion... wanting to recruit us... fought to a draw with us, and left." Harris replied.
"Aldrian Empire... believe I've heard that name before..." Yureidoru said suddenly.
"You have, have you?" Badge asked, curiously.
"Yes. Well... as you all know, I've built a town where my old clan used to be, and have settled down there since after the events of the silver rogue. Many travelers coming up north travel back and forth through the town, and news gets to me easily. Travelers have lately been saying some... disturbing... news..." Yureidoru began.
"Go on." Harris said.
"Right. Well, they've been saying that about a month or two ago... a man entered the city... just a single man, of seemingly no threat. Until one day... he just up and killed the king of Grandville, and a bunch of civilians... then he threatened the rest to submit to his will, or they'd perish." Yureidoru explained.
"...Then what?" Badge asked.
"...First, they tried to fight... transforming into their forms, and attacking him... but after seeing his power, some tried to flee, while other threw themselves to his feet, afraid of his raw might... they say the ones attacking him were killed before an eye could even so much as blink..."
"Hm. That's some disturbing news, I must say." Ben said, and the others all nodded.
"It doesn't end there. Though everyone fled for their own lives... only two were said to have made it out. One was the person I got this information from." Yureidoru concluded.
"Hm... and that's all you know?" Harris asked.
"Well... a few days later three individuals came to the castle, followed by an entire army. When they returned... they came out looking... different, stronger... more powerful... and more ruthless. Those three matched the descriptions of the ones we just fought with... another disturbing and more recent piece of info is that Grandville is now completely... unrecognizable... people would shudder just to tell me that. When I asked them further, they wouldn't dare describe it. These were only travelers passing by... you know with Grandville being the center of things and all... and they only looked at it once before they dared to ever look back at it again... they just broke out into an all-out run at the sight." Yureidoru explained.
Everyone remained silent. It was Harris who broke the silence.
"Alright... I say we go and take a closer look at what's become of Grandville..." Harris said.
"Hm... shouldn't we wait for Tyler...?" Badge asked, pointing to the unconscious Tyler.
"Let's face it, he got his ass kicked by that guy Harris fought... he won't be of much help." Ben said.
"He may not stand up to Gregor, but he'd be of help getting in there." Harris said, after a sigh.
"So... we wait...?" Yureidoru asked.
Harris paused for a long moment. "We have no other choice. We need all the help we can get."
...Meanwhile...
Three figures walk into a very large room. The room itself is about a couple hundred feet tall, and a couple hundred feet wide, but is circular. The entire room is all a white silver color, and there's nothing in it except for a very large throne... a throne too fit for a king... but a throne fit for a god.
The three figures walked toward this throne, and all bowed on one knee. These three figures were none other than Gregor, Obelisk, and Cobra... all in their human forms.
The figure on the throne was hard to see. He was very large, to be sure... at his full height, he'd probably stand around 7'6"; a giant among people. His face was not visible, nor his skin color or his eyes... as he was draped entirely in a gold and red robe that covered his entire body.
"...I see you didn't come back with anyone..." The figure bellowed in a deep voice.
There was an uneasy silence for ten seconds before Gregor was the first to speak.
"My Lord, we tried to convince them, but they fought the three of us to a draw."
The Emperor sighed so deeply that it caused a slight tremor in the room. "...How many of them... were there...?" He asked, slowly.
"There were five of them... and they fought to a draw with the three of us, my liege." Gregor stated.
The emperor remained silent, but began to chuckle to himself, his deep voice vibrating the very room.
"Alright... I expected this. Phase one of plan Legend killer... is in motion..." The Emperor said, then momentarily pausing, he got up, standing at his full height of 7'6" and slowly walked over to Gregor, Cobra, and Obelisk. "Rise." He stated.
Without any question, the three got up quickly.
"Cobra... and Obelisk... no longer are you merely colonels of this army... consider yourselves promoted... to generals... both of you."
"Thank you, my liege." Both Cobra and Obelisk said, nearly in unison.
"As for you... Sir Gregor... you are now... the Grand Marshall of the Aldrian Empire."
Gregor bowed his head deeply. "It is an honor, my lord." He said, in a tone of deep respect.
"Alright... now we just need to wait for them to come... to us." The Emperor said, his chuckle breaking out into an all-out Ganondorf-styled laughter that made even the two generals and the Grand Marshall feel uneasy. It was a laughter that stirred the very spirits in the air... a quite unsettling laugh that boded nothing but a dark future for the world...
END OF CHAPTER
Okay. Now that's REALLY the last chapter... at least for a good while. Hope you enjoyed it... so review, if you would.
Until Later,
-Biggoron