Rujin's Journey of Chaos
Chapter 2/Blood Sky Palace
Rujin: The Finale will be grand!
Me: Yes now then, on with the next chapter!
Rujin:Blood Sky Palace!
"Two emeralds down, five to go, but how am I gonna get sky bound?" I pondered this in my head. "I can only fly for so long, I will have to get help to reach this emerald." I thought as I past through the village of Ilumines.
"I know of a way to reach the sky stranger." a voice said to me. I turned around and saw a werewolf looking at me and he was the speaker.
"You do? then please tell me how to get to the sky." I said to the werewolf.
"In Ilumines Forest, there is a vampire by the name of Skull Fang, seek this vampire out and he will help you get to the sky." the werewolf said as he entered his house.
"Thank you." I said to the werewolf. He waved goodbye and shut his door. I continued past the village and made my way to Ilumines Forest. The forest seemed to go on forever, but that did not stop me at all. I entered the forest and began to search for Skull Fang's house. Since this world was always in eternal night, this place would favor any vampire. After about thirty minutes of getting lost, swearing to myself and hacking down trees, I finally made my way to a huge mansion. I walked up to the mansion doors and saw a doorbell. I rang the doorbell and stood back. I heard footsteps coming towards the door. Then the door opened, revealing a butler vampire.
"May I help you?" He said to me.
"I would like to speak to the master of this house." I said to the butler.
"I am sorry, but the master is busy and I am afraid you must leave." the butler said.
"WHAT?!" I cried out. "He's busy?! oh come on! I spent thirty minutes getting here and you are gonna say hes busy?!" I shouted to the butler.
"Please, calm yourself!" pleaded the butler.
I had no intention of calming down, I mean my life was fading little by little, but I can't tell him that.
"Alright you win, I shall find my own way to the sky." I said as I started to walk away.
"Wait!" said a voice inside the mansion. "Please let him in my servent."
"But master, we do not know who or what he is!" said the butler.
"No, I sense a terrible ordeal within him and he needs to get out of this world fast." said the voice
"Alright, I shall let him in" the butler turned to me. "My master wishes to meet you." said the butler as he entered the mansion.
I followed the butler inside and was amazed at all the paintings and antiques. After looking around, I saw in a chair a vampire with a wine glass in one hand, sitting by the fireplace. He rose up from his chair and greeted me.
"You must be the stranger that appeared in our world not long ago." he said to me. "Welcome to my mansion weary traveller, I am Skull Fang."
"My name is Rujin, the Wanderer of Wind and Shadow." I said to Skull Fang. "I need your assistance in order to reach the sky."
"I will help you Rujin." Skull Fang said. "But I need you to do something for me as well, please sit." he pointed to a chair.
I sat down in the chair and was ready to listen to Skull Fang's request.
He began his tale "In this world of Ilumines, night was not always eternal, we did have a sunrise, but that was before HE showed up and plunged our world into the eternal darkness of night you now see. Even though I am a vampire and I am beloved by the night, I would like to see the sunrise once again. The sun grants hope in this world and so my request is, will you stop the person that is keeping this world in eternal night?"
I rose from my chair "Alright, I will stop this person and give this place back the sunlight instead of being in eternal darkness, now then, how do I ascend to the sky?"
Skull Fang smiled "You ride me of course, I will transform into a bat and fly you to your destination, Blood Sky Palace."
"Alright, thank you Skull Fang." I said to the vampire. We headed outside and he turned into a giant vampire bat. I climbed on his back and he started to flap his wings. In a few minutes, we were airborne and I could see the clouds. About fifteen minutes later, a large palace came into view and Skull Fang landed near the entrance to the dungeon.
"Do be careful in this place Rujin, it has changed since the last time I came here." he said.
"Alright, will do." and with that said, I opened the doors and entered Blood Sky Palace. As soon as I entered, the first thing I realized was, the walls were covered in blood! Good thing I had enough experience with blood to avoid any vile smell from it. I continued futher in until I reached a long hallway. Blood Slimes that were on the walls and ground noticed me and began to hop towards me. I cut them down with my sword and kept going through the hallway. After the slime hallway, I entered a room and the doors slammed shut. Blood Eagles swooped down from the ceiling and fired their blood feathers, I dodged them and killed the eagles by slashing their wings and stabbing them in the head. A chest appeared and I opened it. It was the Dungeon Map. I put it in my pack and continued through this massive palace. After a few more chambers filled with Blood Slimes and Eagles, I entered a dead end room and the door behind me slammed, I noticed new birds on the ceiling. These were called Blood Falcons, they noticed me and attacked with their talons. One ripped me across the face but I rammed my sword into his neck. The other one attack with his feathers. A few got me, but I brought him down by throwing my sword into his heart. After getting my sword out of the falcon, another chest appeared. I kicked it open and grabbed the Compass. I put it inside my pack and moved on. After a few spike traps and pitfalls, I entered a rather large chamber and the doors shut again. I had my sword ready for combat. Then, a enormous leech appeared and spoke to me.
"So, you are the one that is making the noise in this palace!" shouted the leech.
"Yes and you are in my way, if you want to leave without dieing, I suggest you move out of the way before I kill you." I said coldly to the leech.
"Do you have any idea who you are talking to?!" screamed the leech. "I am the Blood Leech King! and this is the end of the line for you!"
"I don't think so, now then, if you wanna die so badly, come on!" I pointed my sword to him.
"Fine!" and he charged me. I jumped over him and stabbed him in the back as he stopped moving. He swung his tail at me and I hit the wall hard. I got back up and saw he was about to bite me, I moved out of the way and pulled out the dark blue emerald.
"Alright, you asked for it! CHAOS WATER BURST!" I shouted. A water bubble entrapped the leech and began to go inside him. then water burst from his body and he lost a ton of his blood.
"I-I cannot move!" screeched the leech.
"I forgot to mention, that spell also renders you in shock because you lose blood, now then, time to say farewell to this world, TEMPEST SLICE!" I held my sword in front of me, then I cut downwards vertically and a wind wave shot out, slicing the leech in two. A large pool of blood came out of the leech's body, telling me that he was dead at last. A larger treasure chest appeared and I opened it. inside was a crimson cloak known as the Burning Cloak. I put my Icicle Cloak in my pack and put on the Burning Cloak. After leaving the chamber, a trap activated and started hurling fire at me. It had no effect thanks to my new cloak and I disabled the trap. I made my way into the heart of the dungeon and acquired the Blood Scale Key after a showdown with fifty blood slimes and fifty blood hawks. After a long trek, I made my way to the last chamber and opened the door with the Blood Scale Key. It vaporized as soon as the door was open and stairs were revealed that led to the top of the palace. After healing with shadow potions, I climbed the stairs to get the emerald that was waiting. The wind was blowing harshly outside as soon as I reached the top. The stairway sealed up, I looked around and did not see the emerald anywhere. Then I heard wings of a creature coming, I took my battle stance and waited. The wing sound came closer and I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a giant bronze dragon heading towards the palace. The dragon landed in front of me and let out a roar that shook the heavens. He then began to speak.
"The emerald you seek will appear after you kill me" he said. "I am Solix, the Blood Sky Dragon! now prepare to face me!"
"Fine, then prepare to taste my katana, I shall not fail! I will get out of this world! my life will not end now!" I shouted, my sword ready in my hand.
"At last, a worthy foe! let us begin!" shouted Solix. He tried to blow me away by spreading out his wings and creating wind, but I used my sword as a foothold to keep from being blown away. He then charged at me, but I slide underneath him and slashed his belly, causing him to bleed. He then opened his mouth and I saw he was preparing a fire breath attack. He then fired his Blood Flame Breath. I ran around to avoid it and the cloak also protected me from the fire.
'Time to end this with my secret jutsu.' I said in my mind. I started to form hand seals while the dragon was still recovering form his attack. I finished and called out my jutsu.
"SECRET JUTSU! SHADOW TEMPEST!" dark wind was called forth from my hands and started to hurt the dragon, as well as freeze his wings and feet.
"What the hell?! I cannot move! what is this?! roared Solix.
"Its ice Solix, this jutsu is wind element. The wind is so dark and cold it can freeze even the soul, it is my secret jutsu that I have perfected and now it is time for you to die!" I put my katana back into its sheath and was ready for the final blow.
"Hahahahaha! even if I should fail, there are others waiting to kill you! you will not succeed!" he then laughed.
"Thats where you are wrong, now I shall send you to the netherworld, rest in peace! CYCLONE CUT!" I shouted the words and unsheathed my sword. As soon as the sword was out from the sheath, a horizontal wind wave shot out and headed for Solix. As soon as it connected, Solix was split in two and fell dead.
The sky blue emerald appeared in the air, so I jumped up and grabbed it. It started to glow and it revealed another map, this time in a forest area. I put the emerald in my pack and made my way back to the entrance. Skull Fang was waiting and he flew me back down to the ground. I thanked him and went on my way.
"Three emeralds down and four to go." I said to myself. Unknown to Rujin, he was being watched by enemies that would soon face him.
"Solix has failed." said a voice.
"Humph, he was weak anyway." said a second voice.
"Or maybe his opponent was stronger." said a third and fourth voice.
"No matter, he will perish soon enough." a fifth voice said.
"Hold on, its our turn to atempt to kill this so called hero, our tag team is unbeatable!" said the third and fourth voices.
"Just make sure you do not fail as Solix did!" said the first voice.
"We shall not fail, we will send him into the eternal abyss!" laughed the third and fourth voices.
A red-headed boy sits on a rock. He has a red symbol on his forehead.
"So this is the world known as Illumines, I will not let it go to ruin."
Stay tune for Chapter Three