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Chapter II: Second Destruction_The Avenger

The sun was completely set when Fou-Lu walked to his castle's gate. He stood there for a moment and looked around. Screaming and crying could be heard making the God Emperor showed his sinister smile. Contentment appeared in his cold face when he saw burning and ruined houses.

"Those silly human…Praising animals but liking to hurt others. This is my reward for them."

Fou-Lu shook his head and stepped downward. He walked in the middle of ruined capital. Corpses were everywhere and burning and smelly blood could be smelled. Fou-Lu saw many children crying. It seemed that they either lost their parents or cried near their parent's death body. However, he took no attention. He even ignored crying children asking him to help them burying their parents causing them to cry louder. Fou-Lu felt nothing but anger and his heart was totally frozen. He left the children behind. The children's crying stopped and turned into scream when A-Tur found them and attacked them. None of them could save their lives. They became A-Tur's weakest victims.

"My majesty…the town is clear. Are there some other favors I can do for you, Sir?" asked the white huge dog.

"Raid village of Sonne! The people living there must be punished! When I was there, I found many of them praised animals whereas the others worshipped a stupid rock monster dwelling in Mountain Yogi," said Fou-Lu without turning his body.

"Understood…" he said as he disappeared.

"Now is my time to take vengeance," he said as he walked out of the capital and began to continue his new journey.

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After leaving the capital, the first place he was heading to was Sonne. He was wondering how A-Tur gave the inhabitant 'a lesson'. During his journey he met nothing but burning grasses and woods. He did not see any mortals left. It seemed that they ran to somewhere else. However, he was satisfied with A-Tur's work for the huge white loyal dog really committed his duty very well. Total darkness covered the sky when Fou-Lu walked into the village. Thick grey smoke filled the air. The fields and huts were burning and human's death body was everywhere. Suddenly, Fou-Lu heard a weak voice from grasses near him. This of course took his attention. He teleported himself to the source of the voice. He was a bit surprised when he found the mean landlord was hiding behind the grass. It seemed that he was trying to hide from A-Tur. He walked backward and he screamed loudly in terror when he saw Fou-Lu standing in front of him causing A-Tur came over.

"YOU BITCH! GET OUT FROM THERE!"

"You…How could you curse my lord!" said A-Tur as he growled and managed to attack him.

"Your lord???"

"…A-Tur…Do what ever you want!" said Fou-Lu as he turned his back leaving the landlord alone.

When he walked out from the village of Sonne and headed to the forest he heard the landlord screamed in terror whereas A-Tur growled. His scream became louder soon after A-Tur howled. From his scream Fou-Lu knew that the poor and pathetic landlord was facing his death and he could expect that A-Tur was torturing him and gave no mercy to him. He smirked and walked into the forest leaving the ruining village. Wind blew softly and touched the Dragon God's face gently. His long gold hair was glowing in the air. For some odd reasons the God emperor felt a mystical peace in the forest. Natural tranquility made a peaceful atmosphere in the wood. The birds' warble and the sounds of stream flow from the river created a wonderful and comforting melody of the nature. One should have felt peace and calm when he heard the sound of nature. However, this did not work on the God Emperor. Comforting and tranquil the nature might be but it could not cool off the flame of wrath burning his heart. He felt peacefulness would not last for a long time for outside the wood the war had just begun. After hours, finally he arrived in a familiar place to him. His sharp red-purple eyes looked up and found a hut. In front of him now was a mountain….Mountain Zhinga. A mountain in where he had ever been taken care. Fou-Lu followed the path leading to the hut located in one of the mountain paths. When he arrived there, he found Won-Qu trying to attack an old man.

"Hold on, Won-Qu!"

"My majesty?"

"My...majesty?" repeated the old man surprised.

Fou-Lu walked slowly to the old man.

"Y…You…"

"Do you still remember me, Bunyan?"

"Fou-Lu…"

Fou-Lu said nothing but he smiled.

"So, you still remember me? Good…"

Bunyan frowned. He did not understand what's going on and he did not know why the first emperor of the Fou Empire smiled to him and greeted him.

"Now that you have saved my life, I will save you. Won-Qu! Bring him to A-Tur and asked him to escort Bunyan to my Empire and place him in a safe place!"

"Understood!"

"Your empire…You…you…"

Bunyan could not continue his sentence now that Won-Qu took him on his back and ran in a very light speed. Fou-Lu looked at Won-Qu until he disappeared from his sight. Afterwards, he continued his journey. The next place he was going to visit was Astana. He took three months trip to reach there and during his trip no one recognized him as the first emperor of Fou Empire. No one noticed him as the mastermind of Chedo destruction. When he arrived there, crimson was the color of the sky. The people of Astana were still busy with their activities. Women were gossiping whereas their children played around. Fou-Lu looked around and saw a huge cannon on top a great wall at the left side of him. He looked at the cannon. His mind brought his memory back when a simple farmer saved his life from Yohm and his troops. She became a sacrifice of the Carronade in order to use her soul as a material of the Hex itself. Fou-Lu noticed that there were some people hissing and stared at him. It seemed that they had never seen a guy putting on a weird outfit like he did before. However, he decided to ignore them until one of the came to him.

"That's Carronade. It is used to shoot Hex. It is cool, isn't it?"

Fou-Lu shifted his eyes from the Carronade to a teenage. He looked at him for a moment and then looked back to the accursed cannon.

"What is it for?" asked Fou-Lu pretending to be a fool.

"It is used to ruin some places which are considered to be places for culprits' hiding place. It has ever used to ruin North Chamba and a few months ago it was used to ruin a place."

"…I see…"

Fou-Lu turned his body and walked casually to the castle's gate. There were two guards guarding the gates and hindered him when he came nearer. Not wanting to waste his precious times Fou-Lu gathered his power in his right hand and exploded it causing the guards flung away. The long gold hair emperor stepped on the stairs leading him to a very huge gold door. Fou-Lu pushed it until it opened. When he came in, he saw many guards, evokers and mages gathering in front of him and formed battle formation whereas Yuna was standing behind them. He seemed to be afraid but he managed to be calm.

"Well…Well…Well…Is it the God Emperor Fou-Lu? I have never expected that you can survive and fused with your behalf. I congratulate you to have been perfect but unfortunately I think you won't be able to defeat us."

Yuna signaled the guards, evokers and the mages to attack Fou-Lu altogether but what they did was useless for Fou-Lu did not afraid of such formation. What should he afraid of? He had already been perfect and no one could hinder him. Fou-Lu gathered his power and meditated. It took only a few minutes for him to change his human body into his most powerful and dangerous dragon, Infinity. In three seconds all of the attackers were annihilated. Half of the castle was heavily damaged. Yuna seemed panic to have seen all guards, evokers and mages died in a very instant way. After defeating all of Yuna's subordinates Fou-Lu reverted his form into human again and smirked mockingly to him.

"What are you going to do, mortal? Are you going to slay me?" he said as he walked nearer to Yuna.

"No violence please, I…"

"You will die now…"

"What?"

Fou-Lu teleported himself. For a moment Yuna could not see him because Fou-Lu moved in a very light speed. Yuna managed to be in guard. Every time he saw Fou-Lu wanted to attack him he always tried to avoid his attack by teleporting. However, Yuna was not an Endless at all. He was weaker than Fou-Lu and of course his power was easily to be drained. Because of his unfortunate fate he was defeated. Fou-Lu stabbed his back with his white magical sword when he broke his guard. The mean, deceitful, and lunatic scientist finally collapsed in the first emperor's hand.

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