Here's the next chapter! Sorry it took a while, but I was trying to come up with ideas for the next chapter. Hopefully, this will turn out okay. The first battle was just to show my audience how much these guys have improved on their fighting technique. Now, this is where things get really intense. Review please!
Judei let his eyes close for the very few hours of catching up on sleep. His men had encountered several monsters and informed Mokuba of a nearby trial game at a waterfall they passed by. There was fear of what Dalor was planning on doing. It was very obvious to Judei that he was waiting for the right moment to strike. The young king would know, he played the Shadow Game against him.
It was a very hot sunny day, the last Judei remembered of ever enjoying life at his home as king of Babylon. He began dreaming of that day, half asleep, of playing San-Si with Chester outside in the courtyard. Though, it wasn't a Shadow Game that consisted of the players going into an unknown world. Instead, the people playing the game were outside on a colored square.
"Zanefer moves forward!" Chester declared as a tall man with dark green hair, green eyes, a hard narrow gaze, dressed in armor.
"Alexandra attacks Jeremy!" Judei said as Alexandria showed a wide smirk and drew her sword before it collided with a vicious green scaly monster that could be mistaken for a half crocodile and half alien monster. It had a body of a crocodile, except its hands and legs were more human-like and spikes lined across its back from its tail to head.
The green monster, called Aligatoror, grabbed the handle of the sword, held by the woman's hands. The monster took the young girl and whipped her body from itself before it flopped behind the animal and she hooked her legs around the the back. The man controlling this monster, who held knightly armor like everyone else including Alexandria, only with Judei's team having black armor and Chester's team having gray armor.
Jeremy held slightly long black hair that went a half-inch passed his shoulder, green eyes or eye, since the other one had some sort of metal fake eye that glowed red, and a firm hard face. He showed a gaming glare on his face as Alexandria tried with all her strength to yank her hand from the monster's grasp. This seemed very impossible for her.
"I'm about to teach you the meaning of pain!" Jeremy said darkly.
"You like pain?" Alexandria asked with a glare before kicking her heel on the monster's leg, then it loosened the grip enough for her to tumble down and use her legs to pin Jeremy on top of her. "Try wearing a corset!"
"Darn you!" Jeremy cursed the woman, who showed a smirk in reply. He eventually left after being held for five seconds.
"Terrific job, Beautiful!" Judei complimented as Alexandria stood up and wield her sword back.
"I'm still going to defeat you, Judei!" Chester smirked. "I've got you surrounded!"
"For now!" Judei smirked with his game face. "Yubel moves up one square, Syron also moves up a square!" Yubel, who was in her Ka form, stepped one square, which was two squares from Chester on the left, and Syron, who held sky blue hair, hazel eyes, and a small figure, moved up a square, being two squares from Chester on the right. He gasped, knowing what Judei was going for. "Now, you're the one surrounded, make one move and you're dead. SAN-SI!"
"Fine, you win!" Chester scoffed, kicking the dirt as Alexandria rolled her eyes.
"This is not a way to respond to losing a good game, Chester!" Alexandria rebuked.
"Whatever, we'll be leaving tomorrow anyways, so I might as well get away with something!" Chester snapped before leaving the courtyard.
"It was a great game, Judei!" Syron told his friend with a bright smile.
"Yeah, you showed him who's boss!" Another one of Judei's friends agreed, whose name was Hassimir. He was dark-skinned with long black hair, brown eyes, very built upper body, and a fun/serious looking eyes.
"Chester's downfall was letting his opponent fall into his hands," Zanefere scoffed while walking on his way to the palace with such serious and emotionless eyes.
"Why does he have to be the rude one in the palace?" Belili, who held a very beautiful figure with long black hair, round hazel eyes, and a childish face, since she was the youngest among the women. She was wearing a gray suit of armor.
"I wish I knew. He wasn't always like this," Syron replied depressingly.
"Belili, as the future queen, you always need to take in perspective of how other people may view life," Judei instructed the young Princess Belili.
"Yes, my lord," Belili replied humbly.
"Hopefully, Chester should be well rested for tomorrow when we leave," Alexandria said with a short smile.
"Will I ever see you again?" Belili asked.
"Of course! You know we always come back from our trips," Judei promised with a fun-loving smile.
"You must trust Judei's words, Belili," Yubel said as the young princess nodded.
"I know. I get worried is all. I already lost my-my husband," Belili admitted, trying to choke the words and hold back her tears. She could not bare the pain it felt to know her brave and bold husband, who made her princess by marriage, gave up his humanity and now lives his life as a demon with the body of a woman.
"I had told you what would happen before it did," was all Yubel could say.
"I-I know. If not, Judei would've been killed by the war," Belili muttered, gazing her eyes away.
"Supper is not too long. Be sure you're cleaned and ready by the time it comes!" Judei called out to Belili, who nodded with her gracious smile.
"I wish your Ka could've been male, so I can at least have something," Belili admitted as Yubel nodded before flying off to the roof of the castle.
"JUDEI!" Yubel called his brother, who jumped upright from his mat and met his brother's eyes. This time, he was in his human form.
"Sometimes I forget that you are no longer in your demon form," Judei said, panting. "Not since I got involved in this stupid Shadow Game and Dalor summoned your human soul to make the game 'fair.'"
"We best get going."
Yubel left out of the tent as Judei began getting dressed in his clothing and armor to prepare for battle. It wasn't long before Judei arrived and everyone packed up and left from their camp. Judei knew it was only a matter of time before him and his army ran into Dalor. He was hoping they would all be ready by the time they reach the monster's army. There was no doubt Dalor was powerful and demonic.
Judei's army walked through the meadows filled with trees. All of their armor was covered in mud and leaves. This was a good way of hiding themselves amongst the trees. Having war in the forest was different than out in the open. Covering themselves in mud does help in camouflage. The only downside to this was everyone had to be careful where they stepped or create noise.
Yubel had his Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle in the sky to detect any trouble passing by. So far, things seemed quiet and normal without any trouble. This made Judei very fearful. If anyone relaxed just one slight second, Dalor could take this chance to attack. In fact, he was surprised Dalor never made a move while they rested. Judei kept his guard up while he and his army moved through the jungle.
"I'm bored!" Chester complained.
"Don't keep your guard down! You know how Dalor works," Judei commanded.
"I know!"
"He'll be coming around at any second," one of the soldiers, Avil, replied. He was dark-skinned with a roundish hard face, a huge nose, black hair that reached his shoulders, strong built, and dark brown eyes that almost looked black.
"I think Cobalt just picked up something!" Yubel warned with widened eyes.
"Ready your weapons!" Judei commanded and all of his soldiers took out their weapons like swords, javelins, shields, and bows and arrows. There were ones that used magic as well and their weapons glowed with fire or electricity.
Suddenly, hundreds of dragons were seen overhead. Everyone gasped as Judei took out his San-Si Capsule and put it in his San-Si Launcher. His soldiers copied the same gesture and monsters appeared everywhere fighting the dragons while half of them swooped down to attack the soldiers from underneath. It was a good thing these soldiers have fought dragons before.
Judei let his dark powers grow until his eyes began showing a brilliant gold and dark magic flowed through him like blood. He and his men had to be the distraction for Dalor, so Mokuba could make his move. This maybe their only chance in being freed from Dalor's clutches and Judei was ready to fight. A dragon swooped down toward Judei before he quickly slashed the blade of the sword across the dragon and it cried in agony. The darkness from the sword flowed through its blood and began attacking the dragon from the inside like a curse. The dragon fell on the ground before being killed off by Judei's soldiers.
"My lord, how long are we to hold this up?" Avil asked.
"As long as we can until I get farther instructions from the True Warrior!" Judei replied.
"Can we trust him?"
"We don't have a choice to trust him or not! You know that the true warrior controls our moves!"
It was true. Even if one player was to not trust the true warrior, he still controlled where each player went and whom they would fight.