Quag of Qurijik (903 years ago)

Rain continued to slam into the swamp as Raizin stared at Collector as his teeth sunk deeper into the creature's neck. Collector fought hard to pry Raizin off.

"I-I have to get out of here!... I-I-I CAN'T DEFEAT THIS MAN ALONE!" Collector yelled to himself as Raizin ripped his jaws from Collector's shoulder.

Blood sprayed over Raizin's face as he snatched his spear from Collector's neck.

Collector stepped forward, choking, and holding his throat until his healing enchantment healed his throat.

Collector breathed heavily in and out as he noticed his other neck wound was still bleeding, severly!

"Wh-What?! My healing enchantment isn't working on its own?!" Collector yelled to himself.

Collector tried to reach in his bag but couldn't feel anything.

Collector turned to see Raizin holding his bag.

"Oh no!..." Collector stressed.

WHAM!!!!

Raizin slammed his tail into Collector's jaw, breaking it and sending him flying through the swamp.

Raizin stood tall, staring into the swamp.

"I don't have poison glands like most other lizard people.. my bite infects my target, preventing their blood from clotting, stopping any healing of any kind." Raizin said, lowering Collector's bag to his side.

"And without this bag of tricks.. what will you do now, intruder?" Raizin asked as he flicked his tongue, getting Collector's location. Raizin dropped to all fours and scattered through the swamp.

Collector, with a heavily bleeding wound and a broken jaw lay against a tree, dying.

"At this rate... I'll die before he gets to me.." Collector said to himself.

Collector smiled.

"If I didn't have one more spell..." Collector smiled weakly, revealing to have a vial of blood, taken from his bag just before Raizin bit him.

The vial had a label that read.

"Lord Cyclone"

Collector wickedly smiled at the vial and opened it.

"Come on... you damn lizard!" Collector coughed.

Further in the swamp, Raizin continued to lick the air, smelling a new scent, a powerful scent!

Raizin stood up with shock.

"What...? What is that overwhelming power I'm smelling?!" Raizin asked.

"It can't be... the intruder's power could it?!" Raizin stressed.

After a moment, the powerful smell disappeared.

Raizin relaxed.

"Come on old Raizin... you're losing it again. The intruder is bleeding out and with that broken jaw he won't be using any spells any time soon.." Raizin said, smelling the air again as a figure walked into view.

Raizin looked over at the figure in the shadows.

"And who might you be, boy?" Raizin asked.

The figure stared at Raizin from behind a tree, through a lavender eye.

Before Raizin could speak, the figure attacked.

WHAMMMMMMM!!!!!

The figure kicked Raizin as hard as it could in the stomach.

Raizin coughed up blood before the kick sent the komodo dragon man flying.

Raizin's back slammed against a tree as he noticed a pink energy attatched to his foot.

"W-"

Raizin was interrupted again as he was snatched back through the woods at break neck speeds.

"What in the world is this?... This power?!" Raizin yelled to himself before being snatched out of the trees into the air and over a small clearing, finally getting a good look at the man who attacked him.

"Cyclone" looked up at Raizin with a straight face as Raizin flew through the air with a shocked expression, blood running from his mouth.

"Who-Who is that man?..." Raizin asked himself softly.

"Cyclone" whipped Raizin through the air before snatching him down towards the ground, "Cyclone" conjured a clone.

Clone one intercepted Raizin's descent with a heavy kick to the stomach, with clone two appearing above Raizin.

Clone one used his foot to flip Raizin underneath him while grabbing the hand of Clone two above Raizin.

Clone two spun rapidly until it threw clone one that even higher into the air. Clone two spun and blasted Raizin towards the ground with a beam of energy.

"Cyclone" was on the ground with his back towards the fight.

"Cyclone" blasted a beam backwards and blasted Raizin just before the komodo dragon man hit the ground.

Raizin was sent careening through the swamp.

Raizin had disassociated from the beat down as he thought to himself.

"thispower... is that of a demon!" Raizin said to himself as he blasted into an abandoned factory outside the swamp.

Clone one already had all five fingers trained on Raizin as he was blasted through the swamp and fired five powerful finger bullets at Raizin as he exploded into the factory.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

"Cyclone's" blast that sent Raizin through the swamp created a wide, long, crater that allowed him to see the bombardment of the abandoned factory perfectly.

"Cyclone" got down as if he was about to run a 100m sprint in the olympics and grit his teeth as he enhanced his leg strength one thousand times what they were.

"Cyclone" looked up as he blasted towards the factory, the wind causing trees to lean or snap as he blasted by.

In the firey factory, still being bombarded, Raizin stood to his feet slowly, bruised, burned, and bloody.

Raizin breathed in and out heavily as he looked up to see "Cyclone" blasting towards him.

"Cyclone" hardened his fist with life force as he grit his teeth.

Raizin smirked softly.

"The good book continues... to be true!" Raizin said to himself.

"This power... only one man... has filled me with this kind of fear!" Raizin yelled to himself.

"Cyclone" flashed into Joy Boy for a split second before flashing back to "Cyclone."

"If this... really is this "Lord Cyclone" the intruder kept mentioning... then this creature really is the key...!" Raizin thought softly, "Because this man..."

"RRRRRAAHHHHHHHHHH!!" "Cyclone" yelled with a distorted voice, his fist crashing into Raizin's face.

Time seemed to slow as "Cyclone's" punch crushed Raizin's face.

"Is definitely the answer!" Raizin cheered to himself before he was blasted out the front of the factory and through the streets of Nroc.

Vagrants and refugees were either blown away, fell down, or barely kept themselves standing as Raizin blasted past them in a mighty burst of wind.

"With those two at my side..." Raizin thought as he blasted through the city.

"Who will stop us?!" Raizin yelled to himself.

"M-My dream...!" Raizin smiled to himself, thinking of a futuristic city, a utopia, for all those outcasted from The Red Year.

"Can still come true!" Raizin yelled to himself.

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

Raizin slammed into the great wall of Nroc with tremendous force..

crackle.. crackle..

Slowly, the wall began to crack, the cracks getting worse and worse until the entire wall cracked up from top to bottom.

Vagrants below the walls panicked.

"Wh-What in the world just hit the wall?! She's coming down!!!" A lizard man yelled.

"We're being attacked again!! They've come to finish us off!"

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" Another lizard man screamed.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM...

One section of the great wall of Nroc had completely collapsed, seemingly crushing Raizin underneath the rubble.

Back at "Cyclone" he huffed and puffed as his body slowly blew away like sand in the wind as it was revealed to be Collector.

Collector could hardly breathe and stand up, thinking back moments ago.

Flashback

"He-thinks he's got me checkmated... because he knows about a book?" Collector thought angrily before smiling.

"But what about a grimoire... only the user can see?" Collector smiled sinisterly.

Collector took a deep breath and quickly drunk the vial of Cyclone's blood and yelled through his broken jaw.

"RAAAAAAAGHHHHH!! THAT STUFF IS HORRIBLE!" Collector yelled to himself, slamming his hands together.

"Ten seconds... that's it! Using Lord Cyclone's ridiculous power any longer than that... will kill me!" Collector yelled to himself.

"S-Secret Hippo-camps!" Collector coughed, as a spell book conjured before him.

"ANIMA TRANSITUS! (Soul Passage)" Collector yelled, his body turning red and shining.

"RŌDO SAIKURON... N-NO SUGATAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! (Form of Lord Cyclone)" Collector yelled.

Collector screamed as his body slowly transformed into Cyclone from the feet first up to his head.

Collector, now with Cyclone's appearence and power, looked at his hands and feet before using byakugan to notice Raizin licking the air close by.

End of Flashback

Collector passed out outside the abandoned factory as Raizin was hidden underneath the rubble.

The city of Nroc continued to burn from Collector's earlier fight with Altir, as well as the crater where the church once was in the swamp, until the downpours finally put the flames out.

Barbarios Camp

Singing and laughter could be heard as Bambous slowly turned around and stretched before sitting up.

Bambous yawned and scratched his back as he looked over to see Wilmot sleeping.

Bambous smiled.

"H-Hey! Wilmot you're okay!... ugh!" Bambous suddenly remembered, having a flashback to Burusu's punch splitting Cyl's attack.

Bambous grabbed his staff and ran outside the tent.

"WHERE'S MR. BURUSU WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE'S SAFE!" Bambous yelled, before making an "oops" face.

Barbarios stared at the skinwalker as they sat around a fire.

There were some men and some women Barbarios wearing the standard barbarian armor one would expect, except for one particular character, who cartwheeled to the Panda.

The man wore a yellow and orange headband, his brown hair flowing wildly, with a fancy looking jacket and no shirt on underneath. The man had on slick black pants and brown and gold boots that pointed up at the toes.

The man also wore a large assortment of jewelry. Rings, bracelets, necklaces, nose piercings, ears, etc.

On his back the man carried a large flute with a knife in a holster above his left shoulder. There was another knife in a holster on his right thigh.

"Welcome to our Barbarios camp, Mr. Panda sir. They call me Mario "The Ignorant" but I would very much prefer you don't call me that!"

MARIO THE IGNORANT

Fork walked over to Mario and choked him, throwing him to the side.

"Get out if his face fool! I'm sure he's already nervous being a skinwalker around a bunch of Barbarios! He's probably thinking right now, "these guys are going to rip me up and eat me for dinner!" Fork said.

Bambous shook his head.

"I-I'm not thinking that at all! I'm happy to be here! I just want to know if my friends are okay.. the Elder! Mr. Burusu, and the Princess! Are they okay?" Bambous asked.

Fork was admittedly surprised as well as the other Barbarios. Some Barbarios began to whisper amongst themselves.

"Yo! Bambous! I'm happy to see you're well!" Dubois said.

Bambous smiled and ran towards Dubois, jumping and clinging to his leg. Bambous looked up to see Cyl walking with Dubois.

"Princess! You're okay too!" Bambous said, leaving Dubois and giving her a hug.

"Unhand the Princess Panda!" A Barbarios yelled.

"Silence!" Cyl yelled, hugging Bambous back.

"Yes, I'm fine Bambous. Everyone got away safely. Mr. Ubois and I went back to the scene to see if we could find him." Cyl said with disgust.

Bambous looked down and back up.

"No luck?" Bambous asked.

Cyl shook her head regrettably.

"All the holes in the sand makes it look like one big slice of swiss cheese though." Dubois joked.

Bambous looked up with awe.

"I WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW!" Bambous yelled with stars in his eyes.

Cyl rolled her eyes.

"Oh, please.." Cyl said, taking off her helmet and shaking her blonde dreads.

Every man was awe struck.

"Princess you're so beautiful!"

"Why haven't you taken a hand in marriage yet?! Take mine!"

"Yeah yeah yeah." Cyl said walking up to Fork and Mario.

"Everything been okay around here?" Cyl asked.

"Here yes, everywhere else?... Wellllllll..." Mario said.

Cyl was confused.

"What is he talking about Fork?" Cyl asked, annoyed.

Fork looked at Cyl with sadness.

"There's been a death.." Fork said.

Cyl's eyes widened.

Unwelcoming Desert

Just a little earlier, right before Dubois and Cyl could show up.. someone beat them to their destination..

Val, Gervais and the Undead company marched through the Unwelcoming desert.

Val walked with his hands behind his back as the group stumbled on the battlefield with countless holes on the ground.

"Quite the battle went on here.. only one power is responsible for this." Val said, a vein popping in his head thinking about Dubois running off with Burusu.

Val closed his eyes and sensed energy next to him. Val looked to the side and saw a man buried in the sand.

"Gervais." Val said.

Gervais walked over to Ju Peter and lifted him up. Ju Peter's wounds had been completely healed, except for the "X" wound on his chest.

Ju Peter slowly opened his eyes with shock.

"Wh-Who the hell are you?" Ju Peter asked, attempting to punch Gervais with life force.

CLANK!

Ju Peter snatched his hand back in pain.

"Argghh! What the-?" Ju Peter stopped.

Val smiled.

"Enjoying that power we gave you?" Val said.

"Who is we? You didn't give me anything. That King is responsible for this power." Ju Peter said."

"That is true.. but we are the ones who introduced that power to this island, you ape." Val spit.

Ju Peter grit his teeth.

"You'd better have some power to be speaking to me like that.." Ju Peter said.

Val smirked.

"You're right... I should watch my tone.. I'd hate to make a Lord of the Land angry.." Val said.

Ju Peter's eyes widened.

"H-How did you know?" Ju Peter asked.

"This is my island.. I know everything.." Val said, looking to the side.

Ju Peter looked over to see a skeleton buried in sand become sentient and stand up.

Ju Peter stared with shock as he looked back at Val who was already staring into his eyes.

"I'd like to meet your leaders." Val said.

Holy Land (903 years ago)

The Elders, except St. Mars, sat in the Room of Authority as black lightning shot through the room in a massive explosion.

BOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!

A hole blasted in the roof of the manor and glass shattered violently.

"Wh-What the hell?!" St. Topman yelled.

"Are we under attack?" St. Ethan asked.

"L-Look! In the middle of the room!" St. Saturn yelled.

A giant, red and black, circle with rotating stars inside, spawned in the middle of the room.

"Wh-What is this?.." St. Mars asked.

St. Ethan gripped his sword but his eyes widened when the smoke cleared.

Val, a few undead soldiers, Gervais, and Ju Peter all stood in the circle.

The elders couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"J-Ju Peter!" St. Topman yelled.

"What is the meaning of this?!" St. Ethan asked.

Val held up a hand.

"We come in peace, Elders! I promise this to you." Val said.

"What the hell are you?" St. Topman asked.

Val was quiet for a moment.

"Just a man... a man.. who wants to rest in peace.." Val said softly.

"Peter." Val said.

Ju Peter stepped forward and slowly tranformed into Lord Wyrm. The Elders were astonished.

"A-A-Amazing!!!" St. Saturn yelled.

St. Ethan couldn't believe it.

"What on Earth?..." St. Ethan thought.

"..This is madness.." St. Mars said.

St. Topman was speechless from excitement.

Val looked at Ju Peter and then back at the Elders.

"I understand you desire the power of the Lords of the Land..." Val said.

"YES! WE DEMAND IT!" St. Topman yelled.

Val smiled.

"Then let's not waste another second.." Val smiled sinisterly.