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Chapter Thirty-Four: Royal Mission
(Jade Arrow, Mars)
'This is unbelievable.' Danny thought as he powered down the holographic display he had been reading.
He had been spending some time reading holographic projections of the scrolls that had been retrieved from a secret chamber in Kul Elna. The information the scrolls held helped inform him on the ones that he had found in Hammunaptra. All Imhotep had known was that the scrolls contained a ritual that Sargon had performed before he was killed.
Now with the information of Kul Elna and the knowledge of Imhotep he understood what they described.
Sargon had been contacted by ancient "gods" and rose to become king of Akkad. Armed with the power of expression there were none that could stop him.
The "goddess" Astarte gave him a scroll containing knowledge of a ritual.
The ritual to summon the Millenium Sarcophagus.
It is a grand sounding name but the main purpose of summoning the sarcophagus is that it holds seven objects of great power. According to the scrolls the warlock(s) that took possession of them would gain incredible power and abilities beyond any normal witch.
To perform such a ritual required the sacrifice of ninety-nine souls. Through the process the victims' souls would be sent to Zorc which he assumed is the name of the "Dark One" Qetsiyah warned him about. Their flesh would be stripped from their bones, and both would be melted down with liquid gold into a cauldron. Once the mixture was poured down the casing the ritual began, and the sarcophagus began to take form.
'The stories told by the Catholic Church are starting to make more sense if they had to deal with situations like this.' Danny thought.
The Millenium Pendant is the most important object of the set and was to have been worn by Sargon himself. When worn it increases the owner's intelligence and luck. It also granted its owner the ability to create, summon forth, manipulate, and seal monsters from Zorc's dimension.
The others could be worn by himself or spread to others that he "trusted".
Given the monsters he had seen rise from stone tablets he did not doubt that Sargon could have taken over the world if he had not been slain by Mathayus.
It made him worry about where those dangerous items are located because if they had both been instructed how to build them then so could other warlocks.
After he died, the scroll was taken to Egypt. The knowledge would be passed from priest to priest until it reached Aknadin who decided to put the knowledge into action.
He performed the ritual with the people of Kul Elna.
Afterwards he would wear the Millenium Eye.
The Millenium Eye allows its owner to read minds, look into a person's soul, and seal them away so that they could be turned into monsters by the wearer of the Millenium Pendant.
The Millenium Ring allows its owner to find whatever they seek acting like a compass. No measure of protection could hide the target. It could also seal souls or fragments of souls into objects for the Pendant to manipulate.
The Millenium Scale allows its owner to find out how much darkness is in a person's heart and the secrets that they wish to keep. It allows the owner to fuse two or more monsters together creating deadly and terrifying combinations.
The Millenium Key allows its owner to enter a person's mind. It allows the wielder to see a person's memoires and "redecorate" their soul to make anyone their puppet.
The Millenium Rod seems to be a mixture of two other Millenium items. It allows its owner to mind control others like the Millenium Rod. It can also summon, seal, and manipulate monsters like the Millenium Pendant.
The Millenium Necklace allows its owner to see into both the past and the future.
'I have to find out if these items still exist and if they do find each and every item.' Danny thought to himself.
He could not let any of these items remains in hands that aren't his own let alone risk the Goa'uld coming back and discovering them. They would use them without restraint or care.
His door buzzed.
He turned to the screen to see who it is.
Chandri stood outside the door holding a tray of food.
He used his power and caused his door to slide open.
"I have brought you your lunch my king." Chandri said the moment she stepped a foot inside.
"Thank you." Danny said as he floated the food to his table.
"Is there anything else that I can do for you?" Chandri asked.
"I want you to tell the Jaffa in Kleak to cut down twenty trees for me." Danny said to her. "It will be important to a mission of mine later on."
He intended to use the wood to build a boat. The original would not have minded letting him use one of theirs, but he wanted to make it. This way there would be a record of something he built.
According to what Patty had told him is that on the edges of Rouen there are a series of caves that had been hidden by their ancestors so they could have a safe place for their meetings. The coven had made it so that the caves are rendered invisible behind a barrier and that they could only be seen by witches that descend from their lines as they travel along the water.
The problem both he and the Rowe coven are facing is that many of the survivors of the families had long since fled into hiding after the Knights Templar had tortured some of their members and then burned them at the stake. The surviving family members either died out or decided to stop practicing. It is why they are going after Patty's daughters. They are one of the few families still around.
He had Qetsiyah looking around for other members still alive.
"I will send the message." Chandri said nodding.
He used his power to close the door.
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(Royal Castle, France)
"I am grateful that you have come to pay me a visit." Queen Catherine said as she stood up from her throne and walked to him.
"With your husband at war and your eldest son in Scotland I thought of paying you a visit as I did not want you to be in this castle all alone and overwhelmed with work." Danny said as he looked at the queen that currently ran the country.
"You need not be worried. I like that I have other things to focus my mind on." Queen Catherine said.
"I was already headed this way for a personal mission." Danny said. "I also wanted to give you a gift."
"I will welcome any gift you have went to the trouble to get me." Queen Catherine said looking excited.
"You have been saying that you wished that your children replied to your letters, so I got someone to talk them into it." Danny said opening as his werewolf servant brought the gift forward.
"How did you manage this?" Queen Catherine asked.
"You should know that I am a man of many talents with plenty of friends." Danny said.
"What did you have planned to do today?" Queen Catherine asked.
"There is a family that I promised to help." Danny said.
"I hate to bother you, but while you are here, I would like you to do a favor for me as well." Queen Catherine said.
"What kind of favor did you have in mind?" Danny asked.
"I have heard tales about a noblewoman in Gardenia that has been buying men from Africa and sneaking them into the country." Queen Catherine said.
"I thought Louis X abolished slavery in France?" Danny asked thinking back to a history book he had read.
It had been a gift given by Lola a few days after he had returned King/Prince Francis and Sebastian to their families.
"He did and that would be enough to have her arrested, but she is not buying them to serve her. The rumors surrounding her are far worse." Queen Catherine said.
"How worse?" Danny asked wondering what he might be getting himself involved in.
"It is said that she is torturing them until they beg for death." Queen Catherine said.
"That does seem like something that I should look into." Danny said.
Murder is not an acceptable practice in his kingdom unless allowed by Nirtti or himself.
"So will you rid my country of her?" Queen Catherine asked.
"How do you wish for it to end?" Danny asked as he had plenty of terrible ideas to work through but since she is the one requesting the mission, he felt that he should allow her a say in the sentencing.
"I would like for it to look like she passed away in her sleep." Queen Catherine said.
"Her victims would probably wish that her fate was worse than that." Danny said.
Hopefully they found peace in whatever afterlife may have existed in this universe.
"I am working a delicate balance with my nobles. They are more than likely to have dark secrets of their own. Any bright and overt moves would increase their panic. That is not something I want while Henry is away at war. This must be subtle and show no involvement on my part." Queen Catherine said.
"Very well." Danny said before he turned and walked outside of the throne room.
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"Hold it right there." Stephane Naricsse said as he walked up to him.
"Yes?" Danny asked turning to another of Vlad's favorite characters.
"I want you to restore my son to normal." Stephane said with an angry glare.
"I assume your niece told you about our deal. You should be grateful that I let him live after he challenged me." Danny said to the nobleman.
"Do you think I will let you get away with what you have done to my son? The terrors that you are inflicting upon my niece?" Stephane asked.
"It's just a little harmless fun." Danny said with a smile as he tilted his head.
"My boy can be covered by a hat. My niece has nightmares every night. Your games are not harmless." Stephane said angrily.
He could see his Jaffa getting ready to strike Stephane down and he did not want that.
"Very well I have some time on my hands. Gather your family to my rooms and we can talk about what I have done and how we shall move forward." Danny said with a smile.
Stephane stormed off in a huff.
"You did not have to listen to worthless words my king." B'Jat said.
"I am a kind king, and they are my people as well. I should listen to whatever is troubling them. Not just turn away when they have problems." Danny said as he walked to his rooms to wait for his meeting.
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"You can sit down." Danny said with a smile as the others looked hesitant.
"Why do we need to do that. You can just release whatever hold you have on my brother and cousin, and we can leave." Eduard said.
"There is no need for such aggression. I have agreed to talk with you and hear out your problems." Danny said.
"You are the reason that we are having our problems." Eduard said.
"Calm down Eduard." Stephane said. "The only way that we are going to get what we want is to play his game."
"That is smart. You should listen to your father. Getting angry with me is going to make me impulsive and I doubt any of you want that." Danny said as he caused his eyes to glow.
"You ever wonder why the Church had your people burned? You have so much power and you waste it by bullying those without it." Eduard said as he took a seat.
"That's funny given all that your father has done. Now sit down and have some tea. My Jaffa went through a lot of trouble to make it." Danny said gesturing to the spread that he had the Jaffa prepare.
"You have no idea what you are talking about." Stephane said.
"That is where you are wrong. I know what you have done to gain your power. You have blackmailed, you have tortured, and you have murdered to move your family ahead." Danny said.
The people of Westeros call that the Game of Thrones.
"How do you know this?" Eduard asked.
"Just like I told Queen Mary and her friends I know what path in life you and your family would have followed if you had never met me." Danny said.
Stephane Narcisse would use his son Eduard to kill a noble during the plague so that he could gain his lands. Queen Mary would prove difficult, so he resorted to killing an entire household which included Lord Castleroy's daughter. Queen Mary in response would kill Eduard by storing him in a cell with victims suffering from the Plague.
"Is that why you are torturing us?" Lady Amelie asked.
"No. I just want us to be clear with each other after your brother threw the torture and execution of my people in my face." Danny said.
"Then you should understand why we have a problem with what you have done to my family." Stephane said.
"I understand why you are angry but we all should remember that all of this has happened because your son challenged me." Danny said while looking at the miniature man in the jar and fought the urge to shake it around. "Every moment that you feel the warmth of the sun, see the beauty of a rainbow, hear the joy of a child's laughter, smell the scent of a flower, and taste the delight of great food you should remember it is because I have allowed you to live."
"I will pay anything to have my son and niece freed from their torment." Stephane said.
"I have no use for your money." Danny said putting a grape in his mouth.
"Please I beg you to be kind." Lady Amelie said.
He could sense that she is edging closer to a mental breakdown from the nightmares. She had not slept in the past few days so that she could avoid the nightmares.
"Very well I will remove the nightmares and tell you how to cure Luc." Danny said as he looked at her and held her hands.
"Thank you." Lady Amelie said breaking down into tears.
"What do we have to do?" Eduard asked.
"You will have to travel to a distant land and face many dangers." Danny said thinking up an adventure for the young noble.
"I will do whatever I have to for my family." Eduard said.
"You will have to travel through leagues of sea and miles of dessert. When you arrive at your destination an old man will be waiting for you. You will give him this coin. " Danny said sliding him the coin. "He will lead you past Baalbad to the desert. You will camp for seven days and seven nights. On the seventh night a long-lost cave of wonder and mystery hidden under the sands will rise. Once inside you are looking for a bottle decorated in pink and purple. You are to bring the bottle back to your brother and make a special potion."
It would give a duplicate the time to set everything up.
"What kind of potion? What are the ingredients?" Eduard asked.
"Let's take it step by step. I am not even sure you will survive the trip let alone find the cave. I will tell you the requirements if you have returned." Danny said.
"This is ludicrous." Stephane said.
"Do you want your son back to normal size or not?" Danny asked looking at the lord.
"I will do it." Eduard said. "Will I be allowed to bring guards with me?"
"Of course. I hear those Baalbad nights are as hot as Baalbad days and if you are caught off guard you could fall hard and meet your doom." Danny said.
"Just great." Eduard muttered.
"I will leave you time to say your goodbyes and prepare your trip." Danny said as he gestured for the castle's servants to take his food away.
"Thank you for listening." Stephane said.
It really hurt him to say that, and he knew that the man was imagining ways to get revenge.
"It is no problem." Danny said as he watched them leave.
Now that this distraction is finished, he teleported to the courtyard where the Al'kesh that he had come with was waiting.