Roots

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Tarmos, whose eyes are now closed and unseeable once again, was thrown across the room by 'some sort of child golem', Tarmos thought, and which this 'child golem' he's referring to is a corrupted human, that Raya called him Boun, which was very weird to Tarmos.
"I have enough!" Tarmos yells as he uses his strength to whack the corrupted Boun with the might of his arm as this sends Boun flying across to the other side.
"Tarmos, don't hurt him, he's fragile!" Pengu warned from the crowd of spectating humans.
"Does he look like he's fragile?!" Tarmos shouted back at Pengu.
Suddenly, loud footsteps are heard and Boun, shockingly enough, summons a sharp stone sword from out of his back as he charges at Tarmos, but before Boun tries to attack Tarmos, the dragon himself reacted quickly and shields himself with his sword.
Afterwards, Tarmos kicks Boun away and said. "Alright, no more mister nice guy!"
Tarmos plunges his sword into the marble floor of the castle and the whole room began to shake as most of the people within lost their balance and fall. After that, a light blue energy appears as it circles Boun and Tarmos, until it turn itself into a dome.
"This is what happens when you mess with a former gladiator of New Kaenach!" Tarmos said, brandishing his weapon. "Anything to say before we-?"
"Crafaluuk muuluutuk!"
"What?"
Those words, that are so familiar to Tarmos, distracted him as this gives Boun the opportunity to swiftly strikes his weapon at Tarmos's right cheek. Tarmos's response was to whack him away once more, which made Boun hit the other side of the magical dome, and puts his paw at his wounded cheek, while remembering what Boun said to him.
"Crafaluuk, muuluutuk... How and where did you learn that part of the chant?"
"Keemapaga! Tarmobargo!"
The fight within the magical dome, that Tarmos has summoned, has become intense as the two opponents entertain everyone in the room with their swift movements, both defensive and offensive.
Boun was pushed back and, when he tries to get up, he sees Tarmos ready to finish him once and for all, but this won't make Boun give up just yet, and instead of staying on the floor and waiting for his demise, his purple pupilless eyes are seen looking at Tarmos's belly as they rush over to it and began giving it a few punches. This cause Tarmos to stagger back. Before Boun was about to give Tarmos another punch his stone fist was caught by Tarmos's paw and the dragon's body begins to glow dark purple.
"I am Tarmos Rime!" He shouted.
Next, an unseen force shoves Boun back and, out of Boun's surprise, something invisible wraps around his neck as it lifts him up to the air, while Tarmos is seen pointing his sword at Boun, which emits a magenta colored flame. Then, Tarmos suddenly points his sword down as Boun falls to the floor, cracking the marble floor in the process. 
"Rime urn schtilaafanti." Boun spoke, groaning and weakened as Tarmos walks towards him, and as the dragon walks to Boun, he tries to reach his sword, but Tarmos's foot stomps on it, breaking it into pieces.
Afterwards, the dome around them, the magenta flame on Tarmos's sword, and the dark purple glow on the dragon's body disappears, one by one. Then, Raya, and next Sisu, all run to Boun's side.
"Boun, are you alright? What happened to you?" Raya asked.
Not a single word came out his mouth.
"Please, tell me you're alright."
He finally responded, by suddenly kick Raya away from him as he summons another sword.
When he stands up, he began to say. "Boun may hear you, but he cannot help you!"
A shadow suddenly appeared, covering Boun for a moment, until it dashes over to another location and, it disappears, uncovering Boun, who is in between the opened doors of the castle.
"Besides, you are not long for this world as the Druun will rightfully take what was ours!"
Then, Boun vanishes, next, the screams of Heart's people are heard.
The beautiful buildings of Heart soon burn a dark purple flame as both Druun and golem-like creatures (like Boun) are invading the city and Chatri is amongst his army and he sees all the men, women and children flee in terror. Chatri looks at a group of Druun and shouted. "Get them, leave none unpossessed!"
The group dash towards the running humans, and as the Druun devour each and every human they come across, they turn into stone, but they will come back to life to serve as Chatri's soldiers.
A family of four are running, trying to get away from the discord that fell upon their once peaceful home, and when they made a turn, a Druun blocks their way. They go back, only to find two more came.
"No no, please don't!" The father pleaded, keeping his wife and his children in his arms as they all quiver in fear.
The Druun did not listen as they come closer to the helpless family, till they were saves as balls of water hit their formless body, which made them scream in agony as they all fall back at the sight, of which they hate and fear, from above.
"The dragons are here." Says one of the children, smiling as they point their finger up to the dark sky to see a group of furry serpentine figures above the city.
"Oh my... I haven't seen anything like this." Pranee said, looking down at the city below with pity.
"Neither have we all." Pengu said. "But enough about this situation. Pranee and I shall fight the Druun as long as we can. Sisu, Jagan and Amba, they will rescue as many people as they can, while Tarmos-." All of the dragons now look behind them as down below, Tarmos is swinging his sword (which has a small spiraling stream of water swirls around the it) at any Druun close to him and shoving and knocking down any of the possessed, not to extent of destroying them. "-Will do anything he can to defeat the Druun." Pengu said, finishing his sentence. "Now, let's move!"
Pranee begins to follow her older brother, but as she turns around and looks down at the chaos, she then forms a big ball of water and she throws it down as she splashes at a group of Druun who is blocking Tarmos's way, who then thank the dark blue dragon by waving at her.
"Now, I'm ready for you filthy bleeders!" Tarmos taunted as he charges at the Druun, while Sisu, Jagan and Amba watched him for little while, till they begin to help the people escape the invasion and into the castle, where they will be safe.
Tarmos bearing his teeth and went into a frenzy, swiftly destroying more Druun and knocking down more possessed. Afterwards, Tarmos is at the bridge, where there was less Druun, and at middle of the long structure, he sees a familiar sight.
"Hello, Tarmos Rime, it's wonderful to meet you face to face." Chatri said, smiling.
"Hmm, how did you know my name?" Tarmos asked, gripping his sword tightly.
"That doesn't matter now, but let me introduce myself. I am Chatri, The Leader of The Druun, and soon, all of Kumandra!"
"Dream on, Chatri, because Kumandra will never fall to your hands." Tarmos said, ready to battle his new enemy.
Chatri did the same as he unsheathes his battle axe and said. "How could you? This world isn't the world you're born in."
"An old friend once told me, 'Life is precious, no matter how great, and matter how small'."
"Then, I will take your 'precious' life first, and then the rest!!!" 
The two fought against each other for a long time, until the sun raises up from the tall and mighty mountain as it shines onto the two. Tarmos is getting tired, yet he stood his ground and blocks Chatri's attack, but each attack that Chatri has done is pushing Tarmos down. Suddenly, Tarmos's grip on his sword was loose as his sword flies away from his paw in an attempt to block another attack from Chatri. Next, Tarmos falls back to the stone floor of the bridge, exhausted and defeated.
"I... I am Tarmos Rime, I will not be beaten!!!" Tarmos shouted as he tried to pounce at Chatri, but a light blue dragon got in front of him, which surprises Tarmos.
"No!" Sisu shouted as Chatri quickly strongly smacks Sisu down to the floor as this enrages Tarmos.
"How dare you hit her!" Tarmos, once again, tried to pounce at Chatri, who slams his fists at the enraged dragon's muzzle, putting him to the stone floor, like Sisu.
"I expected more from you, Rime, I really did. But it's time to end this game of ours, and a bonus, you will have a nice goodbye from this world!" Then, Chatri raises his battle axe, preparing to end Tarmos's life, yet little did he know that a small dark purple portal opens up on the stone floor, in between Chatri and Tarmos, then, a dark horned humanoid appears and they used their bare hands to stop Chatri's axe as they are gripping onto it tightly.
"What the-!" Afterwards, the humanoid interrupts Chatri by suddenly kicking him away as Chatri's grip on his weapon was loose, and now, the dark horned humanoid has the possession of Chatri's weapon as they throws it away into the river beneath the bridge.
Tarmos saw this as he clenches his teeth and uses what was left of his energy to charge at Chatri. Then, Tarmos grabs his enemy's head and begins to slam it (repeatedly) onto the bridge's stone railings, afterwards, Tarmos throws Chatri down at the stone floor, where Chatri tries to crawl away from the furious dragon, but he was unlucky. Tarmos rolls him over to face him as he grabs Chatri's throat tightly and begins to beat his face with his fists.
"This... Is... What... Happens... When... You... Mess... With... a former  gladiator of New Kaenach!!!" Tarmos shouted in between punches.
Tarmos was going to give Chatri another punch, but a strong, yet soft hand holds his bloodied fists, stopping him.
"Tarmos, he suffered enough." The dark horned humanoid pleaded. "Please."
Tarmos turns his head at the dark humanoid, looking at him with the same expression he gave to Chatri, anger, but that would soon disappear the more Tarmos stares at the humanoid. When looking back at Chatri, Tarmos lifts him up, while gripping his throat tightly, saying. "Free them."
"Wh-What?" 
"Free the people you took as your soldier and, I assure you, you will be spared."
And so, Chatri did what Tarmos told him to do as each one of the possessed are freed, a Druun comes out from their bodies and follow their leader from once they came. Chatri, who is walking towards the forest with the rest of his army, he stops and glares at Heart's bridge, where Tarmos glares back.
"One day, Tarmos, I will have my revenge."
Tarmos scoffs, as if he heard what Chatri had said, and he turns around to see Sisu, who is being treated by the dark horned humanoid. 
"And as for you, Sisu." Tarmos boomed, who spooked Sisu by his booming voice. "You...!"
Sisu begins to get scared as she slowly crawls away from Tarmos, who is stomping towards her. She stops as it was no use to escape Tarmos and she closes her eyes, waiting for her punishment, until, her head hits something soft and hears something softly beating next to her ear, also, she felt something wrapping around her body.
"Please... Don't do that again." Tarmos said, in between his sniffs and sobs, while he hugs Sisu tightly.
Sisu relaxes and smiles softly as she hugs Tarmos back.
"Don't worry, I'm here."
Other than that, Heart is a calm and peaceful city once again as both humans and dragons tend to the wounded, reuniting people to their loved ones, and helping people get out from underneath the rubble of what used to be their home. 
Soon, the Datu are reunited with their youngest sibling and their friend.
"Sisu, what happened to you?" Pranee said, who saw a scratch mark near Sisu's right eye. "And Tarmos... Oh my."
Pranee and the rest of the siblings now look at Tarmos's wounds, including Sisu, who now saw the damage done by Chatri, which alarmed her.
"Don't worry, I've... Suffered more than this." Tarmos reassures them with a smile.
"Right." Sisu slowly spoke, not believing in any word that Tarmos had said. "But, who are they? They've been following us from the bridge."
Now, the dark humanoid, who was behind Tarmos, has gain everyone's attention and they just simply waved at them.
"Hello." They said.
Then, they all look at Tarmos, who seem nervous for some reason and, after a few moments of silence, Tarmos spoke, saying. "Uh, him? It's very hard to explain this to you all, but... His name is Rime and he's my ancestor."

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