The Challenger's Adventures

The Second Challengers Fall

Zulius sat alone in his new home in Old Voltaria, safe and sound. He was scared, for the first time in a hundred years he felt fear. He sensed a dark presence approaching, he grabbed his staff off of the wall. A crash came through the door.

"I knew it wouldn't be long until you found me." Zulius said, with his back turned to the door broken open, facing the wall.

"How's your chest?" The Deathsinger said, Zulius put his hand on his chest, the burn remained.

"Do you still mourn them?" He asked, Zulius clenched his staff and struck the wooden floor, implanting it.

"Not as much as Achillean mourned you." Zulius said, Ingressus looked down for a moment. He looked back up and took out his sword and Voltar.

"Don't try to pity me, Zulius Kaltaris. The only way you can beat me is with power." Ingressus said, Zulius turned to Ingressus with his pure green eyes, pupils dilated.

"I have plenty of that." A circle and triangle began to spin around his hand, and Zulius shot his unibeam Prime Power at Ingressus. Ingressus rolled and dodged the beam.

"What the hell?!" He asked, Zulius threw a knife at Ingressus, slicing his cheek.

"You think the Prime Songs are the only source of power?!" Zulius asked, shooting an aggrovortex at Ingressus. Ingressus used the Protisium Prime song to block it.

"That song never belonged to you, it either belonged to Thalleous or the Mendoris Master!" Zulius yelled, he jumped onto Ingressus with his staff. Knocking him back. He shot another unibeam at Ingressus, Ingressus fell over but still deflected the beam while on the ground, struggling.

Zulius knew if he continued the beam, it wouldn't be long until Ingressus had succumbed to it. He slowly stepped forward, and Ingressus smiled. Zulius felt a sharp pain in his back, digging slowly through his chest. Thalleous' sword came through his back and out of his chest, he stared at the glistening sword of his fallen brother.

"May I die today, so that you can die in the future." Zulius said, he grasped his staff tightly and succumbed to the sword of Thalleous, falling limp. Tygren ripped the sword out of Zulius chest as the Second Challenger's markings faded.

Varek sat in the throne, the only Ender Knight of his class that survived. Uron, Hadion, King Rendor gone, and Calian was nowhere in sight. A gust of energy hit him right where it hurt, his soul. He gasped, falling out of the throne and onto his knees.

"It cannot be..." he said, he ran to blackhardt and rode towards where he felt energy come from.

Achillean conversed with Kiyoshi, discussing the situation with the necromancers, until he fell to his knees. Feeling the death of a Challenger.

"Tidesinger! Are you alright?" Kiyoshi asked, Achillean took out his staff and stared at it.

"I... I need to go... something terrible has happened." Achillean said, Kiyoshi was a bit bummed out.

"Oh please, Tidesinger. Your matters are your own, we will deal with ours." Kiyoshi said, Achillean nodded with acceptance and rode on his horse towards the energy blast, which could only be felt by Ardoni.

Varek and Achillean both rode on their horses, on two different cobblestone paths. The roads came to an intersection and it wasn't long until Varek and Achillean were side by side. Varek had tears swelling in his eyes.

"Zulius..." he cried, staring at Achillean. Achillean looked hopeless, and stared blatantly in front of him, heading towards Old Voltaria.

When they arrived there was still a fight going on, they saw Hubris struggling against a Voltaris Ardoni. Hubris was kicked down by the Voltaris, who raised his sword. The Voltaris fell to the ground when an aggrobeam hit him in the back. Achillean stood in his place. Varek teleported next to Achillean.

"Challengers! My god you're here!" Hubris said, Achillean helped him up and nodded.

"You felt it too... didn't you..." Varek said, sobbing a little. Hubris nodded slowly but he wasn't sure what the feeling meant. An explosion boomed from the house Zulius resided in. Tygren threw Zulius' body onto the ground, and Ingressus raised the Supporium Prime Song.

"No..." Varek said, staring angrily with tears in his eyes. He wanted to kill the Deathsinger right then.

"Varek, halt. You fight him alone and the chances of losing are very high." Achillean said, Varek was upset, not only was he unable to enact revenge but Achillean doubted his skill against the Deathsinger.

They contemplated for a bit. While Achillean comforted Varek, they turned to see Hubris talking to Ria. They listened in.

"... a massive energy blast, so people felt it without seeing it... there are two Ardoni here that want to join us." He said, Varek toughened up and walked over to them with Achillean.

"Hello Captain, I am the Tidesinger."
"And I am the Ender Prince."

"We... are the Challengers."