The Celestial Nobles (The Awakening of the Phoenix) [Completed]

Chapter 64: Ambush

Third Person

Soon after riding for about hundreds of miles from the empire, they entered the premises of Dusk. A spooky place filled with nothing but darkness, gloom and creeps.
Everything that can be seen are either dead, or sad. The forest that they entered was different from Etania Mountain. It was worse than the place before it came back to normal.

They can hear the sound of owl and some other creepy sounds around, but it didn't made them reconsider of retreating.

"Stay close everyone! And watch out for enemies. They might be closer than we expected." Imea ordered and another voice will send the message in chain until the end of the line.

After a couple of hours traveling, they noticed a very steep path in front of them. And from down the ace, a castle. A very old and dark place they saw.

"What a place!" Marc exclaimed as he spots the place.

It was an old castle standing in the middle of the dead forest. It was also wide, much more wide and tall than the castle of Dawn. And outside were some of the guards and slaves.
The royal elites looked at each other before...

"Ready yourselves everyone! Let us fight for the sake of humanity..." Said Granger who is about to launch an all out attack, while holding his 45-like gun gear. He is looking ahead with his comrades, watching huge crowd of their enemies, of how they look from left to right, up and down to see if someone is about to fight.

"I hate this kind of world..." Marc said as he ready himself for what they are about to do. "Anyway, are you talking about the people of the empire? Or about her?" He continued, still looking at the back of the man who talked earlier. Then he looked at the castle in front of them.

"Don't ask me about nonsense things... All I want to do is to kill that bastard prince, and free all his slaves." Granger answered with a monotonous voice, still not looking back.

"Granger, are you really ok with this? I mean... Your friend is inside, and we don't know what is really happening inside there right now... What if they already did something bad to her?" Imea asked while looking at him with a worried expression.

"I am a bit worried about this..." Sky then said.

"Don't worry my liege, you too Sky... I know her since we were young, and I know that she will not let anything bad happen to herself." He said and looked down.

"I do hope so..." He said to himself, knowing that the enemies will not stop until they get what they want.

At the castle~

"Did you really use that lame technique again? How fortunate of you... Even this girl got baited. You really are the best, my Xel." A high pitched voice of Alice laughed at what she said.

"You may call it lame technique, but it didn't fail even for once." Xel said and smiled evilly.

"How about her friends? Do we have to do anything about them?" Ahrin next to the Alice asked.

"No need to kill them early... Let us have a little game to see who is more powerful, us or them?" The king said and looked at the woman who is still unconscious. He looked at all the slaves and said. "Sit her up straight on the throne." He said that made the others gasp in surprise.

"Damian! Why would you do such a thing?!" The girl asked and looked at the girl with disgust. "Didn't we already told you about her and what she is?" It asked.

"I know what you mean Alice... But there's nothing to worry about, because she will be mine, and only mine alone." Damian said as the slaves finish up tying the girl.

"Oh??? Then how about if we use the orb to control her now?" The man beside Alice said, making all of them look at him.

"Good idea Arhin... They might attack anytime." Damian said and looked at the man beside him. "What do you say Xel? Do you agree with him?" He asked still having that evil smile on his face.

"No probs... You are the king here, so..." After hearing the answer of the others. Arhin quickly went to the throne to get the orb of darkness, but as he was about to grab it, Xel stopped him. "Damian must be the one to get it, for he is the one who will be controling her and not you." He said, making the man stopped and letting the prince do the act.

Damian quickly grab the orb and went to the girl, and without further adieu, he put the orb in front of the girl. Not a minute had last when the orb disappeared and when the girl opened her eyes, the prince smirk.

"Looks like my princess is awake huh?" He said and held the girl by its hand. "Shall we?" He said and led the girl to the throne and let her sit.

"Thy majesty, it is an honor to meet you." Alice said while bowing low.

"If you ever need something, don't be shy and tell us directly." Arhin said excitedly and also bowed.

"Now is not the right time to follow her ordains... For we still have visitors to entertain us." Xel said while looking straight to the girl.

"He's right... And don't worry, because I don't have anything to command for now except for the death of those who are trying to get inside of the castle." The girl said making everyone have a victory smile on their faces.

Meanwhile~
(Outside the castle~)

"I think we need to scatter and cover more grounds." General Zandre of the cavalry said.

"I agree with what my brother said. And maybe we can save more slaves inside if we do." Sky said that made the others nod in agreement.

They quickly went inside the castle. Killing every demons along the way. It was a long way, and every door has almost hundreds of demons, making one or two of them be left behind to keep some time for the others.

Fast forward~

Upon reaching the throne room. They saw the prince with the other three. Standing in front of them like an ever victorious army, ready to fight anyone who wants to have a match with them.

"Welcome to my kingdom, sister." Damian said while looking at the girl with the diadem on its head. Smirking evilly at everyone who just entered the throne room. He kept his facade and tried not to be excited as he is now.

"Stop messin' around with us you little brat and tell me where Daisy is." Granger said, making the prince laugh sarcastically.

"Did you mean about..." He slowly walked towards the throne, making the squad follow him with keen eyes. "Her?" They all had one expression in their faces as they look at what Damian pointed out. They were all shocked to see the girl, sitting on the throne with her eyes closed.

"It can't be." Granger said as he look straight at the face of the girl, who's eyes are closed, with fear and guilt.

To be continued~