3 Kingdoms

Chapter 73: "Against Time"

After making their way back up the mountain they told Aariyeh about their current situation, he then summoned Luna there," history does repeat itself, hundreds of years ago we were in a situation similar to this one, it required forbidden magic, I can make time work differently here, ill use a technique called Time Sphere it will turn your two weeks into two months," said Luna.

 "Wow, you can do that?" asked a surprised William," that's fascinating!" said Zeph, Rose wasn't surprised at all she was more curious about the price," at what price? asked Rose," that's not what's important now," said Luna," there's a price to pay?" asked William.

"Yes, to use this type of magic, it will take two months from my life span, that's why it's forbidden," said Luna," what!" said Evan," that's a crazy spell," said Zeph," what a price to pay," said Rose," I won't accept it," said William there must be another way.

" There isn't, time is against you, the days are fleeting, this is the only way, look at the bigger picture, such sacrifice is necessary," said Aariyeh.

William turned to Luna and said, " if you are willing to do this for us we can't waste a moment of it, your sacrifice will not go in vain either," "I know you won't," said Luna, Luna started to levitate.

She started to go higher, with her arms wide open she waved a hand sign on each hand and then said, "Vetiti Magicae: Time Sphere," a clear sphere with numbers started to expand around Luna.

It then got bigger and spanned out around the whole mountain, for this spell to work the caster must stay within the sphere," well at least now I can teach you," said Luna to Rose as she was descending," thank you very much for this," said William and the others, "guys lets do this, we have two months to get as strong as we can," said William.

Meanwhile, in the dungeon of Bellquin, wake up traitor!" shouted one of the guards as he throws some water at John. 

"Your hanging has been postponed, you will die with your people in the upcoming war, you had us all fooled I'm glad Prince Edward found you out, he should have killed you there and then, you filthy traitor," said the Guard to John.

He was badly beaten, he couldn't even talk, After the first month in the time sphere, William and the others were making good progress, Luna was teaching Rose some new spells, and their teamwork was even better than ever before, I think its time to approach the gods again," said William, they all nodded in agreement.

They all sat down and started to meditate, entering the subconscious plane," boy, you came back, you seem stronger than the last time you were here," said Stribog, "yes I am," said Zeph, he started to fight with Stribog.

William was fighting with Yam and Rose and Theia were going at it, the gods could see the differences in their strength compared to the first time they faced off, you are still lacking something," said Yam to William as their swords clashed.

"And what's that?" asked William," the right resolve," said Yam, he then used Water Boost on William and hit him with Plunging Breaker," he opened his eyes to see Zeph and Rose," did you guys win?" asked William, they replied "no," in a lugubrious tone.

What Yam said to William kept resounding in his mind for the rest of the day, Stribog and Theia also mentioned it to Rose and Zeph, they were a bit down but William with his cheerful spirit lifted them," we have to keep going, we can't let Luna's sacrifice go to waste, we will defeat them and be strong enough to stop Darius and his children," said William.

"Thank you for believing in me," said Rose to William," no problem, you are incredible," replied William, " hey let's spar some more said Evan," good idea, a little action would be good," said Zeph, 'do you think they will figure it out? said Luna to Aariyeh," I believe they will, even though time is of the essence a miracle can happen even within a second," said Aariyeh as they were watching them spar.

Back in the Central Kingdom.

They were ready for the war that was coming to them, Thomas, "Even though we lost the Prince we still have to fight and protect this Kingdom, this country, this is what he would want, this is what he would do, our brothers from the West and East will soon join us," said Thomas to the army.

" For Prince William!, For the Central Kingdom!, For !" shouted the army, Captain Firestone was en route with the army of the West Kingdom and Major Sterling as well with the army of the East Kingdom, The United Army of they were being called,

With two days left in the second month of their training two days until the war, William, Zeph, Rose, and Evan, had changed physically, they looked a little bit older, Rose's hair had grown down to her hip, and William grew four inches taller, Zeph's hair was longer, Evan had gotten muscular and so had William, maturity was very much visible on them.

"This is our last chance to defeat the gods and obtain more power from them," said William, "we are much stronger than we were a month ago," said Zeph," I'm ready," said Rose," you guys can do this!" said Evan who was always rooting for them on the sidelines. "Aariyeh, Luna, this is in, wish us luck," said William, they all took a meditative position, with their magical items across their laps.

"I admire your determination, "said Yam with his back turned to William," I don't give up so easily," said William with a smile, Yam then attacked him, he defended himself, your not fighting back, no because I have had an entire month to think about this and I think I might have figured it out, my resolve when it comes to you," said William.

"Is that so?" said Yam with a smile on his face, "show me this new resolve then," said Yam as he was launching an attack at William, William deflected it as he was making his way closer to Yam, it was never about fighting you, it was about embracing you," said William.

"Are you sure about this?" asked Yam, William was now facing Yam," so this is your new resolve," said Yam, he then impaled William with his sword.

William then placed his left hand on Yam's right shoulder and pulled himself onto his sword, he then said to Yam," I accept you, Yam," said Willliam, Yam then smiled he then turned into blue energy that was then absorbed into William's body, a seal then appeared on William's right shoulder, an unknown language written in three circles, outside of the subconscious plane William was glowing, brighter than ever before," he figured it out," said Aariyeh.

 "You didn't come to fight me?" asked Theia," no, the first time we met, I asked you for power and you gave it to me, that means you saw me as someone worthy of your powers but I only accepted the power I didn't accept you but now everything is clear to me, I accept you, Theia, " said Rose.

"Theia smiles, Theia turned into a beautiful bright light and surrounded Rose, a seal similar to the one William received appeared on her upper back just below her neck, and a crown made of light and a crescent moon rested on her head, Evan shouted" Rose is glowing as well, Aariyeh and Luna were pleased, "Stribog!" shouted Zeph.

 "Where are you?" said Zeph as he was looking around for him, Blast of Wind," said Stribog, as he launched a surprise attack at Zeph, Zeph speed stepped around it and appeared before him, "I'm not here to fight you," said Zeph, "don't you want power?" asked Stribog, "yes, I do but what about you?" asked Zeph," what do you mean, what about me?" asked Stribog, " well I thought about what you said the last time, it's not only accepting your power it's about accepting you," said Zeph.

"Stribog had a smirk on his face, "I looked beyond your power and saw you, I accept you," said Zeph with his head bowed, Stribog turned into a calm, gently wind, he was then taken in by Zeph, a seal appeared in the left palm of his hand just like the one William and Rose got.

 A curled horn appeared in his hand and an eagle made of air also appeared on his right shoulder, he began to glow as well, the mountain top was at its brightest, they have finally accepted the gods, they are quite powerful now," said Aariyeh as he was feeling the power coming from them," they then opened their eyes, the glowing stopped.

William's eyes were blue in color, Rose's eyes were like the color of the sun and Zeph's eyes were grey," Rose I like your crown, it fits you," said William," Zeph is that a cape?" asked Rose, "yes," said Zeph," you guys look amazing!" shouted Evan.

"You have finally figured it out, accepting the gods was the answer, not only the power they offer but they themselves now you bare the seal of the gods," said Aariyeh.

They did it faster than their ancestors this time," thought Aariyeh, "yes, I thought it was about fighting them," said William, "we were the ones fighting them," said Rose, "Luna you can deactivate the spell now, thank you," said William.