The Dragon Chronicles: In Twisted Time

Chapter 5: The Destroyer Part 2 - The Rebirth

Few years after the plague, the Mayor decided to held a small event, in which any of the townsfolk may participate. This event is known as The Anger Games, where it is expected that the participants will release all of the anger in their hearts, in order to become better warriors and archers. It's a free for all match, where every contender is allowed any weapon of his choice.

As expected, for every competition, there is a reward, and the winner of The Anger Games will be allowed to go to Saint Haven, and train to become one of the prestigious Royal Guards of Saint Haven. It will be held soon, and everyone has one month to prepare.

Jed missed his sons so much. He is still working as a farmer, and his missing leg didn't stop him from doing his work. He didn't lose hope. After hearing this news, he thought that joining the event might at least ease his longing for them.

Seeing this as a good opportunity, he trained every day and night in order to show them that even a farmer can become a royal guard, especially an amputee like him. Using a large old wooden block where his sons used to play, he crafted it until it became a large hammer that he will use as his main weapon.

"Punishing swing!", he started swinging his hammer like it's some sort of toy. He brandishes his weapon forward to launch and at the same time, detonating a small bomb toward an imaginary enemy in front of him. Compared to other warrior, he dashes forward by leaping, and not by running, while using the weight of the hammer to gain momentum.

One month has passed, and the registration for the Anger Games will be held on Prairie Town later. Jed was very excited that he woke up early in the morning. After eating and preparing his battle gear, he started packing things up. He is now ready to change his future.

As he was walking to the road that will lead to Prairie Town, he came across with a bandit. He suddenly kicked the farmer's leg, which caused him to lie down to the ground. "Give me your gold!", the bandit said to him. With just the blink of an eye, the hammer strikes the face of the bandit. The bandit was speechless. He can't move even a single muscle. He was stunned as if a horse has kicked his face. "Sorry, I don't have any gold here", and Jed started to left peacefully.

But before he can take a step away, a group of bandit, started to surround Jed. Two hundred blood-thirsty eyes started to look at him with malicious intent. Swords, daggers, knifes, spear, each of them is carrying a weapon dripping with blood. "You think you can just hit our mate, and run away like that! We will make you taste your own blood!", one of them said. Knowing that he won't be able to escape, since he's outnumbered, Jed started to stand in a fighting stance.  

"Attack!". They now started to attack Jed. He started to hit anyone who approaches him. He started to swing his weapon up to launch all incoming enemy into the air. Some of the blows hit him hard, while he evaded most of the attacks.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!", thinking of all the dreadful things that happened to him in the past few years of his life, he screamed so load that his angry cry terrified some of the bandits. Birds started to fly away in terror, as well as other animals.

This deafening roar engulfed the whole forest. Out of one hundred, only twenty were left. Jed is now tired, as every skill that he uses puts a strain on his right leg, and he anticipated it since he's fighting a mob of battle hungry bandits. The remaining bandit started to organize their attack, and one of them started to use a smokescreen, while another one of them started to load his cannon.

"Gigantic bomber! ", foreseeing what would happen, Jed used up all his remaining energy for this final attack. He jumped into the air and then slam into the ground with great force, unleashing a powerful quake that knocks down the remaining enemies. He eliminated them all. All of the one hundred bandits are now scattered across the forest. Jed is so tired. He is covered with the blood of his enemies. He is now breathing fast. His vision started to become blurry. His heart is beating fast. He's can't hold his hammer anymore. He started to lose his strength. He heard ringing in his ears.

"Whh... What's happ.. happening?". He saw an arrow struck to his knees.

"That's a poisoned arrow", he heard a voice coming from one of the bandits who is lying down. "You will die anytime soon". This was the last words that the last thief said before he died. Jed started to collapse to the ground, and then he died.

"Oh my, there's blood everywhere, ha ha ha", a sadistic laugh can be heard out of nowhere.

From the dark forest depths, a lady can be seen walking. The forest started to be engulfed with shadow as the lady walks toward the dead body of this fallen warrior. As the shadows started to disappear, it revealed a hooded woman.

"A brave and strong warrior, mmmm ... ", she said with a lustful voice. She then revealed her staff and held it using her two hands. As she casts the spell, thunderclouds began to appear, and rain started to fall. A circular magic seal begin to form to the ground, with the warrior's body located at the middle of the circle. It has a radius three times the height of an orc. Floating in the center, a small black sphere started to appear.

It then started to enter the dead body of the warrior. It is a resurrection ritual. The dead body started to move. As it stands slowly, it can be seen that the left leg, which was then amputated, started to grow back.

"Wh.. who are you?", said the warrior, who was still in a state of shock.

"You should be happy, I've chosen you to be part of my army", said the lady. A black aura started to appear around the warrior.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!", he screamed like his entire skin is being ripped apart. He is now moving unconsciously. He has lost control of his entire body.

"Let's do a little test run, shall we?" the lady then summoned a large armored minotaur, carrying a human-sized hammer. The warrior just looked at this monster like he's its boss. With no fear, he suddenly roared. It's so loud that the Minotaur fell down to the ground. Picking up the minotaur's weapon, the warrior hit him in the head, so hard that every bit of bones in his skull turned to dust.

A dark entity had eaten up the armor of the monster, and then, it wraps itself around the warrior. When the dark entity started to fade, the warrior appeared, wearing an armor, a helmet with a spike protruding at the center, a large black gauntlet full of spikes, and the eyes of the warrior is now blood-colored.

He then picked up the wooden hammer of his and he hit the hammer being held by the minotaur. It has broken down to pieces. The dark entity then appeared again and started to consume the broken pieces and it merges the pieces to the wooden hammer. A hammer covered with darkness is now being held by the warrior.

"You will now forget who you are. You shall be my servant and you will obey me. You will be the strongest warrior known to men. Your scream is enough to terrify even manticores. You will be known as ElliZi, the Destroyer!"

"I forgot to mention, my name is iDec. Now go, and tame that stupid sea dragon for me! ", and she disappeared with a blink of an eye, what remained is a vertical summoning circle that faded shortly afterwards.