Fall from Grace

Fall of Longinus IX

As Orion dealt with the minotaurs, Alpha and Saiya spoke to Nosferatu about his bold claim.

Upon hearing that Zheoyon had betrayed them, Alpha went silent as he was holding back the bubbling anger within him. His arms crossed and his eyes sharpened. He didn't appreciate being told what was obviously a lie.

"Zheoyon betrayed me? Quit joking around. He would never betray me or Father. In fact, I'd say it's more likely that you would betray me than him. Say something like that again and I'll have your head on a spear, Nosferatu."

Nosferatu shook his head. With a dull face, he hid the amusement gathering up inside of him from Alpha's anger.

"He really has betrayed Father, and I have proof of it."

Saiya stepped forward with narrow eyes. Like Alpha, she was skeptical of Nosferatu, and she doubted him when he made the claim that Zheoyon had betrayed them. However, she wasn't going to not listen to the serious claim. If Nosferatu was telling the truth, she recognized that there were severe repercussions for Sol.

"Show us."

"If you're unable to give proof, Nosferatu, I'll take you straight to Longinus to be questioned for these baseless accusations."

Nosferatu turned over his right hand and it opened up. Multiple rays of light shot from his hand, and floating right above it was a projection.

"Is that... Sol?" Saiya wondered.

"That can't be Sol."

The projection showed them a Sol at war; dragons and minotaurs ruthlessly clashed and crushed the buildings beside them, humans and elves alike were running for their lives and hiding - but it was all pointless as their weak squishy flesh couldn't protect them from brick and stone. The city was shaking from the tremors produced by the godly beasts fighting within its walls, and falling down because of them were buildings and towers that were unable to stand tall against the shaking.

Saiya squinted her eyes with interest as she caught something interesting; Gold Guards protecting humans and elves alike were fighting not just the minotaurs but the dragons as well. Which made her wonder;

If the minotaurs had betrayed Longinus, why are the Gold Guards fighting the dragons?

The thought stayed in the back of her mind as she didn't voice it to Alpha or Nosferatu.

"....."

Alpha was struck with grief over what he was seeing. Never before had he seen a Sol where structures crumbled, agony running rampant, and fighting between two of the mightiest forms of beings in all of existence. His eye orbits were bloodred as he heaved a single breath. His right foot started tapping the ground.

He had a lot of questions, and some of them were bothering him.

"How did this happen? When did this happen? And who started the fighting?"

"Zheoyon is trying to usurp Father and replace him as the ruler of Sol. The minotaurs suddenly came and started attacking the dragons, who they see as their biggest obstacle for their king to reign."

"And why would Zheoyon want to have Sol?"

"I don't know."

I don't know?
"That isn't a good enough answer."

"If you want the answer, why don't you ask Zheoyon yourself? I can't get in the mind of someone else, and no one can. In order to know why he attacked Sol, you must go and question him for yourself."