New Dawn of Scare (Second Lordi Saga - Story 1)

Chapter 15 - Last Moment in the Storm

Svarturr, located in the south of Iceland. A small volcanic island isolated in the middle of the sea, made of black rock, and completely deserted from all human civilization, considered one of the most inhospitable places on the planet.

Mr. Lordi had not chosen this island by chance, being an ideal place to gather with his allies and prepare for the counterattack. In his mind, the Monsterman hoped that nothing had happened to them and that they would arrive in time. He turned his attention to Emily. The young woman was sitting a little further on a rock near the edge of the cliff and gazing in silence at the landscape of this island both so magnificent and sinister. This black rock devoid of the slightest trace of vegetation, covered with dust and volcanic ash. These steep hills and cliffs, cutting like blades. And this volcano in the center of the island, rising like an immense tooth of black rock, and fortunately asleep for centuries, only letting escape through its crater than a large cloud of smoke. The cold was biting and stubborn, making her shiver a little, but luckily, the warm coat she had put on over her dress was protecting her a bit.

This place almost looks like Mordor in The Lord of the Rings, Emily thought with a smirk at the comparison. She might have believed that such a landscape was only visible in demonic dimensions or in certain places in the monster world, but even on earth there could be such desolate places. And if they failed, the whole planet would look like this, an empty and silent place, covered by the ashes of the ruins and the dead, under a cloudy and dull sky ... No, she preferred not to think about it.

_ "This island reminds me of what Lapland looked like during the very first Demon War." Mr. Lordi then said coming to sit next to her on the rock, putting his arm around his shoulder as she came gently to snuggle up against him.

_ "It must have been really terrible ..." Emily breathed, not daring to imagine what had happened but easily guessing the violence that had ensued.

_ "Yes ..." replied Mr. Lordi, his gaze hinting at the memories he had of it that had remained engraved in his memory. "Evilyn's father, King Agozth, was the most terrible of demonic lords. His people nicknamed him 'Bloodblade' because his sword was eternally stained with the blood of his victims. He hated monsters more than all, and wanted only to destroy us all and make our world a province of the great demonic empire he wanted to erect. I was still just a young Monsterman at that time, still training to master his powers. But seeing what he had done with my world, I could not stand idly by. So I challenged him to a duel and managed to kill him, beheading him with my ax. Having lost their king, the demons chose to flee, leaving us victorious and thus ending the First Trans-Dimensional War."

Snuggled up to her beloved, Emily had listened to him recount this very distant and dark memory. She who had seen fierce demons like Evilyn and Vexus before, was trying to imagine how powerful their father could be.

_ "And ... how did you know that one day this war would return?" Emily then asked.

_ "I have always felt it, in the depths of my being ..." said Mr. Lordi. "Being half demon myself, I knew their thirst for power and revenge. But I also knew that next time I couldn't fight alone. And what follow next, well you know it..."

With those last words, he came to put a kiss on her forehead, which made her smile.

However, a thought disturbed her.

_ "Our power has allowed us to defeat demons, certainly, but can it also help us to defeat such entities that we know absolutely nothing about?"

_ "I don't know, but we have to try, Emily, there is no other choice and time is running out now. We two are already very powerful, but who knows ... it take more than just the two of us to be successful this time?"