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Chapter 8.

''Can't wait. This torment is about to end. I will be free." Said the king.Macaque listened to this with mixed feelings. He didn't know what to do. Whether to tell my sunlight the truth in person or have the gods do it."Liuer, what about you?" Wukong asked. Macaque snapped out of deep thought."I'm fine, I was just thinking," replied the warrior. They walked on in silence. The warrior pulled himself together and decided to tell his sun the truth.''Wukong..'' he said but was interrupted by Pigsy who said ''We are here''"What?!" replied the dark-haired monkey and the pilgrims looked at him suspiciously. The monk dismounted from Aoli, who changed into his human form."I'll go give them the scriptures," said the monk and left.''The journey is complete. At last. Come on Liuer we'll fly on the cloud or we can use the portal it will be faster... Liuer? What is it?'' said Wukong ''don't worry, they will definitely take this crown off me,'' he added with a smile. The warrior already felt that this was going to be a disaster, but his confidence in telling the truth was gone. He couldn't bring himself to say a single word. He nodded and opened a shadow portal. Wukong said goodbye to his friends. The monkeys disappeared into the portal, and by the time the monk returned, they were gone.The king and the warrior appeared in the palace, this time in the center of the throne room. Of course, all the gods knew about the end of the journey already and were in this room. Macaque already knew why they were really there, but he had a plan if everything went wrong, because  it will, he would quickly transport through the shadow portal of the king and himself to Guain.''According to the contract. I am. I have made my journey and now you are to remove this crown from me as it was agreed." Wukong spoke proudly.''Congratulations on completing the journey. You receive from us our forgiveness for your transgressions against the kingdom of heaven..." said the emperor. Wukong was sure that soon the emperor would remove the damn crown and the pain would disappear. He was already so excited and suddenly the emperor said: "But.. "" What a but?! thought Wukong."But in our agreement there was nothing about taking off the crown, only about enlightenment..." he said with a sly smile on his face like the rest of the gods who started laughing. Except for Nezha, who stood and watched in horror."What?!" exclaimed the king.''What you heard. We can't take that crown off you because it wasn't in the contract.""You deceived me!!" The king's anger grew and with it a headache that he didn't care about at the moment. He was stunned by what he had just heard."Of course it is possible to remove this crown if you will serve me," said the emperor. At this the gods greedily smiled. Macaque looked sad in his eyes. He heard the uneven beating of his beloved. He saw the fury rising in Wkong, who came closer to the emperor. With anger in his eyes, he looked at the emperor and said: "Take this damn crown off me now!!!"''How dare you address me in that tone, monkey! You thought we'd just take your crown off, the journey wasn't worth it, but serving me was...Monkey King couldn't believe what had just happened. They want to use him as a weapon.''NO''''What did you say?!''"I said NO!!" "You won't control me." Wukong was really so furious that he was emitting energy all over. Blood began to seep out from under the crown, but the king didn't care."I'll say it for the last time, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS CROWN off or else I'll break your whole goddamn kingdom"The crowd was terrified of the monkey's threats.''You will not tell me what to do. I am the emperor!"''Guards! You know what you have to do''The palace guards surrounded Wukong, but the warrior took care of them. The fight has begun. Wukong approached the emperor. The Emperor got up from his throne and drew his sword and Wukong drew his staff. Wukong felt he wouldn't last long in this form, but he had to try. He just wanted to get home safely with Liuer. The scales of victory were on the side of the golden monkey. He would have won already if there had been an unexpected visitor. Brought by Erlang. And there was none other than Tripitaka who had been standing and watching the fighting for several minutes. Erlang said to him: ''Monk, if you do not use the spell, the emperor will die and this will upset the order of the universe. You don't want that, do you?''"No, but if I use the spell, Wukong will die..." replied Tripitaka.''Nothing will happen to him, he is immortal. The fate of the universe is in your hands. You have to save the world. Can't you see what this monkey is doing. Chaos and destruction, but you can stop it."The monk made up his mind and uttered the spell. Erlang smiled wickedly and watched with pleasure as the monkey fell to the floor with a thud and writhed in pain.Macaque ran to catch his king, but Wukong had already hit the floor so hard that the floor cracked. Wukong tugged at the crown. This time the pain was too much to bear, but the king continued to fight. The warrior knelt before him."Wukong look at me. Wukong!'' The warrior realized that someone must have recited the spell. He looked around quickly and saw a monk reciting a spell. And next to him stood Erlang, who did not hide the fact that he derived pleasure from looking at the suffering monkey."Stop it!!" Macaque roared and moved to rip both the monk and Erlanag apart, but the guards stopped him. He was put in shackles. He struggled. A warrior in a normal situation could handle these shackles, but not this time. He lacked power. All he could do was drop to his knees and use his last strength to protect the king. The monk stopped saying the spell, but the warrior knew that the pain Wukong was feeling now didn't go away and only increased. The worst thing was that the king's heart was barely beating. Breathing was uneven.The emperor returned to his seat and spoke: ''I wanted to avoid that. See what you've done...''''I gave you a choice. Despite what you've done now, I'll still give you a chance to serve me.""Never," Wukong choked out and spat blood at the Emperor, who smiled and said, "I had a feeling you'd say that. Stubborn to the end haha." Wukong looked at him with fury in his eyes.''But I also foresaw such an option.. guards, you know what to do''The guards approached the monkeys. They pulled the warrior away from Wukong. Macaque tried with all his might to free himself from their hands, but without success. He started shouting, "You have no right! You can not!''"Oh, I see something that I have every right and I can," said the emperor, the gods began to laugh again.The guards grabbed Wukong by the wrists and dragged him across the floor, leaving a trail of blood behind him. Nezha couldn't look at it any longer. When the emperor thought he had achieved victory, lotus petals like daggers broke Macaque's shackles, freeing him. The warrior felled his guards. Nezha charged at the guards who were dragging Wukong. He knocked them down and took the king, who was unconscious, into his arms. The warrior quickly approached them. The Emperor got angry, as did the rest of the celestials."Nezha, what are you doing?!" said an angry Erlang."I do what is right." He gave his teacher a cold look and disappeared with the monkeys into the shadow portal.''Emperor?" asked one of the celestials.''Call the army. We cannot lose him." The Emperor replied. ''Erlang you are to find these monkeys''"With pleasure," said Erlang.