The Red Moon Chronicles Book 1: The Crown Of Xenthos

Malevolence

The Throne room was almost rubble, Keenio and Veronica were still inside, and Keenio held Veronica close, she was unconscious but only for a moment.

"Hey Veronica are you okay..." Keenio asked her.

Veronica slowly opened her eyes, "yes..." She looked up at him " I'm sorry I'm so weak Keenio..."

"You did fine Veronica.." he helped her stand up, "I just don't think you're ready for an enemy like Lemos just yet..."

Keenio and Veronica could here Zalpa fighting Lemos outside. Bur before they could get to the whole in the wall, 12 members of the Xentidos surrounded them, and they didn't look like they supported Keenio's cause.

"...shit..." Keenio huffed.

"I'm sorry sir we need to take you down, King Lemos branded you as an outlaw!!" One of the enemies spoke up, ".. we have you surrounded, you can't win..."

Keenio stood in front of Veronica, and looked at all 12 of them.

"...the only thing I'm surrounded by..," he coldly and calmly stated,  "is traitors who follow a false king..."

Within the blink of an eye, Keenio unsheathed Nyx, and allowed it's dark flame to torch all twelve of his adversaries in one single semi circle in the air.

The screams of the enemies roared throughout the great hall, and soon more enemies appeared in response, only to see the 12 smoldering corpses of Nyx's black flame. This time they gathered in a number of 45 bodies.

Keenio remained inforjt of Veronica, and whispered.

"I'm going to need you this time..." Keenio told her, "it's time to put the skills Ai'sha taught you to the test..."

He told Veronica the plan, and she nodded in understanding, and held her silverite spear firmly in her hands, then widened her stance, slightly bending her knees, just as she was taught. Once she was in the perfect stance, Keenio made his move, taunting one of the new adversaries.

The enemy fell for the taunt, and as the enemy moved in range, Keenio turned to the side, as Veronica ran her spear through him. And when Keenio landed back, he swung his katana again, with one swift lash through the jugular, tearing the flesh from one of the other adversaries, this broke the formation the enemies were using, and as a result, the true battle began.

Veronica tapped her feet and twisted and turned her body in sync with her battle style, she wasn't weak anymore. The way she fought, it was a dance if death for her enemies, and Keenio danced with her in his own way, using a mix of his sword skills, and chi attacks, the two worked in sync, as if they were a hive mind. And together the enemies fell one by one. Now the throne was decorated in both rubble and corpses. And the two made their way out to the city where Zalpa was still holding off Lemos.

Zalpa was furious with them, but still stuck in a stalemate with Lemos and that chimera gauntlet.

"It's about damned time, what took you two so long?!" Zalpa howled, as he continued to block Lemos's Chimera Gauntlet, blocking every time no matter what form the gauntlet took, "what do you two decide to grab a drink too!?"

Zalpa grinned his teeth, as Lemos struck again and again, but as fast as Lemos struck, Zalpa kept putting up barrier shield our od barrier shield.

Without a word Keenio used his chi to throw himself at Lemos, attempting to join the battle.

The street of Xenthos was slowly becoming cracked stone and marble due to the many collisions Lemos had with Zalpa, and the citizens of the city did everything they could to avoid getting cought in the crissfire, while also watching the battle take place.