Dark Light

Chapter 51 - Behind The Mask

It is devastating — so devastating that the peace that has been living within the Diagrynne kingdom has been lifted up from its home. The nights and days that were full of peace are now full of destruction. Oh the peace from those times will be missed by the poor souls. It is depressing — seeing everyone fight for their lives, seeing everyone run for lives, seeing everyone die in the hands of others. It is difficult to breathe — not only because of the smoke — hearing, seeing, feeling, everyone in the middle of the chaos, a war, a war that no one expected of. The houses are burning, the buildings are falling, the walls are breaking, almost everything is about to disappear. Many of them pray, they are praying to the moonlight, to the sea, to the water, the water that the royal family holds, the power that can help to save those who are lost in the path due to the shock of chaos.

    “Get me out of here! You fucker!” Trisha shouted as she tried to free herself.

    “Why though? Aren’t you enjoying this nice view? This view of screams and terror that fed me up before?” Nilfred said as he stood on the edge of the rooftop. “I wonder where the baby is , though.”

    “What are you going to do with him?!”

    “Want to know? Oh… too bad… It is a secret that only we know.”

    “Why do you have to be this cruel?”

Nilfred's eyes are shocked and he turns around. He looks at Trisha who is looking down, and then speaks. “Why do I have to be this cruel, you asked me right? Cruel? Am I cruel? Well… in this current situation I cannot deny that. Just like they say ‘Cruelty can make a change.’ Just like how this world’s cruelty changed us.”

    “You don’t have to be cruel to those people who did cruel things to you!” She shouted extremely loudly.

    “Why do you talk like you are one of the people who did cruel things to me?.. Well… It is true though. This kingdom betrayed those people who helped them before.”

    “... What do you mean?”

    “You are the cruel one in here! Forgetting the things that happened many years ago!.. But not too long… this kingdom will fall…”

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The king is using all of his might to stop the invaders, but those are too strong for him. He doesn’t want to destroy the palace, that's why he is limiting himself from using Ice Magic. He is freezing the invaders little by little but those are persistent to kill him — they are breaking the ice.

    “I can feel the cold now!” Valize shouts and turns. She sees the monster in front of the entrance of the room — frozen but still keeps on shooting sticks made out of their bodies.

All of them stop and one of their members jumps on top of the monsters and casts a spell. The woman touched the ice and all of the monsters were sucked in — just like a void trying to eat up something.

The king falls down on his knees — panting and sweating a lot. Valize and others go inside the room to help the king. Valize nods on one of her members and he gets a liquid in a glass from his pocket — a healing potion.

    “My family…” The king uttered as he tried to stand up but Valize stopped him. “You have to recover first, your majesty.”

    “I have to see them! You don’t understand!” The king said and he emits a cold aura in all directions and gives them chills. “I..I’m so sorry…”

The king stands up and goes to the balcony, despite the current chaos happening, his eyes are looking for his family. “There they are!” The king pointed in one direction and the other went to him.