Looking Forward

Chapter Eight - Kyros

Several years after our little fight. He had left with Angela and I was left in this old foreign village. He had betrayed me and left me, I will get revenge. The village was highly religious and believed in only two gods. "Throlik '' and some other deity named''Krilef ". Apparently Krilef was the god of peace. There were several rumors that the descendent of Krilef lived in the village, they were also apparently the last member of the bloodline. I had convinced the people of this town that I was Throlik and they believed me since I could control lightning and thunder. I easily took control and began to form a strong military. I had equipped each soldier with a blue set of armor and a blue necklace. It didn't have the same properties of the church's necklaces but it was the same symbol. They were all trained well and had strong swords, as soon as I heard about Jean I was sending them all. But for now, I was going to find this "Krilef" guy, and make sure he won't stop me. If he was the god of peace surely I could cause some trouble to bring him out. If everything goes well he'll try to stop me. This village has a couple of enemies, one of them was close and weak. I decided to lead a raid on the village to try and bring out Krilef. I rounded up a small group of soldiers and began to march towards this village. By the time we arrived it was dark and raining, but we kept pursuing. We arrived at a gate with two men guarding it. They saw our group of armed knights and tried to run inside the gate. Before they could make any progress they were shot down by arrows. I aimed my palm at the door and fired a large bolt of electricity, breaking the door down. There was loud screaming as we charged into the village and began the raid. A few men ran towards me but I easily disposed of them. We were burning houses and killing villagers when we heard a loud "STOP THIS!!!" I turned around and saw a man with white armor standing by the gate. "AS THE DESCENDENT OF KRILEF, I WILL NOT LET THIS STAND!!" Finally, I ran towards him and tackled him to the ground. Once on the ground I stomped on his neck and he coughed. He grabbed my leg and tripped me. I hit the ground and he jumped up, he unsheathed a bright glowing sword. The sword was blinding, he swung at me but I barely dodged it. He was fast and strong, but not stronger than me. I kicked his gut, pushing him back. I stood up and swung my blade. Our swords collided and flashes of blue and white shot from the collision. Our blades pushed against each other, each of us pushing the other back. I kicked his knee and grabbed his head and bashed it onto my knee. They stumbled back holding their nose which now leaked a dark red liquid. They swung at me again, but this attack was faster than before. I raised my arm to block and I felt a sharp agonizing pain. Blood splashed all over me and my arm fell. I dropped to my knees and stared at where my arm used to be. It used to be connected to my shoulders, just like my other arm. But now, it was on the floor leaving me with only one arm. Anger rose through my body, and I yelled. A big blast of blue exploded around me, and there was now a large blue beacon covering me. I swung my sword so fast that it looked as though I didn't even move. I kept swinging and swinging, he was covered in cuts and was bleeding profusely. He dropped to his knees and I kicked him back. He was thrusted backwards and slammed against the gate door. He left a mark on the door and dropped to the floor, I walked towards him. My walk speed was as fast as my usual running speed, once next to him I stomped on his gut. He spat up blood and I kicked his neck. He looked at me with pure defeat and agony in his eyes. "Please.... I surrender. Please stop." I picked him up from his neck. "Too bad." I slammed him against the brick wall. He dropped like a bag of rocks. Before I left I thrusted my blade in his heart to ensure he was dead. I looked around and realized that my soldiers were watching the whole thing. They had already finished their raid. "We return home. I got what I wanted." So we began our march. Once back home, I sat in my quarters and looked out my window as the soldiers celebrated a victory. "KNOCK" I turned as I heard a knock on my door. "Come in." The door opened and I saw one of my many spies. "We have bad news." He said with defeat in his voice. I looked at him waiting for the news, he opened his mouth and spoke. "The group we sent south were found to be dead. Their bodies were covered by a bright white flame that we were unable to extinguish." I stared with excitement. "Prepare every citizen and soldier for battle. We're going south." We had begun our march to the south. I drafted every man capable of fighting and trained them the best I could, surely he wouldn't see us coming. It had been months of marching, we raided several villages on the way and were rich in supplies. We had just come across a desert with blood red sand and unbearable heat. We kept our march though. In the distance I spotted a building that much resembled a castle. We pushed forward and set up camp only a few miles away from the castle. We waited till night and that's when we struck, we rushed at the castle and I blew into a horn to mark the start of the siege. I didn't know if this was him or someone else, but I didn't care. Men with dark black armor that resembled Jean's set were rushing towards us with swords and crossbows. We kept pushing and the battle began. I dodged and swung but they were much stronger than most of my enemies. I slashed through the knights with my own knights following, but it was clear that there had already been several casualties. It was also clear that this battle may take longer than anyone wants it to.