Sacred Arts

40. Time to Return Home

Somewhere near the center of the island were four ancient-looking titans that stood in a line from left to right. They appeared to be attached to the land. "Many of our kind have been destroyed by these humans," a voice boomed. "We sense that there are four left on this island," another voice added in a thunderous voice. "You are the most powerful of our kind, and you are next in line to rule," the voice continued.

"Make sure you avenge our fallen and leave none of those humans alive," one of the four voices boomed. The humanoid leaped into the sky and took off at incredible speed. The four ancient-looking titans were red, blue, white, and green. They symbolized the four primal elements. The fire titan, water titan, air titan, and earth titan.

"Are you sure it was a good idea to risk our most powerful being?" The water titan asked the fire titan. "He is the first five-star titan in over one thousand years to have made it to such a level," the fire titan replied. "He is more than capable of handling four tiny humans," he continued. "I hope you are right," the water titan said in a concerned tone. Meanwhile, the five-star Titan traveled across the island with amazing speed.

The next morning arrived and Jake woke up the rest of his squad. "Let's head out guys," Jake ordered. Dustin, Lee, and Amon all woke up and prepared to leave. A few more hours passed, and they all flew off towards the hole that they had fallen from many months ago. "Everyone, we have an enemy incoming!" Amon said as he dodged to the side. When he dodged, he pulled Dustin and Lee in the same direction he had dodged in while kicking Jake in the opposite direction.

A mysterious figure flew past the space that the four young men had occupied a few moments prior, before turning around to face Amon and his group. "I didn't expect anyone of you to be capable of evading that attack," the mysterious being said. "How the hell did Amon know he was coming and realize he was an enemy?" Jake wondered as he glanced back and forth between Amon and the mysterious being. "I know this might sound strange, but I felt his evil intent," Amon said to Jake. "Who are you!" Jake yelled at the mysterious being.

"All you need to know is that I'm the titan prince, and you are all going to die for killing my subjects," the mysterious being declared. "Titan prince?" Dustin said curiously. "He's the size of a human, how can this be?" Lee wondered. "I'll buy you all some time, get out of here," Amon yelled at the others. "No way, if we all attack together we could defeat him," Dustin said angrily.

"Exactly Amon, plus I'm the leader of this squad," Jake said, inhaling and exhaling deeply. "If anyone is going to risk their lives for this squad this time, it'll be me!" Jake declared as he continued to gather chi. "This is serious, I think he's a five-star titan," Amon yelled nervously. "Five-star!" Jake said nervously. "How do you know this for certain?" Jake asked. "I fought a four-star titan and this guys power is leagues above the four star I fought," Amon replied.

"So it was you who killed one of my royal guards," the titan prince said angrily. "This kid defeated a four-star titan by himself?" Jake thought to himself. "It doesn't matter!" Jake said anxiously. "We will defeat him together or die together!" He continued. Jake, Dustin, and Lee gathered as much Chi as they possibly could. Jake also circulated his lightning-attribute energy throughout his body. "Fine," Amon said, sighing with a grin on his face before letting out his aura.

"You all are fools," the Titan prince said as he let out his aura. The air became heavy and gravity seemed to have increased a hundred-fold due to the power that the Titan prince had displayed. Amon and his entire squad began to sweat nervously. "I, Atlas, the prince of the titans, will see to it that my subjects are avenged here today!" The prince roared as his aura grew. The prince had long black hair and his skin looked as though it were made of black obsidian.

His eyes were red, and he wasn't the size of the other titans. He was only about seven feet tall. Lee and Dustin flew towards Atlas in an attempt to punch him, but by the time they got to where he was, he had vanished. "What happened?" "Where'd he go?" Lee asked curiously, glancing around in all directions. "Stay on your guard, he could be anywhere," Dustin warned Lee. "Guys above you!" Jake yelled rushing in to defend Dustin and Lee.