The Lost Heir

Chapter 33 The Finale

"No! I won't die! Not here! Not like this! I must fight! Not just for my revenge but for everyone in the kingdom! I refuse to die here!" Percival thinks to himself. "I refuse to die!" Percival yells as he gets up and uppercuts Morgrim with all his might. Morgrim is sent flying upwards until he slams into the ceiling of the room where he then plummets to the floor below. Percival falls to his hands and knees but he slowly gets back up to his feet with his legs trembling from weakness. Morgrim gets back to his feet and brushes his shoulders with his hands. "Well, well it would seem that I underestimated you. A mistake on my part. So what will be your next move Percival?" Morgrim says with a slight smirk. Percival looks on at Morgrim with anger in his eyes. "My next move..." Percival says as he picks up his swords. He disappears in a flash and reappears behind Morgrim with his back towards him. "He's fast. Looks like this fight will be more interesting than I thought." Morgrim thinks to himself. "Is to kill you!!!!" He says as he quickly turns around and slashes at Morgrim with his left sword. Morgrim turns with equal speed and their swords clash. Sparks fly from the blades as their eyes meet. Morgrim with blinding swiftness kicks Percival in the gut sending him flying into a wall. Percival sits up with his back against the wall looking at Morgrim. His vision goes blurry and he coughs up blood on to the floor. "Oh no! His body can't handle this much stress! Not with the mortal internal wounds he has but I can't do anything! I can't use magic much less move!" T-card thinks to himself. "Forget it Percival. With wounds like yours. You can't win." Morgrim says. "Shut! up!" Percival yells as he forces himself to stand up. He picks up his swords and clumsily slashes at Morgrim. Morgrim takes a step back narrowly avoiding the steel's touch. Percival's vision blurs again. He can barely make out distinct shapes. He coughs up more blood and falls to his knees. Morgrim grins and picks Percival up by the throat and slams him against a wall without releasing his grip.

"You don't have the strength to beat me." Morgrim says as Percival weakly struggles. Morgrim punches Percival in the stomach with all his might. Percival spits up blood and coughs as his breath leaves his lungs. Morgrim leans in to Percival's ear and whispers. "You never will have the strength. No matter how hard you try I will always be three steps ahead of you." He says as he lets Percival go. Percival falls to the floor breathing heavily and clutching his throat. "I rule this kingdom now. Your friends will learn this too when they see you die at my feet!" Morgrim says as the door flies open with Samuel tumbling in. A shroud of black fog appears and in it's wake Julie lies unconscious on the floor. "You! bastard!" Percival says weakly as he coughs up more blood. "You know maybe I will let Julie live. She'll make an excellent queen for my dark empire. Wouldn't you agree Percival?" Morgrim says with an evil grin as Samuel begins tending to T-card. "Dont worry T-card you'll be good as new in no time." He thinks to himself. Percival's breathing grows deeper and faster from anger as he gets on his hands and knees. "You sick son of a..." Morgrim interrupts him mid sentence and slams his foot down on Percival's back with extreme force. Percival grunts in pain with his body slamming to the stone floor. He screams in pain as he feels his own bones crack under the pressure. "Perci..." T-card manages to squeak under his breath. "Now now, where are your manners? You should never use such strong language with a lady such as her in attendance." Morgrim says looking down at Percival with the same expressionless look. Percival stops struggling and relaxes his muscles. "This truly is it. I can't move. I can't fight anymore." Percival thinks to himself as he takes a deep breath and closes his eyes preparing to die. Julie slowly gets to her feet and looks around in a daze. "What? I'm not dead?" She thinks to herself. She comes to her senses as Morgrim holds a sword with it's blade pointing down at Percival. She scrambles to her feet and draws her daggers. Morgrim sees her in his peripheral and holds the palm of his right hand out towards her. Percival opens one eye and sees her floating in the air close to the ceiling.

"Julie!" He grunts quietly. "I can lend you the power. The power you need to protect her." An ominous voice says in Percival's head as his eyes begin to glow a bright red. "Yes that's it, let me out. Your anger. Your pain. Release it all on this fool." The ominous voice continues as Percival's eyes begin glow a bright eerie crimson. His pupils turn into slits like that of a snake. His skin turns to a dark gray. He slowly gets to his feet. "Did you really think you could sneak up on me? The punishment for such foolishness shall be death." Morgrim says. Percival's hair turns silver as morgrim begins slowly closing his hand into a fist. Julie screams in excruciating pain as she feels her bones being slowly crushed. Percival appears in front of Morgrim and yells in anger grabbing him by the throat with one hand. Julie's screams stop as the force crushing her stops and she begins plummeting down towards the floor. Percival looks over at her. "Julie!" He gasps. He throws Morgrim aside and leaps towards Julie with extreme speed. "I'll catch you!" He exclaims. "What are you doing!? You're supposed to kill him! Forget about the girl!" The voice exclaims. "I won't let you control me anymore! Not if it means that those I care about get hurt!" Percival exclaims in his head as he leaps up to catch Julie in midair. "My friends were there for me whenever I needed them most! So now I'll be there for them!" Percival thinks to himself as he catches Julie in his arms. Samuel looks in awe. "I can't believe it! He's suppressed the demon's magic!" He thinks to himself as he smiles. "I knew you had it in ya buddy." T-card thinks to himself as he smiles. "This aura it's not evil anymore. It's Percival's even though he's in demon form." Julie thinks to herself as she lets out a sigh of relief and smiles. Percival looks down at Julie and smiles as he lands on the ground.