No Storm Lasts Forever, a DND inspired story, by Allan Concillado

Chapter Four: The Storm Giant King, Part Four

     The tower hovered above a huge castle settled on a large flat mountain. It was made out of bricks, stones, and skulls of unknown creatures, but most of them seem humanoid. The mountain seemed to be leveled out by a large explosion. The castle had many towers that reached towards the clouds. On top of the tallest tower, a humanoid being stood there.
    
     "Did you come here to die? If so, you should have done it at home! It would have saved me the trouble of killing you all," the humanoid being yelled.

     "Solul..." Zephyr spoke his name with rage. "The storm giant king."

     "What kind of name is that?" Slayer laughed.

     "Ah, Zephyr, the infamous traitor of our race. You insane maniac, blaming me for whatever that 'VoIcE' told you I would do!"

     Ledias went forward. "You will never be a god, for this is only one god in this endless universe, and you are not him!"

     Solul laughed. "We shall see about that. I am already a god, and whatever nonsense that idiotic manipulative giant put into your mind, that crap is not true. He's insane, always been ever since his grandma led him astray!" He jumped from the tower while digging his fingers into the buildings side, slowing his decent. As he landed on the ground, he yelled in an unknown language. An army of giants came storming out of the castle. Fire giants, hill giants, cloud giants, storm giants, and one very large fire giant who stood at Solul's side.

     "Here, let me propose a compromise for the both of us." He pointed at Zephyr. "Kill yourself right here in front of me, and I will free those you have led astray with your lies and insanity," Solul suggested.

     "You bastard! Zephyr isn't insane, you are!" Ledias yelled

     Solul shook his head. "You poor, poor children. You have been blinded by his lies. I will set you free from this cloud of deception.

     "Liar!" Zephyr yelled in anger and threw rocks at him. "I will make sure that you will never rule this beloved world of ours!" His voice cracked and his hands shook. His eyes twirled madly as he scrambled his hair.

     Solul chuckled. "This world was ours to begin with, you... things, just live in it. Zephyr, you mad giant, you were like a brother to me, but now I don't even know who you are anymore. Surrender now, and I may spare your life." He clapped his hands and the humongous giants came forward. They were only about six feet tall, but then they suddenly grew in size, ranging from 12-40 feet tall. The largest one, the fire giant, had two shields at its side and stood 40 feet tall. He dug into the ground and pulled out a large mass of dirt and rubble and chucked it at the tower. The clump of debris soared through the air and slammed into the tower, destroying the second and third floor of the building. The navigation orb also got destroyed, making the aircraft spiral downwards towards the ground.

     "Brace for impact!" Phil ordered, so the party grabbed onto the giant as the tower slammed into the mountain. They fell down to the ground as dust encircled them.

     Ledias sat up first. "Is everyone okay?"

     "Oh no! My griffins!" Zephyr cried. Blood and feathers littered the first floor of the tower. "Oh, my poor, poor babies."

     "Now is not the time for this, Zephyr!" Phil yelled. He didn't know who to trust anymore, but they already got this far, so they had no choice but to keep pushing forward to see the end. He got up and started to give orders. "Orinus and Cyprus, go and pour oil near the middle of the battlefield. This will make a wall of fire to give us time. Slayer and Sorvex, cover the flank of the tower. Get your magical items ready!"

     Ledias drank one of the three containers with the purified pixie dust inside them. She then cast Find Steed. A magic circle laid down on the ground and three mushes of matter bubbled and grew into three large heads, and then the body formed too. Out came a mighty hydra out of the magic circle. It roared and was ready to heed to Ledias's commands.