Saga Of The Celestial Warriors

THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

It was already morning and Leon was approaching Blueberry Town after riding for a day and night, after the separation of his companions. The village was small and contained a warehouse, an artesian moat, some houses and an inn made of rustic wooden planks. There was a wheat field in which the few people who lived in the city worked on. Leon goes to the inn exhausted from his trip. An old lady answers him.

"Greetings" says Leon and he nods respectfully. "I need you to take care of these horses and also a room and a meal." says the exhausted Leon removing his helmet.

"It will be five gold coins per night, meal and bath included!" says the lady. Leon just nods and hands over the coins. "Just go up the stairs, in the empty room. It is the second to the right. Can't miss it!" says the lady pointing to the stairs.

Exhausted, Leon falls on the bed and sleeps like a rock until the golden twilight appears in the skies. When he gets up he goes down the stairs still sleepy.

"I'm going to serve your meal, young man. If you want to shower first, go to that door behind you. We have hot water." the old lady leaves the counter and goes to the kitchen to prepare the meal for Leon.

Leon goes to the bathroom and starts to undress his armor and clothes and he leans his big spear and his trident on the wall. The water of the bathtub was relaxing for his strong, muscular body, full of combat scars, but his thoughts kept going on. He thought about the welfare of his companions and analyzed every detail of the battle with that unknown creature. He was thinking about alternatives to blows and defenses and was doing several different simulations of that combat. He looked at his weapons against the wall and then at the ceiling. After bathing, Leon puts on his armor and puts his spear and trident on his back and goes out to eat his meal, and then leaves.

"Here's the food!" the lady serves Leon who starts eating immediately

After eating, Leon looks at the window and sees that it is already night. His anger intensifies at the thought of the damn creatures that could be hunting Hilbert and also thought of killing Napoleon. Leon leaves and goes to his horse when he observes a messenger eagle in the sky. Henry whistles and the eagle lands on his arm. He removes the paper from the eagle's claws and reads it. The fury in his eyes intensifies even more. The patrolman tears up the paper with the message:

"LIVING DEAD ARE ATTACKING SOUTHTOWN! SEND REINFORCEMENTS IMMEDIATELY"

Leon gives one of those speed potions to his horse and heads south. He knew that if the eagle reached Whitecastle there would be many questions about the prince's whereabouts. If he could not avoid the tragedy, he would send another more discreet message directly to Daniela. After a few hours, he arrives in the city and observes the panic that has set in it. A legion of undead in old Whitecastle and Southstar armor was killing people and destroying the city. He thought that attack was aimed at his Commander, for if they were still together it would be the approximate time they would be in South Town to head to Southbridge afterwards. Leon rages and begins to focus on eliminating the undead. With great speed his body and his spear that emanated the element of light rotated as he attacked many enemies. He channeled his entire aura into his spear. The enemies were shattered and fell to pieces wherever that attack passed. It even looked like a tornado due to the speed and strength of the attacks. After defeating many enemies the city was almost clear of the undead, and Leon was watching his brigade mate, Lars, surrounded. With great speed, the warrior pierces five undead into his spear and then throws them at the enemies that were surrounding Lars, therefore saving his friend from a certain death.

"Leon! By the mercy of the gods! Glad you are here!" Lars exclaims with some relief. "A horde of undead appeared out of nowhere at nightfall! We don't know what's going on."