Cyril reappeared standing suddenly next to Alissa. Everyone around her was stunned, but she merely held his hand and smiled.
"How did your mission go?" she asked, showing concern.
"Everyone in StarRock, dead. Even Kyra" he said as he took out Kyra's skin to show her and wept.
She hugged him and took him to her room and wept together. She kissed him and comforted him as he hugged Kyra's skin in dispair.
Suddenly a loud boom was heard, shocking everyone. The battle has arrived to Elvenstar.
Thor appeared from the Nexus and immediately flew towards the sound of the battle. Cyril and Alissa flew together holding hands using their wind powers. Alissa synced with Cyril perfectly as if they practiced together for years.
As they landed near the city walls, they noticed that the walls have already been breached, and Thor was standing in the hole, holding back an entire army of demons.
Several skinless bombs screamed and ran towards the walls, making more holes on the walls as they killed themselves.
Instantly, vines spread out from his body at an astonishing rate and within seconds, covered the whole battle field.
Lotus flowers shot up devouring all the demons in sight, numbering several hundred..
Cyril screamed as his clothes disintegrated and his body felt like it was about to explode. He looked at Alissa desperately and shouted "Nexus...." and he disappeared.
She was stunned for a second, then she understood and entered the Nexus.
She found Cyril glowing brightly as he was about to explode. Alissa couldn't get near him as the heat he was radiating was too intense.
Suddenly, a green woman appeared and instantly kissed him, joining him as one. Alissa gasped, not knowing what to do, seeing another strange woman joined with her future husband.
But she could see that his energies were being absorbed by the green woman as they were joined. However, after a while, the green woman screamed in pain. She grabbed Cyril's indestructible belt that he still wore to keep on him, but eventually she fell off his body in pain. "Too much, we need another receptor" the green woman said.
Cyril started screaming again as his Merchantile ring burst open, and then the bracelet also burst apart. Instantly, Violet, Kyra's empty skin and skinless bodies appeared.
"This one can absorb the heat", the Nepenthia stated as her vines grabbed Violet's unconscious body and joined her with Cyril's body. Violet's eyes popped open and started screaming, tears coming out of her eyes.
She looked down and saw Cyril's face grimacing in pain as she started absorbing his access energies,
The heat resided and Alissa could get closer to Cyril, still baffled and not knowing what to do. Violet's body grew bigger and bigger, from her original 5 feet to around 5 feet 8 before she too fell off, clutching herself in pain.
Nepenthia's vines grabbed Alissa roughly and shoved her onto Cyril, forcing her body to join Cyril's. She screamed in pain as she absorbed the life energies from him.
By now, Alissa was filled to the brim, but fortunately Cyril was already able to handle the energies as it was at a level he could now control.
Alissa simply fell off Cyril's body, unable to take anymore, clutching her body in pain on the floor.
Slowly, Cyril got up and looked at Nepenthia, Violet and Alissa "Thank you" he said as he approached Alissa and hugged her.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Chapter 31: The 6th Layer of Hell
They entered the realm of demons and found the place filled with fire and brimstone. They were in a large building of some sort, and their entrance shocked the demons that were there.
They killed the demons in the room and started exploring the place. The room next to it was filled with weapons and torn clothes.
Cyril recognized the clothes to be the ones the Asgardian goddesses and valkyries were wearing.
He also found Kyra's staff of life and amulet of protection. Her silkweaver undergarments were there too. He quickly kept all of Kyra's possessions and continued looking around.
In the next room, the demons had the Asgadian goddesses and valkyries tied up and were having their way with them as vines suddenly came out of the ground and ate all the demons in the room.
Cyril and Thor released the Asgardians and they reclaimed their weapons and clothes. Together they continued exploring the place, killing all the demons they found.
Drasul reanimated the demons who then proceeded to stand guard, protecting their way back to the portal.
They found a room where demons were beating up and torturing the dwarf brothers, but the brothers merely smiled and took the beating with pride. Thor smashed both demons, rendering them into minced meat, and freed the brothers.
In the last room within the building, they found Hela, bound naked to a table as a demon was torturing her.
Instantly a lotus shot up from the floor, devouring the screaming demon as Cyril released Hela.
"How could a mere demon capture you?" he asked as he gave her a hug.
"They didn't act alone. It was the Dread.... the same force that attacked Asgard" she whispered grimly.
As this was the last room, and he didn't want to go out of the building to fight the entire realm of demons, he decided to get out of there.
The whole group walked back to the portal room. Cyril destroyed the runes that created the portal, closing it permanently. He then opened the Nexus and everyone stepped inside.
Cyril reappeared at Elendil, coming out of Fenrir's bag. The battle was over, and the monster army stood still like giant statues standing virgil outside the city walls, with multiple demons dead at their feet.
The people of Elendil cheered from the inside, but nobody dared approach the large monsters.
Cyril walked in and went directly to Brightstar. "I see the battle is over" Cyril said.
"Thanks to your forces, yes we made it. I see the demons have stopped coming. Was it your doing?" Brightstar asked.
"Yes, I've closed the portal at StarRock. But there are probably demons still around between here to StarRock. I'll take care of them" Cyril replied as he waved his hand and the monster army started their march towards what was once StarRock Academy, killing every demon they saw in their path.
"What of StarRock and the students? Your friend Kyra?" Brightstar asked.
"There's no one left alive in StarRock. Kyra... Kyra was most probably killed" Cyril answered softly.
"I've got to go. Elvenstar is most likely facing the demons now" he continued.
Brightstar shook his hand "Good luck Cyril. I wish you well" he smiled weakly.
Cyril nodded and disappeared into the Nexus in front of Brightstar.
They killed the demons in the room and started exploring the place. The room next to it was filled with weapons and torn clothes.
Cyril recognized the clothes to be the ones the Asgardian goddesses and valkyries were wearing.
He also found Kyra's staff of life and amulet of protection. Her silkweaver undergarments were there too. He quickly kept all of Kyra's possessions and continued looking around.
In the next room, the demons had the Asgadian goddesses and valkyries tied up and were having their way with them as vines suddenly came out of the ground and ate all the demons in the room.
Cyril and Thor released the Asgardians and they reclaimed their weapons and clothes. Together they continued exploring the place, killing all the demons they found.
Drasul reanimated the demons who then proceeded to stand guard, protecting their way back to the portal.
They found a room where demons were beating up and torturing the dwarf brothers, but the brothers merely smiled and took the beating with pride. Thor smashed both demons, rendering them into minced meat, and freed the brothers.
In the last room within the building, they found Hela, bound naked to a table as a demon was torturing her.
Instantly a lotus shot up from the floor, devouring the screaming demon as Cyril released Hela.
"How could a mere demon capture you?" he asked as he gave her a hug.
"They didn't act alone. It was the Dread.... the same force that attacked Asgard" she whispered grimly.
As this was the last room, and he didn't want to go out of the building to fight the entire realm of demons, he decided to get out of there.
The whole group walked back to the portal room. Cyril destroyed the runes that created the portal, closing it permanently. He then opened the Nexus and everyone stepped inside.
Cyril reappeared at Elendil, coming out of Fenrir's bag. The battle was over, and the monster army stood still like giant statues standing virgil outside the city walls, with multiple demons dead at their feet.
The people of Elendil cheered from the inside, but nobody dared approach the large monsters.
Cyril walked in and went directly to Brightstar. "I see the battle is over" Cyril said.
"Thanks to your forces, yes we made it. I see the demons have stopped coming. Was it your doing?" Brightstar asked.
"Yes, I've closed the portal at StarRock. But there are probably demons still around between here to StarRock. I'll take care of them" Cyril replied as he waved his hand and the monster army started their march towards what was once StarRock Academy, killing every demon they saw in their path.
"What of StarRock and the students? Your friend Kyra?" Brightstar asked.
"There's no one left alive in StarRock. Kyra... Kyra was most probably killed" Cyril answered softly.
"I've got to go. Elvenstar is most likely facing the demons now" he continued.
Brightstar shook his hand "Good luck Cyril. I wish you well" he smiled weakly.
Cyril nodded and disappeared into the Nexus in front of Brightstar.
Chapter 30: StarRock Destroyed
With Cyril assisting its flight, the eagle took a day to reach StarRock, and it was already late in the evening.
He could see StarRock was completely in ruins. There were no humans around and it was swarming with demons.
Cyril unleashed Thor, who used his full might and started smashing demons to bits. Cyril saw a huge portal near the center of StarRock and jumped off the eagle, landing close to the portal.
As he approached, vines exited his body and he rode on a large vine as vines started spreading filling up the area, destroying all demons nearby.
He saw human skins everywhere. The skins had a large cut through the back and it appeared that the men and women inside were peeled out of their skins.
As he travelled towards the large portal, he stopped and picked up a familiar looking skin. Besides the cruel cut across the back, the skin was flawless and its brown hair flowed past its shoulders.
Cyril refused to believe it and instantly inflated the skin to see what it looked like fully filled. It was Kyra's naked skin, her shape and size matched exactly.
His tears rolled down his face as he suddenly heard a loud roar approaching him. A strange looking demon, 20 feet tall walked towards him. It had the shape of a large humanoid, with two arms and two legs, but its skin was sewn together from the bodies of the humans it took.
Cyril recognized Glorian's bearded face among the skins sewn together, the creatures black liquid mass moving beneath the skin could be seen through the empty eyes and mouth of Glorian and the other people sewn together.
The demon started attacking Cyril with all the different elements, which Cyril deflected with ease. It roared in frustration and charged towards Cyril.
Cyril blocked and held him in place with his vines. The demon was very powerful, and even appeared to shake off the vines. Instantly, Cyril shot a vine up the demon's back, trying to reach for it's organs, but it appeared the demon didn't have any and was completely made of liquid under the skins.
Cyril shot several vines into the demon's mouth and up its back and expanded the vines, making the demon explode, its liquid form gushed out as the skins tore apart.
The demon reformed again and roared at Cyril. "No, not like that" a voice said in Cyril's ear. "May I feed?" she asked. It was Nepenthia, and Cyril nodded.
Instantly out of the ground a huge lotus shaped flower appeared under the demon and gobbled it up like a venus fly trap.Then it disappeared underground again.
All over StarRock, the ground was now covered with vines and suddenly at once, lotus shaped flowers appeared all over, gobbling up every single demon.
Cyril felt a huge swell of energy within him as he absorbed the life force of all the demons in StarRock.
It was too much power, and he felt as if his body was about to explode.
There were several hundred demons, and Cyril screamed in pain as all his clothes disintegrated on his body.
"Let me help you" said Nepenthia as she appeared from his body and kissed him. He felt the burned lessened as some of the lifeforce was absorbed as she kissed him.
She joined with him and as their bodies became one, she absorbed nearly all the life force absorbed from the demons.
Cyril lay exhausted as Nepenthia stretched her beautiful body, smiling at him. "With that meal, I won't need to feed for a while" she said as she kissed him and then disappeared into his body again.
Cyril got up and looked at the portal that was still open. Thor was standing near the portal, with several dead bodies of demons all around him.
Cyril summoned Drasul and together with Thor, they entered the portal.
He could see StarRock was completely in ruins. There were no humans around and it was swarming with demons.
Cyril unleashed Thor, who used his full might and started smashing demons to bits. Cyril saw a huge portal near the center of StarRock and jumped off the eagle, landing close to the portal.
As he approached, vines exited his body and he rode on a large vine as vines started spreading filling up the area, destroying all demons nearby.
He saw human skins everywhere. The skins had a large cut through the back and it appeared that the men and women inside were peeled out of their skins.
As he travelled towards the large portal, he stopped and picked up a familiar looking skin. Besides the cruel cut across the back, the skin was flawless and its brown hair flowed past its shoulders.
Cyril refused to believe it and instantly inflated the skin to see what it looked like fully filled. It was Kyra's naked skin, her shape and size matched exactly.
His tears rolled down his face as he suddenly heard a loud roar approaching him. A strange looking demon, 20 feet tall walked towards him. It had the shape of a large humanoid, with two arms and two legs, but its skin was sewn together from the bodies of the humans it took.
Cyril recognized Glorian's bearded face among the skins sewn together, the creatures black liquid mass moving beneath the skin could be seen through the empty eyes and mouth of Glorian and the other people sewn together.
The demon started attacking Cyril with all the different elements, which Cyril deflected with ease. It roared in frustration and charged towards Cyril.
Cyril blocked and held him in place with his vines. The demon was very powerful, and even appeared to shake off the vines. Instantly, Cyril shot a vine up the demon's back, trying to reach for it's organs, but it appeared the demon didn't have any and was completely made of liquid under the skins.
Cyril shot several vines into the demon's mouth and up its back and expanded the vines, making the demon explode, its liquid form gushed out as the skins tore apart.
The demon reformed again and roared at Cyril. "No, not like that" a voice said in Cyril's ear. "May I feed?" she asked. It was Nepenthia, and Cyril nodded.
Instantly out of the ground a huge lotus shaped flower appeared under the demon and gobbled it up like a venus fly trap.Then it disappeared underground again.
All over StarRock, the ground was now covered with vines and suddenly at once, lotus shaped flowers appeared all over, gobbling up every single demon.
Cyril felt a huge swell of energy within him as he absorbed the life force of all the demons in StarRock.
It was too much power, and he felt as if his body was about to explode.
There were several hundred demons, and Cyril screamed in pain as all his clothes disintegrated on his body.
"Let me help you" said Nepenthia as she appeared from his body and kissed him. He felt the burned lessened as some of the lifeforce was absorbed as she kissed him.
She joined with him and as their bodies became one, she absorbed nearly all the life force absorbed from the demons.
Cyril lay exhausted as Nepenthia stretched her beautiful body, smiling at him. "With that meal, I won't need to feed for a while" she said as she kissed him and then disappeared into his body again.
Cyril got up and looked at the portal that was still open. Thor was standing near the portal, with several dead bodies of demons all around him.
Cyril summoned Drasul and together with Thor, they entered the portal.
Chapter 29: Elendil Ablaze
He arrived to a Elendil that was completely in flames. The gates were closed and the walls were in tatters, but the humans were still defending the walls.
Several hundred meters away, the demon army had a camp set up, with flames everywhere. The demons brought out several boxes and opened them, facing the city. People stumbled out in the darkness and walked like zombies towards the city. But they looked different...
He watched in horror as what looked like men and women without their skins scream at the top of their voices and charge the walls from outside, their bodies engulfed with an element. As they reached the walls, they exploded in flames, or water, wind or earth, killing themselves and destroying the wall and the lives defending it.
Cyril and Thor jumped down and landed right next to Brightstar. "About time you showed up. Is help coming from Elvenstar?" Brightstar asked hopefully.
"No, we only just got news as the demons attacked Elanil from this direction" Cyril answered.
"Damn. Then our messenger we sent never reached?" Brightstar continued asking.
"No. I only got here fast because of my mode of transport" Cyril answered. "Have you seen my friend Kyra?" he asked in return.
"No, I assume she was in StarRock. We haven't seen her in weeks. StarRock is probably as heavily guarded as here" Brightstar answered.
Cyril nodded hopefully. Suddenly they heard a loud scream from a familiar sounding voice. They looked into the distance as what looked like a skinless man was engulfed in a huge flame. He must have been a very powerful fire weaver. Instead of running, he flew into the air and shot towards the wall like a meteor, causing a gigantic explosion, completely destroying the wall and knocking Brightstar and Cyril to the floor.
"That... that was Glorian!" yelled Brightstar as he held his bleeding ears. Cyril's eyes opened wide in horror. If that was Glorian, what about Kyra?
As he thought that, the large army of demons started charging towards the large hole in the wall caused by Glorian's suicide.
He instantly flew towards the demon camp, and in mid air, he unleashed Thor and the monster army that started defending the city.
Thor flew with Cyril, defending him from attacks. In the meantime, the city was guarded by two huge dragons, Fenrir the giant wolf, the giant fire demon Surtur and the ice demon Ymir. Each monster started plowing through the demons, killing several in each strike. He threw his son Fenrir a bag of holding for him to travel back later.
By now, Cyril had landed in the camp and saw several boxes. In horror, he opened them one by one, but as he opened them, men and women with insane eyes looked at him and started screaming. Not wanting to detonate them, he stored them into his bracelet in suspended animation.
Kyra wasn't here. He summoned Thor and touched his hammer Mjolnir again, and instantly both were transported back to the StarRock.
He summoned his eagle and both of them alighted it and rushed to StarRock with the wind assisting them.
Several hundred meters away, the demon army had a camp set up, with flames everywhere. The demons brought out several boxes and opened them, facing the city. People stumbled out in the darkness and walked like zombies towards the city. But they looked different...
He watched in horror as what looked like men and women without their skins scream at the top of their voices and charge the walls from outside, their bodies engulfed with an element. As they reached the walls, they exploded in flames, or water, wind or earth, killing themselves and destroying the wall and the lives defending it.
Cyril and Thor jumped down and landed right next to Brightstar. "About time you showed up. Is help coming from Elvenstar?" Brightstar asked hopefully.
"No, we only just got news as the demons attacked Elanil from this direction" Cyril answered.
"Damn. Then our messenger we sent never reached?" Brightstar continued asking.
"No. I only got here fast because of my mode of transport" Cyril answered. "Have you seen my friend Kyra?" he asked in return.
"No, I assume she was in StarRock. We haven't seen her in weeks. StarRock is probably as heavily guarded as here" Brightstar answered.
Cyril nodded hopefully. Suddenly they heard a loud scream from a familiar sounding voice. They looked into the distance as what looked like a skinless man was engulfed in a huge flame. He must have been a very powerful fire weaver. Instead of running, he flew into the air and shot towards the wall like a meteor, causing a gigantic explosion, completely destroying the wall and knocking Brightstar and Cyril to the floor.
"That... that was Glorian!" yelled Brightstar as he held his bleeding ears. Cyril's eyes opened wide in horror. If that was Glorian, what about Kyra?
As he thought that, the large army of demons started charging towards the large hole in the wall caused by Glorian's suicide.
He instantly flew towards the demon camp, and in mid air, he unleashed Thor and the monster army that started defending the city.
Thor flew with Cyril, defending him from attacks. In the meantime, the city was guarded by two huge dragons, Fenrir the giant wolf, the giant fire demon Surtur and the ice demon Ymir. Each monster started plowing through the demons, killing several in each strike. He threw his son Fenrir a bag of holding for him to travel back later.
By now, Cyril had landed in the camp and saw several boxes. In horror, he opened them one by one, but as he opened them, men and women with insane eyes looked at him and started screaming. Not wanting to detonate them, he stored them into his bracelet in suspended animation.
Kyra wasn't here. He summoned Thor and touched his hammer Mjolnir again, and instantly both were transported back to the StarRock.
He summoned his eagle and both of them alighted it and rushed to StarRock with the wind assisting them.
Chapter 28: Elvenstar
Cyril landed somewhere in the Grimdeath Forest where they were originally abducted. He found a clean lake and took Alissa out from his bracelet.
He quickly put his lips onto hers and suck the paralyzing fluid out of her mouth and nose. He spit out the fluid, feeling his lips go numb. He then started trying to revive her by blowing into her mouth and pushing on her naked chest. She was still covered in the paralyzing liquid and his hands were turning numb.
She opened her eyes as she felt his lips on hers, and felt him touch her chest and pumped air into her lungs, but was still unable to move or talk.
Looking that she was conscious, Cyril smiled and picked her up to the nearby water, and gently washed the paralyzing fluids off her body and as he did.
He then brought her back to shore and took out clothes from the Nexus and a cloth to dry her body.
"We....we're alive" she exclaimed as she slowly sat up. "Thank you" she embraced him as she gave him a passionate kiss. He felt himself getting aroused as she kissed and embraced him.
She rolled onto him and got on top of him. As he sat on him, they were merged as one. Cyril gasped as she kissed him again, and continued for hours.
Alissa laid in Cyril's arms, exhausted. "You were my first. In Elven customs, it means you will be my Shan La, my husband. We will have to be married" she stated.
Cyril was stunned. "You look conflicted... is it because of that other girl with you, Kyra Silkweaver?" Alissa asked, her beautiful eyes staring into his. "In a way, yes Kyra is an issue. But also, I though you and Brightstar....." Cyril stammered.
"Layton and I are nothing more than friends. He may have had a crush on me. But he is too young for me" she laughed.
"But I'm 16!" Cyril stated. "Not in my eyes. I can see your soul. You are not 16 any more than I am, are you?" she smiled knowingly. "And don't worry. I am not the jealous type if you have more lovers than me. After all, my race is extremely long lived".
Cyril nodded and smiled. Indeed the elves are a mysterious race and were wise beyond men. She kissed him again and they got up and dressed. He summoned his own gigantic eagle, and both of them alighted it as they flew towards Elvenstar.
"What happened in that dimension of vines?" Alissa asked as they held hands. "That ability is mine now" he said with authority, as vines appeared from behind him, hovering in the air menacingly.
Alissa got frightened and let his hand go for a while, before holding his hand again, seeing Cyril fully control the vines. Then the vines disappeared from behind him.
She wondered what powers this mysterious being had. She had heard from Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock that he had unique abilities. She embraced him again and kissed him, as they continued on their way.
Their huge eagle eventually arrived at Elvenstarm capital of the Elvan Nation of Elanil. They rushed to meet her father, the legendary King Aruthal.
As they entered the throne room, King Aruthal rushed towards them and gave Alissa a large hug. "Where have you been? You were supposed to arrive days ago." he asked with relief.
"Its a long story father. I want you to meet Cyril.... my Shan La." she said softly in a shy manner. "Your Shan La?" King Aruthal asked and looked at Cyril with wise eyes that seemed to pierce his soul.
"You...interest me future son in law" he said without even questioning why Alissa chose such a young looking teen. "Now tell me what happened during the trip"
Cyril told the story briefly, not revealing too much about his own powers. He explained how the other elves died on the other reality. Finally he asked for help with Violet.
The Elven healers appeared upon being summoned and Cyril revealed the comatose Violet. They examined her, but even their magics could not heal her. Disappointed, Cyril again kept her in suspended animation in his bracelet.
"I am sorry we cannot be of help. However, there is also an issue of a wedding to organise" King Aruthal declared.
"Damn, this wedding thing is moving so fast. How did this happen? I better talk to Kyra" Cyril thought to himself.
"Excuse me for a second" Cyril said, and suddenly vanished into the Nexus to the shock of all the Elves. To them, he simply vanished without a trace.
Cyril entered the Nexus and went to Kyra's portal, but the portal was closed. It was as if Kyra's bag of holding was destroyed.
He immediately reappeared in Elvenstar again and asked urgently "Is there any news from Erendil or StarRock?".
"No, why are you asking?" asked King Aruthal, sensing his urgency. Suddenly a messenger sprinted across the hall and passed a note to the King. He read it and his face became grim.
"We have been attacked from the direction of Erandalusia. The borders are being overrun with what appears to be demons" he said grimly.
"Demons? How can demons come from Erandalusia" asked Alissa in a concerned tone. "I think Erandalusia has been taken over" Cyril stated grimly.
"I hope we can leave the wedding for later. I have to return" Cyril said urgently.
Alissa and Aruthal nodded. Alissa embraced him and kissed him. "When will you leave?" she asked gently.
"I will be there now. Defend your borders, and hopefully I will meet you from that side" he said as he reluctantly let her go.
He took her hand and they both disappeared into the Nexus. Seeing that they will be bound, Cyril handed Alissa a Nexus bag, explaining the Nexus. She was shocked when she saw his monster army and Thor standing ready.
Explaining how the Nexus bag works, Alissa understood instantly and slowly kissed him goodbye. She understood that he needed to go and she had to stay at Elvenstar. She exited the Nexus and appeared suddenly next to her surprised father.
Cyril then ran towards the Hela's portal, but discovered that it too was destroyed. So was all the portals to the goddesses and dwarves.
"How could that be? Are there no portals to Erandalusia left?" he thought. He suddenly had an idea. He summoned Thor and as he came, he put his hand no Mjolnir, manipulating the space time energy on Mjolnir. As he did, he was teleported to the Star Rock in the Grimdeath Forest, between Elendil and StarRock Academy.
He summoned his eagle and Thor and they flew towards Elendil. The Grimdeath Forest was on fire, and the stench of death was everywhere as dead carcasses of creatures were all over the blackened forest floor.
He didn't know where Kyra was, so he decided to go towards Elendil and commanded the eagle to fly there as fast as it could. He used his wind abilities to hasten the flight, taking only half a day rather than 2 days from where he was.
He quickly put his lips onto hers and suck the paralyzing fluid out of her mouth and nose. He spit out the fluid, feeling his lips go numb. He then started trying to revive her by blowing into her mouth and pushing on her naked chest. She was still covered in the paralyzing liquid and his hands were turning numb.
She opened her eyes as she felt his lips on hers, and felt him touch her chest and pumped air into her lungs, but was still unable to move or talk.
Looking that she was conscious, Cyril smiled and picked her up to the nearby water, and gently washed the paralyzing fluids off her body and as he did.
He then brought her back to shore and took out clothes from the Nexus and a cloth to dry her body.
"We....we're alive" she exclaimed as she slowly sat up. "Thank you" she embraced him as she gave him a passionate kiss. He felt himself getting aroused as she kissed and embraced him.
She rolled onto him and got on top of him. As he sat on him, they were merged as one. Cyril gasped as she kissed him again, and continued for hours.
Alissa laid in Cyril's arms, exhausted. "You were my first. In Elven customs, it means you will be my Shan La, my husband. We will have to be married" she stated.
Cyril was stunned. "You look conflicted... is it because of that other girl with you, Kyra Silkweaver?" Alissa asked, her beautiful eyes staring into his. "In a way, yes Kyra is an issue. But also, I though you and Brightstar....." Cyril stammered.
"Layton and I are nothing more than friends. He may have had a crush on me. But he is too young for me" she laughed.
"But I'm 16!" Cyril stated. "Not in my eyes. I can see your soul. You are not 16 any more than I am, are you?" she smiled knowingly. "And don't worry. I am not the jealous type if you have more lovers than me. After all, my race is extremely long lived".
Cyril nodded and smiled. Indeed the elves are a mysterious race and were wise beyond men. She kissed him again and they got up and dressed. He summoned his own gigantic eagle, and both of them alighted it as they flew towards Elvenstar.
"What happened in that dimension of vines?" Alissa asked as they held hands. "That ability is mine now" he said with authority, as vines appeared from behind him, hovering in the air menacingly.
Alissa got frightened and let his hand go for a while, before holding his hand again, seeing Cyril fully control the vines. Then the vines disappeared from behind him.
She wondered what powers this mysterious being had. She had heard from Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock that he had unique abilities. She embraced him again and kissed him, as they continued on their way.
Their huge eagle eventually arrived at Elvenstarm capital of the Elvan Nation of Elanil. They rushed to meet her father, the legendary King Aruthal.
As they entered the throne room, King Aruthal rushed towards them and gave Alissa a large hug. "Where have you been? You were supposed to arrive days ago." he asked with relief.
"Its a long story father. I want you to meet Cyril.... my Shan La." she said softly in a shy manner. "Your Shan La?" King Aruthal asked and looked at Cyril with wise eyes that seemed to pierce his soul.
"You...interest me future son in law" he said without even questioning why Alissa chose such a young looking teen. "Now tell me what happened during the trip"
Cyril told the story briefly, not revealing too much about his own powers. He explained how the other elves died on the other reality. Finally he asked for help with Violet.
The Elven healers appeared upon being summoned and Cyril revealed the comatose Violet. They examined her, but even their magics could not heal her. Disappointed, Cyril again kept her in suspended animation in his bracelet.
"I am sorry we cannot be of help. However, there is also an issue of a wedding to organise" King Aruthal declared.
"Damn, this wedding thing is moving so fast. How did this happen? I better talk to Kyra" Cyril thought to himself.
"Excuse me for a second" Cyril said, and suddenly vanished into the Nexus to the shock of all the Elves. To them, he simply vanished without a trace.
Cyril entered the Nexus and went to Kyra's portal, but the portal was closed. It was as if Kyra's bag of holding was destroyed.
He immediately reappeared in Elvenstar again and asked urgently "Is there any news from Erendil or StarRock?".
"No, why are you asking?" asked King Aruthal, sensing his urgency. Suddenly a messenger sprinted across the hall and passed a note to the King. He read it and his face became grim.
"We have been attacked from the direction of Erandalusia. The borders are being overrun with what appears to be demons" he said grimly.
"Demons? How can demons come from Erandalusia" asked Alissa in a concerned tone. "I think Erandalusia has been taken over" Cyril stated grimly.
"I hope we can leave the wedding for later. I have to return" Cyril said urgently.
Alissa and Aruthal nodded. Alissa embraced him and kissed him. "When will you leave?" she asked gently.
"I will be there now. Defend your borders, and hopefully I will meet you from that side" he said as he reluctantly let her go.
He took her hand and they both disappeared into the Nexus. Seeing that they will be bound, Cyril handed Alissa a Nexus bag, explaining the Nexus. She was shocked when she saw his monster army and Thor standing ready.
Explaining how the Nexus bag works, Alissa understood instantly and slowly kissed him goodbye. She understood that he needed to go and she had to stay at Elvenstar. She exited the Nexus and appeared suddenly next to her surprised father.
Cyril then ran towards the Hela's portal, but discovered that it too was destroyed. So was all the portals to the goddesses and dwarves.
"How could that be? Are there no portals to Erandalusia left?" he thought. He suddenly had an idea. He summoned Thor and as he came, he put his hand no Mjolnir, manipulating the space time energy on Mjolnir. As he did, he was teleported to the Star Rock in the Grimdeath Forest, between Elendil and StarRock Academy.
He summoned his eagle and Thor and they flew towards Elendil. The Grimdeath Forest was on fire, and the stench of death was everywhere as dead carcasses of creatures were all over the blackened forest floor.
He didn't know where Kyra was, so he decided to go towards Elendil and commanded the eagle to fly there as fast as it could. He used his wind abilities to hasten the flight, taking only half a day rather than 2 days from where he was.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Chapter 27: Nepenthia
Cyril awoke and found himself trapped inside some form of plant that was secreting chemicals all over his body. The chemicals had paralyzed him and he could no longer move. His breathe was getting shallow too as it was getting difficult to breathe.
He tried to summon wind to protect himself, or to cut himself out, but it was useless. The tried to control the fluid chemical on him like he could control water, but it also failed.
The vines actually radiated with the energy of life, thus it was able to easily heal itself from any elemental attack. He knew that if he couldn't get himself out soon, he would be food for the plant.
He thought about using the opposite energy, the energy of death. But in order to use this energy, he needed the energy to come from somewhere.
Suddenly, he felt someone or something near him die. He reached out and controlled the energy to attack the plant that was engulfing him.
Immediately the plant withered and dropped him to the ground, which was also covered with vines. As he did, many other vines started assailing him. He absorbed the death energy from the plant he just destroyed and started expanding the death energy, killing the next vine and the next.
His body was still paralyzed but he could control the death energy with his mind. Each vine that he attacked with death energy, the whole plant dies, so he could start to see more and more plants dying. He looked to the side and saw a dead elf that must have been the source of the initial death energy.
He cleared a area of 10 meters all around him, all the vines that continued to attack him all withered and perished. Under him he felt water and discovered that he was in a swamp.
He controlled the water to wash off the digestive fluids from his body, and he discovered that he was naked except for his indestructible belt made from Baldur's skin, his bracelet and his Merchantile ring. Every other piece of clothing was dissolved.
He slowly got up and walked blindly towards a random direction, killing all the plants within a 10 meters of him. He couldn't see where he was heading anywhere as vines continuously attacked from all directions.
As he walked, he heard a thud behind him. One of the elves was lying dead, naked and partially digested. He must have fallen from one of the pitchers full of digestive fluids. He shook his head and continued walking.
He wondered what happened to Alissa, if she had already met a similar fate. Collecting the death energies all around him, he suddenly surged his attack and exhausted 90% of all the death energy he had collected. A radius of 500 meters all around him all died.
"Damn" he thought to himself as several other dead elves fell to the ground. If they were not already dead, his release of energy certainly killed them. He absorbed what ever other death energies he could.
As he looked towards the outer ring of dead plants, he noticed one of the pitchers with what looked like someone still inside. He was unable to see who that person was, or even if they were alive or dead, but he rushed over nevertheless and killed the plant.
As the pitcher fell to the ground, Alissa's naked body poured out together with the digestive chemicals of the plant. Cyril immediately rushed over and started cleaning her body of the paralyzing fluids.
She was not breathing and Cyril immediately started giving her CPR, blowing into her pretty mouth and pressing on her naked chest, trying to pump air into her body. Finally, she started breathing, but it was shallow and she was still unconscious.
The vines started attacking again, but he couldn't put up his shield of death indiscriminately without killing Alissa. He immediately placed Alissa into his stasis bracelet together with Violet and started his defensive death shield again.
Suddenly a loud voice boomed from the air "Who dares?" asked a female voice from the distance.
In an instant a large vine approached him with a woman on it. She was naked and had light green skin and dark green hair that was long enough to touch the ground and carried herself with an arrogance that commands fear and respect.
"I dare. I am Cyril Soulsong, who are you?" asked Cyril.
"I am Nepenthia, Master of this Vine and guardian of life in this realm. Why do you bring death here?" she asked with an arrogant tone.
"Guardian of life? You brought death to my companions. Your vines brought us here!" yelled Cyrus.
"Insolence!" cried Nepenthia as she controlled two gigantic vines to smash at him. Although they were as large as the vines that snatched the giant eagle, they withered to nothingness whenever they entered within 50 meters of Cyril.
He summoned Hela and Drasul out of the Nexus, and together they unleashed enormous waves of death evergy, killing everything in sight.
Cyril could only control existing energies, but he could not generate any himself. However, Drasul emanated pure death energy, and Hela was death impersonate.
The swamp turned black with dead plants for 100 km around, leaving nothing alive except for Nepenthia writhing in pain near Cyril. She emanated immensely powerful life energies and was thus not easily killed.
"Please... I submit... spare me and I will serve you..forever" she cried, her beautiful body spasming in pain.
"Why did you attack us?" Cyril demanded
"I... I need powerful life energies to survive but my might is not something to look down on. I devoured everything in this world as I conquered every living thing here. I needed to feed, thats why I attacked your party, as I had with other worlds." she admitted.
"What do you mean you will serve me?" asked Cyril, intrigued.
"I will bind with you, then my body and my vines will be yours forever" she answered.
Cyril raised his hand as Hela and Drasul stopped emitting death energies. The vines were still outside the black circle of dead plants.
Nepenthia got off the ground and walked towards Cyril, who was mesmerized by her beauty.
He got aroused as the beauty embraced him and kissed him passionately. As she did, he felt energies of life flowing into him, healing all his wounds.
"Amazing" he thought as indeed Nepenthia was very powerful in life energies. Suddenly, he felt her engulf her from below as they joined as one. Life energies suddenly flowed between them as they were intertwined physically.
He felt something enter him from the back and merged with his prostate deep in his body. "This is my seed, and where I will dwell for as long as you live" she whispered directly into his mind.
They intertwined for hours, and when they were done, Cyril lay exhausted with Nepenthia laying in his arms.
The entire planet was bare as all the vines disappeared. Only Hela and Drasul stood there still and unmoving. Hela smirked and winked at him "Nice one"
Cyril smiled at her and opened the portal for Hela and Drasul.
Just as he was about to follow them, he suddenly asked Nepenthia "You can open portals to other realms?"
"Yes, portals are not beyond me" she answered. "Can you open a portal to where we were taken?" he asked.
She smiled and held his hand. As she her hand intertwined with his, a huge portal opened.
She disappeared into the seed, and he shut his Nexus portal. Looking at the dead planet, he looked in amazement at how powerful Nepenthia was.
Then he flew himself into the portal.
He tried to summon wind to protect himself, or to cut himself out, but it was useless. The tried to control the fluid chemical on him like he could control water, but it also failed.
The vines actually radiated with the energy of life, thus it was able to easily heal itself from any elemental attack. He knew that if he couldn't get himself out soon, he would be food for the plant.
He thought about using the opposite energy, the energy of death. But in order to use this energy, he needed the energy to come from somewhere.
Suddenly, he felt someone or something near him die. He reached out and controlled the energy to attack the plant that was engulfing him.
Immediately the plant withered and dropped him to the ground, which was also covered with vines. As he did, many other vines started assailing him. He absorbed the death energy from the plant he just destroyed and started expanding the death energy, killing the next vine and the next.
His body was still paralyzed but he could control the death energy with his mind. Each vine that he attacked with death energy, the whole plant dies, so he could start to see more and more plants dying. He looked to the side and saw a dead elf that must have been the source of the initial death energy.
He cleared a area of 10 meters all around him, all the vines that continued to attack him all withered and perished. Under him he felt water and discovered that he was in a swamp.
He controlled the water to wash off the digestive fluids from his body, and he discovered that he was naked except for his indestructible belt made from Baldur's skin, his bracelet and his Merchantile ring. Every other piece of clothing was dissolved.
He slowly got up and walked blindly towards a random direction, killing all the plants within a 10 meters of him. He couldn't see where he was heading anywhere as vines continuously attacked from all directions.
As he walked, he heard a thud behind him. One of the elves was lying dead, naked and partially digested. He must have fallen from one of the pitchers full of digestive fluids. He shook his head and continued walking.
He wondered what happened to Alissa, if she had already met a similar fate. Collecting the death energies all around him, he suddenly surged his attack and exhausted 90% of all the death energy he had collected. A radius of 500 meters all around him all died.
"Damn" he thought to himself as several other dead elves fell to the ground. If they were not already dead, his release of energy certainly killed them. He absorbed what ever other death energies he could.
As he looked towards the outer ring of dead plants, he noticed one of the pitchers with what looked like someone still inside. He was unable to see who that person was, or even if they were alive or dead, but he rushed over nevertheless and killed the plant.
As the pitcher fell to the ground, Alissa's naked body poured out together with the digestive chemicals of the plant. Cyril immediately rushed over and started cleaning her body of the paralyzing fluids.
She was not breathing and Cyril immediately started giving her CPR, blowing into her pretty mouth and pressing on her naked chest, trying to pump air into her body. Finally, she started breathing, but it was shallow and she was still unconscious.
The vines started attacking again, but he couldn't put up his shield of death indiscriminately without killing Alissa. He immediately placed Alissa into his stasis bracelet together with Violet and started his defensive death shield again.
Suddenly a loud voice boomed from the air "Who dares?" asked a female voice from the distance.
In an instant a large vine approached him with a woman on it. She was naked and had light green skin and dark green hair that was long enough to touch the ground and carried herself with an arrogance that commands fear and respect.
"I dare. I am Cyril Soulsong, who are you?" asked Cyril.
"I am Nepenthia, Master of this Vine and guardian of life in this realm. Why do you bring death here?" she asked with an arrogant tone.
"Guardian of life? You brought death to my companions. Your vines brought us here!" yelled Cyrus.
"Insolence!" cried Nepenthia as she controlled two gigantic vines to smash at him. Although they were as large as the vines that snatched the giant eagle, they withered to nothingness whenever they entered within 50 meters of Cyril.
He summoned Hela and Drasul out of the Nexus, and together they unleashed enormous waves of death evergy, killing everything in sight.
Cyril could only control existing energies, but he could not generate any himself. However, Drasul emanated pure death energy, and Hela was death impersonate.
The swamp turned black with dead plants for 100 km around, leaving nothing alive except for Nepenthia writhing in pain near Cyril. She emanated immensely powerful life energies and was thus not easily killed.
"Please... I submit... spare me and I will serve you..forever" she cried, her beautiful body spasming in pain.
"Why did you attack us?" Cyril demanded
"I... I need powerful life energies to survive but my might is not something to look down on. I devoured everything in this world as I conquered every living thing here. I needed to feed, thats why I attacked your party, as I had with other worlds." she admitted.
"What do you mean you will serve me?" asked Cyril, intrigued.
"I will bind with you, then my body and my vines will be yours forever" she answered.
Cyril raised his hand as Hela and Drasul stopped emitting death energies. The vines were still outside the black circle of dead plants.
Nepenthia got off the ground and walked towards Cyril, who was mesmerized by her beauty.
He got aroused as the beauty embraced him and kissed him passionately. As she did, he felt energies of life flowing into him, healing all his wounds.
"Amazing" he thought as indeed Nepenthia was very powerful in life energies. Suddenly, he felt her engulf her from below as they joined as one. Life energies suddenly flowed between them as they were intertwined physically.
He felt something enter him from the back and merged with his prostate deep in his body. "This is my seed, and where I will dwell for as long as you live" she whispered directly into his mind.
They intertwined for hours, and when they were done, Cyril lay exhausted with Nepenthia laying in his arms.
The entire planet was bare as all the vines disappeared. Only Hela and Drasul stood there still and unmoving. Hela smirked and winked at him "Nice one"
Cyril smiled at her and opened the portal for Hela and Drasul.
Just as he was about to follow them, he suddenly asked Nepenthia "You can open portals to other realms?"
"Yes, portals are not beyond me" she answered. "Can you open a portal to where we were taken?" he asked.
She smiled and held his hand. As she her hand intertwined with his, a huge portal opened.
She disappeared into the seed, and he shut his Nexus portal. Looking at the dead planet, he looked in amazement at how powerful Nepenthia was.
Then he flew himself into the portal.
Monday 25 April 2016
Chapter 26: Journey to Elvenstar
Cyril agreed to meet Alissa in the morning and travel to Elvenstar with her.
Cyril had his Valkyries and Kronian's forces looking for their parents. So Cyril wanted to get Violet healed, and going to Elvenstar may accomplish this.
Kyra decided to return to StarRock and continue with her studies, and simultaneously go back and forth with Elendil to monitor the search for their parents.
She would join Cyril by portal once he reached Elvenstar, as she always wanted to visit the legendary city of the elves.
As Cyril joined Alissa on her giant eagle, Kyra departed with Glorian on their eagle to StarRock.
Cyril sat next to Alissa on the royal eagle, which was as large as the eagle that took them to StarRock. They were encompanied by a team of 20 elven windriders, all the personal bodyguards of the princess.
On the journey, Cyril got to know Alissa better. Apparently, she was a 800 year old elf, but she still looked like she was only 20. She was next in line to succeed her father, the legendary King Aruthal of Elanil, the king that has ruled since millenia.
She happily chatted about her time adventuring the world, the most recent being 20 years ago with Layton Brightstar and his team, which also included Glorian, one of the most famous fire weavers in existence.
They flew over the portion of Grimdeath Forest that was within Elanil's boundaries for a couple of days when suddenly they flew into a fierce storm that appeared out of nowhere.
The giant eagle screeched as it tried to escape but it was being sucked into the storm.
Cyril sensed something strange about the storm as time-space energies were flowing all around them. As he looked out, he then understood that the maelstrom was formed by a portal in the eye of the storm.
The elves were all frantically trying to assist the eagle escape the storm by trying to control the wind. Princess Alissa was a famous wind weaver herself, and she too was struggling to assist the eagle escape.
Cyril extended his hands and started bending the wind himself. Although it was not enough to escape the storm, he managed to form a cocoon of wind around the eagle so as not to get shredded by the wind.
Suddenly, a huge vine appeared from within the portal and grabbed the eagle and pulled it into the portal. The portal then closed stranding the elves and Cyril on the other side.
The vine's strength was incredible, it broke through the cocoon easily and crushed the eagle as it screamed its dying breath. Cyril pushed himself and Alissa out of harm's way, but several of the elves were smashed together with the eagle.
Cyril flew using the wind, with Alissa holding his hand as multiple vines appeared and started attacking them. The whole land was covered in vines, and the vines seemed to be sentient were actively attacking them.
They dodged several attacks from the smaller vines. The vines were smaller than the gigantic one that killed the giant eagle, but the vines were still the size of a human limb.
Several elven guards were also flying around them, but one by one they were caught by the vines and pulled into the vine forest below.
Cyril and Princess Alissa flew frantically, hand in hand as all the other elven guards were captured. Finally several vines managed to catch both Cyril and Alissa and they were separated as they were pulled into the underbrush.
Cyril had his Valkyries and Kronian's forces looking for their parents. So Cyril wanted to get Violet healed, and going to Elvenstar may accomplish this.
Kyra decided to return to StarRock and continue with her studies, and simultaneously go back and forth with Elendil to monitor the search for their parents.
She would join Cyril by portal once he reached Elvenstar, as she always wanted to visit the legendary city of the elves.
As Cyril joined Alissa on her giant eagle, Kyra departed with Glorian on their eagle to StarRock.
Cyril sat next to Alissa on the royal eagle, which was as large as the eagle that took them to StarRock. They were encompanied by a team of 20 elven windriders, all the personal bodyguards of the princess.
On the journey, Cyril got to know Alissa better. Apparently, she was a 800 year old elf, but she still looked like she was only 20. She was next in line to succeed her father, the legendary King Aruthal of Elanil, the king that has ruled since millenia.
She happily chatted about her time adventuring the world, the most recent being 20 years ago with Layton Brightstar and his team, which also included Glorian, one of the most famous fire weavers in existence.
They flew over the portion of Grimdeath Forest that was within Elanil's boundaries for a couple of days when suddenly they flew into a fierce storm that appeared out of nowhere.
The giant eagle screeched as it tried to escape but it was being sucked into the storm.
Cyril sensed something strange about the storm as time-space energies were flowing all around them. As he looked out, he then understood that the maelstrom was formed by a portal in the eye of the storm.
The elves were all frantically trying to assist the eagle escape the storm by trying to control the wind. Princess Alissa was a famous wind weaver herself, and she too was struggling to assist the eagle escape.
Cyril extended his hands and started bending the wind himself. Although it was not enough to escape the storm, he managed to form a cocoon of wind around the eagle so as not to get shredded by the wind.
Suddenly, a huge vine appeared from within the portal and grabbed the eagle and pulled it into the portal. The portal then closed stranding the elves and Cyril on the other side.
The vine's strength was incredible, it broke through the cocoon easily and crushed the eagle as it screamed its dying breath. Cyril pushed himself and Alissa out of harm's way, but several of the elves were smashed together with the eagle.
Cyril flew using the wind, with Alissa holding his hand as multiple vines appeared and started attacking them. The whole land was covered in vines, and the vines seemed to be sentient were actively attacking them.
They dodged several attacks from the smaller vines. The vines were smaller than the gigantic one that killed the giant eagle, but the vines were still the size of a human limb.
Several elven guards were also flying around them, but one by one they were caught by the vines and pulled into the vine forest below.
Cyril and Princess Alissa flew frantically, hand in hand as all the other elven guards were captured. Finally several vines managed to catch both Cyril and Alissa and they were separated as they were pulled into the underbrush.
Chapter 25: Return to Elendil
Cyril arrived in the midst of a battle. Kyra and Skadi was facing around 70 mercenaries. The mercenaries were actually quite well organized, with Kyra being pushed back by attacking fire and earth weaving mercenaries. Skadi was fighting 20 or so mercenaries and was fighting to a standstill with them. Kyra and Skadi were slowly losing against the larger numbers of mercenaries.
Cyril yelled at Kyra "Close your ears!" as he pulled out his whistle. Kyra froze in mid battle, remembering the effects of the whistle in Elendil, and immediately closed her ears while avoiding the attacks of her assailants.
As Cyril blew his whistle, all the mercenaries within the reach of the whistle started convulsing as their stomachs contracted and shot explosive diarrhea from their asses. Every one of them keeled over in pain as they curled up their body into a ball in a puddle of smelly diarrhea.
Cyril completely turned the tide of the battle, and by the time Thor came charging over several minutes later, the battle was already over. With a quick gesture, Cyril beheaded all the mercenaries with his wind blades.
Besides a few minor cuts, Kyra was unharmed. Skadi again ran down the road towards Elendil to scout ahead. Cyril, Kyra and Thor took a slow stroll, spreading the word to head home and giving out gold to everyone they met on the way to Elendil. Yet all along the way, there was no sign of Cyril and Kyra's parents.
By the time they reached Elendil, they found the large city devastated by the dragon attacks. They could not even find an inn with any room to spare. So they found a quiet corner in the city, and Thor stood sentry there with a Nexus bag while Cyril and Kyra traveled through the Nexus and lived in the Bloodwolf Fortress.
The Bloodwolf Fortress, was renamed the Keep.The Keep by now had been thoroughly cleaned by Drasul and the undead, and Cyril cremated all the undead bodies after that.
It took around two months before the Valkyries and the dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr arrived in the Keep. They had helped rebuild the walls and amenities of the towns and cities along the way and distributed lots of gold to help the people rebuild their lives. But still there was no sign of Cyril and Kyra's parents.
Repairing and redecorating the Keep took 2 days, after which the valkyries and the dwarves continued in their mission to Elendil to help rebuild it.
Cyril spent some time in the Nexus making more puppets. He now had 1 King Werewolf and 15 female werewolves as puppets.
He rearranged his forces. All the monsters, and Thor returned into the Nexus. The Keep was the base of the puppet Goddesses Freya and Skadi, the Valkyries of Asgard and the Dwarf bothers Sindri and Brokkr, and they independently went in and out as they needed to help the surrounding towns and Elendil.
The actions of Cyril and Kyra in helping the people were pretty obvious and was noticed by the Governor of Elendil, and they received a invitation to meet him.
Governor Layton Brightstar was once a warrior of renown, who after retiring and was appointed governor of Elendil. In his adventurer days, he mixed well with elves, dwarves and many other races, leading missions on his many adventures. He was the ideal choice for governor as he has good contacts with the races. In fact, there were rumors that he once was the paramour of Princess Alissa of Elanil, the Elven kingdom that borders Erandalusia.
Cyril and Kyra arrived at the Governor's mansion and was ushered into the a large study room. A few distinguished people were there waiting for them. Kyra recognized Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock Academy among the people there.
"Welcome to my abode. My name is Layton Brightstar" the governor said as he shook their hands, and started introducing the rest.
"This is Princess Alista of Elanil" he continued as a beautiful elf bowed gracefully and shook their hands. She looked no more than 20 years old, yet she was already a legend for decades.
"And I am Glorian. Finally we meet Cyril Soulsong. We had thought you dead. And you Kyra Silkweaver, how are you seen about and yet attending your classes in StarRock?" the ancient looking headmaster smiled cheekily.
Between the three of them, they were the governors of the 3 nearest cities.
"My name is Kronian. I am the General of the 13th Brigade of the Erandalusia Army. My forces are in charge of security for this region." said the stern looking man.
"We brought you here today to introduce ourselves, and for us to find out more about you. Were you the ones who got rid of the dragon? Did you have anything to do with the dead mercenaries on the road to Elendil? And do you know who the group of blonde hair people came from, the ones giving out gold and repairing the towns and cities?" asked Layton Brightstar.
Cyril looked at them grimly. What should he say? He definitely won't tell them about his live puppets, his Asgardian identity or any of the other unbelievable incidents. Kyra was completely silent. She didn't want to reveal anything accidentally, so she let Cyril do the talking.
"No need to tell us too much. We only want to know if you are responsible for any of them." Alissa smiled.
Cyril nodded "Then I will admit that I was responsible for all of it" he answered.
"Hhh... how?" stammered Kronian. But Governor Brightstar waved the question aside. "Then you have our thanks. You may reveal how you did it, if you so wish, but right now that is unimportant. We simply wanted to confirm our suspicions" he smiled.
"My scouts watched you from afar as you defeated that dragon with your team that included that massive hammer wielding warrior and your own dragon" said Alissa.
"And we have received numerous reports about your group of beautiful blonde ladies giving aid, and weird dwarves who repaired and rebuilt buildings in supernatural speed." stated Kronian.
"Yes, we know quite a bit about you" stated Governor Brightstar
"So what do you want of me?" asked Cyril
"Nothing. We merely want to award you our thanks, perhaps with an official public reward. We also want to get to know you better. One with your abilities and resources will be a great boon to our region" stated Brightstar.
"I would rather these not be made public" stated Cyril with a frown.
"Oh? A anonymous savior is it? Then do you have anything you want or need? What are your plans?" asked Brightstar
"And are you going to come back to StarRock?" interrupted Glorian with a smile.
Cyril smiled. "I am still looking for my father Barthelomew Soulsong and Kyra's mother Victoria Merchantile. They've been missing since the dragon attacked months ago" he answered.
The group nodded. "We'll assist in looking for them with our full resources" stated Kronian.
"I also need medical help for my friend. She was badly wounded by the dragon, and I have not been able to revive her" Cyril stated as he retrieved Violet from his bracelet to everyone's shock. She was dressed in animal skin and was unconscious.
"Bring our physicians" commanded Brightstar. Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock and infamous fire weaving wizard looked in shock.
"So Violet was with you. I thought she died...but then we thought you died as well" he stated. He knew about Violet, the mysterious 15 year old master of fire weaving, but never got to meet her.
He extended his hand towards Violet to feel her fire aura and his eyes opened in shock.
He could sense fire energy leaking from her, but could not do anything to help her. Her fire was pure, purer than he's ever felt before. He shook his head "I'm afraid I can't help her at all" he sighed.
Within minutes, the reknowned physicians from Elendil appeared and bowed.
"Where is the patient?" asked the head physician by the name of Krotus asked.
The physicians took a look at her and were puzzled. Although her body was unharmed, the longer she stayed there, her lifeforce grew weaker and weaker.
Cyril immediately placed her back in suspended animation in his bracelet. "What did you do with her? Where did she go?" asked Krotus in shock.
"I've placed her in my stasis dimension, where she will be frozen in time, until I can get a cure for her" he replied.
The whole room was shocked and confused. They understood the concept, but what kind of person was Cyril to own such a wondrous device?
"Perhaps the elven healers of Elanil may be able to help" stated Alissa. "Would you like to come with me to Elvenstar, the capital of Elanil?" she asked
"Yes, I think I would like that" smiled Cyril. They continued talking the rest of the night.
Cyril yelled at Kyra "Close your ears!" as he pulled out his whistle. Kyra froze in mid battle, remembering the effects of the whistle in Elendil, and immediately closed her ears while avoiding the attacks of her assailants.
As Cyril blew his whistle, all the mercenaries within the reach of the whistle started convulsing as their stomachs contracted and shot explosive diarrhea from their asses. Every one of them keeled over in pain as they curled up their body into a ball in a puddle of smelly diarrhea.
Cyril completely turned the tide of the battle, and by the time Thor came charging over several minutes later, the battle was already over. With a quick gesture, Cyril beheaded all the mercenaries with his wind blades.
Besides a few minor cuts, Kyra was unharmed. Skadi again ran down the road towards Elendil to scout ahead. Cyril, Kyra and Thor took a slow stroll, spreading the word to head home and giving out gold to everyone they met on the way to Elendil. Yet all along the way, there was no sign of Cyril and Kyra's parents.
By the time they reached Elendil, they found the large city devastated by the dragon attacks. They could not even find an inn with any room to spare. So they found a quiet corner in the city, and Thor stood sentry there with a Nexus bag while Cyril and Kyra traveled through the Nexus and lived in the Bloodwolf Fortress.
The Bloodwolf Fortress, was renamed the Keep.The Keep by now had been thoroughly cleaned by Drasul and the undead, and Cyril cremated all the undead bodies after that.
It took around two months before the Valkyries and the dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr arrived in the Keep. They had helped rebuild the walls and amenities of the towns and cities along the way and distributed lots of gold to help the people rebuild their lives. But still there was no sign of Cyril and Kyra's parents.
Repairing and redecorating the Keep took 2 days, after which the valkyries and the dwarves continued in their mission to Elendil to help rebuild it.
Cyril spent some time in the Nexus making more puppets. He now had 1 King Werewolf and 15 female werewolves as puppets.
He rearranged his forces. All the monsters, and Thor returned into the Nexus. The Keep was the base of the puppet Goddesses Freya and Skadi, the Valkyries of Asgard and the Dwarf bothers Sindri and Brokkr, and they independently went in and out as they needed to help the surrounding towns and Elendil.
The actions of Cyril and Kyra in helping the people were pretty obvious and was noticed by the Governor of Elendil, and they received a invitation to meet him.
Governor Layton Brightstar was once a warrior of renown, who after retiring and was appointed governor of Elendil. In his adventurer days, he mixed well with elves, dwarves and many other races, leading missions on his many adventures. He was the ideal choice for governor as he has good contacts with the races. In fact, there were rumors that he once was the paramour of Princess Alissa of Elanil, the Elven kingdom that borders Erandalusia.
Cyril and Kyra arrived at the Governor's mansion and was ushered into the a large study room. A few distinguished people were there waiting for them. Kyra recognized Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock Academy among the people there.
"Welcome to my abode. My name is Layton Brightstar" the governor said as he shook their hands, and started introducing the rest.
"This is Princess Alista of Elanil" he continued as a beautiful elf bowed gracefully and shook their hands. She looked no more than 20 years old, yet she was already a legend for decades.
"And I am Glorian. Finally we meet Cyril Soulsong. We had thought you dead. And you Kyra Silkweaver, how are you seen about and yet attending your classes in StarRock?" the ancient looking headmaster smiled cheekily.
Between the three of them, they were the governors of the 3 nearest cities.
"My name is Kronian. I am the General of the 13th Brigade of the Erandalusia Army. My forces are in charge of security for this region." said the stern looking man.
"We brought you here today to introduce ourselves, and for us to find out more about you. Were you the ones who got rid of the dragon? Did you have anything to do with the dead mercenaries on the road to Elendil? And do you know who the group of blonde hair people came from, the ones giving out gold and repairing the towns and cities?" asked Layton Brightstar.
Cyril looked at them grimly. What should he say? He definitely won't tell them about his live puppets, his Asgardian identity or any of the other unbelievable incidents. Kyra was completely silent. She didn't want to reveal anything accidentally, so she let Cyril do the talking.
"No need to tell us too much. We only want to know if you are responsible for any of them." Alissa smiled.
Cyril nodded "Then I will admit that I was responsible for all of it" he answered.
"Hhh... how?" stammered Kronian. But Governor Brightstar waved the question aside. "Then you have our thanks. You may reveal how you did it, if you so wish, but right now that is unimportant. We simply wanted to confirm our suspicions" he smiled.
"My scouts watched you from afar as you defeated that dragon with your team that included that massive hammer wielding warrior and your own dragon" said Alissa.
"And we have received numerous reports about your group of beautiful blonde ladies giving aid, and weird dwarves who repaired and rebuilt buildings in supernatural speed." stated Kronian.
"Yes, we know quite a bit about you" stated Governor Brightstar
"So what do you want of me?" asked Cyril
"Nothing. We merely want to award you our thanks, perhaps with an official public reward. We also want to get to know you better. One with your abilities and resources will be a great boon to our region" stated Brightstar.
"I would rather these not be made public" stated Cyril with a frown.
"Oh? A anonymous savior is it? Then do you have anything you want or need? What are your plans?" asked Brightstar
"And are you going to come back to StarRock?" interrupted Glorian with a smile.
Cyril smiled. "I am still looking for my father Barthelomew Soulsong and Kyra's mother Victoria Merchantile. They've been missing since the dragon attacked months ago" he answered.
The group nodded. "We'll assist in looking for them with our full resources" stated Kronian.
"I also need medical help for my friend. She was badly wounded by the dragon, and I have not been able to revive her" Cyril stated as he retrieved Violet from his bracelet to everyone's shock. She was dressed in animal skin and was unconscious.
"Bring our physicians" commanded Brightstar. Glorian, the headmaster of StarRock and infamous fire weaving wizard looked in shock.
"So Violet was with you. I thought she died...but then we thought you died as well" he stated. He knew about Violet, the mysterious 15 year old master of fire weaving, but never got to meet her.
He extended his hand towards Violet to feel her fire aura and his eyes opened in shock.
He could sense fire energy leaking from her, but could not do anything to help her. Her fire was pure, purer than he's ever felt before. He shook his head "I'm afraid I can't help her at all" he sighed.
Within minutes, the reknowned physicians from Elendil appeared and bowed.
"Where is the patient?" asked the head physician by the name of Krotus asked.
The physicians took a look at her and were puzzled. Although her body was unharmed, the longer she stayed there, her lifeforce grew weaker and weaker.
Cyril immediately placed her back in suspended animation in his bracelet. "What did you do with her? Where did she go?" asked Krotus in shock.
"I've placed her in my stasis dimension, where she will be frozen in time, until I can get a cure for her" he replied.
The whole room was shocked and confused. They understood the concept, but what kind of person was Cyril to own such a wondrous device?
"Perhaps the elven healers of Elanil may be able to help" stated Alissa. "Would you like to come with me to Elvenstar, the capital of Elanil?" she asked
"Yes, I think I would like that" smiled Cyril. They continued talking the rest of the night.
Sunday 28 February 2016
Chapter 24: Bloodwolf Headquarters
Cyril headed directly to the Bloodwolf headquarters with Thor while Kyra and Skadi continued down the road towards Elendil to deal with any other Bloodwolf mercenaries on the road.
The captured mercenaries by the road were tied up and left to the villagers to decide their fate. They were the lucky ones, as at least they were at the mercy of the villagers and had a slim possibility of living.
Thor charged up the mountain path to the headquarters, wiping out anyone in his way, encountering every ambush head on, while Cyril mopped up any survivors. "This is just like the good old days" smiled Cyril as he followed the path of destruction his brother made remembering his youthful days in Asgard.
Thor smashed through the barricaded thick door of the fortress like tissue paper and immediately started slaughtering mercenaries. Thor calmly smashed through the fortress walls, not bothering to look for doors. His orders were simple, eliminate all enemies, rescue the villagers.
Thor has the power to defeat giant dragons, fearsome giants and the most powerful demons. Mere men with elemental attacks could not even scratch Thor's godly body. The mercenaries that came into contact with Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, instantly turned into meat paste. Thor's punches and kicks that can knock out dragons smashed human bodies to pieces.
By the time Cyril arrived, he walked through a broken fortress dripping with blood and meat. Cyril went directly to the dungeon where the women were kept, dispatching whoever was in his way that Thor may have missed.
When he arrived at the dungeon, he smelled the stench of dead bodies. In the middle of the room was a pile of human bones. They looked like they were eaten raw.
At the side of the room were cages with a few remaining naked women. They were silent with terrified looks in their eyes.
Suddenly, out of the shadows, something incredibly fast attacked Cyril, so much so, he managed barely to put up a wind shield to protect himself. The impact of the attack flung him across the room, smashing him into a far wall.
Luckily Cyril cushioned his fall and was not injured. However, the creature packed quite a bit of power and together with its speed, would have killed Cyril if not for his reflexes.
As Cyril got up, the creature attacked him again but he managed to dodge and repelled it with a mini tornado. By now, he could see was facing a werewolf.
The creature was sleek and lithe and moved with supernatural grace. "Is it a female?" thought Cyril.
His wind blades could barely cut the creature's rough hide, so he formed a wind tunnel around the creature's head, sucking all the wind out of its lungs. It trashed around the room, desperately trying to get air, but Cyril bound him up with a cage of stone. Eventually, it keeled over and died.
He threw the werewolf's body into the Nexus then he broke open the jail cells and released the girls. He found them some clothes and led them out the way he came in. It was a large fortress and Thor's battle could still be heard throughout the building.
After he led them out, he reentered the fortress to look for Thor. He followed the path of destruction further into the fortress.
When he reached the site of the battle, he witnessed Thor surrounded by hundreds of mercenaries, as well as about a 3 werewolves. There were dead human bodies everywhere, splattered meat everywhere. There were also around 10 dead werewolves.
At one corner was a large 9 foot tall werewolf who seems to be the leader, commanding both the mercenaries and werewolves to attack Thor. Although the werewolf was weaker than Thor, his agility and speed allowed him to survive Thor's attacks without major injury.
Cyril opened the Nexus and summoned Drasul, the Lich King puppet. Immediately Drasul emanated an aura of terror whereby everyone nearby froze in terror. It was so strong even Cyril felt a small twinge of fear and panic standing next to Drasul.
Drasul then unleashed his death energy killing several dozen mercenaries nearby instantly and cast a reanimate dead spell. All the dead bodies came to life and started attacking the living mercenaries and werewolves. The more people died, the more undead rose to attack.
Cyril paused to admire Drasul's work. In his own way, Drasul was as much a weapon of mass destruction as Thor was.
Cyril went immediately to all the remaining 3 lesser werewolves, suffocating them with a wind tunnel on their heads. One by one they trashed around until finally dying, due to lack of oxygen. Cyril turned his attention to the rest of the battle.
Within a few minutes, the undead outnumbered the living enemies and eventually killed all the mercenaries. Then Drakul's army & Thor surrounded the large werewolf.
As the undead army surrounded the werewolf, suddenly Thor's mighty arm entered the werewolf's body and he yanked out its internal organs roughly. Cyril immediately set to work and within minutes, the large werewolf was his puppet.
The werewolf's name is Beowulf and he is the leader of the Bloodwolf Mercenary group. They are an infamous mercenary group known for their savagery in battle. In their homeland, they were known to sadistic and inhumane murderers sent to butcher and create fear.
All the other werewolves were his female mates, whom he kidnapped from the nearby villages and made into werewolves. He only chose the prettiest girls in the surrounding villages to be his mates where he could completely control once they became werewolves.
He never turned any of the mercenaries to werewolves in fear of anyone challenging him to be the alpha male of the group and taking over.
Beowulf was sent to this region around 4 years ago with roughly a small army of around 500. Their goal was to recruit, infiltrate and eventually conquer the region in preparation for a foreign invasion by his masters, the Dread Lords.
It was the Dread Lords that ordered the elimination of the Silkweaver estate and whole family, although the reason is unknown to even Beowulf himself.
As Cyril tried to dig deeper to find out more about the Dread Lords, he encountered a fear so strong that Cyril started sweating beads of sweat.
Cyril opened a portal to the Nexus and threw the other dead werewolves in, closed it as Beowulf walked in. Including Beowulf, he collected 1 King werewolf and 15 female werewolves to make into puppets.
He searched the fortress and found a treasure room full of gold stolen from the villages. He added the gold to Krakatoom's gold in the Nexus, as it would be used to rebuild all the towns and cities affected by Krakatoom and the Bloodwolf Mercenary group.
The large fortress was actually very well built and could probably withstand a dragon attack. It was built to withstand a siege from the army of Eurathia. It was located an equal distance from Cemeteria, where Hela is building her home, and Elendil. It was also very well hidden, and if Cyril didn't read the minds of the mercenaries caught earlier, he wouldn't have been able to find it. So Cyril decided to make this one of his bases.
He left Drasul there with a Nexus bag, and commanded him to clean the fortress of all the bodies and destruction, and guard the base until further notice. All the dead bodies under Drasul's command immediately went to work.
He sent Thor out the door to catch up to Kyra and Skadi on foot, and to sweep up any mercenaries that might still be alive.
He mentally commanded the dwarf brothers, Sindri and Brokkr to make a stop here to make repairs and reinforcement before meeting up in Elendil.
Cyril himself entered Drasul's Nexus bag and going through the Nexus, he exited Kyra's Nexus bag. They were in the midst of battle...
The captured mercenaries by the road were tied up and left to the villagers to decide their fate. They were the lucky ones, as at least they were at the mercy of the villagers and had a slim possibility of living.
Thor charged up the mountain path to the headquarters, wiping out anyone in his way, encountering every ambush head on, while Cyril mopped up any survivors. "This is just like the good old days" smiled Cyril as he followed the path of destruction his brother made remembering his youthful days in Asgard.
Thor smashed through the barricaded thick door of the fortress like tissue paper and immediately started slaughtering mercenaries. Thor calmly smashed through the fortress walls, not bothering to look for doors. His orders were simple, eliminate all enemies, rescue the villagers.
Thor has the power to defeat giant dragons, fearsome giants and the most powerful demons. Mere men with elemental attacks could not even scratch Thor's godly body. The mercenaries that came into contact with Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, instantly turned into meat paste. Thor's punches and kicks that can knock out dragons smashed human bodies to pieces.
By the time Cyril arrived, he walked through a broken fortress dripping with blood and meat. Cyril went directly to the dungeon where the women were kept, dispatching whoever was in his way that Thor may have missed.
When he arrived at the dungeon, he smelled the stench of dead bodies. In the middle of the room was a pile of human bones. They looked like they were eaten raw.
At the side of the room were cages with a few remaining naked women. They were silent with terrified looks in their eyes.
Suddenly, out of the shadows, something incredibly fast attacked Cyril, so much so, he managed barely to put up a wind shield to protect himself. The impact of the attack flung him across the room, smashing him into a far wall.
Luckily Cyril cushioned his fall and was not injured. However, the creature packed quite a bit of power and together with its speed, would have killed Cyril if not for his reflexes.
As Cyril got up, the creature attacked him again but he managed to dodge and repelled it with a mini tornado. By now, he could see was facing a werewolf.
The creature was sleek and lithe and moved with supernatural grace. "Is it a female?" thought Cyril.
His wind blades could barely cut the creature's rough hide, so he formed a wind tunnel around the creature's head, sucking all the wind out of its lungs. It trashed around the room, desperately trying to get air, but Cyril bound him up with a cage of stone. Eventually, it keeled over and died.
He threw the werewolf's body into the Nexus then he broke open the jail cells and released the girls. He found them some clothes and led them out the way he came in. It was a large fortress and Thor's battle could still be heard throughout the building.
After he led them out, he reentered the fortress to look for Thor. He followed the path of destruction further into the fortress.
When he reached the site of the battle, he witnessed Thor surrounded by hundreds of mercenaries, as well as about a 3 werewolves. There were dead human bodies everywhere, splattered meat everywhere. There were also around 10 dead werewolves.
At one corner was a large 9 foot tall werewolf who seems to be the leader, commanding both the mercenaries and werewolves to attack Thor. Although the werewolf was weaker than Thor, his agility and speed allowed him to survive Thor's attacks without major injury.
Cyril opened the Nexus and summoned Drasul, the Lich King puppet. Immediately Drasul emanated an aura of terror whereby everyone nearby froze in terror. It was so strong even Cyril felt a small twinge of fear and panic standing next to Drasul.
Drasul then unleashed his death energy killing several dozen mercenaries nearby instantly and cast a reanimate dead spell. All the dead bodies came to life and started attacking the living mercenaries and werewolves. The more people died, the more undead rose to attack.
Cyril paused to admire Drasul's work. In his own way, Drasul was as much a weapon of mass destruction as Thor was.
Cyril went immediately to all the remaining 3 lesser werewolves, suffocating them with a wind tunnel on their heads. One by one they trashed around until finally dying, due to lack of oxygen. Cyril turned his attention to the rest of the battle.
Within a few minutes, the undead outnumbered the living enemies and eventually killed all the mercenaries. Then Drakul's army & Thor surrounded the large werewolf.
As the undead army surrounded the werewolf, suddenly Thor's mighty arm entered the werewolf's body and he yanked out its internal organs roughly. Cyril immediately set to work and within minutes, the large werewolf was his puppet.
The werewolf's name is Beowulf and he is the leader of the Bloodwolf Mercenary group. They are an infamous mercenary group known for their savagery in battle. In their homeland, they were known to sadistic and inhumane murderers sent to butcher and create fear.
All the other werewolves were his female mates, whom he kidnapped from the nearby villages and made into werewolves. He only chose the prettiest girls in the surrounding villages to be his mates where he could completely control once they became werewolves.
He never turned any of the mercenaries to werewolves in fear of anyone challenging him to be the alpha male of the group and taking over.
Beowulf was sent to this region around 4 years ago with roughly a small army of around 500. Their goal was to recruit, infiltrate and eventually conquer the region in preparation for a foreign invasion by his masters, the Dread Lords.
It was the Dread Lords that ordered the elimination of the Silkweaver estate and whole family, although the reason is unknown to even Beowulf himself.
As Cyril tried to dig deeper to find out more about the Dread Lords, he encountered a fear so strong that Cyril started sweating beads of sweat.
Cyril opened a portal to the Nexus and threw the other dead werewolves in, closed it as Beowulf walked in. Including Beowulf, he collected 1 King werewolf and 15 female werewolves to make into puppets.
He searched the fortress and found a treasure room full of gold stolen from the villages. He added the gold to Krakatoom's gold in the Nexus, as it would be used to rebuild all the towns and cities affected by Krakatoom and the Bloodwolf Mercenary group.
The large fortress was actually very well built and could probably withstand a dragon attack. It was built to withstand a siege from the army of Eurathia. It was located an equal distance from Cemeteria, where Hela is building her home, and Elendil. It was also very well hidden, and if Cyril didn't read the minds of the mercenaries caught earlier, he wouldn't have been able to find it. So Cyril decided to make this one of his bases.
He left Drasul there with a Nexus bag, and commanded him to clean the fortress of all the bodies and destruction, and guard the base until further notice. All the dead bodies under Drasul's command immediately went to work.
He sent Thor out the door to catch up to Kyra and Skadi on foot, and to sweep up any mercenaries that might still be alive.
He mentally commanded the dwarf brothers, Sindri and Brokkr to make a stop here to make repairs and reinforcement before meeting up in Elendil.
Cyril himself entered Drasul's Nexus bag and going through the Nexus, he exited Kyra's Nexus bag. They were in the midst of battle...
Monday 22 February 2016
Chapter 23: Rebuilding
Cyril exited Sindri's Nexus bag at the Silkweaver Estate. Kyra's family mansion was already rebuilt in accordance to Cyril's memories. Cyril's house has also been rebuilt to specifications.
The dwarf brothers Sindri and Brokkr also rebuilt all the furniture using wood from the nearby forest and the Silkweaver caves were restored and reinforced with their dwarven mining expertise.
He spent two weeks in the Nexus, carefully making several more puppets out of the gods of Asgard. As many of the goddesses were not in battle when their souls were sucked out, many of their bodies were undamaged and thus were the most obvious first choices for making puppets.
He then exited the Nexus with a team of goddesses and 40 valkyries. They all had been given their tasks and they immediately sprang into action.
Idunn the Goddess of Spring was left at Cyril's house with a Nexus bag to keep watch of both his place and the Silkweaver Estate.
The rest of the group of goddesses and Valkyries including the dwarves Sindri and Brokkr sprinted to the nearest town, which was Westhaven.
The Dwarf brother's immediately started repairing the town walls and all the public amenities. This was so the inhabitants wouldn't need to be taxed to rebuild the town facilities.
The Queen of the Valkyries Freya, Goddess of Love and her 40 Valkyries went about helping people where needed, and helped protect the peace.
Eir the Goddess of Healing went about healing the injured, while Syn the Goddess of Justice help distribute the gold from Krakatoom's lair needed for rebuilding the people's homes and lives.
Astrild and Sjofn the Goddesses of Love and Harmony kept everyone's mood calm during the rebuilding process.
The whole team went from town to town, each taking roughly a week to fulfill their tasks before moving to the next town. Both Eir and Syn had a Nexus bag each in case of emergency, as did Freya the Goddess in charge of the Valkyries.
The Goddess of the hunt Skadi sprinted ahead to hunt for Cyril and Kyra's parents and would catch up with Kyra and Thor before the rest of the team. The whole team was to eventually arrive and do their tasks at Elendil, then return to the Nexus.
Cyril and Hela joined Kyra and Thor who had only just left Freeport on foot and were several days away from Cemeteria. They had not yet located their parents.
The trip to Cemeteria was uneventful as they passed the message to everyone they passed that they should return to their homes and rebuild. Cyril handed out Krakatoom's gold too to encourage them to do so, and nearly all did.
They eventually arrived in Cemeteria. Compared to the other towns and cities, it was mostly untouched by Krakatoom. Maybe it was because the town was deserted when Krakatoom attacked.
After the undead attack, the town was completely abandoned. As there were no survivors of the undead attack, the town was deserted. The kingdom officers that came simply piled up the bodies and burned them. Then they closed off the roads to the town and declared the town abandoned.
Now the town was filled with survivors from other towns who used the mostly usable buildings. Cyril and Kyra spread the word about the rebuilding in their towns. Many were overjoyed and with their gifts of gold from Cyril, they headed back towards their homes.
They stayed there for a night and departed the next morning. Hela chose to remain there and wait for the group of Gods. She wanted to settle down and build a residence for herself there as there was strong death energy in the town of cemetaries.
As they walked, they joined a long line of people walking to the next town and continued spreading the word and giving out gold. Within 2 days, Skadi caught up with them and even went ahead to scout for their parents.
Within half an hour, there was a traffic jam with all the people stopped from moving forwards. Cyril spread the word about rebuilding and paid the people around him who turned back and headed home.
Eventually they reached the cause of the jam. Skadi was battling 20 armed men who was blocking the road and robbing the people and kidnapping all the young women. Skadi was fighting them to a standstill, and several robbers were already wounded on the floor.
Cyril motioned and Thor immediately stood forwards. Within a minute, the men surrendered after Thor joined the fight and smashed 3 men into mush. They released all their victims and Cyril sent all the villagers towards their homes.
They then questioned the men. They wore the emblems of the Bloodwolf Mercenaries. "Them again" Cyril noted.
With the threat of Thor standing behind him, Cyril questioned the mercenaries. They were a large outfit with more than 1000 members, and had a large secret base in the nearby mountains. The base is well concealed and escaped the notice of Krakatoom the dragon.
After Krakatoom wiped out many towns, the Bloodwolf mercenaries took the opportunity to expand their wealth and position by kidnapping all the young women and robbing everyone on the roads of their wealth.
Knowing the location of the Bloodwolf headquarters, it was time to get revenge for the earlier attacks on their families and find out who wants to destroy the Silkweavers.
The dwarf brothers Sindri and Brokkr also rebuilt all the furniture using wood from the nearby forest and the Silkweaver caves were restored and reinforced with their dwarven mining expertise.
He spent two weeks in the Nexus, carefully making several more puppets out of the gods of Asgard. As many of the goddesses were not in battle when their souls were sucked out, many of their bodies were undamaged and thus were the most obvious first choices for making puppets.
He then exited the Nexus with a team of goddesses and 40 valkyries. They all had been given their tasks and they immediately sprang into action.
Idunn the Goddess of Spring was left at Cyril's house with a Nexus bag to keep watch of both his place and the Silkweaver Estate.
The rest of the group of goddesses and Valkyries including the dwarves Sindri and Brokkr sprinted to the nearest town, which was Westhaven.
The Dwarf brother's immediately started repairing the town walls and all the public amenities. This was so the inhabitants wouldn't need to be taxed to rebuild the town facilities.
The Queen of the Valkyries Freya, Goddess of Love and her 40 Valkyries went about helping people where needed, and helped protect the peace.
Eir the Goddess of Healing went about healing the injured, while Syn the Goddess of Justice help distribute the gold from Krakatoom's lair needed for rebuilding the people's homes and lives.
Astrild and Sjofn the Goddesses of Love and Harmony kept everyone's mood calm during the rebuilding process.
The whole team went from town to town, each taking roughly a week to fulfill their tasks before moving to the next town. Both Eir and Syn had a Nexus bag each in case of emergency, as did Freya the Goddess in charge of the Valkyries.
The Goddess of the hunt Skadi sprinted ahead to hunt for Cyril and Kyra's parents and would catch up with Kyra and Thor before the rest of the team. The whole team was to eventually arrive and do their tasks at Elendil, then return to the Nexus.
Cyril and Hela joined Kyra and Thor who had only just left Freeport on foot and were several days away from Cemeteria. They had not yet located their parents.
The trip to Cemeteria was uneventful as they passed the message to everyone they passed that they should return to their homes and rebuild. Cyril handed out Krakatoom's gold too to encourage them to do so, and nearly all did.
They eventually arrived in Cemeteria. Compared to the other towns and cities, it was mostly untouched by Krakatoom. Maybe it was because the town was deserted when Krakatoom attacked.
After the undead attack, the town was completely abandoned. As there were no survivors of the undead attack, the town was deserted. The kingdom officers that came simply piled up the bodies and burned them. Then they closed off the roads to the town and declared the town abandoned.
Now the town was filled with survivors from other towns who used the mostly usable buildings. Cyril and Kyra spread the word about the rebuilding in their towns. Many were overjoyed and with their gifts of gold from Cyril, they headed back towards their homes.
They stayed there for a night and departed the next morning. Hela chose to remain there and wait for the group of Gods. She wanted to settle down and build a residence for herself there as there was strong death energy in the town of cemetaries.
As they walked, they joined a long line of people walking to the next town and continued spreading the word and giving out gold. Within 2 days, Skadi caught up with them and even went ahead to scout for their parents.
Within half an hour, there was a traffic jam with all the people stopped from moving forwards. Cyril spread the word about rebuilding and paid the people around him who turned back and headed home.
Eventually they reached the cause of the jam. Skadi was battling 20 armed men who was blocking the road and robbing the people and kidnapping all the young women. Skadi was fighting them to a standstill, and several robbers were already wounded on the floor.
Cyril motioned and Thor immediately stood forwards. Within a minute, the men surrendered after Thor joined the fight and smashed 3 men into mush. They released all their victims and Cyril sent all the villagers towards their homes.
They then questioned the men. They wore the emblems of the Bloodwolf Mercenaries. "Them again" Cyril noted.
With the threat of Thor standing behind him, Cyril questioned the mercenaries. They were a large outfit with more than 1000 members, and had a large secret base in the nearby mountains. The base is well concealed and escaped the notice of Krakatoom the dragon.
After Krakatoom wiped out many towns, the Bloodwolf mercenaries took the opportunity to expand their wealth and position by kidnapping all the young women and robbing everyone on the roads of their wealth.
Knowing the location of the Bloodwolf headquarters, it was time to get revenge for the earlier attacks on their families and find out who wants to destroy the Silkweavers.
Saturday 20 February 2016
Chapter 22: Drasul the Lich King
Cyril rushed into Kyra's Nexus bag, then rushed out of the mansion and entered the large portal that led to Krakatoom's lair.
When he arrived, he realized the whole mountain was blown apart. Cyril's 5 monsters were pinning back a lich king, but were unable to fully defeat him.
Fenrir the Giant Wolf, Surtur the gigantic Fire Demon, Ymir the Ice Giant, the two dragons Nidhoggr and Krakatoom were at a stalemate. When they were alive, any one of them was easily a match for the lich king. However, they were undead, and the lich king's powers were over the undead.
Lich kings were powerful necromancers who uses spells or rituals to bind his spirit to a horcrux granting him immortality and power over the undead.
Cyril's puppets were his own creations using his deep understanding of the law of death and has never before been done in such a way by any necromancer. Thus the lich king could not undo the puppets nor take control them.
However, because of the lich king's superior powers in necromancy, the 5 monsters could not attack either, only defend and corner the lich king.
Cyril frowned and unleashed his elemental might on the lich king, throwing wind blades and earth projectiles at him in abandon. All the elements merely bounced off an energy field generated by the lich king. The lich king was indeed very powerful and was the very same lich king that was narrowly defeated by Krakatoom thousands of years ago.
The lich king shot death energy at Cyril, at which a mere touch would kill any living thing. They had no effect on the puppets, but Cyril had to be careful. He tried to deflect the death energy with a wall of stone but as death energy is not energy from the physical world, it went right through Cyril's shield. He dodged at the last minute and threw his stink bombs, daggers, he even used his whistle. But as the lich king was an undead, none of them had any effect.
Cyril frowned as nothing he did was effective, yet he had to dodge all the attacks of the lich king. The 5 monster puppets are the only thing giving him an advantage, otherwise the lich king could even enter the Nexus and he could do nothing about it. Who knows what damage he could do with all the dead gods inside that were not yet puppets.
The battle was at a stalemate and Cyril was running out of options.
"Do you need help father?" came an unearthly voice from inside the portal. Suddenly Hela casually stepped out.
The lich king immediately attacked the newcomer with death energy. The deadly blast approached Hela and suddenly dissipated. Hela gave the lich king a deadly stare and all his defenses collapsed.
"How did you do that? Who are you? You cannot do this..... " the lich king stated in an unearthly voice, then suddenly bowed down. "My mistress. I am your servant, Drasul" the lich king stated with fear and humility. He was unable to help himself but cower in fear. He was a mere lich king, while she was a Goddess of Death.
Hela commanded Drasul to surrender his horcrux to her. As he handed it over, she took it and crushed it in her hand. However, the lich king did not crumble to dust.
From Hela's hand came a red ball of floating energy, much like the process of creating one of Cyril's puppets. She passed the red ball to Cyril, who understood Hela's intentions and swallowed it.
As a lich king, his skeletal body no longer had any internal organs. Cyril could not make him into a puppet the normal way. However, as the process of creating the horcruxes uses similar spells using the lich king's own internal organs, Hela used the horcrux to replace the organs needed for Cyril's puppet making ritual.
Drasul was now his puppet and was totally under his control the way his other puppets were.
As the dragon's lair was destroyed. Cyril commanded all his puppets, including Drasul into the Nexus. He then created a tornado to sweep up whatever gold was remaining and then entered with Hela and closed the portal.
He had alot of rebuilding to do.
When he arrived, he realized the whole mountain was blown apart. Cyril's 5 monsters were pinning back a lich king, but were unable to fully defeat him.
Fenrir the Giant Wolf, Surtur the gigantic Fire Demon, Ymir the Ice Giant, the two dragons Nidhoggr and Krakatoom were at a stalemate. When they were alive, any one of them was easily a match for the lich king. However, they were undead, and the lich king's powers were over the undead.
Lich kings were powerful necromancers who uses spells or rituals to bind his spirit to a horcrux granting him immortality and power over the undead.
Cyril's puppets were his own creations using his deep understanding of the law of death and has never before been done in such a way by any necromancer. Thus the lich king could not undo the puppets nor take control them.
However, because of the lich king's superior powers in necromancy, the 5 monsters could not attack either, only defend and corner the lich king.
Cyril frowned and unleashed his elemental might on the lich king, throwing wind blades and earth projectiles at him in abandon. All the elements merely bounced off an energy field generated by the lich king. The lich king was indeed very powerful and was the very same lich king that was narrowly defeated by Krakatoom thousands of years ago.
The lich king shot death energy at Cyril, at which a mere touch would kill any living thing. They had no effect on the puppets, but Cyril had to be careful. He tried to deflect the death energy with a wall of stone but as death energy is not energy from the physical world, it went right through Cyril's shield. He dodged at the last minute and threw his stink bombs, daggers, he even used his whistle. But as the lich king was an undead, none of them had any effect.
Cyril frowned as nothing he did was effective, yet he had to dodge all the attacks of the lich king. The 5 monster puppets are the only thing giving him an advantage, otherwise the lich king could even enter the Nexus and he could do nothing about it. Who knows what damage he could do with all the dead gods inside that were not yet puppets.
The battle was at a stalemate and Cyril was running out of options.
"Do you need help father?" came an unearthly voice from inside the portal. Suddenly Hela casually stepped out.
The lich king immediately attacked the newcomer with death energy. The deadly blast approached Hela and suddenly dissipated. Hela gave the lich king a deadly stare and all his defenses collapsed.
"How did you do that? Who are you? You cannot do this..... " the lich king stated in an unearthly voice, then suddenly bowed down. "My mistress. I am your servant, Drasul" the lich king stated with fear and humility. He was unable to help himself but cower in fear. He was a mere lich king, while she was a Goddess of Death.
Hela commanded Drasul to surrender his horcrux to her. As he handed it over, she took it and crushed it in her hand. However, the lich king did not crumble to dust.
From Hela's hand came a red ball of floating energy, much like the process of creating one of Cyril's puppets. She passed the red ball to Cyril, who understood Hela's intentions and swallowed it.
As a lich king, his skeletal body no longer had any internal organs. Cyril could not make him into a puppet the normal way. However, as the process of creating the horcruxes uses similar spells using the lich king's own internal organs, Hela used the horcrux to replace the organs needed for Cyril's puppet making ritual.
Drasul was now his puppet and was totally under his control the way his other puppets were.
As the dragon's lair was destroyed. Cyril commanded all his puppets, including Drasul into the Nexus. He then created a tornado to sweep up whatever gold was remaining and then entered with Hela and closed the portal.
He had alot of rebuilding to do.
Chapter 21: Homeward Bound
The journey on the eagle back home took several days. They followed the path of devastation over the forest, and between town to town.
Krakatoom the dragon was merciless and left no building undamaged in all the villages and towns it encountered. Even Elendil was in ruins.
Kyra entered Cyril's Nexus bag and exited the Nexus bag left in Cyril's room to StarRock to keep up appearances at StarRock. The teachers at StarRock never even knew she was gone. There was word in StarRock however, that the dragon had disappeared.
Although he didn't need to ride the eagle the entire journey and could spend his time in the Nexus, Cyril preferred to spend most of the time on the eagle deep in his thoughts with Thor standing vigil next to him.
Everywhere they flew, there was a trail of survivors heading to other towns, not knowing that the other towns they were heading to were destroyed too. They all looked up in fear as the giant eagle passed over them casting a large shadow.
Eventually they arrived at Westhaven. The eagle flew directly to Cyril's house. It was completely destroyed. Cyril did a quick scan and found nothing there. No dead bodies, no sign of their parents. He sighed in relief and flew to the Silkweaver Estate. It also was completely demolished. The main house was in ruins. Even the caves where they grew their silkworms were caved in.
Kyra jumped off the eagle to get a closer look, but they found nothing. Fortunately there were no dead bodies, which they took as a good sign. After Cyril made a thorough scan in and around the Silkweaver residence and his house again, they concluded their parents were alive.
They quickly formulated a plan of action. Kyra left on foot with Thor as her bodyguard to follow the trail of survivors hoping to find their parents. They would keep in touch by periodically meeting in the Nexus.
Cyril left the Dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr at the location to rebuild the Silkweaver and Cyril's houses, and excavate the Silkweaver mines. With their abilities, this would only take a day or two. They will then stand guard and give Cyril a mental call if anyone approaches. Sindri was given a Nexus bag so Cyril could be there in an instant.
Then Cyril left on the giant eagle directly to the north. Plenty of gold will be needed to rebuild all the towns and cities, and to rebuild the economy and allow the towns to prosper again. And he also knew where to get so much gold.... Krakatoom's lair.
He flew for 7 days to a desolate volcanic mountain range. The air was filled with toxic fumes, and the heat was hellish. Luckily this does not pose any problems for one that can control both the air and fire. Finally, they arrived at the dragon's lair, which was in the highest mountain surrounded by the volcanoes. .
Cyril had already turned Krakatoom's body into one of his puppets. Scanning his memories, he did not see any guards or traps to be worried about. However, as a precaution, he created a portal to the Nexus and Krakatoom came out of it and the giant eagle went back into the portal. He sent Krakatoom into the lair to check if there were any unexpected visitors as he closed the portal.
Krakatoom scouted the lair and found no intruders. Cyril cautiously entered the lair and noticed that it was brightly lit by glowing crystals which reflected off all the gold in the cave. It was a large cave easily the size of a large city filled from wall to wall with gold and precious jewels.
Cyril created a large portal in the center of the lair and summoned Nidhoggr the dragon, Fenrir the giant wolf, Ymir the Ice giant and Surtur the fire giant. Together with Krakatoom, all 5 giant creatures started shoveling gold into Cyril's dimension.
Cyril then used his earth weaving abilities to seal the lair entrance as he didn't want any interference from outsiders. Satisfied with his arrangements, he entered the large portal.
Inside Cyril's the Nexus, gold was starting to pile up from a large portal outside his mansion. He nodded his head in approval and went into his mansion to the portal room he shared with Kyra. He went to Kyra's portal and exited her Nexus bag. In an instant, he was next to Kyra.
By now Kyra and Thor had reached Freeport. They did not have horses, and although they could fly, they wanted to walk to check everyone they came across. Kyra said that although she met several people on the way that she knew from Westhaven, none of them saw either of their parents when they fled.
This small town Freeport was where they originally met Violet. Cyril thought of the still comatose Violet, and wished he could do more for her.
As they continued looking for their parents, Cyril received a mental alert from his puppets in Krakatoom's lair. They were under attack.
"Who's crazy enough to attack my monsters?" Cyril thought to himself as he rushed to through the Nexus
Krakatoom the dragon was merciless and left no building undamaged in all the villages and towns it encountered. Even Elendil was in ruins.
Kyra entered Cyril's Nexus bag and exited the Nexus bag left in Cyril's room to StarRock to keep up appearances at StarRock. The teachers at StarRock never even knew she was gone. There was word in StarRock however, that the dragon had disappeared.
Although he didn't need to ride the eagle the entire journey and could spend his time in the Nexus, Cyril preferred to spend most of the time on the eagle deep in his thoughts with Thor standing vigil next to him.
Everywhere they flew, there was a trail of survivors heading to other towns, not knowing that the other towns they were heading to were destroyed too. They all looked up in fear as the giant eagle passed over them casting a large shadow.
Eventually they arrived at Westhaven. The eagle flew directly to Cyril's house. It was completely destroyed. Cyril did a quick scan and found nothing there. No dead bodies, no sign of their parents. He sighed in relief and flew to the Silkweaver Estate. It also was completely demolished. The main house was in ruins. Even the caves where they grew their silkworms were caved in.
Kyra jumped off the eagle to get a closer look, but they found nothing. Fortunately there were no dead bodies, which they took as a good sign. After Cyril made a thorough scan in and around the Silkweaver residence and his house again, they concluded their parents were alive.
They quickly formulated a plan of action. Kyra left on foot with Thor as her bodyguard to follow the trail of survivors hoping to find their parents. They would keep in touch by periodically meeting in the Nexus.
Cyril left the Dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr at the location to rebuild the Silkweaver and Cyril's houses, and excavate the Silkweaver mines. With their abilities, this would only take a day or two. They will then stand guard and give Cyril a mental call if anyone approaches. Sindri was given a Nexus bag so Cyril could be there in an instant.
Then Cyril left on the giant eagle directly to the north. Plenty of gold will be needed to rebuild all the towns and cities, and to rebuild the economy and allow the towns to prosper again. And he also knew where to get so much gold.... Krakatoom's lair.
He flew for 7 days to a desolate volcanic mountain range. The air was filled with toxic fumes, and the heat was hellish. Luckily this does not pose any problems for one that can control both the air and fire. Finally, they arrived at the dragon's lair, which was in the highest mountain surrounded by the volcanoes. .
Cyril had already turned Krakatoom's body into one of his puppets. Scanning his memories, he did not see any guards or traps to be worried about. However, as a precaution, he created a portal to the Nexus and Krakatoom came out of it and the giant eagle went back into the portal. He sent Krakatoom into the lair to check if there were any unexpected visitors as he closed the portal.
Krakatoom scouted the lair and found no intruders. Cyril cautiously entered the lair and noticed that it was brightly lit by glowing crystals which reflected off all the gold in the cave. It was a large cave easily the size of a large city filled from wall to wall with gold and precious jewels.
Cyril created a large portal in the center of the lair and summoned Nidhoggr the dragon, Fenrir the giant wolf, Ymir the Ice giant and Surtur the fire giant. Together with Krakatoom, all 5 giant creatures started shoveling gold into Cyril's dimension.
Cyril then used his earth weaving abilities to seal the lair entrance as he didn't want any interference from outsiders. Satisfied with his arrangements, he entered the large portal.
Inside Cyril's the Nexus, gold was starting to pile up from a large portal outside his mansion. He nodded his head in approval and went into his mansion to the portal room he shared with Kyra. He went to Kyra's portal and exited her Nexus bag. In an instant, he was next to Kyra.
By now Kyra and Thor had reached Freeport. They did not have horses, and although they could fly, they wanted to walk to check everyone they came across. Kyra said that although she met several people on the way that she knew from Westhaven, none of them saw either of their parents when they fled.
This small town Freeport was where they originally met Violet. Cyril thought of the still comatose Violet, and wished he could do more for her.
As they continued looking for their parents, Cyril received a mental alert from his puppets in Krakatoom's lair. They were under attack.
"Who's crazy enough to attack my monsters?" Cyril thought to himself as he rushed to through the Nexus
Friday 19 February 2016
Chapter 20: Enter the Dragon
Cyril walked to the top of a mountain holding Kyra's hand and finally saw StarRock at a distance, the one beacon surrounded by the Grimdeath Forest.
"I've finally arrived!" he yelled, but he was still too far away for anyone in Stardock to hear.
"Finally you're here. I'll meet you on the inside" she smiled as she kissed him, and walked towards the Nexus using her bag.
Kyra had been joining him sporadically on his walk to StarRock whenever she could.
They spent many nights in the forest together, pleasuring themselves under the stars and had gotten very familiar with each other.
Just as she was about to enter, a loud roar boomed across the sky, and the large dragon appeared and shot his flame breath at StarRock Academy.
A large force field covering the Academy absorbed the attack, but as the dragon slammed his body into it, the force field could clearly be seen cracking.
Cyril made created a large portal the air and summoned the puppet of the giant eagle that sat on top of Yggdrasil the World Tree, as well as Nidhoggr the dragon that lived at its roots.
Both were easily the size of the dragon that is attacking StarRock. He also summoned Thor and they all sat on the eagle and took off towards the other dragon, with Nidhoggr the dragon following from a distance behind.
The giant eagle arrived first and sunk its claws into the dragon's back, causing it to roar in pain. Just as the dragon was about to burn the eagle with his breath, Thor streaked through the sky and smashed the dragon's face with his hammer, making it shoot fire wildly into the distance missing everyone.
As the eagle disengaged from the dragon, Nidhoggr finally arrived and jumped onto the dragon and they both rolled on the forest floor, smashing trees everywhere.
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The dragons were evenly matched and as Cyril looked on, he cheered on the inside "Come on Nidhoggr! Don't lose and let Thor's effort in climbing into your ass be for nothing" laughed Cyril.
Thor again smashed the dragon's jaw giving Nidhoggr the angle to pin the dragon's body to the ground. The giant eagle returned and pinned his head making the dragon unable to shoot fire.
Cyril approached with the dagger in hand. "You, stinkbearer! You have the Dagger of Drasul??" roared the dragon as it recognized Cyril.
Cyril asked in reply "Who are you? And what do you know about this dagger?".
The dragon glared at him with his draconic eyes and tried to overpower Cyril's mind. Cyril laughed "Do you want to control my mind?" and he stared into the dragon's eyes with a glare that would make even death cower in fear. The dragon felt fear for the first time in its life.
Then he casually walked up to the dragon and plunged his dagger into the dragon's heart killing it. A huge amount of energy entered Cyril's body, filling him with tremendous vigor and made him feel incredibly strong and invincible.
Cyril marveled at the strong lifeforce an ancient dragon had, it probably matches the lifeforce of the strongest Gods. With this absorbed lifeforce, he could probably live for thousands of years.
He then started creating a big portal and had his puppet dragon Nidhoggr drag Krakatoom's body into the Nexus.
Inside the Nexus, Thor entered the dragon's butt hole and dragged out all his internal organs. Cyril immediately started his ritual and took control over the dragon, forming a telepathic bond with it.
The dragon was named Krakatoom. He was an ancient fire dragon that terrorized the world 10,000 years ago, and laid asleep until recently it was stirred by the theft of the dagger.
The dragon acquired the dagger while battling a powerful lich king named Drasul thousands of years ago that nearly cost the dragon its life. The dragon took thousands of years sleep just to recover from this battle.
The dagger was one of a few things in the world that can cut through its dragon skin and kill it. It was the lich king's most treasured weapon.
Cyril peered further into the dragon's memories and discovered after awakening, the dragon went on a rampage, flying through and destroying one town after the other searching for clues of the dagger. One of the countless towns it ravaged was Westhaven!
"I must go home immediately!" Cyril suddenly decided to himself.
He entered the portal room only to find Kyra already there. He explained what he saw in the dragon's mind to her, and she agreed to follow him home immediately.
They both exited the Nexus from a portal where the earlier battle took place, together with his large eagle and they left immediately towards Westhaven.
"I've finally arrived!" he yelled, but he was still too far away for anyone in Stardock to hear.
"Finally you're here. I'll meet you on the inside" she smiled as she kissed him, and walked towards the Nexus using her bag.
Kyra had been joining him sporadically on his walk to StarRock whenever she could.
They spent many nights in the forest together, pleasuring themselves under the stars and had gotten very familiar with each other.
Just as she was about to enter, a loud roar boomed across the sky, and the large dragon appeared and shot his flame breath at StarRock Academy.
A large force field covering the Academy absorbed the attack, but as the dragon slammed his body into it, the force field could clearly be seen cracking.
Cyril made created a large portal the air and summoned the puppet of the giant eagle that sat on top of Yggdrasil the World Tree, as well as Nidhoggr the dragon that lived at its roots.
Both were easily the size of the dragon that is attacking StarRock. He also summoned Thor and they all sat on the eagle and took off towards the other dragon, with Nidhoggr the dragon following from a distance behind.
The giant eagle arrived first and sunk its claws into the dragon's back, causing it to roar in pain. Just as the dragon was about to burn the eagle with his breath, Thor streaked through the sky and smashed the dragon's face with his hammer, making it shoot fire wildly into the distance missing everyone.
As the eagle disengaged from the dragon, Nidhoggr finally arrived and jumped onto the dragon and they both rolled on the forest floor, smashing trees everywhere.
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The dragons were evenly matched and as Cyril looked on, he cheered on the inside "Come on Nidhoggr! Don't lose and let Thor's effort in climbing into your ass be for nothing" laughed Cyril.
Thor again smashed the dragon's jaw giving Nidhoggr the angle to pin the dragon's body to the ground. The giant eagle returned and pinned his head making the dragon unable to shoot fire.
Cyril approached with the dagger in hand. "You, stinkbearer! You have the Dagger of Drasul??" roared the dragon as it recognized Cyril.
Cyril asked in reply "Who are you? And what do you know about this dagger?".
The dragon glared at him with his draconic eyes and tried to overpower Cyril's mind. Cyril laughed "Do you want to control my mind?" and he stared into the dragon's eyes with a glare that would make even death cower in fear. The dragon felt fear for the first time in its life.
Then he casually walked up to the dragon and plunged his dagger into the dragon's heart killing it. A huge amount of energy entered Cyril's body, filling him with tremendous vigor and made him feel incredibly strong and invincible.
Cyril marveled at the strong lifeforce an ancient dragon had, it probably matches the lifeforce of the strongest Gods. With this absorbed lifeforce, he could probably live for thousands of years.
He then started creating a big portal and had his puppet dragon Nidhoggr drag Krakatoom's body into the Nexus.
Inside the Nexus, Thor entered the dragon's butt hole and dragged out all his internal organs. Cyril immediately started his ritual and took control over the dragon, forming a telepathic bond with it.
The dragon was named Krakatoom. He was an ancient fire dragon that terrorized the world 10,000 years ago, and laid asleep until recently it was stirred by the theft of the dagger.
The dragon acquired the dagger while battling a powerful lich king named Drasul thousands of years ago that nearly cost the dragon its life. The dragon took thousands of years sleep just to recover from this battle.
The dagger was one of a few things in the world that can cut through its dragon skin and kill it. It was the lich king's most treasured weapon.
Cyril peered further into the dragon's memories and discovered after awakening, the dragon went on a rampage, flying through and destroying one town after the other searching for clues of the dagger. One of the countless towns it ravaged was Westhaven!
"I must go home immediately!" Cyril suddenly decided to himself.
He entered the portal room only to find Kyra already there. He explained what he saw in the dragon's mind to her, and she agreed to follow him home immediately.
They both exited the Nexus from a portal where the earlier battle took place, together with his large eagle and they left immediately towards Westhaven.
Thursday 18 February 2016
Chapter 19: Peaceful Days To StarRock
Kyra suddenly appeared out of her dorm room and finally started attending classes in StarRock. Her recovery surprised all her teachers, and she started fitting in and making friends in her classes.
Kyra topped all her classes easily as she understood the laws of water and air. This understanding of the law gave her a mastery of the elements even her teachers would envy if they knew. However, she kept the knowledge of the laws to herself to avoid revealing too much.
She was admired by all the female students, and lusted after by the male students, but although she was friendly, her body and soul were Cyril's and she didn't entertain any of them.
Cyril on the other hand took his time walking towards StarDock, keeping an eye out for the dragon. He made regular stops into the Nexus whenever he needed to rest. Within the Nexus, Cyril had several projects that he finally had the time to complete.
Cyril sorted out the dagger he acquired at Cemeteria. It was indeed a magic weapon imbued with death magic, but he now understood the law of death enough to remove the curse on it. He could now use the weapon without accidentally raising the dead or creating zombies.
As he had been raised juggling and throwing daggers, he naturally had a preference for daggers. This particular dagger proved to be exceptionally sharp and could cut virtually anything.
He named the dagger "Bloodfeast", as whenever it stabbed someone, it absorbs the lifeforce of its victim into the bloodstone and feeds the wielder of the dagger. This vampiric ability worked even if he threw the weapon, as it recognizes Cyril as its owner and would feed him the lifeforce when he reclaims it. It also returns to Cyril when called, like Mjolnir does to Thor.
Cyril also spent some time in the Nexus and made the remaining giant monsters outside his mansion into puppets. He now had his monster army.
Although the monster's near indestructible bodies could be cut up using Gungnir his staff or Bloodfeast, he still found the fastest way to access the internal organs to create puppets was to extract them from their orifices. This meant the best way was still up the back, as he did not want to damage the voices of the puppets in case he wanted them to talk.
Among the citizens of Asgard itself, he made puppets of the Valkyries first, because they had no injuries on their bodies nor missing body parts. Their souls were sucked directly out of their bodies when the wormhole killed them. He had made 40 Valkyrie puppets that were found complete.
He also turned his wife Sigyn and Sif's bodies into puppets. They were the guardians of his mansion and took care of everything when he wasn't around.
Most of the other Asgardian gods and goddesses were numerous. He did not want to sort them out and make them puppets yet, but he planned to eventually.
Perhaps in the future he would create his own Asgardian army.
After a while, the death and destruction of Asgard seemed a lifetime ago, and he now truly enjoyed the peace he was experiencing, enabling him to fulfill his tasks without worry.
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While Cyril enjoyed his time walking to the StarRock Academy, StarRock was starting to face a major crises, but the teachers at StarRock could not piece together the puzzle and realize it yet.
The eagles going between StarRock and other locations were being attacked by a large dragon. As fewer and fewer eagles were arriving, they couldn't tell for sure if this problem was one or many dragons.
Dragons are rare in Eurathia, and a dragon two times larger than the giant eagles was unheard off until the recent attacks on the eagles and its carriages. The eagle that brought Cyril and Kyra to StarRock was actually the first that was attacked.
Then there was less and less people coming to StarRock by ground transport too. Even the supplies of food and other materials have suddenly dried up. There seemed to be no news whatsoever on the disappearances, and even the scouts sent out have not returned.
StarRock is located in the center of Eurathia and is completely surrounded by thousands of miles of the Grimdeath Forest. It needed supplies otherwise it will run out of food and other necessities. Luckily it had its own spring within the city limits, otherwise the inhabitants would die of thirst.
Before long, the teachers decided to send a strong expedition to investigate. but none of them returned.
Kyra topped all her classes easily as she understood the laws of water and air. This understanding of the law gave her a mastery of the elements even her teachers would envy if they knew. However, she kept the knowledge of the laws to herself to avoid revealing too much.
She was admired by all the female students, and lusted after by the male students, but although she was friendly, her body and soul were Cyril's and she didn't entertain any of them.
Cyril on the other hand took his time walking towards StarDock, keeping an eye out for the dragon. He made regular stops into the Nexus whenever he needed to rest. Within the Nexus, Cyril had several projects that he finally had the time to complete.
Cyril sorted out the dagger he acquired at Cemeteria. It was indeed a magic weapon imbued with death magic, but he now understood the law of death enough to remove the curse on it. He could now use the weapon without accidentally raising the dead or creating zombies.
As he had been raised juggling and throwing daggers, he naturally had a preference for daggers. This particular dagger proved to be exceptionally sharp and could cut virtually anything.
He named the dagger "Bloodfeast", as whenever it stabbed someone, it absorbs the lifeforce of its victim into the bloodstone and feeds the wielder of the dagger. This vampiric ability worked even if he threw the weapon, as it recognizes Cyril as its owner and would feed him the lifeforce when he reclaims it. It also returns to Cyril when called, like Mjolnir does to Thor.
Cyril also spent some time in the Nexus and made the remaining giant monsters outside his mansion into puppets. He now had his monster army.
Although the monster's near indestructible bodies could be cut up using Gungnir his staff or Bloodfeast, he still found the fastest way to access the internal organs to create puppets was to extract them from their orifices. This meant the best way was still up the back, as he did not want to damage the voices of the puppets in case he wanted them to talk.
Among the citizens of Asgard itself, he made puppets of the Valkyries first, because they had no injuries on their bodies nor missing body parts. Their souls were sucked directly out of their bodies when the wormhole killed them. He had made 40 Valkyrie puppets that were found complete.
He also turned his wife Sigyn and Sif's bodies into puppets. They were the guardians of his mansion and took care of everything when he wasn't around.
Most of the other Asgardian gods and goddesses were numerous. He did not want to sort them out and make them puppets yet, but he planned to eventually.
Perhaps in the future he would create his own Asgardian army.
After a while, the death and destruction of Asgard seemed a lifetime ago, and he now truly enjoyed the peace he was experiencing, enabling him to fulfill his tasks without worry.
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While Cyril enjoyed his time walking to the StarRock Academy, StarRock was starting to face a major crises, but the teachers at StarRock could not piece together the puzzle and realize it yet.
The eagles going between StarRock and other locations were being attacked by a large dragon. As fewer and fewer eagles were arriving, they couldn't tell for sure if this problem was one or many dragons.
Dragons are rare in Eurathia, and a dragon two times larger than the giant eagles was unheard off until the recent attacks on the eagles and its carriages. The eagle that brought Cyril and Kyra to StarRock was actually the first that was attacked.
Then there was less and less people coming to StarRock by ground transport too. Even the supplies of food and other materials have suddenly dried up. There seemed to be no news whatsoever on the disappearances, and even the scouts sent out have not returned.
StarRock is located in the center of Eurathia and is completely surrounded by thousands of miles of the Grimdeath Forest. It needed supplies otherwise it will run out of food and other necessities. Luckily it had its own spring within the city limits, otherwise the inhabitants would die of thirst.
Before long, the teachers decided to send a strong expedition to investigate. but none of them returned.
Chapter 18: The Nexus
Cyril walked into Asgard again, through his portal. Thor and Hela was standing there waiting for him patiently.
Cyril thought calling the dimension inside the bag of holding the "bag dimension" no longer seemed to fit as Cyril decided to make the dimension a transdimensional connection between all the portals and the repository of all the things he wanted to save from Asgard.
So he named it the Nexus
Cyril started filling up the Nexus with Asgard's treasures that remained. He found a pile of the Goddess of Youth Idunn's apples, the apples that gave the Asgardians immortality. They were filled with the law of life. He was unwilling to eat the apple yet as he did not want to be stuck in a 16 year old body.
While the belt made of Baldur's skin was a permanent standby, it would not be big enough to fit everything he wanted to take from Asgard. So he started enlarging his portal he used to get back. He got Thor to stand guard, then continued exploring with Hela.
He entered the portal and took one of his spare Nexus bags from the Nexus and placed them inside Lady Sif's armoire in Odin's castle as a regular portal to Asgard from his dimension. If Asgard is ransacked by bandits, no one would look into a wardrobe full of women's clothes.
He found the bodies of the Dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr, makers of Thor's hammer Mjolnir, and made them his puppets. Sindri was missing his legs, so he crafted wheels for himself. Brokkr had his right arm missing from the elbow downwards, so he made himself a fake arm, but instead of a hand, he had a hammer head.
With the two dwarf masterbuilders as puppets, he started building a mansion inside the Nexus, using materials and rubble from Asgard. Thor used his enormous strength to help with the heavy lifting.
The Nexus was filling up and getting more to his liking. He created several large rooms to store different things.
He had his magic room, where he filled with all the items and magical ingredients that he scrounged up from Loki's old spell room.
He had a treasure room which he filled with the treasures of Asgard, such as Idunn's apples.
He had an armory with attached workshop where he kept all the broken magical weapons, and where he stored the dwarf brothers.
He had his library filled with all the knowledge from all the libraries of Asgard.
He had his morgue where he kept Baldur's remains, as well as the body parts of hundreds of God's and Goddesses that he recovered. The morgue was where Hela preferred to stay as she helped sort out their remains.
The mansion was actually built around the area where Kyra and Cyril originally had their bag portals and where they stored their items, so they didn't have to move.
The larger portal to Asgard led to outside the mansion. Kyra never bothered to leave their shared portal room in the mansion as Cyril had too many weird, scary and disgusting dead things lying about.
Outside the mansion, there were the inanimate body parts of his sons Jormungandr and Fenrir, as well as the ice and fire giant Kings Ymir and Surtur. There was also the bodies of the giant eagle that lived at the top of the Yggdrasil the World Tree, and Nidhoggr the dragon that lived in its roots.
These would soon be part of his monster puppet army, Cyril thought to himself.
The project of building his mansion and searching for treasures took Loki approximately 6 months in total. Entering the Nexus and looking at Asgard for a last time, he closed his large portal to Asgard.
He then returned to the large room he shared with Kyra. He now called his portal room as there was where most of the connections to the Nexus would be.
Thor stood completely still nearby in readiness next to the portal on his side. There were Cyril's usual pile of stinkbombs, several whistles of mischief, and also a rack of weapons.
He had Gungnir, Odin's spear on the rack, as well as the mysterious bent spear he got at the Mercantile shop. Gungnir, was one of the two most powerful weapons in Asgard, the other being Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
He then looked at the bent spear he acquired at the Mercantile shop. It was still bent, so he sent it down to the armory to get it repeared by the dwarf brothers.
After half a year in Asgard, it was time to return to StarRock. He met Kyra in the portal room and informed her that he would return back to StarRock Academy through Grimdeath forest. She nodded, gave him a hug and left using her Nexus bag.
Thor lifted up his mighty hammer Mjolnir. Upon touching the hammerhead, Cyril used the law of space-time on it. Immediately he is transported back to the top of the StarRock in the jungle.
He immediately started walking towards StarRock. Within a few days, he found a road that led towards StarRock. It was seldom used due to the danger from Grimdeath Forest.
Cyril stopped at the side of the road, and Hela stepped out of his Nexus bag. She was wearing a black dress, and looked mysterious and unbelievably alluring. He gave her a Nexus bracelet made from more of Baldur's skin, for her to stay in touch, and gave her a big goodbye hug.
For thousands of years, she was the Goddess of death. She now had a second chance at life and happiness. She wanted to explore Eurathia, have her own adventures, make friends, maybe even find romance.
"Have a good life. You deserve it" Cyril said, as they looked at each other. "I will father, see you around in the mansion" answered Hela as she departed to find her own adventure. She had her own nexus necklace.
Cyril didn't worry about Hela. After all, who would be able to cause trouble for a Goddess of Death?
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