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.
Saturday 20 February 2016
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
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