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.
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