LOGIN‘As you know,’ she continued. ‘He used the spell to kill the Heavenly Emperor and take over heaven, becoming almost invincible.’Prince Ron immediately got the key word. ‘Almost. Meaning there is a way to destroy him.’Thalindra nodded weakly. ‘There is a way to reverse the spell. Right now, his power is unstable. The essences he has stolen are fighting one another, trying to be the dominant one in his body. He tried to merge them but failed and can only use three essences at a time. He needs the essence of the Dark Lord to stabilize them and you must stop that from happening.’‘What will happen to him if he doesn't stabilize them?’ Prince Ron asked. ‘Can't we just let the essences destroy him?’'You could,’ Thalindra answered. 'but you'll all perish with him. What do you think will happen to the world when a god explodes?’ Prince Ron sighed. The world was mostly likely going to explode as well. Meaning that they must reverse the spell. ‘Yes.’ Thalindra said. ‘and you have to be the
The war erupted in full force.Ludiciel, Elliot, Sariel, Tariel, the Ice Fairy Queen and Seraphiel all went head to head with the evil gods while the rest handles the Heavenly Enforcers and Shadows. The battlefield became a terrible orchestra.The wet rip of tearing flesh, the howls of pain, the dull crunches of bones, the sickening slick popping sound of limbs being yanked from sockets filled the air. Steel met steel in a ringing cadence, blades screamed as they scraped across armor, sparks spitting like struck stars. Phoenix fire bloomed and hissed as they devoured the Shadows, burning swaths of the inky tentacles to greasy vapor. The air stank of ozone, iron, ash, and the stinky fishy smell of blood and decay. Only the fight — raw and terrible, roared across the field.As soon as the war began, Prince Ron was grabbed by the Queen Mother and Princess Mariel. They took him to the far edge of the square, as far from the slaughter as distance would allow.“No — no, you have to take
Then the ground began to bleed. Ink-dark pools spread outward with shrill, whisper-thin hisses and from those puddles of darkness rose massive shadow-limbs — slick, roiling tentacles like the arms of some colossal abyssal kraken. They coiled protectively around Dareth, rising and falling like breathing serpents.Every warrior on Zedekiel’s side stiffened. They all knew what those evil tendrils could do. After all, they had witnessed first hand their brutality. And the shadows were only the beginning.Dareth lifted his chin slightly, sending a silent summon upward. The sky ruptured instantly and what looked like a rain of stars began to fall, hundreds streaking down to earth. But they were not stars at all. When they struck the earth, the blazing light peeled back to reveal the very beings Ron, Thalindra, and Ovan fled from: the evil gods, and marching beside them, were ranks of Heavenly Enforcers with spears ready.One glance was enough for them to know. They were wildly outnumbered.
Prince Ron nodded solemnly. So Rose was still mad about the whole thing. Suddenly, the temperature of the entire place plummeted. A suffocating pressure rolled over them like a black tide, making their skin prickle. Some of them, mostly the humans, hissed in pain as the cold invaded their bodies, slithering under their skins and into their marrows like needles of ice.They all felt as if they had come upon an eerie graveyard and realised they were being watched by something that should never look your way.Breaths hitched and came out in white fog. Knees weakened and trembled. Hearts didn’t just pound, they dropped in their chests, the way a person’s stomach drops when they stand at the edge of a cliff and feel their body lean forward before their mind can stop it. Some were in a state of shock. The kind that only appears when the body has already accepted death before the mind has processed it.Terror wrapped around their throats like barbed wire. No one spoke. No one could. Not eve
“Elliot!” Prince Ludiciel shouted, breath sharp and heart trembling with both anxiety and hope as he scanned the square. Restored bodies were rising everywhere: humans, phoenixes, ice fairies. There were too many faces and too much noise. He couldn't see Elliot anywhere. He continued to search and just when he was starting to lose hope, he suddenly spotted someone with a head of snow white hair. The Ice Fairy Queen. Elliot's mum! His eyes widened and he ran to her at once. If his mum was alive again, that only meant he was too!The Ice Fairy Queen was looking down at her hands, wiggling her fingers in disbelief when she sensed Prince Ludiciel. She turned and smiled kindly — just in time to be scooped into his hasty but tight embrace.“Are you hurt?” Prince Ludiciel demanded breathlessly.She shook her head with a graceful laugh. “I feel perfect. Though I don’t understand how I’m not dead. I can swear that I felt the hand of a Shadow warrior penetrate my chest and crush my heart.” “B
Zedekiel groaned, forcefully swallowing down a mouthful of blood for he didn't want Ron to see him bleed and get worried. He knew that it would take a lot of energy to revert time, especially that of large living creatures like Ice Fairies and humans but he didn't know it would be this painful. He felt like his chest was being constricted, as if a large python was squeezing the life out of him.Every cell in his body was on fire. His head ached badly, as if someone was repeatedly hitting him on it with a large hammer. Every part of him was screaming in pain and all he wanted to do was let go of the threads but he knew he couldn't. This might be his only chance to bring them back, to give them another chance at life. He couldn't bear to see Ludiciel in tears again nor the look of utter agony and hopelessness on Alaric's face. He took a deep breath despite the pain, and uttered a single command. “Back!”The wind surged outward in a violent ring of energy and the golden threads flared,







