Secondly, he could not launch a comprehensive search as time was not on his side. Everything would go south if he dragged this out too long.Right at that moment, he found a mark embedded into the lakebed. It was an arrowhead, firmly pointing in a direction. The mark seemed to be leading him somewhere.Following the arrow, Adrian found three more markers, which all led him to a statue. It was of nine dragons, and they were coiled around a sword. The sword itself was covered in intricate patterns but had become rusty after being submerged in water for so long. There was hardly anything visible aside from this. 'Is that Dragonking's sword?'Furrowing his brow, Adrian pulled at the sword, and the entire statue suddenly broke into pieces. Almost out of oxygen, he quickly headed for the surface with the sword in hand.As the statue crumbled after Adrian pulled the sword out, the Partingian princess opened her eyes.Splash!!! Adrian resurfaced.Mya was surrounded from all sides. Th
Right at that moment, a streak of light flew in from across the horizon. Like a shooting star, it crashed into the emperor and sent him flying.A young man with a powerful air appeared before the trio.The emperor crashed into the ground, clearly not expecting to be assaulted all of a sudden. Enraged, he jumped back to his feet and yelled, "Who is?! How dare you stand against me!"Another figure with a sword flashed past the emperor a few times before pressing it against the latter’s neck. The figure was so agile the emperor did not even have time to react."What?!" he yelled and reflexively slashed out his ax.Predicting his moves, the figure disappeared from sight. When the figure stopped moving, they saw it was a woman as beautiful as Sage. "Who are you?" the emperor angrily asked as he looked at the pair before him. "Nicholas… Lacey…" Remy said as he struggled to get up. Strider and Sage looked at the pair when they heard this. "You know who I am?" Nicholas asked.Rem
The addition of Nicholas and Lacey put a large pressure, and tremendous pain, on the emperor. Lacey's toxic needles had disrupted his mutated cells, plunging him into agony.Using this opportunity, the five warriors tried their best to keep the emperor at bay and to wound him. Their attacks were relentless, and the enemy could do nothing but scream in pain.The emperor was now drenched in black blood, and the wounds on his body were a gruesome sight to behold. Within minutes, his hideous body was severely damaged.Struck with endless rage, the emperor yelled out and shot out beams of black light. The five warriors were sent flying upon impact.Lacey cursed, "Damn it. He mutated."The emperor's skin started splitting, and horrifying-looking tentacles crawled out of the openings. The tentacles had eerie-looking mouths at their ends. "His cells are mutating at an explosive rate. He's transforming into a monster. We don’t have that much time left to defeat him," Nicholas said in a s
The emperor was no longer a person, but a tentacled monster through and through. "War Legate Draco!""Sir!"Adrian, holding a gun, was walking over with Mya next to him. The three youngsters yelled out to him, while Nicholas lay on the floor with one hand over his chest. Lacey, too, seemed to be in a lot of pain based on how much her face was twitching. "You're here, sir!" Remy said."You've all done enough. It's my turn now." Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this.Adrian commented, "Good work, everyone." Strider and his team felt overwhelmed upon receiving a compliment from him.Seeing Adrian walking toward him, the emperor said, "It's you. I was going to kill you before, but these people saved you. You dare come back here to meet your doom?"Adrian smiled. "You probably don’t know that someone is here to end your life one thousand and two hundred years in the future. The princess had already stated that you will be laying down your life here today, one a
Since discovering that metal in the basement of St. Elmer's Church. Adrian already had a theory. These textures, more commonly known as runes, worked like a human's circulatory system. Also, the princess wouldn’t have carved a rusty sword onto the tablet. Thus, Adrian used all the knowledge and clues he had to awaken the sword. As the sword turned blood red, the princess' necklace glowed brightly.Finally, the princess sat up and looked toward the distance. Sensing she had woken in a different era, she slowly removed her necklace and said, "Your new master has appeared. Go to him!" The necklace’s gemstone glowed brighter and brighter, seemingly responding to what the princess said. The gem became a green ball of light and flew out the window. Everyone saw it fly through the sky and toward Adrian.After making a few rounds around him, the light entered the rusty sword and revealed a crevice. The sword then seemed to come to life, emitting a golden light so radiant it seemed capabl
The long sword emitted a golden glow, and the giant dragon drew out the sword's endless power. Adrian was now completely surrounded by the golden dragon. The powers he exuded grew stronger by the second. A storm raged across the desert. At the heart of the storm was dense murderous intent.Adrian's body too underwent some changes. Finally, the runes on the sword became much clearer and became capable of suppressing all other powers. The threat it posed stunned all of Novemton."It's so strong!" Sage exclaimed in shock.The other four had also gotten back on their feet and were retreating to a safe distance. Propping up one another, they watched the scene unfold before their eyes. "Impossible! This can't be happening!"The emperor was utterly terrified by the sudden turn of events. His worst-case scenario was now a reality. The scene of Dragonking almost killing him was being reenacted in the present, and this terrified him.'This can't be happening!" he yelled.The emperor mu
Adrian made his move. His sword emitted a golden glow that grew brighter by the second. He, too, slashed down and cut through the sky. The golden light from his attack transformed into a gigantic dragon that flew toward the emperor, and the explosion from the impact destroyed everything around it."We need to get out of here!" Nicholas yelled. As they fled the scene, the shockwave spread across the distance. Nicholas picked Mya up in his arms and hurriedly flew into the distance.The impact of both powers formed a mushroom cloud and triggered an earthquake. The gold dragon roared and bit off one of the emperor's tentacles. The emperor trembled, sensing the tremendous threat this golden power posed."Impossible! I will never lose!" As the emperor screamed, Adrian swung his sword once more. But this time, a giant sword formed from light appeared in the sky. It sliced the sky apart as it fell. "In the name of justice, I sentence you to death," Adrian calmly said. The emperor's
The trio was in horrible shape.Nicholas and Lacey quickly went up to them.Lacey said, "They've lost a lot of blood and their injuries are severe. We have to get them to a hospital now, or they might lose their lives.""Let’s get them out of here," Nicholas said calmly. As they were about to transport the injured together with Mya, they suddenly heard the sound of propellers above them. Two helicopters slowly descended, and two people stepped out of each helicopter. One of them said, "War Legate Dominus sent us here to take the three of them to the hospital."Nicholas said, "Thank you.""No worries, sir. Let's get them on the helicopter now!"The helicopter rose into the air. The trio were laid on the floor of the helicopter, but they could see Adrian on one knee, breathing heavily. The sword in his hand had lost its glow."It's over… We can finally rest now…." Sage heaved a sigh and slowly shut her eyes. ***Nicholas and Lacey stood behind Adrian who was trembling. This