A Diamond's Light

"Has the chimaera been released per my instruction" A cold, unnerving voice said.

"Yes, my lord" A servant answered.

"Excellent, now, leave"

"As you wish, my lord" He said as he bowed with his hand on his chest, signifying as a sign of respect, and left quickly before the one he serves make rash decisions.

"Finally" The voice gripped the throne much more stronger out of excitement. The face hidden within the shadows, the overlying end of the voice's red cape almost on the floor, the hand wearing a blue ring, rests on the arm chair. The room itself was not vividly seen, as black drapes covered the windows and so any light will not shine through the room. Only the shadow and a bit of the hand and what the voice's clothes were seen.

"Finally, I can have my revenge on the humiliation you done, even if not directly"

The person looked at the only window, the only one that is not covered in drapes, shoning the moon light on the dark, damp room.

"Soon, I will finally have your son's head"

>:T

"What are we gonna do now?" Alicia asked, fear spreading all over her body as she saw the amount of monsters behind the hooded figure's back.

"Just trust me, I have a plan"

"Okay then, just give me a signal when you're ready"

"Okay" he replied to her, trying to make himself calm in front of Alicia as so the plan can succeed.

"Are you two love birds finished talking?" The hooded man asked, keeping both his arms intertwined against each other in his chest. "You know? I'm getting quite bored now, seeing you be lovey dovey and all".

"And what are you gonna do about it? Cry yourself to sleep while thinking your miserable life?" Evan said to him.

"Ahhh, that quite took a hit in the heart huh?" The hooded lady said, elbowing him the chest.

"Finally, you are- Hey are you in his side or mine"

"Don't know, hearing that burn just now, it made me think to switch sides just for a sec."

"Want me to feed you to the Octatles? I've heard there has been a downfall in their population this past few months.."

A shiver ran down the hooded lady's spine.

"Thank you for the offer, but I'll happily decline" She smiled as she waved the offer off, fearing of what might happen to her if he did give her to them.

"Ummm, what are Octacles by the way?" He whispered to Alicia.

"Octacles are monsters who has the composition of a human, has scaly, violet skin, and has four tentacles on each arm. They usually do is kidnap women or young girls. The bodies were found still intact but..."

"Don't explain further" The hooded lady said, hearing the discussion the two were having "Just trust me on this one".

"Okay, where was I" The hooded man thinked " Ah right! THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS, BOY!"

"YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM AWAY, FATHER!" Alicia shouted.

"Wa-Wait" Evan stuttered "He's your father?"

"Well, yeah" She shyly said, her hands grasping one another to hold her anxiety.

"Actually, your adopted" The hooded man answered.

"What!?"

"Now, where was I" He rubbed his chin again while Alicia is still left in disbelief over what she just heard towards the ones she thought were her parents. "Oh yeah, KILL THEM, MY BEASTS!". The beasts behind his back then charged forward, wanting and craving to eat the boy and girl for quite sometime.

"You thought I haven't have a plan!" Evan pointed the two hooded figures. "Well that's where your wrong!"

"On the count of three, you follow my league, ok?" Evan whispered to Alicia

"Ok" She said, her face still pale from the confession from last time and the distance closing from the monsters, to them. Evan gripped her hand and readied to continue whatever plan he has.

"On three"

"One" The monsters were getting closer.

"Two" He gripped his dagger harder.

"Three!"

He fell.

Everyone stopped, even the monsters themselves, wondering what just happened. Even Alicia just looked at what Evan did.

"Ummmm, Evan, is this your great plan of yours or what?" Alicia asked, wanting to facepalm and just get out of here to rid of the humiliation herself. Her cold gaze while looking at Evan's body still on the ground.

He stood up again and tried again, now face first to the ground.

"Ummm, I know what you want to do, aaannndddd, there's already a spell for that" The hooded lady answered, worried about the wounds the boy will have even though they're trying to murder him on the spot.

The hooded man still stared at the boy, the monsters stared too, still left in disbelief and the boy still lie head down on the ground.

"Alicia, can you just leave me here, just" He paused "run away while you still can"

"You know I can't do that"

"Just please do"

"And why should I?"

"The humiliation, its too much" He slowly stood up, wiping the dirt he got from his clothes. His face beet red from the tripping he just did. The monsters still didn't move from their places.

"Okaayyyy then" The hooded man said. "This will be the last interruption I hope" Alicia and Evan both nodded. "Well then, CHARGE MY MONS---"

"Where are you, you little--"

"Are you seriously kidding me right now!?" The hooded man annoyed from the constant interruptions.

"Over here, Mr. Dirk" Evan shouted, waving his hand on the oncoming person he knew for almost all his life. His breathe and heart beat became calm and relaxed after seeing his face.

"Ah there you are, you left me very worrie---" He then looked at the swarm of monsters and the two hooded figures at his front and he walked away. "Sorry for interrupting your reunion..."

"Hey, help us here!!!!"

"Please" Alicia begged.

"ahhhhh" he sighed, rubbing his hair "If it wasn't for your girlfriend, I would've left you to die" He walked closer towards them. "But since I'm in a very bad mood now" He stopped, pulling his sleeves up to his elbow "Get ready to get your butts kicked". Evan saw something on his right arm, a long grey armband were seen near his hand, while the timer itself was colored in red.

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"One year? You've got to be kidding me" The hooded man mocking Dirk's armband.

"Ah sorry, I haven't gotten rid of the two, I'll take it out later for you guys" He walked towards the swarm, his shoes making sounds on the ground "But first" He suddenly teleported right next to the hooded figure "I'll take care of your cute little toys" He kicked the nearest monster, a direwolf, and killed it in one hit. Its corpse was blown off towards the nearest bush, almost hitting Evan and Alicia. The two looked back to see the carcass that almost killed them.

"

Can you be more gentle? You almost killed us!" Evan shouted.

"Oh, sorry about that" Dirk then cleared a way from the left side by kicking one monster from its chest, using its carcass to kill the others with the pressure, all in one blow. "But, if you may" The two then walked at the side, avoiding the monsters at the process.

"You really think you can get away with..."

"Try me."

The hooded man unsheated the extra dagger at his other leg and gone quickly to kill the two, but is blocked by Dirk using his shoe. The two continued to cross but stopped.

"Thank you Dirk"

"Your welcome kid, just, tell your sister that I love her, okay?"

"OKAY!" They both ran off towards the forest.

"So" The hooded man talked "The kid didn't knew about what happened to his sister"

"He isn't prepared to know, not yet"

"HAHAHAHAH" The hooded man laughed

"After all, no one can survive a chimaera's breath at full blast...." He got kicked by the face and flew off towards the nearby bush.

"Shut your s***** mouth"

The hooded man stood back up and gone out of the bush, blood dripping from his mouth.

"That hurt you b******" As he rubbed the blood using his right arm. "Now, I'll totally make you pay"

"Kiara, CHASE THEM"

"Understood" The hooded lady said, as she flew away towards the direction of the two children.

"Not so fast" He tried to keep up on her.

"Oh no you don't" The hooded man blocked him using his dagger, the sound of metal clanging against a solid object, and both backed off and distanced again.

"Tch"

"You really thought I'll let you pass after hitting me like that? DREAM ON!" The hooded man shouted.

"I guess I need to show my true strength, before lady Aka scolds me for underestimating you"

He took off his coat, fixed his stance, his right leg on the front while the left leg on the back, same formation with his hands.

"Be ready on cleaning that coat"

"Oh, I'll be sure to pay you, once I bury you to the ground"

Then, the two both clashed again and again, as one didn't gave up, the neither is the other.

>:T

"You think we lost them?" Alicia asked. Evan looked at his back, only seeing bushes and trees and their footprints at the ground. He looked at the front again.

"Think so"

"What kind of monster you think can destroy the village in one blow?"

"I don't know" His eyes narrowing down to any monster that might ambush them, readying his dagger for any moment. "I just hope that my big sis can explain all of this"

"Well, well, well, look who we have here" Someone said. He looked at his left to see the hooded lady right on their side.

"How did you caught up to us that fast?" Alicia asked.

"Well" She showed her arm, a long cyan armband is revealed near her hand. The color of the time is light blue.

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"I am an expert in spells myself"

"If it wasn't for your sister, I would've been the best mage in the land" She slowly turn down her cloak, a scar is seen in both her eyes. Her eyes were light green, so was her hair. "But this" She pointed at her scars "Is because of your sister, and good thing now she's gone!"

Evan suddenly stopped running and Alicia stopped behind his back, and started looking at him for why he did so.

"What do you mean she's gone?" Evan asked, looking at her in disbelief and rage, gripping his dagger to the point that, if the materials used weren't strong itself, it would have already been broken.

"Ah, you don't know did you" She snapped. A dragon, snake, lion, and goat hybrid suddenly appeared at Alicia's back. It had the fierceness of a lion's personality and its head on the left. A goat's horn and head on the right, snarling at the fresh food it saw. The aura and scaly wings, body, and the head of a dragon at the middle. The snake which serves at its tail, hissing at both of them.

"You see, the monster behind you is known as a chimaera, also known as the pet of the divine" Evan looked behind him, seeing the terrifying figure of the beast right behind Alicia's back, while the girl herself is stunned in fear, unable to move any part of her body.

"Ahhhhh"" She screamed in joy "For centuries I have dream of having my revenge" She raised both of her hands in triumphant "And now, my dear nemesis, now, I'll finally have my revenge" She pointed at Evan "By killing, your only son" She snapped, the Chimaera moved quicker than any monster seen on this planet.

"Evan, WATCH OUT" She pushed him away, as he watched in horror, while the Chimaera swallowed her in one gulp.

"I thought it was fast enough to eat a single boy" She waved her head, thinking that she made a mistake, and looked at the boy again "Oh well, second time's the charm" She snapped again "EAT HIM ALIVE!".

Then, the diamond shined brightly at his neck, and both the Chimaera and the lady were blinded by its light.

The boy, filled with anger and despair from losing the two people who cherished most, slowed down time itself.

>:T

"Is this the best you can do?" The hooded man said, mocking Dirk over and over again as both of their attacks clashed each other, the sound of the ground cracking at their battle. The wind blew much heavier than before, and the trees were hanging onto its dear life. They both distanced again after the final blow.

"You never really knew about anything? Do you?" Dirk asked, panting mildly over the continuous blows they've done.

"What do you mean?" The hooded man asked, breathing heavily over exhaustion at the battle.

"We never really cared about the safety of the boy"

An explosion was heard from the distance.

"I guess the boy did unlocked the power much faster than we thought" Dirk looked at the distance where the explosion was heard. The hooded man also looked at the area and saw a white light shining over where Kiara is.

"No" He said in disbelief

"You see" He fixed his hair as it slowly transformed into orange, along with his eyes.

"Our real job was not to protect the boy, but keep his powers dormant until he reached a certain age" His transformation is complete, the timer still ticked as his eyes and hair is now colored orange, not blue anymore.

"You seriously set up yourselves" He fixed himself into a fighting stance once again, as the wounds and injuries he sustained were now fully healed. The timer now revealing the real time unlike before. Two black gloves were also summoned onto his hand.

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"Impossible" The hooded man said, putting both his hands onto his face on the biggest mistake they have ever done in their whole lives.

"You angered the one who holds the white diamond" Marco answered "Now, you are seriously screwed"

The hooded man now lost his will to fight, as both his legs now lost its strength to stand up.

"Now, let me explain some very interesting information before I take your life" He sat with the hooded man on his side, the man itself unable to move by fear.

"Once upon a time, when the Chimaeras themselves were used as tools of war against the gods and goddesses themselves. The divines themselves had a really hard time dealing with the pets they've created, except for a few" Marco hit the hooded man's forehead using his index finger, revealing the hooded man's face. his hair and eyes were both black, without any emotion showing in the man's pupils.

"I never really knew you'll betray us like that, Rez" Rez looked at Marco's eyes, the fear still evident in all over his body.

"But the one you two angered is someone you shouldn't have messed with" Marco looked at Rez's eyes and looked again where the supposedly bright, white light is.

"Judging by the look on your face, you already had a slight idea on who it is"

After being silent for quite some time, Rez finally had the courage to talk, to ask the real question, uttering only a single word.

"Who?" He asked.

Marco then sighed and stood up and kicked him in the chest. Rez's body now crumbling and shivering because of fear.

"You still had something with you huh?" He paused, looking at his former comrade with disgust and disappointment. He fixed the black gloves on his hands and made his the knuckles on his bones sound.

"But I guess I'll answer your question before I deliver you to rightful place" Marco walked towards the pitiful body of his comrade and carried his whole body using his right hand, making them see from eye to eye.

"The one you angered is none other than..."

Rez answered.

"The supreme god of time"