Chapter 62: Victory!

We hurriedly ran towards the throne room with the king on the lead. I don't know where Damian went, we just left him there after hearing the explosion.

When we arrived, we were greeted by smoke and dust everywhere. The door was wrecked, like some kind of laser went pass through it. Looks like a ragnarok has made a huge whole at the place.

"Imea! Mercy!" Called the king, but all we heard was a silent cry in the distant, making us have no other choice, but to go inside the room. Everything was foggy as both smoke and dust covered everything. "No!" I heard the king with fear as we saw a figure of a woman crying with someone on her lap.

We hurriedly went towards their aid and saw that it was the princess who is crying and the queen laying on her with blood on her chest.

"This can't be happening, Mercy? Mercy! Wake up! Please!" The king called out, but even if the fog covers everything, I can tell that the queen is already dead. "Don't leave us like this Mercy!" He shouted.

They both cried while I just stand here, guarding them from anyone who'll try to attack.

"Well well well... Look what we have here." I heard Damian's voice making me on guard. "Oh? Such a tragic fate, don't you think?" His face shows sadness, but the way he delivers his words sounded sarcastic. And that made me pissed. So I pointed my gun at him and shot a bullet. Nothing happened, just the way it was earlier.

"Who are you?!" The princess asked and pointed her spear at him.

"Oh? You told me that I am your lost son, but never told my sister about me? How disappointing!" He said, making the princess shock.

"What are you talking about you asshole?! You wanna die?! Don't you know who you're talking to?!"

"Oh come on sis, chillax~ it's just me, your brother-"

"You can't fool someone like me!" She said madly and striked, but Damian only moved a bit to escape the attack.

"That's enough, Imea. He is telling the truth... He is your long lost brother, Damian." The king said sadly while embracing her dead wife. The princess let go of the spear and kneeled down in surprise. "I know it's hard to believe, but... Dell is the one who kidnapped him, if I should've known."

"It can't be... Why? How?" Was the only thing the princess could say. I was still on guard, ready to shield all of them if things go wrong.

"HA! Look at your faces! Seen your demise?" Damian bullied all of them and laughed in a demonic way.

"Damian, please! Stop saying those things! And come back to us." The king pleaded, but Damian just cringed at the words.

"Let me think about that~ No! I have been living my years at Dusk, and I could tell you, it was awesome! Unlike this peaceful, shitty place. You know what, I could kill all of you in an instant if I want to, but I think, a bit of fun will give me satisfaction." He said and giggled. "How about if we start with you, father!" He said and went towards the king. He held him by the neck making the king grasp for air.

"Let him go! You dimwitted fucker!" The princess hurriedly grabbed her spear and pointed it at his brother. It was so sudden that we saw how Damian's face have been scratched by the princess's spear.

"Why you little freak! How dare you hurt me like that!" The princess was caught off guard when he suddenly released a power towards her, knocking her off. "I hate you all, just die." He said.

"No! Stooop!!!" But before the princess could even move, Damian already slitted the king's throat using his long nails.

I quickly made this chance to hit him, and I was right. One bullet went pasts through his left shoulder, making him fall. I continued raining him with bullet, and everytime I hit him, he screams in pain.

I shot him on the thigh, at the right shoulder, at one of his joints, and lastly, at his gut. I was about to shoot him in the head, when suddenly.

"Granger stop! I demand you to stop this instant!" I heard the princess' command.

"But your highness-"

"This is the order of your princess! Let him go! Let him leave, please." She said and even though I want to finish off this bastard in front of me, I saw how worried and sad the princess was, making me walk away from him. "Leave now Damian, leave the empire, before everyone of your army is dead! Go!" She cried out loud and wiped her tears.

"I won't forget this day! You killed my father, I killed your family, but it doesn't mean that this is already the end! I will come back, and I will make you pay for what you did!" Damian said and vanished instantly, like a smoke that has been blown by the wind.

"Granger, leave me here. Help the others."

"But your majesty-"

"No more words! Just do as I say!" She shouted at me, so without anymore to say, I payed my respect and left.

I went out of the palace immediately and looked for Zandre and Frost. They were now awake and was fighting with Jade and Marc. I also saw that they are outnumbered and was sorrounded, so I...

"Bullet's Rain." I chanted and shot my gun upwards, and heard a loud explosion up above. When it came back down, there were lots of bullets that fell.

"Athena's Shield!" Zandre shouted and his shield grew bigger, covering everyone in his premises, while all of the sorrounding enemies, died from the bullet's rain.

"We will all retreat, for now! But remember this, Dawn Empire... I shall return! And when that time comes, I shall show no mercy!" I heard Damian's voice outside the gates of the empire and every enemy started to ran towards the gate.

After that, a loud lightning and thunder was heard, and we saw how thick smoke covered every Duskian outside, until they were out of sight. Rain started to pour from the skies as dawn started to bring the sun back up to the sky.

We could see blood splattered everywhere. Hundreds and millions of people, palace guards and innocent subject's bodies all over the place. It was really terrifying to see this kind of things again. It was like... Nostalgia, but in a sad and bad way. It gave me goosebumps.

Until I heard Zandre screaming his lungs out.

"Aurora has helped us! Victory has been on our side!" With what he said, everyone shouted in unison with him. Some even shouted Dawn Empire. But still, sadness filled the empire as we all know what really happened.

When the sun totally shone upon the sky, we all gathered every corpse that we see and laid them side by side. There were not just a hundred, but I'm guessing like half millions of them. With the king and the queen in the middle. Everyone was filled with sorrow as they cry over their love one's deaths.

To be continued~