War 02

After the beastmen appeared. Aramar had some time to breathe, the mages in the sky were too busy with the hurricanes and poison, besides of course the incessant arrows.

And just as he was about to walk away from the fight, his whole body trembled, the hairs on his body stood on end, a primal fear erupted from his gut, and it wasn't long before everyone else felt it too.

A loud, continuous sound began to sound from all directions, it sounded like a drum, but much more powerful, it was as if the sky itself was colliding, the black clouds that hung in the sky began to shake and gusts of wind blew incessantly.

It was almost as if a gate had been opened for his king, the clouds parted and in the sky a gigantic creature appeared, scales covered his entire body, a long tail full of thorns divided into three, four pairs of wings kept him in the sky.

Its only two legs had claws so sharp that they seemed to have been forged in a volcano, on its dignified face, four pairs of eyes and two rows of countless teeth frightened the others, a scar descended from its chin to its chest and looked like an abyss.

"He has arrived"

Only one person was happy about the arrival of the great Roca, Adam, the one who orchestrated such a meeting.

...

[A few minutes earlier]

~I have found sir.

A wide smile appeared on Adam's inexpressive face, it was a smile beyond diabolical, if any child saw such a set of teeth he would cry.

~Kill it, do as I say.

What pawn 01 had been searching for since a few hours ago, was the nest of a certain bird, or rather, he was searching for what was inside the nest, the storm egg.

Pawn 01 climbed the highest mountain in the forest, above the clouds, just to complete his mission, to provoke a war.

Arriving at the nest the puppet found three eggs, his progenitor was far from showing up and at that moment he took the opportunity to break them, one by one and finally leave a message.

"I am the king of the forest, even those who think they are above the heavens, cannot with me"

It was well known that Aramar was an arrogant bastard who loudly proclaimed himself the king of the forest, he himself has hunted and killed several other "kings" or their progeny just to reaffirm his position, this was common for him.

~Mission complete sir.

~Very well, now go to the next point, your companions will meet you there.

...

Aramar was arrogant, but he was afraid of the Lord of the Storm, the protector of the north, the one who defeated the dragon king, he was afraid of Bramar the roc bird.

Everyone held their breath at the grandeur of that monster, he looked at the whole battlefield with insignificance and posed in front of Aramar.

"Hello, old friend"

Slowly he began to shrink until he took on a humanoid form, a way to demonstrate his unwillingness to fight.

His body was covered by gray armor, on his head a six-pointed crown fastened his long white hair, and his eyes were blocked by a blindfold.

He crossed two wings as if they were arms and waited, a few moments later Aramar did the same thing, his body reduced and became humanoid, he resembled an Anima, due to the hair on his body and the features of his face, wrapped around his arm was the snake.

"I thought I had already made my interest clear about the dominance of this forest"

Aramar had one of his eyes dripping blood, and several derivative scars on his body, but he didn't seem to care, because, what really threatened his life was in front of him.

"Yes, and because of that I have never even come close to the edges of your territory"

Bramar had no arms, so his tail began to whip the ground to demonstrate his impatience.

"I know, but... '"

It was so quiet, you could hear the last moans of some dying man, but this small sound annoyed Bramar or at least he used it to relieve his anger, he turned towards the human and opened his mouth, out of it came a small black ball with gold details.

It moved slowly, but everyone moved away from the poor man, and when his body was touched by the ball a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and hit him, followed by another and then another, only ending when 50 bolts of lightning struck that place, where there was only blood and broken earth left.

Aramar saw that something was wrong, he felt on his skin all the rage contained within the body of the one in front of him.

"Yes, I was awakened today from my deep sleep, after some 4 maybe 5 decades"

Bramar knew this, he knew it had not been Aramar, but still he came, for, he knew that the orchestrator of this encounter would be around.

"The one who killed my offspring would present himself"

He spoke calmly, but the silence irritated him even more so he shouted.

"COME OUT YOU DIRTY BASTARD"

No one answered however the sound of footsteps could be heard, slow and steady, going towards those two monsters, it was an ordinary young man with red eyes and black hair, followed by a dog.

"I was the one who killed your three sons, great Bramar"

The blindfold fell from his face, and his eyes appeared, they seemed to be looking at Adam's soul, the one shot by the skill staggered backwards, but soon a golden film covered his whole body and protected him.

[You have had your soul shattered]

[The 'Soul' trait will use the surrounding souls to recover yours]

"You won't be able to destroy my soul so easily"

His teeth were grinding, an invisible force was pushing his body. Bramar had not given up, sweat was dripping all over his body, if not for the aid of his awakened traits, he would not even be able to go against such a creature.

"You can't kill me Bramar, the rules of the world don't allow it, a monster like you, who doesn't even have a title or position, would never kill a chosen one like me, a pity, if you were the lord of this forest maybe..."

He didn't finish his sentence on purpose, but it was quite implied what he meant. Aramar had also understood.

"Don't fall for that snake, Bramar, I'll kill him for you.

At that moment, three shadows were projected on the ground, all coming from different directions.

"It's nothing personal Aramar, but I will have my revenge"

Immediately he returned to his original form and tried to crush the humanoid in front of him, but was thwarted, for Aramar was as sharp as he was and returned to his original form quickly.

"Kill him"

The real reason Aramar feared Bramar, was his followers, they had equivalent strength, but when those three were added together, the scales hung to one side.

Harpya was small, but possessed impressive speed, Vermillion used his fire to attack more at a distance, while the night shadow just faded and appeared in blind spots.

The roc attacked him head on, his storm control was ineffective, as was Harpya's ice and Vermillion's fire, his physical attacks were greatly reduced was why Aramar became known as king, his incredible strength crowned him.

However, this would not last forever, a long term fight was not ideal for Aramar, added with all the wounds he had already suffered, his sense of urgency whistled, that is why he used his card up his sleeve so eagerly.

"You made me do it Bramar"