Hunt

"Morpheus?" Evans asked holding his sword with both hands. "Do you see him huh?" Evans shouted angrily.

"Get out of my way...boy" Lycus said emphasizing on the word boy, his lips had blood all a round that stained his brown coat with drops of it, his eyes as red as ever.

"He is not here and it would best if you left, you are far from home" Evans replied with the same tone.

Lycus cracked a smiled showing his left fang, Evans annoyed, he ran towards him, his sword raised high and surprisingly lycus did not attempt to move, he stood still, Evans swung his sword and it instantly his Lucy's neck and the sword shattered right there into pieces. Evans could not believe his eyes, the swords was broken, lycus tilted his head to meet Evans's puzzled face and that mischievous smile was still on his face.

Evans's heart was on the verge of stopping when lycus grabbed Evans by the neck tightly lifting him up like he was piece of paper, Evans struggled to break free swinging his legs back and forth trying to break the grip on his neck but everytime he did so, the grip became harder than before

"Humans...always thinking they are the center of the universe, fools! You are weak, unable to wield power! A waste of creation look at yourself, what is your purpose in this world?" Lycus asked in disgust grinning making his voice more aggressive as ever.

Evans tried to break free but he was running out of breath and he was tired and on the verge of giving up until a voice appeared being lycus.

"Enough brother, put him down" the soft voice appeared, his accent of British as he stepped forward it was Eros dressed in black

Lycus turned around to see his brother standing close to the doors smiling his eyes were dark red as always.

"These savages deserve to die!" Lycus said throwing Evans across the hall until he hit the corner of there concrete wall and gasped for air until he went unconscious.

"I understand your rage but remember the purpose of our travel here" Eros said placing his hand on his brother's shoulder. "The boy is not here, not anymore we are too late"

"What where is he?" Lucia asked angrily.

"I lost his scent but we will find him now let the man live and tell the tale" Eros smiled and within seconds the two brothers turned around and disappeared into thin air leaving Evans unconscious on the floor.

Skyler safely got the king out of the palace to the boat that was waiting for him and two guards were there waiting for him.

"My boy, come with me, there is nothing left to fight for"

Matthews said placing his hand on Skyler's cheek.

"No my lord, there is so much to fight for, it is my duty to fight"

Skyler was raised in Matthew's hands, Skyler's father was a special friend to Matthews and they grewbup together in the palace until he was a knight and was brutally killed in war and died, Matthews felt that it was his job to raise Skyler and he could not bare to see him suffer the same fate as his father had.

"Go my lord, you will be safe in Tolido" Skyler did not stay to hear the King's reply he quickly ran back and left the boat sail away with the king and the guard.

Skyler ran back to the castle with his sword in his hand and as soon as he arrived horror strikes him, at what was bestowed upon him in the doors of the palace, bodies everywhere and pools of blood with rain water under every body, the bodies he knew so well but none of the enemy, he dropped the sword and looked around for evans and spotted him laying on the far end of there bal.

He rushed to him to see if he was still alive , his neck was bruised that it was dark red and he was hardly breathing, he lifted him up slowly and left with him.

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Days later.



Days passed since they left the castle and rode off with Evans fighting for his life when they came across a village quiet far from the other lands and far from the chaos of the world and even though they were poor , they had the medicine to heal Evans and let them stay until he heals fully.

Evans slowly came conscious while he lsy on his back, his vision was blurry and tilted his head left and right to look around and attempted to stand up when Skyler walked in.

"Hold on now let me help you, dont strain yourself" Skyler said reaching to help Evans sit up straight and put a feathered pillows behind his neck and gave him some water.

"Where are we?" Evans asked weakly.

"Its Leda, its a village further from the terrors of the world" Skyler chuckled .

"You cut my hair?" Evans noticed his hair was cut short.

"Yes it was disturbing so they cut it but you still look the same as before" Skyler laughed patting evans's head.

"What happened to the castle? What happened?"

Skyler sighed sadly. "The king is safe on his way to Tolido, everyone died except us as you can see"

Evans was already looking at the far corner of the hut, tears fell from his eyes as he wiped them off.

"We cannot go back there" Skyler added.

Evans turned around to face Skyler, his eyes were red from the tears. "You want us to run away? And let those creatures live?" Evans asked angrily.

"Listen Evans" Skyler spoke patting his shoulder. "We will hunt them down and we will find them, just not now, they are stronger and we are weak."

"I knew letting that boy leave was a sin" Evans sighed.

"We have to find the boy" Skyler replied standing up. "Tomorrow morning we are leaving so rest"

Skyler left the hut and Evans immediately fell asleep.

The hunt has begun!!^^

Stick around!

The horse cart raced through the muddy ground and the heavy rain that poured viciously on the cart that was pulled by four black stallions and behind the cart was three soldiers also on their horses leading the cart that had Dardanos and Morpheus inside.

The clouds were beginning to darken appearing on both s8des of the mountain that covered the outside views and loud thunders that sounded like collisions.

Morpheus was seated opposite to Dardanos dressed in black long sleeve shirt and black pants with black boots and his hair was combed nicely most of it blocking his forehead, he was quiet the whole journey from the castle, he rested his head on his hand looking out the window.

"They're are coming" Then boy said in gentle voice not shifting his attention from the window.

"What are you talking about boy? Who's coming?" Dardanos asked, his voice loud and coarse his big white and brown be a red covered his lips and made his voice sound old.

"Them" Morpheus replied with a sigh finally shifting to stare at Dardanos who was looking back at him. Dardanos was a big man gifted with big reddish hair and mascular barbarian body and oily brown-ish skin.(definitely a big male)

"I don't know who they are but they are coming straight for us, I can sense the energy, its powerful"

For a moment they were quiet, the sound of the cart bumping and the heaving rain pouring on top of the cart and window along with the thunder filled the atmosphere.Then all of a sudden the cart stopped and there was no sound of any movement outside Dardanos opened the door and stepped outside to see the soldiers already out of their horses.

"Why did we stop? What happened?" He asked.

"There's two strange men standing right on our path" He pointed at the front where the other soldiers were standing already the swords at ready, Dardanos walked to the guards and he was surprised to see Morpheus already standing at the other side close to the guards motionlessly.

The two figure blocking their way were both wearing black and their faces were not visible behind the hoods they had on.

The other figure stood back and the other walked slowly towards them holding a strange chain that had a ball at the end with spikes on it and he dragged it on the Mudd. His face was covered making it look too black to see him.

"Do not take another step closer!" One of the guards shouted, the rain was louder so they had to shout if they were to talk,the man immediately stopped walking and stood without any movement after the guard's warning.

"Who are you and what do you want from us, state your purpose!" Dardanos asked stepping forward with his large Axe in his hand.

The man simply pointed with his other hand at the boy standing behind the soldiers, all eyes turned to him.

"What do you want with him?" He continued.

The man did not say anuthing, he simply stood there quietly. Dardanos turned to Morpheus and whispered to him."Do you think you can take them down?" He asked.

"Not a chance, I can feel their strength its too strong we have to give them what they want or they will kill you" Morpheus whispered back but he knew the two meant could hear them even though they were whispering to each other.

"Bring the boy or I will take him myself" The man finally spoke, his voice was deep and it was as if he was whispering but his voice cut through the sound of the rain like nothing they had seen and they could hear it louder than the rain itself, he tightened his grip on the weapon he was holding.

Dardanos turned around to face him and also tightened his grip on his Axe too. "I apologize but the boy stays with me,come and take him then" Dardanos was already running towards the enemy with his Axe and just when he swung his Axe towards the neck of his enemy, the man kicked him hard on the chest that he flew back to the feet of his soldiers, the guard started to attack as a group, them man simply took the out one by one swinging his the heavy metal at each one who came to strike until they were all down for the count.

That gave dardanos time to get back on his feet but the man was already ahead of him, he swung the spiked metal ball in an upper swing that hit Dardanos right under his chin sending him back to the muddy ground.

The man stood looking over at Morpheus, his weapon dripped of blood but was easily washed clean by the pouring rain.

"Who the hell are you?" Morpheus asked in a whisper knowing he could hear.

"I am cloud and here is Marcus, we were sent to come and take you home" The man replied.

"Home I don't have a home" Morpheus replied angrily. "Take another step closer I will end you!" He clung his fists together, his fangs were visible and his eyes turned blood red.

"Do not make this hard boy" The man replied.

"I in ted to take it as far as possible.

"Do you know the very person behind this?"

Morpheus thought for a few minuets who could it be, it could be that good for nothing father of his, the man who killed his mother cold blood and left her to die, he would have his revenge he though again that what if it was not him and he would be feeding himself to the enemy. But it was worth the risk he concluded and walked towards the man.

"I want to see him then" Morpheus spoke.

The man offered his free hand to Morpheus and when he touched it they both disappeared along with Marcus into thin air.

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In only a night and a little rest Evans was up on his feet and healed perfectly, but he couldn't move his head left or right without moving his mody along with his head like the old man had mentioned, he followed skyler bear the lake he was standing there quietly and stood beside him.

"Are you ready to go? Because I certainly am" Evans asked not looking at Skyler.

"Of course, the longer we intend to stay the more time we waste here" Skyler replied.

The two men bid their farewells and thanked the villagers for letting th stay over and they Soon continued with their travel, they were to reach a ship that traveled to the city of Tolido and they safely boarded the ship and their four day trip had began.

The weather had been fierce the past two days and it still was, the non stop rain and thunder and the dark clouds sread across the sea and all the near lands.

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After Morpheus's capture, Dardanos surprisingly survived and walks his wat to the ship Skyler and Evans were in, Evans was at his best annoyance when he listened to Dardanos explain to him how they were attacked on the way to their ship and a the soldiers were killed and the boy was taken.

"I knew it, I told you taking that creature out was a risk to do, what if this was staged? And the boy knew about the attack?And what if he sent them huh?" Evans shouted his arms in the air in surrender while heoved forward and back.

"Slow down Evans we can't be sure the boy did this" Skyler said pulling Evans to sit down.

"Skyler is right, I don't think the boy is responsible for this" Dardanos replied, his chin had stitches reaching his neck and bandaged, red stains of blood showed.

"But that doesn't change the fact that you lost him either way!" Evans yelled kicking the empty barrell of wine beside him. "The boy is dangerous, he is going to be our doom do you understand what I am saying, we have to find him even if it means dying while we try" Evans's voice was now loud that one of the ship crew members had to bang the door for them to quiet down

"Evans is right but this is not just about the boy, there's a whole war waiting to break free out there and Morpheus is the key to it and with all three scrolls, whoever is behind this could control mankind itself" Skyler sighed brushing his hair back.

"So what's the plan pretty boy?" Evans said panting from the shouting he was doing.

"Nothing for now, until we know where the boy is or least one of the scrolls is we are completely hopeless" Skyler shrugged.

"Every castle has the history of the scroll but not the map, finding them would mean solving puzzles of each of the history books of the scrolls" Dardanos said eyeing Evans who was having trouble sitting down and controlling his rage.

"Corbin castle will have that and Tolido most definitely, we are going there next so get some rest" Skyler was already relaxed in a sleeping position.

From there the ship sailed in the heavy storms of the sea as the two men prepared for the coming war once they arrived on land.

It was once and it shall be once again, that the blood moon would rise, to how this all began, no one knows but what they can know is how they will stop it from destruction and not just that but the fate of everyone around them including their most sensitive secrets.

Their quest had just began... And their fate lies in his hands and only his.