Dragonsoro.
The space portal took them to the dragon's palace. Everywhere was eerily quiet, the whole place looks deserted and there were signs of fighting evident on all the things on the floor and wall.
"What happened here?".Raniae asked as she looked around.
At that moment, Dragonsoro was bombarded with a myriad of information of what has been happening since he left for the human realm.
With a grave expression Dragonsoro replied; " Dybbuks!. They found us, which means the rest creatures are not that far from danger either. Come with me little one, we don't have much time left". He said worriedly as he walked hurriedly and went up the stairs and Raniae ran after him.
Getting to the roof top, Dragosoro looked at the once lively and prosperous kingdom, now in shambles and desolation, a far cry from what it was.
In disbelief, Raniae looked down at the kingdom, she couldn't believe what she saw. "This is Acarnius?", she asked in disbelief.
"This is what remains of it and it will be gone soon, the Dybbuks are going after the surviving creatures, right now, time is of essence".
"In my father's book, it was beautiful ". Raniae said as she looked down in pain. "Whatever you need of me, I will help you with anything I can". She said with determination burning in her eyes.
Dragonsoro looked at her with a smile as he finish the summoning spell. The spell created a big horn which appeared on Soro's hand.
"Cover your ears little one, this may be a little loud for you".
Raniae quickly stepped far away as she covered both ears like her life depended on it.
Holding the horn tightly, Soro transformed into his dragon form and used his dragon breathe to blow the horn which created a boom that reverberated throughout the kingdom and the fire went straight to the sky and settled like a comet. This was Acarnius signal for a grave war. It sends a personal spoken message to each creature factions and what they are expected to do... In this case, Soro told all non combat creatures to hide in their respective protection zones and for the combat ones to form a pentagram round the kingdom, the Dybbuks reign ends today.
Each faction immediately went to work at that sound and the air was thick with tension, fear and a trace of blood. This might be one of the greatest battles the kingdom of Acarnius has ever fought.
Dragonsoro sent another message to the Gamayon seer requesting his audience immediately and then he transformed back into his human form.
Raniae felt her ears ringing like a bell and her body drenched with sweat, the impact of the sound made her fall to the ground. "Wh.....what was that?".
Tuning to look at her, Soro stared at her for a while before walking up to her.
" That, is the highest form of war communication in Acarnius". Soro stretched out his hand to help her up. "Are you alright?".
Taking his hand, Raniae stood up. "Yes I am, just a little faint headed from the intensity of the sound. How do you all bear this loud sound or do you guys have a higher hearing frequency?".
With a slight chuckle, Soro replied; " The dragons are the only one that can stand close to the horn when it is played and a few special creatures".
"My guess is I am one of those special creatures right?".
Before Dragonsoro could answer a portal open in front of them and the Gamayon seer and her people walked in.
"My Lord". They all greeted .
Soro responded with a nod. "Seer, it is time".
Soro then turned to Raniae and said to her; "Little one, you will have to go with them. Don't worry they won't hurt you, you can trust them as you trust me. I will never forget your help".
"Okay. What about you, are you not coming with us?".
"I'll be there in a moment".
"Alright, I'll see you after right?".
"Are you worried about me little one?". Soro asked with an amused smile.
"No..". Raniae shyly denied.
"Take care little one, I'll see you later".
Raniae with the Gamayons teleported out of there leaving only Dragonsoro and the Seer.
"Are the people ready?". Soro asked as he stared at space.
"Yes my Lord, the pentagram has already been made, we need all the dragons to circle the pentagram and concentrate their power and the Dybbuk's inside them in the centre, that's where you will be and the girl will be at the top end of the pentagram while the other four sacred Gamayuns will occupy the other ends of the pentagram".
"They will activate her mark, yes?".
"Yes My Lord".
"And she will come out unscathed from all this?".
"Yes she will my Lord, the Gamayuns and the warlocks have been tasked to created a seven-fold protection spell on her. When her mark is activated everyone that made the pentagram and are inside the pentagram will be free from the Dybbuks control. You My Lord, should be the only one of concern. Are you sure you can handle the Dybbuks possession, the other dragons barely manage to hold on with just 50 Dybbuks, but you will be ingesting hundreds".
"I can hold on, when this is all over, the dragons know what to do with my body. I hope you all take of Acarnius".
With a solemn face, the Seer sighed and replied. "I promise you my Lord, we will keep Acarnius safe. You will always be remembered".
"Then let us begin ". Soro said as he transformed into his full dragon king self. His purple-golden scales glittering the clouded place. He gave a loud roar made every shake and it also signal the start of the war. The other dragons roars could be heard as they all made their way to the pentagram.
When Dragonsoro got to the centre of the pentagram, his mighty wings created a wave of dust, as all the creatures readied their respective power cores for the activation of the pentagram.
The warlocks began casting the seven-layered protection spell and the Gamayon activated the Warlock's light on Raniae, it created a bright yellow glow that covered the pentagram area then faded away.
The other creatures readied their power core and started inserting it into Dragonsoro, when the Warlock's chains bounded Dragonsoro, the possessed dragons then started circling the pentagram as they readied for the battle.
Then one by one, the dragons started unleashing their power on Dragonsoro and with each power that entered him hundreds of Dybbuks follow.
Each hundred Dybbuks in him resulted to his scales and flesh peeling off and the amount of dark energy corroded his senses. The wave of power brought in agonizing pain to Dragonsoro and he wailed.
Dragonsoro's wailing rang throughout Acarnius . Raniae could hear the screams but she couldn't move a muscle which made her sobbed.
The wailing continued for a long time as each dragon fell after getting free of the possession, when the last dragon fell and the last Dybbuk entered Soro, it created a massive wave that scattered the pentagram. All the creatures that were in the pentagram with the exception of Soro fainted at that moment".
The once mighty look Dragonsoro has turned to a monster, he had no flesh on his body and his skeleton was filled with dense dark power. His eyes socket could be see flickering with pale purple and pitch black which is an evidence that the power is trying to take over Soro's consciousness.
Soro fought back the urge to break the Warlock's chains and then he screamed;
"Now!!!!!!!!". Soro called out to the others dragons and quickly they came to the pentagram area with a golden box.
When they got to where Soro is, they activated the box and golden chains shot out from it binding Soro to the ground. After a while, Soro, the chains and box with all the dragons vanished without a trace.
The non combat creatures began coming out, they are the one to take care of the war casualties. Most of the people that formed the pentagram died due to loss of their power and others entered into a sleeping state due to being weakened. The Gamayun seer came and took Raniae back to the human realm and left her in her bedroom with a gift Soro made for her.
Acarnius was then peaceful and the fairies reverted the kingdom to what it once were. The creatures built a big statue of Dragonsoro in order to always remember the good deed he did for the kingdom. The Dybbuks were no more and from then onwards, Acarnius lived in peace and prosperity.
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