Chapter 8 - The Beginning Of The End [2]
Protoss Empire, floating city…
Black Star Condominium…
Gray Mansion, living room…
- Yuna Grey (wearing a blue dress, braids her hair, folding some clothes): Grey! Come get your clothes… (having difficulty to stand up)
- Damian Grey (in a blue sweater and formal pants, sitting on the sofa, reading a book, looks at Yuna): Honey, let the maids do that, sit here...
- Yuna Grey (looks at Damian, smiles): No, I like doing these things. If I don't do them, I'll become a lazy pregnant woman, who only eats ice cream and watches movies, do you want that, Damian?
- Damian Grey (laughing): And fat…
- Yuna Grey (laughing, throws a pillow at his face): Stop… (sits on the sofa, next to him)
- Drake Grey (wearing a blue jacket and shorts, goes down the stairs): Mommy, where are they? (sees his father, turns towards the stairs): I didn't know you were here, I'll be back another time...
- Damian Grey (with Yuna in his arms, gets up): Hey, where are you going? Come here… (Grey ignores)
- Yuna Grey(sitting, looks at Damian, smiles): Grey, where is your sister?
- Drake Grey (going up): Sleeping, or whatever… (goes to his room)
- Yuna Grey (looking at Damian, smiles): Since he was born you haven't stayed at home, you haven't taken care of him, you haven't acted like a father, what did you expect? Now he treats you like an enemy. You have to talk to him more... Come and massage my feet, they are swollen and hurt... (puts her feet on the sofa, sighs)
- Damian Grey (sighs, sits down, does the massage): But it's been two weeks since I stopped going out for a long time, and he still doesn't trust me? And look, I stopped taking him to business meetings, anyway, I can only continue trying to get closer…
Hours later…
Condominium Park…
- Drake Grey (running, spots Mr. A. sitting with his friends, telling the story, bored): Ahh, Mister A, it isn't time for the story to start yet… (panting, catching his breath)
- Mr. A (smiling, looking at him): Calm down Greyson. I was just reviewing last week's…
- Christian/Grey's friend (sitting on the bench, smiling): What's up Drake? You have to start exercising. Your house is right there, just running a little gets you tired?
- Drake Grey (sits on the bench, annoyed): Shut up Chris! Good morning, everyone. Continue the story Mister A...
- Kim, Havanna and Mr. A (laughing): Good morning, Drake…
- Christian Chamberlain (chuckling): Calm down, Drake. I'm just giving you some friendly advice, nothing more...
- Mr. A (smile): Stop it you two! Let's get back to the story…
Arthur was certain that the attack on the academy was linked to his arrest. Three months passed, and he found himself in a solitary routine of training, cultivation and study in a cell. Meanwhile, the battle was already raging fiercely, even his young friends were forced to take up arms in desperate combat. Death lurked around every corner, and the hope of victory dwindled like the flames of a candle at its end.
The situation was critical, and the need for a miracle became palpable. It was then that the idea of "The King's Force" emerged — a legendary power capable of turning the tide of war. To do this, Arthur would need to be imbued with this strength. Windsor, sensing the urgency, appealed to the monarchs to reduce Arthur's sentence.
As the negotiations unfolded, the queen's allies and Arthur's cousins arrived on the island, welcomed by Queen Andromeda's warm hospitality. However, there were more serious matters to be discussed. Alexia, with a bombastic revelation, announced that Arthur had been sentenced to life in prison. The palace meeting room was filled with a heavy silence, as everyone wondered how Alexia had such information. And in the cells, Arthur's fate hung in the balance...
- Director Odyssey Aesir (in the adjacent cell, sitting on the bed, eating): Arthur, do you know why there are no other prisoners here besides us?
- Arthur Treadway (eating, looks at the director): Why?
- Director Odyssey Aesir (eating, chuckles): Because criminals are so afraid of this place that they avoid committing certain crimes… (laughing)
- Arthur Treadway (eating, glancing at his plate, smiles): Interesting… (sighs): This experience is educational…
- Director Odyssey Aesir (looking at Arthur, smiles): Son, you are being forged. A king is being forged in you...
- Arthur Treadway (laughing): A king? In prison? Of course, I'll be king of mice then...
- Director Odyssey Aesir (smiles): Do you think this is all in vain? It is in difficulties that great men and women are born…
In Murim, Qin-Shi managed to invest with the money his father gave him to get by, he found a house to stay with Eleanor.
And for Arthur's happiness, King Yer sent his daughter to the Union headquarters to kill him, and Alexia revealed the real reason behind her appearance in Arthur's life...
- Queen Andromeda (hiding her anguish): Speak, Alexia!
- Princess Alexia Aesir (teary-eyed, sighs): Before I came back, before I met the master, I went on a trip for archaeological purposes with some colleagues. We climbed Mount Everest, and we reached the top…
- Windsor, and Bedesvire Ashura (surprised, stand up): WHAT?! THAT IS PROHIBITED FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT DESCENDANTS OF PENDRAGON!
- Cassilda (looking to the two, thoughtful): What do you mean by its forbidden?
- Queen Andromeda (looks at Alexia): Daughter, continue...
- Princess Alexia Aesir (sobbing): We thought it was a myth, we thought there was no harm in going up there. When we got to the top, we entered a cave, the cave of the kings, there were very old writings on the walls, made with swords. Martial arts, techniques, messages and much more, but as it was late and very cold, we lit a fire. But there was something inside the cave besides us, someone, a man. Killed my colleagues one by one, and when only I was left, he told me to look for master, and protect him with my life, and I saw him again when I was in coma...
- Queen Andromeda (sighs, passes her hand over her face): What do you want to say?
- Princess Alexia Aesir (wiping away her tears): He can help, he can bring the master back!
- Cassilda/General (looking at Alexia, slams her hand on the table): No, you don't know that! You're making assumptions! What if he kills us because we let him get arrested?!
- Windsor/ Patriarch of the Ashura (seriously, looks out the window): His name is Butler, he is the primordial guardian, he can help... (hears his voice) [I cannot!]
Author: [ ] = telepathy.
- Princess Alexia Aesir (looks at Windsor): That's his name. Do you know him?
- Queen Andromeda (thoughtfully): And where is he?
- Tristan Ashura (anguished, wipes away his tears): He stays in the Cave Of The Kings…
- Princess Alexia Aesir (looks at the queen) "I can't let him stay in prison!": I'm going there, I don't have much use here, so I'm going.
- Cassilda (looks angrily at the queen): Your Majesty, I can't believe you're going to send a girl who doesn't know how to defend herself to a mountain?!
- Queen Andromeda (looks at Cassilda, sighs): I would like to say no. Tristan, Hera, Windsom, Bedesvire and Phoenix, you will be captains, you will be responsible for brigades in some bases on the continent. You will have the commanders and the general as superiors, Windsor, and some others that I will still name, will be commanders, and the general is there... (points her finger to Cassilda)
Author: Windsor, and Windsom are father and son.
- Queen Andromeda (looking at Alexia): Alexia, you and Sofia go to the mountain immediately. Rescuing Arthur is essential for us...
- Princess Alexia Aesir (shakes her head in approval, smiles)
In Greece, Zeus, happy with the fragility of the amazon army, and Ares tired of this war, decided to go out to the battlefield... In his cell, Arthur trained, cultivated, studied and with the help of Alfred finally evolved...
- Arthur Treadway (sits on the floor, gets into a meditation position, closing his eyes, goes into total concentration mode, cultivates)
30 minutes later…
- Director Odyssey Aesir (wakes up, feeling a tremendous movement of Qi, yawns and looks at Arthur's cell): Hmmm?! Kid, what are you doing? (sees Arthur evolving, surprised)
- Director Odyssey Aesir (seeing him floating and a blue dust around him, surprised): You're a Supreme Master at 16 years?! That's impossible! Cassandra would never believe it if I told her...
- Arthur Treadway (evolves and uses the art of a thousand armies, leaving footprints on the ground) "My movements… My senses, and now I can use telepathy?! This is too much…" (laughing menacingly)
- Alfred (in Arthur's mind) "Boss, evolution done successfully!"
Under normal conditions, it takes someone decades to reach the Supreme Master level, but Arthur, in seven years, reached this stage...
Alexia, excited, climbed the mountain with her personal guardian, Sofia. And about the war, there were eight bases, four on the Asu continent and four on Eurus, each base with its chief and captain, and the war began.
In Murim, the war began to scare the population, the cities became battlefields, and Qin-Shi continued to believe that one day he would be Emperor of Mandarin, and would bring peace, and the eleven kings of the Union question Zeus, why of this war, but for Zeus it didn't matter…
One month later, Alexia persisted in her ascent up the mountain. King Yer, relentless in his pressure, urged his daughter towards the Union headquarters. And one fateful morning, Alexia and Sofia reached the summit.
The primordial guardian awaited them—a formidable presence, ancient and unyielding. His eyes bore the weight of eons, and his voice echoed through the thin air. He mistreated them, testing their resolve. Fear clawed at Alexia's chest, but she pushed through. Fear was a luxury they couldn't afford. Alexia overcame her trembling, her heart pounding in rhythm with the guardian's scrutiny. She faced him, her voice steady, her purpose unshaken. And to her surprise, he obeyed. The guardian yielded, revealing secrets buried deep within the mountain.
- Princess Hera Olympus (in white military attire, wiping her face with a towel, sits by the fire)
- Arwen (in black military clothing, sitting by the fire, admiring Hera, blushing) "I have never seen such a beautiful person, she truly is a goddess…"
- Argos (in black military attire, sitting close, chuckling): Be careful Arwen! She's your captain and her boyfriend bites...
- Luana (in black military clothing, sitting by the fire, smiles): She is the youngest of us, but she is a Grand Master and captain. Must be because of her boyfriend and her being a goddess. I heard that her boyfriend is a monster…
- Rohan (in black military attire, sitting nearby): I don't believe that. It's an exaggeration, that guy can't be that strong.
- Princess Hera Olympus (sitting by the fire, looking at the four of them): Have you eaten yet?
- Luana (sitting, looks at Hera): Captain, what's your boyfriend like?
- Argos, Arwen, and Rohan (looking at Hera, curious)
- Princess Hera Olympus (surprised, blushes): Eh!!! My boyfriend?! Who? Arthur? (nervous)
- The 4 (notice the nervousness)
- Luana (smiling) "She really likes him, just talking about him and she turns red…": Yes, him…
- Princess Hera Olympus (nervous, blushes): He's not my boyfriend and he doesn't even likes me. He's more of a suitor. But about him, Arthur, he's a Treadway. Strong, unbelievably strong and smart. Last time I saw him, he was an Experienced Master. Now he could be a Grand Master, Supreme Master, or even Supreme Grand Master. He evolves at an uncanny speed, and his body seems to transform with each step. And his domain… (thinking of Arthur, smiles)
- The 4 (mouths open, surprised): IMPOSSIBLE!!
- Princess Hera Olympus (looks at the 4, laughs): What?
- Argos (surprised, incredulous): He's a Treadway?! And at 16 years he may have already reached the peak of the first dimension????(faints)
- Rohan (sitting, envious): That's an exaggeration captain! It's not possible for someone to be that strong, and I heard that the Treadway house was destroyed a long time ago, and King Heinrich's son disappeared with the queen...
- Luana (sitting, looking at Rohan, laughing): You're just jealous... (rolls her eyes)
- Princess Hera Olympus (sitting, looks at Rohan, laughs): What world are you in, Rohan? Who do you think Queen Andromeda is? She is the widow of the late King Heinrich, and Arthur is their son. You've been fighting in her name all this time, and you don't know that? And last time I was in the palace they talked about the King's force, wait and see how strong he is...
- Arwen (sitting with his head down, his confidence waning) "Does he possess the King's force? I can't compete with that…"
- Argos (awakens, his senses alert): I need to meet him…
- Princess Hera (smiling, her eyes drifting to the sky) "I just hope that Alexia completes her mission…"
Arthur's legend was growing, even within the cold stone walls of his cell. Meanwhile, Qin-Shi plotted against Emperor Liu, concealing an illicit affair that leaves Eleanor betrayed and heartsick.
- Grey (nervous, hurrying away): Mister A, I completely forgot. I have to go out with my parents, my mother is going to hit me...
- Mr. A (looking at Grey, smiles): What are you waiting for?! Go quickly, walk…
- Grey (walking away, waves): Goodbye Mister A, Chris, Havanna and Kim...
- Mr. A, Christian, Havanna and Kim (seeing Grey leave, they wave): Bye...