The Meeting comes to an End.
The Hidden Battle starts
50 years ago.
"Esil!"
"Esil!"
"Esil!"
"Esil! Esil! Esil! Esil!"
"Look at them, their cheering for me."
"They are aren't they. You've come far Esil."
"Should I tell them?"
"Tell them what?"
Esil looked down at her belly which wasn't big enough to notice.
The woman next to her sighed and smiled "Well, you have earned rest no? You fought greatly for this Kingdom. While I..."
Esil put her hand on the woman's shoulders. "You did as much as you could. Don't forget you my little sister. I'm supposed to lay the stones while you walk."
The woman paused before smiling "Yeah... You're right."
Esil looked at the woman. "Echidna... I want you to be with me as I rule. Be my right hand. Then when I pass, you'll take the throne. When that happens, you'll be the strongest and smartest queen of Valoria."
As they looked at each other and the scene started to shift to a darker scene. Echidna stands in the same city, but with flames and a bloody face.
Screams were everywhere. She turned and looked at the knights who came through to kill and slaughter her people. She stood above one who was mangled.
"ESIL!" She yelled. She yelled again "ESIL!"
A groan. She ran towards it and saw her sisters beautiful face. She lifted up the debris from her, and hugged her "Come on let's go. We can escape."
"No... I can't, I can't just l can't leave them. Look there screaming in fear. I have to help them"
Echidna picked her up and threw Esil's arm over her shoulder. They walked through the chaos even as Esil protested, which only made the walk slower.
As they walked they were stopped by a knight with a crossbow. "Princess and Queen. Your time ends here. Unless you'd be willing to make me a great King... Heh heh"
Echidna gritted her teeth "Like Hell we would! You expect us to give ourselves up?! What just because you hold a weapon? I'll show you!"
She tried her best to run over to him with Esil on her back, but the knight shot her in the side nonchalantly. "Was that all?" He grabbed her by her hair "You done acting now?"
More knight closed in with ropes.
Both girls were taken as slaves. Esil though...
On the wagon with the other slaves she was slowly bleeding next to her dear sister. "Esil just hold on okay. Just hold on a bit longer." Echidna couldn't help but cry as her sister slowly went to the heavens.
Soon though Esil stopped breathing.
"Esil...? Esil?!" Echidna looked at the other slaves, some her own people. Some her friends or even Esil's. Even though she had helped them, even though she was the perfect queen for them. Here they were just staring or not paying attention at all.
"Why?... Why aren't you helping her? Why won't you do anything?"
They all looked down, but nothing more than that. One spoke up "It was her own fault. Maybe if she wasn't pregnant by some deadbeat. She wouldn't be in this situation!"
The man looked at everyone else and some started to agree.
"Yeah, isn't she supposed to protect us?! Why should we protect her? That's not our job!"
"It's your sister not ours!"
"I'm stuck trying to save my own ass!"
They all started saying anything and everything. Echidna gripped her sister who could only cry as she struggled to hold onto dear life.
She was bleeding from her belly and other places. She held her stomach "This world is too cruel... I'm sorry Echidna... I'm sorry Typho... I'm so very sorry."
"No, Stop apologizing I should be apologizing. I-I-I didn't do much, I should've been quicker. I should've been more! I should've been you."
Esil smiled softly and held her sister "It's... Okay... I... I... I love you... Little sister."
Echidna looked at her sister. Her eyes were empty her muscles still. Her weight now all on her.
"No, Esil! Wait don't die yet! Please don't leave me behind, please!" She grabbed her hand "Don't you remember? You have a kid to raise! Your supposed to be Queen! Then after you I'll take over and... And..." She hugged her sister "Don't leave me... Esil don't go, don't go yet."
She looked at the onlookers with pure rage. She gripped her seat and clenched her teeth "DIE!!! ALL OF YOU DIE!!! YOU MONSTERS! JUST GO AWAY!"
As she yelled something began to happen to her, her eyes became more of a green color than a beautiful hazel. Her presence began to make them shiver.
Something made the cart shake. Everyone gasped as it happened again then again and once more.
"What?"
"AHHH!"
"Is this the end?!"
"Hyaaah!"
"WAAAAH!"
Then a huge crash made the cart fly off the road. Once everyone got out to see. All they did see was wood pieces or whatever was left. The ground rumbled again and again around the group and soon something started to rise as the dirt and earth fell off of it.
It was a giant snake. It rose it's body and slammed itself on top of some killing half of them and once it did so it moved and eat the crushed corpses.
The chaos was only getting started though as multiple monsters began to surface and tear through the people.
Echidna quickly hid behind a big rock as she listened to the screams. Her breathing heavily as she covered her mouth.
That is until she began to think. Didn't I say I wanted them to die? What if this is the gods answering me?
She walked out and began to walk through the massacre yet every monster just ignored her. She even saw one looking her dead in the eye, but it just moved on to another person.
Once everyone was gone or dead she was left. She began to look around now slightly frightened. What if she was next?
She began to mumble again "Esil... Please if you can hear me... Save me!"
She shut her eyes.
"....."
She felt nothing though, maybe it was coming now
"...."
Nothing. She heard a footstep and closed her eyes even tighter.
".... ... ...."
When nothing happened she opened her eyes only to see the monsters bowing on their knees to her. She was dumbfounded and just stared at them confused.
Echidna wasn't dumb though. She tried to calm herself. So these monsters didn't attack her, but instead...
She looked at the dead bodies. They had attacked everyone I resented... What if... I rule these creatures? What if I destroyed those Kingdoms?
Echidna started to laugh. Was she going insane?
She began to laugh more loudly as tears began to drop. "Monsters!" All of them looked at her "There were 4 kingdoms that attacked Valoria. Arcadia, Esfaria, Cadisia, and Nyxia. We will destroy them..." The monsters laughed among each other happy and hungry.
"Oh... Not now though. When we get big enough. We'll take them out, 1 by 1"
***
After 2 years, Echidna's army was way bigger. Almost 2/4 of the Esfarian Army.
Right know she was just stalking a village that she was planning to eat. Not her though... Not yet.
As she was looking around at all the escapes and paths, How many people, anything really. Someone grabbed her shoulder she spun around and saw a man with black messy hair and a slightly dirty face. He looked poor to be honest.
"Who are you? A villager?" Echidna asked looking at him with a cold look.
"My name is... Azazel the Royal of Demons." He twirled her hair and she immediately smacked his hand away and he jumped back "Ooo, feisty I love it."
"Royal of Demons?" She said looking at his hand and him.
"Yes, I am destined to overthrow the King of Demons." He looked at her with hungry gaze "And you must be the Royal of Monsters. I heard so from my dear friend Deus, he's the Royal of Divine."
Echidna looked at him with an extremely confused face "What?"
Azazel laughed "You know we should definitely marry at some point."
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!"
Azazel laughed even harder as Echidna blushed. She punched him hard and yelled at him which caused the villagers to catch notice and even see the monsters.
"MONSTERS!"
"AAAHHHH"
"KYAAAAH"
The all scrambled away as Echidna's eye twitched. She looked at Azazel who was now slightly afraid.
"I'll be going now... Bye!" He dashed away, but of course Echidna wasn't going to let him run away that fast.
"COME HERE! MONSTERS CATCH HIM!"
The 2 ran away like young teens. Once she caught up there was another boy his head was fair and black with white.
"Deus! What's up-"
Echidna licked Azazel down "APOLOGIZE NOW!"
"OW... Geez you are one feisty girl... But I like it. You still saying no to a relationship?" He kissed at her.
She slapped him across the face "Do understand that I do not like you one but. Neither do I even know you!"
Azazel cackled"Oh one day you'll fall for me dear... Um..."
"It's Echidna..." She crossed her arms
"Hey where is everyone else?"
"Away, decided since you were so damn slow that they could just run a few errands before you came back."
"There are others?" Echidna asked
"Yep, Undead and... Kings." Azazel said
"I still don't follow... What's a Royal and a King of like Demons"
Deus spoke up next "The Kings are people who have already defeated the previous king and now rule over that domain. The Royal is a date born person destined to challenge the King and well the cycle repeats."
Echidna's eyes lightened "So all I have to do is defeat The King of Monsters? Then I'll be extremely powerful?"
Deus looked at her with a cold glare "Yeah... But it's not like you could ever accomplish something like that. Let's say this. Until you cut my arms off and defeat me... I'll always be above you. Because I'm already extremely powerful."
"I'll accept... Deus, I'll murder you one day then we'll see who's really on top"
***
Present time
Arthur and Echidna were locked in a great battle most of the room was destroyed actually they weren't even in the same room.
Their battle had taken them everywhere. Echidna blowing her flames and Arthur dodging and even smashing the ground as a distraction with the debris. He had got a few cuts in, but she was tougher than he thought.
"Did you create those 3 ancient dragons?" Arthur asked while running around her.
"3 dragons? Oh you mean those... THINGS!" She smacked him hard with her tail sending him into the wall. She didn't skip a beat and charged at him like a bull. He struck her with the butt of his greatsword as hard as he could, but it was no use. They went through the wall, but instead of just being in another room. They fell down.
Arthur grabbed her horn and trust his regular sword into her neck she flew to the side ramming him into the wall and she flew downwards dragging him down it as he desperately tried to get her off.
Once they reached the ground both tumbled and rolled away. Of course Arthur was hurt the most. Echidna was also hurt and had to transform into her human form with her back hurting.
Both got up though and continued to fight.
***
The girls ran to the house. Once they opened the door and walked inside. Only GranGran and the maid were there. But GranGran... Was on her deathbed.
Kaede ran to her "GRANGRAN!" She held the elderly woman's hand.
"Who?..." GranGran turned only to see Kaede. "Where that Kian?"
"We're looking for him. We thought he was here, but... He's not"
GranGran gripped Kaede's hand. "Kaede... Let me tell you something..."
"Yeah GranGran.... Anything... You want..." She said in-between sniffles.
"K-Kian... Is... K...Ki...." She began to cough.
"GRANGRAN!" She watched as the old man's hand became cold and took her few last breaths.
"Kian... He's going... Down a path... He can't go down alone... Kaede... Be there, be by his side. No matter what..."
"Okay GranGran... I'll do it. I promise I will."
***
Once the mourning was over Kaede was now in serious mode. She'd find Kian and anyone who hurt him or even did a single scratch, would see no mercy.
She grabbed her staff and modified it with 2 pop out blades. So it would be a staff normally, but when activated it would become like a spear.
"May sniff out anything you can. We'll also be riding you. So try your best to hold up."
May nodded and transformed and everyone got on. May darted towards the direction of the smell of the boys.
As they went though, they saw a weird form in the sky. Kinda like lightning frozen in place. Soon though a man floated out in black robes. He turned and saw them and floated down.
They all were on guard. "Don't be frightened. I'm looking for a boy named Kian... You too?" The man had silver eyes and short black hair.
"Yeah-" Selene answered
"Why the hell do you want to see him?!" Kaede interrupted.
The man smiled "I can guide you to him." He said completely ignoring her question and walked into a path through the dense forest. They looked at each other before following.
As they walked through they saw this huge cave with two torches on either side of the entrance.
They entered and were greeted by a large hole in the ground.
"Shall we?" The man asked
"How will we do that?" Kaede asked
The man flicked his hand and a downward staircase appeared. "Don't worry it'll be just like a snake." The man stepped on and the girls soon did too although not without suspicion.
The staircase began to move downward like he said. All by itself soon they reached a hallway. Going through they smelt the smell of death.
When they finally reached an opening Seraphina grabbed Selene stopping her just seconds before falling down.
When they looked down it was a big drop, but the area around was pretty well lit with a staircase on the other side of them.
In the area there were multiple snake carcasses and ahead was a huge snake. Someone in boney armor was slicing into it.
They all watched as the person pulled out someone. That someone was Kian.
"HEY!" Kaede yelled
The person didn't stop.
Selene looked at Khione "Create something!"
The man smiled and walked up to Kaede who was the closest to the edge and pushed her off.
As she fell everyone reached to try and save her.
"KAEDE!"
At that moment though Kian eyes opened with a silver cover and he moved so quickly no one realized what happened.
When everyone caught on, they saw him cradling her in his arms on top of the dead giant snake.
Kian looked at The man and quickly dashed to him in a burst of energy and tried attacking him, but the Man dodged. "There he is... There's my Royal."
The King flung his hand out sending a golden burst at Kian sending him off.
Kaede and the others joined in too. Kaede used her staff determined to kill this man.
The King of Kings laughed as he rose his hand. "Shift!"
The ground and walls began to shift almost as if they were building blocks.
When everything stopped. Kian and the girls were in a hall. They looked at each other before Kian suddenly passed out.
Khione ran to him and held him "I think he used to much mana!"
May smelled something familiar "... Kazuya?"
They began hearing screams and some else. Soon a screaming Kazuya and some random girl ran to them "RUUN!!!"
The girls tried to see what they were running from and saw a girl floating. Her hair also floating as her golden aura surrounded her.
"Is she an angel?" Seraphina asked
"Seems to be, but why are they running from and Angel?" Selene asked.
The girl then made Spears of light around her.
"Uh oh..."
"RUN DARN IT!"
Kaede helped Khione pick up Kian and May turned into her Kitsune form as they darted out of there.
As they caught up to Kazuya and the girl they began to talk.
"Who is that girl, Kazuya?!" Kaede asked
"I dunno, she just came with this girl."
"She's the Royal of Divine... You wouldn't understand."
Everyone looked at her confused until Spears came. They tried to run faster.
Khione used her ice magic to make a wall and the girl (Anami) used some of her dead to try and hold her.
As they ran they saw some light and fire. With the noise of a sword and roars. They ran towards it only to hear a wall breaking noise as soon as they reached the sound they saw a huge hole in the wall when they inspected it, it led down far.
They looked back at the light spears approaching.
"It's either that or try our best to survive the drop" Seraphina said.
"I'm doing the drop" Selene said
They all agreed and jumped down using all their abilities, spells, and weapons to slow themselves.
When they finally reached the bottom they crashed down, but Kaede held Kian.
When they looked up, they saw none other than Arthur fighting some woman with claws.
"ARTHUR!!!" Seraphina and Selene yelled.
He looked and so did the woman.
Then 2 men ran in. 1 with fancy black clothing and a top hat. The other with white robes.
Then the boney armor man from earlier came through and 2 boys who were in combat came crashing through.
"Oh Dear Echidna..." The man in fancy clothing said in a flirty tone (Azazel)
"ECHIDNA!!!" One of the boys with red eyes yelled.
"Azazel we meet again" the boy with green eyes said
Then the King of Kings came "Greetings everyone... I'm glad we all got to show up... Now without further ado... Let the Royal Meeting begin, just like 48 years ago" he said looking at The Kings specifically.