The struggle was real as everyone. And the body count was rising faster by every passing second. The struggle didn't last long. For hardly 10 minutes everyone struggled. The warriors, Master Guang Bo, Jiang Na gave everything to save themselves and hold on till Goku arrived.
The warriors fought with majesty and valour fit for warriors of any battlefield. But it seemed like this wasn't enough. Because in almost 10 minutes, everyone was wiped away. Jiang Nan was the last one standing and she too now was exhausted. She had killed multiple eaters and even a medium sized eater. But finally she was caught by
"So this is it? This is how I die? The same way my ancestors lost their lives. If only Goku and Shang-Chi were here."
As Jiang-Nan was ready to close her eyes after she was caught by the tentacles of 2 medium sized eaters, suddenly there was a loud splashing noise from the huge lake that was nearby. Jiang Nan rotated her head to look at the lake. Her face didn't look good after she heard the sound. She knew what the sound meant.
The dragon had come out of the lake to save her. But she didn't want that. The soul eaters, could't travel underwater as swiftly as they could above water and thus the dragon, the protector of Ta Lo, who had been on the lake for such a long time, could easily handle the soul eaters.
The emergence of the dragon meant that the protector would now have to try and save her life but that was impossible. She had known the power of the protector for a long time, and though the dragon was a born nemesis of the soul eaters, at the end the dragon was all alone. All the dragon could do was buy time and delay her death.
She would eventually have to die and the dragon too would die in this war. She had lost hope of Goku as the buffer of 10 minutes wasn't enough to call the house of her sister.
"No, Protector, please go back. You are the only one who could guide Goku and make him grow stronger. Please, Goku loves you. He would be devastated seeing you in a horrible situation. Please go back." Jiang Nan shouted on top of her lungs. She was in tears.
She was grateful that the dragon had her in his thoughts but she didn't want that. Goku would lose a family if anything happened to the dragon. At Ta Lo, Goku was closest not to Jiang Nan but to the dragon.
He would definitely go crazy if anything happened to the dragon. But the dragon paid no attention to the words of Jiang Nan and started flying around while clawing and biting at the random soul eaters that came near him. Though his efficiency of killing was superb, it still wasn't enough as the number of soul eaters were very high.
The soul eaters couldn't actually hurt the dragon with its small tentacles, even the medium sized ones weren't much of a deal, but it was a totally different story when two huge ones came over. They looked menacing and whatever they lacked in length as compared to the dragon, they made it up with the body size in width.
The dragon might have been able to take on a single soul eater, but it wouldn't be possible for it to be free from 2 big ones and other small ones that were being used as cannon fodders. The dragon tried its best to reach Jiang Nan and fly away with her. At least, that was the intention of the dragon. When it had sensed that the invaders had arrived, it didn't want to meddle.
The dragon, like others, had been hoping for Goku to arrive but it seemed like he had too much. It was apparent that this was a coordinated attack otherwise Goku, who normally remains on Ta Lo for most of the time, was away with his family outside. The enemies attacked them quickly and efficiently.
And now all the dragon wanted was to leave the dimension with Jiang Nan and preserve the last heritage of Ta Lo. But it seemed like this wouldn't be possible and they would die. Jiang Nan had tears in her eyes as she saw the Protector being assaulted by the soul eaters.
The soul eater that had caught her, held her in front of the dragon. Even though she couldn't see the expression on the faces of these creatures, she was sure that these creatures were sentient and they were taunting her by making her look how their protector was on the verge of fall and there was nothing that they could do to stop it.
The dragon struggled more as it tore down many soul eaters and even gave a bite at the neck of one of the soul eaters.
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But the power and numbers were overwhelming. And there was no hope once the third big soul eater entered their dimension through the door. It soon entered the fray between the dragon and the soul eaters.
The battle tilted in the favor of the soul eaters. The dragon flew at it and swung its claws on the soul eaters with it's sharp long claws but there were only 4 of it in its body. It needed more claws to deal with the soul eaters that had clung to its body.
The dragon intended to reach Jiang Nan as her soul was sucked away slowly but it was too late!! Jiang Nan died with tears on her eyes as she looked at the protector struggling. She wanted to help her protector but she couldn't. She used her martial arts to free herself by moving her legs high up but the tentacles didn't allow her to do so.
She was struck and soon she realised that the soul was being taken away by the soul eater. Though she could feel it, there was no pain. She understood why there was no cry from the ones who died in front of her.
The ability to talk vanishes away and only the unearthly feeling of weightlessness remained after the soul was slowly being sucked away. She just took one last look at the protector as she closed her eyes.
She was dead!!
Jiang Nan. The last leader of Ta Lo had died and her body was thrown away like a rag doll at the ground. The dragon who was struggling moved his eyes and looked at the dead figure of Jiang Nan. In-voluntarily, there were teardrops in the eyes of the ancient beast. Over the course of its lifetime he had seen many leaders.
Jiang Nan was a good one among them. He had seen many types of leaders, arrogant ones, merciless ones, kind ones, brave ones. But Jiang Nan was something else. Even after her own sister left the dimension she didn't persecute her or forcefully bring her back. And when Goku showed up, she left all her hopes and dreams for the child who didn't even belong to her.
She was the only one who was ready to give the position of leader to someone who never had any relation with their civilization. In fact, the kid's civilization from what he understood was a savage one.
And here she was. Giving up everything to make Goku as the leader. He loved the boy and soon he too would die soon. He had said his bye to Goku the last time, not knowing it would be the last time he would see the boy.
"Goku, I hope you will live happily and with a smile that you always have. Don't give your life for revenge. I don't want the smile to go away. I know you will be able to kill these degenerates but make sure to live your life. Be the leader that the kid Jiang Nan wanted you to be. Your siblings will carry the will of our civilization to the future."
The dragon was having these thoughts as he was fighting a battle against the 3 soul eaters. He was losing stamina in a very fast rate and he knew that he was going to die soon. One of the big tentacles finally was able to grab his neck and pull at him.
The dragon struggled more as it tried to free itself but soon the half dying soul eater and the other soul eater used their tentacles to bring the dragon down from reaching the dead body of Jiang Nan. Even in death they didn't want to allow the dragon to have any satisfaction.
The dragon got very angry and finally with his claws swiped at the body of the dying soul eater. He used all his strength at its limbs to kill the soul eater. His claws went through the huge mouth of the eater and broke its mouth in two.
The dying soul eater couldn't handle the sudden loss of its mouth and vanished into nothingness instantly. Killing the soul eater!! But doing this, he had sacrificed his defense. The two remaining soul eaters had got the window and used their tentacles to hold on to the mouth of the dragon forcing him to open.
The dragon was squirming intensely in order to free himself but it was too late. The soul eater had already started extracting the soul. The dragon who was struggling heavily slowly let go of his body and soon the soul which looked like it was a small sun was extracted.
The dragon that had been living for such a long time and looked over Ta Lo was dead. And with that the last remaining soldier of Ta Lo was dead too.
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