Zed looked directly into Hatai's eyes, he wasn't afraid of anything. Zed and Hatai rushed at each other. Hatai slammed the hammer down and Zed, he quickly dodged to the right and slashed at Hatai's the left arm armor. Hatai immediately turned around and hit Zed with a hammer. He immediately rotated his sword to parry the attack. Hatai pressed the hammer down on Zed, who then slid down and kicked him in the leg. Hatai got down on one knee and was punched in the face by Zed causing his hand to drop from the hammer's handle. Zed slashed repeatedly at Hatai, he crossed his arms to block the slashes. Hatai instantly grabbed Zed's blade and punched him in the face. He took the hit and punched Hatai back in the face, making Hatai fall back. He stood up and kicked Zed, making him fall back. Zed rushed forward and stabbed Hatai in the chest, but failed to penetrate the armor. Hatai hammered Zed from the bottom up. He dodged quickly and kept dodging Hatai's hammer blows. Zed grabbed a precious vase nearby and threw it at Hatai's face. He took the hit and hit the floor with the hammer, shaking the whole floor. Zed didn't stand and was exposed. Hatai immediately grabbed Zed and squeezed him. Hatai slowly squeezed Zed harder, causing him pain, he said:
"You're going to die."
Zed replied:
"Not yet."
The wolf tattoo released darkness all over Zed's body, he punched through Hatai's hand, causing him to painfully release him. Zed kicked Hatai in the face causing him to back down. Zed and Hatai spit out blood and no needed to rest and continued to fight. Hatai picked up the hammer and spun around like a whirlwind rushing towards Zed. Hatai destroyed everything in his path and rushed to Zed. Zed immediately ran as fast as he could to Hatai. The tattoo of a wolf unleashed darkness on the Dante sword. Zed unleashed a powerful slash that fired a shadow slash at Hatai. His armor was destroyed and he fell to his knees. Zed said:
"What's wrong? Too weak."
Hatai replied:
"I am The Horseman of Death, your attacks don't harm me at all. See now, the power of a Horseman. The Death!"
A large war elephant was summoned from the Zin hammer. It wore ice armor and Hatai said:
"Behold, The Death."
Scared Zed said:
"Hmm, I know what I need to do."
Zed quickly ran away. Hatai rode The Death and said loudly:
"Go after him."
The Death roared and chased after Zed destroying everything in its paths. Zed screamed:
"Save me Elastor."
Zed ran upstairs but Hatai and The Death also chased to kill him. They kept going up to higher floors and every floor they passed was destroyed and many people were injured. Returning to Elastor, he looked at everything in Reaper's room and said:
"The room is nice, I'm very impressed with the decoration here."
Reaper pulled the Whipper scythe on the floor and approached Elastor. Elastor said:
"I'm praising it."
Reaper slashed at Elastor, who slashed down to block the attack. Reaper jumped up and pushed Elastor's greatsword out and hit him with the hilt of the scythe. Elastor turned around to dodge the attack and continued to swing his sword to slash the Reaper. He used the body of the scythe to block the slash. Reaper pushed Elastor back and slammed him into the wall. Reaper unleashed a small scythe in his left robotic arm and stabbed Elastor. He immediately spinned his sword parried the stab and kicked the Reaper back. Reaper lunged forward to stab Elastor with two scythes repeatedly. Elasto suddenly threw the greatsword at Reaper, who raised his hand to block it and broke the scythe in his hand. Elastor jumped up, grabbed his Volt greatsword and slashed it down at the Reaper. The slash hit Reaper's crow mask, he screamed in pain. Reaper screamed:
"My face. It's painful."
Reaper painfully flipped a desk over and writhed on the floor. Elastor ran over to Julia and said:
"I'm here."
Elastor untied Julia's leash and said:
"Where's Eva?"
"In prison, we should go now."
"Agree."
Just as Elastor and Julia were about to leave, they realized the Reaper had disappeared. They worried and leaned back against each other to look around. Elastor said:
"Where is he?"
Elastor and Julia took out their weapons and got ready to fight. They kept hearing Reaper's chilling voice all over the room. He said:
"Time to play, time to experiment, time to DIE!"
The screaming zombies in the cage distracted Elastor and Julia even more. Reaper suddenly appeared behind Elastor and Julia and slashed down at them with the scythe. They immediately turned around and used their weapons to parry the slash. Elastor and Julia saw Reaper's true face. It was a horror face with a mouth and right eye with only bones left, with maggots crawling out of the right eye. Elastor and Julia thought to themselves:
"What the hell is he?"
Reaper pushed Elastor and Julia back. He flew up with a pair of crow wings and charged at them. Reaper shot poison from the crow's head in the Whisper scythe at Elastor and Julia. They dodged the incoming poison and ran to the door. Reaper disappeared again and he reappeared at the door of the room. Elastor and Julia immediately backed away and ran to the center of the room. Reaper flew in and slashed between them. Elastor and Julia lowered their heads to dodge the attack. Reaper flew over and showed a big crow clinging to his back and helping him fly. Reaper said loudly:
"My Elemental Spirit, The Ripper."
Julia says:
"What creature is that? It's bigger than normal crows."
"I don't know but it explains why he's so strong."
"Is there a way to defeat him?"
Elastor looked up at the Reaper's experiment cages on the ceiling, and said:
"Can you throw me on the ceiling?"
"Let's do it together."
Reaper flew forward to attack Elastor and Julia. Elastor threw the Volt greatsword to the floor and slid and then he jumped up and Julia punched the blade of the greatsword sending Elastor to the ceiling. She lunged forward and punched Reaper repeatedly. He also slashed repeatedly at Julia to counter the attack. Their gloves and scythes collided creating sparks. Elastor grabbed his greatsword and slashed down the cages containing the Reaper's experiments. The cages dropped to the floor and released the Zombies. They went in a swarm and attacked the Reaper. Elastor grabbed onto a chain, he slashed the chain and fell with the cage below to the floor. The zombies bit the Reaper's limbs and pulled him away from Julia. Reaper laughed and said:
"You dare attack me? Hahaha, that's great."
The Ripper flapped his wings to push the zombies away, Reaper turned around and killed a few more. But more zombies attacked him, they kept coming to surround Reaper. He couldn't kill them all and was crushed by them. Elastor ran to Julia and said:
"Let's go."
Julia looked at her mother and said:
"Wait. I want to free my mother."
Julia took the candlestick and set the room on fire. She tried not to cry and said:
"Let's hurry, I'll take you to Eva."
Elastor and Julia left that hellish room. Reaper emerged from the zombies, finding the room and the papers recording his experiments burning. Reaper shouted angrily:
"I'll be back, vandal!"
Reaper and Zombies engulfed in flames. Elastor and Julia ran to Eva, they defeated all the soldiers in the way. Elastor said:
"Hey, why did I see you being taken by soldiers to the crow guy's room? And you weren't even handcuffed like you were free in the castle. If Eva gets caught then you're an accomplice and will be cuffed too."
"Uh so..."
"Just tell me the truth, Julia."
"My mother was captured by the Reaper and transformed into a monster. To save her, I had to lure Eva into a trap this morning."
"Interesting. You betrayed your best friend, what will you say when you meet her?"
"Eva will be really angry at me."
"I'll let this go, but never betray us again. Promise me, Julia."
"I promise with my whole life Elastor."
"Then let's save Eva and then help Zed."
They keep running to save Eva. Back with Zed, he was still being chased by Hatai and The Death. The Death stomped on the floor, causing Zed to slip and fall to the floor. The Death created a wall to block Zed's run. Hatai and The Death stood in front of Zed and said:
'You're trapped, prepare to die."
Zed stepped back, he said:
"Time to fight. The Knight."
Suddenly, a wolf jumped out of Zed's shadow and confronted Hatai and The Death. Its fur was as black as darkness, it howled fiercely and looked dangerously at its enemies. Hatai said:
"You also have an Elemental Spirit, it looks like this battle will be good."
Zed said:
"Ready to go, The Knight."
The Knight replied:
"Let's put an end to him, master."
Zed and The Knight rushed towards Hatai and The Death. The Death smashed the trunk down on them. The Knight turned around and whipped his tail to block the blow. The attack was so powerful that both of them fell back. Zed jumped over The Death's head and slashed at Hatai. He dodged and they fought on the back of the elephant. The Death tried to stomp on The Knight, but it easily slipped through the elephant's leg. Zed jumped up to kick Hatai in the face causing him to fall off The Death. Zed jumped down and grabbed its tusks. The Death smashed its tusks against the wall intending to hit Zed, but The Knight jumped up and scratched his face. The pain of the Death hurt Hatai as well. Zed kicked The Death in the face, stunning it, and The Knight scratched the elephant's leg, weakening it. The Death fell to the floor and pressed Hatai. Hatai withdrew The Death and stood up saying:
"Without The Death, I can still defeat you."
The Death reappeared, but it merged with Hatai turning him into a giant elephant man. Hatai took a hammer to attack Zed. He beat Zed repeatedly like an ant. Zed dodged repeatedly while saying:
"The Knight, enter the sword."
The Knight howled and ran to merge with Dante sword. The blade turned into a wolf's tail and at the end of the hilt grew a wolf's head. Zed concentrated darkness on the blade, his whole body emitting darkness. Zed calmly closed his eyes. Hatai frantically slammed the hammer at Zed. Zed opened his eyes and his eyes radiated a black energy. He slashed at the hammer and held it. Both pushed each other strongly, no one gave up. Zed shouted:
"I haven't given up yet!"
Zed pushed harder past Hatai. He slashed Zin hammer high up, surprising Hatai. Zed slashed a shadow slash at Hatai. He was hit and flew through dozens of rooms. Hatai was fainted and defeated. Zed wearily knelt down and said:
"The Knight, withdraw."
The Knight entered Zed's shadow and he slowly stood up. Zed was slightly injured but weakened from using too much darkness, he said:
"I'm so tired but I have to keep going."
Zed tried to walk, he walked very slowly and had to use his sword to help him up. Suddenly someone's voice behind Zed:
"Very impressive, defeating one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I doubt the Hatai's true strength anyway."
Zed whispered:
"Damn it."
Zed turned around and met Zack, the strongest of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Zed was not worried or scared, he raised his sword and said:
"Come on, we still have plenty of time."
Zack smiled arrogantly, he summoned Doom Axe Bloody(It was a double-edged axe with fire motifs on the blade, in the middle of the axe was the head of a lion) and said:
"The Colossus! Let's fight."
The Colossus jumped out of Zack's red hair and stood beside him. It was a fiery lion. The Colossus roared loudly, shattering all the glass on that floor. The wall behind Zed collapsed but he didn't care. Zed said:
"The Knight, lend me your power."
The Knight went into battle again, howling and looking at his enemy. The Colossus' fur caught fire burning halfway down the hallway and around Zack and it was a huge fire that could melt them all. The Knight gathered darkness turning half of the corridor dark and around Zed and it was nightmarish darkness. Zed and The Knight rushed to attack Zack and The Colossus. The next battle of Zed and Zack began.
Elastor and Julia attacked the prison under the castle. Elastor killed the guards here and Julia got the key to the cell. Many knights massively entered the prison to arrest them. Elastor and Julia immediately went into the dungeon, they released many prisoners here who had been killers. The prisoners frantically attacked the knights and bought time for Elastor and Julia. They went around the dungeon looking for Eva, Julia said loudly:
"Eva, where are you?"
The two passed through a cell and suddenly turned around, it was Eva's prison. Eva was sleeping at the moment from the shock of betrayal. Julia said:
"Eva, there you are. Elastor open the cell door now."
Elastor hurriedly opened the cell door and they went inside to save Eva. Elastor unlocked the chain and Julia tried to wake Eva up, she said:
"Eva wake up. We're here."
Eva slowly opened her eyes, she looked at Julia and said:
"Julia?"
The chain was unlocked, Julia cried and quickly hugged Eva and said:
"Eva, I'm sorry. I betrayed you to save my mother, but she's dead."
"Julia, it's okay. I'm sorry too for not thinking for you. What happened to her?"
"She was turned into a Zombie, I'm heartbroken but I have to free her."
"Oh no, who can do it?"
Elastor replied:
"A guy in a crow mask, talk time is over, let's go."
"Elastor? What are you doing here?"
Elastor looked around the dungeon, he said:
"Zed and I came to save you. Damn, the main road is blocked, have to go deeper into the dungeon."
"Where's Zed?"
"Perhaps still looking for you in the castle, but I did see his battlefield. Follow me."
The three who left the cell and met them outside were the Famine Riders Exos. Elastor raised his greatsword in defense and said:
"I will confront him."
Exos looked at them, he said nothing and seemed to have no intention of attacking. Exos raised his hand and pointed behind him as if showing them the way. The three people were surprised, they slowly passed Exos and then ran in the direction he pointed. Exos watched them go and mysteriously left the prison. Elastor, Eva, Julia were running, he said:
"Who was his name earlier?"
Julia replied:
"Exos Warth, Horseman of Famine. One of The Four Horsemen of Apocalypsse."
"I wonder if he's pointing the right way or is luring us into a trap."
They reached a hand-drawn elevator, Elastor said:
"What is this?"
Julia replied:
"Elevators bring food to all floors in the castle. We can use this to go up."
They entered the elevator, Elastor pulled the rope to bring them up, he said:
"You guys hurry back to the Dream Workshop. I'll find Zed and go with him later."
Elastor threw Eva his cloak. Eva says:
"No, I'll go find Zed. He went out of his way to save me, I can't leave him."
"We could be surrounded and arrested, you have to go first."
"Without Zed, I'm not going."
"Damn it, don't get in my way."
They went up to the Zed floor and Hatai fought for the first time and started looking for Zed. Suddenly there was a huge explosion in an upstairs room, Elastor said:
"It's probably Zed, let's go."
They went upstairs and through the hallway filled with fire, Eva said:
"This is Zack Madness, he is the strongest of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the only one to use fire."
Elastor took out his greatsword and whispered:
"Damn it, you should be alive, Zed."
They got to where Zed and Zack were fighting and found him weak. The room where they fought had a wall blown up. Zack lunged forward to slash at Zed, but Zed was able to block him. Zack pushed Zed back to knock him out of the castle. The Knight rushed to bite Zack's arm and pulled him away, Zed rushed up and slashed at Zack but he was unharmed. The Colossus pounced on The Knight and pinned him down. The Knight bit The Colossus in the neck and The Colossus spewed fire and tried to hit The Knight. Zack slammed the ax into Zed's stomach and slammed the ax handle into his face. Zed was injured and lay down. Zack slashed the axe down at Zed, but he rotated his sword and blocked it. The other three saw Zed resisting Zack, Eva said loudly:
"Zed!"
Zed tried to look at Eva, he said:
"Eva, go quickly! I'll hold him off."
Zack turned to Eva and said:
"The Colossus, capture the princess."
The Colossus whipped its tail to repel The Knight and then ran to attack Eva. Elastor covered Eva to protect her. The Colossus pounced on Elastor but it was stopped. The Knight bit The Colossus's left leg behind and pulled it back. The lion spit fire at Elastor but he rotated his greatsword to block it. Julia said:
"What monster is that?!"
Zed replied:
"I'll explain later, damn it."
Zed's sword missed and Zack's axe slashed right next to his head. Zack punched Zed in the stomach, injuring him more and spitting out blood. Elastor lunged forward to attack Zack, but he turned around and hit him hard against the wall. Elastor spit out blood, he said:
"Damn it, his power is so powerful."
Julia lunges at Zack, who tried to punch her but she slided down to dodge. Julia punched Zack repeatedly in the stomach but did no harm to him. Zack grabbed Julia by the neck and lifted her up. He slowly squeezed tighter and Julia tried to free herself. Eva suddenly stabbed a knife into Zack's hand, he released Julia. Zack said angrily:
"So weak."
Zack spinned his axe to kill Eva but Zed pushed him away and pinned him down. Zed punched Zack repeatedly in the face. Zed said:
"Go, Eva. I'll be fine."
"No Zed, I will no longer be afraid and will fight."
Zack grabbed Zed's left hand and broke his arm. Zed screamed in pain. The Knight and The Colossus rushed forward and banged their heads against each other. They turned and whipped their tails against each other, the darkness and the fire slamming into each other with equal strength. Seeing that Zed was badly injured, The Knight scratched The Colossus in the face and ran to save Zed. The Colossus pounced on The Knight and pulled it back. The lion spat fire at the wolf but it created a shield of darkness to block it. The gold-armored knights rushed to where they were fighting. Zack said:
"You've already lost, no one can defeat me."
Zack let go of Zed's left hand, he raised his axe Bloody at Zed and said:
"You go to die."
The wounded Elastor ran to help Zed, Julia gasped from being strangled so hard, The Knight was about to be killed by The Colossus. Zack slammed his axe down on Zed. Zed and Eva looked at each other like they were about to say goodbye, and Eva shouted:
"Stop!"
Eva's whole body radiated a golden white light, her eyes shining, surprising everyone. Zack stopped looking at Eva and said:
"What are you doing?"
Eva reached out her hand and summoned Gloria Bow Peace. She drew her bow and created an arrow of light aimed at Zack. He rushed to attack Eva. Eva said:
"Rise up."
Zack got very close to Eva, she shot arrows of light at him. The arrow created a very strong force, Zack endured and advanced, he said:
"What kind of power is this?"
Zack weakened, he was exhausted and is repelled by the arrow of light. Zack was shot out of the castle, he fell to the house below where he fainted and was defeated. The Colossus also disappeared. Eva turned around and drew her bow to create a new arrow of light aimed at the gold-armored knights. She shot an arrow that defeated them all. But Eva gradually lost control, she created five arrows and pointed them all over the castle. Eva will destroy the entire castle if she continued. Zed rushed over and grabbed Eva's hand and said:
"Stop it Eva, you've already defeated them."
Eva stops, the Peace bow disappears. Eva looked at the defeated knights and saw Zack gone, she said:
"What just happened?"
Zed breathed a sigh of relief, he said:
"Everything is fine."
The Knight entered Zed's shadow, and he collapsed wearily. Eva helped Zed look at him, she burst into tears and said:
"Zed, thank you for saving me."
Elastor went to help Julia and said:
"Let's go. Before more soldiers arrive."
Eva replied:
"But which way do we go. The surroundings are surrounded."
Elastor thought for a moment and then he looked outside the destroyed wall. He saw behind the castle's defense wall a large bush of straw. Elastor said:
"There's a way, we'll jump out of the castle. Let me carry Zed."
Eva replied:
"What? Where are we going to land?"
Elastor handed Julia to Eva, he said:
"Let's jump out of the room into the dust of straw below."
"What?"
Elastor pushed Eva and Julia into the dust of straw below, they landed successfully. Elastor carried Zed and jumped down too. Some soldiers came to attack them, but they were no match for Elastor. Everyone quickly exited the castle and headed back to the Dream workshop. Urizen who was looking outside the castle saw them retreating, he said:
"Very good cousin, you are stronger than before."
Laura behind said:
"Will the meeting still take place?"
"Yes, Eva won't be able to do anything because she's tired."
"Why did you let them escape?"
"I could catch them but I want to see if Eva is really qualified to face me in this battle for the throne. I'm also interested in Zed, you said you saw something special about him. ."
"A rare and talented warrior, Hatai was defeated by him."
"And the Elf that followed Zed, I'm surprised he defeated the Reaper. Where is he?"
"Very angry, he is mad again."
"Calling on the healers to heal the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I will now prepare for a meeting with the leaders of the kingdoms."
"Yes, my king."
Urizen went to his room. He passed the Reaper's room which was being put out on fire. Suddenly Reaper stepped out of the burning room, his skin burned to reveal the flesh inside and in his hands were his important documents burned to ashes. Reaper shouted:
"Damn you bastard Elf. I will find and kill you for killing my children."
Urizen walked past Hatai, he was still fainting and was being carried by ten people but couldn't. Urizen entered his room, he looked at the map of all four kingdoms of the Highland Continent. Urizen said:
"Father, I will continue to follow your wish and dream to unite the Highland Continent under one flag. But not by war but by talk and negotiation. That's the only way I can unify all the kingdoms."
Back at the Dream workshop, Zed was bandaged up and resting in bed. The others were also bandaged and were sitting downstairs in the main room. Elastor said:
"It's painful and tiring, luckily Zed sells bandages and medicine."
Elastor took a bottle of wine to drink, Julia quickly snatched the bottle and said:
"You're hurt, let me drink."
Julia drank that bottle of wine. Elastor said:
"Wait, inside that bottle is Elf wine."
Julia suddenly stopped drinking, her face red and dizzy like drunk. Julia lay down and fell asleep. Elastor said:
"Wow, her drinking capacity is really weak."
Eva was worried about Zed, she said:
"Zed will be okay? His wound is very severe."
"He'll be fine. Zed has always suffered more severe injuries than that."
"That's fine. Ah Elastor, I forgot to thank you for saving me and Julia."
"It's okay, anyway, because Zed asked me to come along."
"That's right Elastor, I wanted to ask you about Zed's past. You two are best friends right, so Zed must have told you his story."
Elastor was silent for a moment, then he said coldly:
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