Kapitel 2: With a Bow

Inside a large stone palace covered by trees and ivy, a group of three lightly armoured men ran through a tall ceiling hall. The sound of trio's swords clattering and quick feet echoed in the hall, as the ran up a long red carpet.

The trio came to an abrupt stop and kneeled before a step of stairs at the end of the hall

" We greet the demon Empress Zhari " they all took off their helmets revealing their bald heads, pointed ears, large canine teeth and tribal marked charcoal skin.

They all looked up to see their empress arise from her throne. They watched her dress overflow down the stairs, as she moved in bewitching gently manner, whilst her bone crown formed into a head piece around her long sliver hair . "Speak"

The leader of the trio quickly awoke from the psychedelic voice of their empress " We have received reports of a level 5 being or event in the Rah forest, witness statements tell of dark clouds hanging above the forest and creatures of lighting dancing within them, I have sent 40 of my best scouts to see if what occured is a potential threat to us, my empress "

The empress's golden eyes stared down at the men " What of the generals? Have any of them moved from their posts? "

"No my empress, they are all still within their domains" the leaders mouth started to leak a little blood, along with the other two men.

Their eyes slowly began turning red and they could feel their bodies tightening, like they were being squeezed by the air around them.

"... have the guards prepare for an emergency evacuation of the east side of the city…proceed with caution in case this is a diversion caused by the other lords…you have stayed long enough, you may leave now" the empress moved back and sat upon her dragon skull throne.

"Yes, my empress" the trio slowly got up, helping each other out of the throne room, as one of them had nearly collapsed.

"You could have suppressed your level lower Zi ... ah! Those poor men, tut,tut" A women dressed in a black and white maid outfit, with short red hair appeared beside the skull throne.

The empress kept her gaze at the tall door at the end of the hall, watching the men leave. The red haired maid started brushing her silver long hair "My men must know what true power is, if they are ever to surpass their levels ... go and tell Gloria to keep a eye on those old fools, and signal my red army to be on-standby incase any of them make a move"

" B,b,b,b,but..I just got here..five more minutes, plllllleeeeaaase " the maid pouted as she continued brushing the hair.

" Ray.." Zhari turned her to Ray

With a bow and a stamp on the ground, Ray moved back into the shadows of the red curtains behind the skull and disappeared, leaving the empress alone in a hall surrounded by statues.

....

Deep in the east side of the city, a purple 4 armed winged baby could be seen floating through tight alleyways, eating a small feathered white bird with blood all over its face.

The baby glided past stone brick houses, behind busy market streets, occasionally twitching it's orange eyebrows, changing direction every now and then.

After a while of travelling in the empty alleyways, it came up to a stone wall and glided over it into a garden, filled with fresh green plants. It devoured the remains of the bird before floating towards the plants, rubbing all of its hands together.

.....

Inside a wide two storey building, an old grey ghoul with a matching long beard was standing behind a counter filled with vials and other concoctions.

In front of him stood a silver haired, male elf wearing a butler attire.

" Mr Seev, you're back again, has the young miss's illness gone down?" the old ghoul asked.

"Indeed, your medicine worked a treat for the young miss and she's slowly recovering... I came today in an attempt to acquire more" Mr Seev placed a bag of coin on the table and could clearly see a smile appear on the old ghouls face.

"Truly a wonderful customer you are, it won't take a moment, you can take a seat upstairs, whilst I head to the garden to procure the ingredients " the ghoul gestured towards the stairs before walking to the back of the shop.

"You blasted hellish vermin!" A loud roar came from the back of the shop.

Before Mr Seev could finish the climb up the stairs, he seen the ghoul running back into the store, taking down a sword from a wall.

" What seems to be the problem? Dr Tian?" Mr Seev looked down at the doctor as he huffed and puffed , walking back and forth on the same spot 'Has he gone mad?'

"Mr Seev, contact the city guards, there is a unknown vermin in my garden! We need to kill it immediately!"

Dr Tian ran back outside.

'What the hell is going on' Curious to see what had agitated the old ghoul, Mr Seev followed along.

Mr Seev walked outside from the back of the store. His eyes saw the old ghoul chasing a 4 armed chubby, toddler sized purple creature with his sword. The creature was merely dodging every swing in the air with ease.

" Dr Tian, what is going on here?" Mr Seev looked at the old ghoul and could see sweat dripping down his face.

"This creature! It ate all my herbs! every last one of them! .... come back here!"

Mr Seev gazed over the garden, there was no trace of herbs, only unearthed dirt on the ground and even some of that looked to be missing.

A loud bang brought his attention back to the sword swinging Dr Tian. He turned to see that a Orc sized hole had been created in one of the garden walls.

He quickly ran up to wall and looked ahead, he could see Dr Tian chasing the creature with his sword still swinging. The duo running directly into a jam-packed market.

He could hear the creature laughing and giggling, clapping its hands like it was demonoid. He quickly ran after the pair, making sure to alert the city guard.

As he ran in the opposite direction to the guards post-station, he could see smoke rising into the air, coming from where the market should be.