The world. Destroyed as it was once known, floods, storms, diseases, drought, famine, and death transformed a place full of great abundances of life into a rock in the cosmos with little to none. The damage was so great it reverted many people into nothing more than packs of hungry wolves, turning good people into greedy violent humans. But how can one judge? When they don’t suffer as badly as the latter does. More than 4.1 billion people perished after the revival, so many people were unable to be saved and so many souls were lost. Denied an afterlife and doomed to the endless void of the beasts. A fact he lives with day in and day out, However. Not his people, not the ones who live on his lands. For a king must always provide the best possible life for his people, no matter their rank in his kingdom. If they are no enemy then he doesn’t treat them like one. People of poverty working for the rich won’t be gaining less than scraps, but get what they are owed for the hard work they do. Robbers, bandits, and other fiends who commit heinous crimes are punished as severely as they should be. Any signs of demonic beings are slayed without so much as a thought. With so much negativity his kingdom won’t follow the way of the world but instead pave the way for a better and brighter future. That isn’t to say none of it phases him. All of it moves him, hells. If he could take every human into his Kingdom’s loving embrace he would but he doesn’t have that power but he will work towards the goal with or without absolute might to garner the attention of the masses.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnZrwBvHYU
“Out of the way!” His attention was caught when he heard his guards shout at someone, looking out he saw it was a man with a sun hat on, he held a bright red travel pack over his shoulder. The man continued to walk eyes down and focused on the ground below him before he stepped aside once pushed.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaWUGypKXZ
“Soldiers! We do not handle things like that!! If he doesn’t move you check him to see if he has any disabilities you did not follow protocol!” The young king quickly scolded his soldiers. However suddenly the man stopped and gazed to the heavens, odd to believe he’d do it so casually considering well The sun would hurt the eyes of any creature that gazed at it for too long. Looking down he noticed rocks rumbling as the wind not only picked up but blew with intense might to the point the whooshing could be played by ear. The horses' hooves began to reach his ears as he saw them panicking. The sound grew louder so he took it upon himself to step out of his carriage inside with him sat a cloaked figure who soon stepped out with him and followed behind him.The four soldiers' gaze followed their young king and his advisor as they passed. The first man looked down at the man who stood there gazing at the sky.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkbC1G6KxQ
“Hm? Above us!!”
“SKREEEEEE!!!” A jet black demon descended from the clouds above golden talons, shining in the light, lines upon lines of razor teeth running along its mouth. A singular eye on its large head. Zooming straight down its nature causing everyone to flee. Some running faster than others, trampling each other, hiding in nearby rivers and running through the fields. However the beast focused not on any of the meek and weak humans, their souls being pulled from their bodies as it flew above.
“MONSTER! Face me! I- Huh?” Looking ahead the young man saw The Man was already halfway towards the incoming demon. He couldn’t stand back and watch someone of his lands be mauled by a monster.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlG5H4GJtR
“What’re you doing?! You need to run!!” The cloaked figure grabbed the young prince and flew him high in the sky.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORjlMWvgiO
“Get out of there! Let me go Merlyn!!” He squirmed to try and get out of his advisor’s hold as the man finally stopped in his tracks, grabbing his sun hat holding it so it didn’t go flying.
“SKREEEEEE!!!”
“RUN!!” KATHOOM! In shock the boy watched the demon’s massive frame go flying through the air, no not just flying it was flipping over their heads. The creature spat out the souls of the recently devoured and was falling down on the fleeing civilians.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnbq77th1m
“No! The people!!” KATHOOM! Once again the beast went flying in the air and the man was there as the cause, the young man watched him jump into the air and rush at the demon. The beast flew through the clouds and so did he and then with one final booming sound. The clouds parted to reveal the glistening rays of the sun. The creature’s body is nowhere to be found nor the man and the clouds still in the sky that haven’t been hollowed out. However in the distance he saw something zooming off into the horizon.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XWlQawTP2
“Follow that figure!” His advisor did as told and flew the young king after the man that had just aided his people.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sVM8Q6RIv
“To think he’d fly so far after such an encounter, do you believe him to be someone capable of flight?”
“I have some idea of who he could be, though nothing can be confirmed. Not without seeing him for myself.” The young prince sat down on a transparent platform made by his advisor, soon they made it far far out to some open fields and hills. They found a spot of impact and saw black flames surrounding it, his advisor flew down and summoned a cube around a plot of grass engulfed in the flames. Condensing it to contain the fire. Arthur jumped down looking around trying to find the man who’d given such great aid to his kingdom. He saw that the flames led a certain way and began to follow.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenK3a4Y9w3
“Come!” He hurried and followed after the flames, seeing the man again, standing there shirtless with a dragon tattoo spiraled around his left arm, the tail down to his knuckles and the mouth where his collarbone is. He held a sword in his right hand, the young prince watched his left arm lift and stay stationary and his right lift the sword. Then with one swift motion.
SHINK!
The young prince was in shock, he’d seen many things before but it didn’t mean he was desensitized to it. Blood fell into the river water and his severed arm laid in the dirt, the fires around instantly dispersed and his blade dripped with his own blood. Crouching down he grabbed the arm and reared back, throwing his arm with so much force a loud BOOM was heard and the shockwave knocked the prince down. It was then that he turned to face him.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwyqcnvQbl
“Who’re you?”
“Wh-Whoa. Ahem! I am King Arthur of Camelot, these are my lands. I came to thank you for saving my people and keeping the lands free of damage. As king it is my duty to offer you hospitality, medical attention an- and-” King Arthur watched astonished, The Man’s arm was burned shut by the flames. Completely healed, the tattoo had crept off his arm and seemed to vanish.138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz90zPYVMh9
“I-I guess the medical attention isn’t uh needed, ahem! Please accept sir!” Arthur barely had a chance to react, the man stood just out of view, his blade reared back and then he heard the sound of steel striking steel and felt an unbearable presence behind him.
The Presence Of Death
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