The Rise

There's No Climax 2

Another screech came from Opal and Opia before they dove down, changing into their human forms upon landing on the ground. The snowflake marking lit up but instead of white light like before, it was black. Rekka who was standing guard saw the change and froze. His body suddenly dropped from the roof, where he was perched. The black light bursts up into the air, Opal and Opia looked at each other and smile before dropping to their knees. "Hail the Great One!" A body formed from the light slowly. The figure was clothed in black, two pairs of black wings and a black staff in her hand. The mark on her forehead was now more like a blooming flower.

Her blood red lips, multicolored eyes, pale skin and white hair shocked those who saw it. 'This fight... Was it only good for shock factors?' They all thought. Rekka who was still falling, suddenly turned into black smoke just as he hit the ground. The smoke cleared reveling a large obsidian horse with two horns, yellow eyes and black wings that spanned longer than his already massive body. Normal obsidian horses are six feet tall but Rekka stood fifteen feet tall. He flew up and landed next to Bia within the blink of an eye. She pats his head gently, "It's been a while." Those who heard her voice couldn't help but to gasp in shock once again, it was a familiar voice but a different apperance.

They wanted to know who the woman was but because she held no resemblance to Bia they didn't make the connection until she spoke. Rekka closed his eyes under her touch and crouched down. Bia stepped up on his feet and sat on his back. The sight was absolutely majestic, if was as if a Goddess descended from the sky to curse them. And they.. they would gladly take on that curse. Happily. Rekka flew up in the sky with Bia on his back, everyone looked up at her. Elder Haclin dropped to his knees and bowed, "Hail the Great One!" His voice cut through the silence, echoing from the palace. One by one, Bia's subordinates all dropped to their knees and bowed towards her. The action was so uniformed were as if they practiced.

"Hail the Great One! Greetings to the Mistress." Bia's eyes swept across her subordinates, a pair of white eyes stared at her with much passion. Erebus bowed his head to his wife with a smile and Bia bowed back to him. In a clearing behind the Wolf army, Diablo and Aceso stood watching this scene. "This is mother's true form, right? She's absolutely breathtaking." Aceso couldn't help but to comment and Diablo nodded, agreeing with his sister. He was also thinking the same thing as he stared in his mother's direction. He moved his hand up and stabbed the man coming towards them. "Can't you see my Mother? Yet you aren't on your knees?" Diablo glared at the man and pulled his sword out the man's chest.

"Why waste your time on vermin, brother? Cut their knees so they can bow and pay homage to her." Aceso said to one of the shadow guards next to her. The guard nods and walks towards the fight happening behind them. Diablo and Aceso dropped to one knee and bowed their heads. "Hail the Great One." Filmos did the same after dropping the heart of one of the 'hybrid' wolves. The group that King Raci sent to the 'secret route' was cut off by those that did death training. They seemed no different from the other wolves beside extra strength and a witch was at the helm of it. They even protected the witch, making it clear that she was in control of them. Chan and Regan captured the witch which caused the experiments to run around like headless chickens. Diablo and Aceso walked over to them, "Let's go. The others can handle the few left." The two nod to them and grabbed the witch.

Bia patted Rekka's side, "I think that's more than enough of a fright factor." Rekka started flying towards the North gate where Flora and Nox were. Everyone covered their eyes when the dust started to kick up once they got closer from Rekka's powerful wings. When the dust settled, Bia stood there with Rekka in his human form which was bigger than before. Flora approached her and smiled. "I thought you looked beautiful with red hair but you are even more beautiful now." Bia bowed to her parents. "Mother, Father." Raci was shocked when he heard Bia's greeting but smiled through his pain nevertheless. "My beautiful daughter! I knew it! Your mother tried to hide it from me but I knew they were hiding you in the Fae Kingdom. Come home with me, my daughter." Raci looked at Bia and nodded to her as she looked at him.

Flora scoffed, "Daughter? My child doesn't have you as a father. She's not of your blood." Raci glared at Flora. "What? You cheated on me?" Flora raised her head, "We were never mates, everyone know why and how I married you in the first place. You and I both know that you aren't her father. Or? Have you forgotten what you've done?" Raci took a few steps back. "That's right. You're married to me so ultimately you're mine, I was your first so that is also mine." Nox stepped forward and spread out his wings, "Yours?! Do you dare to say that you didn't know we were mates?" Flora looked at Nox in shock. This was something she didn't know. "The very night Flora and I met, you were there. You listened and watched us then you defiled her knowingly. I held back from killing you for so many years already because I was more worried about her survival. I have no more regrets."

Nox was about to swing his sword, ready to kill Raci. "What a minute." Nox stopped and turned to his daughter. He should have the same punishment as Great Uncle. A whipping in the square, for all to see. Him and his witch concubine." Erebus appeared behind Raci and bowed to his father and mother in law. "Mother , Father." Flora smiled and caressed her daughter's cheek. "It's good that you're here." From the way her father acted in the Great Hall with Erebus, Flora knew that her father was hiding something regarding Neteria. If she knew this then Erebus knew it as well. Nox touched Bia's head with a smile. Yul pressed the blade against Raci's neck as he knelt. "This war was just as foolish as the King leading it. It ends like this." Nox spoke out. "What of our fallen?! My brother was killed by you Fae and now the war ends this way?" A soldier pushed his way forward angrily and pointed his sword in Bia's direction. "Oh? Who was your brother?" The wolf soldier clutched his sword tightly, swallowing the fear. "He was the general who was helping the Elf Kingdom! And you killed him!"

Bia walked towards the soldier while smiling, "You want a chance at revenge? Sure! All of you who don't want revenge can step all the way back. This will be your only chance at revenge, do take it." She stopped halfway to him, a malicious smile graced her face. The soldier looked back and nodded to his buddies. More than half of the army took several steps back, there was no need for so called revenge. They all knew what that King was doing and wanted nothing more to do with it. Soon enough a large semi circle was made, a thousand men stood in the middle. "I'm guessing none of you have families to get back to." Her nonchalant comment made more people step back.

Seven hundred people stood in the semi circle. "Final warning. If no one else moves in the next five seconds then the fight will start." No one moved. Bia walked around the seven hundred in the semi circle. "Shall we begin?"