The atmosphere is heavy, the energy is mounting, armies gathered in front of the citadel, with shining armors, bronze , gold, silver and frankincense embodied by the warriors, armies of young and old, experienced and naive , scarred and fresh , roaring as they clash thier spear to thier shield in unison, the cloud grows darker as if the gods orchestrated it, the wind strong and wavy , the shouts seized as the brightest armor shines out of the citadel
"behold ADOSTROS THE GREAT, the lord commander" said the herald , as the armies proceeds with a shout, a bang on thier shield and stomps with thier feet, singing his name like a war cry and suddenly a white horse runs out of the citadel, a gold helmet on it's head, gold saddle , and a rider with glow ,the sun shinning from behind through his armor as his horse flings his feet to the direction of the sun and neighs loudly like a war cry,a red thick chlamy spreading on his back, riding the wind , a long noble sword belted to his waist , he then raises his visor
"behold your king" said hector , sharp silence, it was so silent that even the bird chirps wasn't heard
"today we ride at Howelbr to take possession, we go in peace but must be ready to pieces , today we conquer and if we are resisted ,we shall quench the thirst of our blade , for we are the terrors of the noon , we shine with sun and burn with it ,we die with the day and rise with it , we eat the darkness after letting it roam, reminding it who the owner is , my soldiers of light, today we roar like a hungry lion, for we are strong by not only wisdom but by power and we MUST drench in it for it is our gift that our enemies know us not by strength, that is our advantage in any war, any battle and I your king will stand with you in front of the battle , today, till I am no more ,even when I'm passed my son...." the king said expecting his son to ride out as he talks about him as planned, but it doesn't seem like he's coming out, the silent was loud and her majesty watching from the corridor with her daughter was counting down from five quietly
"Five"
everything, everyone is still
"Four"
still ,total silence with high suspense
"Three"
everyone slowly looks at the pathway
".....my son.."
the king said slowly still thinking he will come out
"Two...One"
silence drops as the sound of horses' feet hitting the floor, out of the pathway came aeres, as everyone is shocked and confused
"behold, your prince , the son of KING HECTOR I of his name, the heir to the jewelry throne of brimstone ,...behold THE SILVER OF GREECE"
Aeres declared, with loud screams from the soldiers, a shout applause of the crowd and the stunned expressions of the kingsmen and the king , ERAGA rides out with his favorite silver horse and shining silver cloak with blue strips and his silver sword given to him by his late grandfather who was the greatest blacksmith in the whole of Greece, pinned to his back with his silver shield protecting it, everybody was surprised but no more than his father who has never seen his son in such manner , Eraga jumps down from his horse and bows down to his father
"my king"
Eraga said and looked to the crowd of armies and said
"I, the son of king HECTOR I shall ride with you in front of battle on my horse back even after the king finishes his great work" *....stillness but in agreement*
"even though we know that's going to be a long time, he's a tough one, this one " he said with a silly facial expression and the whole crowd laughed, his dad smiled for Eraga has never agreed to be heir, this is all a surprise
"I promise to continue in my father's legacy and glory and take the great kingdom to impossible heights, I and my brother aeres will fight till our bones crack, even if our hand gets cut off , we'll fight with our legs, if our legs get cut off we'll fight with our heads , if our heads gets cut off, we'll curse the enemies with our mouths, for we shall not go down without bringing them with us, this I promise"
shouts and praises and they chants his name
"eraga the silver of Greece "
"TODAY ,EITHER BY PEACE OR BY PIECES , WE CLAIM HOWELBR !!!" Eraga shouts he draws his sword from his back and raises it, the whole army raises thier weapons with him
"well said MY SON" said king Hector I
"today is the day, many of you may be testing your strength in a battle for the first time today, including my son, but everything starts in a day, follow orders and fight with all you have , with your strength and with your might , earn your shield, make your kingdom proud, we shall move in division, first batch will be the peace batch, led by the great philemon " *philemon bows in acceptance
"second batch will be the peace support badge , directly in the back of the peace batch, led by the great Aeres , as his first leading role"
*Aeres is shocked and startled but he bows and looked at his dad with confusion because his dad will be in the batch too*
" the third batch will be the complete invasion if any resistance is held, that batch will be lead by me, your king " Eraga felt so relieved and it was obvious that Aeres noticed and he clashed his shoulder with Eraga's to put him back in order
" now, assemble,..it Is time "
The soldiers assembled and the journey began, Aeres was beside his father, he was feeling awkward ,he didn't know what to say
"your brother?" asked adrastos
"pardon?"
"he called you brother"
"ohh..uhmm, yeah Eraga..he did-"
"get yourselve together, it's your first rolling as a commander, don't mess it up, or I'll kill you , I didn't mess mine up, although mine was earlier but you're not doing bad, just have to be better "
"yes sir , lord commander "
"commander ?, you're commanding this troop"
" ohhh yeahh right, sorry"
"AERES, DO NOT APOLOGIZE, my time as leader is coming to an end, my question for you is ARE YOU READY?, you lack enthusiasm, do you want to know the things I did?, the lives I took to get up here?, HUHH?, because you grew up in the citadel gives you no right to be soft , I brought you up here myself with no real challenge, don't make me think I made a mistake " he says as he turns away ,aeres looking frustrated tries to calm himself
" the all serious Aeres, ever strong and mighty looks sad?"
" mind your business Eraga "
" hey , isn't this what you always wanted ?"
"taking my father's position ?, no "
"come on , it's just this one time, they're testing your potential, that's why you have to buckle up and show them , I wonder who's the hair between a women's legs now?"
"shut up eraga, I'll have your tongue "
"oh sorry LORD COMMANDER "eraga said sarcastically
"don't call me....just leave , are you even on this batch "
"no I'm with the peace badge, I'm just passing by "
" then movee"
" Aye commander" Eraga rides further
"hey, why did you call me your brother ?"
" why not" Eraga said with a wink as he rides away , Aeres tries to hide a smile.
The queen rules in the absence of the king , Kleon was walking through the corridors with an unsettled and dark eyes , furious about not getting picked for the fight, he feels his brother has always looked down on him, he also wanted to be king but Hector was chosen even though they were born in the same minute by two different mothers, he has accepted his fate of not becoming king but his brother's neglect bore his heart.
The Queen was praying in a temple with the priestess ,Freya and they heard a creek from a distance in a big empty dark hall where only few candles where lit , they ignored at first till they started hearing footsteps ,Freya stepped in front of the queen to protect her
"who is there?, show yourself" Freya said , all they could hear was a laugh in the dark , fear started roaming around their hearts, freya grabs a fireband and points it in the darkness, flinging it around
"you dare walk into the temple even as the queen is praying "
"Hahaha , the queen?, she is no queen, she is mine " as a strange face appears close to light, hits the fireband away from the priestess and the fireband landed on a curtain causing a fire, this time the whole hall was bright and they both could see his face
"ASLRON?" the queen asked in fear and shock
" yes my queen " with an evil dark clown smile on his face, he reaches for the queen but was held by freya
" get off me you witch" Aslron snapped , freya eyes started glowing as if she was about to do some sorcery until Aslron pricks his small knife into her eye , stabbing both continuously, freya screamed till her death as the fire in the hall was increasing,becoming more intense, with both her eyes opened wide of shock, trauma and almost too stunned to speak, the queen dreadfully asked
"why....why are you here?, how did you....how did you escape ?, what....WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE "she started screaming
"no one is going to save you, I killed every guard around this hall, it's just me and you now, just like old times" he said with a smile and evil laugh
"why are you doing this ? ASLRON , WHYYY!"
"ohhh shut uppp, is that how to greet an old friend?, you've changed, you're now all flashy and fancy and all ,but your beauty, ouhhhh, never gets old" he licks the blood off the knife slowly and said
"I wonder how yours would taste" as he draws closer to her grabs her by her neck and rubs the knife on her face
"look at you, aren't you the most beautiful woman ?, as beautiful as ever " she was scared almost having a panic attack, she tries to calm herself then she suddenly kick aslron on his balls impulsively, he unhanded her, Took a step back, bent in pain, he became more furious
" you whore" he yelled as he grabs her neck with both hands this time ,choking her, close to death , a strong hand pulls him away and all he saw was darkness, it was kleon who had percieved smoke from a distance
" are you ok your majesty ?"
" ye...ye..yes, we need to run, he's crazy ,he'll kill us" she replied, Kleon confused but knows there's no time for confusion or to run , he looked to his side and saw the priestess with blooded eyes, he tried to overcome his fear for he has seen worse, it has been a while he fought, but he believed he still had it, he knew he had no chance against this psychopath, so he tried to figure out a way to save the queen
"ohhh nice punch ,didn't see that coming "
"I'll make sure you can't see at all with the next one " Kleon replied , Aslron laughed but it turned to frown in less than a second, he drew out his battle axe, Kleon knew he was going to be defeated, so he told the queen to run as he tries to hold aslron back , Aslron charged at him, he drew his knife throws it at aslron, aslron smiled while dodging it easily, he swinged his axe , aiming for kleon head , Kleon bent to his knee level, dodging the axe and charging to aslron, he dived Aslron, they both fell hitting the strong wooden chairs in the temple and breaking them, they were both struggling to stand but Kleon couldn't because aslron's axe already went In his back , he was bleeding seriously even from his mouth, aslron smiled as he gets up and to leave the hall before the whole place collapsed, he couldn't move , he tried, again and again, he couldn't move till he noticed and metal-like rope tied on his waist to kleon, he smirk suddenly dissapeared , he tried loosing and cutting it, he couldn't , with a smile on the nearly dead kleon face , he murmured
" good luck getting out of here carrying this big old man with you "
" shut up you faggot " aslron replies as he struggles with the rope
"see you in hell, you devil" Kleon quickly added
" aren't we in hell already, there's fire all around us right now " aslron said with a laugh as kleon eyes closed,
aslron dragged kleon with himself, aiming for the door, he realized it was so heavy , because Kleon tied himself to Freya
"argghhhhhhhhhhh, I can't die here, NOOO, when did he.....no I can't die, I CAN'T DIE"
he drags with all mights as he says "i"...*drags* ..."must".....*drags*....."GET MY REVENGEEEE!!! " the hall collapsed