Chapter 54: Chapter 54

'Be the you that no one else can compete with."

Death (Part 3)

"You won't understand Ares, but with time you will," Lord Daniel said to him. "Let's go," he added.

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Galore Kingdom:

It was almost morning when Pula had arrived and was quickly taken to the room Vala was.

Ruthless felt it when the wall was broken but he couldn't do anything. His focus was on his wife.

"What is delaying my babies? They should have come out by now."

"My Prince, you know your wife is a demon and demons stayed some hours before they give birth unlike-"

"That's enough," Ruthless interrupted her, "Be fast and free my wife from this pain. just know that if anything happens to my wife or babies oh, I pity your generations that are yet to come." he ended with a warning tone.

A knock sounded at the door.

"Who is it?"

"Sorry for the interruption my Prince, your father requested your attention immediately at the throne room."

"I will be there," Ruthless said and was careful to remove his hand from Vala's mouth. He heard the running feet of the guard. "I will be back Vala, stay strong for me." He added and pecked Vala on her forehead, their contact bringing out a little puff smoke, the kind that fire and water make when they come in contact.

He teleported himself to Galore throne room and saw his father with a guard who was drinking water.

"Yes father, you sent for me."

"I did," Galore said, facing his son and pointed at the guard drinking water, "He just reported that there are some creatures heading towards here. He had left the guards who were stationed at the boundary of the wolf kingdom and  ran to inform us." He explained.

"Okay, get the guards ready while I will go and meet Vala to tell her about it. I will be back to join you father," Ruthless said and didn't wait to hear his father's response before he teleported himself back to his room.

With one final shout, Vala pushed out one before the second followed.

Cleaning the twins up and wrapping them in a piece of tunic each, she gave the children to Ruthless.

"It is a boy and a girl," she said as Ruthless carried the small two little babies in his arms each with care.

Oddly to the surprise of the midwife and Pula, both children have rainbow hair.

Bringing them closer to Vala who has grown weak, so weak that she couldn't even lift up her head to properly look at her babies, Pula helped her in that aspect.

"They are so cute," Vala said weakly, staring at her children with happiness. The joy of seeing them gave her a little strength, "I want to carry them," she added as she rested herself on the wall behind her and her husband carefully gave her the babies. "Aww, they look so much like you, Winter."

"That's a lie, our daughter is as beautiful as you,"

"And our son is as handsome as you,"

Ruthless opened his mouth to speak but the arrival of the Falcons stopped him, the noise they were making was so loud.

"What is going on?" Vala asked.

"The wall that I use in protecting the people from the falcons have been broken and they are here, which means, Daniel will be here with them. I need to go and help my father." Ruthless told her. "Galore can't face him alone."

"This is happening sooner than I thought, please I don't want anything to happen to you or to my father-in-law."

"Nothing will happen to us," Ruthless said. "You are weak Vala, rest, I will be back before you know it," he promised.

"Are you sure or you are just pulling my legs?"

"I don't go back on my words my beautiful Vala, I promise to come back," Ruthless said, "Wait for me."

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Coming outside to join his father and the guards with him at the palace compound, Ruthless saw that the falcons were almost at the palace gate.

"They are not hurting the people, it seems they were giving orders to head straight to here," Galore said and a portal appeared not too far from Galore and Ruthless. The falcons, who had broken down the gate, all came to a halt when they saw the Portal.

"You're right Galore, I ordered them," Lord Daniel said, stepping out of the portal, following closely was Zelik and the portal closed.

"You? What are you doing here Daniel?" Galore asked in surprise.

"And what do you think I am doing Galore? For so many years you have taken what is mine,"

"And what is that?" Galore demanded.

"The throne,"

"If you need the throne, you have to fight me but not with your strange creatures."

"Oh, forgive my bad, I did not come here to exchange words with you Galore, I am only here for three things, the throne, kill Ruthless and take back my mate from him," Lord Daniel announced.

"In your dreams," Ruthless said and wanted to continue when the voice of Lati interupted him.

"What mate are you talking about Daniel? Are you forgotten something or should I remind you?" Queen Lati asked as she made her appearance known with her son Blue. "Do you want me to----" she didn't get to complete her statement when a sharp blade from nowhere sliced through her neck, chopping off her neck from the rest of her body. Her whole body vibrated and began to swell before it burst, only her head remained.

Ruthless was fast to drag Blue away from his mother, if not, he would have had the same date with Lati. The blade returned back to its owner, Zelik.

"I just hate hearing her voice, now, she has been put to silence forever," Lord Daniel said with a smirk.

Galore couldn't believe his eyes, he ran towards Lord Daniel in anger.

"Attack them, kill the guards except them," Lord Daniel pointed at Blue, Ruthless and an approaching Galore.

Ruthless tried to use his ice powers on the falcons but to his surprise the ice couldn't penetrate them.

The fight began....

Ruthless and Blue trying to fight as many falcons as they can, Blue was fighting in his wolf form while Ruthless tried to use his Ice sword to fight the falcons who refused to die.

'Let us out master," Ruthless four spirit beasts said in his mind but Ruthless ignored their voices and focused on the fight before him.

Galore, who had lost almost 97% of all his powers and strength when he had chained Haule and Lord Daniel in the River of Abss, tried to fight off Lord Daniel but Zelik blocked him and they both started fighting each other.

Though Galore managed to cut a few flesh, but that was it.

Lord Daniel who had been watching teleported himself to the back of Ruthless and tried to attack him from behind but Ruthless was fast and escaped Daniel trap.

When he wanted to use his fire Powers on Daniel he found out he couldn't, the fire quenches whenever they touch Lord Daniel's body.

Ruthless paused in shock to stare at his hands giving Lord Daniel the opportunity to strike him.

Everything happened so fast that before Ruthless would realize what was happening, Lord Daniel had chopped off one of his arms and had rooted him to the spot.

"One of the rules given to you as your punishment, you cannot hurt a Nilela, you are weak," Lord Daniel said, smirking widely. A portal opened and his mother stepped out.

The falcons quickly killed the guards remaining.

Seeing the new person, Galore stopped in shock.

"Flower?"

The woman smiled and made Galore to stand still. Zelik left Galore and went to overpowered Blue, though he didn't kill him.

"Surprise to see me?

"Are you doing this because I rejected you?" Galore said, "Please stop this, we can settle amicably."

Flower laughed, "You are mixing it up Galore, Daniel my son."

"Where did you go mother?" Lord Daniel asks leaving Ruthless and going to meet his mother.

"I went to visit those two Lord's, the fourth and the fifth Lord's, you know to stop them from coming.

Hearing that name and seeing the bearer of that name shocked Ruthless, he ignored the pain and focused on his mother.

"Mother....I thought you are dead?"

"I am not dead, I just did that to achieve my aim," flower said.

"Mother....Why?"

Walking close to him as she took the same sword Daniel had used on him, "First of all, I am not your mother, I stole you away from your real mother." Flower said and thrust the sword into Ruthless stomach. "Remember this sword, it was you who gave it to me as a present." she brought out the sword, twisting it as does so. "Sad, you will die in the hands of what you created."

Taking the sword from his mother, Lord Daniel raised it up, "Thanks for gifting me with the falcon's brother, don't blame me for taking what is mine, and this, is for touching my mate." he said and swung the sword chopping off Ruthless two legs.

Ruthless fell down with a loud thud as Galore screamed.

Pains, a lot of pains greeted Ruthless. He never expected it would turn out this way.

He could feel his death coming, slowly..... Lord Daniel raised the sword and this time around, aimed for Ruthless heart.

'Go, protect my mate and babies, take them out of here. She is now your new owner.' He commanded his spirit beasts through his mind with his last strength before he closed his eyes, his breath ceased.

Winter......died.

"Go in and bring out my mate," Lord Daniel ordered his falcons.

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Vala was surprised when she saw Ruthless four Spirits beast heads, only Ice fang showed his whole self.

They bowed before Vala.

"What is going on? What is the meaning of this?"

"You're now our owner."

"I don't understand,"

"He is dying and he asked us to get you and the babies out of here." Ice Fang told Vala.

"Impossible, Ruthless cannot die, he is strong."

"Come with us, the falcons will be here soon."

Getting up from her bed, even though she was still tired, "Take the children Pula," Vala said and Pula did as told by her dragon magic. "Go with Ice Fang and make sure no harm comes to them, please."

"We have no time to waste," Ice Fang said and gently dragged Pula to himself.

Fire stretch out one of his claws and drag the midwife also, "For the second baby,"

They disappeared and at the same moment, the falcons brust the door and came rushing into the room.

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Lord Daniel smiled when he saw Vala dragged towards him.

"I finally get to meet you in person, my love," Lord Daniel said but Vala wasn't watching him, her eyes were on Ruthless who wasn't showing any sign of movement.

"Winter... please look at me."

"He's dead, you know, never coming back again." Lord Daniel told her as he followed her eyes to where she was staring.

"No, my husband cannot die,"

Lord Daniel smiled and removed the sword from Ruthless body, "Perhaps, burning him would convince you that he is truly dead," he said and with a flick of his hand, fire surrounded Ruthless lifeless body.

"No!!" Vala yelled out trying to free herself from the two falcon's holding her. She watched with tears in her eyes as her Winter body was consumed by fire. She couldn't hide her tears nor stop it from flowing.

She never thought a day like this would come and that it would happen a day after her marriage with Winter.

She still couldn't believe her eyes, her Winter is gone, just like that. And he never gets to hear 'I love you' from him.

"His ashes will be throw into the River of Abss, in that way, he will not reincarnate," Daniel said to her as he approached her slowly, "He is gone for good Vala, you better get used to it now." he added stopping right in front of her face.

Vala tore her eyes away from the burning form of her husband to glare heatedly at Daniel. "I will kill you," She promised him with every fiber in her.

Daniel smirked, "Oh, you could only try but won't succeed, I will take care of you, I promise not touch you until I have brought you the heads of your twins, Ruthless children, nothing will please me than see the headless bodies of those children that would have been mine."

"I fucking hate you and guess what, you will never find them," She said hoping and praying for Lord Daniel not to find Ruthless spirit beasts and Pula.

"I will, you just wait and see," He said confidently. "And as for you....." he added, turning to face Galore who was held to the ground. "Goodbye," he stretch one of his fingers towards his directions

Vala started laughing to the surprise of them all.

"What is funny?" Lord Daniel demanded.

"You cannot kill him fool,"

"And why is that?" he asked.

"Because killing my father in law, will eventually make your mother die," seeing his confuse look, she elaborated on it, "If he dies, your mother dies too," she added and face Flower, "Do you think that wine you had drink at my wedding was just an ordinary wine, Fairy? Look, for all the past years I have been helping the Elves students to emerge as the winner to attend the supernatural school, do you think I don't recall or remember any of their faces I have helped, do you take me for a fool Flower? I haven't seen your face before so seeing you here and you claiming to be from the Elves land and me helping you get into the school made me laugh hard. C'mon couldn't you come up with a better lie?"

"You are lying," Flower said and took her sword and tore Galore upper right arm, surprisingly she screamed and dropped the sword and as the same cut appeared in her arm, at exactly where she had cut Galore.

"Told you, I begged my husband to do it because I know you are a two sided witch," Vala said, very proud of herself.

Galore wound would heal gradually.

"Take them to the dungeon and chain them up," Lord Daniel commanded and the falcons did as ordered.

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They put Galore and Vala in a separate cell, chaining their hands and feet.

Vala who had lost the zeal to fight was praying and hoping for the safety of her babies.

She remembered she and Ruthless last conversation the previous night;

Flashback:

"Every encounter is destined, Vala, no matter who you meet and when, they will teach you something. So wherever you go, you should believe that whatever you meet is your destiny."

End of Flashback.

Fresh tears begin to drop, a part of her died when her husband died. She didn't want to believe that he was gone but she remembered when. He had told her his spirit beasts can only be hers when he died and his spirit beasts had bowed before her and acknowledged her as their new owner.

"Winter, you did not die for power but for love, just as we were fated to meet each other. I know in your eyes you once see this world as cold and empty but not anymore. You told me, in the face of despair, even the smallest ray of hope has unlimited possibility. You made me a promise Winter and I am still holding onto it, I know you will always be with me and I will be here, I will always be here..... waiting for you,"

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Lord Daniel smiled as he used his magic to pile up Ruthless ashes.

"What should we do next my Lord?" Zelik asked.

"I have visited the Elves Queens and my in-law, after my visit, we release Lucifer, the Creator better be prepared, it's now my turn," Lord Daniel said with a devilish smirk. "And as for you," he faced Blue.

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Somewhere deep amongst the Cloud:

Two winged people flew and entered a house made of pure gold, they flew inside until they reached a throne which was empty, opposite the empty throne stood a woman with white wings folded behind her back.

They flew down, "We've got good news and bad news my Lady," both of the ladies said at the same time.

"Tell me the good news first," The woman with white long shining hair mixed with white and rainbow said, her back facing them.

"We have found out the place Flower went hiding with your son she stole from you," one of them said.

"And where is that?" She asked facing them, she was a beauty to behold.

"The supernatural kingdom," the second one replied.

"I see, she knows I won't search there and that was why she took my son there, for three thousand years," the high lady spoke. "I will visit Flower and make sure she pays for everything she had put me through,"

"If you go, that means you are going to meet your mate you rejected, Nilela's father,"

"I know, but I think it's time I teach my sister a lesson, she stole my son from me and hid him away for years when he was serving his punishment given to him by the Creator," the woman said, "And the bad news?"

"They killed Nilela, my lady."

The woman started laughing as if what she heard was funny.

"Should we wake up Nilela's king of spirit beast to go down to the supernatural realm and deal with them?"

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Six thousand years ago, there was once a kingdom named Nilela that was destroyed.

What happened? Every story has a beginning...