Talus arrived with Daniel on the edge of a forest facing a large plateau. Talus
placed Daniel on the group and soon Sir Rhyme, Ungar, Zaiyal, Sarai and Narcis.
Talus put the body of Daniel gently on the ground. "Don't worry he's fine, he'll
wake up within a half an hour," said Talus. "YOU BASTARD! WHO DO YOU
THINK YOU ARE?!" screamed Sarai. "Sarai, stop." said Ungar with a booming
voice. "Who are you? I have neither good or evil in your heart. What are your
intentions? Why did you save the boy?!" said Ungar. "No good or evil," thought
Sarai. "My feelings are purely selfish. And as for good and evil those concepts are
both equally meaningless to me. What I want is a challenge I've wanted for the last
500 years, I'm a little over 10,000 give or take," said Talus. "What are you?!" said
Zaiyal. "I'm a wolf demon that is expected to live for about 20,000 years so I've
already lived half of my life. I'm a shape-shifter though my true form is that of the
'Great White Wolf.' I was born from nothing in the depths of space. I remember
everything about my birth. A dark cloud appeared and inside it my body created
itself. In the exact form you see before you. If you want to know just like your
wizard friend I have no genitals or orifice on my body with the exception of my mouth so I can't reproduce like other demons.
People are generally happy when
they hear a demon has no libido and no capacity to reproduce because of the
half-demons that are created from such unions. I could care less but I've heard
many half-demons are formidable foes which of course peaks my interest. On top
of having no sex drive and no genitals I don't need to eat food though I love to
consume it always. I have no orifices so my body doesn't expel food it simply gets
consumed inside of a void in the body. Oh and I love playing with my prey during
a battle to get the most out of them," said Talus. "Is there anything else you want to
know?" said Talus. "What are your motivations," said Ungar. "I don't fear death
and am willing to die happily if it means I can challenge a worthy opponent. Which
brings me to the boy," said Talus. After a short pause he continued; 'the boy has
more potential of any warrior that I fought in the last 800 years. I want to groom
her for battle and then fight him to the death when the boy reaches his
full-potential. In the mean-time I will help you with whatever you're seeking to do.
I have no allegiance to the Demon Clan which is why I so easily discarded them,"
said Talus. Sarai was about to say something but Ungar spoke; "I know what
you're going to say but don't worry, we can trust him," said Ungar. Sarai didn't
evil argue. "Well I guess it's time to head to the Tower of Heaven, welcome to the
team Talus you have yourself a deal," said Ungar. "Tch, perfect." said Talus. Over
the hill was the Tower of Heaven, a giant mesmerizing building that went into the sky when Daniel later opened his eyes and saw it reminded him of those big
futuristic buildings he remembered seeing in Dubai.
But the real journey had only
just begun.
The Imperial Year was 4545 IC and Grand Admiral Kesh had just come back from
a successful campaign against the Londratians. He clicked his fingers on the desk
of his ship. He was a curious looking creature. He had dark blueish-green skin with
horns and pointed-ears and he had four fingers on each hand so eight fingers in
total. He had something that resembled the trunk of an elephant, overall he had a
quiet demeanor. The campaign was successful and Kesh was quickly climbing
through the political power structure of the empire. The ship was a splendid sight,
material that appeared almost as platinum gold in other words the highest form of
gold was engraved everywhere within the inside of the vessel, the outside was far
more rugged looking. It was literally a city on the movie it appeared as a crowded
industrious city where there was not only stations for soldiers, but it was at its
foundation civilizational the families of many of the soldiers came with them as
well and it was abundant in food supplies which were often gathered before a
campaign and frozen before consumption years in advance. This was all paid up
with the coffers within the Emperor's possession, and this power was what Kesh
coveted more than anything else. The monitor before him turned on, "Have the
Lordratians been subdued by General Kesh? Have they been either annihilated, enslaved or brought into the fold of the divine empire." said the Emperor. "My
lord, as you have instructed the Londratians have been brought into the Imperial
ford and that's not all. We have now 600,000,000 more subjects, 400,000 fresh
slaves, and all of their economic zones as well as most importantly their neoplasm
reserves and chronicos which as you know powers many of our most powerful
ships," said Kesh.
The Emperor smiled; "Congratulations commander, on a job
well done. But I have something else you must do for me... go to Planet
Alpha-Centauri and unload all economic supplies and slaves and then after this is
completed I want you to go approximately 800 light years north east of the planet
Alpha Centauri to crush the Plutarch rebellion of Planet S9-XKTerraPrimerX
ÆA-12 510632 Alpha," said the Emperor. Kesh was shocked after this he thought
to himself as he was shaking his fists, "Planet S9? That will take 6 solar months?
The Emperor should reward me with no less than five planets and all he does is
immediately send me out to crush rebels at will. I'm tired of being his little lap
dog, someday I will stand before him and there will be no question of my
supremacy," said Kesh. But for now he held his tongue, "My lord, it will be done,"
said Kesh. The ship headed to the planet where they would drop off supplies before
it had to subdue a rebellion several months away.
Meanwhile, Daniel's group continued walking to the Tower of Heaven.
'So Narcis
I noticed at the wedding that you used some abilities that were unbelievable, where'd you learn such abilities?' said Sir Rhyme. 'I learned it from Hanuman,
the Hindu Monkey god in the Spirit Realm. He was one among many teachers I
had in that realm,' said Narcis. 'In that world I also learned that I am a
reincarnation of one of the Buddha's ten principal disciples named Subhuti. If you
are familiar with the Buddhist religion you might be familiar with him,' said
Narcis. 'No kidding, I knew you were a reincarnation of somebody important in
the Buddhist creed,' said Ungar. 'By the way, I have it on good authority that we
will be meeting the Slug Man better known by his Taoist name; Guan Fu.' said
Ungar. 'Slug man?' said Talus. 'Yes the Slug men are a race of man-like beings
with slug like skin and the head of slugs but with the mouth of men. They have
slug eyes at the end of their feelers, another set of smaller feelers above their
mouths and wet skin, etc." said Ungar. "They are Chinese-style Taoists and a race
of Aliens that are well versed in Taoist Magic and the Martial Arts. Guan Fu is an
old friend and he will be meeting us at the tower," said Ungar. "Oh, I see," said
Talus. "In any event we should be able to destroy this demonic scourge before it
has the chance to rear its ugly head," said Sarai. At first Talus began to laugh a
little and then more and more until he was cackling hysterically. "You want me to
do such a thing NEVER! I'd rather die than avoid a good fight," said Talus. "WHY
YOU MONSTER! I oughta strike you down where you stand!" said Sarai. "Why
don't you try your luck then," said Talus.
Before Sarai could lunge at Talus Ungar bellowed out a loud yellow, "ENOUGH! WE'RE HERE!" said Ungar. Before them
stood a giant tree behind an intense fog. The great tree was something no one had
noticed before it was a hybrid between a regular tree and advanced technology.
There was a large skyscraper built into the structure of the tree and at the bottom
there appeared to be several elevators. There were creatures crowded around each
other ready to enter the elevators. Daniel knew as soon as they embarked up this
tree, "this is it, this is the realm of the gods."