Arthur was jolted awake from his own thoughts, to be met with a large cylindrical dark building, rising to a height exceeding their current flying altitude. It looked like a giant dark pillar, holding the sky and connecting the ground.
"Go over there, but stay low when getting near," he muttered, while his eyes were attracted to such a huge structure; he didn't know what it was, and this was a very rare occurrence to meet with something he never heard of or saw before.
That huge pillar looked near, but it took one hour to reach it. Tina did like Arthur had told her, flew on lower altitude, between trees, or smashing directly into it.
In front of Arthur, a wide open area, void of any tree or plant, was surrounding this pillar. What he was looking for now was places for those dark mages and warriors to dwell at, and as he was looking for those, distant shouts came from the front.
"Stay sharp, hold together, I'm sure they will exterminate that intruder and return to support us."
"The south west point failed to support, now only six out of eight are still holding."
"One more hour, the distance from here to the demon gate is long. Just give them more time, withstand all your might!"
"Tina," Arthur suddenly whispered, "descend here, don't make a sound," he added, while he was glancing towards the direction of these voices with extreme vigilance.
He was only careful when he thought about the presence of people here, but he wasn't serious. As there were still dark mages and warriors here, then he wouldn't let them all be dead.
"Your mission is to hold a group of them and don't let them die or escape," he whispered, before moving slowly and silently, between the trees, towards the front.
The more he got near that open space around the huge tower, the clearer he heard these mages and warriors speaking and complaining.
And suddenly it hit him!
"You are trying to demonize this pillar, turning it from light to darkness," he muttered, while he never heard of such things before, however he understood this pillar was something that brought forth great power and strength to its owner.
And it was ownerless, with its previous owner recently deceased.
"So, these pockets aren't from this world, and you dragged them all here to here so you can use the help of the dark forces in this world? interesting idea, but I plan to upside down everything you planned to do," he evilly smirked as he understood many of the plannings here.
They were using the help of this world's mages, after shattering the link between this pillar here and the world it came from. Arthur then glanced at all of the mages and warriors around him, they were gathered in three main groups, and from what he heard, three more groups must be also present on the other side.
Tina was on his side, so he just turned to her, nodded, before he started channeling his energy. He planned not to go soft on them from the beginning, who knew what they were preparing as defenses and might surprise him.
The next minute, a huge dragon appeared, on the side of Tina. Arthur didn't delay, as he flapped his wings, and directly rose to the air, being seen by everyone, shocking them all!
"Intruders, ac…"
Just as the one who seemed to be their leader opened up his mouth, the whole place around him was covered in extremely hot fire that eroded their bodies and instantly killed them.
Arthur just started with this group, and it didn't take more than one breath from him to kill them all.
"Their numbers are small," he roared while flapping his wings, heading directly towards the next group.
There were six total groups here, and he just killed one, so five remaining. Tina went to kill another, using her ice breath, and then she stood high up over another group, with her breath ready to be unleashed, while coldly saying:
"Move and die!"
Her words made them all freeze in panic, while the distant screams of pain appeared loud and clear in the silent world, as Arthur killed two more.
And at this moment, the whole world shook!
"Run, it's breaking free!"
A shout came, not from anywhere else but the place Tina was now hovering over. As that mage shouted, every single remaining mage and warrior here left everything, and started to run.
"Give a chase, don't let anyone escape!" Arthur hurriedly shouted, as he turned around, while flapping his wings, in preparation to give a chase to them.
However, at this moment, his whole body froze! It wasn't from fear, but it happened as the whole world around him froze, like this moment of time was frozen and stopped by external force.
And a pair of huge eyes appeared in dim fog, not showing anything but vicious dark red eyes. "A dragonair saving the pillar of light? That's a first, what happened to you? Have you lost your way?"
Arthur heard this voice, deep and venerable, as it came from ancient glorious times to the current desolate and ruined era.
"Sigh, I saw a mark over you, it seems he had seen what you might become. It won't be hidden from the eyes of others, and that would put your life in danger, hmm…"
The sound kept talking to himself, and Arthur just didn't understand what was going on. He had no control over his body, as he felt huge, irresistible energy forcing over his body, making him unable to move.
This energy came from the two eyes staring at him, as the owner was really interested and focused only on him.
"Sigh, I can't help you with all this dark energy inside your body, lad.. It's your misfortune, being born with darkness and seeking the light, eventually both will torn you apart, what a regret, sigh," the voice came again speaking mysterious words for Arthur, who just felt some resonance, vague understanding started to be formed inside his soul.
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