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Chapter 2.

The secret weapon of destruction.

The next morning, Heltanos sat in his ruler’s chair and listened to the latest news. Meredia appeared in the throne room. „Dad?“

Heltanos looks at his daughter.

„What is there? My child“ „Can you explain to me why the King of Darkness hates us so much?“ Heltanos beckoned to Meredia and was to sit down beside him. She approached him and sat down beside him. He explained to her that Dulcano was once a wicked king, he could tolerate the light as well, he had been despised and feared. Meredia asked why he was so vicious. „Well, it’s because he can never have enough of wealth when I came to this country, I saw him deal with the people, so I drove him out of the country, and he swore revenge,“ he said.

Meredia understood it and could not believe that a king could be so evil, but one thing she still did not understand why he retreated into the darkness. Heltanos had no answer. He got up and said that he had to go to the mages to have new warriors created. Dulcano had devised a plan and had a warrior created, he should have the skills of Dulcano to become a powerful fighter. The human-like elf was supposed to have the name Sen, he was lying on an altar, Dulcano was lying next to him, and a black magician was concentrating on transferring the skills and experience Dulcano had to Sen. After it worked out, Dulcano woke up first, got up, and looked at Sen. He was very pleased with the result, but he was warned by the magician that Sen could tolerate the sunlight. Dulcano would fool him into avoiding sunlight. A dragon on which Sen could ride was also created and was to bring Sen where he wanted to go, he should be his faithful companion. Sen was left alone until he woke up and it was ordered that no one should bother him. Light Field was all quiet, new Light Warriors were created, and a celebration was organized for success over the Warriors of Darkness that was to take place tonight, and the fairies were also invited along. As the evening wore on, Sen opened his eyes and sat up, looking around where he was, feeling an inner chill. Beside him was black clothes and a sword. He tried on the clothes and it sat like a glove. He slipped the sword holder onto his back, slammed the sword into place, left this cold, damp room, and found himself in the middle of a stone corridor. Sen followed the hallway to the end and stood in front of a large door that almost looked like a gate. He opened the door, went in and stood in a large hall. Dulcano turned around and said that he was very pleased to see him.

„Who are you?“ Sen asked. „My name is Dulcano, I’m the King of Darkness.“

Sen asked why he was here. Dulcano explained that he had a mission that was still very important. Sen asked what he should do. The king declared that he should destroy a village to give the local king a memo. Sen asked which village should be destroyed. To this the king replied that the fairy’s village had to be destroyed. This led Sen to another question, namely how to destroy it. Dulcano replied that he was getting a dragon. Sen’s next question was when to go. The king also answered that, when it became dark, because the light was evil. Sen had no more questions and prepared to destroy the village of the fairies, before he familiarized himself with his sword. The dragon was also prepared and was on an open field, made some sightseeing flights to stay in practice. The sun went down, that festival had begun. Sen got on his kite. King Dulcano told him to complete the mission as soon as possible. Sen wanted to do his best to satisfy Dulcano. The dragon went up with Sen and flew south. Meanwhile, everyone in Light Field was cheerful, King Heltanos sat in the garden with his wife Melinde and enjoyed the party. As well as Meredia, she enjoyed it as well. Sen sat on top of everything, flying a detour over the woods with his kite so as not to be seen, it took time, but that’s the surprise, after the fact, the bigger. After a while, Sen saw the fairy village, the dragon went down and flew with a few inches above the ground to the village. The dragon haunted the village with a stream of fire, soared into the air. Almost the whole village started to burn. The dragon sprayed fire again and now the whole village burnt down. Sen saw the village burn and flew off with his kite. After Sen was gone with his dragon, a scout of the Light Warriors, with his Run bird, came to the Fairy Village, saw it burn brightly, and hurried back with his Run bird to sound the alarm. The bird was unable to fly, but the animal can run very fast, up to 45 miles. Due to the detour Sen had lost time and had to find a cave until the next sunset. The dragon flew to a rocky outcrop, high on the cliff face, big enough for the two. Sen dismounted from the dragon, scouting the cave to see if any dangers lurked. Then he sat down on the floor, leaned against the rock face and made himself comfortable. The dragon, too, lay down to rest. The scout came back to the castle with his bird of prey and the bird ran past the guards, nearly running the sentry over the pile. The sentry scolded him for keeping watch. The party was still in full swing. The scout jumped from his feathered companion and hurriedly ran to the king.

„King Heltano! King Heltanos!“, He shouted frantically.

Heltanos looked calmly at him. The scout bowed and asked him to listen.

„What is there? My Friend“, Heltanos asked.

„Can I talk to you alone?“, the scout asked.

Heltanos granted him that and stood up.

„Excuse me, my dear.“

„Of course.“

He said to her that she should continue to enjoy feast and went to the scout. The two walk a few steps away from the party. Heltanos asked what was so urgent. The scout told that fairies village was burned down, and suspected that it was the work of the army of darkness. Heltanos could not believe it and was very happy that nobody was in the village, otherwise there would have been a catastrophe. Sen had fallen asleep by now. The dragon had his eyes closed, but he just rested and was immediately awake when he heard a sound. After the party was over, Heltanos summoned the fairies together. The fairies stood in front of Heltanos and listened to what he had to say.

„I have bad news for you.“ The fairies were nervous and at the Same time curious about what they were hearing.

„Your village was burned down, I assume it was the army of darkness.“

The fairies were shocked and stunned that everyone was talking. Heltanos raised his hands, halfway up, asking for silence. The fairies were calm again. Heltanos promised to help with the reconstruction and would hold those responsible to account. The fairies were very grateful for that.

„Until that happens, you will all be placed in emergency shelters,“ Heltanos explained.

Of course, the city dwellers were also willing to give some fairies an empty room. Heltanos also had a few empty rooms in his castle, which he gladly made available.