After a day the king's group woke up still in the cave but they were up against the wall. They didn't even put them in a bed. Just said screw it and moved them out the way.
"Man...what happened?" Luke held his head and slowly stood up.
"I whooped all of your asses." The king stood in front of him.
"...So I guess that means we won't be able to get our weapons..."
"Nah even though yall beat down, Y'all still passed." The king grinned as the rest of the group started waking up.
"Ah man, my head hurts...did we when?"
"You guys passed Musabi. But I definitely beat you guys."
After the group woke up a little and stretched, the king was about to give them their weapons.
"Alright, Everybody ready for their new weapons?"
"Hell yeah!" Stegnum said stepping forward.
"Alright then. First up Stegnum!" The king pulled out a sword that had 3 holes in it the blade and had an all-black handle.
"Here you go." The king handed him the sword.
"Whoa...This feels nice!" When Stagnum yelled that water filled up the 3 holes.
"Up next, Luke." The king pulled out dual swords that were all black with a clear see-through line on each blade. He threw the weapons to him.
"Nice. These will definitely do."
"Next up is Musabi." The king pulled out brass knuckles that were purple and black.
"I'm ready to fight!" Musabi threw 10 fast jabs in a second.
"And finally Ashly." The king pulled out 2 Kunai and 1 shuriken with 4 sides. And something for here to carry them in.
"Now, Every single one of your weapons has a special ability. Stegnum, Your weapon boosts your Iracuj and can make it easier to control water and other elements if you train enough. Luke yours can slice through Iracuj attacks, and can even slice through Kin attacks. Even though you probably don't know what Kin is. I'll teach you guys about it some other time. Musabi your weapons boost your Physical ability by a full 2 times. And if you are fighting a Pearson that is at most five times stronger than you, Those brass knuckles will boost your physical ability by five times. But 5 is the limit. Ashly if you get better at Iracuj transfer, you can transfer your power into your Kunai and make for a deadly one-shot kill weapon. As for your shuriken, It can get as big as you can make it. And your weapons will always teleport back to you so no need to worry about losing them.
"Damn I didn't even know weapons like this existed!" Stegunm said, hugging his sword.
"wait didn't you say you were going to make a weapon for yourself?" Luke asked.
"Yeah but I change my mind Ishiga is all I need." The king wraps his arm around Ishiga shoulder.
"This takes treating women like an object to a whole nother level," Ishiga said, pouting.
"can't turn you into an object completely. Because in sword form you can still run your mouth."
"Hey, that's rude!" Ishiga yelled at the king.
"I'm joking, calm down." The said grinning.
"I used to be a prideful demi-god! You should be happy I even agreed to be your weapon you pig! And," Ishiga was starting to go on a rant.
"Oh ok I get it, shut the hell up." The king covered her mouth.
"Seems like they are up and well," Elizabeth said walking up behind them.
"Oh, sup Beth,"
"That's my nickname...? Anyway, I was just coming here to check on everybody."
"Good thing you did because we are actually about to leave in a little. But before that made weapons for some of your soldiers. How you manage them is completely up to you." The king started pulling out weapons and set them against the wall.
"I see. You have my thanks. I hate to say it but fear the peace between demons and elves may come to an end..." Elizabeth looked worried.
"Well, If that ever happens take this." The king handed Elizabeth a scroll.
"Do not use this unless you absolutely have to."
"I understand Tom. I will remember the help you have given to me today." Elizabeth gave a deep bow.
"My brother would be so proud of his granddaughter." The king patted her on her head and smiled.
Made Elizabeth smile.
"Alright, guys let's go." The king said.
The group said their goodbye's then they left the forest.
"Man, that was fun," Stegnum said.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself." The king said as they started walking.
"So what's our next stop?" Luke asked.
"Well next up is The valley of lost souls." the king responded.
"Our horses are most likely gone so we'll have to make this journey on foot."
"After all that training my stamina is at a higher level! I feel like I could run 100 miles!"
"Stegnum, you could probably do that before the training" Luke said.
"Well, the valley of souls isn't too far from here. Could probably take us a day or 2 on foot to get there."
"You say that like, walking for 2 days isn't a long time to walk."
"Quit being a baby Luke," Musabi said, smacking Luke on the back of the head.
"Hey! Don't touch Luke like that!" Ashly stepped in front of Musabi.
"Get bent bitch I'll do what I want."
"Who are you calling a bitch, you hurry pig!"
"A little hair down there means maturity. Not that you would know anything about that you wide open skank!"
"Punch her in the boobs!" The king yelled from the sidelines.
"You're a pig." Ishiga looked disgusted.
"Hey, can you guys stop?" Luke sounded like a mouse when he said that.
Musabi and Ashly just kept arguing over Luke.
"You guys should kiss!" Stegnum was also on the sidelines.
"Alright alright. As much as I love hearing you guys fight I need you to shut up for a minute." The king said stepping in.
They both looked away from each other.
"I have a plan to make us reach our destination way faster." The king said.
"what?"
a little bit later...
The group was out of the forest and back in the open field.
"Are You sure this is a good idea?!" Luke said, holding on tight.
They were sitting on the giant ninja star and the king was holding it.
Since the king can teleport to whatever he marks he can just teleport to the ninja star after he throws it with everybody on it.
"This is a little crazy, and I like it," Musabi said smiling.
"This is going to be fun!" Stegnum sat down and held on.
"This doesn't seem like the best idea," Ashly said.
"Everybody get ready!" The king cocked back and threw it! Then teleported on.
"Woohoo!!"Stegnum and Musabi had his arms in the air.
"We're going to die!" Luke screamed.
"This ain't nothin too bad." Ishiga and the king looked relaxed.
Ashly clinged to Luke and closed her eyes tight. each time they would start the slow down the king would get off the throw it again while in air. they traveled 20 miles in 2mins. And they did this for 26mins. I'll let you do the math.
"How are we supposed to land!?"
"...I really couldn't tell you, Luke," The king said.
"...You're joking right!?"
"Nope!" They started zooming toward the ground.
"Brase!" The king shouted right as they were about to hit the ground.
When they smack to the ground everybody went flying off the ninja star. The king flipped and landed on his feet and Ishiga did the same while the rest of the group completely crashed and smacked the floor.
"Again! Again!" Stegnum said jumping up.
"Hell no!" Luke yelled at him.
"Aw man your no fun." Stegnum pouted.
"Can everybody still walk?" The king asked.
"I'm good over here." Musabi stood up and dusted herself off.
"I'm fine too," Ashly said, pushing herself off the ground.
"Well, that should have cut the trip in half so if everybody is fine we should get moving." The king said as he started walking through the surprisingly big forest. Like damn, they traveled at least 170 miles and they're still in the forest.
"So the valley of lost souls."
"What about it Ishiga?"
"What's this place like?"
"It's a place I made with my own hands. Back in my prime."
"Oh, I see. And what are our purposes for going there?"
"I have to drop off some things that's about it." The king pointed to the bag on his back.
"Oh, I see. Some of the weapons you made earlier?"
"Yeah...It's also the graves of my two children's mothers."
"I'm sorry for your losses. If you don't mind asking what happened to them?"
"Hey! That's not something you can just ask. It's rude." Luke said.
"Don't worry about it Luke, It's fine. My first wife Mizude was killed. After this, I went into a rampage. Killing anything that tried to stop me from getting my revenge. My group of friends tried to tell me I wasn't healthy and I needed to stop. But I didn't and because of it My second love Anna. Was kidnapped and killed...Did Elizabeth tell you guys the story of how the demons and elves came to live in peace?"
"Yeah she did, Johal and the demon gods decided that the war was pointless so They ended up agreeing to stop it and just set boundaries," Luke explained.
"That's the fake story. The truth is that the demon race was almost wiped out." When the king said this everybody jumped in surprise.
"How!? That's an extremely powerful race!" Ishiga said.
"That was because of me. After my wife died I went on a killing spring killing any demon insight while the war was going on. I killed so many I earned a nickname. The concept of sins. Anna...after I found out she was pregnant I was so happy I cried. And she was killed by the demon race. After that, I completely lost it... I killed three gods of the demon race. And wiped 75% of the race out, of the billions that lived at the time. Almost a mass genocide. The reason I stopped killing was because Johal made a peace treaty with the demons. And in order for the peace treaty to fully take place...was to stop me. My brothers and sister came to stop me...And in that fight I killed Johal. And he sealed most of my power away." The king looked sad as he told the story.
"Damn dude that's a lot to take in..." Stegnum said looking at the ground.
"It is what it is." The king responded.
"Hey, Ishiga. What's your story?" The king asked.
"Well, there's not really much to say. I was formed by my creator to guard the domain you guys got me from. I was always alone in that place. I don't even know who my creator is."
"After the story we just heard, that was really underwhelming," Musabi said.
"Hey, that's mean! Not everybody has a super tragic backstory! See this why I don't share stuff with you guys and, " Ishiga got a little angry and started going on another rant.
"So I guess all that time you were alone you just wanted somebody to talk to?" The king patted her on the head like a child.
"We're here now, so there's no reason to hold back. Just don't talk too much." The king gave her a bright smile.
She looked down at the ground and blushed and nodded her head. WHOLESOME. Don't be getting any weird ideas.
After walking for a while they came upon a small cave.
"This is it." The king said.
The cave didn't look like much. It didn't even stretch far. You could even see the back of it from standing outside of it.
the king walked inside. And started walking for 5 mins.
"I could have sworn this cave was not this long from the outside," Musabi said.
"You went through a tree to get to another dimension but this surprises you?" Ashly said, crossing her arms.
"...I guess you got a point there. This should just be normal now."
Then they walked out of the cave and were in a completely different place. They stood on grass and right in front of them was pitch black water that looked like it had its own universe inside. The stars in the sky were also shining and beautiful. In front of them was a small wooden boat resting on the water. A hill blocked them from seeing the rest of the realm.
"Wow..." Even Ishiga was shocked.
"You think this is pretty? Get on the boat and I'll show you the rest of the realm." The king stepped into the boat and grabbed the paddle.
"Don't fall into the water you'll never be able to come back out." The king said.
They all carefully stepped into the boat. Then the king started sailing.
"It looks like we're sailing on the universe," Stegnum said looking at the water.
The king sailed around the hill and they saw something beautiful. A large cherry blossom tree with glowing pedals. It was the size of two redwood trees. And it sat on grass that glowed a blueish-white color.
Just the sight of it left the group speechless. A tear ran down Ashly's face...It was butty beyond the human imagination.
"That tree is their grave. And that tree is my power that was sealed." The king explained.
"Only if they knew truly how complicated that tree is...It's even beyond a 10th Dimensional being understanding...Good thing my power was sealed before I truly learned how to use it." The King thought to himself.
As the paddle gently touched the water a small breeze came over them. The air was fresh, the feeling was unexplainable by logic. As if the realm Itself transcended logic.
They finally made it to the grass that the tree was on. The sounds of the waves made everything calm.
"I'm so sleepy in this place..." Musabi said, rubbing her eyes.
"It's ok to fall asleep here. It will be the best sleep you ever had in your life." The king said.
They walked up to the tree and the king sat down in front of it.
"Mizude...I have done a lot in my life so far. Mizude...when you died, did you know I fell into despair? I killed without reason...I-I couldn't save you. If I was stronger at the time I could have saved you." The king clutches his fist tight.
"Your father...Tommy. He was carrying all the guilt from your death on his shoulders, but don't worry I helped him and told him I would carry them for him. It's not a big deal I am the Concept of sin after all hehe..."
"Anna, because of me you died. And there is no other way to put it. When had the baby...my first thought should have been to stay by your side and protect you...But I thought I could protect you by fighting in the war even more...and I left you behind. I understand if you don't forgive me. But I think you would be happy to know that, Carver and keth are doing fine even though they're going through some real bad training. They were fed every day and I made share to teach them how to keep clean. I also made them strong. Caver Is the roddy one but when he was first born we already knew he was going to be that way...and Keth is the proper one he must have got that from you, Anna." A tear ran down the king's face. He quickly wiped it away.
"I um, sa-, love you guys." He was holding back the tears to the point he could barely speak.
The king put his back against the tree and closed his eyes. And fell to sleep. In his dream, he was still in darkness even though it was warm. Nothing changed. No light, nothing.
"You carry too much..." A voice from the darkness said. But before he could even respond he woke up. As he felt a gentle hand touch him. But nobody was there. The rest of the group was asleep.
"Man, this place really is the best place to sleep." The king stood up and took out 2 handles of blades and they floated and went inside the tree.
"Looks like all my main objectives are done...All I have to do now is take them back to their home town and I'll go back home."
See you next time space cowboy...