“Unfortunatelly the son of Floyd, Jonathan, was the first one to discover the bodies of his dead parents and that surely left a permanent mark on his mental state. Late king Floyd had a wine cup in his hand and when a herbalist smelled it he immediately said that he was poisoned by the Arelia bocreutis plant that swells the throat so much that the airway completely gets blocked off and the victim from the shock of not being able to breathe, panics and suffocates in a matter of seconds. As for his wife, we presume when she saw him suffocating on the floor she ran to him to help but accidentally slipped on the wine he spilled and broke her neck on the table corner. Truly a horrifying sight. King Floyd’s and lady Margaret’s funeral will be held 2 days from now on the grandbarie hill cemetary. That is all I have to report but I have a question for king Sentras.” said knight Delstadt. “Go on boy,” said king Sentras. “I thought that you were the one that called this meeting or did you report the death of king Omoris to Mormani?” asked Delstadt. The whole room was silent for a moment before chaos erupted. Every king was shocked to learn that king Omoris was also assassinated along with Floyd. “Explain yourself knight Delstadt, tell us why you make this claim of the death of Omoris?” asked king Craude furiously. “Those are the matters on why I’m here. I'm here to inform you about the death of my king, king Omoris the 2nd.” said knight Magrum. “Wait, before Sire Magrum speaks about Omoris, I want to know why I was supposed to know about his death before now?” asked king Sentras. “Did you not get the message king Floyd sent to you, he was the first to learn so he wanted to tell you to call a gathering of kings?” asked Delstadt. “I got a message but not that one. One of his knights did come to me not to report Omoris but Floyd’s death. Are you sure you didn’t mess up something, knight Delstadt?” asked Sentras. “Im not mistaken, I was next to Floyd when he gave orders to the knight Dvarnel to tell you the news” said Delstadt. “Knight Dvarnel? The knight that came to me was not knight Dvarnel but another knight called Skellag.” replied king Sentras. “That can’t be, we don't have a knight called Skellag. Where is this knight king Sentras?” knight Delstadt asked, confused. “He left as soon as he delivered a message, saying that he needed to spread the news of Floyd’s death further” Sentras answered, also confused. “Gentlemen, I think we know what is going on. The same person who killed Omoris, probably poisoned Floyd and probably took care of Floyd’s knight.” said king Dreid. “There is a lot of probability in your claim, don't you think Dreid?” asked Voris. “What are you suggesting?” Dreid asked on top of Voris’s question. “We could take your theory but we could also take the theory that 2 deaths were caused by 2 different people. How can a person travel from Derbub castle to McCarthy castle in such a short period of time, kill two kings and get away with it? Nonsense to me, there is no way one person killed both kings!” said king Voris with confidence. “Maybe they worked together?” suggested king Craude. “Maybe they did, maybe they did not. What’s it to us?” asked Voris. “Right now, it doesn’t mean anything to us. Right now we need to find out who is behind these attacks and what is their plan” said king Sentras. “What if the murder of Omoris has a clue we can miss?” proposed king Voris. “Perhaps you are right. Knight Magrum, tell us what you know about his death” said king Sentras. “Honestly there isn’t much. A servant that was to bring wine stumbled upon his dead body. He had a clean sliced throat and the only thing we know is that the dagger that was used to kill king Omoris had a king’s blessing” said the knight Magrum. Everyone was shocked when they heard that one of the kings killed Omoris. “The only special thing is that on the way here someone tried to kill me but I chopped their head clean off and left in case he had backup” said knight Magrum. “That confirms it. If a king sent someone to kill Omoris, he wouldn’t want to let the other kings know that he had a play so he sent an assassin to take you down.” stated king Sentras. “That means one of us here is a treasoner” said king Voris while looking at everyone like he felt endangered in their presence. “You dare call one of us an imposter?” said king Craude feeling betrayed by Voris's statement. ‘Why, you got something to hide, King Craude?” asked Voris suspiciously. The room was getting more tense each moment, every king started sweating and looking at each other knowing that a killer sat with them, fingers tapping, legs shaking and an unsettling feeling roamed around the room until.. king Voris burst. “You all disgust me with your almighty talk, you are all vermin that tears this world apart and none of you can see it! I got sick of this upcoming new empire that is supposed to bring peace. Can’t you all fucking see that it has brought nothing but ruin!! Well, I say let’s keep it the same. This world survived over 900 years with fucking kingdoms and it can survive nine hundred more. Yes, I had Omoris killed, yes, I had Floyd killed. So what?? They would stop me from breaking this new empire that would destroy us all and now I ask you all. Do you really think that the empire that these late kings poisoned your mind with will save the world or do you think that maybe they were wrong and the system should stay as it is? Now is your moment, side with me and the great empire that was destined to fall one day will never rise. And to those that see me as a threat, you too shall join Om and Floyd and will feel my wrath. I can fucking promise you that!” said king Voris of Gaudhamms while he stood up with great confidence. All kings looked at him with disgust and a sense of betrayal and none said a word. “Nothing?” asked Voris“Fine, it’s not like I fucking needed you anyway but I gotta say you make my work a lot fucking harder” said Voris with an irritated tone. King Voris pulled out his sword and just as they stood up to attack him. A swarm of knights rushed through the doors. Every single king fought with great strength cutting through dozens of them trying to get to Voris, the traitor, but none could manage because of the sheer number of the knights until king Dreid got through and demanded a duel. “You dare challenge me, you old hag? If your brother could fucking defeat you with one hand, imagine what I could do with two.” said Voris while smiling like a maniac. Dreid didn’t like that statement so much that he charged towards Voris and before he could react, Voriscut off Dreid’s sword arm, leaving him defenceless. Voris sheathed his sword and beat Dreid until he fell onto his knees. “You are arrogant, old man, and that is the reason why you lost. It’s sad because now a third kingdom loses its king and someone worse will take your throne” said Voris“I can guarantee that” whispered Voris to Dreid’s ear. “Gentlemen, now may I have your fucking attention!!!” Voris screamed. “Tonight, in the fortress of Grimperier. I, King Voris of Gaudhamms, sentence king Dreid of Madren… to death!” he screamed in excitement as some of the soldiers that weren’t fighting cheered. “I wanted to ask for your last words but I don’t think you deserve them because you are a fucking pig” said Dreid to Voris. Dreid unsheathed his sword, raised it high into the air and struck. Every king that was fighting saw as king Dreid's head fell clean off and thumped onto the floor. “You, you maniac! Are you insane?? What the fuck do you think you will get by killing us? Peace? You will never fucking get peace this way, only blood! Pure red blood!!! Screamed king Craude, from the top of his lungs. Suddenly, Craude started choking and started getting pale. His eyes fell from his sockets and he threw up his organs. He quickly fell on the floor and a woman, dressed in all red, with serpent eyes, appeared from the shadows and chopped his head clean off with magic. She grabbed the head and raised it in the air. “Dur mer nis dalkera, excianso!” She said, which means, “Time for one unity stops!”. Soon after seeing this, kings Sentras and Mormani, knights Magrum and Delstadt all escaped the fortress, each in their own direction. Weirdly, Voris only set his knights to chase the knight Magrum. He rode straight to ClerDam since it was the closest to the fortress and he had some companions that stayed there. Magrum was fierce and used his horse swiftly but the hunters were fast too. They shot at him with arrows and some hit him but not enough to stop him from escaping. Soon he stumbled upon an abandoned workshop where he burst open in and ran to hide. When he was searching where to hide, he found Jareth sleeping on a pile of wheat bags. He woke him up and asked for a place to hide. “Why should I help you? The other day, two knights almost killed me and now one asks for help.” asked Jareth. “I beg you, young sire. If you help me I can guarantee you anything, ANYTHING!!” Magrum said intensely. “Pfft… Fine, You can hide in these wheat bags.” said Jareth. And Magrum did it. He hid in the bag, breathing heavily, pressing his wounds to stop them from bleeding more. Soon the hunters found the workshop and bursted in but all they found was a boy who scolded them from disrupting him from his sleep. They thought nothing of this and left. Jareth returned to the place where Magrum was hiding and saw that he uncovered himself and was bleeding heavily which he could not see before due to it being night but now as knight Magrum loses his life, the light appears. Magrum takes out a letter, shakingly, and hands it over to the boy. “Take it to your king or anyone wearing this symbol” Magrum shows a weird symbol to Jareth “No matter the cost. I promise you, the reward will be unbelievable” said knight Magrum of Claudbust, before taking his last breath once and for all. Jareth could not fathom what had just happened but a voice in his head told him that he should fulfill the final request of the late knight Magrum and deliver it to the king or someone with a weird symbol that he saw. He saw a chance, a chance to avenge his dead friend and end the world's corruption.

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  A chance to end all the pain and suffering from centuries, and he will be damned if he doesn't take it.