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“Ready?” Kara asked them. She waved her wand and turned invisible. “Just get their attention and I’ll get into that room. It shouldn't be that hard once the guards are distracted,” she said and the guys couldn't tell if she as even still there once she went quiet.
Kara slipped through the door while invisible, right as the boys rushed forward and yelled to get the guards attention.
The guards turned to see what was going on and Apollo was greeted by two daggers to the chest, which quickly reappeared in Jeremy's hands. Apollo growled as he turned into a dire wolf, lunging at Jeremy who easily stepped out of the way.
Larry ran straight at the barbarian as he played on the flute, only stopping when one of his hands was glowing black. It made contact with Skadj and part of Skadj’s arm turned black. That sent Skadj into a rage and he slammed his axe into Larry twice.
Chilled swung the Bread Sword at Greg, moving faster than he usually did. He sliced into Greg six different times, but the archer returned the favor as six arrows impaled his body in multiple places.
Jeremy looked at the wolf and sunk his daggers into it, while Apollo sank teeth into Jeremy's arm and tried to drag him down. Jeremy pulled his arm away and managed to stay on his feet, surprised at how strong the wolf was.
Larry once again let his hand fill with necrotic energy while he played the flute, taking the two axe blows to his shoulder surprisingly well. He reached a hand out and grabbed Skadj’s other arm, earning a scream of rage from Skadj.
Chilled and Greg shared attacks again, while three arrows flew into Chilled the few times Greg was out of range, Chilled managed to return the pain with three successful blows on Greg. They were both looking relatively bad at the moment.
Jeremy broke Apollo's wild shape with two more hits from his daggers, but Apollo only shook it off and turned back into a dire wolf while lunging with sharp teeth. Thankfully Jeremy stepped out of its way again and avoided the sharp teeth.
Larry used necrotic damage against the raging barbarian, inflicting wounds too great to come back from and Skadj crumpled dead on the floor. Chilled dodged three arrows that came flying towards him and sliced his sword through Greg, causing the archer to slump over unmoving.
Jeremy threw his daggers at Apollo again, fending off another bite from the druid. Larry rushed over and used his flute until his hand glowed with necrotic damage and he touched the wolf, who very quickly turned back into a human. Chilled took the final blows, slicing his sword through the druid's neck.
“Everyone ok?” Chilled asked, despite being the most harmed out of all of them.
“Yeah, lets go make sure Kara doesn’t need help,” Jeremy said
“She’s been in there a bit too long,” Larry told them and placed his ear against the door. Jeremy and Chilled did the same, all fearing the worst when they realized that there was no sound coming from within the bedroom.
They were greeted with King Ze standing up, a greatsword drawn in his hand and a familiar sorceress with her wand pointed. But it wasn’t pointed at Ze, no…it was pointed at them.
“Shame that Apollo, Skadj, and Greg couldn’t finish the job,” Kara said. “Brother?”
“Let’s finish them. They've brought us exactly what we need,” Ze said with a smirk and then all hell broke loose.
Chilled lunged at Ze, who ducked out of the way of his first attack but was slashed by the other two that Chilled made against him. Ze then laughed and his eyes danced with glee. Chilled didn’t know what to expect but the next thing he knew he was dead.
Larry and Jeremy stood with him a moment later, and Chilled knew what had happened.
“We lost?”
“Not yet,” the familiar voice of Junk came from behind them. They all turned to see him. “Your fight isn’t over yet,”
“uhh…Junk, we’re kinda dead,” Jeremy pointed out the obvious to the old man who only laughed.
“Well yes, but no,” he said and then their surroundings changed to look purple. Courtilly appeared out of nowhere and a disembodied voice spoke.
‘My name is Polus, protector of this realm. Getting Ze off the throne is probably the most important thing,” The voice said. It sent shivers down Chilled’s spine. ‘I am sending you back, my brave heroes. Strong as you possibly can be, retrieve the crown and return the heir to their throne,’
Chilled’s eyes flew open and he grabbed Ze’s wrist as it was about to grab his sword.
“What in the-?” Ze stumbled back in shock and Chilled rose to his feet. The sword was glowing, and Chilled used it with ease. He sliced through Ze's chest on his fifth hit before turning to Kara and digging it into her side once. Kara was staring at Ze’s body in shock.
Jeremys daggers dug into her and sent her stumbling back, right into Larrys outstretched hand, which was glowing black. Karas body shriveled and she collapsed, dead as hell.
“We did it,” Chilled whispered and shared smiles with his friends. Larry picked up the wand from Kara’s hand and Chilled walked over to where the crown lay on the floor. The moment he picked it up it started to glow.
All of a sudden white light burst from it, temporarily blinding the three men. Everything started to repair itself, forests turning greener than ever before, burnt cities fixing themselves, and the castle looking like it should.
The banners changed, and Chilled gasped as memories from when he was younger flooded into his mind.
“Holy shit, I guess I’m the king,” he said while looking at Larry and Jeremy.
“Well then, it was nice knowing ya,” Jeremy said and put his daggers back into their holsters. “I guess this is where we part ways then,”
“I guess so,” Larry said, looking sadly at Chilled. Chilled only let out a scoff.
“Right? Cause Imma do this without my two best friends. You two aren’t going anywhere,”
“Mean it?” Larry asked
“Of course,” Chilled breathed out and the three found themselves in an embrace with each other