Chapter 25 - Confrontation

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Chapter 25

Confrontation

"TAKE!" Sedalia pressed the reins into Dexter's hand.
Astaroth quickly approached the carriage from above.
Sedalia's hands began to glow.
The black dragon stuck its claws forward to catch the carriage.
Sedalia threw 2 fireballs at him.
Surprised, the dragon swerved, which increased the distance between the dragon and the carriage again.
Sedalia clapped onto the roof of the carriage while Dexter continued to drive the horses on.
Astaroth launched a new attack.
Sedalia tore her arms apart and transformed.
A Phoenix!
Immediately he pounced on Astaroth.
Duke had pushed the door open at the back and was looking out.
"Oh, damn it!" he shouted.

Danny saw the dragon too and reached into his backpack that stands at his feet.
He hurriedly pulled out a crossbow and began to load it.
What no one had seen before, Astaroth had a rider.
He raised his staff and lit up and disappeared.
A second later he appeared on the roof of the carriage.
"What the..?" Dexter shouted.
The man knocked him unconscious with the staff without hesitation, which made the carriage driverless.
Dexter slumped onto the coachman's box.
The phoenix sent fire against the black dragon, which effortlessly dodged and in turn spat fire itself.
Now the phoenix receded. The carriage had meanwhile disappeared from their sight.
Danny knelt at the open door with the loaded crossbow in case the dragon reappeared. Duke climbed up the side and saw a man grabbing the reins with a staff while Dexter had slumped unconscious onto the coachman's box.
The man pulled the reins. The carriage slowed down.

Duke approached the coachman over the roof when something screamed and attacked him.
A Nexuswyvern! That could only mean one thing!
And yes, Duke was right.
The WYVERN appeared in the sky and began to fly above them.
Duke defended himself with his sword against the Nexuswyvern. More of them left the WYVERN.
The carriage came to a standstill.
The man with the staff stood up and turned to Duke.
He froze when he saw the man's face.
"Glenervan!" he cried.
"Duke, my friend. So we'll see each other again," The man with the staff smiled and made a gesture.
The Nexuswyvern let go of Duke.
Glenervan went on the attack. The rod lit up. Duke raised his sword and blocked.
Behind them, the phoenix crashed to the ground and turned back into Sedalia, who lay bleeding on the ground. Danny had jumped out of the carriage when it came to a stop and aimed his crossbow and pulled the trigger.

The bolt pierced Astaroth's long neck.
He roared loudly, grabbed his neck and drifted off. He also crashed to the ground and tore down many trees.
"Paralysis poison," Danny smiled and looked at Cecile.
Marianne also jumped out of the carriage when Duke crashed to the ground next to her.
Glenervan had swept him off the roof of the carriage with his staff and sprang after him.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Marianne screamed and made a whirling movement and caught Glenervan with her right foot on his chest.
The force threw him back and flew hard against the carriage. More and more nexus yvers gathered around the carriage.
The WYVERN began to descend further.
Marianne followed up and attacked him with ballet-like movements.
The Aranasera showed what it is made of.
Glenervan held his staff against it.

In the meantime, Danny had reloaded his crossbow and put it back on.
But it wouldn't be of much use, because he now counted 10 Nexuswyvers around the carriage.
Cecile became angry. She stepped forward and made a quick hand gesture in the air and again and again.
Then she blew once and suddenly floating runes appeared out of nowhere.
The Nexuswyvern backed away and fled.
Cecile smiled at Danny. "Antidemon runes." She winked.
A loud roar sounded.
Astaroth had recovered. He straightened up and stared angrily at Danny and Cecile.
Marianne had wrestled Glenervan to the ground and was sitting on his chest. She raised her hand to the fatal blow. Then she was torn down by him and landed the ground.
Confused, she looked up.
Ascendary! But why?
He shrieked at her angrily and turned to Glenervan.
Glenervan looked at the gryphon with wide eyes.
Ascendary spread his wings and shrieked loudly.
Astaroth went on the attack, but was also pulled to the ground.
Lysander was there. In his wyvern form, he appeared unexpectedly.
Not a second too late.
Threateningly, he built up in front of Astaroth.
Suddenly there were explosions on the ground.
The WYVERN had opened fire with its cannons.
Regardless of losses.
Astaroth cried out in pain. One of the projectiles hit him in the back.
"No!" cried Glenervan. "Astaroth."
Marianne looked at Ascendary, who stood between her and Glenervan, and prevented her from attacking Glenervan.
Lysander rose into the air to attack the WYVERN when projectiles landed on the side of the WYVERN.
The ship shook under the hits and began to turn away.

In the distance, 3 more ships had appeared. They approached slowly and fired at the WYVERN, which now finally fled. Lysander landed again and transformed back and ran to the injured Sedalia. Glenervan spoke magic words and began to heal the injured Astaroth. "What's going on? What's wrong with you, Ascendary. They wanted to kill us!" She pointed to Astaroth and Glenervan. Dexter slowly came to himself and held his head while Cecile and Danny take care of him. Duke also rose slowly. The WYVERN had disappeared and the three new ships stopped above them. A wall opened in front and 3 Manticore and rider flew down to them. They landed next to the carriage. The middle rider was dressed in noble clothes and dismounted and came up to everyone. Duke immediately got down on his knees in front of him, while Marianne and others were confused. "Rise. It's good," said the nobleman. Duke stood up and looked at everyone.

"May I introduce? Alexander Alcazar. Rightful King of our homeland."