The Reign of the Outlander

Chapter 2: A War Broke Out

Laal Kingdom

6,000 feet above sea level

“You can't fight like that, Mona. You're almost due with your child,” Amaris is stopping her from forcing herself to leave the palace and help her parents fight the intruders.

“I need to help the king and queen, Amaris. That is why I called you here because I wanted you to help me give birth to my child. We have no time, Amaris, use your power to bring the child out from my stomach to my mouth.”

Amaris shook several times. She does not want to do it, but she can't allow her to fight outside carrying the baby in her womb. “There is no time, Amaris! Help me, now!”

Mona's best friend began to panic. She's afraid that she might kill the child. Mona notice her confuse and could not concentrate. She held her hands, cupped her face, and said encouraging words.

“I believe in you, Amaris. Trust your power.” Amaris nodded. Then, she closed her eyes, uttering some words in the Laya language.

Mona started breathing heavily, inhaling deeply, and exhaling as Amaris slowly pushing the embryo on her stomach upward. When it reaches Mona's esophagus, a small egg came out. Mona holds the egg and slowly give it to Amaris.

“I entrust you, my child, Amaris. Whoever he was, or she was, I want you to take care it for me, until everything is settled here in Laal. My child will live as a normal human being in Hiwaga. I'll seal its powers and only the blazing fire of the volcano and coldness of the moon at night can unlock its greatest source of strength. Please, take care of my child, Amaris. Edan does not know that he has a child in me. Time can only tell when it is the right time for him to discover my secret.”

Amaris accepted the egg. She was very careful not to drop it. Her tears flowed endlessly in front of Mona. She could not even utter a single word to tell her what's in her mind. Her smile was enough for Mona to understand that she agreed to her request. Mona kissed Amaris cheeks and her egg before leaving her chamber.

Amaris was left alone inside Mona's chamber. Since her best friend entrusted her child to her, the only place she can hide the identity of the child and raised her as her own, she disappeared from Laal and returned to Hiwaga.

OUTSIDE the palace of Laal, creatures from Impyerno swarmed the gate of the kingdom and continued killing the guardian angels protecting the kingdom. Present in the scene are the king and queen, and Mona suddenly appeared beside them.

“Ready to win this battle, my king, and my queen?” an enthusiastic Mona greeted her parents. Both nodded and smiled at her. Without any dramatic hug, together they pulled out their sword and started fighting the enemy.

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Laya, Volcanic City,

2,500 feet below the mouth of the volcano

The king and queen, as well as the other princes were fighting the Demonyo who tried to invade the peacefulness of the kingdom. Scary demons ate a lot of their kinds while giant Cyclops created several level 2 to 3 magnitude earthquakes, causing the volcano to erupt.

“Evacuate at once!”

The king called his queen and the other princes to evacuate the kingdom. The palace was in the center of the volcanic eruption and the foundation of the palace began crushing tremendously.

“No, I won't leave you here!” the queen insisted. The same goes with the other princes.

“This is an order, my queen. You cannot defy the king's order. All of you get out at once!”

The king's authority was defied by its queen and princes. “We will fight with you until our very last breath. We still have hope if all of us will be killed inside the palace.”

“What are you talking about, my queen?”

“Edan is not in the palace. I'm sure he's out somewhere safe, my king.”

“Yes, father, Edan is our last hope. And even if we all die with you, Edan can restore our kingdom and take revenge from these damned demons!”

The rest of the princes agreed and all of them continued thrusting their swords in front of the giants, and the invisible demons. The king decided to run towards the door of the palace and lock it up, so all of them, including the invaders will be buried and burned inside.

Inside the palace of Laya, the war continued. The king and queen fought hand in hand with their children. The wall of the palace was almost burned and a sudden explosion of magma burned all of them alive inside, including the giant Cyclops and other demons.

EDAN was on his way to the kingdom. He was out for a while and saw people panicking. Running and hiding to and from there. He sense that the palace is in grave danger, and decided to return. He's about to reach the last stop to the kingdom when a bigger explosion of Magma erupted. It came out from the center of the palace. Edan knew that the palace was erected at the center, or the eye of the volcano.

He realized that his parents and his siblings were trapped there. And the explosion of the Magma burned all of them alive inside.

“I'm sorry. I'm sorry, father, mother, my siblings.”

He was sobbing, crying, wailing, and shouting at the top of his lungs, blaming himself for his arrogance and laziness of always running away from his responsibility as the next crown prince. Now, that the palace is burned, it's now up to Edan to restore the kingdom. He stood up and muster up his courage to promise himself that he'll restore the peacefulness and throne of their kingdom.

“I promise to restore our kingdom and make sure that someone from the Land of Demonyo must pay for ruining the peace of our land. In the name of the king, the queen, and my siblings, I promise to uphold justice to your death. One day, Edan will be your proud son in the Kingdom of Laya.”