quaila

"Alright… Alright! There's no need to hide any more, here's the truth."

Luca spoke up as he walked forward.

"I planned it all. But I wasn't alone; I was helped by the Celestial ones." At this time, he was standing front of Palmer.

"This…" he yelled as he kicked Palmer's lifeless body.

"……Partial man!", He finished his sentence as Palmer's body flew in the air.

"You!!", Miguel charged at him, but suddenly noticed his body fixed to a position.

One of the demons held him, preventing even a twitch.

"He is one of the ones we are here for!", They chorused.

"Kill!", They added.

"Wait!!", Luca added.

"Dying that way is too easy!", Luca added

"We must kill, this is our curse!", They chorused once again.

"Alright! Let's seal the deal we had!", Luca said with a serious face.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!", They chorused sounding excited.

"With the power on me as ruler of Quaila…", Luca spoke aloud.

"No!", Mercury who seemingly understood yelled as he ran towards Luca.

"… I set you free! Let me be your vessel!", Luca finished his sentence with his arms wide open.

"No!!!", Mercury was just a step from him when he finished his sentence.

A gust of wind suddenly began to blow haphazardly.

At this time Mercury had already landed a punch at Luca, who flew feet's in the air.

With everyone's eyes, they saw the demons flying towards Luca's body in the air.

And in that moment, the darkness cleared from the field.

"Let's go!", Gregory said to Kayla and they began to run.

Boom!

A large boulder landed right in front of them, killing the Phytillian helpers in front of them and the rest of them fell back inadvertently.

"We are not done here!", Luca's voice was heard aloud followed by echoes of other voices.

When they looked at him, his eyes were completely dark.

The air he exhaled and inhaled was dark; smoke like.

"Why are you doing this?!", Miguel asked looking at the flying Luca.

"I searched for love and couldn't find it, so I went for power!", Luca replied with the echo following his voice.

"That's a lie, you are justva mad man, I can't believe I fell for you?! I loved you!", Kayla's cry was heard aloud

"Love… you indeed loved me, but it was only a matter of time before it died!", Luca replied.

"What do you mean?!", Kayla asked.

"I've seen it over and over again, it always happens; love is not forever, it dies with time.", Luca explained.

"Only a parent's love stand the test of time… unfortunately, I never had that!"

"I had no mom and my father gave all his love to my brother!"

"Meeting these celestial ones were the best thing that has ever happened to me. There was a clear definition of what I wanted and what they wanted in return. The exchange was clear and credible."

"Power and their loyalty in exchange for their freedom. Win win for me, I didn't see why they were really locked up anyways, they are just ancient spirits, embodiment of wisdom trapped and wasted!"

"I set them free, they give me power and remain loyal to me. With their help, I can even live for ever!"

Luca explaned as he smiled seeming really excited.

"With them planning this was easy."

"Get my brother's hands dirty…… my father's favourite son…", he said hovering close to Miguel and touching his chin.

"Get away!", Miguel slapped his hand but to his surprise, Luca didn't move, instead he felt the pain like one who slapped a wall.

"Hahahaha!"

Luca laughed proudly.

"One of the celestial ones in me can beat father to stupor!"

"You are not even a fart in my eyes!"

Luca laughed some more.

"Your end will not be pleasant. You think you are wise!", Gregory who had been bearing the pain in his heart finally spoke up.

"Shut up old man! Right under your nose, I got a specialist to find out the time your precious daughter would be most fertile. I may not be so wise, but these celestial ones help me plan things thoroughly. As far as drugging Miguel to increase the chances of the outcome I desired!"

"After getting your leader's favourite son's hands dirty, it was only a matter of time for a prophecy to come in. And just as the celestial ones expected the prophecy brought about more confusion for our beloved Palmer!"

"He began to suspect everyone around himself, dividing his own kingdom with his mind. He was going crazy, to aid this madness, I gave him a scape goat."

He said and turned to Mercury with a smile.

"Meanwhile there was my favorite pawn, Timothy… who hated Palmer so much, his thoughts towards him was just to kill."

"With his help, I was able to mobilize a team of trained soldiers, some from among Quaila's main guards and the bulk load of them from Sticilia, and with their help, I was able to tie some loose ends."

"All this and many more have I done by the help of these ones and with them, Quailia is going higher!"

Luca began to laugh.

"You are mad!", Miguel yelled as he stepped forward.

"You've always been stupidly courageous brother, it's just so sad that you won't be here to see this madness take shape.", Luca spoke and opened a hand up.

To everyone's surprise, several rocks flew up from the ground, some from where the spectators were and others from different parts of the ring, up and floating.

To be continued…