Journey of the Dragon

Chapter fifty five : The fallen of the Great knight

 After Dragon spent a day by telling the whole story of his life to other people, He is now able to rest, so he slept soundly, with Gill and Glauss in Eijin Village, the village of where Tatsui came from. The day after tomorrow, Dragon and his friends will continue their journey to the Nexus Palace, to going for King’s invitation.

 The night has passed, now the morning sun has shone across the whole land of Azhuloth, including on the Kingdom of Nexus territory where King Velodrian and Princess Reina are located. At that time, the Princess was seen standing daydreaming on the palace balcony, staring at the view of the Nexus Royal Capital, which is the most majestic region in the entire Azhuloth Country.

 When Princess Reina was seriously thinking about something. A few moments later, someone started to approach him from behind, namely his own father, the King Velodrian.

 The king asked his daughter. "My Princess, what are you doing here?"

 "Father ... I- I'm not doing anything." Princess Reina replied, who felt a little surprised at the arrival of her father.

 "Are you daydreaming? Hmm ... Unusual. "

 "What's wrong father?"

 "You usually always do activities outside and don't like to linger inside the palace ... Could it be, you are waiting for someone's arrival?" Asked the King.

 "What?? N- no, I'm not waiting for anyone. ”

 "Don't lie, you can't lie to your father." Said the King Velodrian with a smile.

 Then Princess Reina was silent for a moment. "Hmm ... Yes, it's been 3 days since I parted ways with the Dragon on the North Hill." Princess Reina replied.

 “Hmmm ... You have told him to come here, right? So don't worry, he will definitely come.” Said the king.

 "Yes, but I'm afraid if he doesn't keep his promise." Princess replied.

 “Hmm… Don't worry too much, he is a brave and kind person. Besides, Dragon is also the one who has been chosen by Ghistory's necklace. He will definitely keep his promise this time.”

 "Father, do you think that he is the person who will bring peace to the land of Azhuloth?" Princess asked again.

 "Hmm, yes. That's what i believes." Said the King Velodrian to his daughter.

 "Does that mean he will be in constant danger?"

 "Hmm, i can't deny it, but in order to save the land of Azhuloth from the forces of evil, we do have to take a dangerous path ... Therefore, the great destiny that Dragon must carry is not easy."

 "Hmm, okay father." Princess Reina replied while feeling gloomy again.

 "But don't worry, because the Nexus Kingdom will definitely always be willing to help the next Dragon Knight." Said the King with a smile.

 Then suddenly there was a sound of commotion from outside the palace, or rather from the direction of the palace gate, because of the chaotic noise noise that even made the King and Princess Reina immediately felt shocked, therefore they quickly approached the source of the commotion which the longer the distance got closer to the inside Palace.

 While walking briskly, the Princess and the King were wondering in their minds, "what is really going on?"

 Then when they arrived at the front yard of the Palace, they suddenly gasped in surprise, it because of an surprising thing they had never imagined before. Namely the arrival body of someone who is very important to the Nexus Kingdom.

 In front of them, there was a group of Soldiers dressed shabbily who arrived at the Palace Gate carrying someone's body on a stretcher. The person body on the stretcher was seen to have had severe wounds all over it, but the worst wound was on his right arm, which had been cut off. And the person who was being carried by the stretcher was none other than the great knight Tomb Hayes.

 The return of the great knight body and all the border guard soldiers, of course, was very shocking thing for all the people in the Nexus Kingdom, because their return brought bad news and sad news to the Nexus Kingdom. Starting with the fact that the great knight had lost his life in the fight against Hebi (one of the Emperors unity member).

 Princess Reina and the King Velodrian suddenly felt weak all over their bodies because they could not bear the sadness mixed with shock. While General Eagle, who was also there, immediately asked one of the border soldiers who arrived with the body of the great Knight.

 "P-please, explain to me what happened there?" Asked the General.

 Then, while feeling sad, the Soldier began to explain. "He- Hebi, the monster with terrible power suddenly appeared when the great Knight Tomb had succeeded in repelling the Gold One army ... Then after telling us all to run, the great Knight Tomb immediately faced Hebi alone, and the two of them fighting all out in that area to the point that the borders of our Kingdom were destroyed ... By using all his abilities, the great Knight managed to provide a very difficult resistance for Hebi, even he could almost beat Hebi. But because Hebi's body can continue to regenerate rapidly, so the battle seems unbalanced, and endless ... Then, after fighting for days, the great Knight Tomb who had exhausted a lot of energy, finally- Sob sob ...” The soldier could not continue his sentence because he felt sad, then he cried while looking down.

 General Eagle immediately rubbed the Soldier's shoulder while calming him, then the King Velodrian ordered the border soldiers to clean themselves and rest at the Palace, while regarding the corpse of the Great Knight Tomb will be taken care of by special Soldiers in the Palace, to be buried in the tombs of the heroes at the Nexus Kingdom.

 Princess Reina asked one of the Palace Soldiers about where the three knights Storm right now? especially Rizu. Then the Soldier mentioned that Rizu, Arci, and Holdi were currently fighting a bandit syndicate in the southern area of the Capital. Then without thinking, Princess Reina immediately got on a horse to hurry to meet Rizu there.

 Shortly thereafter, when the princess arrived at her destination, Princess Reina saw Rizu, Arci, and Holdi who were tying bandits near the building that had collapsed as a result of the battle they had led. The Three Knights are seen talking to each other.

 "I told you, in residential areas, we don't need to use our power excessively. Because it can cause panic. " Said Rizu to her two friends.

 "But there is a good thing too, if all the residents panic and stay away we will be more flexible in dealing with them all." Arci answered.

 "Yes Rizu, those bandits have no ordinary strength, so I have to fight all out." Said Holdi.

 "Hmm, you guys really can't be told." Said Rizu with a smile.

 When the three of them are busy, suddenly they have a guest who will give a surprising news, namely Princess Reina. They didn't think that the Princess would meet them there, because they thought at this time the Princess was still gloomy in her room. But there was something odd about the expression on Princess Reina's face when she walked over to them, it made the three Knights Storm of Nexus feel anxious and wonder, what really happened to the Princess?

 Then Rizu immediately approached Princess Reina while walking slowly, and when the two of them got closer, then the Princess started talking in a sobbing tone to Rizu.

 "Rizu ... Y- your father." Said the princess to Rizu.

 Rizu just gawked while feeling shocked at Princess Reina's words, after standing there stunned, suddenly Rizu ran away from them, he went to the Palace. Even he just passed Princess Reina because he is in a hurry.

 Rizu rushed over so he could see the state of his father, who is the great Knight.

 Yes, Rizu is the son of the Great Knight Tomb Hayes. For Rizu, his father was the person he respected more than anyone else, because all this time his father had Trained and educated Rizu well, so that he could become a Knight in the Nexus Kingdom. The great knight Tomb is also a father figure who inspires Rizu to keep trying to pursue his dream of becoming the greatest Knight in the Nexus Kingdom. But despite all that, of course the great knight Tomb is the most precious figure that he holds dear.

Long story short, when Rizu arrived at the palace, he immediately entered the room where his father's body was located. In that room, there were King Velodrian and General Eagle who were standing near the corpse of the great Knight.

 Rizu immediately bowed to the King and General, after which he walked in asking, "Does my mother already know about this?"

 "Yes, Soldiers have been sent to inform her and pick her up. Soon she will definitely come here. " General Eagle said in response to a question from Rizu.

 After that the King immediately apologized. “Rizu, I'm sorry. Because of me, your father had to ... "

 But before the King finished his sentence, Rizu immediately spoke. "Don't, your majesty ... Don't blame yourself. My father died while on duty ... He died in an honorable manner. " Said Rizu firmly. He looked so strong when he was approaching and watching his father's lifeless body, as a brave knight he should have acted like that.

 "Rizu, if there's anything we can do for you, please let us know." General Eagle said to Rizu.

 "If possible, I would like to be here alone for a moment." Rizu replied.

 "Okay." Said the King, while inviting General Eagle to leave the room, so that Rizu could have time alone with his father's body.

 Then now Rizu is alone, he immediately lowered her head while trying to endure the extreme sadness. Tears started streaming down his cheeks, and his whole body began to tremble, it felt as if he wanted to scream out loud, but he couldn't. Because his father always taught Rizu that "Boy shouldn't be weepy, and boy must always be strong in order to protect the weak and helpless people.”

 But when Rizu came back to think about his father's words again, his tears grew even more, because he remembered the figure of his father even more. Now the person he respected the most was gone, there was no longer anyone he could ask for advice or being proud when he was doing a great deeds. But even so, he knew, that in other realm, his father would still watch over him and feel proud of him, that was what Rizu believed.

 Turning away from Rizu and the death of the great Knight Tomb Hayes. Meanwhile, in a valley, or rather in a large building that is right on the edge of a cliff. There is a very mysterious activity there, from the sound of the screams people in pain to the roaring of wild animals, but all these sounds are not heard often enough and only appear occasionally, so that after all the screams have ended, the atmosphere in that place back into silence as if nothing had happened.

 Apparently, that place was the Grim claw's research facility, in which human serum hybrid experiments were being made. But despite all that, the building was where the Grim claw was currently is, or rather now he was inside his private office. But it seems that right now he is also not alone, because there is one more person who is standing in front of him with a shabby appearance, and in a poor body condition, that person is apparently Mailon.

 Grim claw (One of members of the Emperor's unity)

 Mailon (Former subordinate of Stellan Flaur)