User blog:The Vaudevillain Veteran/Someone to watch over us: Chapter 3

In a castle in a land unreachable to both humans and mamono, sat a King. This King had a somewhat dark skin tone, shoulder length brown hair and steel blue eyes. The King was currently staring into a crystal ball, and was not pleased with what he saw. This was King Valerian.

The large doors burst open to reveal a man draped in blue and white cloth accompanied by guards

"Your majesty you have summoned me High Priest of Edenia Amos, what is the matter?" the man asked upon bowing to the King.

"It was worse than I thought, the monsters took Lescatie virtually unopposed." the King stated.

"What do you propose we do Your Majesty?" the man asked with fear and uncertainty in his voice.

"Instruct the Mages to set up the portal. We will have to evacuate any humans, elves, dwarves and fairies that haven`t been tainted by that whore`s energy and bring them here." Valerian instructed.

"But Your Majesty, this is a very high risk mission, so many misfortunes may befall the one undertaking it!" the priest objected.

"It is a risk we will have to take. I blame myself for not acting sooner to save Lescatie, and I will not allow any more innocents to suffer under greedy Kings or be ensnared by those monsters." Valerian stated.

"Who will you send on this mission Your Majesty?" the Priest asked.

"Aurelian" was the King`s response with gasps filling the room.

"Your Majesty, surely of all people you aren`t considering placing such a heavy burden on your youngest son? He`s only 19." the Priest said hoping to try and change Valeiran`s mind.

"I have faith in Aurelian. As Crown Princess Jasmine is too busy learning how to run the Kingdom and James simply isn`t up for the task. Besides Aurelian has always expressed his desire to help those in need. Guards please call Aurelian here." Valerian instructed.

A minute later the guards arrived and were accompanied by a young man who was the spitting image of his father; except his face was far younger and his hair was shorter and more unruly.

"You called me father?" Aurelian asked.

"Yes son. You have a very important mission that you must fulfill."

Aurelian`s eyes widened briefly, he now knew this was a serious matter at hand and was paying close attention to his father`s words.

"Lescatie has fallen son, and Lilith and her traitor husband will drive humanity, elvenkind and the fairies into extinction if we don`t act now." Valerian explained.

"What? How could Lescatie have fallen so easily? It was one of the Order`s strongholds!" Aurelian stated in disbelief.

"It was many factors son. A fool for a King allowing corruption to breed like a plague, forcing children too young to fight and one of the heroines who betrayed Lescatie to the monsters and secretly spying on their behalf." Valerian continued to explain.

Aurelian was seething with anger; his fists clenched tightly. "DAMN THAT TRAITOR TO HELL! She betrayed her own kind for what!? To become some lowlife whore!"

"I understand your anger son. But you must not let it cloud your judgement. There are still people to save, and as long as they aren`t tainted by Lilith`s energy, our rescue mission still has purpose." Valerian stated. "You won`t be alone though, I shall ask the Chief God to send a Guardian Angel to accompany you on your mission. Get whatever items you need, and when you`re ready head to the portal." He finished.

"I understand. I promise I will save as my people as I can father." Aurelian said.

"One more thing." Valerian interrupted. "Avoid killing the monsters when you can, you don`t want to draw unnecessary attention to yourself. We must keep this mission as secret as possible." Valerian advised his son.

Meanwhile with Jonathan

It was currently dusk, allowing Jonathan to perfectly blend in with the darkness.

Tonight was currently quiet, and in the distance Jonathan stopped to witness an Amazon party currently raiding a small village, no doubt looking for husbands. One by one the men fell and were taken by the Amazons until a bright blue humanoid with wings that appeared to be made out of energy lunged at one of the Amazons.

In quick succession the blue humanoid knocked all the Amazons unconscious. The now freed men cheered in joy as the blue humanoid had saved them from the monsters. The blue winged man held his sword above the helpless Amazon, no doubt wanting to take her life.

Without a second though Jonathan parried the blue humanoid's sword with his own; thus saving the amazon`s life.

The blue winged man was not expecting that; lunging backwards and dodging Jonathan`s attacks.

"You had already defeated them, why do you want to take their lives?" Jonathan asked.

With a bright flash the blue winged humanoid turned into a dark skinned man with brown hair and blue eyes who was wearing silk robes that were blue and white, indicating that he was an aristocrat.

"I came here to rescue these men from being forced into marriages with women they don`t love and be treated as nothing more than their pets." the man explained.

"The Amazons are mamono, they would love any potential husband with all of their heart and defintely wouldn`t treat them as `pets` like you claim." Jonathan retorted.

"You speak very highly of these savages. If I may ask are you by any chance human?" the man asked.

Jonathan nodded.

"Then we are not enemies. I am Prince Aurelian of the Kahale family. I hail from a kingdom called Edenia that is free of these vile monsters." Aurelian explained.

"Edenia? I`ve never heard any kingdom named Edenia before." Jonathan stated.

"That`s because it`s in another dimension created by the Chief God after she realised this world was too polluted. Our Chief God had a vision that she would be betrayed by one of her heroes who would team up with a succubus and defeat her. So she secretly created a realm that would be free of monsters and be a paradise and safe haven for humanity. Once she was finished creating Edenia she overthrew the Old Chief God and banished her from Heaven. Even now there are still good people in this world that the Chief God rules are worthy to enter Edenia, hence why she sent me here to rescue them before they are tainted by the Demonic Energy." Aurelian explained.

Jonathan was taken aback by all of the information he had heard. His only question was what was going to happen to the monsters if the Chief God succeeded in her plan of evacuating all intelligent non-mamono life out of this world.

"The mamono need human males to breed as they don`t have their own. Besides needing human men to breed they would be very devastated if you took all of their potential husbands away from them and if you take every male to this 'Edenia' then the mamono will go extinct." Jonathan said.

"That is not my problem." Aurelian said nonchalantly.

"The mamono only want to love and cherish human men, how can you not see that?" Jonathan spat out as he attempted to strike Aurelian with his sword.

"Because I think with my head instead of my loins. And I'm not going to stand by and watch my species be driven to ruin by subhuman whores." Aurelian stated as he continued to parry Jonathan's attacks.

CLANG CLANG CLANG

Their swords continued to meet each other in a furious dance of blades.

Jonathan was swiftly disarmed by Aurelian's superior swordsmanship skills.

"For too long fate as been on the side of the monsters. So I believe it's about time fate tipped into humanity's favour" Aurelian said triumphantly.

* Hmph* Jonathan grunted in frustration as Aurelian's sword was pressed against his neck.

"Do you still wish to come with us?" Aurelian asked again.

"No." Jonathan spat out.

"It's a shame. I hope in due time you see the error in your ways." Aurelian stated as he punched Jonathan in the stomach, knocking him out cold.

"All of you, tell your friends and family to come with me. The Chief God has sent me to save you." Aurelian said.

The men wasted little time in alerting their family that the Chief God has come to rescue them.

The walk was long and tiring but Aurelian and his Guardian Angel succeeded in rescuing the first group of humans. The townspeople were shocked to see what was a enormous Tree in the middle of a meadow.

"What is that?" One of the children asked.

"That's the Holy Tree, it's one of the few places were one can find holy water naturally. You see that waterfall by the tree's base? That's the only way one can enter Edenia. The waterfall is made of holy water so no monster can cross it. Only those not tainted with Demonic Energy may pass." Aurelian explained.

Aurelian and the angel guided the humans through the holy waterfall, drenching them all in the process. The inside of the tree was dark with the only light coming from the portal.

"This is it everyone. The gateway to a Paradise free from monsters." Aurelian announced.

One by one the civilians each entered the portal, until eventually only Aurelian and the Angel were left.

"Thank you for your assistance today Lailah. Slowly but surely we will stop the Demon Lord and her army." Aurelian affirmed confidently.

"It is my pleasure Aurelian. But you must be careful for even though you are blessed by the Chief God, you are not immune to Lilith's corrupting energy." Lailah warned.

"I promise I'll be careful. Our mission is far from over, we still have many more to save." Aurelian commented as he turned into his blue energy form again and took off to the skies, Lailah not far behind him.

A/N Aurelian is my first attempt at making an Anti-Villain, what do you think?