7 Chapter 7: Royal Punishmen (1/2)
[ Graphic blood & gore warning!]
[ You have been warned ]
After the grand coronation that everyone witnessed, Ivery was greeted by everyone that was present. When she was finally done greeting hundreds of people, Julian took her down the stairs without telling her anything. Julian had her stand in front of three people that didn't look much older than her.
”This is Crown Prince Liam” Julian introduced Liam who was sitting on a chair
”And this is Prince Carviel” Julian introduced Carviel
”And you've already met Princess Xia” Julian looked at Xia who was hatefully glaring at Ivery
”Father, why would you make a useless girl Crown Princess of the Lilith Kingdom?” Prince Liam asked, he didn't know what is father was thinking, he must've gotten hit on the head
”Watch your mouth Liam, she's far more capable than you” Cassandra walked over to the five of them
”Mother...” Liam had no words
”You just witnessed the coronation, she's the legitimate heir of the throne, and Liam, the only reason you're still able to succeed the throne now is because you're male, during your coronation the Castiell family jewels didn't react at all to being placed on you, so know your worth, boy ” Cassandra bluntly put her son in his place
”Liam is the strongest and he's already the Crown Prince! How can a female succeed the throne?!” Prince Carviel shouted
”She seduced my fiance and now she's the Crown Princess? I should've been given that title, instead it's given to a worthless vixen!” Princess Xia looked at Ivery with pure hatred
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”Enough! I never want to hear you three talk about your sister like that again, keep in mind that all three of you aren't complete Castiell's, and if I say she can succeed the throne she can” Julian's anger was spilling out
”She's more stronger than the three of you put together” Luther laughed as he stood behind Ivery
”Luther..?” Ivery turned around
”Don't let them slander you” Luther rubbed her head
”Crown Prince Luther, please don't insult the Royal family, that girl can't even measure up to my power, let alone all three of us” Prince Liam narrowed his eyes
”Care to test that theory out?” Luther smiled
”Liam....don't underestimate her” Princess Xia recalled what happened yesterday in Luther's room
”What's the worst she can do? She was a child from the Hollow's Castle, she probably learned some witchery so she could be able to enter the Royal family” Liam chuckled to himself
”How dare you!” Cassandra wanted to slap her son but Julian raised his hand up to stop her from acting
”How about we have a little show for our guests then?” Julian smirked
”A show?” Carviel asked
”The four of you go over there” Julian pointed to the center of the room
”Now prepare your magic and fight, no matter what happens, no one will stop it until your opponent is down” Julian shouted out for everyone to hear
Ivery understood why this was happening, her father and Luther wanted her to show off her magical abilities to put the three of them in their places, to show them that she's above them in title and magical prowess. She smiled at the realization.
”Loki!” Ivery called out
Loki walked out of the crowds of people and ran over to Ivery's feet.
”What is it?” Loki asked
”What other powers do I have?” Ivery saw the three of them readying their magic
”For this situation...you can use the Golden bow” Loki suggested
”How do I use it?” Ivery asked
”Think about a bow, and imagine it being covered in gold and think about yourself holding it in your hands” Loki explained
”...” Ivery took a deep breath and thought about a golden bow
Her hands flared with a golden glow and the glow materialized into the form of a archer's bow, the golden bow was aimed towards her opponents and in her other hand a translucent arrow surrounded by a pink glow was put in the bow.
Liam's hands were covered in a bright orange glow and a golden orange dragon came out of his palms and grew larger with every minute that passed. Carviels hands were covered in a golden flame, and a flaming ball of fire, came out of his hands. Xia gathered a dark green mist and took the first attack with no hesitation, she hated Ivery's guts, she wanted Ivery dead.
Just as the green ball of mist shot out of Xia's hands and in an instant a golden pink shield wrapped around Ivery and the green mist dissipated as soon as it made contact with the shield. Ivery aimed her bow straight at Carviel who was in the middle, but she made no attempts to release the arrow. Carviel took initiative and threw the fireball in his hand at Ivery, the fireball looked powerful, more powerful than Xia's poisonous mist, the fireball hit Ivery's shield and it held out for a minute before the shield absorbed the fireball.
”Nice” Loki commended her, he didn't tell Ivery that she could use her shield to absorb magical attacks
”Impossible!” Carviel was outraged, how could his attack fail!?
”Have you two been out of battle too long?! I'll show you how to kill your enemy!” Liam pointed at Ivery and the golden orange dragon flew straight at Ivery
Luther looked at Liam's attack with a sneer, he sensed the magical ability and knew that the attack wouldn't even scratch Ivery's shield. Julian and Cassandra also noticed this, they thought that Liam, Carviel and Xia were pretty powerful for their ages and were proud of them for exceeding their expectations, but when paired up against a real and powerful opponent like Ivery, they were just one piece of rice in a huge pot. It was now apparent that the three of them weren't strong, it's because their usual opponents were just weak! Julian and Cassandra's pride for the three of them decreased to a negative number.
Liam's dragon shot fire out of its mouth at Ivery's shield, the shield showed no signs of struggle but instead it absorbed the fire and used it to strengthen itself. Liam made the dragon charge at Ivery's shield after seeing that it's far range attack didn't work.
When the dragon hit the shield, the golden orange dragon exploded into pieces of floating dust. Liam's expression that was always full of confidence and extreme arrogance, looked at Ivery with confusion, his dragon tore through the most powerfulest armies but it couldn't hold out against a shield made by a useless child?!
Ivery pulled her arrow back and finally released it at Carviel, Carviel smiled and intended to block it with his hand. But before his own eyes, the single arrow separated into three, one changed direction and headed straight for Liam, the other went for Xia. They all were shocked but put up a magical barricade that can hold up against at least ten physical attacks before it breaks down.
”They used the wrong shield...how pathetic” Luther laughed and understood why they thought Ivery's bow was physical, but the bow was just pure magic, meaning once the bow reaches them, it'll pass through the shield and hit them before they'll realize their mistake.
Just as Luther predicted, the bow's passed through their shields and pierced through them. The bow went through the center of their chests and disappeared when they exited their bodies. Everyone in the room were in disbelief, did she really just kill her siblings!?
They all thought they were goners, they all collapsed on the floor and thought they were going to die...but how come they felt no pain? They looked down at where they were shot and there was no wound? How was that possible, they were sure that the arrows hit them.
”You really are a worthless child! Your arrows did nothing to us! How shameful!” Xia laughed out loud
Xia was going to finish this fight, she held out her hands and intended to gather her poisonous mist..but nothing happened.
”What..?!” Xia looked at her hands and she couldn't feel or use her magic anymore
”What's happening?!” Carviel shouted when he realized he couldn't use his magic at all
”What the hell did you do!?” Liam yelled in anger when he looked at Ivery
”Power negation” Loki walked up and said to the three of them
”What?” Liam had no clue what that was
”The winner was decided as soon as the fight started, you three are no match for her” Luther walked beside Ivery
”Why can't I use my magic!?” Xia walked over to Ivery and stood directly in front of her
”I disabled your magical prowess” Ivery crossed her arms and smiled at Xia
”Return my magical prowess! How dare you insult the Royal Family! Our magical prowess are known throughout hundreds of countries! And you dare take it away?!” Prince Liam shouted
”She's apart of the Royal Family too, and how is it an insult? Weren't you three intending to kill her? All she did was disable your magic, she could've killed you three but you were spared...but if you keep disrespecting her, expect no mercy from me” Luther's hand was covered with a black mist and the entire room was covered in black, his purple eyes glowed brightly as he looked at the three of them with an intense intent to kill
Everyone in the room felt a sudden sense of dizziness and they were scared beyond their wits, they've never seen anything like this before, the entire room was covered in black, looking outside through the giant windows, they sky was dark and screams could be heard outside, the atmosphere in the room drastically changed, it felt as if you were suffocating and breathing in the air gave a feeling that almost made them feel empty inside and like their lives had no meaning anymore.
”What is this?!” Liam looked around in terror
”We're all in his astral plane...” Loki backed up from Luther, he jumped up onto Ivery's head and didn't want to be on the ground anymore, Luther controls everything that happens in the planes he can create, even the very ground you stand on is capable of killing you
”What?” Ivery didn't understand what Loki meant by 'astral plane'
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”Emperor, can there be a punishment for losing the fight?” Luther's murderous eyes fell on Julian
”Of course” Julian smiled
”Great” Luther's face was twisted in maniacal pleasure when he had the approval to deliver punishment to those three
Julian smiled as he saw a piece of Luther's true nature, he spoiled those three too much, they've become too arrogant. Cassandra lost all respect and pride for the three of them, even though she didn't think much of Princess Xia, her sons were now disappointments to her.
”You're first” Luther's eyes fell on Xia who was standing in front of Ivery
”Wait..Luther, I'm your fiance! I'm a Princess of the Lilith Kingdom, you can't hurt me!” Xia backed away from the two of them
”You must've realized that we won't be engaged for long” Luther's face was looking more evil with every second that passed
”Luther...” Xia's eyes teared
”And as for the punishments I tailored for all three of you..” Luther wickedly smiled
A mirror appeared in front of Xia's face, she looked into the mirror as if she was caught in a trance. Suddenly she found herself clawing at her face, her nails dug into her skin causing blood to flow out. In an instant she ripped her face off completely.
”Argghhh!” Xia fell on the floor, she was in intense pain, she swore she was going to die, she thought that death would most definitely be more better than this torturous feeling, her face burned, swelled and bleeded, It was so painful, extremely painful, pain with agonizing throbbing. It came in waves of intensity, sharp pricks as if someone was poking the tip of a knife all over her opened face, intense pounding all around her face, all around and inside her face. The muscles in her face were beyond visible, she rolled around in complete anguish. Her screaming could make ones ears bleed.
”You're too noisy” Luther looked down at Xia who was rolling around on the floor and screaming in unbearable pain
She wasn't even controlling herself completely at this point, she stuck her tongue out and pulled it, as she cried, her tears intensely stung her opened face. She pulled harder and harder until she ripped her tongue out of her mouth. Blood poured out of her mouth, her tongue was in her hand, her tears endlessly flowed, causing her tears to sting her face even more.
”You're next” Luther looked at Carviel
”Father! Mother!” Carviel called over to his parents
He dropped to his knees and sweated profusely when he saw his parents just smile at him, as if what was happening to their children didn't matter to them at all.
Before he could realize that he was doing it, he pulled his short blonde hair, he pulled it and pulled and pulled and pulled harder, he felt his scalp tearing off slowly, with a strong and quick yank, he screamed as his entire scalp came off, blood ran down his face and the flesh on his head was seen. He cried and curled into a ball on the floor, clutching his scalp full of all his hair in his arms.
”Since you love it so much, how about you eat it” Luther laughed
Against his own will, he shoved the hair in his mouth and chomped down on it, the hair he swallowed was getting stuck in his throat, but he continued to eat and eat as if it was a delicious meal.
”Lastly...you” Luther looked at Liam who was absolutely petrified
”I-I'm the Crown Prince of this country, if you harm me, our countries will go to war!” Liam backed away from Luther
”I really don't care” Luther's smile was twisted
Liam smelled an awful stench, it was so disgusting he wanted to vomit. The stench was becoming stronger and more potent. Suddenly he felt as if someone had bitten his shoulder, their teeth sunk into the skin and flesh, he literally felt as if small worms were crawling under his skin. He turned his head to look at the daring person who bit him.
”No...No...ah!” Liam pushed the thing away from him and looked up at it in fear
It's skin was pale with signs of green and brown rotting all around it, it's hair tangled and bunched up looking like a birds nest. It's teeth was yellow and blackened and soaked with fresh blood, its eyes were pure white with no pupils to be seen. It's skin was dried out completely, it's cheeks were sunken in and it's mouth rotted off and only it's yellow teeth was seen. It's eyeballs were popping out of its sockets, and half of its face looked like a skeleton. The nails were chipped and dirty, white and worn out bones were sticking out its body, it slowly limped over to Liam and fell on top of him.
It unhesitantly dug his teeth into Liam's neck and ate the skin and flesh, Liam howled out in pain and cried for his parents to help him. More of those rotting monsters came and grabbed Liam's arms and legs, they bit into his limbs and ate him like he was a thanksgiving turkey.
They pulled off his arms and legs and ate them to the bone, Liam was only left with a head and torso. They dug into his stomach and feasted.
Xia was tired of the pain and crawled slowly over to Luther,
”Keeel meeh” Xia tried to speak and begged and cried at his feet, her blood dripping
Luther bent down and held Xia's head in his hands, without hesitation or sympathy, he broke her neck in a painful angle. Her head was twisted around and her body fell on the floor. As for Carviel...he managed to eat his scalp full of hair but suffocated as he was unable to swallow the hair that was stuck in his throat. Liam was long gone as the monsters were eating into his torso and biting his cranium.