20 Dark Moon Fores (1/2)
”Hurry and gather the rest of these people once Elder Adam returns from raiding Lime Leaf we will use them along with those Aliens and offer them up for the ritual, this last summoning should allow us to gain another Earth expert within our ranks. The lives of these mortals are worthless, the Empire no longer even has the power to stop us and after this we can bring them to their knees.”
Giving orders to his fellow Cultist, James a man in black robes moves with his followers as they lead three to four hundred mortals through the forest, heading towards their headquarters deep in the forest that rest under a towering mountain. The kidnapped Villagers are mostly women, children and elderly along with youths around ages ten to fifteen, taken from their now eradicated village that is on the border of the forest which the Empires power is limited in influence. By taking advantage of the Beast who call the forest home the Cult has for the past five years been killing thousands of Villagers, leaving the blame for their crimes on the Beast who call the forest home.
In Dark Moon Forest various beast roam about that rival the humans in power both sides fighting a never ending war for territory, as the Empire expands the Beast become more and more vicious towards the nearby human villages. The giant Beast alone pose a threat to the entire Continent of Blood Sun, so the Humans remain untied in fighting them while some take this as an opportunity to make people disappear. The Monster Kings holding the most power each having large parts of the
massive forest under their control along with all the Beast in the area, this is the reason the Cult chooses to make the forest there base.
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”How well do you know the forest Elder Vincent? are you sure that a Monster King is helping these Cultist out?” Timothy following the Cultist alongside Vincent and Three Suns, the three look down at the hundreds of Villagers being marched to their deaths by fifty Refinement level Cultist.
”The Monster King they are working with is a massive Blood Ape who rules the mountain region, we nearly killed him a few years back but the Cult interfered so we are certain of this alliance. We failed countless times to move into the mountain with all the Beast and Cultist working together causing us severe losses, the most costly being Elder Midnight Sun.”
Three Suns spoke up having a conflicting smile on his face, while it was true he and his Empire tried to kill this murderous Monster King they have always suffered. With the help of another Earth expert and powerful backers this task was now simple, but what caused the former Emperor to have a bitter smile was that he was still able to retain almost all his former powers in the new found Dragon Empire.
”Dragon Emperor Dashnell has given this task to us we will not fail.”
Three Suns left his four hundred thousand strong army on the border of the Dark Moon Forest, once given the signal is given they will move into the Forest to secure the Villagers that were captured. Three Suns was doing everything to provide positive merits on this mission to wipe out the Cult that has caused so many problems for the Empire, saving the Villagers provided him with extra vigor. As it would serve to boost his standing with the Dragon Emperor who treated his mortal citizens as the life blood of the Dragon Empire.
Following behind the group of Cultist they reach a towering cave entrance at the base of the mountain, with over a few thousand more captured Villagers making the total number over ten thousand. ”So many have been gathered here what the hell are they doing to so many fellow humans” Rage filled the eyes of Elder Vincent after losing Midnight Sun he focused all his time and effort into ridding the forest of Cultist, never did he imagine that they were the ones behind so many Villagers going missing.
Boom Boom shakes inside the mouth of the cave echoed out as a savage voice roared
Surrounding the Cave mouth is a massive camp filled with thousands of Cultist walking around guarding the ten thousand Villagers.