Suddenly a large glow came shooting out of the sky like a shooting star. It shot very fast Valverno was surprise by it when the glowing light came down to him, the three clan leaders, and Teutates. The light dimmed and revealed a large, floating crystal orb.
“Attention, people of Shimabellia, hear what I have to,” said King Uragiru’s voice. The crystal orb showed King Uragiru’s face as he was talking toward it, if he was actually speaking to a person or a group of people in front of the orb. “The Watcher of the Western Region, Geraldus, made an assassination attempt on my life. He is hereby sentence to death to trying to assassinate me. Anyone who brings me his head wins the hand of my daughter.”
Valverno growled angrily. “Lair! He is only putting this out so the person who falls for this would do the hard part and Uragiru would lazily sit back and watch. And Geraldus is the man who raised me since Belverda and her dragon partner used me like a lab rat.”
“As for the hybrid,” the king confuted, “Vaeludar the Minotaurslayer has conspired with Geraldus and tried to assassinate me as well. This heroic hybrid is believed have battled a Dragon with five heads and welcomed us to the clans of the Northern Region. However, beneath that hybrid appearance, he has been hiding a great evil from us and waiting to deliver a final blow that could have won Geraldus the capital of Shimabellia.
“Both he and Geraldus are hereby guilty of treason and sentenced to death. And to Vaeludar, I say this, you can be spared if surrender yourself to me. Swear me your allegiance and you will be pardoned and Marina goes free.”
Valverno shock his head. “My allegiance lies with Three Gods and the life they all created, not to a single lifeform. I won’t swear any loyalty who thinks himself above mankind.” Valverno turned to see the clan leaders and Teutates. “This man owes his loyalty to Lusìvar. There is no way I am giving this false king my loyalty.”
“But if you do anything to resist me or make any reckless,” resumed King Uragiru, “she may end up being executed for your poor choice of reckless behavior.”
Valverno looked closely at the orb, as it switches from King Uragiru’s image to the face of Marina, his Siren wife. Marina’s wrists to be chained up and the chains to a ceiling: Marina was being held captive.
“NO!” Valverno grunted at the sight of Marina being held a prisoner. How did Marina get from being a free person in Geraldus’s village to being a prisoner at the capital city? It was about a two-week horse ride from Geraldus village to the capital city, a few hours by Dragon, or less than a few minutes of Valverno’s speed.
“If you try to defy my generous offer of making you change your mind, Minotaurslayer, you, your true love, Marina, will be deemed enemies of the Crown and sentence to death. You call yourselves an ally to the Shadow King Lusìvar. But if you swear your allegiance to me, it means you are not enemies to the Evil Spirit and a true servant of the gods. You have until the Spring Equinox, which makes the first day of spring, to make your choice. And that is three days from now.”
Valverno’s eyes burned with great anger. “That can’t be? Marina is being held hostage?” Valverno’s face turned very, very bright red if he came within inches close to the sun’s heating rims. He was just ready to make a powerful earthquake, which was going to but not with all the people around.
Valverno flew high to the sky and by all means very high into the sky to where the clouds were soaring in the sky. He growled loudly and whipped his tail through heavy clouds, which faded into small clouds. Then he would blow fire and strong winds everywhere.
After two minutes of letting out his anger in the sky, the clouds suddenly formed into one giant view of heavy, rain clouds and began to rain.
Seeing how he changed from a clear, sunny day to a cloudy, rainy day, Valverno drifted back down to the building roof and returned to see the other leaders. “The king has Marina? How did he manage that?”
Then he remembered how Belverda disappeared. She casted a black magic sphere which she and her dragon pet went through. This must mean Belverda’s spell must be some kind of portal. Belverda must have gone to Geraldus’s village or the Southern Swamps, kidnapped Marina, and take the Siren to the capital city. Whatever method it took to get Marina to the capital city wouldn’t matter, as she was being held prisoner there right now.
His face was swelling with anger at King Uragiru: the same anger he has towards Belverda. “That man is going to die, along with Belverda. The both of them are going to die.” His voice spoken made him crunch the claws of his feet into the roof of the building.
“You shouldn’t be going there. If you go recklessly into that castle, it would mean death for you, demigod!” said Kelda. “I don’t know how it managed but you have a scar on your eye.”
Valverno had his ears flinched and paid Kelda no mind as what she said. “Marina is more important to me than my own safety,” he said. “I have made a sacred vow I would protect her from harm on our wedding day. Clan leaders, I have to go and save her.”
Valverno leaped into the air. As he did, he pressed his fingers on his head and into his hair. He pulled out and had two glowing liquid dripping from his finger-claws. He
