The Codex Chapter 11: Rebirth

Story by Jax Crowley on SoFurry

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#11 of The Codex

A deity and empress of time, future changed


The golden wings began to create a strong gust, the threesome getting in a defensive stance as response. Felicia raised her rapier up, the tip began to shine "It wants us to prove our might! We need to show him we are capable of taking judgment" she spoke to encourage the two others.

Grandmurk let out a spine chilling roar, the tree began to shake heavily while the trees began to wither more. Darvo saw how tree leaves opened up small windows in the tree, outside leaves were also withering and falling down. The place began to look more barren, Scy unsheathing both blades to get ready.

Felicia drew a circle in the air, the tip began to pulse light while the whole blade began to glow. Grandmurk stood on his hind legs before stomping his way forward to the heroes, Darvo readying both claws "WIND WALL!" he yelled as a burst of wind stopped the beast in his tracks.

Scy pointed to one side of Grandmurk, Darvo nodded while quickly running towards the beast, Scy threw his short blade out. The rope was tugged sideways so the blade would circle around the legs, swinging back towards Darvo who stood in position. Scy rolled closer and began to thrust his blade into the scaled leg, Darvo did the same in the other leg while he saw how two giant claws came crashing down.

Felicia's blade extended outwards, the tip pushing against both claws before thrusting up, the tip giving off a blast of magic that pushed the beast back slightly. The dragon iguana was tied together with the beast, standing in front of him while keeping the ropes tight. Grandmurk stepped back, bringing himself off balance as she two swords in his legs began to cut deeper.

Scy gave a strong pull at his blades as he saw how Darvo readied his own blade to attack the beast. Both his blades got pulled free, swinging back to their owner while Darvo jumped up, thrusting his blade into the thick scaled stomach. Grandmurk lowered his wing, pushing the dragon naga away with a forceful push.

The tree began shaking while Grandmurk opened it's third eye again. It was red and glowing fiercely. Felicia widened her eyes as flashbacks occurred to her, dead bodies had filled the floor. Shaking the thoughts away before she extended her rapier again, letting the tip push against the opened eye.

Scy too, saw the red eye before the rapier pushed into it. Grandmurk roaring loud before the rapier started to shake, Felicia quickly retracted the rapier back to normal. Grandmurk released a red beam, letting it pierce into the tree walls while the threesome came together, staying low to the ground. "We can't go on here, we need to get out of this tree first" Scy said, Darvo nodded and blinked "Did you see those dead bodies as well?" Darvo asked.

The other two nodded while Felicia kept gazing towards Grandmurk, who was still cutting through the tree walls with the red beam from his third eye. Scy heard wood splinter open, looking up to see the tree top shake fiercely. "He's going to destroy the tree" Scy said while he jumped up.

Felicia and Darvo got up as well, feeling rather discomforted "Felicia, tell us now, are we really proving our self here?" Darvo said. Scy shook his head "He is angry, and judgment has already passed down on us. We are the same as any other murderer to him!" he said while running towards the beast.

The red beam stopped while he swung his tail towards Scy, roots ran out from the sides of his tail that grabbed Scy's legs. Scy cut himself free in a single sweep before stabbing his short blade into the tail. In quick reflex Grandmurk began to roar, his tail sweeping back again as Scy threw his long blade towards the third eye, letting it rip into the eye with a rough thrust.

Felicia gasped and shook her head "No Scy! Pull your blade out now!" she warned the dragon iguana but saw it was too late. Scy saw how the beast began to fly upwards, taking the dragon iguana with him. Strong gusts of wind tried to brush Scy away, who was dragged along by the ropes attached to both blades.

Darvo held Felicia's shoulder before nodding "We should go now, Scy will be fine with this" he said before running towards the exit of the long arrival hall. Felicia couldn't help but worry, seeing how the deity flew outside of the tree, Scy climbing on his back and avoiding the swinging golden wings.

Darvo stood still in front of the tree, pointing to the distance. "Felicia? That's Restoria right?" They stood on a wooden bridge that connected the tree entrance to the earth. Below them was a deep dark hole, this was used to fend off invaders that didn't belong in Varity kingdom. Felicia nodded, seeing how four towers began growing in height.

Felicia sheathed her blade and grabbed Darvo's claw while she began running. Darvo followed close as his eyes were fixated on the four towers. "Not again" Felicia groaned as Darvo widened his eyes. The towers in the distance began to turn slightly, a loud resonating sound was heard in the distance.

Scy tugged his long sword free from the eye, thrusting into the rough scaled back. Grandmurk roared and began to rolling himself around in the air to try and shake off the dragon iguana. Scy held himself tightly while seeing the tree in the distance, they flew high and he knew Grandmurk wouldn't come down any time soon. Not without help of himself that is.

He soon began flicking his ears, Grandmurk turning himself around, shifting focus to the distance. "What the?" Scy mumble while he felt how Grandmurk had lost focus on him. Quickly tugging the short sword free from his tail, holding that one in his paw.

Darvo and Felicia had made some distance as suddenly four thick light beams were fired from the four towers. A high pitched noise was heard while the sound of Cracking and burning wood began replacing it. They saw how the beams began tearing through the magical tree, small faint light spirits began to flicker.

Grandmurk let out a screech of pain before it began rushing in rapid speed. Scy held on tight as he felt Grandmurk gaining and losing altitude. "You saw a vision, this vision has marked your future. Use this information well" Grandmurk said while it rushed downward towards the other two heroes.

Darvo pointed to the incoming Grandmurk while Felicia unsheathed her weapon "You three can stop that castle, I had to keep you here to witness this. My intention was to show you this, nothing else" Scy pulled his blade out while Grandmurk rolled close above the ground, dropping Scy on the ground before raising up in the air.

His wings began to glow before shrouding his face with them. His scaled body began to flicker faintly as the lingering spirits around the magical tree began to fly towards him. The rays of light still shredding off branches, burning leaves and creating gaps in the tree. Felicia and Darvo pulled Scy up "you okay?" Darvo asked before gazing up to Grandmurk.

"He didn't plan to kill us, we had visions, that marks our future. With this we can alter our future, he planned to keep us here to witness this. His plan was to keep us alive" Scy said quickly while his eyes fell on the destructive beams that began to lose power. The tree was destroyed, the top had been cut off as it sunk down into the rest of the tree.

Grandmurk began to fly towards Restoria, the four towers changing their aim. "He's going to Restoria!" Darvo said, his claw following the deity that used to rule over all magic. Another resonating sound was heard as the towers gathered energy. Grandmurk reached Restoria, spreading one wing to make it crash against one of the towers.

The threesome made haste towards the distance, deciding it was time for their own assault, they had lost a lot of man power during the adventure but they knew they could change things. They saw how Grandmurk assaulted Restoria, successfully destroying one of the four towers.

The towers began to fire three destructive beams, aiming towards the evading deity. It circled around before gaining speed, his wing cutting through another tower. His wings began glowing more before his third eye opened up, launching his own beam that pierced the third tower. Both beams came in contact, causing in an energy burst, exploding and halting both beams.

Grandmurk roared out before it flew upwards, tower unable to reach him. He let himself fall, his claws gripping into the tower while lowering. His claws dug deep into the stone, his face gazing towards the laser cannon. His third eye began to fire off a powerful beam, destroying the cannon before his claws shredded the top of the tower.

His wings pushed the top of the tower away, against the middle watch tower where the throne room used to be. Darvo started laughing, a small jump before punching his fist in the air "Alright! He just disarmed all ranged threats!" he said with triumph. Scy nodded and grinned while they still were on the way to Restoria.

The middle tower slowly began to rise in the air, grinding mechanics were heard as the earth began to shake. Grandmurk flew backwards, gazing at the rising tower. His golden wings began to release golden scales before becoming brighter. The tower began to open from one side, a dark pulsing light was seen while distorted noise was heard.

Grandmurk began to shriek before flying upwards, dark distorted chains were launched towards the deity. Felicia stood still as she saw Grandmurk fly away, dark chains were lunged towards him while they reached their target. Grandmurk fell the cold, painful chains latch onto his wings.

Losing balance before his wings were wrapped up by the chains, another chain coiled around his neck while he tried to struggle free. Scales started to fall off Grandmurk while the chains coiled tighter around him, pulling him in back to the tower.

The three heroes reached the levitated kingdom, it was raised high by the metal shape shift mountain, gazing up to see the trapped Grandmurk. The chains whipped up before slamming down, dropping the deity on the ground near the threesome. Felicia ran closer, sitting in front of the chained deity "Grandmurk!" she said with fear, the deity breathing softly and his eyes closed shut.

Scy and Darvo walked closer, Darvo extending his claws while a red glow appeared. He shot a ball of fire against the dark chains, to his surprise his magic got absorbed, causing the chains to light up before releasing a heavy blow into Grandmurk. He began whimpering before raising his head slightly "Enter...The castle..." he said before he felt how the chains started to lift him up.

Felicia gasped, holding tightly onto Grandmurk, Scy and Darvo followed while they were raised in the air. "I won't let them kill you! That will cause in a bigger problem!" Felicia spoke, her rapier extended against the chains. She saw how the rapier collided against the chains before her weapon shattered in shards.

Her eyes full of loss and surprise before gazing at Scy "You two need to fight them, make a halt to this future of destruction" she spoke before pushing both off Grandmurk, letting them fall on the ground. Scy growled before jumping up, gazing up "Felicia! Jump off! This won't solve anything" he said as he saw how she held tightly onto the deity.

She saw how they were reeled into the dark and distorted orb, rubbing her hand over Grandmurk's head. "We were born together, and we will die together" Grandmurk let out a soft chuckle before shaking his head, feeling the chains take over Felicia as well. "You are one of the few who has seen me hatch out of that egg, I guess your time is due as well huh? Empress of time" Grandmurk spoke.

Felicia laughed, coughing as the chains tightened around her neck and arms "Don't...Call me...that..." she mumbled before closing her eyes, leaning down into Grandmurk. They were dragged into the dark distortion, feeling how air left for nothing. It felt tight around them, the girl breathing slower before she felt how the chains shattered.

"I am so sorry..." Felicia spoke before her hands began to light up, the distortion around them responded, rippling before small gaps were seen. Grandmurk growled before raising his head "Don't, Felicia you can't!" he said before he felt how a strong outburst of magic dissolved the distortion. They fell in a closed off room, Felicia's eyes completely white, her hair began to float idly in the air.

"You will cause an unstable world!" Grandmurk said, his wing pushing against Felicia who sat on her knees, her hands raised in the air. Another outburst of magic occurred, filling the room in bright light as Grandmurk started whining in pain, soon his voice faded away. The light dimmed again, leaving a dragon egg behind. Felicia stood up, her hair was long and black, her face pale and her eyes fully blackened.

Scy fell to the ground, coughing heavily as his eyes widened. Images appeared in front of him, seeing how he and Darvo were fighting inside Restoria castle. Piercing his swords in something before they shattered in glass. The images faded away at the touch of Darvo's warm claw "you okay? What's wrong?" Darvo asked.

Scy shook his head, mumbling softly "I think Felicia just altered the future...For the worse..."