Chapter 153 - The Battle Of Monsters

"Come to me, Eimuth! Let us cause destruction here in this land of Pelagy!" Ordered Khalid, thrusting the dagger up in the sky.

The small blade was thrown so vigorously that it reached the clouds. 

Smoke suddenly appeared in the skies. What used to be a bright and clear sky now turned dark. From the revolving smoke, there slowly appeared a monstrous figure, roaring from skies and covering the sun. 

The roars spread across the lands, giving chills down the spines of everyone within a kilometer away!

Even beyond the borders of Aeros, they could see the giant frame coming about outside their protective gates. The people of Aeros gulped their own spew as soon as the smoke faded out. 

It was a golden scaled three-headed monster, shrieking loudly before everyone's eyes. Its body took the shape of a dragon but had three long necks, molding like a serpent, and heads that looked the same as a beast snake. 

It had wings to carry its weight and its eyes were looking down, seemingly hungry to eat. 

Khalid laughed at the master's predicament, looking up at the sky. He said, "Eimuth will follow everything that I say, for I am its master! Now, you all will suffer the consequences of going against me! Even the people of this land!"

Looking up at the monster above them, Abasi said, "Amanda, we need to take this creature further away!"

"Right! Send me to it, Abasi - "

"Leave that to me!" They all turned to find Orion flying closer to where they stood.

He left his father and the master of the earth to deal with the remaining evil souls. Moreover, Agatha had had a brief rest and was able to join her son in battle. 

Khalid squinted, seeing the boy come closer. He thought it was an opportunity to kill Orion that he created balls of fire and in a split second; he threw it in the direction of Amanda's son!

To his shock, Orion managed to evade fluidly with the swiftness of his wings and his ability to see through everything. For it was Orion who was blessed with the vision of the Jubatus clan. There was nothing that he could miss, even attacks from behind was visible to his senses. 

Khalid hissed before he said, "In any case, I will be back for you, boy! For now. I will enjoy seeing you try to take down Eimuth!"

Using the power of the green crystal, Khalid shifted himself to another space, finding a good spot in one peak of Aeros. He anticipated the masters' defeat that he laughed like the devil that he rightly turned out to be. 

"I'll take care of this, mother. Go after Khalid and weaken him for me," told Orion. He then took off his armor and touched the mark on his chest. He called for the red dragon, saying, "Vermithrax, I summon you!"

Vermithrax was still coming about the three-headed monster was descending at high speed, Amanda knew that they had to distract the beast, somehow. 

"Taara, let's combine strength!" Said Amanda. She and the master of wind sped, facing the monster coming down from the sky, and with one blow, they created the biggest ball of fire, making the monster halt from his flying down. 

Eimuth, the said three-headed monster shrieked, flying back up. It tried to move around the flames created by the masters, but the fire did not seem to end. The next thing the monster saw was another gigantic frame coming at him, this time, breathing fire!

Vermithrax had come out after Orion's calling, and thus, the battle of the monsters began. 

"Vermithrax, send him further away from Aeros! Where there are no people!" Commanded Orion, also speeding in the direction of the two flying creatures. 

The red dragon continued to spat out fire from his mouth, further making the three-headed creature flee from the scene while the masters were in search of Khalid. 

Back at the peak where Khalid rested, he saw how Orion, his future slayer, had called upon a dragon! His eyes widened in horror, shocked at the capacity of the boy. He wondered what made the boy so powerful!

"No! This cannot be!" He screamed in dismay before he decided to look for Hades! For some reason, he feared the outcome of the battle!

Meanwhile, in the midst of the monsters' battle, Vermithrax managed to send Eimuth a mile away from Aeros. There was nothing but barren lands and ridges around them, a good place to settle the score. 

To inflict pain on the three-headed monster, Vermithrax would swing its tail against it and mostly send flames to its golden body. 

However, the dilemma was how the three-headed monster evaded most of Vermithrax's attacks. Thus, Orion concluded, there was a need for a second monster to trap Eimuth from moving away!

Orion flew around the battling creatures; Vermithrax with his fire and Eimuth, trying his hardest to take a bite at the red dragon. 

It took minutes for Orion to find a good spot! He cut against his arm and bled. Creating the crest of the moon serpent, he ordered, "Bashe, I summon you!"

The wind suddenly surrounded Orion. with his smaller body, he felt himself nearly being blown away! Heartbeats later, he saw that he was surrounded by the aqua-blue serpent. He looked up and saw Bashe, Akurra's brother. His head snaked up to see the unfolding battle. 

"Interesting," said Bashe. "This is Eimuth, the beast god of the third galaxy... but his reign of terror was told to be over."

"There is no time to know about him, Bashe. We must help take to him down!" Told Orion before he flapped his wings to level with the sea serpent. 

"Listen, boy!" Yelled Bashe. "There is a way to put this beast under control! And that is to hold the dagger and be its master... At least... that's what I have heard." 

"You must secure it from his back. Whenever summoned, the dagger is carved on his back!" Revealed Bashe. "Can you take it out? I can put him under control with my body, but you need to do your part!"

"Okay! I will find the dagger," confirmed Orion. "Now, help Vermithrax!"

Like a serpent that he was, Bashe moved side to side, quickly snaking his way to the battling monsters. 

Vermithrax, seeing that Bashe was about to wrap its body around Eimuth, he flew up to avoid the two. 

Bashe effectively covered his body around the three-headed monster, even circling around all of its necks!

More shrieks could be heard around the vacant valley and Eimuth's resistance caused a mild thundering quake, trying to shake Bashe out of his golden frame!

When Eimuth tried to bite Bashe's torso, Vermithrax swung its tail against the feet of the three-headed monster. It made both the serpent and the Eimuth fall to the ground and roll across the empty land. 

Bashe tightened his body against Eimuth, choking its necks so it would not have the strength to launch another attack. Only then did he call on Orion, "Boy! Where are you? I'm going to turn Eimuth around! You have to take the dagger from his back!"

The sea serpent rolled its body and that of the three-headed monster, showing off its back. 

Orion, with his powerful eyes, scanned the golden body until it saw the dagger embedded in its spine. He announced, "Found it!"

He blazed with his wings, finding the right spot, and held the dagger with all his might. 

"Urgghhh! It's so hard to remove!" Revealed Orion. He flapped his wings to him with more strength, grunting as he pulled until the dagger finally came free from the monster's spine!

The second Orion removed the dagger from Eimuth's back, it screeched, silencing the commotion around Aeros. 

"Now! Command it back!" Told Bashe, struggling to keep the creature under control. 

"Return to wherever it is that you came from, Eimuth. No longer will you harm other creatures!" told Orion. He repeated the same command again and again, but nothing was happening. 

Eimuth remained to be in the presence of the three. Eventually, they heard Eimuth laugh. All his heads fell amused at Orion's attempt to control him. Moreover, his command for him to turn good versus evil. 

In unison, Eimuth spoke, "Young boy? You want me to be good? In order to dominate me, you have to kill my previous master!"

"If you really want me to stop me from harming others, then go - go and slay that Khalid who killed my previous master!" Announced Eimuth before letting out another loud roar. 

It no longer came as a shock to Orion that Eimuth could speak. He looked at the dagger in his hand before gazing at Bashe as well as at Vermithrax. He heard the red dragon say, "It's time, Orion... It's time to use the Venusian Sword!"

"Or! What about I just kill you right now!" Announced Orion before springing out his golden sword. 

"No!" To his shocked, both Vermithrax and Bashe spoke in objection. 

"If you kill him, the world that he created, the same people will die with him... Eimuth, is like Vermithrax and me. He created his own people out of his power," told Bashe. "We will hold him from attacking. Go now.... It's time to fulfill your destiny!"