Five Heroes
1. Bloody Night

At that time I sat pensively watching the stars in one of my rooms in the palace of the fire kingdom, as usual I was happy to see the stars, as if they were waving and greeting me from above.

My name is Piter, the crown prince of the kingdom of fire, considering my current age of only fourteen I can't wait to see when I reach seventeen, because at that time my father will train me directly.

I had always imagined when I would enjoy all this peace, without me realizing that time had shown ten o'clock at night time when I was sleeping.

After I lay down, that night was why I felt uneasy, like something in the darkness was creeping into the area around the palace.

I tried to ignore everything, but I still could not calm my mind and slowly my fear appeared, I was goosebumps with the situation.

Tok.shop.tok

Someone knocked on my door, panicking, I rushed to open the door and when I opened it I was a little surprised it was my mother.

"Piter immediately change your clothes father ordered all the noble families to gather, there seems to be an emergency!" with a slightly pale face mother said to me.

"Well ma'am, I'll change my clothes immediately", I don't need to ask any further, I immediately change my clothes, after that my mother and sister and I quickly headed for the throne room,

My mind was unceasingly thinking what kind of emergency was going on, whether there was an attack from another government, or something was caught sneaking into the palace, he said, considering that I felt something was scaring me, my fear returned when I remembered it. But I quickly convinced myself to stay calm and not be afraid.

When I, my mother and sister arrived at the singasana room we immediately sat beside the king as well as the other nobles they immediately took their respective positions, the moment the king raised his hand instantly was a silent singasana room.

"I was nervous tonight when I tried to calm myself down, when I looked out my window I suddenly saw a suspicious movement, after I looked more closely it turned out that it was a skeleton entourage" the king explained the reason he had gathered it all together.

A nobleman raised his hand and spoke, "Let me ask him a little, what makes him panic at the skeleton?"

"They were like moving following someone's direction and my feelings couldn't calm down"

"Let me report that our guard at the east gate has been ambushed by the skeleton and why the gate suddenly opened itself" said a gate guard soldier who ran away in a hurry.

Everyone was surprised to hear his report, at that time the king said "calm ourselves first, reporting to all the princes to take a combat stance the palace is being attacked."

When he heard that duke Perdi stood up and immediately ran to gather all his subordinates, a moment later a frenzy occurred in the singasana room

But it did not last long because the king swiftly began to calm the atmosphere of the singasana, so that panic did not occur.

When the atmosphere began to be conducive suddenly the king staggered from his singasana because at that time he had been unconsciously stabbed from behind by a person who had never realized his existence.

"Who are you,?" everyone asked in surprise.

"Xixixixi, good night guys ready to party tonight?" he answered while jumping to stab my sister, his knife tore my sister in the throat.

"Let the queen take Peter away from here, I know him he is the crown prince of the kingdom of darkness" a chieftain shouted frantically.

Mother tried to escape but without realizing one of the in the room stabbed my mother in the stomach, she was my father's sister Moris, she was my father's sister, yet I had no time to feel the deep sadness Moris ran away and swung a sword at me.

Triinnggg.

the sound of the sword fighting was apparently duke Perdi who had returned to protect me "running Piter", without hesitation I ran.

"i feel like I need to go after Perdi, Piter is one of those princes who plays such an important role as the divination of gods, I have to end his life before he's 15" Moris said with a haughty smile on his face.

"Don't Moris dream you'll have to step over my corpse before you touch Prince Piter" Perdi replied to Moris' words

"As if you could defeat me Perdi, you're just a lackey of the king's errand palace, you're nothing more than a subordinate in my eyes".

At that time they directly lunged at each other and clashed with swords, I still continued to run. Where am I going?, I don't know where I'm going, my feelings are mixed at the moment I'm confused I don't know where to set my emotions, watching my sister's mother's father get stabbed and watching my panam betray.

As I was about to get out of my palace, I was blocked by a bunch of skeletons and I felt it was time to meet my family.

Bruk..it seems like someone hit me from behind and I felt my gaze dark at that moment.

When I opened my eyes, I was unconscious in the secret room of the palace, where there was a large door in this room.

I tried to look around, then my eyes were on the person sitting there, "grandfather why is Grandpa here?" ask me.

"I was the one who knocked you out and brought you here"

"Why did Grandpa make me faint?"

"I aim that you do not ask a lot and it is not difficult to bring you in a state of fainting" explained my grandfather in a sharp tone.

Then he continued his explanation "I deliberately brought you here because inevitably you have to know some facts"

"Fakta, what's cake about?"

"First you must be ready to accept the fact that your family has been dethroned and they are gone in this world."

I actually knew they were gone because I tragically witnessed my family being slaughtered in the throne room.

"The second act of the piter, you must seek to avenge your uncle, so that you can take back the throne that has been seized at this time."

"And the last fact you are one of the children foretold by the gods to put an end to all the strife in the world"

I was surprised to hear the last fact that I was the child who was predicted to end the world's conflict.

I often heard my mother tell me a legend in which the legend told me the story of when the gods created the world they created the humans in, of the many humans there are some humans who are deliberately chosen and given special powers and special weapons by the gods, the five of them are in charge of maintaining the balance of the world.

"Grandpa you must be kidding me" I told him

"It's no wonder I'm not kidding, why am I joking in this situation, at this time if you know that the situation outside is not conducive to some of your father's subordinates have been killed, and some of your father's subordinates have been killed, some have betrayed and chosen the enemy, we're just waiting until Zeon finds us"

"Zeon, who is he?"

"He's the new king of the kingdom of darkness, he's the one who stabbed your father".

For now I try to understand the situation and a little surprised to remember the grandfather who knows so much information, but I can not deny I feel frustrated with everything that happened

Brruukkk....

Suddenly a group of skeletons appeared breaking down the door of this secret room.

My grandfather immediately stood up and took a standby position, "Piter open the door behind you with the power of your fire"

"How can I open that door?"

"Just do it, just focus all your strength on your palm"

Then I obeyed my grandfather's orders

I approached the door, but when a new problem arose this time, there were so many skeletons that suddenly stood behind me, I was shocked to see them walking in the shadows.

The moment the skeleton appeared and was about to attack me but right then and there they became black dust and a burning scent came out from their late bodies devoured by the flames.

"Stay focused" my grandfather said, as he continued to protect me.

I put my steps in front of the door as I focused my strength on it

Buuuzzzzz....

The door opened slowly.

When the door was open, I was confused about the whole room like a mountain, hot and no beach because the larvae filled the room, only the central part is in the land and there is a sword stuck.

"Get in and get that sword Peter" Grandpa cried to me.

There's no way I'm going to get in here if Grandpa really killed me, I just silently stared ahead without saying and dared to step.

"Piter took the sword, that's all that can match Zeon's current strength"

"Fixing what the former king, Le" Zeon's voice rattled me, stirring up my fear.

He quickly awakened thousands of skeletons around my grandfather, instantly the room was filled with living skulls.

"Get in and pull that sword Peter"

"But grandfather maybe I don't care about your condition, right now I want to fight with you"

"Piter do you think I'm weak?, take your weapons and then attack Zeon for me"

I set my feet to enter the room and I mentioned that maybe I could step on this larva, where there might be humans who survive with heat reaching a thousand degrees Celsius.

When I was about to enter it my ass was cold as if it were exposed to water, when I looked back apparently my grandfather was pierced by Zeon's sword.

What happened, I was shocked and silent about it.

"Hurry my grandfather's piter can't hold this sword any longer"

"Hay the dying man do not try to protect him, for I am Zeon the king of darkness will kill him, I will destroy the hero of this world and I will put the world in eternal darkness".

Zeon pulled out his sword without a fight, I realized my grandfather was gone by now, when the shadow spread on the floor I knew it was Zeon moving from the shadows and the skeleton horde was crashing towards me.

Without thinking for a long time I went straight into the room containing the larvae, 'better I'll die a blooming death than I have to be killed by you'

But strangely enough I felt nothing, even my strength seemed to rise slowly, these larvae did not burn me and hurt me at all, 'let me sooner my grandfather might be able to survive', I murmured in my heart.

When I saw a group of people trying to get their feet up, they were on fire.

Damn it. Screeched Zeon loudly.

I stepped forward to pick up the sword in the middle of the room when I touched it and I saw Zeon's face pale.

He began to create large-sized skeletons, there were dozens of large-sized sequences that he had created.

"Well Peter, show me the power of your god's sword"

I just stared in the middle of the room I realized here was my safest place because no one could enter but me

But Zeon realized my intention and then he pointed at my grandfather's corpse and just then some skeletons moved as if they wanted to eat my grandfather's meat.

My anger exploded immediately watching that, yet they had time to get close I swung my sword. Zeeeeett my sword slingshot instantly floated like a blaze that instantly grabbed the skeleton that was approaching my grandfather.

I ran at the gallantry to the thousands of skeletons and swung my sword blindly, too many negative feelings I had, sad, annoyed, angry, vengeful and shocked, all those feelings have taken over my body.

I continued to drop the skeleton without me realizing my strength had drained a lot, with the remaining strength I stuck my sword into the ground, at that time the soil began to spread hot larvae as if the sword had been calling hot larvae to come out.

Bruuukk....

Thousands of skeletons perished instantly, as a result of the outburst of hot larvae, what a staggering force.

But some time ago I almost lost my consciousness there was only me and Zeon in the room, damn he managed to survive the curse in the heart

"Is everything unfinished prince Zeon?"

I know that voice, that's Uncle Moris, the man who stabbed my mother.

"May I join now?, my business with that lame nobleman is done"

"Well, Moris, this isn't fair, but this kid's been troublesome enough for me, and he's been able to push me this far"

It was over, with great difficulty I tried to stand up, how unlucky I was to face all this.

Moris pulled his arrow and started pointing at me, I managed to fend off his arrow before it hit me.

Moris smiled, then he took three arrows, which were wrapped in fire, and then he shot them towards me simultaneously, I can't fend it all off there's one arrow I failed to field.

Jamb...

I felt a tremendous pain in the part of my left arm that was stuck in Moris' arrow, it was as if it was burning my skin, I tried to pull out the arrow but unluckily without me realizing it at that time a bone-shaped sword appeared from the shadow of my foot.

"Hay brother Zeon"

I was amazed to see what happened he stopped Zeon's attack which only inches away touched me

"Damn, Nico"

The young man who was older than me smiled as his name was called.

"So, buddy, need some help?"

I nodded my head, as Nico looked at Zeon and Moris with a dinggin look I was afraid to see it, the atmosphere in the room turned more pressing and gripping as if darkness was moving closer to us.

I looked at the two people as I knew they were pale too, 'so great is the strength of this young man', my mind said.

No, just the aura he released but the atmosphere in this room was like facing the god of death itself, as if all the darkness and death were dancing around the three of us, he said, waiting for when Nico gave the order to take our lives, no one is not afraid of the current circumstances.

Only Zeon tried to fight because he began to call out several skeletons but his efforts were in vain, all the skeletons he roared immediately fell and were destroyed by the loss of life.

"It's your business will still be in vain, you will never win against me"

"Damn you Nico why are you bothering me?"

"I'm sorry, but this world cannot fall into complete darkness, I'm on the side of this boy now, because indirectly he and I are connected"

I did not understand Nico's words, but I began to think about the meaning of Nico's words, I finally understood, understanding that Nico was the destined child of the kingdom of darkness he was just like me, I'm not surprised that Nico's aura could be this scary.

At the moment when Nico pulled the skull sword from his pingang in contrast to Zeon's sword, Nico's sword was very dark as if consumed by age, the room was getting gripping.

"Okay Nico I'm going home to sit on my throne and you Nico is no longer a resident of my kingdom because of this betrayal that you've committed you will one day pay for" Zeon said in a loud voice and sounded a little angry.

Nico simply replied with a smile

"Prince Zeon, aren't we planning to kill Piter right now." Moris glanced at Zeon.

But without saying Zeon plucked his finger and disappeared in the shadows.

Nico pulled me and said, "Let's go, Piter" Nico and I went into the shadows.

It's all over tonight, my grandfather, father, mother, and sister have been tragically murdered tonight and I indirectly witnessed the culprit, who is none other than my own uncle.

With deep sadness subconsciously my tears fell, I could only reminisce about the good memories and a little confusion.

"Where are we going?" I asked Nico with a trembling tone.

"You'll know in due time, when it's quiet down, Piter, I'm sympathetic to you for what's happened"

I didn't answer and just nodded my head.