The Guardian gods-Chapter 205

John in his stupor didn’t know when but he was standing in front of what he would describe as a palace. Its domes and arches adorned with massive gemstones that glowed with an inner light. It was surrounded by lush, terraced gardens filled with vibrant flowers and exotic plants that cascaded down the mountainside, creating a rainbow of colors that contrasted beautifully with the golden architecture.

Not waiting for the humans, the female harpy walked through the palace gate, along the way the humans saw how guarded the palace was. Soon standing in front of a huge door, the female harpy turned to John and his envy "The council are ready to meet you beyond this door"

Taking a deep breath, John and his envoy pushed open the door as they were met with a sight inside the palace. The structure of the palace room had all the council members on a high stand where they looked down at John and his men.

John swallowed a spit as he could feel the aura emanating from the council members here. Everyone was at the fourth stage, some clearly at its peak.

Counting the council members, John noticed about 20 harpies there. While looking around, John was attracted to where the throne was. He could only see a silhouette of a woman as it was covered with curtains.

Composing himself, John walked across the huge palace room floor, feeling all the eyes on him. When he got to a certain distance, he took a knee with his envoys following through.

"My name is John Rosegust, an official seat at the humanity kingdom ruled by king Erik. Because of some circumstances, My king couldn’t be here in person, so I was sent to extend a hand of friendship to the Harpies people ’’ John said as respectfully as he could.

Bernard who was now the oldest council member of the Harpies poke up "Enough with the pleasantries, Why the sudden interest in our people"

John was about to respond when he froze, the white part of his eyes quickly darkening up as his body began twitching. Bernard frowned at the human behavior "Speak up human?" He said, raising his voice.

To his words, John had no reaction, only his envoy’s had a look of concern on their face as they looked at John. Suddenly John stood up with the temperature around him rising.

The Harpies all went on alert seeing that, all of a sudden John screamed out "For humanity" In the confusion of his behavior, everyone was slow to react as flames gathered on his legs with a loud boom he propelled himself to the throne covered in curtains.

As he drew near, he pulled out his sword with a quick slash, he cut open the curtain to meet the golden eyes of Ursula who was looking at him with confusion.

Before John could take a step, all he heard was the chirp of a bird as he was covered in golden flames "For humanity" he managed to scream out as he turned to ashes.

Looking over to the other stunned humans who were now begging for mercy with tears in their eyes as Few council members all swopped in to capture them.

The youngest named Erik also began twitching in similar form as John as he pulled out a dagger not minding his throat being strangled as he shouted out "For humanity" as he thrust out with his dagger ready to take the eye of the council member holding him down.

The harpy council member frowned seeing that as Lighting climbed along the arms it was holding Erik with, with a loud scream from Erik he turned into dark charcoal as the council member waved his hand in disgust.

As the last echoes of Erik’s scream faded, a heavy silence fell over the grand hall. The air was thick with tension and the smell of charred flesh. The harpies, still on high alert, watched the remaining humans closely, their eyes sharp and unforgiving.

Bernard, the oldest council member, stepped forward, his gaze stern and unwavering. "This treachery will not go unpunished," he declared, his voice resonating with authority. "You will all face the consequences of your actions."

One of John’s envoys, the middle-aged man named Marcus, took a trembling step forward. His eyes were wide with fear, but also glistened with desperation. "Please," he implored, his voice cracking. "We had no idea... John and Erik, they... they must have been compelled. We came here with true intentions of peace and alliance."

Ursula emerged from behind the tattered curtain. Her golden eyes bore into Marcus’s, searching for any sign of deceit. "Compelled?" she echoed, her tone laden with scepticism. "By whom?"

Marcus opened his mouth to answer yet for some reason his voice was so low, no one could hear what he was saying. Ursula, thinking he was maybe too scared walked towards him , Her form towering over him.

Yet with a soft tone, she said "No need to fear human, Just answer the question. Who compelled them?"

Marcus body began trembling, before he could shout out like the others, Ursula eyes flashed with cold light as Marcus was turned to ash by a golden flame that suddenly appeared from his body.

The harpies exchanged tense glances as Marcus’s ashes settled on the palace floor. Ursula’s golden eyes scanned the remaining humans, her patience wearing thin.

Ursula was the only one feeling weird about the situation as the humans left were now sneaking a glance at each other with eyes filled with distrust.

To them everything happening right now was a nightmare, People they have known all their life are all of a sudden acting all weird and possessed.

None of them even wanted to say anything anymore as they were scared if it would be them next when they tried to Talk so for a while the whole palace room was silent.

Bernard, was so angry Flames began flickering in an out around him "Are you all here to mock us, humans?"

To his words, None of the humans reacted. Ursula looked at the human, she couldn’t help but think about how weird this whole situation was. She knew there was more to this.

"You said, Humanity was your kingdom right?" Ursula asked, yet she got no answer from the humans.

Iris who has been watching the whole incident, Walked out nodding to Ursula "Yes, they stated their kingdoms name was Humanity"

Ursula kept looking at Iris who knew what she was expecting "Information from our informant gives us plausible reasons to believe the humans were compromised"

"The reason he paid us a visit was because of the demon Silas, recent information shows that he is mobilizing his armies and from past history, the kingdom of humanity is his target" Iris said.

Ursula nodded "So they came to seek our help but for some reason it turned into this mess" Ursula said as Iris nodded.

Ursula continued "The only reasonable reason for their action is that the demon somehow comprised them to sow discord between us and the humans"

"It seems he succeeded, " Ursula thought as she looked at Bernard who was frowning, clearly dissatisfied. "No matter what, their actions cannot be ignored. There must be consequences for this breach of trust."

Ursula would be lying if she said that she wasn’t feeling furious at the moment, Looking at the trembling humans who were no longer of any help to her "Normally I would send you all to the dungeon but since I am still unsure of the situation, you humans will be sent back to your kingdom and I expect an explanation from your king"

Looking at Bernard, Ursula said "I will leave it to you to handle them" Bernard nodded with a sinister smile on his face. Ursula rolled her eyes seeing that, she knew he didn’t have anything good in mind for the humans but she doesn’t mind at the moment as long as they humans were brought out of her sight.

"Guards" Bernard said out loud as the palace room door opened with a harpies soldier walking in picking up the five humans left. Bernard followed them out as soon as he reached the palace door, he whispered something to the soldiers as he turned back around, closing the door behind him.

Screams can be heard from the sky, as The herpes soldiers held the human envoy by foot as they flew out from the kingdom over to the humans kingdom. They Flew paying no mind to the humans’ safety, even going as far as throwing the humans mid air and exchanging with each other.

With how fast they flew, the Humanity kingdom soon got in the view. The last thh the envoys heard was "If one of you survives, Inform your king and people of the same embarrassing play you played out in front our our queen mother"

The human hearing began screaming "Wait, wait. Hold on, how can we survive if you drop us from here" One of the humans said, looking at the ground surrounding them and their kingdom which was nothing but a huge dot from the sky.

The only response they got was "That is something, you can figure out yourself" The harpy soldier responded before letting go of the humans they each were holding.