Monarch of Darkness

Evan had already lost every memory of his past. He could not even recall who was he at this moment!

He felt he could move again. It was like his memories were the chain which tied him down. Now that his memories were gone,he was finally free.

Evan woke up. He could not even guess how much time passed while he was restricted to move.

Evan looked around his surrounding and found himself in a small wooden hut.

He was lying on a bed which was arranged on ground.

Suddenly a stream of memories came inside his mind. He was Steve,a small boy of Sunvine village. Sunvine village was a small village and a small number of devils stayed here peacefully.

Villagers called themselves as Shadowspike devil race. Evan lived here with his big sister.

Steve left with villagers to hunt for food.

And it was his first time hunting and he got injured by a wild boar.

Evan found bandages all over his body. He tried to move but he felt stiff all over his body.

He felt indescribable pain coming from all over his body. He tried to push the ground with his palm and after much difficulty he managed to sit down and leaned over the wall.

With his slight movement the wooden wall made a creaking sound. After some time Evan

heard footsteps coming from outside the room.

He saw a slender girl with a plain looking face

coming over. She was looking worried. She came over and said,

"Little Steve, don't be reckless. Old lady Tyene advised to give you rest for fifteen days."

Steve looked at the worried expression on the face of his sister. He said,"Big sis, I am fine."

"How can you be fine? You just didn't listen to my words and always do such reckless things",she started to sob while saying it.

Steve felt his heart was breaking when he listened her sobbing. He quickly said,

"Big sis, please don't cry,I am going to rest now."

He again slept flatly on the bed. His sister stopped sobbing and sit down near him. she placed her slender hands on the hair of Steve and adjusted his dishevelled hair. A doting look appeared on her face.

Steve looked at her and noticed some small spike like metallic body part growing out of her elbow. He started to look at them curiosly.

The worried look from the face of crying girl vanished and she started to laugh sweetly.

She said with a small smile on her face,

"Steve,you are so foolish. Why are you looking at my spikes. They will grow on you when you grow old."

Steve recalled that some powerful villagers had more spikes on their body and their spikes were longer than her sister.

He always felt envy when he looked towards the growing spikes over their body bacause spikes were very useful,when you go hunt for wild animals.

After chatting sometime with Steve,she left.

Days passed quickly,Steve was able to move again. He remained in home for some months like a obedient child. But soon,he started to run again to forests.

Life was peaceful in village. Everyone was staying with their loved ones happily and Steve pair of brother and sister no exception.

Soon,years passed. Steve now had a small spike in his elbow. He was considered a good fighter in their village now. Steve was very content in this type of living.

But warm rays of Sun can't stay for long,darkness would eventually replace it.

One day a huge flying beast came flying towards Sunvine village.

The beast was so huge that it's wings covered the entire sky. It's fierce eyes were like two burning torches as it started to wreck havoc inside the village.

Initially some fighters tried to fight with it and Steve was one of them. They threw Spears and fired arrows at it.

Steve managed to launch a arrow towards it's eyes. He smiled confidently and said," Stupid beast, don't create problem in our village." But his smile froze as he stared at the scene in front of him.

The arrow hit the pupils of beast but it only managed to divert its attention towards him.

It bent down and started bite towards the group of Steve.

It was so sudden that even Steve had to roll toward his side to avoid it's mouth. But everyone was not so lucky. The beast chewed down some of the fighters in one gulp.

Seeing the scene,everyone started to feel trepidation in their heart. Steve held the hand of his sister and started to rush towards outside. But before they could go far, the beast came rushing towards Steve.

The beast used it's tail like a whip and striked towards the belly of Steve.

Steve wanted to block the attack by placing his two hands defensively infront of his chest,but it felt like a ant struggling against a huge elephant.

Steve was sent flying by its tail and he vomited mouthfuls of blood. it started to swing it's tail again towards Steve.

When Steve was feeling hopeless and the tail of the beast going to land on his body again, a slender figure appeared in front of him.

Tail of the beast landed on her chest instead of the belly of Steve!