User blog:MrSolomon/Solomon's Tale 5 Preview; A Sacrifice.

Two figures ran through the halls of the Monster Lords castle. Both injured, one with a shield and sword, one with a large blade. The two made it to the main gate. But a voice hits them as they run;

"You two are dead!" The voice, female says. Soon, dozens of monster guards follow.

The man with a blade pulls the door open. But shoves the other outside. "Go! Now!" He says.

"I'm not leaving you! I've already lost everyone else!" The other had said.

"Listen to me captain;" The man had said. "If someone doesn't hold them off, they'll kill us both. Now go! Better you than me! Get reinforcements, the Monster Lord is wounded and her forces are weakned. You have to escape!" The man then closed the doors and faced the guards.

"Pursue the other! We'll take this one!" A guard had said.

As the guards charged at him, he drew his blade and fended them back one by one. The monsters were of many different types. But the swordsman, held them off. He feels a strange presence as he looked and saw a dark, hooded figure walk past the oncoming monsters. This distracting him as a behemoth knocks him down. He quickly stands and grabs his blade backing to the door.

"You idiots!" The voice said. "You let that bastard get away!" The source of the voice, The Monster Lord Black Alice, clearly angered and forced to show her true form, had arrived. "At least I can kill his friend."

The warrior panted as he saw the guards run away. It was him against her. But no matter what he could do, his fate would've been sealed. "More will come..." He said. "My commander was the strongest there is, but there's another...the both of them will stop you."

Black Alice laughed. "Well, too bad they're not here now to watch you die." She said.

The warrior tried to attack, but Black Alice's tentacle knocked him down and disarmed him with zero difficulty. The warrior looked up at Black Alice. Who had raised her tentacles to finish him. Her attacked was stopped however.

"You!" Black Alice said.

"Hmph. I can't believe I lost to you for the throne..." The dark hooded figure from before said as she caught the tentacles. "I'll just leave you without satisfaction. I've been watching this one and I like his potential." The figure then charged a strange energy in her fist as she punched Black Alice back. She then grabbed the young man and warped away.