HBWnovel The brighter the light, the darker the shadows
The brighter the light, the darker the shadows
The brighter the light, the darker the shadows
[3rd POV]
(The Kingdom of Nanzhao)
"We need to act quickly!! Tai Lung and Shen are going to come for us next! It's only a matter of time, don't you see!!" The advisor of the king of Nanazhao screamed in frustration.
There were many people in the courtroom as they discussed about the apparent defeat of Shu and how to deal with this new, aggressive threat that had popped up beside them.
"I think we should wait and see how they react first. Surely they will not go for the next kingdom until they settle down properly." One of them commented much to the annoyance of the advisor.
"Have you all lost your fucking mind!! The Kingdom of Shu waited and look what has become of them." The advisor spat it out in anger.
"Just say that you are afraid of Tai Lung." He yelled, "Cowards. COWARDS!! ALL OF YOU!!!"
The advisor, a bird species called cassowary was a giant bird who was extremely hot-headed even though he was at the later half of his life.
"Calm yourself advisor." The king said in a gentle voice. He was a beautiful golden pheasant with a calm and gentle demeanour.
The advisor bit his own tongue and resisted the urge to lash out even further. He wanted to kick the heads off of all these coward nobles who knew only how to give honey words to their king when times were good but would run away instantly when their life was threatened.
"Bue indeed, you are correct. We need to make our moves as quickly as possible, we can't wait for them to gather their forces again and attack us when they feel comfortable. In this situation, attacking is our greatest defence." He said, displaying his wisdom as king much to the advisor's relief. This was why he had served him all this time.
"But is that wise my lord?" One of the noble spoke up again, "Shouldn't we be aiming to ally with them or something? Can we even defeat them in a war?"
If Lord Shen and Tai Lung with barely a thousand-strong army and the resources of a city could take over Shu in a month, imagine what they would be able to do with all the remaining army of Shu and their new resources.
Could they win? They didn't think so.
The advisor was fuming, considering whether he should go against his king's wishes to teach those nobles how hard he could kick.
But the King raised his wings and he calmed himself down.
"Allying with them is not an option. They have made their intention clear when they declared war against the whole of China." The King said, "And I do not appreciate your attitude in my courtroom."
"You may leave." The King said in a tone of finality. "Guards."
The noble had a sour expression as he was guided out of the courtroom and the advisor huffed at the display, he was pleased.
"Sorry about that. Now, returning to the discussion..." The king drawls and addressed his subjects, "Although the odds might not look favourable to us, we have a good chance of winning this war if we play our cards right."
"Lord Shen is not the only one with an army killing Master as an ally." The King said and a gentle smiled appeared on his face.
"You don't mean..." One of the nobles guessed and gulped.
"Send a messenger to Mighty Eagle." The king said and the advisor let out a hearty laughter.
"B-But Master Eagle is in seclusion training to attain inner peace and he had specifically asked not to be disturb. Should we really force him like that? He also really gets sensitive when he feels his freedom is limited."
"The Kingdom he swore to protect is under threat. He will respect the wish of its king." The golden pheasant said and everyone nodded, arguing no further.
"But that's not all, I also have another plan..." the king said and his gentle smile slowly turned not so gentle.
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"What I am surprised about was seeing you here. The letter said you disappeared, it never mentioned about you dying."
'Yeah about that.." The monkey king scratched his cheek, "I found out that I couldn't survive the explosion of ten barrels of gunpowder."
"So you were killed by Shen and you died....because of a powder." Jin Dao deadpanned.
The Monkey King looked offended and was about to retort and give the old monke a piece of his mind but his words got stuck on his throat when a green blade with chains connected to it wrapped around Jin Dao.
"What?!"
*Whoosh*
Monkey King quickly dodged the incoming blades and moved away. His body was encased in yellow Chi as he immediealy turned around to look at the new guy that ambushed him.
An explosion of green light enveloped the entire realm, blinding the Monkey King before the looked at the Bull who was holding a jade pendant in his hand.
The pendant was carved in the shape of a Mandrill.
"Haaa, such a fine Chi." The bull commented as his eyes glowed eerie green. "I wonder who is sending me all of these masters from the other side. I have to make sure to thank them when I return." He said with a chuckle.
"Hmm." He hummed and looked at Monkey King, his eyebrow raised in interest.
"Especially you. You have an amazing amount of Chi and the quality is refined." The bull commented, "Maybe I will finally be able to best Oogway after taking your Chi."
The Monkey King did not know what was happening but he got ready to fight. The bull who was yet to be introduced spun his chains and threw his green blades at him.
A fight began, much to the Monkey King's horror who thought he would be able to slack at least in the afterlife. Alas, he was wrong.
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Kai was getting stronger. He was slowly but surely getting even stronger than his canon counterpart because even though he did not get Tai Lung's chi, many other Masters who did not die in canon were all dying.
With the upcoming wars that Tai Lung was about to wage, surely many more Kung Fu masters would be sent into the spirit realm.
It was only a matter of time until Kai became unstoppable.
Although Tai Lung was getting strong, his ultimate enemy was also doing the same.
Tai Lung had broken the first part of the prophecy, will he be able to break free from the second part?
Will his legacy truly die at the hands of Kai?
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The inevitable battle was drawing near.
One that would shake the heavens and shape the universe.
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