Quest for the Arcane Crown by Yajat Sharma (good inspirational books TXT) 📕

happened?” Sitting up straight, he looked around. “Where are we?”

He felt the chariot moving. The sun had gone down and they were returning, drained and slogged.

“I have important information to share,” the Scavenger said. “I have had discussions with the leaders of all the teams. While the armies continue to battle, we will journey to the Pyramid of Destiny. It is futile to wait for the Death Lord to come to the Moor. Sources say that the Death Lord plans to stay put at the Pyramid of Destiny and wait for us. We have to directly take on the Death Lord.”

“Shouldn’t we win at the Moor and then proceed to the Pyramid of Destiny as the winner?” Daniel asked.

“To form the Arcane Crown, we need to get the two pieces from the Death Lord,” the Scavenger said, pulling out the five pieces of the Arcane Crown. “If we don’t do this, this war will consume our people. The truth is bitter, but it is the truth after all. The Death Lord’s army is more in numbers and more powerful than our army. If we just continue to fight, our entire army will be massacred. Think like this – if we win over the Death Lord, the entire evil army automatically gets wiped out.”

“I think it makes sense. Let’s do this,” James said.

“So that means…” A feeling of dread washed over Matt.

“Yes,” the Scavenger said before Matt could finish. “Tomorrow, we have the showdown with the Death Lord.”

23

James and his friends woke up an hour before dawn. There was an eerie silence in the air. They got dressed in their armour and boarded the chariot. The Scavenger led them to the battlefield.

The war began as the day broke.

James was about to summon his Elemental Power, but the Scavenger stopped him.

“Save your energy. We need to get to the Pyramid of Destiny. There, you will need your Elemental Powers.”

The chariot plunged deep into the battlefield and towards the pyramid, cutting its way through the army. Soon they saw the outline of a giant pyramid with its top open like a crater.

“Matt, lift us there,” the Scavenger requested as they all got down from the chariot.

Matt nodded, and a gust of wind lifted them to the top of the pyramid.

The Scavenger turned towards the children.

“This is the time we have waited for. Let’s go!” Saying this, the Scavenger jumped.

The children followed and landed on the hard roof.

The Scavenger led the way through a passage inside the pyramid, till they finally reached a chamber. There was a circular booth in front of them that had seven sections on it. The seven pieces of the Crown had to be put on these seven sections to form the Crown of Magic. They began to move, but stopped as they heard a voice.

Stop.

They could have recognized the voice anywhere.

For long, you have escaped from me, fooled me, outrun me. I have only two pieces of the Crown; you have five. It’s my destiny that I will conquer the Earth, and nothing can stop me. The time has finally arrived.

Out of thin air appeared the Death Lord, a shadow covered in a cloak.

You will regret going against me! Once I have finished with you, I will enslave the entire Earth! The Death Lord roared as he held up the two pieces of the Crown, which had turned black now.

The Scavenger snarled, pulling out his Lightning Sword. “NEVER!”

The Scavenger and the children charged towards the Death Lord, but James just stood there and watched. His legs refused to move.

The Scavenger tried to put one of his pieces on the circular booth, but it repelled it. Arcane’s words echoed back into James’ ears.

‘You will know what to do when the time comes.’ And James immediately knew what to do.

Fighting the Death Lord directly was no option. He was just too powerful. Unless they formed the Arcane Crown, they could never overpower the Death Lord.

Shielding himself, the Death Lord walked towards the booth to put the two pieces, but they too were repelled. ‘Only someone who cannot be touched by greed.’ The words reverberated in James’s mind.

James went towards the Scavenger and held out his hand.

NO!!! The Death Lord roared. He ran towards the Scavenger.

James quickly took the five pieces from the Scavenger and ran to the circular booth.

The Death Lord approached him and threw him to the wall. A barrage of Elemental Powers rained down on the Death Lord as James’s friends protected him.

James hastily put the five pieces on the five sections of the circular booth. There was no repulsion this time, and the pieces sat in the sections correctly.

Holding the other two pieces, the Death Lord shouted:

FOOL! The Arcane Crown cannot be formed unless you take these from me!

The Scavenger and the children leapt at the Death Lord. James summoned the most powerful stream of water and threw him off balance.

A hot fireball shot out from Archer’s hand. Daniel invoked his powers to throw deadly and poisonous thorns at the Death Lord.

The Scavenger struck the Death Lord with lightning bolts. However, despite all the attacks, the Death Lord rose again each time.

You cannot defeat me. You cannot defeat pure evil.

The Death Lord kicked away the Scavenger and the children and approached the stand where the five pieces sat. He lowered his hands as he started to put the two pieces on the two empty spots.

“NO!” the Scavenger roared as he leapt at the Death Lord. The Death Lord just raised one hand and a rope wrapped itself around the Scavenger’s neck, throwing him to the wall and choking him. The Scavenger struggled with the rope, losing precious seconds.

Archer, Daniel and Matt found themselves surrounded by dark blobs that didn’t let them approach the Death Lord.

Finally! The Death Lord lowered the two pieces down.

This is it! He laughed.

Before he could put the pieces into the spots, a short figure slammed against him. The Death Lord staggered and fell down. When he rose,