"Come on brothers and sisters! We MUST keep moving!" yelled DarKDemoN as he and his clan passed along the rigid cliff of the legendary Underground Mountain. They had been travelling for days now, non-stop, hoping to outrun the Loian army that had been sent to intercept. They took on their journey to travel to the legendary portal the surface world, where they believed they could achieve freedom from the evil, enslaving Dan Lee.. DarKDemoN's clan had endured many casualties and sufferings with the Loians on their campaign to find the portal. The scouts had recently reported heavy defensive activities on the Underground Mountain, which allowed DarKDemoN to ingeniously figure out that that was where the portal must have been.
For the next 3 days, they traveled farther up the mountain, dodging and going around dangerous Loian patrols, until they found a large, stone cave leading into a new world inside. They entered a cliff high above a tiny Loian outpost, where they set up camp. That night, or as far as they could tell it was night, DarKDemoN and the other clan leaders met to discuss a raid on the outpost. The rest of the clansdemons were cautious not to allow any hints of their presence to the Loians below, as they prepared the soldiers' weapons and armor for battle. Several hours passed by until morning, when a single, large ray of light bounced its way through the various cave entrances into the world inside, lighting it up as bright as it would outside. The plan had been prepared and set; everyone was ready for the final battle that would determine whether their journey for freedom would be successful.
One squadron of archers and ballista operators remained on the cliff that hung above the outpost. Five more squadrons of DarKDemoN's soldiers approached the outpost from different sides of its front. When in position, they all waited for the signal to commence. Suddenly a loud call, sounding somewhat like a moose, emerged and rang throughout the entire world inside the mountain. Startled, the Loian soldiers quickly scrambled to their posts, but it was already too late for them. Huge, stone boulders, flaming arrows, and wooden missiles filled with explosive mana bombarded the little outpost, practically tearing it to shreds. All of the Loians archers positioned on the towers were either crushed, burned to death, or blown to pieces of rotting flesh. After much commotion, the Loians sent out the main army stationed in the outpost to crush the invaders trying barge their way in. When the Loians army finally showed itself outside and engaged DarKDemoN's first five squadrons, he blew a horn made from an enemy's skull and several more squadrons of soldiers that were being held in reserve burst out of the surrounding forests and hiding places to bash the enemy back twenty yards. Everywhere DarKDemoN looked, there was carnage and blood splatter. He moved swiftly through the deafening sounds of metal versus metal with his trusty battle axe, Lucifer, in hand. Lucifer, which was endowed with burning magic, sizzled and crackled as it cut through each challengers flesh.
Kwuang Gooey stepped out of his charred and burnt outpost to view the slaughter of his army outside. He was wearing his best armor and weapons which made him appear as an iron block to anyone who only took a glance at him. He strode through the battlefield, killing anyone in his way, even his own men.
"To destroy a clan, you must destroy it's leader..." he said to himself. *BANG!* Without knowing what hit him, Kwuang Gooey flew, head first, into the air three yards. As he regained concentration, he stood up to examine his assailant, DarKDemoN and the terrace next to him..
"Arrrrgggg!!! You shall pay for this insult to a Loian Officer!" Kwuang Gooey felt something burning slide painfully into his leg. As he looked down, he saw the horrific sight of an arrow and his leg being set on fire!
Grinning, DarKDemoN took this advantage and quickly thrust Lucifer's blade into Kwuang Gooey's stomach. The blade sizzled and burned through the body like a hot knife through butter, leaving a deep gash in his stomach. Dark, green blood choked out of his mouth as he looked at DarKDemoN for the last time. Lucifer swung vibrantly through the air knocking Kwuang Gooey off balance and off the nearby cliff. Everything had happened so quickly that only then did he realize that his days were over before everything went black.
As DarKDemoN looked around, his soldiers were just finished seeking and killing the last of the fleeing Loians. "This day is ours!!!" he screamed. Everyone cheered in response, and a portion of them left to gather the remaining clansdemons who were still at the encampment on the cliff. hours later, everyone was assembled in front of the remains of the outpost.
"Now! We search for the portal!"
They all set off and searched for hours before they found a gigantic boulder with strange symbols inscribed in it. DarKDemoN whispered to himself, "diku nomado gahk.....Pathway to the next world..." then he yelled "This is it! The key to our goal!" He held up Lucifer and uttered some ancient incantations...blinding bursts of fire roared out of the battle axe, engulfing the boulder and slowly melting it to ashes. After the smoke cleared, a swirling blue mass appeared, the portal.
No one noticed the sizzling arrow streaming towards them until it penetrated and killed one of their own. Everyone turned around in time to see several more arrows just like it lying towards them. The intercepting Loian army had finally reached them! They stood on the cliffs where DarKDemoN's clan had made their encampment.
"Quickly," yelled DarKDemoN, "Everyone get into the portal!"
Everyone took cover and gradually all of them made it into the portal. Last, was DarKDemoN...he looked back to see more of his clansdemons fallen on the ground and also more arrows heading towards him. Quickly, he reached into a leather pouch on his belt and took out a glittering, blood red stone. Just before jumping into the portal, he thrust the rock onto the ground where it began to glow a bright reddish color, then it exploded right after he had made his mistake. The Underground Mountain tumbled and roared as rocks and boulders fell from above to seal the portal shut for a few weeks until the Loians would be able to clear it. Cracks and crevasses formed engulfing the burned outpost and some of the Loian soldiers who had appeared above.
DarKDemoN flew out of the portal and crashed to the ground in front of his other surviving clansdemons. As he looked around, he saw birds and other animals living in a tranquil world. For once, he was glad that the fighting was over.
"Come! We have reached our goal! Freedom from Dan Lee! now we search for a new home..."
The group of odd looking travelers moved on towards the east, where they would eventually find their new home in the mountains... and become an important factor in the struggle against the Loian Forces...