Hikari: Rise Of The Weapons Master

It turned out that Snowie could very well hide all of them by a digging a tunnel and diving inside it.

The moment Hayden and Zack went down the tunnel, the land returned back to its original form with snow covering the entire place.

Their vision was completely black due to no light source being present inside the tunnel. Zack didn't use his blue flames to ignite the place since they were under a huge chunk of snow meaning that they might as well be buried under it soon.

[ Not gonna lie, I was expecting some kind of snow hiding ability. ] Hayden said as he and Zack were currently following Snowie.

The ice dragon had somehow managed to shrink her form down to the size of an elephant and was digging at the speed of a mole.

Snowie was well aware that by doing that, she was leaving her back open to the two people. The trust between her and two humans wouldn't just build up in a single day.

[ Don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed. Anyways, what are we going ti do once we get there? ]

[ Kill the competitor? ]

[ And end up making another kingdom without a person controlling the underworld? Nice idea Hayden. ]

[ Don't worry, I have it all planned. I got to know a few people when I was being controlled so no worries. ]

Zack could only roll his eyes while wondering whether he could manage to obtain any information on what was happening in another kingdom.

After a few hours of following Snowie, the duo finally stopped walking as the ice dragon broke through the ceiling and flew off onto the land.

Zack and Hayden exchanged a glance before peeking outside.

A blue palace stood directly in front of them with a guard placed every few meters however, none of them noticed the huge dragon flying high in the sky or the two humans peeking out of a huge hole in the ground.

[ All of them are under an illusion but I can only maintain it for a few minutes so you have to get out of there in that time. ] Snowie explained as she landed on the ground and closed her eyes.

Her body slowly started shrinking in size before she turned the size of a hummingbird. Zack and Hayden looked as though they had already seen enough surprising things.

"So what is next?" Zack asked while taking out the subform of Chastiefol and using it to travel out.

They zoomed inside the palace before dropping into a random balcony and setting down.

Snowie then felt the guards slipping out of her illusion as the three of them entered the palace through the balcony.

The inside of the palace was completely themed white and blue. The map that Ken had given Zack had also expanded to tell the interior of the palace which made him wonder whether he had an inside man.

This made him wonder if Ken too had an inside man which would ultimately mean that there was a spy in Hayden's territory.

[ Have you binded all of your men with an oath? ] Zack sent a message to Ken while traveling through the halls.

He was able to sense and hear when someone was about to arrive and would hide in another place. Zack was sure that after a few more times of doing it, he would be able to get another skill.

[ I have all of my men under an oath of existence and by all of my men, I meant every single one of them including the one in the palace you might be in. ]

[ Good job. ] Zack then lowered his guard by a bit as the three of them continued their travel.

'We just have to find the throne room…'

***

While Zack, Hayden and Snowie were trying to find the ruler, Emma, Lisa and the two eagles had already cleared the north and east bored of the kingdom.

Jonathan and Pearl had cleared the other side together and alongside the city guards, they had been able to control the horde of people inside the city.

Since Hayden had locked the underworld and put it back into order, Jonathan was able to save his hometown.

The king wondered what would have happened if Zack and Emma hadn't been brought to him by the woman at the registration building.

'I should probably give her a huge raise and a peaceful life after all of this is over.' Jonathan thought before he turned to look at Pearl.

"Let's go back to the palace and patch up. We will talk to the people then."

***

Back at the palace, Zack had finally managed to find the throne room and the court was in session.

He wondered about gatecrashing inside but then decided to cut the idea off as he had no idea how strong his opponents were.

[ Should we wait and assassinate him later on? ] Hayden asked as Zack shook his head.

[ That might have worked if not for the tight security. Also, he doesn't need sleep anyways or at least not for a long time. ] Zack replied before an idea suddenly appeared inside his mind.

It was about gatecrashing into the court yet by a prepared thing.

[ Snowie, can you… ] Zack relied on the plan to the ice dragon who gave a rare nod of appreciation.

[ That can certainly be done however Hayden will have to be the bait. I will settle down in an corner which should extend the time to ten minutes. ]

After finalizing the plan, Zack suddenly pulled the gates apart and ran inside. He caught a good look of the throne room following the same idea before he reached the throne at the end.

The man sitting on it had no idea that Zack was standing in front of him since the latter was under an illusion.

However, Hayden suddenly stopped Zack when he was about to go in for the kill.

"Zack, that person is not the ruler I met and neither is anyone here the old members of the court…" Hayden spoke in an emotionless voice as he too walked inside with Snowie flying beside him.

"Oh come on," Zack groaned as he slapped the person sitting on the throne before looking at Hayden. "You telling me that we did all that for nothing?"

"Oh you didn't do that for nothing." A voice echoed around the room as the throne room faded away instead to be replaced with a new one.

An execution room.