Towards the Unbeatable

Act 20: Under Control

The reason behind Tarnatos being alone in the palace room is not known with certainty, even the members of the council went missing somewhere including Erei, Chart, and Zelo who is his own right hand.

King Tarnatus with a flat face was a little cruel to see Korthos who was about to attack him, but he did not move a bit from his singasan.

Korthos' sword attack can be stopped using only two fingers of his right hand and the sword is broken. Korthos was shocked to see Tarnatos' great power.

"Haihihah... Body.this...Power.ini"

"AMAZINGOAAA!!!!" He shouted a sign of satisfaction

Korthos felt that there was something strange about this Tarnatos, not usually he shouted like that because his nature was calm and wise.

It didn't take long for the wind shaped like a bullet to graze on Korthos' cheek even to the point of making a hole in the royal wall make his cheek bleed.

"Ukhs"

"Hihi. This is fun! I can do anything with this body!"

"?!"

Tarnatos began his attack, a black magic ball shot out of his finger right at Korthos face but at the same time it could be repelled using the magic sword Thart which turned out right at the right time precariousness.

"Tu...mr Thart?"

"Korthos..."

"Is he really our king?" Ask

Danny sees an old man with immense strength imbued with a sickening aura of darkness, red eyes blazing, his tears implying a sign of deep hatred especially when he sees Danny.

"Danny what do you think?"

"He's not himself.."

"?!"

"You mean someone possessed the king?!" Ask Korthos

"Yes, I felt a great aura of darkness from him, as if another person had taken the body of King Tarnatos"

Thart agrees with Danny's opinion because from any perspective his appearance does not indicate he is a healthy human being.

"You!!!" Tarnatus turned to Danny

"Well?!"

"Your sacred energy makes me nauseous!"

"..."

"Mr Thart better take this knight away from here"

"?!"

"hey-hey! you doubt my abilities?" Korthos Protest

"Quick! we don't have much time!"

Thart obeyed what Danny said, taking Korthos out of the royal room and away. They were caught by knights on patrol but they managed to paralyze them. They finally got out of the palace.

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Now there are only two people who are really there, not including the knights who have been killed or paralyzed. The atmosphere was so tense, there was no fresh breeze for both sides to begin their attacks.

"...."

"...."

"Hihi are you going to stay there?"

"Then let me destroy you.hihi"

"Sorry before, can you get out of Mr Tarnatos' body?"

"Where could I possibly waste such a great body!" His eyes bulged along with his wide smile that seemed exaggerated

"I know"

Tarnatus began to speak

"I felt your energy when you destroyed my base!"

"?"

Danny was confused by his words

"Dissolve, headquarters?"

"I don't know what you're talking about.."

"Boaster! how could I have forgotten what you did!"

The eyes of Tarnatus from time to time implying an overwhelming hatred his veins began to spring up.

"You! which caused me to be punished by my king!"

"You have to pay for what you did!"

"Who is this king of yours?"

"Of course King Archifer!"

The person inside Tarnatos was writhing and felt excruciating pain.

"He-hey!"

"You why?!"

Tarnatos began to shout loudly he felt the heat all over his body.

"OAHHHHH!!!"

"AAARRGHJHH"

Holding his head he endured the extreme pain

"To-please stop...."

"I-I..just found...a nice body...."

"To-Please.I..."

"CHR!!!"

"A...What happened?!"

Now that Danny can see the changes in the face of Tarnatos, now his eyes have returned to their original color of blue and the tense veins that appear around his face are slowly disappearing.

"Tu...Tarnatos" Danny approached him

""Are you okay?"

"I-I seem to have had nightmares long enough.."

"Nightmare?" Danny was curious

"Yes, I've long been bound by this dark energy, until at its peak I completely lost consciousness.."

"I was imprisoned in my subconscious, and in my subconscious he also mentioned his name"

"Name?"

"The name of someone who possessed me.."

"Who's Master?"

"Victoria..."

The king continued his story.

"He has long controlled my mind, and even my decisions are governed by him"

"So..."

"You didn't order your knights to leave Dawn Forest?"

"WHAT?!" Tarnatos was shocked by Danny's statement just now

"That's what happened, my lord, you sent as many as a thousand knights to carry out the mission you commanded.."

"A...What happened to them?!"

"They're all.dead.."

Tarnatos was wide-eyed to hear Danny's story, a look of sadness beginning to be on his face.

"And also you dismissed three knight commanders one of them, Mr. Thart.."

Tarnatos who could do absolutely nothing because of the influence of magic from Victoria that affected his mind so strongly, even the knights closest to him did not escape this arbitrary treatment.

"And also out there the rebel army is fighting with the royal knights..."

"Rebellion?!"

"They are the knights who oppose your unjust deeds to the royal knights"

"They're trying to overthrow your leadership, because your actions are clearly wrong in their eyes"

"..." - ".Tarnatus was only silent to hear Danny's explanation, he did not think that his power was used to destroy this country.

Tarnatos felt very guilty at this moment, and Danny could see the deep remorse of Tarnatos

"Sir...."

"Pacify yourself, sir..." Danny tried to make it better by hugging her

Thart finally returned to the royal palace room after he escorted Korthos, he found two people hugging.

"..."

Tarnatus who noticed Thart's presence rushed up to him.

"Tharts...."

"Tarnatus..."

"You are my closest Knight, and I have done a lot of bad things to this royal knight..."

"I deserve to die in your hands... When I die you're the one who continues this kingdom..."

Thart shook his head

"No Tarnatos, I also admit that I hate your treatment of me and the other knights.."

"But I realized, there's no way my closest people could have done that.."

"I remember it when I had long planned this rebellion"

"Then my thoughts and goals changed by one hundred and eighty degrees because of my best friend who had died in the Dawn Forest, his words awakened me.."

"It's all my fault...." Tarnatos said sadly

"Even I don't deserve to be called a king anymore..."

"No.no. you're just not being who you are." Thart said.

"?" Tarnatos does not understand.

"I'm sure there's someone or something that affects your actions, right?"

Danny nodded, then Thart spoke again

"That means it's not all your fault, I'm sorry for the mess that should have been a happy celebration today.."

They made peace with each other, now that the problems that have haunted them lately have been solved, the society is still secured by the knights and also the rebels whose actions have been stopped by Korthos, who is still being held captive, in this chaos took a great loss of life and material losses, After the calm situation their King Tarnatos explained the situation and what had happened, The people who heard it could not accept the people who supported the Rebels and also the Kingdom, but to prevent further feuds Danny provides a direction where the community can be calm and able to accept and forget this bad incident.

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In the next few days the public began to accept the fact, Forhan and Cecilia did not expect Danny to be involved in such a big problem but they are grateful that Danny can be reunited again.

The Eastern Kingdom continues to strive for the repair of the building again and alert the guards so that there will be no further commotion among the community

The royal party realized that the right hand of the kingdom was lost somewhere. The only clue Tarnatos got was that they were being held hostage somewhere by this Victoria.

The Kingdom sends Danny and his friends to find the missing royal council.

While Thart, Cleus, and Ther were appointed to the new council of the eastern kingdom under Tarnatos, he sought to restore the confidence of the knights and their people so that the same situation would not be repeated.

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Danny's new journey is about to begin, no one knows what's ahead of him and there's no guarantee their trip will be easy, but as long as there's still day and night, rain and heat, failure and victory do not rule out the possibility of them experiencing one of these things

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