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After a long wandering Albertus found the castle that his Master has told him of. It was bigger than he thought, and it's shining bottered him. He looked at the guards, they seemed though, maybe he could find the true power there. He looked again at the great wood gates guarding the entrance and opened them. His dragon companions seemed curious about the big room they entered. A guard came to him and asked:" Have you came here to join our army?" Albertus almost laughted at the human, but only a smile crossed his face. He wasn't interested in such problems. His masters told him that there would be dragons, and that was his objective. He needed their knowledge, he needed their magic, and above everything, he needed to become one of them.
Without answering to the guard he sat at the stairs leading to the main room. He expanded his dark aura, the dragons would sense it, and they would know that he came from the underworld. And there he waited, his little dragons at his feet and shoulders.

Albertus saw the stranger aproaching in an offensive position. That could be interesting. Who was him and where was Asurath, that's what the bold stranger asked. Funny, so there where dragons there, and they could feel his dark aura. His eyes where burning red, looking for a fight. It could be funny. Albertus said: " Call me Shadow, and i do not care for Asurath, that old idiot from the Underworld, but it seems to me that you want a fight, and i could give you that if you desire." He puts his hands on his swords in his hips and awaits with a smile for the answer.

Volteck glared at Shadow " so you want a fight, fine but, not in here or near any innocents. I shall wait for you in the plains where noone shall get hurt". He leaves the palace and heads towards the plains with his younger dragon on his shoulder. When he gets to the plain away from civilization he sits in meditation it wait for his opponent.

Cirok looked at Eva this wasnt the first time he saw this " Eva if you didnt deserve my kindness i would not have protected you all these years." He looked into the distance " remember when we first met , the promise i had made to you and your children if you decide to have any." he asked her in a calming soothing voice " No matter what happens i shall always protect you." He then closed his eyes " This may sound crazy coming from me but...." he took a couple deep breathes. " I love you Mistress Eva. I been feeling this way towards for a long while but didn't know how to tell you with feeling embarrassed." He then looks at her again " It is like my father told me while i was young ' If there is an obstacle in you way only way to move forward is to tackle it head on' and now i wish he was with me" He started to cry

Zorin sighed slightly as he watched Volteck leave. He then stood up and looked around then to the mysterious visitor. "I sure hope you are going after him. I'd hate to see him sit out there all day." he stated before heading out himself. "And with all this war you never get to see a good one on one fight anymore" he stated streatching closing the door behind him before the man could reply.

"Good enough" thinks Albertus, no innocent should be involved in this. He heard someone saying that he should go after the stranger, then closing a door. He followed the way the stranger went and found him siting on a stone. For a moment he felt excited about that fight. Fighting a dragon would be interesting to test his powers. He drew his swords from their sheats and said to the stranger: "Let's dance". His dragons ran to the castle at his order, and a deep darkness appeared at his command, his personal sign, and it covered all the plain. The Shadow was going to fight again. His purple eyes shone in the dark mist before disapearing into it.

"Not a dragon?" that is not as interesting as before. But still, he sensed some strenght in his opponent. "A samurai always fights in the same condition as his enemy" Albertus said before putting his swords back in their sheats. "And i do not need it anymore", and then he dismissed the dark mist that surrounded the plain. Let's see how he reacts to this, Albertus tought. He closed his eyes, concentrated and felt the magic sorrounding all the world, then pointed his right hand at his opponent and conjured in his mind a fireball, in less than a second. "You better do not underestimate ME" , then threw the fireball at his opponent.

"Quick!" Albertus thought. So he is a fighter... His opponent came closer and stroke him. Let's see his strength, and then Albertus took the punch and flew to the rocks, crushing them. He got up excited, cleaned his clothes, took his battle stance and surrounded his fists with fire. He could sense his cursed blood running in his veins, it cried for blood!, but he was still in control, that was a battle that he wanted to fight as "almost" a human. He jumped over his opponent to his back and kicked him.

Dragon claws! He knew it! But what was it? A Half-blood? A Half-Dragon? That should be it. A rare thing nowadays. The bold fighter was daring him to attack, so he would have it. Albertus felt the magic once more and surrounded his whole body with dark and red flames. "Let's see your full power then" Albertus said before striking his opponent in his face with his knee. The cursed blood was running stronger, it screamed: LET ME OUT, YOU WANT MY POWER. But not yet, Albertus's will to keep himself human was still strong.