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Warriors Journey•Rise of the Demon part 9
chapter 9-The man that would summon Death

" Whe-where are they?" Ben asked as he frantically searched for the two Chaos Claws he carried at the bottom on his katana. " How could you misplace two massive claws?" Kenshi asked sarcastically. " I don't know. They were at the end of my katana and it would be impossible for them to just fall off?"

Ben grabbed the rope that held the Claws on his sword. It was a perfect slice. Someone cut them off with a blade. Arashi and Kenshi stood over Ben who knelt on the dirt floor.

" Clean-cut", Arashi examined.

" They didn't fall off", Kenshi explained.

Ben turned to face the others." Who would want two Chaos Claws?"

" Someone who understands their importance ", Kenshi answered.

For an hour Ben had sat in the dirt patch, thinking. Thinking he wasn't capable of serving Queen Lammè. Thinking about who stole the Claws and why. He was very ill-informed and it frustrated him to the point of exhaustion.

" We gotta keep moving Ben", Arashi said trying to comfort his friend.

Big Blue sat up from next to Ben and stretched.

" Ya. Let's go". Ben didn't know what he was doing or why he was doing it. He went off instinct. He didn't have outside help or influence. He just had to go off the little information he had: "Place each claw at the end of your sword to gain the powers of The Choas Claws. Journey to find all three and you will grow to your full power".

The words Queen Lammè spoke was the only information he had to lead him on his new journey.

" Queen Lammè said to get all three Claws and place them at the end of my sword. That's what she said, that's what I'm going to do". Ben's confidence returned as he leads a march to new lands. Although he didn't know where he was going, he did have a faint understanding of the Chaos Claws. He had the slightest pull to the Claws, like a bird towards the south.

Just about three hours of walking past before Ben felt the pull again. It led him to a cave at the base of a Butte. The cave outlooking an empty beach.

"It's here", Ben said faintly. " All three of them".

Kenshi unsheathed his Katana and Arashi pulled out his axe.

" We don't know what, or who took the Claws. High alert ". Kenshi said leading the trio into the Blackened cave. The spirit dragons had no regard for stealth since they just waltzed into the cave. As they got deeper into the cave a single torch hung from the wall. Below...