I AM YOUR MATRIARCH AND YOU WILL RESPECT ME.

Halwright: Forbidden Forest.

"There is nothing there, if that's what you're looking for." Carter called out as iron wings kept him in the air,  his perfect white hair blew freely in the wind, his beauty was captivating, after all, only Ben could rival that beauty, he was a sight to behold. The wendigo he had addressed turned back to look at him with a sneer, he wasn't expecting to be caught much less by the Bone Ripper.

"Unlike my fellow outcasts I see, I'm not getting the pleasure of holding back." Carter announced as a massive explosion of red occurred, where he was floating now stood an eight foot beast, it's body was covered in the metallic bones which shined in the sun and black wings behind his back were larger, the wendigo scoffed. "Only your first form, such an insult." The boy sneered as his eyes turned an eerie black and in his place suddenly there was a skull creature.

"I will kill you and show the other rulers just how weak you are, you could never be the matriarch of our race, you don't deserve that honor." The beast growled as he stood in attack stance with his claws sharper and longer, Carter said nothing for this battle was the deciding factor, he wasn't weak, and he would show them all, overheard a black dragon roared loudly the wendigo knew it was Lucian readying himself for his own fight.

"May the crown of bones have mercy." Carter mumbled as he vanished and appeared in front of the beast, his huge fist punched right through the wendigo who was still shocked but shook it off and flipped back just in time to block a kick to his leg, he knew Carter wasn't going to show mercy, he had, after all, disrespected him. "I am Tyrone Vox, I won't ruin my family honor by losing to you." The wendigo announced as he made several bone creatures appear from the ground, they attacked with a ferocity Carter commanded them for but it was weak.

The matriarch flew above the creature and opened his metallic wings fully. "Taste my fury: Varmint summoning." Carter mumbled as hounds made of unbreakable bone burst from the ground and met the creatures in an explosive battle, but Carter wasn't done, as his wings were opened sparks began to flicker from them and little by little feathers made of metal began to peel off the wings. "Reign of Ire." He mumbled as he directed the wings to Tyrone who was ready for the attack by creating a shield and a counter attack.

Carter released his attack which was met by Tyrone's own, the two powerful attacks exploded with fury killing creatures of both sides, Carter didn't waste time, he dove down at an incredible speed charging mana in his wings, once he got in front of the beast that was Tyrone a flash of light came from Carter's wings and blinded Tyrone, the beast groaned but had no time to feel pain, a fist connected with his jaw, another then panother, they all rained down on him as if he couldn't dodge them but in reality, he couldn't even sense Carter attacking him and that wasn't because he was blind.

Tyrone decided to do something reckless to escape the torture he was undergoing. "Poisoned Marrow." He uttered and bone from his beasts body shot up from within and impaled Carter's arm, the poison in the attack worked instantly, he recovered to see Carter paralyzed and on one knee, so he tackled him to the ground where he began his barrage of counter attacks on the beast.

He broke both metallic wings, his leg was torn as well and the poison was turning Carter's arm purple, once it reached his heart he knew it would completely be over for the wendigo, he hit Carter with his fist again but what shocked him was the smile on his face. "Is that the best you can do?" The wendigo beneath Tyrone choked out as he coughed out blood, it was a pitiful sight to see, the eight foot was now nothing under him yet he was still cocky, a red ball of energy appeared around Carter, it enveloped him completely and burst.

Tyrone was lucky not to get caught in the blast but his shock was more evident when he saw the eight foot beast in the sky perfectly fine with three more versions of himself behind him. "The neo beast of strength taught me that, perfect fighting form don't you think, Drac would be proud." Carter called out with a smirk on his beastly face. Tyrone growled loudly more rather roared in his anger, how could he deceived so easily, and also he had taken damage whilst Carter was perfectly fine, in the long run he knew he couldn't win against him the wendigo had more mana than he dreamed possible.

"You're supposed to be weak, how are you strong, your brother was the one who killed your father not you, but yet you see—." Tyrone mumbled as he looked at Carter. "Let me tell you a secret, he was the one who killed him, yes, but because I laid our father out for him, he was fit to be the patriarch and now he is." One of the Carters replied him, Carter knew with his brother on the throne there wouldn't be pressure for him to rule, and he was perfectly okay with that.

The creatures battled and roared as one side finally won, Carter's hounds were victorious and stood to attack Tyrone on Carter's order. "You see Tyrone, power isn't just in your family name." Carter added as he appeared behind Tyrone and punched a hole through his stomach.

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"Sister." Lucian called out to the girl who stood in front of him, she was as beautiful as ever, her long black hair coming down to knee length, her smile always radiated a fake kindness, the dragon had no kindness at all, just like their father. "Hello older brother, I hear you tried to kill my—I mean our poor father just because he tried to put you on the throne." She replied with a sadistic smile, it perfectly suit her now.

"What about it, it doesn't concern you." Lucian replied the little sister he had always loved, Kat was his world but after their father twisted her, she became a memory. "It does matter, I am the future queen of the dragons." She stated with a glint in her eye, Lucian knew she was baiting him, the thing was, to her, he was the throne addicted brother but time had passed since then, he was addicted to the love of a siren.

Lucian opened his mouth and roared toward his sister, it broke the ground itself, upturned rocks, and uprooted the trees, the other thing she didn't know was, when you're mated to the matriarch of the sirens and have lived in the world of the neo beasts you learn skills you never thought were possible, he flipped into the air and shifted just then, all seven elements rotated around him, his black scales now had a purple gleam to them, and he loved it.

Kat roared as well as she shifted and attacked the dragon that was now bigger than her, this wasn't the Luci she knew, why didn't she know about how he was stronger, she now realized how ignorance had led her to a fight that she was immensely unprepared for, she flew directly toward Lucian and breathed out fire toward him but it merely was a bath of warm flames for him.

This was definitely bad for Katrina, she flew upward and dove straight down aiming for Lucian's wing but the instant she was to graze the wing Lucian was no longer there he had been replaced by four fireballs that converged on her and exploded making her screech in agony, she shook off the explosion and flew upward gaining distance to recover, Lucian was on the other side of the battlefield watching her try gain distance from him.

Katrina knew she needed to inflict pain on Lucian, she had to win, she couldn't lose not to the Mad dragon, she channeled her electricity and shot it at the dragon but a purple shield appeared around him and absorbed it which shocked her, what exactly was he, had he ascended beyond his normal power, she had no time to ponder on anything because a beam of pure blue energy was shot at her,  it froze her right wing when she tried to dodge it.

Lucian roared toward her as she tried to maintain altitude but she was hopelessly failing and Lucian took advantage of her weakened state and went in for the strike, he flew at half his fastest speed but it was enough, just as Kat tried to dodge, lightning formed at the black dragon's mouths, it sliced through the frozen wing like a knife through butter which left Kat screeching in pain at her cut off wing, she hurtled to the ground and the crash raised so much debris into the air that Lucian had to fly higher to avoid it.

When it cleared Kat was on the ground watching him from there, he dove down right then and tackled her into the trees, they rolled on the ground as red and black tried to claw and rip each other's flesh off, Lucian pinned his sister's dragon form down, he bit down on her wing while she snapped her teeth at him but never successfully bit down, the black dragon tore off a large part of the dragon instantly and in the red's fury she bit down on her brother's throat and tore out a large part of it, using her hind legs she tossed the dragon away.

The two dragons staggered to their feet each one had considerable damage on them, Lucian closed his eyes and focused, and in an instant black flames with hues of purple burst from his body, they covered it whole obscuring Kat from seeing anything that was happening, when the flame finally went out she had already placed a red barrier around herself but her shock was still evident when Lucian appeared perfectly unharmed.

Lucian roared toward his sister and just then fire poured out of his mouth in a spiral that crashed onto the red barrier, Kat wasn't impressed with the attack fire was her specialty and she was feeding her own, but then something went wrong, her shield was cracking not absorbing, and that's when the flames stopped, Lucian raised his front leg and stomped into the ground, creatures made of earth appeared, she knew he would pull this card from his arsenal but she was ready, she stomped her own for and giants made of water appeared from the ground, these weren't ordinary because once they were fully formed they turned into crystal giants.

She knew this would be a show of strength and even without her wings, she would show him, she too was worthy of the crown of fire, both dragons roared as their giants charged toward the other.

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Carter was standing but barely, his breathing was heavy and his body didn't feel like his own, Tyrone stood perfectly still, he seemed fine but he too had his injuries. "You're all talk, look at you." The wendigo called out in his second form but Carter was still in his first form, and that amused him very much. "Look whose talking, you resorted to your last defense but I'm still in my first form." Carter defended as he straightened out, gradually the beast form vanished but what shocked Tyrone was the amount of power Carter was now exuding.

He held out his hand to injure Carter but it didn't happen, he had used the Vox secret technique to inflict pain on the body by tapping into their nervous system but now it seemed that it wasn't working. "Try again." Carter called out as the red mist blew away from his body to reveal the wendigo in his normal beautiful form except something was different and before he could ask Carter beat him to it. "It's not my second form don't ask, what this is, is my first form only that I've put all the power into this body, and you know the best part about it." The wendigo explained and in one swift motion he appeared in front of Tyrone and hit all 84 mana points in his body.

"It increases my strength to however much I want." He finished as he kicked Tyrone toward the trees that broke in half, when the wendigo landed on the ground he stood up to defend himself but with his mana stream blocked he was at a heavy disadvantage, Carter held out his hand, and Tyrone was pulled toward him right then. "The Vox technique is impressive but I'm different and my power is different." Carter added as he rose from the ground and a creature much like his beast form appeared, it hurled it's first at Tyrone and punched him into the ground itself, the wendigo knew he only had one option and that was his final move.

So Tyrone channeled his remaining mana into a blue sphere, it was hard to do so as he was being hit with iron fists more and more, along with his consciousness slipping. "Vox Secret Technique: Death Of Flesh." He whispered and the blue sphere grew bigger and bigger until it covered the space he was being crushed in. "Avoid this bitch." The wendigo mumbled as he thrust out the ball and it hurtled toward Carter in full force, the wendigo smirked looking at the powerful ball hurtling toward him, an iron disk with a circular hole in the middle and six spikes on the outside appeared.

"Shield Of Mettalic Bone." Carter called out and the blue sphere which was supposed to destroy everything was shattered before it even reached its target, Tyrone was speechless as his final attack moved into the opening on the shield like water, the wendigo who had stopped his attack floated down to where Tyrone was. "I am not a bitch, I am your matriarch and you will respect me." Carter spoke in a loving tone Tyrone was shaken to his core by the absolute power and dominance Carter forced on him. "Now die." The matriarch added and released the power he had taken from Tyrone tenfold, the wendigo screamed in agony until he was numb and couldn't fight.

The wendigo vanished leaving Carter alone victorious.

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The crystal giants had won and now they were banging on Lucian's shield, the dragon did not seem to be fazed at all by this as if he expected everything that was happening to happen, Kat had grown impatient and lunged for Lucian but she didn't get close, tornadoes began to rage all around the dragon she hated how much more power Lucian had over the elements, he could do just about anything, she looked around trying to find a way to attack so she released lightning toward him but the lightning seemed to bend with the tornado and was thrust around to hit her, she dodged but it still shocked her.

How much power did Lucian obtain, she roared and her giants began to fight harder to break the purple barrier around the dragon but it was hopeless. Lucian had gathered enough mana for what he was attempting to do, he cut his own dragon palm with a sharpened claw and placed it on the ground, purple symbols inscribed themselves on the ground and began to rotate in a clockwise motion, he roared loudly and it was as if his throat was amplified by the song of a siren, the crystal giants were thrown away and his sister was much farther away from him, he roared again just as the ground began to break and lava seeped from the cracks, he had never attempted to do this before maybe hanging around with witches was a bad idea after all.

From the ground covered in lava giants began to crawl out, they were just how he wanted, he didn't regret hanging out with witches now, the giants were not made of earth or wood, they were iron itself and they radiated power, Lucian was now breathless after creating this new form of his giants, he had done what Ben would do when faced with an enemy that needed to be killed so he created his metallic army through his blood and his elements.

The giants looked to their maker who was now standing strong as his mana recharged fully. "Give them hell." He ordered the giants and in the blink of an eye, the metal beasts were attacking with a ferocity that seemed to shock Kat. She shouldn't be surprised but she was, she had underestimated Lucian, and now she knew she could never win against the dragon who was to be king, so she channeled the last of her reserve into a final attack, her last crystal giant was crushed with ease like never before and it made her scoff, only he could make a weapon stronger than hers.

As her final attack gathered by her mouth, she accumulated the last of her power into a barrier, hopefully it could withstand the backslash of the explosion, she looked at Lucian who didn't seem worried at all about the impending attack, one would say he was relaxed about it all. When the attack was ready she finally held onto one memory of her brother, he was always so caring, why did he stop, then she released the attack in one single beam of chaotic red hot energy, it went straight for Lucian but when it was supposed to hit him, it hit nothing, then the explosion happened, it shook the very ground and consumed everything with its fiery devastating flames.

When the explosion passed and the metal giants were still standing Kat knew everything was wrong, she didn't hit Luci, there was an illusion where he was supposed to be, Kat looked above her at the majestic and massive dragon that flapped its wings ever so gently as if they only needed to be opened to keep him airborne, he was beautiful indeed, she looked at the black sphere that was hurtling toward her like a meteor and closed her eyes, defeat never felt good but she now knew, he was worthy as well, black flames engulfed Katrina, she didn't scream, she wailed and as her dragon was burnt into nothing her body was left to be bombarded by one hit of purple almost black lightning.

"All hail the king." She uttered just as the lightning hit and she vanished, Lucian had won, he roared in victory and his metallic giants roared with him, all of Halwright roared with him and in the sky, a certain iron winged wendigo roared with him, they had won three quarters of the war, the world would know that Halwright was not to be messed with.

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LMJ