(Warming: There will be some gore in this chapter)

Four minutes earlier

Coral's POV

Coral was interested with whatever Victory Strike said. She loved how he explained his idea for a group of dragons that defend the land from enemies that The Grim knew of and those that are not foresaw, he also had ideas for a reserve/ food storage area for times of drought and times of scarcity, medicine, defence, education, technology and his ideas for a proper peace between the tribes. Coral also loved how he explains in great detail and defends his ideas. Coral also loved his charismatic personality, his handsome & charming face and beautiful eyes. Coral was absolutely speechless and infatuated with Victory Strike. She was so speechless that she didn't hear what Victory Strike was saying.

"Uh, hello Queen Coral are you awake or sleeping,"Victory Strike asked while waving his talon in front of Coral's snout. Coral softly moaned as she watched Victory Strike's talon glisten in the light of the torch, but she quickly shook herself out of her love-bound trance.

"Sorry, King Victory Strike, I was just distracted," Coral apologised before focusing on what Victory Strike was talking about.

"Now, we all know that Jade academy is the place where all the tribes can meet and learn together, so I thought that maybe, some Grim dragonets can come to Jade Academy. However, there are some things that I want to change about the school, like the teaching method and subjects. Maybe, we can involve some technical studies, which I can help to supply," Victory Strike said, " However, I don't really trust how the school is being currently run."

"Well, I agree with that statement, full-heartedly," Glory said, " I know all about the Jade Winglet and The Darkstalker issue."

"Darkstalker Issue," Victory Strike suddenly exploded, " He was not an issue but a showcase as to the nature of the Icewing-Nightwing war and the fact that he nearly started it again made me furious, so do you know what I am doing right now."

Nobody responded.

"I am going to bring you Darkstalker as he is after he was betrayed by his 'friends' and mother and show you all how Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, Qibli, Turtle and Foeslayer got rid of the menace," Victory Strike said to dragons in front of him.

"Moonwatcher and Kinkajou," Glory said in surprise, red and green enveloping her scales.

"Qibli," Thorn said not that surprised with the answer.

"Turtle," Coral exploded. Her son was responsible for taking care of The Darkstalker. It wasn't a surprise, after all he had dealt with Darkstalker's Phantom creature.

"Well, it was mainly Kinkajou," Victory Strike said, " and if I remember correctly, then Darkstalker was transformed into a Rainwing-Nightwing hydrid that goes by the name; Peacemaker."

"How did you get all of this knowledge," Glory asked Victory Strike.

"Simple, I got hundreds of spies all over the continents," Victory Strike said bluntly, " They are everywhere, the Sea Kingdom, the Sand kingdom, The two old homes of the nightwings, the Rain Kingdom, The mud Kingdom and the Sky Kingdom. However, the Ice Kingdom has far more malicious dragons that watch over the it," Victory Strike said causally with great glee.

"Why are you telling us this," Glory asked with suspicion in her voice.

"Well, it's simple, anyone who touches one of my dragons without my permission and I GET TO RIP OFF THEIR HEADS," Victory Strike said with venom and murder in his voice.

"Okay," Glory said softly.

"Victory Strike, your temper," Secret-Ripper quietly whispered to Victory Strike. Victory Strike gave him a look and smiled slightly. Coral felt a pang of jealousy and was enraged with Secret-Ripper. How dare he get that charming dragon's attention.

"And if you think that is an empty threat, then I will show you," Victory Strike said cooly, " BRING IN VOLCANIC!"

After a few seconds, the turning and creaking of a cart was heard and a strange-looking cart that was being pushed in by several Cavern Guards and an Amber-Caster. The weirdest part was the fact that a bunch of scavengers were 'manning' the chains that held a World-Ender that was coated in amber and had a blue aura seeping out if her scales. A scavenger in a sapphire coat seemed to be collecting the blue aura. The scavenger were also dressed in what looked like dragon scales and furs. Many of them had weird weapons that Coral had never heard or read about.

The cart was brought in front of Victory Strike. Victory Strike grinned maliciously and opened his small pouch. Suddenly, he draw a massive scavenger claw that has about his size and had rows of teeth and sharp spikes. When Victory Strike pressed the hilt, the tiny blades began to rotate and whirl around the scavenger claw at a speed so fast that it was a blur of movement.

Victory Strike got down from the jade throne and the scavenger claw hit the ground. Suddenly, sparks and chunks of rock began to fly as the scavenger claw started to dig through the rock. The noise was ear-splitting. Coral had to place her talons onto her ears.

Victory Strike quickly drew the already half buried scavenger claw from the ground and planted the hilt on his shoulder as he began to walk to the helpless World-Ender that had began to struggle at the sight of the menacing king. When Victory Strike was above the dragoness, he spoke.

"Any last words, Volcanic," Victory splat with venom and bloodlust lining his voice.

"When my brother finds out about this, you are dead you triple-tailed bastard," Volcanic splat back at the King of the Grim. Victory Strike and the Grim dragons began to laugh loudly.

"He knows my dear, but he doesn't care," Victory Strike said sweetly, yet mockingly right at Volcanic's face.

"What do you mean," Volcanic asked confused with a sinking realisation dawning on her face.

"He wanted me to get rid of you," Victory Strike said, " And you would have been dead by now if you hadn't killed Old Maxance."

"Your spy," Volcanic said softly in fear.

"Yes, and now I get to torture you," Victory Strike said gleefully as the scavenger got off the cart and the cavern guards retreated to the outside. Several armed cavern guards and amber-casters took their places.

"I have to say that your brother is an idiot. Instead of fighting the real threat, he attacks and gets rid of his most loyal, competent and powerful friends, family and allies,  which only makes his enemies stronger," Victory Strike said with a murderous look in his eyes as he positioned his scavenger claw just above one of Volcanic's wings, " I have to say that I have great experience with dissecting you,world-enders."

"Y-you are o-o-one of those hunters, ... aren't you," Volcanic stuttered as her eyes began to fill with terror and fear.

"Why, YES I AM," Victory Strike said loudly and plunged his scavenger claw into Volcanic's wing.

Victory Strike began to sing an evil song:

https://youtu.be/yzVQkO92wNw

Coral closed her eyes shut and covered her ears as a loud wail began to be emitted from the dying world-ender. Coral felt something soft touch her side and when she opened her eyes, she saw Fluffball and Crimson hiding behind her.

Coral dared a look at the sight. Bits of bone, flesh and skin was littered around the cart as Victory Strike lifted his demonic contraction from the now obliterated wing and moved on to the other. The sound of metal shearing through bone filled the room again as Volcanic screamed again in pain and despair.

Coral noticed that some of the flesh on the wings were regenerating and pulsed as it tried to repair itself. Victory Strike this opportunity to drive the claw into the side of Volcanic where blood began to gush out and bits of rib and organs flew everywhere. Victory Strike then lifted the blade and plunged it sideways into the mortal  wound he had created and slowly disembodied the poor dragoness. By the time Victory Strike was finished, Volcanic's life blood and organs had been spilled onto the cart and cave floor. However, to Coral's surprise Volcanic was very much alive and was struggling to break free of the bounds that kept her be.

Victory Strike then plunge the claw into the left leg and ripped it off the poor dragoness's body, then he used the momentum to cut off Volcanic's tails. Blood spurted everywhere and the dragoness wailed in pain as Victory Strike ripped apart her like a piece of chicken. Her tails were squirming as Victory Strike froze each one with his icy breath.

Volcanic breath out a blast of ice that simply melted off the scales of the Grim King.

Victory Strike hissed angrily and grabbed Volcanic's lower jaw and pulled at it to reveal that it was split in the middle. Victory Strike pulled the claw from the dragoness and brought it down on her struggling lower jaw. In a matter of seconds, a crush was heard and that piece of sheer bone was cleaved off and fell uselessly on the ground. Volcanic took this chance to blast Victory Strike with a bolt of lightning. Victory Strike paused in his singing after taking that hit and then, his voice began that of a female voice as he continued to sing. Coral noticed that his usually bluish green eyes had turned into crimson red eyes. He had nothing to indicate the fact that he was just struck by lightning.

Victory Strike then held his claw up high and slammed it down onto Volcanic's head with a satisfying crunch as brain matter splattered around the now dead dragon. Victory Strike placed his claw in the mouth of the dead dragon and stopped the teeth from whirling. The teeth inside of the jaw suddenly sprained back to life and struck the claw and seemed to fuse with claw.

When Victory Strike turned his blood covered head to the dragons behind him, many of them including Coral were petrified. The menacing king's tongue drew out his mouth and began to wipe off the blood and grime. Victory Strike flickered his tail and the armoured dragons took the corpse away. Victory Strike placed his claw into his mouth and pulled suddenly, sparks flew and when the claw came out of his mouth, it had seemed to have been sharpened and steam rose out of the menacing contraction.

Victory Strike took his seat on his throne and continued to talk like nothing gruesome had just occurred.

"Don't worry, I will bring the dragonet here unharmed and only Darkstalker will be punished," Victory Strike said before his now bluish- eyes became slits. The other Grim Leaders looked like they were listening to something.

"Queen Coral, your eldest daughter and animus son are in danger," Victory Strike said suddenly, " Earthquake open a terra portal to Jeboa's hut then, one to the Poison Jungle, now."

"Yes, Sir," Earthquake said before opening his mouth and firing off a blue that seemed to break the space around it. Earthquake then began to shape it into a door and held it there.

Victory Strike's fluff was vibrating as he stared at the door. He then got up and walk to the door.

"What do you mean? Is Tsunami and Turtle in danger," Coral asked with worry and dread in her voice.

"Just follow me," was all Victory Strike said as he turned to the door.

Coral jumped from her throne with a feeling of anxiety, fury and fear. What dared to threaten her children? She quickly walk up to door and watched as it began to form into something detailed with many strange symbols.

Victory Strike quickly grabbed the handle once it had formed and opened the door. Coral could see a beach where a Sandwing and Nightwing sat with a hut a few feet away from them.

"Isn't that Qibli," Thorn asked surprised to see him on the beach and not at school," Why isn't he at Jade Academy."

"And isn't that Moonwatcher," Glory asked. The moment those words left Glory mouth, Victory Strike had smoke pouring from his snout.

"So, that is the Moonwatcher," Victory Strike boomed, "The one who caused the whole Darkstalker situation."

"Yes, but please don't kill her. In fact, I will come and see why she is there instead of at school," Glory offered.

"Me too," Thorn quickly said.

"Secret Ripper, bring the remainder of our guests to the spring under the cave for some food and relaxation while they are here. Also, Fluffball come with me," Victory said.

Glory, her bodyguard and Thorn jumped into action and within seconds were at the door.

Victory Strike quickly opened the door and went out.

"King Victory Strike how are you my king," a voice said.