pace and Zhang did the same . And really, soon they could hear the sounds of the waterfall and then they heard a scream. It seemed like a battle roar. They got faster and their light trot turned into a quick gallop. They no longer paid any attention to the branches and snakes, now they just wanted to reach Cloud quickly to see why he was screaming like that.Just before they got out of the jungle and arrived at the center of the island, the mountain with the waterfall, something shot past them and landed between the bushes and was apparently swallowed by them. They heard a whimper. It was in pain. As fast as they could they ran to the waterfall and saw Cloud fighting doggedly with some demons. He lashed out, the edges of his hand hit one demon after the other, one of them tried to get close to the swordtail from behind, but was hit by a huge jet of water and the force hit him in two. Wind wanted to rush to his former comrade's aid immediately and stormed ahead, as soon as Zhang no longer hesitated and drew his sword. "You will never get it!" Cloud yelled and whirled around to slay a couple of demons who, like their predecessor, were trying from behind. Immediately they were hit by a vortex and sank whimpering. Wind was now at cloud, which initially looked at him confused, but immediately turned back to his opponents.Wind took over the right, cloud the left and both broke through the wall of demons with the help of their special techniques. Wind's kicks struck hard and mercilessly at every single enemy, while Wolke's hand-edging strikes broke the necks of the demons or his jets of water simply struck them through them. Zhang has now taken on the front line. He swung his sword with great skill and elegance, and the seemingly shapeless, shadowy creatures cried out in pain and slumped. Black blood flowed on the floor and the dying gradually dissolved into smoke. "This is for my master, you spawned from hell!" he yelled at her, swinging his sword faster and more mercilessly. The seemingly infinite flood of demons subsided more and more and soon the last survivors withdrew, probably to save their miserable lives.

Exhausted, Cloud sank to the ground and gasped. He must have been fighting for a while.But now it was over and he could rest a little. He wore a black cloak and brown pants, but the most striking thing about him was the bluish tinge in his hair. His eyes stared blankly into the already fading damony blood and then wandered up the boots to the strange fighter. Zhang's gaze met Wolkes and they both seemed to be trying to read the other. Zhang couldn't guess what Wolke was feeling. His gaze was completely still and it was impossible for him to recognize any emotion in it. "Why are you here, wind?" he asked coolly, without looking at the addressee. His gaze remained fixed on the Zhangs. “We have an important mission to fulfill, and for that we need you and your sword.” Cloud slowly rose. His breathing became calmer again. “And that would be?” Wind sighed, he still seemed to be the old man. "We'll explain that to you later. We should first find a place where we can rest a little.We've both come a long way. "Cloud nodded and started moving. He led the two of them to a path that led up the mountain. They followed him further up until he stopped just above the waterfall in front of a cave and indicated that they should follow him." Who is your companion? "Zhang introduced himself." I'm Zhang, but I am also called a friend. I am the one who started the mission. "Cloud looked at him briefly, then turned around and sat down on a large stone that was in front of a campfire site. Three more stones formed a semicircle around the fireplace, on which wind and friend took a seat. As they told the healer, they told him everything from the great mission, including how they found him. Now they already had three swords with them, two were still missing, but where they were, no one knew any more advice. "And how do you remember the other two swords to find? I have no idea where they might be."Wind thought for a while." We should return to the palace and visit the sword tomb. Maybe they are still there. I'm pretty sure that the many robbers must have attacked the sword grave as well, but it would at least be a start. "-" But these ideas only come to you at the last moment, don't they? Your style seems to be that you can always think of anything when you've almost given up hope. "Zhang looked amused." I don't like going back there, I've left that behind, and that's where it should stay. "Cloud seemed less enthusiastic about Wind's suggestion." I know, Cloud, I am no different, but it is important that we find the swords, who knows what will happen if the demons get their hands on them. They are already strong enough without them, who knows what powers they will develop with them. "Zhang agreed." Besides, the next full moon is not far off, so we should try to find it before then.Otherwise they could be very dangerous to us. "Cloud frowned." What has it to do with the full moon? "-" Our friend's master was only killed because the full moon turned blood red and thus multiplied the power of the demons. "Cloud understood, he said that it was very dangerous to be out in the jungle at night and that they should therefore wait until dawn. Since the sun was almost set, they could not go yet. Another mystery was how they were." to get to the palace of the conqueror in a hurry, without oars.



They slept until the first rays of sun came across the land and packed everything that could be helpful to them on their journey. Berries that Cloud had picked, dried meat, and spring water. Then they set off, finally the three of them. Still, Wind felt pretty uncomfortable, they had never had the best relationship with each other, Cloud was always pretty moody and a loner.They were like brothers during the fight against their former master, but that changed immediately when Wind fended off Cloud's fatal blow against his master. They left the palace together, but then went their separate ways. It seemed to take forever to get to the beach, but to their horror they found that their boat had disappeared.

"What now? We can't get out of here without a boat, at least there's less chance of getting back to the mainland safely." Zhang was as perplexed as Cloud. Swimming would be too risky as the current was quite strong. They sat down on the sand and considered. “We could build a boat, there would be enough wood and we can also use the lianas.” Zhang's suggestion was knocked out of his head immediately. That would take too long. Meanwhile, Wind looked around a little and looked for the boat, but it still disappeared. "How about friend having a little chat with the water spirits, I'm sure they'd love to help us."Wind joked. Zhang shook his head." It's not that easy. I am really at a loss. "Suddenly they heard a rustling behind them, then a scream and a huge, lizard-like bird shot past them from the jungle and stopped a few meters above the ground in front of them. So that was one of the birds the two heard that but it is really that big, none of them would have thought. He eyed her for a while without moving, only now and then he hit his huge wings so as not to fall. It was really huge. At least it seemed To be eight meters tall, if not ten. Its wings had such an enormous span that they seemed to darken the sky and its long feathered tail hung in the water and caused larger waves. The three men stood motionless. Wind whispered cloud and asked him what kind of bird it was. Cloud shrugged and said that he didn't know.He never let the animal out of his sight. Zhang got an idea. "Listen, distract him from me for a while, I now know how to get off the island." With that he did a backflip and disappeared into the dense jungle. The bird responded immediately to the sudden movement and attacked cloud and wind. They avoided him with ease. The bird snapped into space, rose again, and sought its victims, only to plummet down on them one more time. But this time, too, they escaped the bird's large beak, which had tiny teeth for its size. They had never seen a bird like this before. He landed and spread his wings with huge claws on them. They hadn't noticed this before and they ducked and looked at their huge opponent a little more closely. “Be careful, it's not safe, I guess it's meat eater.” Wind said, jumping aside as the claws threatened to cut it into thin slices."What you do not say!" Cloud growled and also dodged to the side, secretly wondering what Zhang was up to now. This game went on a few more times, until they suddenly heard the bird scream and saw it squirm and try to shake something off. Then they saw it. Zhang tried to tie the bird's beak with a long vine. He seemed to be successful with this, because the scream became ever quieter and soon the bird could no longer tear its beak open to get rid of another shout of protest. But he did not stop squirming and rose into the air, flew around in circles a few times, trying to throw off his tormentor. But Zhang held onto the vine and stayed on the bird's back. The fight lasted almost half an hour, then the bird got tired and landed in the wind and cloud, collapsed and panted heavily. Zhang jumped off his back and triumphantly held the other end of the vine in his right hand, also rather out of breath but still happy."Well, who would like to go to the palace of the conqueror? I happened to have two seats left." He laughed and stroked the tired bird gently through the plumage. Wind and cloud jumped on the bird's back and waited for Zhang to take his place in front. They let the monster breathe a little longer, then Zhang gently but firmly stepped where the human shoulder is and the bird obediently rose into the air. He was guided by Zhang, but he had to ask a few times for the direction the bird should take. Wind, sitting directly behind the great tamer, showed him