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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: The Shadowed Swordsman

As he rides on his shadow veiled steed through the frozen wasteland, Roman finds a large cave, seemingly untouched by man, he snaps his fingers which turns his steed into essence which he absorbs for later use and enters. However, as he looks closer, he finds a giant, white haired ape with antlers sleeping.

The Yeti as most know it by.

He slowly exits the cave where on the outside resides a large frost dragon. He manages to sneak past it successfully until the winged reptile catches a glimpse of him and then lets out a roar loud enough to awake the sleeping beast in the cave.

Just as Roman is about to get charged, the dragon is grabbed by its tail, and slammed into the ground by the Yeti. Roman is able to get a full glimpse at the ape, estimating it to be around fifteen feet tall and estimating the dragon to be around the twenty feet in length. The dragon gets back up on its feet and lets out yet another roar.

They both charge at each other, with the dragon biting the Yeti's right arm, swinging it around and throwing into the side of the mountain. It gets back on its feet as the dragon is about to charge it and holds it jaws in place before punching it to the ground. It lifts up the dragon by its neck, only for a beam of ice to be directed towards its face.

It lets go and stumbles back, allowing for the dragon to direct even more frost breath at its body. Eventually, the majority of the Yeti's body had been covered in ice, which is when the dragon approaches it, preparing to take a bite out of it until it slowly starts to move and then bursts out of the ice. The Yeti begins to use its spiritual energy, emitting a chilling aura.

The two charge at each other once more, with the dragon grabbing hold of the ape's arm once more, however the beast strikes the dragon's nose, driving it back. The dragon winds up another frost breath attack, which the Yeti blocks with his hand. This time the frost breath strengthens the ape as it charges at the dragon, striking its jaw, bringing it down momentarily.

As it is down, it begins pummeling the dragon into submission before picking it up, biting its neck, and tearing out its throat, killing it in the process.

Yet before it can return to its cave, Roman emerges from behind the rock where he was observing the fight from. The Yeti puts down the dragon's corpse and focuses on Roman.

He adjusts his helmet and his black cape, wrapped around his neck life a scarf and plants his metal boots into the ground. He reaches over his shoulder to draw his large curved sword, almost the size of himself, made entirely out of black steel from his back and braces himself.

The yeti charges him yet he remains calm. He disappears under the apes fist and reappears above it. He plunges down, onto the Yeti's head and drives his sword into its brain, cutting through its tough skin.

It roars in pain, until it falls over, dead.

"Interesting", he tells himself as he looks at his hands.

Summons back his steed with a whistle and flees the scene.

He enters a forest where he recalls his steed once more, and finds an open space to camp out for the night. He gathers dry wood and leaves and brings them to the open area. He snaps a stick off a tree and rubs it against the materials, creating a spark.

The flame ignites, Roman goes out to find more sticks and wood. He returns after a few minutes to a small fire being started to the nearby trees. He makes an attempt to put it out, yet from the fire emerges a figure with horns.

A demon.

"Oh hell no!", he thinks to himself before being attacked with a hammer.

He swiftly pulls himself back up, dodges a strike and kills the ungodly creature with a single strike of his fist to its abdomen when suddenly, twenty more emerge from the fire.

He calls his curved sword to his hand and readies himself. As more emerge from the fire, it suddenly stops as the fire is consumed by a mysterious force, within the woods.

They all stare out into the darkness until Roman is skewered in the back. With one clean swoop, he clears out five other demons. More appear behind him that get shot in the head by a small ball of fire in a jagged line.

With a few more swoops, he finishes off the rest of the horde until there is one left, an armored captain, wielding a large spear.

Roman takes out the spear from earlier and throws it away. The captain charges at him, missing a poke and landing the other. Roman breaks the spear and pushes the commander away, where a figure emerges from the forest and slices it in two.

Roman takes the rest of the spear out and readies himself once more. The figure, weilding a nodachi, stands its ground as well.

"Who are you!", Roman yells.

"Take off your mask and I'll take off mine", they say.

They both let their guards down as the stranger takes of his mask and Roman unequips his helmet, both revealing tanned, bearded faces.

"Brother?", the stranger asks.

"Raymond?"