Chapter 14
DALIK MOSCURN
This would have been easier if Jade’s life was not at stake. I was a damn good warrior and I was more intelligent than Commander Yun. Yet every single trial that I went through… Jade was in the back of my mind. I could feel her presence. Ever since I had projected into her that one night, I felt a connection to her mind. Now, I could feel her stronger than ever. Still, I managed to win every battle of wits against he commander and now it was time for the warrior trial. I prepared in my gear and knew that the commander would have several tricks. I was ready for them all.
"Let the combat round preparations began!" I began to pull on my fighting gear and I smiled at Jade. She gave me a supportive look and it meant everything to me.
"Let the battle begin!"
As soon as the words were shouted the commander was charging toward me and I could hear his clunky moves. He was not light on his feet at all. I turned quickly and blocked his blow, then another and another. Then it was my turn as I threw punch after punch into his ribs. He stumbled over but recovered quickly. We wrestled and fought equally and his sneer only made me angrier. I would not have him be with Jade. I went into a world of my own as I anticipated his every move and blocked it.
I however, did not anticipate him loosening a metallic button from his cuff and tossing it under my feet. I slipped and fell back and he grabbed a staff quickly and was on top of me. He was on my neck as he pressed down. He had cheated and it worked.
"Ribs," I heard Jade whisper as though she was in my ear. I balled my fist and punched the commander in the ribs where I had already caused some harm and with just enough force that he loosened the pressure on my neck. I rolled on top of the commander pressing him onto the floor and punched him over and over in the head until he was unresponsive.
"Halt!" The Master shouted.
I stood up. I had done it. I had proven myself worthy of the Consulate position twice. Now, I would be seen as a very powerful leader amongst the warrior Kalazaron race. No one would ever question me or doubt me again. I was angry that I had to prove it a second time, but this was a golden opportunity.
“Dalik Moscurn!” the Master and ruler of our Kalazaron Empire shouted.
“Master Gorgeen Bresh,” I said kneeling down on one knee and bowed my head to him.
He continued, “You have proven yourself worthy of being my second in command yet again. You have beaten Commander Yun, in the Stanis Trials. I now declare that you remain my second and the Kalazaron Consulate!”
The crowd cheered as I was named the second in command with yet again.
“I am most grateful Master Gorgeen Bresh. I hold this in the highest of hearts and mind and will do my duty to the Kalazaron for my eternity life,” I said once again as I had done a few days before.
“Rise, the Kalazaron Consulate, and lead your brothers and sisters of Kaethon,” he said.
I stood up on my feet and turned in a slow circle to the crowd as I raised my hands in a high V over my head. The crowd cheered and I grinned.
Then I silenced the crowd and then addressed Master Bresh. "I hereby request that Commander Nankor Yun be demoted from his position. His questioning of my authority and ability to be Consulate can now be seen as an act of treason. I request that he be shipped to the moon of Latty where he will serve in the mining fields for the rest of his life."
Everyone was silent. The commander was still a great hero that had conquered many spaceships and territories, though not everyone knew how brutally he had done it. There was no honor in the way he acted as a warrior and it brought great shame to our name. The Master moved to the middle of the floor and finally said, "Your request is granted. Let this be set as an example against any rogue warrior that thinks they can take the laws into their own hands."
I stood tall and proud and had great relief. Not many knew that this was not the first time that Commander Nankor Yun had specifically tried to slither around the commands of Master Bresh. But I knew that he had a history of defying orders or jeopardizing them when it came to the other ranking warriors like the Sergeants and the Generals. I think the Master was including all of those times as well when making this decision about the Commander Nankor Yun.
I looked over at Jade and she was smiling at me with tears of joy in her eyes. The threat to her safety and her position was now removed. We could be together in peace. She would be safe. I would protect her.
“In honor of overcoming this challenge a second time, I present the Consulate Dalik Moscurn with the silvers!” Master Bresh said as he walked toward me with a silver linked chain of silver medallions. I bowed as he placed it over my shoulders.
“Rise the undisputed Consulate,” the Master said.
I stood up proud and tall. The crowd roared. Then the Master put his hands in the air and the crowd grew quiet as he waited a few minutes before he erupted into the word, “Govin!”
Everyone cheered and left their seats and came on to the floor. The crowd was roaring in the arena and the challenge was formally over. I ran over to Jade and picked her up and twirled her in my arms and gave her a deep kiss. As I did so I felt a rush of relief. We would not have to leave for Earth after all. We could stay here and I could have my human female and no one would think twice about it. It was the Kalazaron way. We finally pulled away from each other to allow others to congratulate me. In one corner of the arena I saw a group of rough warriors cheering for me. These were the same warriors that I had fought with in the practice arena at the training grounds. They were loud in their support and I felt a sense of pride. I was the Consulate that garnered respect and camaraderie with the Kalazaron of all kinds. From the warriors in the training grounds to the keeper of the fields I had found a path with all of them. This was key in my future for working the systems.
I nodded at the warrior group in acknowledgement that we were brothers of a kind. Then the arena filled with sounds of music and drums as the Govin began. Jade looked at me with wide eyes.
“It is the Govin,” I said to her.
“A Govin? What is that?" she asked as she looked around the arena as lights began to float in the air lighting the ceremonious celebrations.
"It is a celebration with food, music, and joy in honor of the two moons and the honored Kalazaron. I am the honored Kalazaron for this Govin.”
“Look at that…” she said arching her head back and looking at the floating lights. I liked watching her be excited. She had a look of worry on her face and stressful over the last few days, and now it was gone. She was laughing again and she was joyful again. I wanted to take her right then and there to a private spot and ravish her, but I had to stay for the honoring.
The doors on the sides of the arena burst open and Kalazaron females dressed in extravagant costume dress carried platters of foods and drinks. Tables were pulled to the floor of the arena and the platters were placed on them. The Govin was officially under way.
“Come, let’s get you fed my champion warrior,” Jade said to me. I arched an eyebrow at her confidence. She was now leading me, but something else…she was comfortable in her environment. She was comfortable on her new planet of Kaethon. I loved her for that.