GODS OF ASEROTH: The Prodigal Son: A monster is born (15 page)

  
                                                              “We are not ordinary,

for we battle with destiny.

We have great power,

the power to write our own fate.

There is a beast rising within us,

and our revolt is weakening.

The beast is at the edge of our souls,

and its might is strengthening.

The beast is raw and pure,

its power is like lightning.

We cannot begin to describe,

the storm that is inside.

But the beast will rise again,

to bring forth the eternal pain.

The sun of hope has risen,

and the battle has begun.

But we remember one thing,

we will always be one.

We let the beast within us, rise,

to bring forth our enemy’s demise.

We move forward with one creed,

for it is our need,

Clearly, we are not ordinary,

                                                                for we battle with destiny.”

     Leosher was filled with a newly found rage and will to defeat the evil he was fighting. This boosted him and Asurot succeeded in what she had come to him for. He opened his eyes and there was a red glow in his eyes and rage on his face. He ripped his hand out of the black ropes and freed his entire, half eaten body. Lutman was surprised with what was going on, for none had ever been able to escape his mind games. His dark chains or ropes were not working anymore, for Leosher now was out for the kill. Lutman even unleashed the snakes and the spiders to restrain him but that did not work either. Leosher stepped on them and crushed them under his sandals.

    
Leosher ran and tackled Lutman on the ground and punched his face countless times. He screamed in agony but Leosher did not stop and soon, Lutman was at his breaking point and stopped moving. There was blood all over the fiery ground. Leosher thought that Lutman was dead now, therefore he got up and looked around to see what was going on but when he turned around, Lutman had gotten up and was ready to attack him again. Lutman swung his arm to punch Leosher but he had other plans. He blocked the punch and used his hand as a blade. He wedged his hand into the ribcage of Lutman. The hand came out of the back of Lutman and he cried with pain. Leosher repeated it quiet a few times and everytime he did it, Lutman would jump into the air a bit.

    
Soon he turned yellow and was about to blow up next to Leosher but he let go of him and kicked him into the darkness.

    
There was a bang just before Lutman hit the ground, which was so intense that the columns supporting the cave broke and the light from the blast was so intense that the whole cave lit up for a second and showed Leosher the way out but succeeding the light was the shockwave which threw Leosher away and the ceiling fell on top of him, knocking him unconscious.

CHAPTER 9

     Leosher woke up in the arms of his brother, Virgil, out of breath and drenched in sweat.

    
“Brother, what happened?” asked Virgil worriedly.

    
Leosher got up and looked around to see what was going on. Some time ago, he saw everyone die in front of his own eyes but now they were alive and well.

    
“What happened to me?” asked Leosher “When did I pass out?”

    
Azar moved forward and gave Leosher a rag to wipe his sweat off of his body “My lord, you were knocked out right after you stopped walking. It seemed as if you were going to ask a question but then you fell on the ground.”

     At that moment
Leosher realized that all of those were mind games that were being played on him but he had passed it and now he was ready to go on but he still wanted to know who or where Lutman was.

    
“Let us go, I know the way, I saw it.”

    
Leosher got up and ran over in the darkness where he saw the door when Lutman blew up. He ran pointlessly until the ball of light showed that they were approaching a wall. His companions were a bit skeptical but when they got close enough, they saw that there was a marble door. Everything else was shabby but surprisingly, this door was perfectly round and smooth with a golden lock in the middle. There were no knobs and handles either, nothing except this golden slot for the key and the crease lines, suggesting that it was a door.

    
Leosher stopped running, bluntly, and skidded a bit while stopping. There was a smirk on his face when he saw the door and just as the rest caught up to him, he kicked open the door. He did not need any keys, nor did he need any other means to open the gates and doors that blocked his path. All he needed was his godly might, and he had plenty of it.

     The door opened with a bang
but after that, there were no sounds. The door led to a smooth, perfectly round tunnel. It was beautifully carved, with not even a spec of dirt or sand in it. Leosher and his men walked into the tunnel and continued their journey and after they had been walking in the closed and smooth marble tunnel for a while, it seemed as if they were stuck. There was no light on either ends. It was pitch black on both ends. The only light they had to see was their floating ball that gave blue light but that was not strong enough to see the ends of the tunnel.

    
“I am getting tired of walking” said one of the soldiers “It is pointless. We are not getting anywhere” said the other but then Leosher stopped and turned to look at them “We are here. Everyone be very quiet.”

    
There was some sort of distress on the other side of the tunnel, the side that Leosher was facing. They continued walking and soon they saw a glimmer of light at the end. They walked towards it and reached the end and when they moved out of the tight tunnel, they were left jaw dropped and astounded, for there was the shine of riches and wealth. The room was filled with gold and silver. There were heaps and mountains of gold and silver left there by the Shamaun, to tempt people into their doom. The dark and smooth, marble room exaggerated the shine and made it look even extravagant. There were lanterns hanging on to the square pillars that held the ceiling, and blue flame came out of them. There were channels on the sides of the room and there were flames spurring out of them. The room was big enough to keep the entire Leviathan in it which was the biggest creature in the world.

    
“Yes! We are rich” said the soldiers and ran towards the wealth but just as they approached it, a huge birch like, thorny tail swept them across the room and a black dragon rose from the shadows, where the light did not reach. It was gigantic. It was smaller than Amoveus but still was big. It had big, yellow eyes with black, sword like pupils. Its body was scaly and had horns and spikes. Its armor was thick and could not be pierced by weapons such as swords and javelins and spears and arrows. Its claws were like spears and teeth were like javelins, both sharpened to their limits. It was black in color and had a long, snake like neck and a huge mouth. It breathed fire and broke the ground he stood on.

     After the dragon swept the soldiers, he breathed fire upon them and
burnt them alive, which made the rest stay away from the wealth.

    
“Who are you and what do you want?” said the dragon in his heavy and aggressive voice but with a lisp and slither.

    
“I am Leosher, the prince of Aseroth, the king of The Empire, and I am here for the weapons.” He paused “Why did you kill my men?”

    
“Because they were greedy and I am here to protect everything from the greedy.”

    
Leosher looked at their burnt bodies and looked back at the dragon “Who was Lutman and who are you?”

   
“Lutman?” asked Urey, “Who is he?” but Usere smacked him and made him be quiet. Then the dragon swept the ground with his tail and sat on the heaps of gold as if it was its nest.

    
“Lutman, is the beast of mind games. He was meant to stop whoever entered the lair but he failed, as we all can see.” The dragon moved his long neck close to Leosher’s face and breathed on his face to let him feel the heat “And I am Ezhak, the protector of the weapons.”

    
Virgil smiled and walked up and stood next to his brother to show support, “Can we take the weapons now?”

    
“The weapons are meant to be taken by Shamaun, but since he has not come to this land in a long time, I will alow you all to take it, but beware, do not let your greed take over you. Even if one coin goes beyond this point, the lair will be destroyed and all within it will be killed.”

    
Leosher ignored him and moved forward from between his legs and claws. There was a thin strip of floating rocks, connecting the ground to a bell-like chamber, daggling in mid-air with chains wrapped around. It looked like a huge bell with fire in its bosom.

    
Leosher walked on the rocks, alone. Virgil tried to join him but Leosher stopped him

    
“Brother wait, let me go with you.”

    
“No, Virgil, you stay here.”

    
Leosher stopped his brother and walked on the floating rocks and went in the bell-like chamber and saw that there was a gauntlet made of wood and wrapped in vines, a spear made of gold and silver and encrusted with diamonds and a gladius sword made with rough metal but made to kill and was the sturdiest of them all. Leosher put the gauntlet on his hand and held the spear in his hand. He sheathed the sword and began coming out of the chamber but just as he stepped out, the old, rusty chains suspending the chamber over lava, broke and the chamber began falling. Leosher instantaneously jumped out and held onto the rocks while the chamber fell in the lava and turned to mist.

    
He climbed back up on the cliff, where his brother and Usere rushed towards him to see if he was alright. The others tried to come but the dragon did not allow them.

    
“I have finally gotten the weapons,” said Leosher with a grin on his face “Now let us kill the rulers and claim what is rightfully mine.”

    
Just as they were about to walk out of the room and into the tunnel, something caught Leosher’s eye. He saw that the dragon was chained and this was a prison for him.

    
“Why are you tied up?” asked Leosher “What have you done?”

    
“I am highly dangerous,” said Ezhak “I am the only one of my kind and am very strong. My master was strong but he had to leave me here as a baby to guard the weapons, but since I have not heard from him or someone from his bloodline, I do not serve him any longer.”

    
Leosher did not hear a word Ezhak said and grabbed the chains with his hands and tried to yank them. It was locked tight and none could open it

    
“I tried,” said Ezhak “I have tried all of my life, I have tried to melt it, break it and even eat it but all of my tries were futile, for I am meant to stay here and rot here, all of my life.”

    
Leosher ignored him and again tried to snap it but his tries were futile as well. Tired of the sturdiness of the heavy chains, he took his scythe out and smacked the brittle yet strong chain. It snaped quickly, freeing Ezhak the dragon. Leosher smirked and saw Ezhak break through the ceiling and fly to the mouth of the mountain, which was the gate to his freedom that he deserved, for after all, he was the only one of his kind and had been in prison all his life.

   
Leosher began walking towards the tunnel but suddenly, one of his soldiers dropped some coins from his pockets. It was an accident of course but it was wrong. He had been trying to sneak the gold out so he could be rich but his foolishness quickly aggravated Leosher. When Leosher saw, it was already too late, for the man had reached the foot of the tunnel. The mountain started shaking and breaking. They all ran through the tunnel for a little while and finally reached the hall of columns and just as they approached the middle of the hall, the ground broke into pieces. There was a void under them. The warriors had to jump from rock to rock to keep on moving and stay above the lava. What made it even harder was the debris falling from the top.

     They all quickly made it back outside.
Virgil and the others soon ran outside but Leosher stopped the one who took the coins of gold, and stayed back behind with him, at the foot of the gates. They both stood at the entrance while the entire cave was breaking in pieces and falling into the lava. Leosher had an evil anger on his face and said to the soldier with wrath in his voice “You almost got us killed today.”

    
“I am sorry my lord, I could not help it but grab some—but on the bright side, we are still alive.”

    
The soldier smiled but Leosher stayed angry “Correction—I am alive!” and with that, he kicked the soldier into the lava, mercilessly, and ran out of the gates where all were packing up everything, as fast as they could, and were running down the mountain as fast as they could.