GODS OF ASEROTH: The Prodigal Son: A monster is born (8 page)

    
Virgil was quite shocked to learn about the complicated story of wizards and witches but he also felt special because now he was to be a part of the story. When they were finished talking, Azar broke a piece from his staff and gave it to Virgil

     “Here, this will be your temporary wand. You can use it until you find an actual wand, but be careful
, for even this strand contains enough strength to channel a great amount of energy.”

     Virgil nodded and just as he received the wand,
he saw his brother walking out of the tent. He quickly ran towards him to ask about his health.

    
“Brother, how do you feel now?”

     “I am fine Virgil but w
e have to get to the hidden valley fast. I feel like Geluna knows we are coming.”

    
Leosher looked around and saw that all of his men were sleeping “Wake them up, we are leaving right now.”

     “B
ut brother, it is night time and you know our men are tired.”

    
Leosher looked at his brother angrily “I am the king. I know what is best for my kingdom. Now do as I say.”

    
Virgil now knew that the power was getting to his head so he said nothing and followed his king’s orders, for he knew that if he resisted, Leosher might do something drastic. Virgil went around and woke up the soldiers. They were a little upset but they got up and got ready. They were ready to move forward, in about an hour and after the men were ready, Leosher went to a big rock and addressed them

    
“Trust me, I do not like it either, but we have to move. We will get to the big sea’s shore in a couple of days and then we will get to the hidden valley. Once we get the weapons to destroy the rulers, we will take over Thraenus, and rule together!”

    
After this address, the morale of the soldiers rose and they started cheering for their king. Leosher called Usere up and said to him “You will be the second general of this army. You and my brother, Virgil will be the generals.”

    
“Why?” asked Usere, shockingly “I have done nothing to achieve this.”

    
“You did. You defeated Amoveus and I am proud to call you my friend. Now bring me my cloak and armor and spears. We shall move.”

    
Usere did as his king told him and brought him the things he asked for, and after Leosher was ready too, Virgil and Usere began leading the army towards the Big Sea by following the stream that ran by.

CHAPTER 6

     The journey to the Big Sea was of a day and a half. It was relatively easier to travel because there were less treacherous paths than before. They had no troubles going, for the mountainous terrain was over and the grasslands had begun. They even took some animals such as horses, rhinos, elephants and tigers from the grasslands to aid them on the quest. They walked and rode all the way to the shores but when they arrived there, they were disappointed because there was no hidden valley. Not even Leosher could see it. He swam as far as he could, into the sea but still, there was no sign of the valley. Annoyed by this scam, Leosher went to talk to Azar “What is the meaning of this?” He said, angrily “We have wasted our time, put our lives in danger, for—for this?!”

    
“Listen son,” said Azar “I am as disappointed just as much as you are, but know that Lamfari would never do something like this. He is favored preciously by the gods and he would not anger them by sending the queen’s son, the prince of all gods on a sham quest.”

    
After talking, Azar got up and went to his sister “Neiham, write a letter to Lamfari and ask him what do we have to do next.”

    
“What about the boy” said she “We have to tell him something. He is losing his mind.”

    
“I will figure something out but for now, just write to Lamfari and ask what we have to do next.”

    
With that, Azar left and Neiham began writing on a parchment:

   
Lamfari,

    
I am happy to tell you that we are fine and we have an army now but I am sad to tell you that the boy cannot see the hidden valley and is annoyed. Will you please help us and tell us what we shall do in order for the boy to see the valley.

    
Neiham.

    
Leosher was very angry but then his brother went up to him “Brother, this is no way to act.”

    
“Virgil, please, I am not in the mood of getting a lesson right now. Please leave me alone.”

    
Just as he was talking, a fireball came down to the ground from the skies. It surrounded with blue and gold fire. It also had a tail of golden flares and sparks and left a trail of black smoke. It came down with a thrashing and thundering sound and the impact was so great that Leosher’s soldiers went flying into the sea. Some fell in the forest and some just fell on the beach.

   
Leosher, seeing that it was trouble, grabbed his spear and immediately got up to fight. He swaggered up to the crash site and after the dust and smoke cleared away, he saw that it was a goddess, a goddess from Aseroth.

    
She was dressed in all gold and had a scythe for weapon in her hand. She also had a long golden cloak that left gold dust where she walked. She was the same color as Leosher, brown, and her hair were dark. Her eyes were big and blue. Her eyes also had a thick layer of mascara. Her lips were rouged and she was a little shorter than Leosher. Her facial features were very sharp which made her look VERY beautiful.

    
When she got up from the ground, her glory was beyond comprehension. Her beauty was limitless. Most of those who could see her had gone crazy with the beauty but Leosher and the original warriors stood clear, for Leosher had a new found love for power, and the rest were not lustful. Their minds were not clogged.

    
“Who are you?” said Leosher, in his heavy voice “And what do you want?”

    
“I am Arusus and I am looking for the one named Leosher.”

    
“What do you want from him?” Leosher said.

    
Virgil who was standing close to Leosher quickly tried to break the tension and sent all of the men away and pulled Leosher back and began talking to Arusus himself.

    
“I am sorry about my brother’s behavior.”

    
Arusus smiled back and came out of the pit her landing had made “Now where is Leosher?”

     “You are looking at him,
” Leosher said “Now what do you want from me?”

    
Arusus was astonished to see him. He was not wearing his armor and his body was highly toned and was showing every muscle which made him stand out of every man there and in Thraenus, the more muscle you had, the more beautiful you were.

    
“I should have known, you looked like a god.”

    
“Now what do you want?”

    
“I was just here to see you, I have heard about you for 17 years but this is the first time I am seeing you” said she, with a pause “Brother!”

    
Everyone was shocked to see that it was Leosher’s sister. Leosher looked at her and said “So you are my sister, but I have been on Thraenus for more than 17 years”

    
“Yes, brother, but I started hearing about how you were to save everyone since my birth. I am 17 years old.”

     “W
hat are you doing here” asked he “And have not you seen me before?”

     “I had not seen my own brother therefore
I came down to Thraenus from Aseroth to meet you.”

    
Virgil was confused so he came in the conversation “Wait, what is Aseroth and are not the gods able to see everything from the heavens?”

    
“You must be Virgil. I have heard about you too” She smiled “And Aseroth is the home of the gods. That is where all the gods live and yes gods can see anything from up there but mother has cloaked Leosher to protect him from all the evil that lurks above.”

     Afterwards she looked at Leosher “
You are awfully strong for a god as young as you are.”

     Leosher nodded and looked around and when he did
, he saw Azar coming towards them. Azar came and introduced himself. Usere and Urey followed him and finally, Neiham came too. After the introductions were done, Leosher and Virgil took Arusus into his tent to talk to her.

    
“You possibly cannot be here just to see me. What do you want?” asked Leosher.

    
“Brother, I am here to help you” replied Arusus “I know your weapons are weak, so I am here to give you a new weapon.”

     
She took her scythe and gave it to Leosher “This is a gift from a sister to her brother. This will help you in hard times.”

    
Leosher took detailed yet brief look at it. It was a shiny scythe with an extremely sharp blade at the end and was made of supernatural gold. Its handle was coiled and was about an arm’s length long.

    
Virgil asked Arusus “What is your power, whose god are you?”

    
“I am the goddess of Wisdom and Weapons and know exactly what type of weapon one deserves or needs. This scythe is not just a weapon, it represents something. I can tell you that you should use a sword, not battle axes.”

    
Then she looked at Leosher “I have to leave now. I do not have much time to waste here but I would like to tell you one thing, be good to your loved ones and treat them nicely. If you lose them, you never gain them again and trust me, by the rate at which you are changing, you will need them.”

    
Then she got up and started to walk out of the tent but then she stopped and looked back “And one more thing, take the path of the Mermaids. There might be a surprise for you that you might like and you might get a chance to test your new weapon.”

    
Then she got out and looked up, and suddenly, her body caught on the same blue and gold fire and she shot up in the sky with the same golden tail and soon she vanished away.

   
The Empirion army was left star struck because it was the first time they had seen a goddess at her full glory. Then suddenly, a hawk came and gave Leosher a parchment. The reason why they received the letter so fast was that the hawks fly very high in the sky and fly very fast, which makes them very fast.

     The letter was
from Lamfari. Leosher snatched the letter and broke the red seal on it and began reading it:

    
Leosher,

    
I have heard you have grown impatient and intolerable and that you have accused me of being a scam and sending you on a sham quest. I am sorry if you had to wait a bit but I have returned the letter as fast as I could. Thank Neiham for she chose a hawk that could fly fast and did not keep you waiting any longer. Now, I know that you are angry but you have to do some work. You are the only one that can see the hidden valley. You have to build a galleon and go towards the mermaid waters. That will give you an area to search for the hidden valley.

    
Lamfari

  
 
Leosher called Azar and said to him “Do you know how to build a ship?”

    
“Yes,” he said “My lord, we can and we shall.”

    
Leosher nodded and called Virgil too “Take the men and use them and build a ship as fast as you all possibly can. The beach is connected to a forest. Go there and get the wood.”

    
Virgil nodded and took Azar and the entire Empirion army to the forests and Leosher was left alone, all alone on the shore of the Big Sea….

    
It was now night so Leosher started a fire. He sat around it and thought about how to gain more power. He was truly going evil now and it was showing on his face. He had a sinister look on his face. He sat around the fire and stared in the fire but then he fell asleep, into a deep sleep. It was instant, within a matter of seconds. In his sleep, he saw a shadowy figure. It was wearing a hood on his head and had red eyes, bright red eyes with no pupils. It looked like a god but was very different too. Its face was hard to see but it was sitting on a throne made out of bones and skulls. He sat around fire and lava. The man was looking very malevolent and there were creatures, hailing it and praising it. The creatures were hideous. Half of them were burnt and half of them were on fire.

    
Their skin was melting off of their bodies and some Minotaur like creatures were whipping them with chains. The man got up and said loudly “Join me and I will give you an empire bigger than you will ever have. Just give me control over your brain, sell me your soul and you shall see my power.”

    
Leosher’s face was covered too. This was exactly why Asurot had cloaked him, to save him from creatures like this one. There was some sort of black smoke that kept his face hidden, no matter how hard he tried, it did not go away. This saved Leosher by the potential threat of getting killed by the creature in real life.