Chapter 21
As the herald announces,
then enters the hero, every step he takes exudes dominance and pressure
dressed like a noble, blue eyes, bluish black hair and a handsome face
Riley pov [ so, that's Raeos Skaradia, even his presence carries dominance ]
Lisa pov[ why does it all seem so familiar ]
Sreya pov[ so, he is the Hero of Calamity]
Merlin pov [there is something wrong here, why can't I sense any mana from him!]
Hero stops infront of the throne
"There was no need for a passage of honor"
Said the hero in a deep voice
"How could I not have, my dear friend was coming " answered the king
"Anyway, why was I summoned" asks the hero
"You see these soldier's they are selected to provide security in your estate" said the king
"I dont need it" said the hero
"Your wife is expecting, you need to take good care of yourself and your wife" said the king
"If you put it that way i can't argue" said the hero while sighing
"My carriage is waiting outside, we ll leave immediately"" said the hero to the soldiers
" shall I take my leave" hero asks the king
After getting the permission the hero leaves the soldiers
On the road After leaving the capital
The four of them were on the rear
Lisa
"I still can't believe that he's the hero who will bring forth destruction "
Riley
"The Hero of calamity, he really lives up to the name, he didn't have a single opening and even though he wasn't Carrying a sword, it felt as though he could slash my head with just his bare hands "
Merlin
"Something is off"
Sreya
"What do you mean?
Merlin
"I couldn't sense even a single drop of mana from him"
Lisa
"How could that be"
Sreya
"Maybe ots because it isn't real"
Merlin
"Im still capable of sensing the mana of these soldiers, its just him"
Sreya
"Isn't he suppose to be the hero who had the strongest sources, who actually brought out the true potential of the heros core"
Merlin
"Precisely why it's even more weird"
a voice was heard the four of them looked forward and saw that the path was being blocked by an army
"By the way they are dressed, they are Barbarians " exclaimed merlin
"Barbarians?? " Asked lisa
"Yes, after the destruction of orchania, hero brought the Barbarians to extinction " answered merlin
The general of the barbarian Schten spoke
"A LION LIKE YOU MOVING WITH THE GROUP OF DOGS, WHAT A SHAME HERO" screamed screen at the hero
Raeos skaradia got out of the carriage and walked over to the the general alone
"You are schten right, Podi's son arent you, move out of the way" said the hero
"WHAT IF I DONT, YOU ARE ALONE HERO AND I HAVE THE POWER OF A THOUSANDS OF BARBARIANS " EXCLAIMED SCHTEN
"LAST WARNING SCHTEN MOVE AWAY" said the hero in a deep voice
"YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE IN A HURRY HERO" SAID SCHTEN
"Hey boss, haven't you heard he has a beautifull wife waiting for him back in the estate"
said a lackey with a disgusting smile
"OHO! , WHATS HER NAME, WE MUST GIVE HER A VISIT " SAID SCHTEN
"HER name is V-------"
At that moment riley, sreya, merlin and lisa noticed it
Schten the general is confused
The heads of the whole army of barbarian falls to the ground
" WHAT THE !" SCREAMED SCHTEN WHO GOT TERRIFIED
HERO THEN GRABBED THE COLLAR OF THE COAT OF SCHTEN AND PULLED HIM DOWN WITH SUCH EASE
He then grabbed the head of schten
"Disrespect towards my wife is where I draw the line " said the hero in a deep voice
He then severed schtens head with just his bare hands
"Thats brutal " said sreya in scared tone
" that's appropriate " said riley
" Riley, what's wrong with you, that's too much" said Merlin
"If the woman i love get Disrespected like that, then that's probably what I'll do too" said riley in a serious
Merlin pov[ i can't believe men like them existed, even if the hero is a criminal, he is atleast a good husband]
They continued on their path, after a few hours, they reached the skaradia estate
Skaradia estate was a peacefully estate with happy laughs every where
Merlin pov [ unbelievable, the city peaceful as this is run by a criminal ]
Lisa was admiring the estate
Sreya and riley were admiring the rich and prosperous estate
After a while they reached the hero's mansion
It was a pretty normal mansion, nothing was fancy about it
The soldiers were stationed near the mansion
"What do you think we should now " asked riley
"We have learned alot, and many things we shouldn't had" said Merlin
They heard the noises the soldiers were making
Soldier
"That must be the hero's wife"
Hearing the soldier the four of them looked and saw that the hero was smiling warmly and talking with a women who's only back profile was visible to them from where they were standing
The only thing that they were able to see were her long silver hair and her black gown
At that moment, everything around them started to get distorted,
after the distortion stopped,the mansion there were standing infront was no more,
They looked around and saw the once peaceful city was now destroyed
They heard a voice, when they looked towards it, they saw that the hero was now being surrounded by the knights
Knight
"YOU MONSTER, YOU BETTER SURRENDER YOURSELF SAID THE KNIGHT "
The distortion phenomenon occurred again, and now they were standing in the destroyed castle's throne room
In the throne room they saw the hero was talking to the king, but, no matter how hard they tried they couldn't hear their voices
Another distortion happened, now the whole capital was destroyed including the castlle,
on top the rubble of the castle lied the dead body of the king, who was pierced to death by seven sword
Another distortion happened, now they were standing in the black room
In the darkness of the room a voice was heard
"NO MATTER WHAT, YOU MUST LIVE
YOU MUST SHOW THE WORLD THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR A HERO
YOU MUST LIVE
SHOW THE WORLD THAT IT DOESN'T NEED A HERO
YOU MUST COME BACK STRONGER
SHOW THE WORLD THAT A HERO SHOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED
YOU MUST SURVIVE ""
AFTER HEARING THE VOICE THEY ALL FELL UNCONSCIOUS
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Merlin starts to open her eyes, as her blurry vision fade away she see the front profile of the ostro
"Peeeeeeeeeeeeeek" said the ostro
Merlin looks around while the ostro went to wake up other
"Is this the 9th Floor? " merlins say as she sees the exit of the 8th behind
This floor was small, only thing that was there in this floor was a large painting
The other's started to get up
"Did you also saw that " asks Merlin
Lisa
" you mean Orchania kingdom, hero and the voice "
Sreya
"I heard it too"
Riley
"So did I "
Merlin
"First, let's first completely understand what we saw there, tell me, everything odd you noticed, even small stuff "
Lisa
"The knights that surrounded the hero had the crest of volcis church "
Riley
"Are you sure about that"
Lisa
"I can recognize that crest anywhere "
Sreya
"I also noticed something, the voice at the last , who do you think it was referring to, when we take the history we know in to consideration we can say that it must be the Apostle who faught the hero of calamity"
Riley
"You are saying that's not it"
Sreya
"If we take the fact that the hero and king were friends, we can say that it was hero who the voice was referring to, brother what about you ?"
Riley
"The thing that struck me as odd were the seven swords piercing the kings dead body, it just seems unnecessary for the hero to do that, if one or two belonged to the hero then what about the other five or six swords "
Lisa
"Merlin. What about you"
Merlin
"I was initially worried about something else but i got my answer"
Riley
"You mean the fact that you couldn't sense hero s mana"
Merlin
"The answer was quite simple, the reason I failed to sense his mana was we were standing inside his mana the whole time"
Sreya
"What is that supposed to mean"
Merlin
"I think The Hero possessed pure mana, which is probably why i couldn't sense it"
Riley
"I believe we had enough, its time we go home"
"Peeeeeeeeeeeeek" ostro screamed while tapping on the large painting
They all went near to check it out
Sreya
"What a peculiar painting "
The painting was about someone who looked like a man being shackled by what appears to be large tree branches
"There's something off about this painting " said lisa as she got closer to take a look
"You see something? " asks Merlin
"What if I " said lisa as she imbued mana in the painting
The whole floor started shaking
The painting started to crack and eventually crumbled reveling a descending staircase
Riley face palmed
"Its been one crazy thing after another "
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