Tome 03

Even though the eyes of the handsome" Zahhak" widened for a second… they were filled with rage in the next and his heart regained his boldness and his muscles stimulated and then attacked the ugly old man swiftly …but the old man didn't move from his place even a millimeter and he didn't even flinch … but he was looking at him mockingly, to "Zahhak's" in which he landed his hand to catch the old man's reins and throw him … but "Zahhak's" attack ended with a great extension of his eyes … and a look towards the old man in which he doesn't believe what he is seeing. 

He went through that old man as if he went through thin air .. he turned around and looked to the old man to just find him standing in his place looking at him with his mocking eyes which shacked his core… what kind of human is this? ... but the weird thing is that "Zahhak's" reaction wasn't terrified as much as it was confused … then he cleared his mind and went for the torch that lights the room …. He picked it up with one hand and threw it on the standing old man…. And he saw with his own eyes the torch going through the old man's body and fell on the ground… and here the look of the old man transformed into a terrifying look in which he widened his eyes in rage and with one look to the torch he extinguished it on the spot.

The ancient Babylonian mind of "Zahhak" started thinking in his next move … but the old man was the one who made his move this time … in a mere blink of an eye he was at the torch and picked it … and in another blink something happened and made "Zahhak" back down immediately … the old man multiplied by two then three and then ten ... and then the number of the old men multiplied till some of them started floating in the air… and every single one of them was holding a torch…and in a single throw of one man they threw everything on "Zahhak" who dodged it but his foot tripped and fell on his back ….the room was on fire and "Zahhak" didn't know how to escape … the old man was going through "Zahhak" mind and reading everything he thinks of … but as it seems weird the only "Zahhak" has in his mind at the time is rage and determination on how to beat this unexplainable creature… and this was amusing for the old man.. and suddenly all of more than fifty old men went back into a single old man and started going closer to "Zahhak" in the middle of the fire and saying with a viper like voice:

⦁ Son of Kush don't bother your little mind with thinking… you can't defeat me.

The prince raised his arms in front of his eyes, trying to dim the flames on them and he said:

⦁ Who…who are you??

The old man said very slowly:

⦁ I am Lucifer… The prince of light on day light was created

And suddenly all the flames were turned off as if it was a cruel illusion... Lucifer carried on:

⦁ You are the chosen one son of kush … you are the one that has been chosen by my light and my vision… with me alone, you will be the greatest man on earth… and with me alone, you will learn the secrets of the "MAGGIE" … and with me, you will own the earth with its people, Jinn and treasures.

"Zahhak" wanted to talk but Lucifer continued:

⦁ No one on this earth is worthy to be its ruler except for you … you are the true leader for these sheep… no one except for you is worthy to learn the secrets of "Maggie" … so if you want your mortal coil to get this power which I just showed you a glimpse off… come to me at the mountain of Damavand … and ask the boys there for "Lucifer" … and they shall bring you to me.

Then the old man vanished in front of him as if it wasn't there …. Leaving "Zahhak" in shock…. A shock that will change his life in the upcoming days.

The Damavand mountain… in the darkness of the night as a bleak… a handsome puzzled young man walking on the foot of the dark mountain looking for the boys… and what kind of boys will they be in a place like this… he is almost unable to see his hands. He doesn't hear anything except for the whispers of the earth… and from time to time he sees humanoid shadows painting the mountain rocks… and "Zahhak" boring self-starts to get to him… then he shouts with everything he got:

⦁ Old man where are you…I'm here at Damavand...Where the hell are you? 

And he didn't hear an answer… except for a repeated echo which added some horror to the still atmosphere … and he saw something that seemed like moving carefully … then he started feeling that this thing wasn't just one thing... they were many… moving towards him cautiously while making some kind of noise with their feet … "Zahhak" tightened his handsome eyes to focus his sight… he saw them … he didn't see bodies but eyes... Eyes shining like wolves' eyes… they were everywhere…in front of him… on his right… on his left….eyes that didn't look domestic nor friendly… and the weird thing is that "Zahhak" didn't feel fear nor stress… but he yelled at them with a scolder tone:

⦁ Where is Lucifer? Where is the one who calls himself the prince of light?

And here he saw their small bodies… they were around one hundred gathering around him… looking at him with a static look in which you can sense the astonishment… and they were like a crowd of kids who are angry about something… their clothes were black and their hair was long and dark… they turned around and without any word they walked to the north… and Zahhak followed them apprehensive … till they escorted him to what seems like a cavern in the foot of the mountain… then they split up into two masses making him a way among them … Zahhak looked at them then walked in the middle to the cavern until he entered… and as Lucifer promised … he was waiting for him.

He wasn't an old man… he wasn't a limp… it doesn't have another description except that he was Lucifer… and on a big chair he was sitting … surrounded by darkness … even though there is a torch or two sending a very faint light ... and here something of terror struck in the heart of Zahhak… because the creature who was sitting in front of him wasn't human…even if it has the autonomy of a human… his face wasn't shown well since the darkness was hiding it… and this hand wasn't human… those fingers weren't human... Nor human nails…, and these shoulders aren't human either … what is this thing exactly? Is it god on his throne? He couldn't conclude with his old Babylonian mentality that he was standing one or two steps away from the devil … Lucifer … he didn't realize that he was standing in front of "Satan"(Iblis)