Part-3:Gaia
My brother and I are experiencing our fresh sadness and the new feeling of orphanhood, loneliness, etc. We were holding each other tightly to desperately complete the lack of emotions.
Assad came to us to wake us up. But we were already awake. His eyes were bloodshot, obviously from lack of sleep. Tears still fresh:
-I don't know what to say, Aktan. What's a Shadow Demon doing here? Their very existence is just a fairy tale told to scare children. They are completely imaginary beings to us.
If I didn't know Uncle Assad, I would think he was trying to say that I made up everything that happened.
-I don't know either. But none of what I saw was a dream.
-Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're dreaming. I just can't digest it. Let's talk about these later, let's fill our stomachs first.
-Okay, we are coming, uncle Assad.
Uncle Assad left the room. My brother was hugging me tightly.
-Züleyha, come on, brother. Let's get up too.
Züleyha didn't want to get up at all. But we had to. We got up and went inside. Uncle Esad and his wife Aunt Aisha were waiting for us. It was obvious from her aunt Aisha's appearance that she had not slept at all that night. To us with teary eyes and a small smile:
-Come on Aktan, you need to eat a sip or two of something.
As someone who lives two lives, I haven't been able to differentiate between what I eat for a long time. After all, I was eating luxurious meals on Earth, while on Gaia I was eating wheat porridge and dry bread as if I was living in a primitive age. I got over this feeling a long time ago.
Everyone was silent while eating. Stop talking, everyone seemed to be playing with their food. After barely eating, the work horn began to sound. Züleyha was looking at me with eyes that said don't go away. But I had to. For those in the palace, it was never important that one or two workers died.
-Come on Aktan. I know you want to rest today, but you also know the situation.
Just as I was about to get up, Uncle Esad suddenly said:
-What's on your wrist, Aktan? Is it burnt? said.
If Uncle Assad hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed at all. I was looking at my wrist in surprise. There was a small symbol made of interlocking circles. When I saw this symbol, I was blown away. Because this was the "Flower of Life".
Uncle Assad held my wrist. When he looked at where the trace was, his eyes were wide in surprise and fear. His sad mood was suddenly replaced by fear and anxiety.
-Th-this-this is the Flower of Life. But how could it be? Aktan, how did this happen? Where did he come?
-I-I don't know. I can't remember.
Actually, I knew what happened and I could guess how it happened.
-How could this arise here! Yo-yo, more importantly, everything is understandable now.
Uncle Assad seemed to know what this was . With curious eyes:
-Do you know what this uncle is?
-This is a sign of something very big, very big! You will be both afraid and happy about this! This is both the greatest curse and the greatest gift! There are only legends about it. We only know what heroes and kings carry. But they all lived very difficult lives and died in terrible ways. No matter what the person carrying it experiences, it will always be the worst. In your sorrow and joy.
-Was the shadow demon after this thing?
-Most probably.
The work horn had finished blowing for the 3rd time. There was no more time to talk.
-Let's go now. We'll talk about this later. But tie this cloth around your hand, no one should see that mark.
I tied the piece of cloth he gave me tightly around my wrist. We headed towards the walls of the palace.
On the one hand, I was carrying stones and on the other hand, I was thinking how deep this thing was.
It was very difficult to learn about things on Gaia . There was only word of mouth information. Only nobles and nobles in the palace could enter the library and they could read. But I had another source of information, the internet! But in order to access the internet, I had to switch to my body on Earth.
Nobody talks about my family. They weren't even looking at me, because that's how life was. Slave life, we have no value. Those who died during construction were simply placed on the walls instead of stones and continued as if nothing had happened. I used to carry stones from the nearby mines to the walls. The soldiers would constantly stand over us and they would not hesitate to hit anyone who worked slowly with their whips.
All I knew about the scar on my wrist was that it was the "Flower of Life". I think this should be the keyword I will write on the internet. On the one hand, I was carrying stones and on the other hand, I was thinking about these things.
Suddenly there was a tremor. It was as if the ground was shaking beneath us like a ship in the sea. Then cracks began to appear on the ground. The wall in front of us was collapsing towards the ground like sand. It was pulling people in like ants and swallowing everyone. I started running in the opposite direction from the wall, but it was in vain. The natural disaster was swallowing everyone, whether soldiers or slaves. No matter how hard I ran, I was eventually caught too. The soil and stones were coming towards me, preventing me from breathing. While I was struggling with the soil and stones coming at me, the ground continued to fall down as if it had no bottom.
suddenly found myself in the astral dimension. I think my Gaia body had fainted. I immediately looked towards Gaia. The soil and stones continued to collapse on me. We continued for a while and then the collapse started to stop. It was as if there was a void underground. Stones and soil falling downwards were flowing past me. I forced myself to enter my Gaia body , but
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NOTIFICATION
DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE PAIN IN YOUR BODY, YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWED TO THE ASTRAL DIMENSION. IF YOU INSIST ON GOING TO GAIA, YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO VERY HIGH PAIN.
WARNING!
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I guess I should have taken this risk. As a result, it was not clear whether the land would collapse again. And despite the warning, I switched to Gaia . He came with me with great regret.
The pain that started from my neck and went down from my right arm to my left foot almost made me faint again. I was breathing deeply and trying to open my eyes. But even though I opened my eyes in vain, I couldn't see anything. It was pitch dark everywhere.
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NOTIFICATION
DUE TO EXTREME DARKNESS, "RED-EYE" WAS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED.
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The darkness slowly began to lighten with red tones. I was finally starting to see normally. Water was flowing next to me like a small stream. I had difficulty pulling myself to my feet. And I looked left and right. It was not visible where either side was going.
After I regained my consciousness a little more, I felt the air coming from below. And I started to follow the stream. As we descended, the cold and humid air began to warm up. Then I saw two man-sized stone doors with strange signs engraved on them.
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NOTIFICATION
A SACRED BEING HAS BEEN DETECTED NEARBY!
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The scar on my wrist was starting to itch slightly. When I opened it, the Flower of Life was emitting a faint light. As I opened the bandages, the marks on the doors began to glow and move. The tracks began to twist and intertwine. And gradually they formed the same pattern as the "Flower of Life" on my wrist.
When the pattern became clear, the doors started to open by themselves.