Conceived Truth

Noah could only shakingly and absentmindedly nod as he began to calm himself. "Help everyone first. I can manage."

Ilmar sighed before patting his back, "If thou sayest so." He then hurried to help the others up as everyone looked at the dust and debris of their once glorious creation.

As the men helped everyone, Noah raced towards the village hall, which was noticed by the leaders. After helping the others, they hurriedly followed Noah in.

As soon as they went in, what they saw was piles and piles of papers rustling as some of it cascaded down the air. They noticed Noah frantically running back and forth, looking at different papers at a time, muttering hundreds of words per minute which they couldn't even understand.

"Son…" Lamech called out, looking at Noah with pity in his eyes. As the Servant of God appointed through Enoch, Noah places a lot of burden on himself, carrying the responsibility of the construction of the Ark and its completion. For it to just crumble in the face of the beast surely broke him.

"It's not…" This time, the leaders discerned some of the words of what he was saying, albeit still unclear.

"What troubles you, my son?" Lamech called out once more.

"Master Noah, doth thou heareth us?" Ilmar also joined in.

Noah raised his head and looked at them, eyes red and widened, and stating, "The Ark wasn't sturdy enough."

Of course, the leaders were confused. They then heard Noah continue, "Before the beast left, I heard it say something."

"Thou'st heard the beast say something? Art thou sure about that?" Brans, the patriarch of the Yonwichs, was doubtful.

"What did it say?" Ilmar asked him. "Too clumsily built." Noah replied straightforwardly.

"Maybe the beast was just mocking us, or even mortal works generally." Eilmad also shared doubts, but still believed the Servant of God.

"Or maybe Master Noah is telling the truth and that the beast was testing our work." Elric stated, which made everyone turn to him. Elric, as a kid, was often doubted at by members of the Houses and even within his own House in his capabilities of being a patriarch, even to this day. But the other patriarchs knew that this "incapable childe" was someone far more capable than any man. One of the reasons why it was such was because of his power of analyzing the problems in different perspectives.

"What's thine judgement in this problem, Young Lord Elric?" Lamech was the first one to ask.

"Before that…" Elric first set aside the old patriarch's question, facing Noah to ask, "Master Noah, when the order to construct the Ark was given to you by the divine, what exactly was said?"

In response, Noah said to them exactly how it was said to him by Enoch, "After 444 years, He shall cometh down with His angels and the reapers of the damned and bringeth upon judgment to the sinners of this world before showering this world with the Holiest's water from the Heavens. He shall showeth no mercy to those who persecuted His people."

Elric then nodded in understanding, "Then, I conclude that my judgement is the nearest possible and reasonable thing that can be attributed to what just happened."

Everyone's ears perked up, prepared to listen to him. "According to Master Noah, the order to build the Ark was because God would shower the world with his Holiest water. To build a huge Ark just because of a 'shower' is simply ridiculous. That could only mean that this 'shower' would be strong and intense."

"Such an assumption would also be logical since the goal of this 'shower' is to bring forth God's judgement upon the world. Not to assume The Almighty God's reach of power, but it requires a strong shower to bring judgement, one that would be able to wipe out even the strongest of demons from this world. There are two kinds of showers that I can think of that would defeat the demons entirely, but in this context, since we are ordered to build something out of wood, that one thing can be put aside. After concluding that, I have predicted that the 'shower' is pertaining to that of a storm; A great and heavy one. Maybe one that would last for weeks or months without stopping."

Hearing his presumption, everyone was shocked, and scared of their future. Whilst they fear and overthink, Elric continued, "With that said, assuming that what we're going to face is really a great storm, then a strong and powerful Ark is required for everyone to survive that. Since our God is a powerful being, I have the instinct to believe that he has powers over the beasts, and therefore…"

"I believe that the beast Behemoth was sent to us by God to test our work because He wants us to build a stronger one, capable of resisting the Great Storm that is upon us."

As everyone pondered what Elric had shared, they soon found out that it was indeed possible that the intention was as such. After a while, Noah stepped forward and said to them, "If it is as such, then we must search for better materials and shipbuilding methods that would survive against the attacks of the Behemoth. Before the 444-year period, we must be able to construct an Ark that is resilient, durable, mighty, and impenetrable that it would last long after God's Judgement ends. May our God's Will be done!"

With conviction and determination, the others nodded in response, "May our God's Will be done!"

As soon as they came out of the village hall, they were met by the village people— Those that contributed in the shipbuilding, those that cooked for the builders, those that harvested the crops and hunted for meat— everyone looked at them, their eyes having a sense of loss.

They also saw the children, looking at them with saddened faces. Those that had this look were mostly those who were rescued by Noah from being sacrifices to the beast. As someone who promised them safety within God's embrace, Noah could not bear to see them like that.