29 CHAPTER 29

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, years and an eon I have stayed in the ground. Beneath the skies and the land that bled, I lied endlessly with nothing but a promise by an enemy. The grass crawled over me, the land piled on top of me and the world played a scene worth an eon in front of me.

The corpses I laid with has long been decayed, bones being the mark left on their remnant. These scenes played on my mind. Am I not the person that I thought I knew? Am I not the person who I am?

These memories feel really foreign, but they feel old. Tears ran down my face as I came face to face with the devil that claimed to have own me. Everywhere I looked, it was pitch black and yet I can see the devil that made me question my existence. Its fangs were very long, it had red bloody eyes and had scales that looked like they could slash you any moment, it looked like our strongest vaxio could not even stand near to this.

"I am flattered by your admiration Alexander." I turned my gaze and looked at the serpent that spoke. Its voice started to drag like the whisper of death.

"An eon has passed, and your beauty still amazes me. Shall I return to my human form?" My mouth was sealed shut and my body was frozen.

This is confusing! I am flustered, and I want to shout. What is happening to me and why me? Out of all people, out of all unworthy things? Why me? I already have so much in my hand and this thing wants to add.

"You're frazzled I see. I taste it Alexander and it makes me want to make you even more frazzled."

"You are not real." I blurted.

My head hanged low and I shivered lightly from the temperature. This place was like a void, no sign of light and life, no warmth and no happiness. This place is where the devil feeds his needs. I heard a dark chuckle that echoed throughout the endless space I was in.

"I am real Alexander." It simply said. I just closed my eyes and tried to balance my breathing. Whatever is doing this, it needs to stop. This illusion is stupid, all of this is stupid!

The memories I saw seems like it came directly from a stupid and poorly written book! I started to dwell in my hand when I felt a hand on my cheek. I gasped and jolted away when I felt the coldness. There was no warmth from those hands. This thing has no sign of life. I opened my eyes and as soon as my gaze met his, tears fell down from my eyes once more.

"H-Hade?"

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"Form a circle!" The Headmaster shouted, panic much evident on his voice. We were in the secluded dungeon that was only for private usage thus its built is much more secured than the other parts of the building.

Alex was tied on the bed with an enchanted rope for the rope to not tear apart. Alex's fragile body looks like it's going to break at any moment. He looks the same but feels very different. His eyes were now closed but we know that he's there and another person is.

We moved to form a circle as the immense power Alex was giving needed to be contained. The lights were flickering on and off and the temperature here was even lower.

"Here is what needs to be done so all of you must listen." The Headmaster spoke.

"Alex's body is possessed by an ancient god, or an ancient demon. Who it is? We do not know as years and years have passed and stories has been buried but one thing there is which is known to everyone. The prophecy of The Fall will come and the all of us will be ruled by an entity who killed the gods our ancestors worshiped. The first phase has already started-"

My ears rang, and I heard nothing from then. My mind felt like it was floating in the air, I felt drowsy and cold. I moved closer to Hade who seems to notice me. His mouth moved but I couldn't fathom what he was saying.

I just nodded despite not knowing what it was he was saying. I don't need to be weak right now. Time and time again, we've practiced and trained on how to defend not ourselves but our kingdom and land we are in.

"Kaval are you alright?" I took a deep breath and looked at Hade.

"I'm fine. Now let's get this Prince back on our side." I said trying to muster all of my courage.

"Remember, the barrier we are going to form will contain Alex and ourselves. But it will also contain this" the Headmaster looked around motioning to what is happening.

"in a small space which is the barrier where Alex along with us, will be in"

"Why must I do this along with you? I do not empathize with him nor his kingdom and his people. You can do it all on your own." We looked to Hade who spoke ever so boldly despite of the situation.

I closed my eyes as I felt the need to punch him in the face. He's a good person, that I know but he is also very selfish and that is what irks me, us the most is that as strong as he is, he is also very selfish and doesn't do things if it does not benefit him.

"You are correct, we can do it without you, but we will struggle to do so, and it will also take a lot of time. That is why we need you to form the barrier with us as soon as possible or everyone will be in danger-"

"I do not care. That person is a stranger to me and an enemy. What his father did to my people will always be etched in my book of history and that for me is more important than a stupid prophecy who clearly came out from a stupid fairytale book. I will help you all, but I will not help him and his kind. What is it that is with him anyways, if he's that dangerous then why not kill him? He's practically just a light bulb that has a switch and all of you are too blind to see it."

"That is where you are wrong Hade. Alexander is not a light switch. He is a time bomb that doesn't have an indicator on when it's going to explode. The history of the past has been long buried at the treaty formed by your father and King Archemedius, you have to let it go."

"That I will not do! My father may have signed that treaty, but he is just as angry and sick as I am with those people! My mothers' life was taken because of the war they initiated! And if he's the karma I and my kingdom has long asked for then I will not participate in saving the son of a murderer. His father's blood runs in his and saving him means forgiving the person who killed my mother!"

Hade stomped away from the formation and blasted the door of the dungeon open. We were embraced by a chilling sound of his stomp that started to get weaker and the buzzing sound that Alexander was making.

"We're going to be fine without him." Apollo said looking gloomy. I sighed in defeat as I knew none of us could stop him from leaving nor convince him to help. He has his own reasons and those weighs more than anything else for him.

The wound that the people of each kingdom chose to ignore still hurts him. What happened back then shattered him and I can't blame him now if he feels remorseful of Alexander as I know for myself that I would feel the same if that happened to me.

"Begin" The Headmaster spoke.

We got into our positions and started to prepare. I closed my eyes summoning the greatest power I could hold for out now. I felt a surge of heat in my body. My senses became sharp and the power in my body was now exposed to me for control. I placed my hand on the ground and formed the first stage of the barrier.

I was focusing on forming the first stage as it was really hard, and it needed a lot of concentration and control to make and the buzzing and shaking didn't help at all. The barrier I wanted to form always disappear and I haven't even started yet. Frustration is seeping into me, but I ignored it as I need to get my task done.

"Come on, you can do this. Don't be a worthless piece of shit."

I said to myself and tried again.