Empires on the Move

A trick of the mind, a message from my esteemed ancestor, an anomaly with the divine flame or something else entirely that I haven't thought of, I didn't know. But what I was certain of was that it was a warning against my increasing sense of hubris and complacency at how fast the empire's strength, as well as my own power have been multiplying in a sliver of a fraction of the time it took me in my past life.

And despite me still wanting to figure where that image in the hell fire materialized from, I couldn't keep contemplating it as a deep and mighty voice bellowed out from the depths of my mind.

"Kill him! Kill him! KILL HIM NOW!" The awakened monster roared insensately in my mind, drowning all the other voices of my splintered mind around him in a swirling whirlpool of madness.

"Calm yourself." I said, as I began restraining my rampant insanity and blood lust, that momentarily broke free of my hold under the influence of his crazed howl.