11 CURSED BLOOD
Volume 2: Ydeo's Adventure and the Last Order of the Immortal Bishop - CHAPTER 10:CURSED BLOOD
At the Holy Shrine in the country of Mala-Laya. The Bishop is giving his sermon.
"People of Mala-Laya, always remember the word of our Lord. The scriptures are the Truth! Remember that us human, is the only flesh created by our Lord Bathala!”
"The others are made by the demons! Those are the monster who wants to kill every single human in the world! But some of our brethren worship them! Yes, some human worship those monsters!”
"They drink the blood of those monsters! Become one of them! They are cursed! They should be killed!”
"Now a dangerous man who used to be with us became an evil worshipper! He killed one of our beloved Priest! Oh Reverend Gan-del, may you rest in peace!”
"That man killed hundreds of our followers in the region of Hanalulu in north western island of Mala-Laya!”
"One of our brothers, Priest Pontiveros is in the kingdom of Ar-pi in order to catch the evil worshipper! He will surely bring victor and bring that evil worshipper here!”
"Once captured, he will conduct cleansing to the felon! He will be punished for his sin!" The Bishop preached to the people of Mala-Laya.
"Punish Him! Kill Him! Cleanse Him!" cry of the people.
On the other hand, Princess Mayari is looking for an island to stay for a while in order to hide from his father and brother.
At the same moment, at the ship of Priest Pontiveros, Bakunawa revealed himself to Priest Pontiveros. He grabbed him, pointed one his blade to the Priest.
"Don't try anything funny, relax. I won't kill you…yeah right, I already killed your followers but don't worry I’ll let the crew live. We wouldn’t be able to sail without them, would we?” Bakunawa said to Priest Pontiveros.
"Do you think with my injury you can easily triumph? With my holy vessels and your sinful power, it will not end." Priest Pontiveros said.
"Sinful? You call it Sinful based on your standards. You Holy Covenant are just jealous of my power. I can wield Sacred Arm., these twin kampilan. Anino and Dilim. With its attribute of darkness against your fire attribute, there will be no end in our fight.” unless we don't use it.” Bakunawa liberated.
"And you are lucky that I can't properly use my Holy Vessel. I used to be one of you, right?”
“Right? ‘Teacher!’ ?” He added.
"You must be ashamed that one of your disciples became an evil worshipper like what the scriptures said. But we all know that those scriptures are lies made by the Holy Covenant to control the mass!” Bakunawa continued in hostile glare.
"I have the Curse Blood too although I can only use the Partial Transformation, you know and see what I am capable of. This is what you are all afraid of! “
"The existence of a man who can use the 3 Powers of the World threatens you! So you want to kill me before I fully wield it, do you think I don’t know what you are doing?!” his face still contorted with rage.
“After I started with that first Priest, I trained myself and become much stronger."
"You call that Power? That is only nothing but a curse! You are the manifestation of the Devil! You must be cleanse! If you really used to be one of us, you should know what you must do!" Priest Pontiveros preached.
“You and that damn Holy Covenant is truly blinded and corrupted to the bones! The only way to stop this is to uproot each of you. I want to start with the most damaged branch ...” Bakunawa referred to Pontiveros.
“—but you have to live, until we arrive on port of Mala-Laya. Once you serve your purpose I will kill you. Rest assured since you used to be my teacher, I will make it quick.” Bakunawa said
Priest Pontiveros gripped the chair he is in. "I would never guess that the weakest and useless disciple like you would turn like this. Is it because you are weak that you want to become the strongest? It is your mind that playing your desire to make others bow to you!”
“It is not us who are blinded and corrupted. It is you! You are the one who is corrupted with your desire to kill.”
"Why would you kill innocent people?!" He rancorously asked.
A laugh from a single man enveloped the room. Noises far from happy moments but a mad chilling laugh that send shivers to every guards and crew there is.
Bakunawa could not stop laughing after hearing those words.
"Innocent you say!? You don’t really recognize the Holy Covenant you serve, do you, Priest Pontiveros? You are clouded by your principles. What are those again? “
“I do not ask, I follow orders.” He recalled from memories.
"You have been installing that to us in the convent for 6 years! I admire it at first but once you enter the Holy Covenant, you will see all of its malice! It is a nothing but rules to shackle people in following the corrupted church made by the Bishop!" Bakunawa said.
"How low have you been this corrupted? You truly become the manifestation of the Devil!" Priest Pontiveros said.
"I don't care if you think I'm a devil, monster or what! I'm glad I exist; this world has someone who wants to destroy the Holy Covenant! “Bakunawa announced.
At the same moment inside the ship of Princess Mayari.
"My, Lady! A bird came back with a branch, an island is near and by how quick the bird, we might be able to sail there in a half day." Knight reported.
"Good job! Let's go there!"
At the Palace of Viyato.
"My Lord, the Prince is in the Garden. He only sat there and it has already been an hour since then." The General reported to the Emperor.
"How about the Princess? Which country she went this time?" The Emperor asked.
"According to a maiden who is close to the Empress, the Empress sent the Princess to the Kingdom of A-rpi." The General answered.
"Ar-pi? Yes, the Kingdom that my wife's cousin rule. Have you already sent our men?" The Emperor asked.
"We already sent, they should be there by now, My Lord." The General replied.
"Good, keep what you’re doing and make sure that the Prince will be out of the Palace as soon as possible. Just give him another quest. Also make sure to give me an update report regarding to my Princess." The Emperor commanded.
"As you wish, My Lord!" the General replied.
In the garden, the Prince is talking with flowers and admiring its beauty.
"Hello beautiful flowers, it has been 2 days since came here, I already miss Mayari. I thought she will be here. I guess mother sent her away to stop me from fighting my idiot father.”
"And still I will never forgive that Old Pervert. Even if He is the Emperor, trying to harass my sister is a sin. Family Marriage is a custom for royal family like us, but it not an excuse to use it as a way to harass someone.”
"…Or maybe I am just enchanted with Mayari’s beauty. She used to be a little kid and now she becomes so beautiful. I hope she is alright.
"I know my father already sent someone to watch her, as of expected to the kind of man he is. I hope nothing bad happen to her, a beautiful woman like her will make all of men a sinner." The Prince said.
Back to the ship of Priest Pontiveros.
"Tell me, are you doing this because of that woman?" Priest Pontiveros asked.
"… You remember her?"
"Yes, she is like you a Cursed Blood." Priest Pontiveros said.
CHAPTER 10 END…
