Chapter 3: Shackles of Imprisonment

The Village of Za'astaroz is a small village that only composes of less than three-hundred families and it is mandatory for each village to have at least one priest in every church.

Za'astaroz Village has only one church as of now and that church is the Church of the Life Goddess.

Churches of the Life Goddess is the most widespread church in the World of Lebradour.

The World of Lebradour composed of only Five Continents, the first one is the Elves' continent named Elfe'en which is the smallest continent and the most difficult one to reach due to the unnatural density of mana that surrounds this continent.

Some well-known Grand scholars and Grand mages theorize that this abnormal density of mana is a defense mechanism coming from the World Tree for which they did not know if it does truly exist or if it was just a Myth made hundreds of thousand years ago.

Humans and other races except for the elves also quite knew that elves are unsociable to the other races, and this information was already widespread thousands of years ago.

The second continent is the continent of Therianthrope called Ther'ian.

Therianthropes are half-human and half-animal civilizations that are unique to their race, they are quite very well known in the World of Lebradour due to their outstanding fighting capabilities.

Some Therianthropes possessed abnormal agility, and some are abnormally strong due to their overwhelming strength, they are just naturally born with a war instinct that was already imprinted to them.

Some famous and well-known stories stated that there are almost tens of Therianthropes who reach the pinnacle of power, in conclusion, they are simply war machines.

The third continent is the continent of the Dwarves named De'warv.

Dwarves are demi-humans whose body stature is very short compared to humans.

Dwarves' height is known as below the waist of an average human adult.

They are known as very obsessed with their craftsmanship, they mostly valued the product that they personally made more than their own precious lives!

They are also the kind of race that everyone wants to befriend with, due to their outstanding talent in creating various weapons and other crafts.

The fourth continent is the Human continent which is called Gran'dea.

Humans are the most unexplainable living beings due to their mixed characters.

Some humans are as good as saints and some humans are eviler than the devil itself!

The other races have mixed emotions and opinions when it comes to humans.

The last continent is the Continent of the Dead named De'rath.

This continent is composed of undead who despise living beings, and according to some old folktales and stories, the undead are very powerful beings who can anytime defy the law of the World of Lebradour bound by the Gods themselves!

They are the most fearsome existing entity in the World of Lebradour.

There are even some Grand Mages of Human civilization who witnessed the true strength of certain undead and the only words they can say is "Grand Mages are just insects compared to them!".

That's why no one wants to raise an invasion and initiate a war against De'rath.

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In the Village Za'astaroz where Ezekiel Fernandez was born, it was almost the afternoon, and Mary already prepared and finished all the things she needed before the start of her child's naming ceremony.

Ezekiel felt the tension in the air regarding his naming ceremony;

He cannot seem to imagine that he will be getting a new name.

He is quite very sad right now, he knew his past name has so much memory connected to his previous mother and his father who loved him unconditionally, and also his only friend Caesar whom he cannot forget after the phenomena that killed them both.

Ezekiel can only wish for Caesar to be reincarnated in the other world like him.

After an hour of thinking in circle, Ezekiel finally accepted the fate that was given to him.

"' I may accept my new name but I will never forget my old name.'" Ezekiel's thoughts while a clear vision of sadness can be seen on his face even as a newborn baby.

A moment later, Mary finally put Ezekiel in her warm presence through her arms and finally walked out through the doors to reach her destination which is the Church of the Life Goddess!

After a travel time of around fifteen minutes through walking made possible by Mary, she finally arrived at the Church of the Life Goddess.

Ezekiel saw the color of the church of the Life Goddess, it was cleanly white and it perfectly leaves an impression of Purity.

At the top of the entrance, Ezekiel saw a miniature statue of a woman.

"' I think that's the Life Goddess'" Ezekiel guessed through his thoughts in a careful manner.

Mary finally enters the church, and inside the church, Ezekiel gasps in his mind quietly looking at the huge statue of the Life Goddess which is made from a pure white crystal carefully crafted by a professional!

"' I already expected this… but my expectation was shattered immediately!!! This holy statue is out-worldly! Even a single imperfection cannot be seen on its surface.'" Ezekiel's thoughts and honest reaction to the giant statue of the Life Goddess.

After a minute of time looking at the Giant perfect statue of the Life Goddess, Ezekiel finally felt the divine energy exuded by the statue itself!

At first look, Ezekiel cannot seem to feel the divine energy that was present within the holy church, but after Mary walked closer to the giant perfect statue wherein Priestess Isabelle was kneeling while facing the giant statue committedly, he finally felt the vast divine energy coming from the giant statue.

The Life Goddess's divine energy is quite warm and embracing, it almost feels like in the presence of his mother's love.

After the seventh step of Mary, she finally arrived where Priestess Isabelle was kneeling.

Priestess Isabelle felt the presence on her back and initiated to stand up and looked at both the mother and son.

Priestess Isabelle welcomed them warmly and she smiled at Mary.

"We should start the naming ceremony right now since your baby boy is finally here." Priestess Isabelle informed Mary.

"Yes, Priestess Isabelle, we can start the naming ceremony right now" Mary responded to Priestess Isabelle while looking at the baby boy who seems to be in awe.

After Priestess Isabelle finished preparing her divine energy reserve.

The baby boy finally seemed to calm down.

Priestess Isabelle looked at the baby boy and gently puts her right hand on the child's forehead and said loudly "Mother, the Life Goddess, thy child be unto yours and brings a joyful life that thy world can witness. Holy Mother of Life, I presented thy child unto you as the witness, and thus name shall be always present thy soul."

A form of diluted divine energy comes from Priestess Isabelle's right hand had been released and absorbed by the child's whole body.

It took about ten seconds before the Priestess stopped providing divine energy for the baby.

The priestess was quite fascinated by what had happened!

It was her very first time witnessing a child under the naming ceremony that almost devoured her entire divine energy.

After Priestess Isabelle saw that the baby boy safely consumed her divine energy, she looked at the mother first, and after that, she looked at the baby boy and said "The child's name would be Ru…