CHAPTER-42 GOLDEN MAN

The sting of betrayal had never felt so real and painful as it was now

the monstrosity that emerged from the bell broke out in booming laughter, its face contorted into an ugly smirk as

It looked down at the figure who was bent down from the waist in a low bow

"well done loyal servant your sacrifice and offering has been known and will not go in uncompensated"

the monster spoke with such a resentment voice that it seemed as if the voice was dripping with venom and hatred that would make anyone who heard it freeze in their tracks.

the blue figure of sam flinched and became more translucent

But still, the person in question remained bowed. Tears were streaming down his cheeks but still, he continued to remain quiet,

I watched him for a few moments longer I was confused how could a ghost cry

the monster continued to laugh

while silver flashed into existence near Sam and grabbed the ghost by the throat and pinned him to the ground like some animal,

I winced when Sam let out a wail of pain and anguish and pleaded with Silver

to stop but no matter what Sam did he could not get away from silver's iron grip,

I gasped in horror when Silver began to peel off Sams

meanwhile monster had gone crazy

it laughed again at the display

of emotion as silver's grasp on Sam

tightened,

making Sam squirm in response as silver kept pulling until Sam began to wail and shriek

Erebus calmly walked to the ghost and child sport and squared down calmly he brought his face

close enough to Sam that they were nose to nose

"you will obey me as you are Now mine!" Sam screamed louder as silver gripped his wrists and began to pull back hard

with all his strength,

Sam tried to resist but

the force behind the pull from silver was too much

And suddenly Sam's entire arm was ripped out of and blue slimily liquid began to ooze out of the cavity

I was shocked at the sight and my hands were clenched so tightly that my knuckles turned white.

silver released the ghost from his grasp

Sam crumpled forward and fell to the floor,

heaving as he sobbed while Erebus stood above him and looked triumphant

"Now you will tell us what you have done to the child of wrath or I will rip your her soul out and burn it to oblivion"

Erebus grabbed Sam by his hair and dragged the beaten ripped not so ghost to his face

their faces were now inches away from each other

"Speak" Erebus spoke the word with such command that even the monster stopped laughing

Sam whispered but stayed quiet

Erebus growled in response

and began to drag Sam away

he threw Sam up against the ground and raised his hands in the air as black smoke began forming in his palm

then he slammed it on the chest of my dormer friend

Sam immediately began to scream in agony and black liquid flowed out of his eyes and ears as he writhed around in agony.

Erebus then proceeded to throw several more punches

on Sam and soon there was what seemed as blue slimy blood flowing out of his face and nose from being repeatedly hit by Erebus

"You will speak!" Erebus shouted

meanwhile, the monster continued to laugh the crap out as he rolled over clutching its belly and howling with glee

Erebus threw Sam towards me then lifted his hand and slammed it onto Sam's chest again and again

Sam screamed

Sam struggled to get up

as he

He desperately tried to reach the monster

But his attempts proved fruitless.

After a couple of seconds began to whimper

"I followed the will of my God" Sam whizzed out as if he was having trouble breathing

Erebus stopped in his track but the black smoke in his hand did not subside

Sam

looked weakly at Erebus

"I did what was asked of me"

"And?" Erebus demanded.

"I did what was required"

Erebus slowly raised his hand

"which is what exactly"

Sam wheeze out a few more breaths

"I introduced the dark element in his soul with the hoax of aiding him in his cultivation path to prepare his body as a vessel"

then Sam began to cough violently but before he could catch his breath

Erebus picked him up by pulling on his skull

"You will now answer to me"

Sam hurriedly gave a weak nod

"I am glad that we understand one another"

With a final grunt, Erebus took his hand away.

Sam collapsed onto the ground and cried

Sam was trembling badly and crying

He could barely breathe

Sam betrayal hurt more than it should have I had thought him to be my ally if not my friend

his words

echoed in my head they had confirmed what I already suspected

Sam was a traitor

Sam betrayed me

Sam was a monster

His betrayal left a hollow feeling in my heart

his actions were affecting me in ways I couldn't even comprehend

The monster roared with laughter.

"You ask have failed, failed so miserably..."

It cackled

"I told you that you should not have disobeyed my instructions, and yet here you are."

"The first free soul in no one knows how many millennials unbound by the courts that so graciously rule us and now he is tainted by the dark element"

the monster working with laughter as

he continued to cackle

"The boy shall ours, in the end, he is one of us now the unwanted and the tainted of the Dark"

"You must give me the boy as I am his only hope now"

the monster looked at me and smirked.

"Please, I beg of you. Do what must be done for the sake of everyone else, please. Let me die"

The words came from his lips in a desperate whisper as I stared down at the broken mess of his pale form.

My stomach sank and tears filled my eyes.

Sam at some point had crawled up to me and now was budding my leg tightly as I tried to get away

from this scene as quickly as possible.

"No no, I refuse, No..! No..!" Sam cried out

"I can't let you do this! I won't allow this!"

Silver shouted as he rushed to my side

"Do what must be done, now. Give me the Death boy"

Sam shouted as silver spelt him off and there him away

I made the mistake of looking at the monster

The monster was grinning sinisterly.

"This isn't right!" Sam shouted, his face contorting in rage

"I will end him now," Silver said as he marches towards the blue ghost man

the owl hooked loudly as he banged an invisible surface

cause a loud metallic sound echoed

"I don't want him to die" The monster replied coldly

Then he chuckled lowly

"That is why you must give him to me"

"Out all of you only I know the dark element arts that can now aid him, Even Lord Erebus as the so-called God of darkness can't help him"

the monster let out another booming laughter

I was seriously getting tired of that laugh it was annoying and infuriating

"You need help!" Silver yelled voicing out my thoughts

the creature's gaze was deadly

"If you don't give me the boy he will die."

"NO!" Silver yelled

I couldn't take it anymore.

So I decided to say something

I stepped forward and said in a small voice

"Someone please tell me what is going on"

they all simultaneously turned to me

silver let out a heavy sigh

"This undead piece of shit," he said as he pointed at Sam

"at some point introduced and tainted Dark element in your soul which is bad because the entire universe side not allow the existence of the dark element practitioners they are hunted and killed on sight no exception "

I took in a sharp breath of air as I came to terms with reality

They were going to kill him?

"What...what do you mean?!" I questioned

Silver ignored my question

"How dare you come into my domain and disrespect me!!" the monster boomed

"Your domain? You're a spirit, less than a ghost"

Erebus calmly retorted while waving his palm

"How dare you mongrel on I can save your precious new soul "

"That is not true" another voice boomed

my stomach churn as I felt nauseated and slightly dizzy,

I felt faint

Silver noticed this and grabbed my arms

"Let go of me" I spat

He ignored me

As we walked closer to where the demon was sitting

"Yes bring me the boy only I can help"

suddenly I felt something come up from my stomach and I vomited

a large amount of black blood onto the grass as Silver pulled away from me to look at me.

I coughed profusely as sweat ran down my forehead and I panted and gasped for air,

I couldn't stand for long and I fell to my knees

out of the corner of my eyes, I saw the black blood turning yellow then an orange colour tainted the yellow blood and turned golden

and a figure rise from the pool of blood

in a blink of an eye, a ghost sheet-like figure rose and then morphed into a thin starving golden man

his body was so thin and malnourished that I could see his ribcage poking out of his chest

he wore no clothes but an uttered cloth that covered his crotch and was wrapped around his hips

there were no shoes and his feet looked like they were about to fall apart at any second

his skin was a bright golden colour as his arms were nothing but bone he had a long beard and long hair that hadn't been washed in ages as they had now

dried up into strings

his eyes were a piercing golden colour that resembled the ones of a human but held something else I didn't understand and it creeped me out

the man was sitting crossed and floating in the air

a shiver shook my frame

it was as though a thousand volts ran through my veins and straight to my heart

"YOU ARE A MONGREL!"

the golden man shouted at the monster

"YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTROL THE WORLD?! WE WILL SHOW YOU WHO IS IN CONTROL?!"

Another him appeared beside him

"WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT IS TO CONTROL THE WORLD!"

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO!"

"YOU ARE NOT MY MASTER!"

"YOU ARE NOT MY KING!"

"YOU ARE NOT MY SERVANT!"

"YOU ARE NOT MY CHILD!"

"YOU THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE THE BOY"

he then abruptly turned to me

"Oh yes. I forgot to introduce myself."

"Bow down on your knees and thank heaven for I am your saviour the great golden Orchid of the great river"

He said smiling proudly

the golden man nodded sagely

"And thank heaven for I am the master of the world. And as such, I claim the boy, in return for helping him"

"WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?!" silver shouted

"HE NEEDS HELP!!"

silver said as he began flexing his hands readying himself for a fight

the golden man turned toward Silver

"Insolent wretch how dare you question the great golden orchid now go me for I am almighty"

Silver clenched his fist and took a step back, but kept his stance firm

with a swift movement, the golden man shot towards Silver and sent him crashing to the floor as he grabbed his throat tightly as the wind was knocked out of him

"YOU SHALL NEVER DARE TO QUESTION ME ANYMORE!"

but before he could do anything more

Erebus blinked right next to the golden man and kicked him away sending him flying into a nearby war

the golden man in a flash got up and pointed at Erebus

"HOW DARE YOU !!"

Erebus stood tall and raised his hand black fog began to form in his both palms

as the golden man charged at Erebus but suddenly stopped midair

The golden man looked over his shoulder and grinned wickedly as he threw two gold orbs of energy

two gold orbs headed straight for Erebus

"DIE!"

I shuddered expecting a huge impact that would have swept me of my feet

when a loud angry hoot sounded and both golden orb and black fog disappeared

the golden man turned toward the owl

and then bowed his head

"Greetings honoured elder it is my great honour to show you my magnificent great self "

he said bowing his head

Erebus scoffed

"No need to show off, he is clearly no match for your superior skills " silver consoling patted Erebus

the golden man smiled knowingly

"My great self won't sully is beautifully self to stoop down to your mongrel level," he said seeming proud starting down at the pair

Before silver and Erebus could retort

The Owl gave a loud hoot

And the golden man turned toward the owl and bowed his head once more

"How?"

"I will simply pour my golden essence into the tainted soul of the human boy and then the dark taint would be cured "

The owl gave another Hoot

"I would never fail"

"HOOT"

"EVEN IF BY SOME MIRACLE I AM UNABLE TO CLEAR THE TAINT MY SPIRIT SHALL MERGE WITH BOY AND CLEAR THE TAINT"

"HOOT"

"WHY WOULDN'T THE HUMAN BOY NOT WANT MY GREAT MIGHTY BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT!"

"HOOT"

"WELL THEN I WILL KILL MU CONSCIOUSNESS BEFORE MERGING "

"HOOT"

"thank you great elder by the blessing of buddha I will be reborn as a bodhi"

Then the golden man turned toward me and graced with a smile

So then boy shall we star

"NO!, YOU FOOLISH PLANT DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING" the monster shouted as a golden aura began to dominate from the golden man

I watched as the golden aura grew stronger and stronger

"STOP!!! STOP!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS"

the monster shouted and ran towards me but he ran into invisible sending him rolling backwards

and then the bell began to reappear as the monster shouts and insult began to faint away

and then the golden aura engulfed me and everything went quiet

and a sudden pang of incredible unexplainable pain rang up my spine as

Everything went dark

the last thought that came to my mind was

"I Hate My Life"