6.2 The Altered History and the Curse Placed upon Monsters

Loud cheers can be heard all over the city of Poznaniye.

The First Magic Saint, Gahar Gözlegçi is now known as the Greatest Hero of all time.

He smiled proudly as he waves to the people of Poznaniye.

People throwing flowers, women cheering as loud as they can. Yet deep inside Gahar, his real thoughts was

(Can I kill all of this people, they are making to much noise)

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After placing a curse upon the lands of the North end of the Forest of Elves. His body returned to normal just before his subordinates arrived.

Only 7 men remained alive due to the fire made by Gahar on his way to the North end of the Forest, including the 3 who fainted.

"What caused their death" he asked.

"It seems like they were attacked within, they coughed great amount of blood with greenish mucus" one of them answered.

"Did you took a sample of it?"

"No, Master Gahar. We were to occupied in following you, that we only took a moment to check their pulse. When we comfirmed that they were dead, we left them there specially with the fire spreading in the forest" another of them answered.

"Okay"

"Sir, may we ask what happened"

"I fought the Spirit of Fire Cináed, that caused this catastrophe. I was naive to think that once I have bound Cináed, he won't be able to conjure magic"

"Then, he was more powerful than we anticipated" Gahar only nodded.

They looked at him with awe, for being able to cast away the demon spirit.

And so Gahar, gave them his version of the story that was far fetched from the truth.

And thus the legend of Gahar spread far and wide.

For this, a smile within the shadows showed great Pride with his two other companions.

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As Gahar receives his Medal of Honor. Some of the citizens, questions his story.

"Why would the Spirit of Fire had to curse the North end of the Forest after setting it into a Sea of Flame"

"What is his purpose when he already knew that he will be destroyed"

"People who has low understanding should not question the great deed that Master Gahar has achieved" one of his subordinates said.

"We are just confused with the Spirit of Fires Intentions. What was he thinking?"

"The Spirit of Fire, was afraid to be forgotten and so places the curse and the barrier on the lands. So that no one will be able to undo the curse" another added.

"But without doing those, he had already done such horrific things that no one would ever forget him"

"Are you really thinking, he wanted to show his power not only to our generation but also to the generations to come"

It was both rational and irrational of a theory. But the person mentioned is no more and unable to defend himself.

"Is there no way of analyzing the barrier? It's a vast land, it's a waste to just let it be"

"Master Gahar has already done everything he could do, to remove the incantations placed on those lands."

"Then?" the civilians asked expectantly.

But the two magicians only shook their head, as one of them spoke.

"That is why, all the Kingdoms agreed to classify the Spirit of Fire as a God Level Threat. So that not one human will forget the horrors that Cináed had done to this World"

A grin creeped out at the side of Gahars lips. Yet, their was no one to defend Cináed and so the Ball held for Gahar continued.

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War was coming, but death continues to rise.

Every single day, a carriage of dead hunters and knights enters at the gates of the Kingdom.

Strifes that ends up to violence continues to take place, not only around the Kingdom of Poznaniye but also to all corners of the Continent.

"Those Monsters just won't leave, they claim to understand us but doesn't do what was asked" the marquess of the noble faction said.

"But, your highness. The monsters have been there even before the Kingdom was built" the marquess of the Kings faction added

"The land they are staying are now within the territory of the Kingdom and no human would accept to be a co-citizen with such vulgar beasts like them"

"They may look different but they are still of human blood, they've already accepted how we label them as monsters and now we're goin to even take their lands"

"How dare you speak of them like we are of the same specie, if you want to fraternize with them. Then do it by yourself, do not include US nor the King!"

The two marquesses debated.

"Gahar" finally the king spoke.

"Yes my liege"

"Do you have an idea on how we can send the monsters out of our territory?"

"Sire" the marquess of the king stood up as if questioning the kings words.

The king only held his hand up to stop him.

"I know where your coming from, even if they look different, they are still our people. But I need to prioritize the majority of the Kingdom" the other marquess was surprised but only nodded.

"There is one but for it to work, I have to cast the spell to every kind of monster. It doesn't have to be every single one. But at least most of them"

(How far ahead is his plans, everything is advancing smoothly. It is to thorough that it creeps me out) Gahar thought as the King spoke.

"What is it?"

"I will cast a curse upon the monsters, a sealing spell on every kind, to the half humans up to the pure monsters. I have confirmed the effects of it, the spell will seal the abilities of monsters even their evolution"

"Are you insane, do you want to go to war with every Monster in this continent"

"Elaborate" the king said.

"Hah! When the spell takes effect, the monsters abilities will be just as the same as humans. They may still get stronger, once they got used to their normal abilities and with their superior body and senses, it isn't impossible. But this way, not only are we able to force them on leaving but also stop the fight between monsters and humans"

"You mean that, they won't be born ahead in abilities but will be the same as human starting from nothing?" the King asked confirming his understanding.

"Yes"

"Subarashii, I don't care if they still retain their senses and body structure. With our knights and magician, we can easily defeat them. Then we should prepare for this now. Yes?" the Marquess of the Noble faction stood up with gladness.

That made the Kings Marquess twitch his eye and mouth in displeasure. He looked at the king, but he was unable to read what the king was thinking.

"Prepare for the spell! Marquess Buýsanç, provide everything Sir Gahar needs"

"With my all, my liege" he bowed arrogantly and sneak a smile towards the Kings Marquess.

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After the meeting of the heads of the noble families with the King.

Gahar, ordered every available covert soldiers to take a vial of every female monster or even a males blood if capable and ordered them not to kill those monsters.

If the monsters whom they have taken blood from was killed, the blood collected will be useless.

Knights ambushed monsters from left to right. Woman, Elder even kids.

It took about a month just to complete collecting the blood samples of every kind of monster, both with and without intellect.

And thus the Ceremony begins. Gahar created a giant magic circle and placed thousands of the blood vials at the edge around the circle and the incantation begins.

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The knights of the kingdom marched to the villages of the monsters.

Commanders of the platoons in every village warned the monsters to leave or fight and was given time to decide.

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The incantation for the curse was almost finished when the Elder of every Monster Village decided. Groups of monsters marched towards their gates, armed and ready to attack.

As the last required element for the curse was placed at the middle of the magic circle. Monsters raised their weapons, roared and thus started to attack.

Clanging of swords can be heard throughout the plains of the village, one by one the humans fell. And monsters who has received wounds heals faster than an attack, when suddenly.

Monsters fell on their knees, gripping their chest and screamed in pain.

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Gahar stood and smiled in triumph as he walked away from the magic circle.

The blood vials of every monster flowed out of their containers to the middle of the circle and mixed with the 3 different bowls of unknown liquids at the middle and slowly evaporated.

Just before the last drop disappeared the magic circle radiated a sinister bright light and disappeared at the same time as the last drop of blood.

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After a while of the excruciating pain, the monsters once again stood and roared to attack.

Then again, the sound of sword clanging can be heard but their was something different. Monsters are being pushed by humans.

"Bakana, how can this be?" one monster said as he looked around the battle field. Not only him, was being pushed down by a human but all of his people.

One by one the monsters fell. Wounds still heals but it was to slow, some even died due to slow recovery.

And thus every monster village had no choice but to retreat and leave their village.

From the distance, children and parents saw mountains of flame. It was where their village were. The humans had burned their village to the ground.

And thus the monsters lived out of sight of the humans.

Monsters who were gifted since they were born can't accept their frailty. Monsters had no need to thrive for greater strength and thus only depended on their natural gifts but now that they have lost it. They became merely humans and do not know how to thrive for it.

They were called monsters by humans, that they didn't mind. But the humans also have taken their lands, destroyed their home and killed their people.

Anger welled up in the hearts of every monster and thus there determination to attain their lost power showed in their eyes as they sworn to take revenge against the humans.

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At the current time...

Dead humans filled the battle field. Amputated, Decapitated and Bisected bodies can clearly be seen throughout the battle field.

But the most despairing sight was the half dead Court Magician.

"Why, why are you here?" Jady asked.

"Me, because I'm the one who planned this war, I just wanted to show your people that their is no hope"

Tears weld up on Jady's eyes, she wanted to ask more but she had no strength left to utter the words.

A soldier approached them.

"Gahar-sama. We are ready to leave"

Jady's eyes widened as she fights for air to stay alive.

"Wait" he said to the soldier and walked towards Jady and sat half squat beside her.

"You might be thinking that, you had the upper hand on this war, but let me tell you something. The winner of this war had already been decided 3000 years ago, when I have successfully defeated Cináed and cursed not only the monsters but also the humans that you people call monsters. This outcome was caused by your racism and self serving" he slowly stood up as he continued.

"But because you showed me a good fight, I will grant you a gift. I will not kill your last apprentice, I was going to but realized that he was not a threat. He has the skills but doesn't have the knowledge and the power to support it.

Anshin shiro, I will only play with your apprentice for a bit longer, but will not harm him"

At the last moment of Jady's life, as Gahad turned his back on her, she smiled in relief and triumph. Just before the last breath left her a thought came.

(I'm so glad he was so cautious and paranoid, if he weren't like that then there will be no one left to save this world)