Story IV / Part XXXVIII: The Red Dawn of Crimson Sky (V) / The Prophet of Deceased Faith (II)

"…Thank you for reminding me, Lady Mifalkhia. I will start right now."

"Did The Maker bestow you a knowledge how to create the cure?"

"He didn't. I think He still doubts my power, intelligence and capability as a Prophet."

"Your Holiness…let me tell you. The Maker never doubts His messengers. Not even once."

"I know. He only wants me to grow as a man with full responsibility who can lead His followers into a right path. He doesn't want me to become a spoiled child." Meanwhile, Mifalkhia doesn't say anything and look at him with serious expression.

"Lady Mifalkhia, did you know the mayor of the city was trying to poisons the refugees from south?"

"Yes, I did. I can see it from the plants that grow in the city."

"Then, what is your opinion? I would like to hear it."

"I'm afraid I'll hurt your feeling Your Holiness, because you and they are human."

"Please don't worry, I'm all ears."

Then, Mifalkhia began to tell him about her opinion and Sameir listened that seriously while making the cure.

"The Humans are getting ahead of themselves. They became like that after they learned a tale when Our Lord ordered Vala and Evailla to bow down before Adam. I can't imagine why humans, who received a task to lead other races as "The Lord of Gaia", used persecution and slander to make other races "bow down" before them. I also can't imagine why the city mayor is so cruel to the refugees."

Sameir who listened that can only smile wryly. He closed his eyes a bit and then cried a little. He immediately wiped the tear on his left eye. Mifalkhia who realized it is panicked.

"Your-Your Holiness?! I'm really sorry for the words I said! Please, you may punish me if that is hurting your feelings!" Mifalkhia suddenly kneeled down in front of Sameir.

"You don't need to worry Lady Mifalkhia. I cried because I didn't know my race has been creating miseries to other races. If I'm allowed to apologize, I would like to apologize to you, as a representative of Dryad Race, on behalf of Human Race." Sameir is standing and bowing down to Mifalkhia while saying that.

"P-please don't bow down to me or apologize to me Your Holiness! Your Holiness is different! You aren't like those Humans, but you are like a Holy Elf or Vala instead! Moreover, you don't do anything wrong! You—"

"But I broke my promise to my followers. In the end, I'm same as them." Sameir smiled to her with sad expression. Mifalkhia lost her words and can't talk back to him. She is surprised by the words he said to her.

(W-what the hell is this?! Are all Prophets like this?! He is too sincere! Too kind! Too handsome! Too bright! Ugh…I lost my face as a Servant of Earth Mother!") Mifalkhia panicked by herself and Sameir looked her with dumbfounded expression, then he continued to grind the herbs.

The Prophet kept grinding the herbs and mixing it, but he always failed. He kept trying without feeling down. But unfortunately, the clock showed at 5 already. One heverra before the sun begins to set. Mifalkhia who have been watching him feel restless and anxious.

"I know it's almost evening. But I can't give up just yet. Please don't be so anxious Lady Mifalkhia…" Mifalkhia can't talk anything but feel sad while watching him kept trying and failing every time.

"Your Holiness…may I help you…?" After she said that, Sameir stopped grinding the herbs.

(W-what the hell have I said?! He will mad at me! I will incur The Maker's Wrath to our race!)

"I know, I'm pathetic, am I? I even can't keep my words. If I keep failing like this, I will sully The Maker's name and stain His kindness with my sin…"

(What the hell is talking about?! I just want to help him because he kept failing like that!)

"Your Holiness! Allow me to help you! I can't bear watching you kept failing like that!"

Mifalkhia rushed to him and she sits near him. She told him that he used wrong methods to create the medicine. She told him to grind the one KGe of [Reibriger Leaf] until it turned into gel. Then, he needs to mix it with one jar of water that has been imbued with [Light] Elemental Magic and stir it up. The mixing needs long time and great amount of magic. Mifalkhia asked him find the rest of depleted ingredients inside the forest while she maintaining the magic and mixing the herb.

Sameir ran inside to forest. However, when he reached deepest place where many unique and rare herbs grow, he faced difficulty because the herbs have same shape and smell. He remembers the names of herbs that he needs to make the medicine, but he forgets the shape and unique characteristics from the required herbs. He kept walking around for ten minerval but he can't decide. Then, a voice came from a tree near him.

"Your Holiness?! Are you okay?! Why are you taking so long?! Are the beast attacked you?!"

"No Lady Mifalkhia. But I still can't pick the right herbs!"

"What why?!"

"Because they are look same! I even forget the shape and unique characteristics that the herbs have!"

"Ugh…Y-Your Holiness, please calm down! Did The Maker give you a skill or ability when you are meditating?"

"Skill…? Skill…OH!" Sameir quickly opened his status screen and he found four skills with name [Appraisal], [Item Creation], [Item Construction], and [Value Identification] on there.

[Appraisal] Rank MAX:

This skill allows the user to identify an object and this skill will give the user full information about the object the user appraised no matter the shape of object. At [MAX Rank] level, the user allows to appraise every object in the world even though the object is broken or destroyed. However, this skill isn't allowed the user to check other people's status.

[Item Creation] Rank A:

This skill normally included as an ability in Mage Class. This skill allows the user to create an item related with alchemy skill or ability for example a potion or poison flask. At [A Rank] level, the user can make a high-grade potion or poison.

[Item Construction] Rank A++:

This skill normally included as an ability in Mage Class. This skill allows the user to create magic tools until [A++ Rank] materials. This skill also gives the user bonus effects when the user is creating potion or poison.

[Value Identification] Rank A++:

This skill allows the user to find a value in an item for example their characteristics and utilities. This skill also will show the user about related items that can be created or extracted from the selected item along with the methods to create it.

"This is…!" Sameir was surprised and then he shook his head.

He began to find the items that can be created from [Reibriger Leaf] and he found a potion that can cure a disease with similar symptoms his followers have right now. He quickly activated [Area Appraisal] and found the herbs. He quickly picked it according to the amount he needed right now and ran back to Mifalkhia.

He quickly cleaned the grinder and the mortar then he put twenty [Ureila Mushrooms], 200 Ge of [Munglei Mold], ten [Keil Mushrooms] and thirty [Reigel Fruits] on the mortar. He mushed those herbs and pour a little of water that has been imbued by pure [Light] Attribute Mana. Then, he put five [Oiverium Fruit] on the mortar and grinded it. After that, he extracted [Vegel Oil] from ten [Vegel Fruits] by boiling it. Lastly, he poured all of them into the jar and he asked Mifalkhia to let him stir the liquid. He stirs the liquid while pouring pure [Light] Attribute Mana until early evening and then Mifalkhia warned him about time.

"Your Holiness! It's already evening! You will be late!"

"I know, just a little longer!" He was panicked and he gives everything he got into this medicine creation.

The sun had completely set into horizon and the moon begins to raise from the land. Sameir cooled it down with his magic and quickly stored it in his magical inventory. He quickly ran to forest outskirt, leaving Mifalkhia behind, even without saying a proper gratitude for her. He kept running and running until he reached the city outskirt. On there, he saw many people burned alive and hanged, when Sameir approaches them, his student rushed to him with panicked expression.

"M-MENTOR! THIS IS BAD! MAYOR STARTED TO BURN AND HANG PEOPLE FROM SLUM, SICK PEOPLE, THE REFUGEES AND DEMI-HUMANS AS WELL!"

Sameir rushed to the execution ground. On there, he found burning and hanging people. His followers called his name and begged him to be saved while the others ran to him and begged to his feet. Looking at this misery, Sameir stares the mayor and his people with angry gaze. However, the mayor replied it with mocked expression and spilled his tongue out. Sameir also can hear the burning people screaming in agony.

"BAH! SO YOU RETURNED, FAKE PROPHET? I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUNNING WITH YOUR TAIL BEHIND. SO, YOU STILL HAVE A COURAGE TO SHOW YOUR SHITTY FACE, HAH?"

"Greiveroin Ontr El Equailloitre Alfraihilm Afreilla" (I'm coming here by The Maker's Will)

"HAH? YOU SAID WHAT?! "I'M COMING HERE BY THE MAKER'S WILL?" BAH!!! THERE IS NO THE MAKER IN THE WORLD! YOU MAYBE ONLY FOOLED BY SUCCUBUS OR INCUBUS!"

Sameir doesn't say anything, but he now glaring at the mayor and his people. That was an angry gaze, but far deeper and intense. The people who looked at him felt scared, even the mayor.

"Why do you condemn these innocent people to their death? Don't you have any heart as a human?!"

"HAHA! HEART? YOU HEARD THAT BOYS?!" The mayor laughed hysterically, followed by his people.

"Let me tell you, O Almighty Foolish Fake Prophet…MY CITY IS ONLY FOR RICH AND FAMOUS PEOPLE! POOR PEOPLE LIKE THEM WHO EVEN CAN'T PAY THE TAX, AND YOUR STINKY ROTTEN PEOPLE AREN'T WORTH TO LIVE IN MY CITY! IT'S BETTER I BURN THEM LIKE A PEST!" He said that with disgusting and mocking expression.

"BUT YOU…YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MAKE YOUR PEOPLE SUFFER!" Sameir glared at him.

"HAH? WHAT? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! I JUST RAISED THE TAX TO FEED MYSELF! PEOPLE NEED MONEY TO LIVE, NOT THE GODS! 'CAUSE THEY WON'T FEED YOU WITH THEIR MERCY!" He looked at Sameir with angry gaze.

"You…you feed the refugees and Demi-Humans with poison…even my people has fallen ill because your wrongdoings…because you…the merchants must…" Sameir lowered his head.

"What? Loss of words huh, fancy Prophet? Wanna cry? Wanna ask YOUR DEAF GOD to aid you? BAH! WHAT KIND OF PROPHET WHO CAN'T SOLVE HIS OWN PROBLEM?!"

Then, the mayor and his people laughed hysterically at Sameir again, but the merchants who aren't siding with the mayor look at Sameir with sad expression.

Sameir is silent for a long time and the people keep mocking him, some people are harassing him from far away, some looking at him with sad expression without able to help him, some are throwing stones at him, and some are begging him to save their families.

Deep in thought, Sameir finally realized something and suddenly he laughed hysterically. The people were looking at him with confused expression, few of them scared even the mayor mocked him again by saying, "He is gone insane!" and threw a rock at him.

Sameir caught the rock and threw it back at the mayor. The rock hit his right eye, crushing it and bloods are flowing from his eye. He fell and writhed around on the ground while screaming in agony. Then, he knelt while holding his hand in front of his right eye in pain. He cursed Sameir and tried to kill him with his sword.

Before he can do anything, Sameir kicked the mayor in the head that caused him to flew few matraeelvash from there. Sameir walked to him and crushed his left leg merely by stepping on his leg. The mayor screamed in agony while the people around them are looking at the scene with scared expression.

"…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Sameir laughed hysterically while covering his eyes with his hand. The people around them are even more scared than before. Then, Sameir placed his foot on the mayor's head.

"P-p-p-please….d-don't kill me! P-please…s-spare my life!" The mayor looked at Sameir with scared expression.

"Heh…now after what you have done…you are asking me to show mercy? KNOW YOUR PLACE PIG!"

Sameir stepped on his left arm and crushed it instantly. Sameir smirked at him, looking him with pitiful gaze. Then he crushed another mayor's leg and lastly his arm. He smirked over the mayor's ragged body and says,

"…worshipping false idols can make you survive eh? Ahahahaha…AHAHAHAHAHAHA…! Now…I understand what My Lord and Lady Mifalkhia meant…The Humans…are hopeless…this world is…sinful."

He is hanging his word and looking at the mayor with blank expression. He closed his eyes for a bit, thinking about something deeply and suddenly, strange marks with golden color appeared over his body. Sameir slowly opened his eyes and raised his left arm.

On his palm, there was a strange mark with strange symbol that glowing brightly. Then, Sameir said the words…the words that able to destroy the world, the words that able to alter the fate of mankind. These forbidden words are meant to people…who defied [The True God] until their death.

"…Maedrei Testariel Arivelaaium Alfrahim Sareitvor Thee…" (May The Maker's Wrath Falls Upon You)

Sameir turned back, walked to the prisoners and freed them. Shortly after that, countless black spear emerged from ground, impaled the people who followed the mayor. Countless black burning chains also appeared from the ground, binding the impaled people and people who tried run. Suddenly, a big black flame erupted from the ground, burning the people alive…as well as the city.

But strangely, those people weren't dead or exactly, they can't die. Their skin peeled, their eyes poked out, their tongue cut by burning swords, their hand crushed by burning hammers, their leg grinded by burning wheel and their body stabbed by swords and spears many times.

The most horrifying sight is the cycles of restoration and destruction that happened to their bodies, the moment their bodies are shattered by those torments their bodies return to normal again only to experiences those torments again.

The people who witnessed this scenery are horrified. Their bodies shivering greatly, their eyes widened seeing the horrifying sights, few of them collapsed because they can't look this anymore. Not a single one of them is able to say even a single word. Sameir walked to them and stood in front of them.

"That will be your punishment if you betrayed The Maker, foolish humans. Now tell me, are there any of you who wants to end up like that?"

The people whom Sameir saved and his followers strongly shook their head, including the old lady who was mad at him before. They kneeled down before Sameir while cried. Then, Sameir calmed them down.

"O, the faithful followers of The Maker. Let me erase this from your eyes, and your mind."

Sameir flicked his finger and suddenly that scenery vanished in instant, along with the city and the people who caught in it. It said on that time, only burned black ground and smell of burning flesh remain.