《Asiad the land of lords》 a meating with smile Under the clear vast sky above the yellow sands of the lost dessert that extent to the horizon There he struggles In the middle of the lost dessert, a youth around his 20s, wearing a ragged traveling clothes, marches his way through this sea of hot sand black haired average height and not quit the eye catching type actually beside his strange creepy yellow eyes this man over all look is average, however his creepy shining yellow eyes is burning with strong determination forward he walks, in the middle of nowhere, sadly he is lost, a regular saber around his waist is swinging, the man tighten his fist on the saber grip and continue moving This youth yellow eyes seemingly so determined to continue on moving forward across this waste land despite how hopeless may it seems his heart seemed to have been sealed with his desire to achieve his goal however ¡°Thup¡± This yellow eyed youth manage to force a couple of steps before the exhaustion beat him to the ground and knock him unconscious At this moment the world around the man seem to turn red and green then darker and darker Is this how it ends? Is that truly it? Will I die here? As his eyes are closing, several thoughts attacked his mind. However, in that moment he could swear that he heard a faint voice ¡°What we have here?¡± Not far from the show, an old man witnessed the collapsing of the youth, he seem quite happy, his face was the same of a child that found a new toy with a humming tone he took a stroll while he approaches the young man steadily, with a strange smile decorating his face The meaning of this smile is a mystery and can hold many possibilities maybe he is curious maybe he is having fun nobody can really tell but for some reason it seems to lacks one thing, and that is purity Do not get me wrong, what I am trying to say, clearly this old man hold no pure intentions Whatever Time flows and the youth opens his eyes just to find himself in an unfamiliar place He is on the ground of a small room in what is seems to be some kind of cottage The strange thing about this cottage is that it is pretty much empty. No bed no table no chairs, no nothing. Actually it¡¯s not that empty it contains some air. Oh another thing that the cottage has and I almost forget to mention, it is a small square window that leak some of the day light ¡°Hehe have you had a nice dream?¡± An old voice holding some mocking laugh sounded from the corner of the cottage, the corner seemed to be guarded by shadows and the shadow was containing some person, it was a creature with a neck long white hair, a bitch black loose ropes and a black hunter hat that covers his face That old man way of sitting talking and breathing is giving the chill to the on looker and produces an aura that make the minds scream one word ¡°RUN!¡± The youth broke a sweat he knows that he was saved by this old man but he was wandering was he truly saved The aura of this old man is so frighting that he could not breathe ¡°muhahahah don¡¯t be afraid little child I mean no harm ¡± the old man laughed as he seems to notice the state of fright that the youth is in The youth looks at the dark blue shining eyes of the old man and summoned the courage in his heart to bow ¡°thank you mister, I Gil will forever be in your dept.¡± After Gil spoke those words a happy smile appeared on the old man face ¡°You seemed to be a strong honest righteous hero young lad¡± the smile get wider and wider as if he can¡¯t take it any more until it burst ¡°hahahahauahauaa, also you seems to be strong ,I actually like you ¡°laughter continued to fill the room but then the old man suddenly stop laughing Moreover, a somewhat frighting smile appeared ¡°But you know I don¡¯t save random people without a good reason you see¡± He said with a mischievous smile. When a frightening old man saves you and tell you this you know that it won¡¯t end up good Therefore, what do you think Gil responded in such a situation Try to take a guess Well He forced a smile to surface his face ¡°sir I owe you my life even if you want it back I won¡¯t complain¡± He said these words with awful tone Actually he forced these words too much that a cat could tell that he is ready to run away as fast as a mouse running from it, if the chances offered itself of course! However, someone pretended not to notice ¡°Hahaha don¡¯t worry I don¡¯t want something that big, and beside I truly like you so I won¡¯t make it hard on you, I have but a three little wishes ¡± the old man replied with a laughing face ¡°First of all enough of sir or mister thing please call me Smile¡± Oh really your name is smile, though Gil in his mind ¡°As you wish uncle Smile, actually this is a very suitable name for you uncle ¡± however what he said was a little different Nevertheless, who cares? Smile stood up in to his feet and waved his hand in a passionate manner ¡°yes I¡¯m Smile, young man, remember me remember the name remember my look remember my SMILE and don¡¯t you dare to forget, even in your death let my image be the last to remember¡± This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Gil was shock by the bizarre scene in front of him but nevertheless A flash appeared in Gils eyes as he listened to smile,his heart started to heat up and he began to remember his goal IT SEEMS FATE HAD BROUGHT US TOGETHER thought Gil All of the sudden he was glad that he was saved by this old man, who somehow shared his ambition Because Gil also wanted to be remembered he wanted to leave his name in the mortal word for generations to come, actually for his ambition, he is where he is now. Smile face never stopped smiling as he started to walk around the room, then his voice echoed ¡°there¡¯s only one reason for a youth like you to step afoot into the lost dessert¡± Yes, it is no secret why people cross the lost dessert Many people with big ambitious make this pilgrimage A pilgrimage cross the lost dessert to reach the legendary land, the land that lies beyond the horizon Some says it¡¯s the blessed land that descended from heaven other says it¡¯s the curse that marked the wrath of lords upon mankind for their sins, however weather it was a bliss or a curse no body actually knows because those who enter won¡¯t speak of their journey However, one thing is certain those who goes there nearly don¡¯t return and those who return are all legendary lords in history This land is called the lords land ¡°Asiad¡± ¡°Young man I advise you not to go¡± Smile said with a warm smile in his face ¡°you are not fit to go there¡± Gil hesitated and he became nervous before speaking ¡°I thank you uncle smile for you advice ¡°he was afraid to speak some forbidden words that can anger his uncle ¡°but I¡¯m afraid that me going is a must¡± Declining was a risk, and a dangerous one that is Why? Maybe you ask. For one reason because once said it there is no undoing it The old man warned him for some reason and when the warning come up from a terrifying person, it makes the warning the more effective ¡°Is that so, then don¡¯t say uncle Smile has fooled you when you die¡± replied smile with a little disappointed tone ¡°this is my second wish¡± Gil was taken of guard by this sentence, this old man seemed very sure of his death And the more strange thing was his second wish Gil truly didn¡¯t understand what smile meant (actually neither did I) ¡°Uncle seems not to have confidence on me¡±Gil said with a joking tone Smile shakes his head ¡°that¡¯s not it ¡°then he takes a deep breath ¡°it is just that honest people die young ¡± It was not known what nonsense is smile saying. Does he really think that Gil is an honest man or does his word hold deeper meaning . However, the stranger thing was that a hint of sadness in Smiles smile has flashed at the moment he said the word on honest ¡°More importantly because that you are very insisted in going I can actually benefit from that ¡°said Smile changing the subject ¡°I¡¯ll do whatever you wish uncle ¡± Said Gil with a smile that seems a little more honest ¡°Good ¡°smile was satisfied ¡°If you happen not to die early in that land and passed by one of the four rulers then tell him that there is no ruler who can rule without smile ¡°said smile and took out a small stone about the size of the ring then said ¡°take this give to the ruler you meet there I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll be surprised , that was my last wish young man¡± ¡°I will comply and fulfill your wishes uncle¡± Gil replied, and then focused all of his senses on the stone He wanted to know what is special about this stone However, no matter the angel Gil looked at the stone, the stone seems just a stone nothing more nothing less At this moment Gil looked at his surroundings his gazes goes slowly left and right and he felt something was off then he suddenly realized ¡°where am I ¡± Yes moron you were dying in the middle of nowhere moments ago but now you are in this absurdly empty place The ever smiling face of smile never stop smiling but his lips curved wider before speaking two words ¡°the abyss¡± Gil''s limps shivered with excitement then his mouth lost control of its own movement ¡°you mean!¡± ¡°Exactly¡± His word was immediately answered It was as if smile was waiting to hear this words to attack them with his exactly Gil couldn¡¯t stop from trembling ¡°and you are¡± ¡°Exactly¡± Gil was going crazy ¡°then I ¡­..I ¡­..I actually ¡­.hahaauhauuau finally I have done it ¡± He was shivering ,laughing and screaming like a madman Smile had a warm smile in his face before he finally stopped smiling , his face and for the first time wasn¡¯t smiling, but again what difference does that make ¡°there are only two legs that can walk through the abyss, those who has the ultimate desire to go deep, and those who slips there without really knowing¡± Smile pause a little and says with a pitying tone ¡°but unfortunately both pitiful legs falls in the end , and reach the pit of darkness , ¡± Smile stare is locked on Gil and his aura is darker and fiercer than ever The scene that he is making now is a seen of a grim reaper that came to eat a soul He raised his right hand toward Gil and a quit but shaking voice came out ¡°young man don¡¯t be fooled by your dreams, a dream can turn into a nightmare before you even can realize ¡± As the voice was traveling through the air, smile limps did not move The voice continued to echo ¡°the path that you are threading is a path of an internal fall¡± In the same time Smile dark aura was climbing to heavens his dark blue eyes where brightly shining His hair and his robes where floating He was super terrifying Like an ancient old demon Smile opens his mouth and start to speak with hoarse ancient voice not similar to moments ago ¡°Hearing all of that, going are you still?¡± With a weird ancient looking tone smile asked Gil was in awe in front of all of this He was shocked and he was shivering He never thought that he would be¡­. At a time like this he never imagined that in front of such a terrifying scene he will be this excited Because after all what is said and done all what Gil has heard was the words that came from smile ¡°the abyss¡± he never paid attention to what happened next Smile was anticipating some terrified pig like squeak to come from Gil after this,but he was disappointed ¡°Ah boring ¡± said smile with a sigh then he snapped his finger Suddenly the floor started to shake And a cracking sounds started to pop out The ground began to crack an d shaking never stopped then suddenly it stopped (A contradiction hahaha) and became quit peaceful for a second then all of the sudden the ground collapsed in one go Gil was falling in the deep darkness While smile was looking down at him from above He was smiling again. Chapter 2 : the lonely walker It¡¯s getting farther and farther The glimpse of light that is leaked from the small window is getting further And light was fading bit by bit Until it was gone, and only dark remained In the midst of the darkness a sole soul was falling A soul of what was once a man But now, only remains is seen, and a man he is no more Gil opened his eyes wide ,sweat was pouring from his head , and he was panting Was it a dream? he was wandering But deep down in his heart he knew the answer And for that he could not admit it and could not accept A truth is a thing that held cruelty deep within For that, many seek to escape the reality and held hope to illusions that passes their minds while sleeping And Gil was no different, he have gone to the end of the land , to the horizon of the lost dessert All in pursuing his dreams So after all of that accepting the reality wasn¡¯t an option for him, and he could only keep perusing Keep fighting And keep standing In hope for one day his illusion, his desire his dream all become realized So he stood tall on his foot more determined than ever His yellow eyes turned his unwillingness to stubbornness to defy his vision He was staring at the red shy face of the sun as it was setting down to the horizon Its last red rays of the day revealed the hidden beauty of the sands hills At that moment the lost dessert was more beautiful than ever(oh yeah he is back to the lost dessert not sorry for not telling hahahahauahaua, cough cough cough) And so, under the gaze of the red beautiful sun Gil walked To where? Nobody knows, even gil him self was walking without really knowing where He only walked to where destiny guided him ¡­¡­¡­ Two year has passed since the smile event In the lost dessert a half naked youth was laying under the moon light He had a thick black bear, a long hair and yellow eyes He was your typical cave man with a saber in his only cloth that covers his waist He of corse was our beloved and dear Gil However looking at him now, Gil¡¯s eyes no longer shined with determination But instead they fell to the brink of insanity ¡®Sands sun moon sands sun moon sands sun moon¡¯ His mouth was constantly murmuring like a mad man In the past two years Gil walked in the lost dessert He did nothing else he only walked He didn¡¯t fight beast he didn¡¯t hunt animals he didn¡¯t do anything He¡¯s just walked and walked and walked and the strange thing that Gil didn¡¯t sleep nor did he eat in those past two year He never felt hungry nor felt sleepy He only walked over the yellow sands He walked and walked and walked Under the hot sun he walked Under the tender moon light he walked Cross the night freezing breeze he walked In the completely empty lost dessert Gil was a lonely walker That until his mind could not take it any longer and he decided to lay down and clear his head But that was for no vial His mind became any thing but clearer While he was laying on the ground Gils hand griped some of sand then he spread it through the air ¡°You know ¡± said Gil¡¯s with a sad quite voice ¡°I left a wife behind¡± a drop of tear slide on his cheek His voice started trembling ¡°She was crying and begging¡± ¡°She even told a silly lie that she was finally pregnant¡± ¡°All to stop me from going¡± Gil was quite for awhile, he wasn¡¯t sure what he was doing, or to who he was talking. ¡°Jinan¡± he mummer with a low voice He just felt so lonely that he must speak with anyone It didn¡¯t matter if it was sand rock or anything he needed to talk ¡°Jinan, I didn¡¯t die did I¡± he said with a calmer tone than before ¡°I still have alot to do¡± ¡°I¡¯m not ready to die yet¡± ¡°So¡± Gil took deep breath and screamed it all ¡°STOP MESSING WITH ME!¡± Gil voice shaked the heaven It was a very angry frustrated voice Gil lost his determination lost his will ¡°I only want to leave this damn dessert¡± He whispered with a hopless voice And then from behind, Gil heard some noises Something sounded like a foot steps So Gil immediately stood on his foot he was very excited It didn¡¯t matter what kind of person that noise belonged nor why did he come The only thing that mattered that he was a living thing Because after two years of isolation Gil was yearning to see any sort of life Gil turned around to see the newcomer. He was a blonde young man wearing a red cloth The strange thing that his clothes were very clean as if he wasn¡¯t traveling through a dessert The youth smiled at gil and said ¡°that was a very loud scream wasn¡¯t it, caveman¡± Gil lips curved up and he said with a self mocking tone ¡°yes indeed yes indeed¡± Gil extended his hand to the young man then said ¡°my name is gil, dear friend what do you say a bout traveling together¡± Gil at that time didn¡¯t care about anything he only wanted some company A look of surprise was painted on the young man however this expression soon turned to happy smile He reached Gils hand then said ¡°hahahaha this must be a string of fate that brought us together caveman¡± Then the smile got even brighter ¡°or perhaps the work of devil ¡± he whispered ¡°What do you mean?¡± Gil was a little suspecious now However his suspecions has soon gone after what the young man said A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.He laughed ¡°my dear caveman, I am also called Gil , I am Gil pen Sarap¡± Gil yellow eyes where wide open from the shock ¡°Ahahahahaha indeed indeed this cannot be a mere coincidence¡± He laughed But if thinking clearly what was the odds of two people with a unique if not bizzere same name meet in there lifetime and in such a isolated place However with current Gil mentality he actually didn¡¯t care to suspect or to doubt anything As long as he can be free from his isolation he didn¡¯t care who he was with Even if it was the demon he wouldn¡¯t complain So with a happy tone the yellow eyes gil said to the blonde one ¡°Then my destined friend, shall we get going ¡± When he said that his finger was pointing West where the sun usually meet the horizon and where the legends told of the legendary land ¡°Yes we shall¡± replied the blonde Gil as he seemed excited about his adventure However after they stepped a couple of steps, the blonde youth noticed some thing that was on the spot where the yellow eyes fellow was laying It was a minor thing that anyone could easily miss It was a ring size stone A seemingly ordinary stone With nothing eye-catching within it However the blonde youth knew that in this dessert there were only sands and this stone was foreign to this lands And then he thought maybe this stone held some importance to it or why else would any one carry it to such a dessert He thought maybe I shall tell this cave man about it, or He had other interesting thought in his mind Instead of telling the caveman he stomped it to make it go deep into the sand And finding the stone now is like finding a drop of blood in the ocean The bearded Gil realized his partner slowing down so he looked back ¡°brother why the wait let¡¯s go¡± ¡°Coming ¡± responded the red roped one. Looking at the red clothed man Gil realized something and then a question floated in his mind He started at his friend and asked ¡°Hey brother how come you don¡¯t have any weapons? And you also came to such a dangerous place, How srange?¡± Hearing this the blonde youth smiled and then slammed his fists against each others ¡°I use this to fight ¡°proudly he said. ¡°I am a disciple of a shadow fight style named the Gil style¡± He then whispered like telling a secret ¡°it was founded by me¡± As the cave man listened he was happy ¡°Wow it seems impressive, but I wonder how impressive can it be?¡±he said with a sigh then he mockingly added ¡°a newly founded style I doubt it will be ¡­..¡± ¡°You seem to be looking for a beating, eh friend?¡± Interrupted the blonde with irritated tone The caveman heard what he was waiting for ,and with excited smile ¡°bring it¡± he said while reaching his saber grip and with one move Swift He unsheathed the saber He was holding the saber with 30 degree angle from the vertical no too upward not too forward giving him a 2 meters striking range a range that a bare handed fellow cannot overcome easily The blonde youth stance was rather a weird one he was crossing his hands in front of his head spreading and curving his fingers like an eagle claws and pointing them in the enemy direction The cave man was startled by this stance He fought, and many that he fought but he never seen something like that And because he never saw something like that he wasn¡¯t sure what to do It can¡¯t be that profound style can it ? The caveman wondered in his heart He was thinking of a way to start the fight however as he was thinking others were acting With a fast sidestep the blonde youth tried to turn around the saber and close the distance The caveman slashed to the side while taking a back-step The slash was only meant to stop the enemy while retreating Seeing the strike the blonde stopped the attack and stepped back avoiding it If the saber was targeting him he could easily evade and close the distance which means victory to him Only, the slash was targeting his path cutting his way to close up ¡°Huh not bad ¡°the blonde praised however as he was talking a flash shined This was a battle no place for chitchat Any carelessness could cost you dearly The blonde stepped back avoiding the strike however his hand was scratched and blood was leaking he didn¡¯t completely avoid it Although that, the attack didn¡¯t stop and a very fast follow up attack was heading toward the youth However at that moment the blonde man claws moved very swiftly from above the saber catching it from the two flat sides and pulling the saber in a practiced manner closing the distant At this moment the caveman panicked he have never been in such situation, he was pulled to the blonde youth very easily The blonde youth jumped as he was pulling and with a circular motion he kicked the caveman on his neck back Our dear Gil was knocked out Catching the flats then pulling and kicking where done in a very fast practiced move, this was the rope technique It was a very hard time based counter technique it uses the enemy momentum against him to close the distance and gain victory A fighting between martial artists is all about technique and experience The yellow eyed fellow never experienced a shadow fighter while the blonde youth have fought many saber users, and so this fight result was inevitable Chapter 3 : Fellow human He was defeated And easily that is For a SS saber master like him he can''t remember when was his last time to be on the ground after a battle, however today he was "Defeated " murmured Gil as he was admiring the blue colour of the sky Although he traveled in this land for two years he never realised how beautiful and clear was the sky above the lost sands, he caught the red beauty of the sun set , he admired the gentle face of the night moon but never realised how vast,clear and eye pleasant the sky above was "It''s beautiful isn''t it " as calm as the sea a voice entered Gils ears,it was as if it read Gils mind before speaking "Indeed it is"Gils replied to the blonde speaker Then he let a sigh and called"hey blondey" "Hmm?"The blonde Gil replied "Is this Gil art that you spoke of really is created by you?"Gil lips curved as he asked He was truly astonished by how profound that art was "Hehe" the blonde Gil laughed as he puffed his chest, he was so happy that Gil seemed to like his creation "You are too amazed that you can''t believe it right hehe" He said as he was bragging "It is indeed amazing, but seriously I''m a SS saber master and was easily defeated" Gil replied then he let a sigh "I wish I had learned such art" As the red robed Gil heard that, his eyes shone with excited light "Rr rr rrReally, you are interested in learning it" He was blown away from the fact that someone acknowledged his art and wished to learn it He couldn''t control himself from the excitement His voice his body his entire soul was trembling from excitement He tried to act like he didn''t really care and awfly said "You know usually I wouldn''t accept one who was in advance level in other art as a disciple because that will affect the training, but you are my best friend so if you are that insisted, I can''t really say no" "Ahahahahaha a I''m indeed interested master but I''m afraid that I don''t have time to learn anthor art " Gil was trying to hold himself from laughing but couldn''t help not to The blonde Gil panicked as his only disciple is fading away He immediately said "actually this art doesn''t require any time to learn" His eyes started to move left and right"I mean look at me I ''m only 26 and I mastered it, no actually I created it from scratch which take much more time than mastering it won''t really....." Once Gil heard the blonde Gil last word he became even more unconvinced about the blonde youth being the founder of the art Did really this youth founded this fighting art?? Gil actually didn''t think so However he didn''t want to peruse the question of why the youth claims that So he didn''t say anything about it He stood tall on his feet looking at the youth with serious eyes "Okey enough, let''s continue our journey" The red clothed young man opened his mouth wide in disappointment " That mean you wouldn''t" He raised his trembling hand in sad movement Gil let a sigh "just forget about it, I was just a little interested..no just curious so don''t let it get to your mind, let''s go" "But but but"the blonde youth didn''t want to let it go he truly wished to be a martial master "Come on we wasted enough time let''s go"Gil argued Actually if it was normal circumstances Gil would have long ago abounded the blonde youth and gone venturing alone He didn''t have the patience to argue someone many times for him to actually do it However he didn''t want to be the lonley walker ever agin,so he waited And finally "oky coming" (Victory achieved ) The blonde Gil said in disappointment Looking back at there conversation Gil realised something They talk with each others in an absurdly too friendly manner for first time meeting It was rather suspicious I must be carful, thought Gil And that''s how the journey of a red clothed youth and a half naked youth begins (alpha present,,,,,a novel by alpha ,,,,,directed by alpha,,,,,, supervised by alpha,,,,,,proofread by no one,,,, asiad,the land of lords.... enjoy;-). ) Time flow And three months have passed The moon was blessing the sky with its holy light The cold wind was dancing under that light And between the foot of the dancing wind there was a bulky man The man seemed to be struggling against something He was crawling in his knees shouting and screaming like a mad man "Enough enouuuugh" he screamed his last breath before collapsing A little time after "Hey Gil look here " "There is a body laying here" "I think he is still alive" The bulky man heard some voices as he opened his eyes The first thing he saw was a caveman staring at him He immediately jumped on his foot and shaked Gils shoulders screaming at him "Run quickly run" The man face was pale his eyes were shaking from fear, his body was trembling "Hurryy flee you and your friend,flee before he wakes up" His head was spinning left and right he thought that the youth was talking with someone but actually he can''t see anyone beside the one infront of him Maybe the other one is a little far maybe he heard wrong the bulky man didn''t think too much about it Now he was focused in warning who he could before too late "Hurry get away from here go before it''s ....cough .. cough before it''s too late cough cough" The bulky man started coughing while screaming wearing a panicked face he fell to his knees from exhausting while he was arguing "pleas flee" If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "Please calm down"said Gil as his hand reached the man shoulders "What is it that we need to flee from "said Gil "It is too late cough cough he has broken cough cough through cough cough "said the man as he stated to collapse again Gil caught the man before he touch the sands then looked around looking for the blonde Gil, but he didn''t seem to find him He was wondering where could he have gone However a familiar voice from behind came "I think we should leave him and flee" Gil looked at the mans face, he wasn''t sure what does he have to do He was thinking about this hole strange situation And thinking what choices does he have Leave the man and flee without knowing anything and pretending like nothing happened Or take this seemingly good natured man and see it to the end Two choices if you see them quickly you will think the first is evil choice and the second is the good choice However was this the case ? Is it truly leaving this man is a bad thing for him You have to remember in this dessert nether Gils didn''t feels nor hunger neither sleepy So no one dies from starvation Nor there wild animals to kill humans The only thing that you need to fear in this dessert is your fellow human So a third option appeared in Gils mind Kill him and get rid of a potential danger When Gil thought it through he figured that the best thing is to kill him Because everyone who made the pilgrimage through the lost dessert are men that are madly ambitious people And with so many great ambitious future conflicts are inevitable So killing him is saving some future possible proplem "Leave him be"however someone else argued something else Gil was hesitant for a while, but after the continuous arguing from the blonde Gil he drop the man and walked away The two walked side by side as as they where leaving the site After this situation Gil became weary about other human and their potential danger Even his travels friend was no exception he started doubting "Where have you gone back then?" Asked Gil as he was walking beside the blonde Gil "I was hiding from that man lying under the small hill" The blonde casually said "If he turned to be a bad news ,by me hiding I could take him off guard" He said Gil looked at the blonde "you could have at least told me?" "There wasn''t a time for that, I was to hide before he notice" The blomde youth replied then he added"how about this I will be the hidden striker for anyone we encounters I shall hide and you see there intentions" Then he whispered with a calm voice "if they are bad we strike them to grave " "Actually it''s a good idea , it is better to be safe than sorry" said Gil Then again Gil heart isn''t yet in relief with the other Gil accompany He analysed all the thing that happened between them in his mined and couldn''t came up with why this Gil is so friendly and easy going What could be his motive Could it be our meeting wasn''t coincidence He started doubting However he decided on a difficult decision "Hey Gil" he said "Hm?"replied the other "We traveled for some time now, however we never get to know how each of you ended up in this cursed land,what do you think ? "Asked Gil "You want to know how I ended up in this dessert?"replied the blonde Gil "Yes it''s better to know that if we are going to travel any farther "Gil said bluntly "OK ,why not "he said he actually said it casually Then he let a sight"Actually I am not here by my own will"said the blonde Gil The yellow eyed Gil was astonished he didn''t want to go to asiad but ended up here any way? How He was doubting that but suddenly he remembered a sentence that was maybe said (actually he wasn''t paying attention back then) "Only two legs can step to the abyss those who deeply want to go deep and those who slip without even knowing" The blonde then carried on "I actually don''t remember my past very well, all I remember that I was living in a dark forgotten place , and suddenly some one called me some one needed me , then I just found myself in this desserts, that''s all" This has raised Gils suspecious even more but he didn''t know what to do yet The blonde let out a sigh"don''t worry you don''t need to tell me any thing we can continue just like this " "Thanks" Gil didn''t seem to be wanting to talk about it either And so the two youths continued walking Back in the area where the bulky man collapsed The man body was still laying there however something off seemed about it The bulky body seems slightly bigger and it was shaking A heart beats can be easily heard coming from the body It seems that it is going through some sort of transformation And suddenly the eyes were opened and black light was engulfing them The body stood on the sands and then "grrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" A loud roar shook the entire dessert could be heard The man look at his hands "oh now who could it be" With a feeble sound the man murmured Back to the two youth "Did you hear that?" Asked the caveman A look of worry came to take over his face "It doesn''t seem good "replied the blonde man Chapter 4 : Thank you Hearing the colossal roar, worries found its way to Gils heart And how wouldn¡¯t it It was a roar that is soaked with intimidating emotions Emotions such as Wrath,insanty and agony were mixed into one thing And that is A killing intent A roar that was filled with such a killing intent can truly struck the fear in the heart of the bravest warriors And our dear Gil wasn¡¯t something special ¡°What do think should be done?¡± However his word was spoken in a rather calm tone His eyes never confessed their true feelings, especially to someone he didn¡¯t trust such as the one he asked. And what made it worse, that the one whom he never trusted is as calm as the night breeze ¡°We either go have a look or we don¡¯t , what do you think ¡°the blonde one said. His calm words flew through the air And the calmness of these word struck Gil with a realisation, it alerted him to something he would rather not realised The fact that the blonde was not the slightest moved by the heavenly shaking roar, shook his confidence in his resolve And thus his mind broke into a thousands of thoughts He is so calm And I am shaking He stands unyieldly before this terrifying roar Yet I wavering He is so determined Or is that I just pale in comparison ? Gil¡¯s mind was thrown into chaos He raised his head to catch the image of the calm blonde youth, and once he did his heart started to ache WHY IS HE SO CALM? Something inside him screamed ¡°Why the sad face? ¡± as he realised something was not right,the blonde youth asked ¡°It¡¯s nothing¡± Sealing his thoughts in his heart Gil replied ¡°And so, what is your choice?¡±the blonde asked ¡°I¡¯m going to kill that thing¡± To restore his confidence, to strengthen his resolve Gil chose to fight ¡°You are going to kill him!¡± The blonde asked he was a little taken off ¡°You mean you don¡¯t want any help ¡± he said ¡°Exact¡­¡± Boom Before gil could response a big explosive sound echoed from behind And so Gil turned his head to sneak a look A big smoke of sand was floating through the air, within it was a bulky shadow drawing near He was walking out of the smoke, and bit by bit his terrifying form was revealed First, two red lights shone in the head Then a sharp teeth inside of the smiling mouth were yearning for blood And soon after the whole pale bulky body was produced from the smoke He was a monster A monster that fell from heaven , looking for something to plant his fangs into The monster rose his eyes He caught the sight of a youth, a caveman looking youth Then he spoke ¡°what is your name young man?¡± Gil took a look at the eyes of the human shaped monster, and a sense of dread shaked his body when he did ¡°How rude, taking without giving is quite rude you know,you want to know my name ,why don¡¯t give yours first¡± Said Gil in response, acting tough The monster smiled in response then his monstrous voice ranged ¡°The foolish type eh, no matter, you will die alonely death here young man , so what does any of that matter¡± Lonley death?? Gil looked around and indeed there was someone missing Damn he is so fast in hiding Thought Gil Then he unseathead his saber as he was drawn to the enemy ahead ¡°You will be the one to die here¡± He said while he was walking slowly He was slowly analysing the foe with his eyes A bare handed three meter muscle meatIf you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. That was the result of his analysis It shouldn¡¯t be hard to defeat he thought Without taking any fight stance without showing any signs of martial art the monster stood casually Gil point his sword at the monster, and held it horizontally making full use of its range His opponent was a three meter freak, he needed every reach he could get The monster pressed his legs against the sands and directed every power in his body to them , then he flew to the sky, and his landing mark was none other than the caveman Gil saw the scene playing, and was amazed of how high this freak can jump However this jump was so easy to read and avoid So he didn¡¯t panic, he just jumped few metres back and waited for the beast to fall, so he can finish him of Boom The body of the pale meat collided with the sand, and the sand floated to the air creating a smokescreen The area was in a cloud of sand And Gil couldn¡¯t see anything so he decided to move around in hope that the enemy can¡¯t see either, however before he could move, a gaint hand stretched from nowhere trying to catch what infront of it Gil didn¡¯t have the time to dodge so he placed the saber in the front and thrusted, in hope that the range of the sword is bigger than the freak hand length Tuen A metallic sound rang. The saber stuck something but it didn¡¯t go fully through it, and so the gaint hand wrapped Gil¡¯s head ¡°Embrace your death, foolish one¡± A monstrous voice ranged,and this moment the sand cloud was dissipating revealing a three meter tall monster holding a youth in his gaint grip The monster was about to put some pressure to the skull but Boom A terrifying kick struck his throat ¡°good thing you are here¡± said Gil with his mouth But his heart was aching He didn¡¯t know why but in his heart he didn¡¯t like the other Gil and he was so irritated when he was saved by him However no response came from the blonde youth ¡°Cough cough ¡± only the sound of coughing was wandering the air ¡°Cough cough, not bad young man ¡°said the monster ¡°It seems Saber isn¡¯t the only thing that you can use¡±the monster praised But, Before he could even finish his words , A white light flashed,it was directed to his throat a feel of danger engulfed his senses He felt that there is something not right about this strike, something grave. Anyway in a battle he didn¡¯t have the luxury to think thoroughly about it Because he have to act, and act fast He did what he would always do He received the strike with his hand THEN Tuan The saber could cut through his flesh but not the bones The bones were as hard as steal ¡°Shit??¡± Avoice rang The monster raised his hand and then Booom A punch was thrown ,,,,,, Everything turned quite And The monster felt a warm sensation in his chest, a sensation that started to climb his chest reaching the throat ,and then a taste of blood was flowing in his mouth The warmth from seconds ago turned into intense pain. His legs were growing weak The world around him was getting darker and darker In this moment the monster knew that this is his last moment in this life He turned his head to look at his chest , a small tiny hand that is connected to his chest was all what he saw He understood that this small tiny hand has completely ruptured his lungs His rips and flesh were fine, only his lungs were ruptured He shifted his eyes to the yellow eyed Gil ¡± Young foolish man, you are truly astonishing to think such a tiny hand would hol ,,,cough ¡± Before he could continue, blood flowed from his mouth He clutched his hand on his chest,and took a couple of steps before losing his balance and fall to the ground As he was falling to the ground he seemed to has uttered two words ,two word that seemed illusion to Gil These words were ¡± thank you¡± Gil didn¡¯t really know if he really heard such words or his mind was triking him The whole scene seemed bizare , the monster didn¡¯t seem to notice the blonde youth at all,despite that he is the one who send him to heavens Then this blood thirsty monster last words seemed off This event left Gil¡¯s mind lost in thought, until a mocking words interrupted his thoughts ¡°You said you wanted to defeat him, by yourself eh?¡± The blonde youth was mocking him ¡°Tsk¡±Gil seemed irritated by this, however he never replied. He never thanked or said anything to the other Gil Even though he was saved by him And the blonde one wasn¡¯t even bothered with it He only seemed to enjoy mocking Gil ¡°You didn¡¯t seem doing well¡± ¡°Hm¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be so cold,I didn¡¯t mean to crumble your pride ,I just didnt had any choice but to..¡± ¡°Just shut up¡± a voice filled irritation and anger sounded ¡°Don¡¯t say anymore¡± As he was yelling Gil caught a strange sight in the corner of his eyes The body of the monster was sinking in the sand, the sand was absorbing the body slowly And after the body of the monster was completely out of sight, the sand where the body was absorbed started to split up It split to form a hole , an endless dark circular hole And from the depths of the hole something was calling Gil Something was urging him to jump into the hole Gil found him self attracted by this hole He felt his legs are itching to jump into the hole And before he knew it Gil found himself falling He was falling down this seemingly endless hole without really knowing why He was falling without knowing the consequences And as he was falling a sense of warmth surrounded his heart Gil felt sleepy in the embrace of such warmth, and his eyes started to close. He fell to sleep ¡­¡­.. A while after Gil opened his eyes He was laying down in rather a bizarre place A place where only white existed Every thing around him was burly white, the sky the land the horizon it was all white ¡°You have awaked¡± A calm words entered Gil¡¯s ears , however these calm word caused his heart to ache, and that was because it was words from his friend Gil Gil stared at the blonde Gil for a while, he was a little disappointed, he hoped in his heart that he wouldn¡¯t see his friend agin after waking up However his wishes didn¡¯t come true Looking back at how it all happened it is rather weird that the one who asked for this cooperation to begin was the first to wish for its end. But again if you had someone without a clear background nor objective,and with superior battle power ,you wouldn¡¯t feel comfortable would you. However despite all of that this fellow saved his life more than once so at least for now this guy didn¡¯t want him dead And besides having such a powerful companion has its own benefits ¡°Yeah I¡¯m awake, anyway what do you think about this place¡± Gil said to his not dear companion ¡°Hmm actually I don¡¯t know, however that house seems interesting¡± Said the blonde youth as he was pointing his figure away Gil turned his head to sneak a look a round , and what came to sight was rather a weird scene In the middle of the pure white world there was a black dot And looking closely at the dot ,one can see that it is a house Chapter 5 : dream world In the shining white world, the black dark house was rather attractive. And the two youth were drawn to it A house that seemed to be defying the will of it surrounding world. The whole world is white But the house is black,and its blackness seemed unnatural or rather forced It didn¡¯t seemed as it was originally black And so The two youth were curious They wanted to know what does such house hold within, so they drew closer and closer And ¡°Will tomorrow come at last¡­.. breaking the tragedy of the endless past Declaring something new ¡­¡­ please give me a clue For the end to come fast¡±(the song is inspired or half stolen from https://youtu.be/PyqvedBwAwA) Suddenly a pleasant voice stole thier ears. A voice of a woman, a singing woman A voice that is filled with sadness and sorrow. The singer of this song was within the house, singing and filling this silent world with sadness ¡°Are we destined to never change ¡­¡­stuck in such a miserable dark age Waiting to break free¡­. looking for a way to flee From this gaint cage¡± The pleasant voice continued to spread its heartbreaking words, and the words kept striking Gils heart as it was whispering to him ¡°Embrace the darkness within, for it is the only light that can shine¡± And before he could even realise Gil found himself in front of a beautiful lady that was dressed in a plain green dress The beauty was sitting on the ground He never knew when did he opened the door or entered the house he just found himself suddenly inside He was swayed away by the song that his mind wasn¡¯t aware of his movement, and suddenly he found him self staring at the singing fairy The green dressed lady stopped singing as Gil entered the house, and thier eyes were staring at each other Her eyes held a hint of sadness in it However Gil was taken away by the beauty of this lady Her long blonde hair Her snow-white fairy skin Her doll like feature She was holding a beauty that was peerless in the mortal world So gil never realised what her pitch black eyes held ¡°Congratulations dear traveler, you are one step away from the land of lords¡± Gil was woken up by the beauty voice (One step away) when Gil heard that happiness filled his heart However he never let this happiness blind him He knew that he can lose his life in this only one step ¡°Where are we?¡±Gil asked ¡°This is the house of the last wish, every traveler that want to continue must leave his deepest wish here for the later travelers to fulfill¡± said the blonde lady in response ¡°So I wonder what twisted wish you could be holding¡± the lady said as her lips was curving up The hint of sadness was completely gone and some kind of playful face was replacing it ¡°What do you mean?¡± Gil was puzzled ¡°I guess I have to explain it all for you to understand¡± the fairy lady let a sight ¡°When a traveler fall into the abyss his soul go into this white world, the world of dreams¡± ¡°The world of dreams is not a real world it is a world that only exists in the travelers dreams¡± ¡°Hmm¡± Gil was even more puzzled than beforeSupport the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. ¡°It means that this world need a wish or a dream to take the form of that dream¡± the lady said ¡°So in your case this world took the form of the dream of the poor broken monster jaden ¡± The lady smile shone as she was speaking ¡°The poor man will was broken His mind was broken His soul was broken Actually he was so broken that he lost all hopes, gave up his dreams to replace them with the silly dream of to never make it across the lost dessert¡± When these word entered Gil¡¯s ears he remembered himself under the moonlight, and then he started to compare the word that this lady said to what happened to him He was about to be as broken as that monster, however before he completely broke a savoir came When Gil think about his savoir a complex feeling surround his heart The other Gil saved him more than once and never shown any bad intentions For that Gil was grateful, however for some reasons Gil couldn¡¯t bring himself to like or even trust the other Gil and so his feelings about his companion was rather messy Then Gil was thinking about his journey as whole to understand the full picture He fell to the abyss in the smile even, then woke up to find him self in the lost dessert agin, however this lady is telling him that he was in this place after he fell into the abyss This place was taking the form of the last traveler dream which seems his name was jade the monster, the picture inside Gil¡¯s mind was getting clear He now understood, actually he didn¡¯t return to the lost dessert but rather to the dream of the monster named jade And that dream took place in the lost dessert It was because that he was in a dream he never felt hungry or sleepy He now understood many things that previously he didn¡¯t However there was one thing he found strange The wish of the monster was to never make it through this dessert, yet he supposedly didn¡¯t enter the land of lords yet when he left his wish here, so what made him regret crossing the lost dessert Suddenly the voice of the beauty spoke once agin ¡± the wishes of the travelers are usually dark and twisted wishes, there are hardly any pure wish¡± the lady voice held some excited tone¡± actually their wishes are so twisted that they tained this house and turned it black¡± ¡°In truth you were lucky to have jade pure wish to fulfill, otherwise you would have been broken before completing it¡± Then her pitch black eyes shone with mocking light ¡°Or perhaps you are already broken¡± ¡°I was lucky you say, haha. Ha¡± Hearing the lady words Gil started to laugh bitterly, he was about to go insane from this dream and she says he was lucky He was only able to keep on with the help of his companion Any way he didn¡¯t turn out as the monster and about that he was glad Gil didn¡¯t even want to imagine what kind of dream jade was stuck in, that he would rather wish that he died in the lost dessert than experience it ¡°Or maybe your not that lucky¡± What¡¯s with this woman Gil thought She seemed as she was playing with him However he didn¡¯t have the will to spend his time in playing ¡°Well then you said that we are a step away from asiad, so where is the way¡± A voice came from the house door direction, it was the voice of the blonde Gil he also seemed tired of waiting ¡°Well the only way to get out of a dream is to wake up¡± The blonde lady said ¡°And how can we wake up ¡°said The yellow eyed fellow ¡°We?¡± The lady seemed surprised She covered her whole face with her hands from surprise ¡°What is it?¡± Asked Gil ¡°You want me to wake up with you?¡± With a hesitant voice she asked She wasn¡¯t sure what he ment Huh? how did this girl come up with this idea what¡¯s with her though Gil in his mind ¡°And how did you get this idea?¡± ¡°Well you said we and didnt say I ¡± she replied Gil was a little frustrated about this silly conversation ¡°I meant me and my friend over there¡± Gil said in a frustrated manner as he pointed at the other Gil at the door The lady looked at the door direction, she then stared at it for a while before a smile posses her face and started to laugh ¡°I see, I see hahahaha truly amusing ¡± she said Then she gave Gil a look and said ¡°sorry about the misunderstanding I truly got it wrong ¡± she said ¡°You are truly not as lucky as you think you are¡± she whispered ¡°Huh?¡± Gil didn¡¯t clearly hear her ¡°I said I misunderstood you¡± she replied Gil knew that wasn¡¯t what she whispered but he didn¡¯t think about it ¡°You sure did , however I won¡¯t mind such a beauty like you waking up with me, but unfortunately for you I am already married¡±said Gil with a joking tone ¡± Oh how unfortunate I am¡± she replied jokingly also Then a flash of light shone and Gils head was thrown to the air ¡°Have a good adventure young traveller ¡± the woman said as a wicked smile appeared in her face She was standing and blood was dripping from her hand Gil couldn¡¯t see her movement at all When she was talking to him she was sitting on the ground however in mere few milliseconds his head was flying across the room She then Curled up into a ball And a quite weeping could be heard ¡± He gave me hope ¡± ¡°I thought somebody actually cared¡± ¡± maybe can wake up¡± ¡°All of the isolation¡± ¡°All of the loneliness ¡± ¡± I thought my wish could become true¡± A words mixed with the weeping were traveling in the air They entered no one ears and only loneliness was her companion And she kept crying in the corner chapter 6 : wake up a trembling hand places the black queen into the board and a voice full of despair a sound echoes in the room "che- checkmate" as "checkmate" indicate a winning term for its speaker in a chess game, you wouldassume a satisfied voice when hearing it, or maybe a joyous one. at least a bored voice if the winnig was too easy. but the amount of despair and fear in that voice, indicates, that he may be won the chess. but lost something really important. two people were sitting around a small square table, maybe that is obvious by now one was red hair skinny man with flashy golden crown on his head the other was a big man with a big bearded the skinny man frowns upon the table "your black queen is standing in front of my white king. and you say checkmate?" the big man trembling intensifies "are you perhaps looking down on the white king? "the man mouth was smiling but his eyes weren''t "please, please " with a baby voice the large man began his plea the big man collapsed into his knees and started begging "please spare me" the big man prostrate himself it was a rare sight a big man with big beard kneeling and begging a skinny seeminglyweak man, adding to that if you look at his face u could feel tears would leak any time it was quit the sight with a smirk in his face, the skinny man stands up and start walking, he heads to a beautiful flower bed on the side. the skinny man picks a red rose a beautiful thorny red rose. " red is the color of blood" he says the skinny man smells the rose. "it is ugly gory color, don''t you think?" he says as if asking someone, however his face didn''t seem to wait for an answer, in fact he said it as if he was speaking to himself he places the flower which mysteriously turned white in his breast pocket .This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "white is the color of nothingness". "white " "it is the purest color" the skinny man mutter in a happy voice. however, his voice didn''t reach anyone because in the room at this time there wans''t anyone the large man mysteriously disappeared "how was the match your highness" the door of the room suddenly opens and an old sharp voice comes for behind the door. "that was the worst" the skinny king answer in disgust "you said he is good at chess" the red-haired king eyes narrowed "but he understands nothing" the king waves his hand and point at the empty chair "so i showed him his place" an old man emerges from behind the door "your highness" the old man has a disappointed eye in his face he was the one to arrange the match, the result was within his expectation but he hoped for a different outcome "you should control your temper better than this, your highness" "he was looking down on me" a loud angry screamanswered the old man "I......the white king......... was looked down upon" "I .... the strongest lord I....am ......... the white king" "do you understand the absurdity of looking down on me ............ looking down on me is unforgivable" "or maybe ......... you arelooking down on me as well" the white king looked at the old man with his sharp eyes "you are the strongest lord in this land, there is no one fool enough to look down on you, your highness" the old man seemed a little troubled "so i don''t think the man was fool enough to look down on you, I am sure you misunderstood him" "humph, i am sure i did not, he is just a lowly slave what does it matter anyway" in reality the big man was not a slave he was a known warrior and a strong strategist he was a strong man but he was well known for his chess "anyway, that is not why i came here " says the old man "hmm" " a foreigner hascometo our land" a foreigner is a rare thing to come in these lands so when one come it is a big deal "oh, what type is he?" the king seemed a little interested "he is not a ruler...... that is for sure. However, ...I can''t tell what his type for sure" "for your old man to be confused about a foreigner type ........he must be something" "well he is..........hmmm " the old man seemed a little hesitant about what to say. "hmmm ........ actually " "what is it old man " "the thing is ...... he actuallyasked to see you" "well, well ,,,,, this is something ...did he say what he wanted from me?" the king was curious "he said he has a message" at the doors of the cottage there was a shadow anger blinding his eyes blood staining his hands death is ruling his desire "brother" words come from his mouth "why?" "why?" "it didn''t had to be this way" his word was directed in the man in front him. "no" gil turns his back he look at the man in the eye "it didn''t" he said "but that was your answer" gils words were short simple but deadly the man was devastated the village behind him was ashes the smoke was still rising some of the burned bodies was screaming their last sounds. "gil" the man screams in fury "i will kill you"the man draw his sword and charges "you know better than this" said gil the man rises his sword there was no martial art in his movement no elegance no style at all he charged fuled by pure rage and before he could strike his sword he felt a hot sensation in his stomach "you can never kill me brother" that was the last word he heard before the world around him began to fade "I" the man is at his last breath he can barely speak "will" he can''t feel the world around him only darkness only coldness surround him however there was strong emotion drive him to stay a little conscious,conscious enough to say his last words "kill you" these words were spoken with every bit of resentment in them. the mount of hate the mount of resentment the desire to revnge were burning his words the words the gil will never forget "i will kill you" the echo of these word still rings inside his soul gils catches the man with his arm before he fell in the ground he felt a scene of loss maybe what he did wasn''t the right thing he questioned he felt regret "no" he said "the cycle ends here" he convinced him self I did the right thinghe repeated in his mind "now the war is over" he comforted himself gils opens his eyes wide blue sky paints his sight the bright sun laying her gentle rays in his skin the clean smell of the forest comfort his nose "brother?" and a strange sound intruded his brain a strange but familiar the image of the man reappeared in his mined i killed you i sure did 13 years ago he quickly stood up and readied his weapon his heart is accelerating however, to his disappointment he wasn''t there there were only old trees in that direction "what are you so worked up about?" the other gil said huh "i swear i could hear someone" said the main gil "yeah he is right behind you" with a mocking smile answered the other gil -huh?