《Agordos》


 Chapter 00 Prologue

    A serene, beautiful world filled with happiness which can make anyone¡¯s heart flutter. This world can bliss out anyone. Creatures roaming around within this paradise, floating lands in the sky, which makes the environment even more amazing. No wonder! Its a perfect heaven for one to spend their last hours and to leave their last breath. But this will not stay forever, an impending doom.


    ¡°Father!! where are you? Its boring to play by myself. And where is mother?..¡±


    The boy was desperate to play with his father. One could find that uneasiness because he couldn¡¯t find them. But there he was, his father, the community head. Resting on the floor in the outhouse, enjoying the nature.


    The boy found him and was jumping around. But he too was mesmerized by the beauty and the birds chirping elevated his senses and was awestruck by this unknown force. He looked at his father but didn¡¯t disturb him. He sat behind him and savored the thoughts.


    The silence in the house and the ruckus outside it was contrasting. And the kid was truly stuck to the floor, quite the irony. At last, the boy broke the silence.


    ¡°father! How is that we are the only ones left in this world? I heard there were millions of people back then. Now only few hundreds are left out. Ahh¡­.I forgot, I am truly sorry. I know nobody is allowed to talk about it. And where is mother..I want tell her something. You see! I found this insect and it changes its body color. Isn¡¯t it cool? I want to show that to mother.¡±


    The boy suddenly changed the topic, fearing he would be punished. But his father was a kind man.


    ¡°haha! Why not me? Why only your mother? Even I want to see that.¡±


    His father chuckled and casually asked his son. But the boy had this discomforting expression on his face. No wonder he never wanted to show it his father, something might have happened between them.


    ¡°no¡­you said that you would show me something awesome yesterday. But you didn¡¯t. Henceforth, I am not sharing anything good with you. I hate you. Humph!!¡±


    Right when this happening, a young beautiful woman entered the scene. She was in her mid thirties, but truly beautiful. Any man who would see her wouldn¡¯t be able to stop themselves from not staring at her beauty. It was enchanting. Perhaps the most beautiful woman out there. The wind blew quietly past her and she in a matter of time was floating in the air. Her palms were glowing bright blue. She was riding the wind. As though wind was her tamed horse but with more elegance. The boy saw her mother and was happy. He ran towards her.


    ¡° mother!! I had been waiting for you. Where were you? Its so boring and father here did not fulfill his promise so i am not showing him my pet insect. Bad father¡±


    ¡°oh my sweet Agordos! I was busy. I was out to pluck out finckle beans. I am going to prepare your favorite finckle bean stew.¡±This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    The boy¡¯s name- Agordos. His mother was truly lovable and kind. As soon as he heard that finckle bean stew, he stopped midway and began jumping around in joy.


    ¡°yay! Finckle bean..finckle bean.. and mother when will you teach me how to fly?¡±


    ¡°I will! And dear I heard you didn¡¯t fulfill the promise and if you don¡¯t make up for tha-¡±


    But suddenly, out of nowhere, her head slid past her neck and fell on the ground. Blood squirted out her neck and her body fell near Agordos¡¯ feet. He was covered in blood and everything around her turned red. Time seems to have slowed down for him as he was looking at the scene without a twitch . His eyes wide open. Everything around turned chaotic and blood red.


    The sky lost its serenity, and it bled deep red. The world turned red and Agordos was still standing looking at mother¡¯s body while her head on the other side with her tongue sticking out and her eyes popped out. Most gruesome thing for a child to see. He only focused on her body, fell on his knees. But behind him, his father was yelling at him. But it didn¡¯t seem to enter his head. No tears left Agordos¡¯ eyes, blood stains on his face was evident. He was shocked, traumatized. No wonder!


    ¡°Agordos¡­Agordos¡­.¡±.


    His father ran to towards him, shouting his name. He came to Agordos, but had no response. Agordos eyes were dead. His father, without any other way slapped him. Suddenly Agordos came to his senses.


    ¡°father? Fatherrrr¡­.mo-mother..here sh-she¡­¡±


    ¡°now you listen to me. Take this and go to your uncle¡¯s place. Run, no time left¡±


    Probably the worst thing to say to your son after he witnessed his mother¡¯s death, specially a gruesome one. He handed him a feather, a black one to Agordos. But Agordos was immovable from his place, not after what his father told.


    Suddenly, a man appeared in the sky. He was deviant looking, with that really wide creepy smile, his teeth were sticking out. He was like a demon. No mercy. He was holding a naked woman. She was dead. No head. But he was enjoying her to the fullest. Did not hold back, a gruesome necrophiliac. He then tossed off her. And he burnt her to ashes just by a click. Truly powerful.


    ¡°well..well¡­will you look at that? Such a beauty on the grass. Truly mesmerizing. No wonder my brother killed her. He loathes beautiful women. Can¡¯t help it. No worries..no worries. Hey little fella, you want to see something good happen to your mother. Its the real deal. Have you seen someone having sex with your mother? No right¡±


    He giggled in the worst possible way. He was truly heartless.


    ¡°i can show you. I know you want to see it, right. Probably your father here will enjoy it.¡±


    ¡°you! How dare you talk like that. How dare you kill my people? Your brother killed my wife? Where is he? I am gonna skin him out, cut his limbs out, castrate him and burn him into ashes. Where is he? Speak out you devil!!!¡±


    His anger was unbearable. His son beside him could sense his father¡¯s aura. It was in the kill mode.


    ¡°you there. Do not speak to me like that and not a word about my brother. You have truly enraged me. Now take this¡±


    The devil sent out an arc of bright blue light. It was filled with high energy and it cut everything in its path. Sensing the danger, the community head spread out his arms and focused his energy on one palm and on the other he pointed at Agordos.


    ¡° son..listen to me. Take that with you and meet your uncle. I am gonna send you there. We will always love you. Never forget that. Goodbye, son¡±


    As he said that, a portal opened up and Agordos was sucked right in. He could see his father smile through the closing portal. Tears rolled down his cheeks as Agordos stretched out his hands towards his father and everything went dark.

 Chapter 01 The Labyrinth of Doom

    ¡°Agordos¡­Agordos¡­¡±


    ¡°hmmmm..¡±


    Agordos was unconscious. But now, somebody is trying to wake him up. No wonder he is responding like that. Feels as though you are trying to make a drunkard come to his senses. Real tough. He could see a figure through his half-opened eyes. He is tired and is unable to perceive the surroundings perfectly.


    The figure is trying its best to wake him up. But again, he drowned in his own confusion and completely closed his eyes.


    ¡°Agordos!! run¡­get away from here. Don¡¯t let anyone catch you or the black feather. I¡¯ll buy some time for you to escape. Agord-¡±


    ¡°Uncle!!!! noooooo!!!¡±


    ¡°Ahhhhh!!¡±


    Agordos finally woke up. But it scared the figure sleeping beside him.Guess, anyone would be scared if you just scream out of nowhere. He was breathing heavily.


    ¡°Agordos!! y-you.. you are awake. Thank God!!..you seem alright¡­¡±


    The voice seems to be more feminine.


    ¡°Ahhhh¡­w-who are you¡­where are you? Why is it dark?..I-I- I can¡¯t see anything. Go away. I will not give you this feather.¡±


    Agordos was really frightened to the core. No surprises in his actions. Anyone would be frightened, if they were in the place where Agordos currently is.


    It was an Abyss of Darkness. Darkness everywhere. There was no horizon, just endless, body piercing darkness and deathly silence. Except the voices of those two. But once Agordos came to his senses, he was overwhelmed by the shear horror of the surrounding. Only darkness, no light. But somehow the figure was able to see him.


    Agordos was shivering. He wasn¡¯t able to stand for a long time and thus fell on his knees. His eyes widened. His mouth wide open. His lips shaking. And his face muscles were twitching. No wonder, he is just a kid.


    ¡°hey! Agordos. Its me. Pyuu. Your lovely big sister, Pyuu.¡±


    For a moment, with being already scared to death, he was startled, as the origin of her voice was right beside him. He backed away. But once he heard the word ¡°Pyuu¡±. He was little confused, but suddenly the happiness on his face elevated. He ran towards the voice. He fumbled, fell and got up, before he reached. Well, he was really excited and happy to meet this person. Even though he couldn¡¯t see her, he jumped right at the her. He trusted his hearing ability, good for him.


    ¡°P-pyuu¡­wahhhhh!!!¡­.pyuuuuuuu¡­.¡±


    As soon as he got in her embrace, he let out every emotions he had held up. He began crying. A very loud one. He rested his head against her ample bosom. Hmm, quite a tall kid.


    ¡°There..there..now you don¡¯t have to be scared. I am here. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll protect you.¡±


    She was kind to him. Like a mother, she was affectionate towards him. She patted his head gently and hugged him tightly. Tears seems to roll down her cheeks. Guess, even she was happy to meet him.


    ¡°pyuuu¡­m-m-other¡­f-ather¡­un-cle..wahhhhh¡±


    ¡°Now you don¡¯t have tell about that. Just be calm for a moment.¡±


    She was aware of the fate of his parents and uncle. Even though the tears from her eyes didn¡¯t stop, one could say, she was one brave girl.


    After a couple of moments, Agordos calmed down. His eyes were still red and swollen from crying. He was trying to stop his running nose, occasionally used his sleeves to do that. Both of them were seated. But, Agordos was, still, not able to see her.


    ¡°pyuu¡­I am not able to see you. Am I blind now?¡±


    ¡°Nah!¡­it¡¯s just that I am using my magic skills to look at you. Wait¡­I will imbibe certain spell in your mind and you will also able to see.¡±


    Pyuu placed her palms on his forehead, he could sense her palms. She began to chant. Agordos could sense something tickling under his forehead. But later that subsided and now he was slowly able to see again. He was happy it was Pyuu, indeed. He again hugged her.


    ¡°Pyuu..what was that chanting. I couldn¡¯t hear anything. Even I want to learn¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s a little tough one for you to grasp. But a medium level chanting. This darkness is not an ordinary one. That I can assure. Has high amount of evilness.¡±


    Pyuu was little worried, as to what¡¯s in store for them. She felt more than one presence, not too far away from them, but had not approached them. She knew someone or something was watching them. They were in an unknown world. Nothing to be seen. She was on her guard.


    After resting for a while, Pyuu got up.


    ¡°Alright now. Agor.. get up. We need to find our way out of here¡±


    She helped him to get on his feet. He checked his pocket, and sighed a sign of relief.


    ¡°Hmmm¡­the feather is still here¡± he was happy.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    ¡°Pyuu¡­how did you end up here? And even I don¡¯t know how I ended up here. All I remember is-¡±


    ¡°no need to remember that scene again. Me? I was at your uncle¡¯s place when all that happened. I followed you after he told you to run. I was worried. But at the end of the hall, a bright light appeared and we were engulfed in that. That¡¯s how we ended up here. I don¡¯t know where we are. But I know, we are in a completely different world. Never heard or read anywhere about a world like this. Have to figure out the way out of here¡±


    She was determined to get themselves out of this situation.


    ¡°Umm..Pyuu¡­did your parents also¡­¡±


    Agordos hesitantly asked her.


    ¡°yes. They are no more. They died protecting me. I-¡±


    Suddenly, they felt this uneasiness and quickly covered their noses. By their actions, it was evident that the air in the surrounding was carrying disgusting odor.


    ¡°Pyuu¡­¡±


    ¡°Hmm¡­seems like something is rotting here¡±


    But the next step they took made them frightened.


    ¡°iyaaahhhh¡­.Agor..get back now¡­what the hell is this? How did this happen, such a horrifying thing¡±


    But Agordos was a little curious. He didn¡¯t even look at her reaction and stepped up.


    ¡°This¡­.wahhh¡­.so much of blood¡±


    His reaction was expected. There was blood in front them and it stretched endlessly. Only blood could be seen now. Blood and darkness.


    ¡°che..if only I had a better chant. I could have easily seen this. My chanting has a very short range. Only a feet around you can be visible. I hope we are not in any inescapable danger.¡±


    ¡°hmm..hmmm¡± Agordos responded.


    ¡°For a kid, you are little courageous to watch this¡±


    ¡°hehe¡­I am strong¡±


    Just when Agordos was praising himself, a dark vicious hand came out of nowhere and was about to grab Agordos.


    ¡°Agorrr¡­..¡±


    But Pyuu pushed him away, was caught instead.


    ¡°Pyuuuu¡­.¡±


    Agordos was clueless about the situation.


    A dark voice came out of the oblivion.


    ¡°well¡­well¡­what do we have here¡­Hmmm¡­tasty looking tender meat. Its been a while since I ate this. Its my lucky day¡­. or night?¡­who cares¡­let me have a taste of you¡±


    The thing which spoke out, came out of the darkness and was glowing blue. It looked hideous. It had a slimy skin. Its body bent in a horrible manner, like the character ¡®C¡¯. It stood on three legs and were also bent. The head was protruding out of its bent body, it looked as though it was separate entity. A parasite. It had very long arms and were disgusting, yet, strong palms. It was holding Pyuu and was gradually pulling her to itself. It¡¯s mouth was wide open. Nothing could be seen. Only endless dark smoke fuming out of its mouth. Death was inevitable.


    ¡°yes..yes¡­.struggle..The more you struggle, the better it is enjoyable¡­heeeeehhahaha¡±


    A hideous laughter.


    ¡°No¡­.let go of me.pleaseeee¡­¡±


    She was struggling and struggling, but in vain. Nothing could break her lose from that thing.


    ¡°My subordinates were watching you two and they reported me. So I came out personally to welcome you two, to THE LABYRINTH OF DOOM. Now, the introduction¡¯s over, let me savor you, bit by bit.¡±


    Agordos on the other hand, was still as a rock. He was scared to his pits. He was neither able to move forward nor run away.


    ¡°p-pyuu-uu¡±. After his last ¡®effort¡¯, he stood there, doing nothing.


    ¡° Now, now¡­what shall eat first? Hmm..your tummy looks soft and squishy. Let me try that first¡±


    She could see its eyes. The eyes were cold and red and horrifying. Instantly she lost her grip on the reality and her eyes went dead. No life in them. She was frightened.


    The hideous thing immediately took its finger and slashed right through her torso. She didn¡¯t feel anything. She was already dead, inside. The stare was enough for her to become like this. Eyes of dead fish.


    The intestines fell out of her abdomen. And the monstrous thing held her by the intestines. She was hanging by her own guts. Blood flowed like a stream. Blood came out of her mouth. She was already dead. A pitiful ending. Didn¡¯t get to have her last laughter.


    The monster just munched on her chest, took a chunk of flesh out and swallowed. It took its other hand and held her head. With the other hand on the other end, the creature slowly stretched and pulled her head out. The head didn¡¯t come out, completely. It was hanging by small chunk of neck muscle. Blood squirted like a fountain. The monster bore its teeth right into her eyes and pulled her head out completely. It crushed her head like a watermelon. Her lower jaw fell on the ground. It chewed and swallowed the upper half of the head. It then picked up the remaining part of the head.


    ¡°Hey.. boy..look at this¡­Isn¡¯t she having a great time. Look she is smiling. See¡­Hahahaha¡±


    It crushed the jaw, in front of Agordos. While it was finishing off its meal, Agordos was stuttering something.


    ¡°p-pyuu..pyuu..pyuu¡±, he was calling out her name, softly..


    His eyes now were completely life-less. He suddenly put his head down and¡­. began to chant.


    ¡°what a delicious meal?¡­ have to finish real quick. Not even a bit of flesh must be left out.¡±


    But the monster noticed something odd aura. It turned around and the aura was emanating from the boy.


    ¡°w-what¡±


    It was dumbfounded by his aura.


    ¡°H-how can¡­you..a kid¡­have such a immense and terrifying aura¡±


    Agordos raised his head and his right eye was completely white. While the other one was completely dark. His body had grown. It was muscular. He looked at the monster and dashed off. The monster was taken out off guard. The huge amount of energy leaking out of his body was enough to completely melt the monster out. Nothing was left.


    Its subordinates were watching the whole thing and were terrified and started to flee from there. Agordos noticed that and he instantly blocked their path and stood in front of them. He was as fast as light. He opened his mouth and the black feather came out of it. It stood in front of him, floating in the air. It flew past the horde of monsters and came back to him.


    In an instant, the whole horde was turned into lumps of flesh. Blood splashed everywhere.


    The black feather disappeared and he flew past the mound of flesh and landed on the ground. He raised his arms, and slammed his fists against the floor. He was slamming,slamming. He was like a wild animal, completely uncontrollable. He was letting out immense amount of energy and the pressure it created was unbearable.


    ¡®crack¡­crack..crack¡¯


    There were tremors in the ground and it shook. And crackling sound could be heard. He was tearing the ground apart. But the thing was, he was not just ripping the ground out, he was disturbing the space itself. He was trying get to out of this world by tearing the space. His power was completely unfathomable.


    A small crack could be seen and it was letting out huge amount of energy. That didn¡¯t stop him from slamming. In the end, the crack widened and he fell right though it. And the crack slowly closed and the deathly silence again ruled the labyrinth, with complete darkness.


    But somewhere in the abyss, a pair of sharp eyes was watching everything that was happening. And it faded into the darkness.

 Chapter 02 Entering the new world

    As soon as Agordos exited the Labyrinth of doom, he was caught in the web of chaos. There was too much of energy, everywhere. It wasn¡¯t controlled, rather chaotic. This was the world of space. A space between the worlds. This atmosphere was similar to that of the labyrinth of doom, except there was too much of energy and was like an endless, bottomless well. A well of pure energy. The pressure here was too much. And this was felt by Agordos.


    As soon as he entered this region, Argodos¡¯ energy was being sucked. This energy sucked was trapped in this world, eternally. Agordos was, still, not conscious. He was in that beastly mode, terrifying. The energy from his body was depleting, in a massive rate. His body sensed this and immediately began to lower the energy output. But this idea seemed detrimental as the pressure here was too much and his body was slowly getting crushed by this enormous chaotic pressure. He was crying in pain, a deathly cry. If this would go on, then Agordos would lose his life force and ultimately die. His body would be crushed to nothingness and disappear forever.


    But all hope was not lost, as a tiny ball of light came out of his arm. It instantly created a barrier around him and itself. The aura given out by this ball seemed different from that of Agordos. His body gave out a blue aura, but this ball gave out white aura. As the barrier lit up around his body, Agordos calmed down but still remained in that beastly stage. A sign of relief. But, the barrier was made of pure energy. Hence, it was now the victim to this hungry space. The energy was being sucked.


    Now, Agordos saw few lights flickering. He rushed to the nearest one as fast as he could, and the barrier was losing energy. But it was enough for Agordos to close in to this flickering light.


    As he confronted this unusual light, he tried to get past it. It was a desperate action. But this light had its own barrier. The one around him lost all its energy and now Agordos was exposed to this space, naked. He now focused most of his energy into his fists and began slamming against this barrier. Occasionally, the energy present in the space would hit the barrier.


    Slowly, his left limb was crushed by the pressure as all the energy was being diverted to his fists. He cried in pain, but continued his work. His right limb got crushed. He began to hit the barrier rapidly. The recoil his body was experiencing, from slamming, was quite enormous. His nose began to bleed, his ribs are being broken, one by one. No wonder. Its a tough one to crack, the barrier.


    Relying only on his power, he wasn¡¯t able to do anything to that barrier. Not even a scratch. The other flickering lights were very far from where he was, and by the time he reached anyone, he would be crushed to death. So he remained there. As usual, a gust of energy hit the barrier from the space. This was because of the chaotic environment that energy was thrown around here and there. As a miracle on its own, Agordos used this to his advantage. So whenever the chaotic energy would hit the barrier, he would slam against it at the same time. His body was acting in this manner even though he was unconscious. He continued this on and on. He was losing energy but was not in vain. His limbs were crushed, but still had energy in his body to protect himself from dying. After a long time of trying this technique, he finally broke through this barrier and exited this world.


    This caused a ripple in the space when the barrier was opened. This ripple traveled a long way and passed through, what seemed humanoid figures. There were two of them. They were floating in this world of space and were meditating. As soon as this ripple passed through them, they were disturbed and hence opened their eyes.


    ¡°hmmm? What is this? Someone tampering with the lights?¡±


    ¡°it seems you are right brother. I also sensed someone exiting the labyrinth. Maybe that someone or something might be behind this.¡±


    ¡°Whatever!!! I don¡¯t care. And you. We are here to strengthen our mind and soul. And here you are distracted by the external actions? ¡°


    ¡°I am sorry brother. I am still working on this. I am truly sorry.¡±


    ¡°well, I guess its too early for you to master this technique. Work hard¡±


    And then, they went into deep trance and were meditating again, in this chaotic world.


    **************


    Meanwhile, Agordos entered this unknown world. He entered this new world through the sky. More precisely a crack in the sky. When this crack appeared, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly fell into despair and chaos. Thousands of lightning beasts could be seen around the crack. Their roar could be heard far, far away. The people in the nearby villages and towns could see this phenomenon happening.


    ¡°is it a sign of bad omen?¡± asked one.


    ¡°i hope its not¡­.but the lightning beasts have appeared. They don¡¯t pose any threat to us. But it does indicate that something big is going to happen in the future¡± said another.


    This lasted for a minute, and as soon as Agordos entered this stopped. The lightening beasts vanished. He had appeared right above a thick forest, and he began to descend, more like began to fall, without any control. He had lost most of his energy. This was bound to happen.


    And somewhere away from the forest.


    ¡°hey Liu..hey¡­did you see that happening? I am not dreaming right? I mean th-that many lightning beasts. And so much of energy. Ha-haha¡­maybe its my drea- !!ouch!!¡±


    It was a little boy, who was overwhelmed by this incident and found it difficult to digest. The girl beside him knocked on his head, not too hard, indicating that, was not a dream.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    ¡°idiot! It wasn¡¯t a dream. This really happened. Hey why not go and check out that place. I am curious.¡±


    ¡°b-but..thats outside the village limits. We shouldn¡¯t go out of village bounds. Its not safe there. Besides, its too far from here. It would take a day to reach there.¡±The little boy was reluctant to go.


    ¡°have you forgotten? We learnt this martial art, that makes one run fast. Lets use that.¡±


    ¡°but, we have not tried it even once. And besides, we need to have lots of energy to execute that.¡±


    ¡°w-well¡­that is there. Even then lets try. we might have just enough energy for us to reach there.¡±


    Well Liu didn¡¯t back out. She closed her eyes and began to recall the technique. She could feel the energy circulating throughout her body. In the end, her legs lit up, white flames. She felt happy and checked out the technique.


    ¡°wow¡­I-I¡­my legs..they are so light. It feels as though I can fly. Impressive.¡±, the little girl snorted with a smirk on her face. She looked at the boy, and felt superior and right.


    ¡°o-ok¡­let me try it too¡±. The little boy too did the same thing and white flames were lit up on his legs.


    ¡°now that we have the technique, let us hurry, Lee. Otherwise we might miss something important¡±. Saying that the little girl dashed forward, he followed her.


    The technique they were using was impressive. Even though it wasn¡¯t at it¡¯s peak, even then it was good. They were moving at an incredible pace. The surroundings trees were blurred out.They were that fast. They jumped from branches to branches, running in zig-zag paths, they were enjoying this. Finally, even without them realizing, they had already reached the destination. But what they saw made them freak out.


    ¡°Liu, what is that? Rather who is that?¡±


    ¡°idiot! How should I know? For now let us just hide in these bushes.¡±


    They immediately hid in the nearby bushes and observed. What they saw was none other than Agordos. He was still in the beastly mode. But his physique was back to normal. He was floating a few feet above the ground and was still. His legs were recuperating. Healing on its own. He had eyes closed. His hair was floating.


    Time flew by and when they were sure that it was not dangerous, the two them came out of the bushes and approached Agordos. They slowly walked towards him.


    ¡°whoah¡­look at him. He is a little boy, maybe a few years older than us. How is he floating. And look at all those wounds on his body. And why is he wearing such tattered clothes. His legs seems to healing on its own. And look at this..and that..¡±. Liu was curious and was jumping around him.


    ¡°¡±L-liu¡­you shouldn¡¯t be touching his body. Something bad might happen. Get away from him. Liu..¡±. Lee was little afraid. Nothing to be surprised I guess. He is still a kid.


    ¡°You are such a pain in the butt. See..even if I hit him, he isn¡¯t responding. See¡­see¡±. she was hitting his chest, gently. Agordos wasn¡¯t fazed by that. His body was not completely healed. It would take a long time to heal.


    The two kids suddenly heard bushes rustling. They could hear footsteps and was fast approaching towards them. They were completely scared. And then something jumped out of the bushes.


    ¡°mun-mun beasts?? Liu¡­mun beasts are here. We need to run.¡±


    ¡°i-I can see that, u idiot! Wait, then we really out of village bounds? You were right all along?¡±


    The two of them knew these creatures were dangerous to them. They called them the mun-beasts. These creatures were like wolves but enormous. They reached 16 feet in height and were 10 feet long. They were not covered in hair. They had really sharp claws and they were drooling. Their eyes were black, completely. No ears. And were two-tailed beasts. One could say, they were really terrifying.


    Mun-beast pounced on to these little kids and even before it could reach them, it cried.


    ¡®roooaaarhhh¡¯


    Then it fell on the ground. The two kids sighed. And couldn¡¯t comprehend the scene. But soon al their doubts got cleared. Because behind the dead corpse was Agordos. He was standing with its heart in his hand. His eyes were opened. The heart in his hand gave out this tiny red flame. This red flame entered his forehead. And suddenly, energy burst out of his body. It wasn¡¯t as strong as his normal aura.


    The roar caused by the mun-beasts attracted its herd. Tens and tens of them came running towards him.


    As they were approaching him, Agordos closed his eyes and white ball of light appeared on his forehead and it turned red.


    ¡®arghhhhhhh¡¯


    With a loud cry, Agordos fell on his knees. His arms were swelling up. They were transforming. They grew and became huge and were like claws. The mun-beasts claws. His legs too transformed.


    ¡®crack..crack..¡¯


    One could hear his bones cracking and reassembling. He was transforming into the mun-beast.His clothes were torn into pieces. The hair on his head fell out. Tails grew out on his back. His torso increased in size and was pitch black. His teeth were like devil slayer, very sharp. His ears vanished, his eyes were dark black ,and completely transformed into this beast.


    ¡®roaaaarrrr¡¯


    He roared. And all the mun-beasts stopped in their tracks. They were growling and baring their teeth out. They were circling around Agordos. But then, a huge male mun-beast came into the light.


    ¡®roarrrrr¡¯


    And all the mun-beasts stopped circling him and left the place. It was an alpha-male. It stared at Agordos and growled. Then turned around and disappeared. Agordos stood their and snorted. He then looked at the two kids who lying on the ground, unconscious, beside him. He sniffed their body. And growled loudly at them. They woke up. His growl woke them up.


    ¡°N-No..don¡¯t kill us¡­.nooo¡±


    ¡°idiot! Look at it properly. Look at the left arm. Isn¡¯t he the boy who was floating. He wouldn¡¯t kill us.¡±


    ¡°you are right, liu. He is that little boy. But are you sure he won¡¯t eat us.¡±


    Little lee had his speculations.


    ¡°nope..he won¡¯t. I don¡¯t know why but I am sure he won¡¯t¡±


    Then Agordos again sniffed their body. Lee was completely scared when he did that. Liu was calm. But Agordos started sniffing her legs and poked his nose under her small skirt. She was enraged by that.


    ¡°bad..very bad¡­go away..how dare you sniff at a lady like me. Don¡¯t you have any manners¡±. she hit his nose and moved away from him. Agordos shook his head and nabbed their collars. He then threw them up in the air.


    ¡°wyaahhhhh¡±


    They screamed. But they landed on his back. And Agordos suddenly took off. The two little kids stopped their screaming. Instead, they were holding onto him, really tight. They were lying on their chest and had closed their eyes. Agordos was running at in incredible speed. No wonder they had closed their eyes. Agordos was back tracking their scents. He was fast approaching the village where they lived. He then finally arrived near the village and he stopped on a cliff. He fell on the ground. And was moaning.


    ¡°auahhh¡±


    He was pain. He was transforming back to his human form. His head began to regain the hair. His torso shrunk. His eyes were now completely normal. His teeth returned to its normal self. Everything returned to normal and so did the the tails which disappeared. He was unconscious and was lying on the ground, completely naked. The two kids looked at him helplessly.

 Chapter 03 HOW ARE YOU FOLKS?

    ¡°no¡­.no¡­..¡±


    ¡°its your fault. Its your fault that I died. Agordos, why didn¡¯t you help me? I was torn apart in front of you. You did that deliberately, right. You used me as a scapegoat and you escaped. Yes, that is the truth. You killed me Agordos. I was like your big sister, how could you do this to me?¡±


    ¡°pyuu¡­no¡­you are wrong. I-I didn¡¯t do anything. I didn¡¯t use you as a bait to escape. Y-you..I-I¡­you are WRONG. I am sorry¡­I am so-sorry.¡±


    ¡°Exactly. You bastard, you didn¡¯t do anything. You just watched me die. Eaten alive. Look at me..look at me¡±


    Pyuu slowly ended up in that pitiful stage. Her head loosely hanging down through her small neck muscles. Her intestines spilled out.


    ¡°see¡­I became this because of you. ¡°


    Now she reappeared in front of Agordos who was on the ground, crying. Her head fell on his lap. And it laughed. It echoed throughout the abyss.


    ¡°Hey Agordos. Why don¡¯t you come with me, huh. No, I will take you with me¡±


    The head opened its mouth, wide open. It became wider. And it came right at his face. The insides of the mouth was filled with despair and sorrow. Agordos couldn¡¯t help but stare at it. He got really terrified.


    ¡°no..no¡­.noooooooooooooo¡±


    Agordos screamed, opened his eyes and got up. He witnessed a nightmare. Perhaps, that memory will haunt him throughout his life. Perhaps, he might lose himself.


    ¡°hah¡­hah¡­hah¡­*gulp*¡­hah..hah..¡±.


    ¡°At last you woke up.Took you long enough.Don¡¯t worry, you only slept for few hours.¡±


    It was an old woman. Her back crooked. Her face was covered completely in wrinkles with sagging cheeks. She was bald. Her teeth were decayed, was almost black. There were very a few of them left. Not a good thing to watch whenever she opens her mouth. Her stinking breath permeated throughout the room whenever she talked. Agordos wasn¡¯t fazed by this.But he was breathing heavily.


    She walked towards him. Meanwhile, he was trying to comprehend the situation he was in, right now. Looked around. It was a small room, tiny one, with thatched roof made of dried grass and twigs. It was like a small dome. But not exactly a dome. He was lying on a bed made out of dried grass. It seemed comfortable.


    His lower half was covered by a blanket.His body covered in patches of, what looked like bandages. His hair was a mess and was sweating. Probably because of the nightmare he had.


    ¡°here..drink this..it will calm you down and helps your dried throat. Take it.¡± the old woman gave him a glass of fluid. But as soon as he touched it, his eyes widened.


    ¡°this¡­has good amount of magic¡±


    ¡°hehe¡­not bad kid. You recognized it right away. You are right. It is a medicinal portion obtained from herbs with the help of magic. Its more efficient, when magic is used. Unfortunately, I am the last magic user in this village. Nobody else seems to pick this art. ¡°


    The old woman explained. She was little worried as she was the last one to use this. Worried about her village. Its future. She was staring at a distant, not speaking anything. She was immersed in her thoughts.


    Agordos looked at her with the glass in his hand. His face showed no changes in emotions. Looked at the fluid and gulped it at once. Now his face began to reveal some expressions, a weird one. As though he drank something disgusting, his face looked. The old woman came to her senses. And looked at him and his situation. Gently chuckled.


    ¡°kid¡­easy with that. No hurry whatsoever. Yes it is bitter. Haha..¡±


    He kept the container aside. He remained quiet for sometime. Held his head low. But was not crying. Then he looked at the granny. Looked elsewhere. His mind was a mess.


    ¡°kid¡­take your time to recover. I don¡¯t know what the hell you had been through but I suggest you not to walk around. Not that you will be able to. Just reminding you. Clear your mind. If you need anything just call. Someone will attend you. ¡­right! Before I leave, let me have a look at your legs¡±


    Agordos didn¡¯t respond. He was just looking at her, quietly. She removed the blanket. His legs were covered with scars. External wounds had healed. She placed her palms on his legs with her thumbs pressing against his skin.


    ¡°O mighty Earth!


    King of all medicines


    This humble servant requests you


    Grace this child with your miracle


    Heal his wounds!


    Imbibe him with your medicine!


    Rumble!¡±


    With this chanting, the old woman made a series of hand gestures and light appeared underneath Agordos. It was a rune. A magic rune.after a moment, she opened her eyes. Took her palms away from his legs. Then the rune disappeared. Back to normal, everything.


    ¡°It seems you have an affinity towards Earth. Normal person would receive 3 seconds of earth energy. But you received, amazingly, 30 seconds of earth energy. Interesting. Well, rest for now. You will be fine within two days. Don¡¯t move around too much. Your legs had suffered too much of force and strain. Hence the bones and ligaments were shattered. Luckily, your legs were little healed when i examined you. It must a highly advanced medicine, that helped your legs. Otherwise, you could¡¯ve lost them. Who was that amazing genius who helped you?¡±


    ¡±..hmm..no answers huh. Haha¡­I¡¯ll leave. Take care.¡±


    Agordos didn¡¯t answer her. But she wasn¡¯t upset by that, not even a bit. She smiled and left the room. He then touched his legs. He tried to wiggle his toes, but in great difficulty. He then looked at all those bandages on him. Hadn¡¯t noticed before. Then slowly laid his back on the bed.


    ¡°w-what is happening?¡±. He was confused. He then closed his eyes. And a deep sleep followed.


    *********


    Location:undisclosed.


    ¡°master! Master!¡±You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    ¡°master, I have an important news to tell¡±


    The one talking was kneeling on its leg with the head lowered. It was not human. Its body was huge. The body was covered in scales. The scales were black and hard as diamond. His arms were huge underneath which there were no scales. Basically it had scales only on its posterior. While the anterior part was covered in slimy skin. The head seemed little odd. It was covered in spikes, completely. Occasionally, the eye balls would pop out of this spiky ball.And they were ¡°sharp¡±. The mouth was at the base of the head, completely hidden. It had no claw on its right hand.


    It was addressing someone superior. Its master.


    ¡°hmmmm?..what is it? Make it quick¡±


    The voice had a power in it. Really deep. It was seated behind the curtain which was opaque. Only its shadow could be seen. Seemed like it was in the middle of something.


    ¡°yes master! It has been spotted. The black feather.¡±


    As soon as it said that, its master stood up. Was restless. It seemed as though it was looking for it or waiting for that black feather for a long time.


    Strong gusts of wind blew past the spiky-headed creature. It was from its master.


    ¡°And did you bring it? Don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t¡± The voice had varying emotions. It was excited at the same time eerie.


    ¡°master! I couldn¡¯t. ¡°


    ¡°Insolent! How dare you come here without the feather. I ought to exterminate your clan. Useless¡±


    It was really mad.


    ¡°no master! Our clan, the mulliklat clan is the most efficient and loyal.Please I beg you. There is a reason for my failure. I couldn¡¯t get it because it was already in the hands of another person. And this person had strange powers. Really powerful. I alone wouldn¡¯t be able to defeat.¡± the creature was trembling. It¡¯s eyes popped out.


    ¡° what? A person had this feather. And a really powerful one. Tell me, was the feather helping him?¡±


    ¡°y-yes master. It was indeed helping him. I was roaming around in the labyrinth of Doom and suddenly felt this enormous pressure. So I went to check the source and it was from a person. It looked like a kid. A human. A male kid. It looked as though he didn¡¯t have the control over his powers and had gone berserk. I was looking at the scene from afar. Never dared to go near it. It was that terrifying and powerful.¡±


    ¡°hmmm!! it seems I had miscalculated. You! Get out of here and find the boy. This is troublesome. And DO NOT LET ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS. UNDERSTOOD!!¡±


    ¡°Yes master. I will leave right now.¡±


    The spiky monster left and its master was frustrated by the developments. The master then disappeared. Now only wind blew in this hall and the curtain rose. Behind this curtain were naked women. Dead. Their bodies were dried out, like a dried raisin. Their eyes had shrunk. Mouths wide open. They lied on the ground in crooked positions. Flies flew around them.


    And suddenly, their head bulged, grew larger. Eyes popped out. And Bamm! The head blew into pieces like a burst balloon. Only flesh and bits of brain were left out. Right after this, the rest of the body encountered the same fate. Stench of blood and flesh spread across the hall.


    *********


    Three days had passed since Agordos stayed in the village. He was sleeping in the small room.


    ¡°big brother..hey, big brother. Wake up¡±


    Agordos was woken up from his deep sleep by someone¡¯s call. He slowly opened his eyes. He saw a small kid standing beside him. It was Lee. Agordos got annoyed, since he was woken up .


    ¡°hey big brother. Do you remember me? I am that kid you saved me, back in that forest, from all those mun-beasts? You don¡¯t remember?¡±


    Agordos was clueless about this kid. He looked at Lee as though he was meeting him for the first time.


    ¡°Don¡¯t call me big brother. My name is Agordos¡±


    ¡°Big brother¡¯s name is Agordos huh. Thank you very much for saving us. Including my sister. She is shy. But she is very sweet, big brother. See you around.¡±


    ¡°Big brother¡¯s name is Agordos¡±


    Thus Lee ran out of the room, shouting Agordos¡¯ name. Liu was standing beside the door. She looked at Agordos and nervously bowed her head and ran out. A gesture of gratitude.


    ¡°*sigh*¡­.looks like I am completely healed. My legs look fine. Let me stand up¡±


    Thus Agordos slowly stood up. He jumped, moved his legs. Everything was fine. Just when he was about to drink water, he heard a sudden scream. It was followed by a ruckus in the village. Unaware of the situation, Agordos put on his sark. He then left the room.


    Outside, he couldn¡¯t find anyone. He walked across many paths, but couldn¡¯t a find single person.


    ¡°this village is huge. Its like a maze¡± Agordos felt.


    Soon he reached the village gate. But what he saw was village people tied to poles. And beside them stood ugly men. They were barbarians. Huge beards stuck out of their chin. Large mustaches, their faces bore. They were carrying weapons. Weapons like hammer, swords, axes. They rode horses.


    An astonishing thing was, there weren¡¯t any men among the villagers. All of them, women. Agordos did not approach them. He maintained his distance from them.


    ¡°no¡­leave them alone. We will make up for this. We will,definitely. We will provide you twice of what we grow. Please untie them. Please I am begging you¡±


    It was the old woman. She fell on her knees and begged the man. The man was smiling.


    ¡°hahahaha¡­.you want me to untie them? Then bring MY supplies and then I will think about it. What do you think. Oh..right!! you don¡¯t have anything to give me. I forgot. See, I am very nice man. Me and my men protect you from the outside threats and in return all you need to do was provide half of what you grow. That¡¯s all. My men need nutrition to guard your pathetic village. Why not tell the men in your village to protect this village. I am sure that will work out.¡±. the man mocked at the old woman.


    The old woman remained silent. Did not move from her position. She was still kneeling. But the other women were shedding tears.


    ¡°oh crap!! I am such an insensitive bastard. YOU DON¡¯T HAVE ANY MEN. I am really sorry. I will keep that in my mind¡­.now, now, back to our business. Look, you old pig. I don¡¯t have too much of spare time to spend here. Either you give us our share or gift me your finest women. That would suffice, wouldn¡¯t it. I can play to my heart content. Play with them, of course. Beautiful women, that is. Maybe I¡¯ll let my men play with them. They are desperate beasts. Haven¡¯t played for a loooonng time.¡±


    Listening to his demands made the old woman angry. She raised her head. Stood up. Before she could speak anything further, a woman spat on the barbarian¡¯s leader.


    ¡°i-I wont¡­. wont come with you. Its better to die than be defiled by your filthy hands¡±


    ¡°ohhh! Then why not die. You asked for this¡±


    Immediately, he pierced her chest by a sword. She fell on the ground. Wiggling in pain and crying.


    ¡°old hag! Make up your mind or someone else will go through as her. Fast. HURRY!¡±. The man shouted at her. Then was wiping the blood stains on his cloth. Looking at the current situation, the old woman was helpless. She hoped for a miracle.


    But then decided to go along with their demands. And right when she decide to accept and tell that to the man, something happened.


    ¡°Eh? Hey..who are you? I am asking you. Who the f**k are you?¡± a man asked.


    *badump*


    ¡°exactly, you didn¡¯t do anything. Now look at what has happened to me, to your big sister pyuu.¡±


    *badump*


    ¡®why. Why does people die, wherever I go?¡¯


    *badump*


    ¡®no. I cant be like this anymore. I don¡¯t want people to die. I will do something. I am sorry pyuu. I didn¡¯t man up. But now I will.¡¯


    * badump*


    It was Agordos. He was watching the whole thing happened. Right when the sword went through her chest, Agordos froze. It reminded him of pyuu. His limbs, now, started to move. It reminded him of his nightmare. Thus he decided to act, because he didn¡¯t want to go through the same nightmares again and again. He wanted to move on. He wanted to man up. He wanted to help them.


    He then ran towards them. With his fists in the air, he ran screaming.


    ¡°yaaaaaaaah¡±


    ¡°hey you. Take care of this boy. Finish him in one shot¡±


    Immediately, a skinny man held his bow and took out an arrow. He then placed the arrow in the bow, stretched it and released it. The arrow, now headed towards Agordos. But he had not noticed the incoming arrow. He charged right at the group. The arrow was just a feet away from him. Too late.


    Just when everyone thought that he would be killed, a gust of wind enveloped Agordos. And the arrow was shattered. It was like a twister, it had covered him.


    The gang leader was surprised. He sensed danger. But didn¡¯t falter, because he was just a little boy.


    ¡°ALRIGHTY! FINALLY, MY TURN. ITS BEEN AGES SINCE I BREATHED THIS FRESH AIR. HOW ARE YOU FOLKS? EH! YOU PEOPLE LOOK SURPRISED¡±


    It was Agordos, again. But he was, a little different. No, completely different. He was completely different person. What¡¯s happening.

 Chapter 04 I killed them?

    Before all this ruckus happened in the village, somewhere far away, at the time of the appearance of the lightening beasts in the sky, somewhere deep inside a dense forest, the land lost its stability. There were tremors, strong ones. These tremors rocked the inner region of the forest. As usual, wild creatures were running, helter-skelter.


    The intensity of these tremors increased. Cracks appeared in the ground, trees were uprooted, birds obviously abandoned their nests. And in a flash, a sinkhole appeared in the ground. It was several meters apart. Even though it looked small, its depth was immeasurable.


    Few moments later, the forest now regained its composure, expect a little bit of destruction, maybe more. Now a deep sinkhole has been formed. In a gradual manner, the hole lit up in bright light. It soon became too intense, as bright as the burning star. Something emerged out of the hole. It was bright, the reason behind this unusual brightness was yet to be discovered. The light faded and a snake like creature, curled up, was floating in the air and steadily rising into the sky. It went into the sky and it uncurled. And a shining object appeared. It was quite bright and the creature held the object curled up in its tail. It then took off, in the direction where those lightening beasts had appeared.


    **********


    Meanwhile in the village.


    ¡°yahaa! Don¡¯t worry grandma, I¡¯ll take care of these raiders. Hehe¡±


    Agordos was blabbering and the old woman was in no condition to listen to him. She was surprised by his behavior. As well as the rest of the crowd.


    He, Agordos, slowly walked towards the raiders. He cracked his knuckles, with a huge smile on his face, he moved forward. Everyone were staring at him. He was loosening up his arms, jumping gracefully, he was enjoying the situation. And there was confidence in his face.


    ¡°what the f**k are you guys doing? Kill him, you bastards¡±. The leader ordered his men. He was sweating and breathing heavily. Seemed like he was little afraid of the situation. As soon as the order came out, they didn¡¯t hesitate and they got down their horses and with the weapons in their hands ran towards him.


    ¡°oh yeah! Lunch time¡­chow chow!!¡±,with a smirk, Agordos tightened his fists. And BOOOOMM!!


    HE DISAPPEARED. What was left was his after image, which was real like. With a loud sound he had disappeared. Jet of wind burst out from the point of his take off.


    In a blink of an eye he had appeared in front of them, the raiders, and strong winds blew through the group.


    ¡°hehe¡±, he chuckled. But by the time Agordos could hit them he was already the victim. A red burning sword had pierced his abdomen.


    ¡°take that kid! Now ..burning flames!!MELTT¡±. One of the member had stabbed Agordos with his enhanced sword. The sword let out hot lava that entered his body and his lower half had almost melted. He let out a loud shriek. And fell on the ground. His mouth was wide open and the eyes had lost the life in them. Bubbles of lava surrounded his body and was slowly dissolving.


    ¡°alright!! nice work men!!¡± the gang leader was ecstatic and proud. He began laughing loudly.


    ¡°yeah!!!¡­nobody can mess with us. Ain¡¯t that right, boss?¡±


    ¡°ofcourse!!¡±


    ¡°Aiyaa!! so scary¡­.. My, my, you have got one scary weapon. But its useless against me. Hehe¡±, suddenly a voice was heard. Everyone turned around to see who that was.


    ¡°kid!!??¡±


    ¡°then who the hell did I kill?¡±, said the proud man who had killed ¡®Agordos¡¯. He turned back to see the dead body and it was not Agordos. It was the bow-man who had shot the arrow at Agordos earlier.


    ¡°i-impossible. I saw with my own eyes. It was the kid that I killed¡±


    ¡°hehe¡­.its not your problem. Haven¡¯t you guys still figured out that I am a wind magician? Its easy-peesy for me to manipulate the wind to my taste. Before you even stabbed, I instantly moved from there and brought that bow-man in my place. And the after image left behind was controlled by me for few moments and made you people think it was me. As simple as that. Am I not cooool?¡±


    Agordos explained and mocked them with his unusual lines. And surprisingly, the men the group were admiring him and his tactic. Are they stupid?


    ¡°Ahhhhh!! you stupid bastards. Kill him! What are you dunces standing there and admiring your enemy. Kill him¡± the gang leader was irritated by their actions. The situation had turned pretty comical.


    Now they attacked Agordos. But he jumped up in the air.


    ¡°hehe¡­eat this¡±


    ¡°wind element!!


    Gather!


    Puncture them!


    Rumble!!¡±


    He let out few words and whamm!! the air around him started to shape into cone like structures. Large spikes, they were. Swirling spikes of air. He raised his arms and.. dropped them. And immediately the swirling air cones rained on them. The cones went right through the barbarians. Not just that, it was swirling, rotating furiously. And the bodies of the men, now, bore large holes lined by their flesh and blood. The chunks of flesh were torn to pieces by the wind cones.


    ¡°c-curse yo-you!!¡± the gang leader uttered his last words. All the men fell on the ground like dead mosquitoes. Blood flowed and stench spread through the air.


    ¡°well grandma. Problem solved. Right?¡±


    Everyone present there, alive, were awestruck by the development. They had never seen something like this. The old woman, came out of her shock and ordered them to take the injured ones inside and and everyone left. No words of appreciation from them. Can¡¯t blame them, they were still in that ¡®awestruck¡¯ mode.


    ¡°hmmm¡­.well all that¡¯s left is to take care of these corpses. That¡¯s too easy. I will just disintegrate them to nothingness by my wind, hehe¡±


    And when he was about to do that,


    ¡° yaaaaaaaaahh!! I will kill you all, you basta-¡±. it was Agordos. He was yelling, like before.


    ¡°Ehhh?? where are they. W-what!!! who killed them? Did I¡±. looked like he had become normal. Confusion messed up his brain.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°k-kid? You did this. Don¡¯t you remember? Really?¡±. the old woman tried to enlighten him. Well he had forgotten everything. He himself was thinking. He didn¡¯t think too much. Embraced the fact that he did all this. He was proud, and a huge smile appeared. Even then doubts lingered in his mind.


    The old woman was confused now. She was clueless about his behaviour. But her face now retained the calmness. Maybe she might have thought ¡®f**k this¡¯, who knows.


    ¡°well kid! You saved the day and us. I don¡¯t know how to thank yo-¡­.w-what¡¯s that?¡± as she was talking with Agordos and appreciating his help, she saw something behind him and pointed towards it.


    ¡°what now¡± sighed Agordos. What they saw was a flickering light moving at tremendous speed from the forest where Agordos first landed, towards them. The light grew larger and larger, and now it took form of a giant snake like creature.


    ¡°w-what is that enormous creature? I have never seen that in my lifetime¡±


    ¡°well old woman, now you have. Now why don¡¯t we scram from here before it hits us huh! RUN¡± Agordos ran while dragging the woman along with him.


    The snake like creature approached the ground and crashed. It crashed where the dead bodies were. The force was so enormous that it created a large crater and everything in its vicinity was swallowed by the heat generated. Bodies were like POOF!!. LUCKILY, nothing happened to the villagers as they were at a safe distance, only shock waves swept past the village. Few houses were blown away and nothing else, except for Agordos and the old woman who were near the crash site.


    Very hot cinders were carried by the shock waves and came at them. Agordos, instinctively covered the old woman in his embrace and the cinders hit his back. His upper garment was tattered in holes but nothing happened to him. He was like resistant to them, to that intense heat and he wasn¡¯t blown away. Miracle! Or not?


    He stayed in the same position until the after-effects died down. After a few moments, Agordos opened his eyes. He raised his head and looked around. Trees were blown away, few houses too and the huge crater. The old woman was fine. No injuries. Perfectly fine. He then stood up, was curious about the crater. He walked towards it and looked at the interior of the crater.


    There was a girl, sleeping. She was astonishingly beautiful. Her skin wasn¡¯t white as snow but quite contrast to that. It was brown. But her beauty was truly mesmerizing. Her long black hair was very dark and curly. She was wearing a black dress. She was about Agordos¡¯ age. And had small twin peaks as well. Agordos was engrossed in her beauty. He was staring at her.


    ¡°who is that?¡±. well his moment was ruined by the old woman.


    ¡°i-I don¡¯t know!!¡±


    ¡°but she is truly beautiful, isn¡¯t she, kid¡±


    ¡°yeah she is. Why don¡¯t you wait here and I will go and fetch her out¡±


    Without wasting any time talking to the old woman, he went down the crater. It was hot, very hot. But he was moving without any problems in there. He reached the center. He was caught in her beauty, yet again.


    ¡°what are you doing there, bring her up, hurry !!¡±


    ¡®curse you old woman¡¯, Agordos cursed her in his mind as he was again interrupted. He was now irritated by her. He then picked up the girl from the crater. ¡®wow, soft¡¯ he thought. She was soft as cotton and light as well. He brought her up and carried her to a near by hut. He carefully placed her on the straw bed. She was unconscious, but breathing. The old woman entered the hut and examined her, while he stayed out.


    ¡°everything is..fine. She is healthy too. No injuries.¡±confirmed the old woman. She then placed her palm on the girl¡¯s forehead. After examining her, she left the hut. Agordos was waiting outside. He was sitting on a rock, gazing at the sky.


    ¡°well, she seems alright. Will get to know about her after she wakes up. Until then we have to wait.¡± But he wasn¡¯t responding. He was just sitting there idly. The old woman went near and sat beside him.


    ¡°hey kid!! last few days has been different huh¡±


    Agordos, now came to the reality.¡± huh?..oh..yeah. It was indeed. You people finding me and everything following that. Oh yeah, how is she? Is she fine?¡±


    ¡°*sigh* forget about her. She is great. I want to know about you. You.. who taught you magic bending? Your teacher must be really great, highly powerful and knowledgeable, right?¡±


    ¡°me? A magician? No. I am not a magician nor I have the capability to yield magic or the elements. I was born without that capability. Pretty sad right.¡±Agordos denied her thoughts on her face.


    But obviously she would be confused, after all she witnessed all that killing and stuff. Now that he is talking as if he has never ever done anything magician type, she was really confused.


    ¡°what are you talking? You are a magician. I saw with my own eyes. How you manipulated the wind element, you were really elegant. I knew that there was something special in you as soon as I gave you that earth element treatment earlier. But never thought you were compatible with multiple elements. That¡¯s rare around here¡± she was really admiring him, for what he had done.


    ¡°how can that be? That¡¯s impossible. I accept that I don¡¯t remember anything that happened in today¡¯s fight. But how can I be using wind element as my weapon, that too as a magician.¡±


    ¡°hmmm! It seems like there is a problem in your body. Maybe you unconsciously use the elemental energies. That might be one of the possible theories, kid¡±


    ¡°but nobody has seen or recorded any of the incidents you are talking about, before. From where I come, I was the only one who wasn¡¯t able to use magic. But what you are saying is so surreal¡± Agordos was having conflicting thoughts.


    ¡°was I really a magician material? But why would my parents hide that from me or did they somehow suppress my abilities? ¡°


    ¡°hey kid! don¡¯t think too much. Why don¡¯t you just tell about yourself? You haven¡¯t introduced yourself. This might be a good chance to do that¡± after listening to what she said, he calmed down and answered her questions.


    ¡°umm! I am really sorry for my earlier behaviour. I didn¡¯t even thank you for your hospitality. My name is Agordos. I come from a place named Green paradise. It was truly a paradise. I was the son of the community head. Ours was a very peaceful community. There were several other communities as well. But ours was the best. We were friendly with the neighbouring communities as well. Everything was fine until one day.¡±


    Agordos explained everything that happened to him, as much as he could remember. He explained how he lost his parents and how he met Pyuu in the labyrinth and he lost her. He also tells her that he don¡¯t remember how he ended up in this village premise.


    ¡°what? You had been to the labyrinth of Doom?¡±her jaws dropped on hearing that place¡¯s name.


    ¡°yeah! That¡¯s what the creatures there said it to be. Is there any problem?¡±


    ¡°well, it is just a legend here. I didn¡¯t think that it truly existed. It is just a rumour. That place is completely dark and dangerous. Vicious and blood-thirsty creatures live there and that nobody returns who enters that place. That¡¯s pretty much about the place, as explained by the rumours. It is said that only handful of people have survived and returned back. One among them is our king. That¡¯s what everyone knows about. I don¡¯t know whether this rumour is true or not. But the story you are saying cannot be denied as well. Hmm..this is something new. But its a completely different world from our realm. If that¡¯s correct, how did you end up in our realm? How did you survive through all these dangers?¡±she told him her knowledge about that and framed few doubts.


    Agordos was equally as clueless as is she was.


    ¡°i, myself don¡¯t know how I ended up here.¡± was thinking deeply, Agordos. He hands were now held by the old woman.


    ¡°well kid, one thing is for sure. You are currently in the kingdom of Saahu. This village is in its borders, south of the kingdom. We are also relatively in an isolated area. Hence the laws here are very weak and therefore all this discrimination and stuffs¡±


    ¡°kingdom of Saahu? Never heard of it.¡±he was thinking a bit.


    ¡°never heard? How can you have never heard of it? This kingdom is one of the big powers in this continent. Probably, in this world also. We will never know. There are kingdoms outside this continent as well. Hmm..what am I blabbering like an excited little kid. Haha¡­you will get to know about this continent, don¡¯t worry¡±


    ¡°hmmm..hopefully¡± he replied halfheartedly.


    ¡°whatever, lets think about it some other time. For now, I want to focus on restoring this village back to normal. If you would help, it would be really great. I know I shouldn¡¯t asking as you have already put us in your debt. Please help us one more time.¡±


    ¡° I would love to, but how can I help you people? I am just one person. And yeah, where are all the men? I don¡¯t see them¡±


    ¡°all the men you say? Well they are dead now. ¡° her eyes turned misty. She was about to drop tears.


    ¡°But how? Did someone or something killed them?¡±


    ¡°You killed them!¡± answered the old woman. But there was no anger in her reply, she was as sweet as she was before.


    ¡°and regarding the help I asked, it is something related to their deaths¡±


    Agordos was now completely caught off guard. ¡®I killed them? How can that be¡¯ he thought.

 Chapter 05 The brunette Girl

    ¡°N-no¡­I think you are making a mistake. Me? Definitely not. That¡¯s not a plausible statement. H-how can..I mean¡­I don¡¯t even know them, let alone kill them. That¡¯s a false accusation you are making there. I-I don¡¯t know how to make you convince¡­I¡¯m panicking.¡±. His reaction was obvious. He, who witnessed his parents and Pyuu¡¯s death, had made his mind messed up a little. A little cold. But now another BLOW!!! He really not in a mindset to take this all in. That¡¯s the stage he was in, right now.


    His whole body was shivering. He couldn¡¯t sit idly at one place. Tension broke out on his face. Its the fear that had begun to engulf him.


    He was trying his best not to believe in this and his mind was in constant war with all these thoughts. He held his head, pulled his hair. His eyes had bulged out. These kind of blows were really not his cup of tea. Psychology, it is.


    He might look alright from the outside or act responsible or put up a psychological barrier around himself and make himself courageous, but his mind is fragile like a glass right now. The barrier is not unbreakable. Few words is all one need to do destroy it. Only experience can strengthen the mind and thought processes. He lacked them all. Because every brave thing he did, was just an impulse, reacting to that situation.


    ¡°Hey, kid¡±


    ¡°Kid! Are u alright¡±


    ¡°Kid!! Kid!!¡±


    This voice was echoing in his brain. His senses had become quite numb. Hence not responding to the external stimulus. The old woman was calling out him, not the expected response, she didn¡¯t get. She was repeatedly trying to make him come to his reality, but no gain. Ultimately, she just slapped him, on his cheek. It seemed he was regaining his control over himself.


    ¡°i-I didn¡¯t do it. No, I didn¡¯t. You are wrong, I-I DIDN¡¯T DO IT!¡±. Or not.


    ¡°Hey kid! KIDD!! Its alright. Don¡¯t worry. Let me explain you everything that had happened here long before you came here.¡±


    For some reason, her face was showed a little uneasiness and disappointment. Why?


    ¡°hey kid! Are you listening? Did you understand what I just said. Oh, jeez! Now what should I do? He is so fragile and sensitive. And I am dumb myself. I, myself panicked. I am a medicinal magician.At least for now.¡±


    She was trying to tell him the reason behind all of this but he wasn¡¯t responding to her. And the situation had made her little panicked and forgot to use her medicinal knowledge to his help.


    She rubbed both are palms against each other. Continued that rubbing, and closed her eyes and stopped the rubbing. Her palm was now glowing white with runes over them.


    She took out, what looked like a dried herb, from her hip pouch. With those dried herbs on her both palms, mist had began to form. She closed both the palms, thus forming fists. The mysterious mist was flowing out of the gaps between the fingers. She let him inhale that. The mist was working on him.


    He calmed down. And slowly closed his eyes.


    ¡°WAAAAHHHH!!¡±


    Within a matter of few seconds, he woke up, with a bang.


    ¡°Take deep breaths¡­¡­Fine that¡¯s enough. I am really sorry for the pain you had to go through. I wasn¡¯t aware that your guilty consciousness would be triggered to this extent. You seem to be a kid who is little older than Liu. That¡¯s the reason your mental strength is weak. But also seems to be strong as well, occasionally. Its really mysterious.¡±


    She was little curious, that is for sure.


    He nodded his head and rubbed his face, gently.


    ¡°No, no. It¡¯s alright, I am just grateful for helping me now.¡±


    ¡°Well, thank my special herb, Achlys. She is regarded as the God of Mist. It is usually not a good herb, but by right processes, one can harness its energy for medicinal purposes. This really saved you. Haha¡±


    ¡±And really glad you had that. And yeah, I am 13 years old. And your views on my mind are really passing over my head. I am not able understand anything.¡±


    ¡°No worries, kid. There is no need to understand them. You will get to know them, in future.¡±


    Now everything was fine. She closed her hip pouch and began to tell the reason.


    ¡°Now, let me tell you the reason why I said that earlier, about you killing our men. Don¡¯t worry about you getting all tensed up. The herb will not allow that.¡±


    ¡°Mhmmm!!! I¡¯m listening.¡±


    ¡°Its the RAIDERS. Yes, you heard it, its them, the Raiders. They were our men¡±


    ¡°W-WHATTT!!!??¡±


    ¡°Yes. Its them. It¡¯s hard to believe, but that is the truth¡±


    Now this was massive. The Raiders? Agordos was confused. He didn¡¯t know how to respond. Because they were clearly harassing the village women. What¡¯s happening here!!


    ¡°B-but, they were abusing you people, blackmailing and were really filthy to the core. How can they be the missing men of this village? ¡°


    ¡°There is reason behind their behaviour. They are not our ¡®real¡¯ men. Their outer shell is just what is left out. Their only identity, that is. But are no more the men, once they were. ¡°Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    ¡°i-I rea-¡±. He was interrupted by the old woman.


    ¡°Wait! Let me finish. Its because of the¡­DEMONIC POSSESSION¡±


    ¡°EH!!!¡±


    Meanwhile in the hut where the brunette girl was resting.


    ¡°Liu, Liu¡­ don¡¯t go over there. Elders said not to. Why do always go against their words? Liu, listen to me. Gosh!¡±. Lee was calling her sister in a low voice ,not to go somewhere. But obviously, she wasn¡¯t listening to him. He was getting irritated by her usual actions.


    ¡°Sshh!! Quiet down a little bit. If u keep calling me out, the elders are going to find us and we will be busted. So shut your mouth. Let me do my job¡±. She just went ahead and screwed his brother instead.


    ¡°Your job? This is a job? Entering some one¡¯s place without any permission is your job? What do yo-¡±


    ¡°Shh! Sh-shh¡±. She turned around and gestured to be quiet.


    She slowly tip-toed her way into the hut. No one was around the hut or inside it. She was really careful, not to make any noise.


    ¡°This girl always makes trouble. *sigh*¡±. Lee was right, she was a troublesome kid.


    Then she reached the bed where the brunette girl was sleeping. She waved her hand and called Lee inside. Initially he was hesitant to, but had to come in, because of her.


    She was looking at her, observing the girl from head to toe.


    ¡°She is so beautiful!¡±. Exclaimed Lee. He too was appreciating her beauty, just like everyone who saw her.


    ¡°i said not to talk.Shhh¡±. Liu was not in a good mood because of Lee¡¯s interruption. She ¡®yelled¡¯ at him in a very low voice. Lee¡¯s face was covered in sweat. Partly because of her and partly because of the fear of getting caught. Lee was not sure her intentions of coming here. But sure knew that some trouble had headed their way. It was inevitable for him to be there, has no control over sister, whatsoever.


    She pointed her finger towards that girl¡¯s neck and waved at it continuously and looked at him. Lee didn¡¯t know for sure what she was trying to convey to him but was sure that she was interested in that something.


    It was something similar to an ornament but was not as polished as one. It was crude looking neck-wear, possibly made out of some kind of mineral ore and in the center studded with red gem.


    ¡®I feel something bad is going to follow us now¡¯, Lee felt chill flow through his spine.


    Now Liu reached out to her and slowly her hand was approaching the sleeping girl¡¯s neck. Lee tried to stop her by trying to hp;d her hand but in vain. He was just shrugged aside. Liu¡¯s eyes were completely filled with curiosity. And her hand gradually closed in the gap and finally touched it. She couldn¡¯t help but graze the surface of the gem with her fingers. Lee on the other hand was worried. His breathing was erratic and frequently, was biting his nails.While she was meddling withe that red gem, the brunette girl¡¯s fingers were twitching, slightly. Both the kids didn¡¯t notice that. The girl was about to regain her consciousness.


    Now Lee was really mad and he pulled her aside, she was startled and lost her footing and fumbled a little and something fell on the ground. It was a black feather. This was similar to Agordos¡¯ black feather. Quickly, Liu bowed down to pick it up, expecting Lee not to be watching. But he had seen that on the floor.


    ¡°L-Liu? You didn¡¯t return that to brother Agordos? You said you would return. Why is it still here with you?¡±


    ¡°I was about to return this back, but all that incidents happened and had never got a chance to give to him. I will go and give it to him, now¡±


    ¡°Liu, I know you didn¡¯t give him, deliberately. I know you well enough. You happen to collect every weird thing out there you find, no matter whose that is. Return It or I will tell old grandma about this.¡±


    ¡°Geez! I will, I will. Humph!! Ruined my chance.¡±. She snorted and decided to leave the hut to return that feather back to Agordos. She left the hut,while Lee was still near the bed. He too decided to leave.


    But as he was leaving, a gust of wind swept behind him. He was startled.


    ¡® *gulp*. W-what was that?¡¯. He thought. But he decided not to turn around and to leave as quickly as possible. But his eyes turned to his side, towards the bed. She wasn¡¯t there. The brunette girl wasn¡¯t there! He panicked. And began to move his feet quickly.


    Before he could reach the door, the girl had appeared in his line of sight. She was standing in front of him, blocking his path.


    ¡°You ought to DIE!¡±. Immediately, a thin, long sword was created out of thin air. But it was a different one. It was smeared in a green goo. She made a strike on him.


    ¡°Ehh!!¡±. And even before he knew what was happening, a thin line appeared, vertically, from his forehead and continued downward, covered in that green goo.


    The next second there were two parts of his body, cut symmetrically, on the ground. The floor was covered in blood and his insides were spilled out.


    ¡°One down¡±. She mumbled and left the hut.


    ¡°Eh! Demonic Possession? A real demonic possession?¡±


    ¡°Yes. A real one. Demons possessed them and their personality changed. They became violent and uncontrollable in their actions. And one day they just left. And the next day they returned to their current form. They had forgotten about us. And had become barbarians. Plundering villages after villages. Finally reaching ours. But ours was quite a prosperous village and we grow plenty of food crops and rear cattle. That caught their eyes. And hence began to blackmail us, threaten us. And thus we had comply to their desires and wishes.This is more or less the story of what happened. So now you know the reason¡±


    ¡°Hmm. Yes, I do understand that. But what I don¡¯t understand is that how am I supposed to help you. You want me to find the demons and destroy them or something?¡±


    ¡°It isn¡¯t like that. I want yo-¡±. Before she could finish the sentence, was interrupted.


    ¡°Agordos! Agordos! I came to return this to you. Hey Agordos!¡±. It was Liu. She had come to return the black feather to Agordos. She was running towards him holding the feather in hand and waving.


    ¡°What! How did you acquire that? That was in my pocket, safe and secure.¡±. Then he checked his pocket. It was open and the feather wasn¡¯t there. He didn¡¯t think she stole that, so only possible way he thought was that he might have dropped it somewhere. And she picked it up.


    ¡°You had dropped this feather while we were getting you back to the village. I happen to notice that and picked it up. I am a good girl.¡±. She was yelling at him from afar. She was still running.


    ¡°Two more left!¡±. A voice came from her behind. Liu turned around to see. And she saw a killing machine. It was that brunette girl. Her face was smeared in blood. Her beautiful dress was now dipped in blood. With a slender sword in her hand, she must have killed many women in the village. She was walking slowly towards them. Liu was terrified. She gained speed to escape from her.


    ¡°Hey little girl! Hurry, quick. ¡° Agordos shouted at her.


    It was too late. ¡°Green slash¡±. The brunette girl yelled and moved her sword quickly and a green huge sword like entity emerged out of her sword and went through the little girl.


    She exploded like a balloon. Blood splattered around Liu¡¯s death spot. Only the black feather was remaining in its midst.


    ¡°One more left¡±. The brunette girl muttered.


    Agordos stood there, as he couldn¡¯t do anything. Everything happened in a split second.


    ¡°Y-You, how could you kill a little kid like her? Who are you?¡±. She didn¡¯t respond to him.


    She slashed her sword in the air and all the blood on the blade was washed off. She continued to move towards them. Her eyes were not like those of a killer. On the contrary she looked like a elegant, beautiful lady, but the actions made that thinking ironical.


    ¡°Che! Such a bad timing. If I knew you were a hunter, I would¡¯ve killed you in your sleep. You ruined my perfect plan¡±.


    Agordos was surprised and confused, because it was said by the old woman standing behind him.


    ¡°Old grandma, what are talking about?¡±