《The tales of Forgotten Frozen Hell》 Chapter-1 (Zai) It was a scene of out of a web novel. Human sized cockroaches walking out of closed cramped houses with corpses of family held in their outlandishly long tentacle like appendages. The scene grew even more intense as the now All-mighty-cockroaches were being crushed one at a time by a creature that was the size of a two storey building. The creature wrecked havoc on the cockroaches as it suddenly shot a beam of something similar to that of a gamma ray burst from its mouth. The tremor created by that creature''s walk shook the earth when, suddenly everything was dead silent. The silence was broken by a figure standing at a distance, his golden aura seeping through the vast wasteland when he opens his mouth and says "Oh! the moster of the forbidden depths. I, the last heir of heavenly demon slayer clan, am here to sl-" As I could not tolerate this dumb cringy shit anymore, I grabbed Luke by his collar and dragged him outside the movie hall as far away from this stupid ''The last hero'' shit as soon as possible. Luke grumbled as he said "we are going to miss the best part" -"No, we are not going to miss anything" I said as I threw him into the car and drove awayThe tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "You know, you are such a mood killer. You have to ruin the experience just when the good part was about to start-" "shut up "Okay" It was a long and silent drive. Neither I nor Luke talked about anything. The vast scenery of the mountain, Forest and the night sky reminds me of when I first moved in to this country side mountain town at the age of 18, 7 years ago. The moment I stepped into this place I thought that I could finally rest in peace until I met Rosa. She was one of the few people who, like me, came to enjoy the beauty and serenity of this place. She was, to describe, the most beautiful women I had ever seen. Her hazel eyes glowing in warm sunlight, her cheeks always flushed with a colour of pink and her bitrthmark in shape of a moon right between the area between her forehead and right ear, which she would often cover with her wavering, seamlessly smooth dark black hair. She was someone straight out of a fairy tale, and right beside her was this mess of a person called Luke. I still remember this guy greeted with his hand still not washed of the peanut butter he ate earlier. But regardless he is good man. Apparently Luke and Rosa are cousins. When Luke''s parents died, Rosa''s family raised him. But tragically few tears later, Rosa''s mother, her only family, passed away due to complications from a illness. *** "Hey, check this out." Luke shouted, as I turned my head in the direction where Luke was facing, shivers ran down my spine as I saw wild fire covering entire forest and mountain range. Luke and I composed ourselves and drove near the town. We frantically ran to our apartment complex only to realise it was already too late and fortunately every one had evacutaed already. So me and Luke arrive at the rescue shelter. Luke tries calling Rosa but her number was unavailable so we try to find her among the thousands of people. It was at that moment both of our fear came true and we realise she was not here. Chapter 2 -Zai (2) *** It was a beautiful morning. Rosa woke up as usual and started her day with a cup of morning coffe while listening to her daily news channel. But today something was off, her usually playfull dog Bruno, had became lathargic and bit inactive. She thought "that''s weird..." But her thoughts were interrupted by her brother''s morning loud heavy metal ritual. "I am tired of this boy ruining my morning" she shouted as she stormed to her brother''s room only to find it empty. "I seriously need to rest, maybe" as she does her routine chores. Luke comes along with Zai and informs her about the movie they were going and asks if she would like to come along. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Rosa refuses. Thus making a sullen face Luke and Zai leaves and before going Zai waves Rosa goodbye and tell her they''ll be home before dinner. Rosa smiled warmly and told them both to have fun. ** Rosa was now alone and she did what she best did, nothing. She spent whole day doing nothing. It was time of dawn when she finally gathered enough willpower to go and water the plants in her backyard. As Rosa was watering a rose, she zoned out and now was lost in her own thoughts. It was a memory of a past when she was 8 years old. The crampy and dark room in which she spent her childhood was now burning a colour of bright red as she stood in the middle of this heat wave, a sudden gust of cool wind envelopes her entire body and before she knew it, she was outside being carried by a stranger she never saw. As she recalls the word said by that stranger, Rosa felt an intense heat and just as she was about to turn around, her vision blurred, her senses grew numb and just before blacking out she saw a dark figure in the intense glow of fire behind and as she passed out she whispered.. *** "ROSA" Luke screamed as he searched for Rosa in this wide shelter. I asked townfolks and emergency servicemen about Rosa. Even though we were just a small community, nobody had seen Rosa, even before the wildfire. I thought it was suspicious. Rosa, who greets literally everyone in the whole town during her entire day was seen by no one, even before the wildfire. Suddenly, I hear loud blast sound at the northern side of the shelter. At first it was the sound of explosion followed by dead silence as if there was nobody present in the shelter. It was a blood curdling scream that suddenly awoke the panic and in an instant heads popped, people burst like bubbles and finally everyone scattered like insects. I try to find Luke in this chaos but I hear his scream from the epicenter of this chaos and shivers went down my spine as I couldn''t bear the sight of what i just saw. At a distance a figure, seemingly of Rosa holding Lukea by his throat. Chapter 3- Zai (3) "what the hell are you doing" I screamed as i rushed foreward to the northern side of the shelter. The sight i just caight a glimpse of was hard to digest. Never in a million years I would have thought i''d see Rosa hurt her little brother. Rosa who''d never even hurt a fly was now holding her brother''s neck. It was only for a second but i knew it was Rosa. I ran foreward as the panic among people rose, stampede occurred. People were running away in masses, children were being brutally crushed. Some were crying helplessly near the corpse of thier parents. The blood from the bursted bodies scattered into air filling the room with a crimson hue. I was standing there helplessly while again scanning my surrounding. It was only for a brief moment but i caught again caught glimpse of Luke among masses and confirmed his presence at Northen gate, which coincidentally was the epicenter of this entire chaos. I took a step forward when suddenly an explosion seemingly out of nowhere occured behind me, rendering me unbalanced but unharmed. As i looked behind various body parts along with blood were flying across the room. My eyes trembled while witnessing this horrific sight. I turned away and started running at full speed. As i rushed forward, frequency of explosion became more often. I rushed towards the northern side when suddenly huge flash of light blinded me along with heat and force that threw me back several feets away. Maybe it was due to my luck or my past that i survived first explosion and ran forward. I kept running as explosion near the epicenter became more and more frequent.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. I was caught in several of them but despite having a broken shoulder, 4 ruptured ribs, burnt marks all over my body I didn''t give up. As my legs finally gave up I crawled towards the northe gate. The sight before me was a horror beyond what i could imagine. I immediately puked. The mountain of corpses before me was a sight i could not tolerate. My eyes trembled, my body shaking continuosly. Judging by the way the bodies are arranged, dismutilated and chewed, I could not even imagine anything like that. But It was at that moment when my vision struck something atop of that mountain. I saw a blonde haired boy whose blond hair were now dyed in a colour of crimson red and blood leaking from all over his body from his wounds. Luke, I found him but I couldn''t see Rosa anywhere and why was Luke kneeling on top of this corpses mountain? Suddenly my vision blurred and I blacked out for a second but within a blink of an eye Luke was nowhere to be seen. Gathering every last bit of my strength I climb that disgusting mountain of flesh and reach the top. Luke was there laying with his body half chewed like piece of bubblegum and blood gushing out like a mountain. I feel his weak pulse. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE? LUKE? LUKE? WHERE''S ROSA" I screamed as i held his soon to be liveless body in my hand. I could see him opening his mouth. "B-" "What are you trying to tell me, LUKE" I yelled again as tears running down my eyes started falling on his face. He again tried opening his mouth but this time he said a word. "B- Be- Behind.." My soul left my body as a cold sensation creeped upon me. I wanted to look behind but my body refused to look behind. I was frozen from instinctive fear. I knew i would die if i looked behind. A cold sensation touched my throat as if a snake had climbed on it. I could feel blood coming upto my mouth. My eyes started crying tears of blood. My ears suddenly ruptured. As i fell to the ground. I manage to turn behind me before falling, to see the one responsible for this. It was what I saw just before my eyes closed that I finally gave in to my fears and I screamed from top of my lungs. The person I cherished the most. ''Rosa'' ** Chapter 4 -Frozen Hell The Man examined me like I was some kind of a fascinating specimen before pushing me aside, he walked over to Elysa and asked her "Are you sure that he is the vessel?" "Even I don''t know Deeno, I am simply following the command of The Great King" "No wonder you are useless. You can''t even protect a brat from these low level ghouls and yet you dare call yourself ''The supreme wind" at this remark Elysa''s expression grew dark and she looked down. I wanted to intervene but Luke quietly whispered to me "If you intervene, I am pretty sure even I won''t be able to fix you again" I quietly backed down as I remembered what he did to those 20 ghouls in just a span of 1 minute. Luke was right. I didn''t have to interfere. But. As I looked at Elysa again I could see, only a small drop, of tear rolling down from her eyes. I could not tolerate his nonsense any longer. So what, he saved me and I appreciate that but that doesn''t mean he could bash Elysa like that. She was also actively trying to protect me. I made up my mind to confront this man. "Don''t you dare take a step forward" surprisingly, Elysa said in a very cold voice. She looked right into Deeno''s eyes and said in a determined voice "Deeno, I know you are angry at my incompetence but that also doesn''t excuse you for arriving late when you were supposed to be the one to find the vessel first" Deeno looked at her in shocked yet annoyed expression and just brushed past her and walked towards me and Luke. Luke covered my front as if to protect me. I couldn''t believe Luke, that idiot airhead, has now become like this. Just what the hell happened here. Deeno approached Luke and tries to throw him off. But Luke stands his ground. "Deeno it''s over now. I think you should go home. Micheal won''t like it you know." Luke said in a rather teasing voice. Hearing the name Micheal, Deeno''s eyes started to grow red and he became angry. Oh what the hell he just said. Luke, this idiot. Deeno will kill us know. But to my surprise, Deeno just backed down with a sudden smile on his face and said- "You really are a weird one, Luke. Even though your organs are being crushed due to my powers, you are still able to keep standing." He laughed like an evil maniac. Deeno stepped back a few feets from me and started speaking. "I guess our first meeting is a bit too rough, Oh the ''the vessel of the damned darkness'' My name is ''Victoria Alexanderia Deenis'' or as the world knows me as Deeno. I am ''The Suprem Knight'' of the Great king''s army and also possesser of the abilitiy of ''The prideful earth''. I have been assigned to protect you alongside the supreme wind by the Great King. Though I might prefer not to waste my time on you but I guess I have to." As he concluded the earth began roaring and loud tremors were heared, mountains started collapsing beyond the horizon and ground split apart. Deeno lightly tapped the ground below him and everything went silent in an instant as if nothing ever happened Man that was a long ass intro. Why the hell everyone has to go on with their intro like this. Can''t it be just quick? And why the fuck every time they introduce something has to freaking get destroyed. Though I wanted to slander that guy badly I kept quiet because I knew he would wrap me like toilet roll. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "These things are sooo crazy....." I muttered as I soon as I fainted. *** "Oh. He has quite a knack for fainting randomly." Elysa chuckled. As she waved her hand and winds drew forth and lifted Zai''s body in the air. "Will you be coming?" Elysa asked Luke. Luke with a complex expression said that he will go with them. "Deeno, for now, do the task I gave you earlier " "I am on it." Deeno said before preparing to jump. "Oh and yes. Luke. Never ever take that bastard''s name in front of me again" Deeno said in a cold voice as his eyes showed killing intent before leaping up into the sky and vanishing. Luke fell to the ground on his butt and looked at now fainted Zai. In his eyes were the emotions and memories of the past. But now he knew it was not possible to bring back the past so he wiped his sentimental face and ran upto Elysa, from where they both went to home. **** I woke up in that comfy bed again. Man it is my favourite place. But now, I had another problem to figure out. Just where the hell I was and what the hell is happening to me. So I organise my thoughts. First, some supernatural bastard attacked my town Back on earth where I died and somehow transported to this place. Second, this place is called Frozen Hell. What a lame name. Can''t someone think something better. Third, I am some kind of a vessel and I am being protected by Elyse and Deeno by the orders from this Great King guy. And lastly, it''s not only me but Luke has also been transported to this place. Well atleast I am not alone. But just what are they protecting me from? And why? As I was thinking of all the possibilities, the door of my room flung open and I see the face of the only person I knew in this damned world. His face then, was of a mischievous dumb idiot but now his face reflects his growth and the trials of hardships he had to face here. His blond hair now had trace of white maybe due to stress and his body grown to be of a athletic man. "Yo. Bro. How are you man?" He greets me in his usual way. Back then I would have smacked him on his head for talking to someone older than him like this. But now. Tears come rolling because I missed it that much. I try to get up from the bed, my body being sore. I get up. Limping towards Luke I raise my fist towards him. Smiling we both bump our fist and I suddenly fall due to weakness in my body. Luke picked me up and put me on the bed. "I know you are here Elysa. So come out and talk to him." Starlted, Elysa came inside the room and had an embarrassing yet saddend expression on her face. "I am sorry for not being able to protect you from the ghouls, Zai." She was upset and made a dissatisfied expression "I was useless when the ghouls took you Zai. I don''t know why but I ended up feeling overwhelmed at that time... I don''t think I might be able to be by your side any longer Zai. I am sorry for being so usele-" "Don''t apologise Elysa, I know you did your best." I get up from the bed, limping towards her I said "it''s okay if you can''t do what you are supposed to do sometimes" I reach her and slowly pat her head "I am glad that you were the first person I met Elysa." I say while smiling. Her expression grew flustered and she pushed my hand away. "But, for now that you both are here." I sit on the bed again "tell me about this place and my connection with it and also, why the hell I am being protected by you guys?" then the truth was revealed. *** "In the beginning, there were three worlds existing at the same time in different realities. The worlds were all the same until a simultaneous event called ''the point'' occurred. There was a great war between The Gods, The Demons and all of the remaining races including humans. The remainder races that joined the faction of Gods later became known as ''Kingdom of Light and The races that joined the demon faction were collectively called ''Kingdom of darkness ''. Human were a neutral race. Some decided to join the factions. Those in God faction were bestowed godhood and were called ''Paladins''. While those in demonic factions were given the power of unholy runes, they were called ''Savages''. Some humans remained neutral and thus with the help of sheer human willpower ascended to another realm, they were called ''Slayers''. The Slayers were unique as they, at the root were still human, but capable enough to kill the Gods and Demon likewise. So the war began, in one world Gods reign supreme while in the other the Demons were victorious, in the third world both Gods and demons perished thus the humans remained." *** "Okay so what''s my connection with all of this and what is the origin of this place you call ''the Frozen Hell''." What a boring story. Sounds like another cliche webtoon. "Wait a second I am getting into that part too." Elyse scoffed at me. *** "So the worlds were being run by those who were victorious in their respective war. But there was a sudden, another simultaneous event when everything, everyone and everybody was gone. All of the Gods, demons and humans vanished. Some kind of mass extinction event took place and all of the three major races vanished. The minority races such as Elves, orcs, goblin or trolls were also wiped out except small number of groups but they also vanished from those world. All of the worlds were in a frozen state. The time was stopped for them. But when the time started again the course of history was changed. Now it followed the course of events that humans have theorized. The big bang, evolution and everything else. All events occurring at the same time simultaneously. The Frozen hell is actually in a simplified manner, a gateway for souls. Each reality does not have its own Frozen hell but it exist everywhere. It would be easy to compare it to, how some animals could certain wavelength but others cannot thus allowing them to perceive things others cannot. Similarly there is a force keeping Frozen hell seprated yet joint all at same time. Only time the realities could interact is when the souls of those passes through gateway. Anyway after the mass transmission, The remaining races were transported into a vast wasteland of endless Frozen time. Thus they somehow managed to survive. Some tried borrowing the power of Gods or Demons. They tried very hard but were unsuccessful. Until one day, a stranger appeared and called himself ''The Author'' *** Chapter 5 Frozen Hell (2) ''The Author'' He was the person who made the vast wasteland of the Frozen Hell, the place it is. But he had a strange condition to not disturb him, until he was finished with construction of the land of harmony called The Frozen Haven. The Author was a mysterious figure. Everyone could see his face but no one could interpret nor remember how he looked. The remainder of the races now faced a dire situation where they had to abandoned the only land they had. The Author proposed to create a habitable place for them but for 3007 years but they had to go through the cycle of reincarnation in one of the three worlds. Even though the duration of the proposed condition was short for the races where an individual could live for tens of thousands of year, the mere idea of being confined to the cycle of reincarnation caused an uproar among the elite class of all the races. They, who saw themselves as unique and superior beings could not tolerate to live among humans even for one year. Thus, the races were split between two factions of radicals and conservatives. The radicals sided with The Author and thus he was crowned as the first Great King of soon-to-be Frozen Haven. The conservatives also made their own faction. Their main representative was the Leader of Strongest tribe of Dragons, Tiamat. She was strongest dragon in the history and the only remaining dragon of her kind. Tiamat, a proud and mighty dragon could not accept to be stuck in reincarnation. Thus, she gathered the strongest individuals of various races and waged a war against the Author. It was the most ferocious war ever fought. The war between Gods and Demons was a necessity but the innocent lives that were sacrificed in this war could not even be reasoned with. Unlike the previous war, that was for control and domination, this war was only fueled by hatred. Tiamat was now known as the [Tyrant Queen of wrathful chaos]. She gathered eight kings including herself and established the ''The Imperial Army of The World''. They manipulated people and had them cause destruction on their behalf. The Author''s forces were quick on uptake and took serious actions. Author inspired the people of diverse race to leave the Imperial Army and succeeded. This caused a great uproar between the eight kings, and one night, the schemes of the tyrant queen was finally revealed. It was the most gruesome and tragic night the land of frozen hell had ever seen. The Queen along with seven other kings, planned the destruction of this land, for once and for all. It started within their own army. [Duke Archinus], was a well known chemist back in his original world and now he was known by the title [Sloth of Black Veno]''. He poisoned his own men, released the [Cloud of death] upon the entire land. Children were ill, elderly died in the span of few minutes. Rotting bodies of dead littered the land. But it was only the beginning. As soon as the radicals got the news of enemy attack, the army rushed into the battlefield without consulting The Author. Special Elite forces, comprising of some of the strongest people of that time, were deployed to fight the enemy army. Author was furious but he had hope in his men. Nearly 12000 people entered the battlefield only to be baffeled to find a group of only 8 people. At the base, Author was preparing for a large scale magic rune circle to finally begin mass transmission of people from Frozen Hell to earth when he received the news about the army. It was reported that out of 12000 personell only 1 survived. Author was deeply shocked. Suddenly when the messanger began to choke on something and as he held his head, he let out an agonizing scream. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. In an instant his head burst open, green blood of a goblin splattered and the splattered blood began floating in the air and as if someone was writing something, blood stood stilled in the air and said ''Tonight, this land will perish alongside it''s people and the Author ''. The messanger''s body now disintegrated into dust. Author knew he had to do something. He completed his magic rune and activated the circle.The vast wasteland now grew into lush beautiful plains. The time of the world accelerated. The process that would have taken atleast thousands of year now took only few seconds. It was beautiful, clouds, lakes, forest etcetra, it truly became a paradise. One by one the people were being picked and teleported from all over the region near the magical rune and their body slowly began freezing. Author guided them. He told them to just hold their hands and let the light consume their soul. The darkness of night was now covered by the bright blue light of Author''s conviction and determination to help the people of this land damned land. As the people quickly teleported, Author noticed a strange humanoid figure wearing a darkened expression. As the Author approached near him, the man started weeping. "I can''t do this" he whispered. Author was now in front of this man''s face when suddenly ''slash''. The Author quickly retreated but he was just milliseconds late. He examined himself and saw his stomach was cut open. Blood gushed out like fountain and the man suddenly emitted a black smoke enveloping the entire area. Author quickly casted another teleportation spell and teleported himself and the man away from the innocents. ''Disguised Ghoul of Envy'' , was one of the eight evils, the real identity of this person was the Great King of lizardmen of North but now he was consumed by the evil of demonic ghouls of hell. The author froze the time on his body to maintain his composure. When suddenly the earth began trembling, the blue light covering the land was now enveloped in an unending darkness. Eight figures with glowing eyes emerged from the darkness. The white aura of Author was now emitting brightly. When the entire land fell into a dead silence. It finally finished. The second stage of rune finally began. In an instant the Frozen bodies of people vanished, thier souls disappeared. Now in the entire land, there were only 9 people present. Outraged, the eight evils revealed thier true form, The Author released his brilliant white aura and split the land between light and darkness. Author raised his hand and with a single flick of his finger, the heavens roared, white light beams of light descended disintegrating every part of darkness. The darkness that seemed never ending was now reduced to a mere shadow of a tree. The eight evils did not give up and continued their attacks. Earth shook, waves of water ferociously crashed, storms and tempests leveled the land, infenal fire covered the surface. Molten lava waves crashed everywhere, the lush green life were now being decayed. The Author, though his face was not visible, could be seen having a saddend and furious expression. He waved his hand in the air, glorious white light covered entire world, sharp shards of white plasma light rained down on land. In an epic clash of light and darkness, Light stood on top. But he used too much of his power, after the great attack, evil eight stood again somewhat weakend yet standing strong. Tyrant Queen approached the weakend Author and when she was just about to end her nemesis, another yellow light struck her hand. It was ''The Corrupted elf of betrayal'' , previously known as Celandor the great king of his hybrid nation, he was the kind and optimistic ruler of his land where all the hybrid races that were abandoned by their own kind, lived. No one knows why he choose to side with tyrant queen but now it didn''t seemed to be the case. Furious by the Celandor''s betrayal, Tyrant Queen and other six evils fought him but instead of fighting them, he stabbed himself. Wherever the blood of Celandor fell, new life emerged. Tyrant Queen quickly grasped on his motives, but it was too late. Celandor was standing right above the Author. Blood gushed out as he stabbed himself over and over again. A great explosion occured sending all the kings a great distance back. As the kings approached the site, their worst nightmare was now manifested in front of them. The Author stood there, now fully healed and having abundant power, holding the body of Celandor in his arms. Author looked the kings in the eye and started his onslaught of attacks. Overwhelmed by sheer force oh his powers, The kings sought withdrawal. But it was too late. Land was destroyed, people lost their lives, it was runied. The plan to make a land of harmony, plan to make a Frozen Haven where happiness always resided was now over. This place, which was dreamt to become a sacred gateway for anyone, now became a hell. The Author still didn''t give up on this land. He used his greatest spell and used the power of evil kings as a catalyst to revert all the damage done to this land. He neutralized all the kings and used their power to destroy in order to protect and repair the destruction. In the end, he was successful. He made this damned wasteland into a beautiful world with forests, mountains, snow, desert. A place where everyone and anyone could live. But the sacrifices were too great thus this place always remained as ''The Frozen Hell ''. With his last remaineder of energy he revived the half-elfen King Celandor and crowned him as the ''The First Great King of Frozen Hell''. Overtime, those who competed their time on earth started coming here. Author guided them and soon enough the Kingdom and the civilization was established. But one strange day, Author suddenly disappeared but before disappearing, he gave blessings to the Great King and his descendants. He then proceeded to blessed the entire land and thus, became the God of Frozen hell... And that''s the history of this place" Elysa said while smiling proudly. "Woah, that''s one hell of a crazy backstory. Pun intended." I said while yawning. Sitting besides me I could see Luke barely keeping his eyes open. Yeah, this guy never listened to backstories, even if his favourite movies. "So, tell me, what''s our connection to this place? Why the hell I am being attacked and protected by you guys?" "That..." Elysa hesitated for a second. "Even I don''t know what the great king has been thinking. I am also as clueless as you are about this, Zai. " She was not lying and I could see it in her eyes. I was about to open my mouth to ask another question when we heard a knock on the door. Luke and Elysa were both alerted. Elysa asked while getting in stance to protect me "Who is it"? The man replied a few seconds later "I am the high messenger of The Great King and I am here to pass the notice of summon for ''The last vessel of damned darkness'' - Zai Garfield and ''The last Master of virtues '' - Luke Goldheart and their protecter ''The Gluttonous wind'' - Elysa silvahorn, to the Great halls of Kingdom of United Frozen Hell. Please heed to the call on day of last moon . These are king''s word and you must arrive. Thank you now I''ll be taking my leave" Followed by a puff sound. Elysa cautious opened the door and only found a letter and invitation card. That was weird. Elysa opened the royal invitation card and confirmed the statements said by the messenger. "It says we have to reach the Great Halls three weeks from today." Elysa said. Suddenly, her expression got suddenly serious, Luke noticed it first and asked what happened. Elysa didn''t spoke, so Luke took the letter from her hand and read the mentioned part along with me. In a bold and distinct writing, it was written ...on the day last moon and attend the execution of Rosa Goldheart. ***