Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 502: Feeling the pain in my heart (3)

In the story of Nasrana, it is told when Nasrana was young and roaming the lands to preach the truth, he met a race of humans that live across two mountains.

This race could not understand his speech and in an effort to spread the religion of truth he stays with this race and learns their speech.

When he finally understands their speech one of the leaders of that race said to him. 

"O Great Prophet, Her'sti and Gro'helm are a beast that only brings ruins and misery. Could there is anything we could offer you so that you would prevent them from ruining us?"

Her'sti and Gro'helm after being cursed to be a beast warred against the human during that era and brings death and evil wherever they go, their fate was cursed by the Creator and their evils knows no bounds.

They eat human flesh, drink human blood and killed anyone they meet. They kidnapped children and cook them in a cauldron of bones.

Hearing the evil deeds of this two beast Nasrana answered. 

"The Creator is merciful and almighty. Let me construct a tower to hold them back from committing evil. Let God almighty help me in my deeds."

He pray to God and from the Sky descended the angels of god, shining like the sun, their face was very beautiful that everyone is stunned and their wings covered the clouds.

In their hands were a strip of metal, black tinged with red and it was tossed to the ground. Tossing it to the ground, the angels return to Heaven.

The prophet took the strip of metal and broke it into two pieces. Then he buried the metal strips on the two peaks of the mountains and waited until the beast came.

When the beast came to terrorize and spreading misery and ruins, The Prophet prays again and pillars of fire suddenly rise up from the strip of metal and molten bronze suddenly filled the areas around the mountains trapping the beast as the molten bronze was morphed into the shape of a tower.

Then the tower trapped the two beasts and Nasrana fall to the ground with tears in his eyes and send his praise to God.

He then said 

"This tower is a blessing from my Lord, and when the time comes, like He has erected the Tower today, then He will crumble it down and the promise of my Lord is true. When the time comes for the tower to crumble, these two beasts will come out like a terrible flood and will once again unleash ruins upon the world."

It was described that these two beasts has a wide face, small eyes and their hair is like fire. Their face is like spiky shields and their voice is the most horrendous sound any humans could hear.

This is the two beasts that during the battle between the Vanquisher and Conqueror their tower will crumble and they will appear in the world again.

His mother also tells the story of the Angels.

That during the battle, only the Holy Temple where the blood of the Saviors flow will be guarded by the angels and evil could not reach.

Many of the priest unanimously agreed that this phrase means the place where the bloodline of the savior was born. 

This is the Holy Land where Angels will come from the Heaven and guarded against the evil of the World.

The Chief of Evil, the Advisor of the Fallen, Saeruhan will also come.

Before he falls from grace, his face was the most beautiful and pure. He has four wings that spanned worlds, having the vastness of divine knowledge but he was prideful.

When he was cast out from heaven, his face turns to look like a mutilated swine, his head looks like a camel his chest becomes mutilated and ooze black goo and there is a face in his chest.

The face on his chest was a face of a frightened monkey, his lips looks like the lips of a cow; his fang is like the fang of a wild boar. 

He will come out with Morningstar and tries to lead astray the humans to a path of ruins.

Then there is also the Feren Bird.

It was a gigantic bird who lives during the ages of Great winter. 

The Prophet prays to God and the Bird was sealed inside a cave never to return until its time serving the punishment is fulfilled.

He will follow the Conqueror into battle. Its body is colossal with one of its claws it could grab an elephant like it is a feather.

When it flies into the sky, it will block the sun like the clouds. 

Its feather has a variety of colours, its neck is like the neck of a lion, having four wings, two was long while the other two was significantly shorter.

But the thing that he remembers the most from the story of his mother was the story of the Horn of Reckoning. 

In the Age of Heroes, the Horn will be sounded for the first time.

When God finished creating Heaven and Earth, He created the Horn and gives it to the Angel of Reckoning. 

Then the Angel put the Horn on his mouth while looking at the Throne of God and waits until he was commanded.

When he asks his mother about the horn, his mother said that the Great prophet said the horn was made out of Light.

When ask how large the Horn is, Nasrana answers as big as Heaven and Earth and it will be sounded three times. 

And when the Horn is blown then all the creatures on Heaven and Earth will be shocked to their core and fear creep in their hearts prostrating to the Heavens above. 

This is the first blow. And when the first blow started, the battle will begin to end the chaotic eras and humans wait again for the second blow.

When all of this is in his mind, how could he care about some minor dispute between Reoh and some expert? 

He has advises Reoh on what should be done and should not be done. If he was still stubborn, then this is not his fault.

Meanwhile, Arial has already stopped following Ana after he sees Ana returns safely to her house.

Thinking of his quest and the mysterious sender of the letter which remains anonymous, Arial decided to trace this bread crumbs and find out who is the one sending him the letter and guide him to the truth.

For some reason, Arial felt like there is something afoot because this was too easy. 

And there is also the fact that the person sending him the letter doesn't seem interested in claiming the ten thousand gold rewards.

Instead the letter was almost like a confession.

Arial believes this is the first step he should have taken so he ride his horse to the Adventurer Guild when suddenly during his riding people from behind him yelling

'HALT!' Then even before Arial has time to turn his back, he could hear the sound of something ripping the air as a spear was launched towards him. 

Arial who has enhanced perception scoffed and as he turns back, he uses Dragon Palm and he shot out his internal energy and as his internal energy shot out, it was like the image of a dragon appear from his internal energy as it collided with the spear mid-air and the spear explodes into bits and pieces. 

The spear head embed itself near someone stall. 

The broken pieces, one of them pierce a roasted meat in a nearby food establishment making the cook roasting the meat jump backward frightened when his meat exploded too.

It was a tyrannical internal energy befitting of Arial chaotic energy.

The thrower of the spear was shocked beyond belief. Arial who was rushing to the adventurer guild hold the reins of his horse and forces it to stop. 

Then he turns the horse to face the people chasing him.

And then he could see twenty-one people in horseback looking at him with variety of expression.

'What is the meaning of this!' Arial yelled, his voice was laced with anger and incredulity.

The spectator near the area however had their face pale when they see the twenty-one people in horseback since they recognize the person in the middle.

Warchief Reoh!

Then the spectators remember that Warchief Reoh son was killed by a person. Then they look at the person.

White hair, blue eyes and tall. There is no such person in Ragran other than outlanders who came here trading or visiting.

And looking at the handsome man in horseback, there is no doubt in anyone mind that the killer is him.

Meanwhile the spear thrower gives way as a person come forward in horseback his face was full of anger and his eyes radiated killing intent.

'YOU KILLED MY SON!' Arial looking at the man in front of him recognizes him. 

This must be the Father of that kid. The resemblance is uncanny so Arial quickly understand why he was being chased.

'Yes' Arial reply calmly

'YOU!' Cutting his exclamation of anger, Arial asked.

'And now you want to kill me?' Arial said.

The spectators looking at this scene were amused. The killer did not even try to justify his actions of defends his action. He just cut to the point of the problem.

Arial did not want to waste time. He has many thoughts in his mind right now.

'EXPLAIN TO ME!' Reoh roared.

'I have nothing to explain. Either way, even if I explain it's not like you will let me go. So hurry up! If you want to kill, then do it quickly! I don't have time for you!'

Reoh could not believe his ears. 

Could this person be so confident of his strength that he did not care about the difference in number right now?

'FINE!' Reoh said.

The spectator is even more amused. 

This man clearly is a rogue. He did not even want to explain anything and he looking down on Reoh so much that he seems to be treating this armed to the teeth horsemen like they are some hassle.

'ATTACK!' Reoh yelled. 

Arial however held up his hand and the horse riders stop for a while because they think that Arial wanted to say something.

Arial then said.

'Think carefully. You can leave now and preserve your life. Live a long life and begone. There is still time. However if you continue this foolish endeavour, do not say that I bully you.'

Reoh face was red at this time. 

He thought the man will plead for mercy but instead the man actually is advising him and with such eyes.

Arial is looking at them like they were pitiful. 

If Reoh only knows how many people Arial has killed to unite the Human Continent, Reoh would prostrate to the ground and kiss the very lands that Arial walked on less incurring his wrath.

But one could only blame ignorance and stubbornness.

Reoh clearly knows that his son was a menace to the people of the city and did not stop him.

His son reaps what he sows. And now defending the sins of his sons, Arial is not some kind-hearted person. 

A kind-hearted person can't be an Emperor. A kind-hearted person can't be a conqueror. A kind hearted person does not burn an entire kingdom.

Reoh not understanding yelled once again.

'ATTACK!' And Arial shakes his head as he waits the horse riders to reach him, swinging their sabres.

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