GODS OF ASEROTH: The Prodigal Son: A monster is born (28 page)

    
Azar stood in the usual stance, with the pipe in his mouth, smoke coming out of his nose and his body leaning on his staff “He is right, we should let them rest.”

    
Leosher was a little annoyed, for they did not understand what he was trying to say. He only saw one way to get them to pay attention and that was to raise his voice. He roared “I am the king therefore all of you shall do as I say, now get the men ready, give them food to eat and we shall leave.”

    
Virgil now understood the magnitude of situation and knew something was troubling Leosher.

     
“All of you, leave his presence and go get the soldiers ready,” Virgil told the warriors, “We shall use the naval ships left in the docks of the castle. Get them ready and wait for the King’s word.”

    
They all left and Virgil and Leosher were left alone in the court hall, “Brother, tell me what is troubling you?”

    
“I am not a child. I do not have to share my feelings, I am a god.”

    
“It is not about that, I know you are hiding something and I need to know what it is in order to help you.”

    
“Brother,” Leosher humbled down and his voice sank down “I know the future—Neiham has told me my future and it does not look promising. We have to do everything we can, to change it. We have to eliminate all of our enemies and kill all of their men.”

    
Virgil stood before Leosher and thought for a plan.

    
“Brother, you should stay here in the castle, the Empirion army will take care of Agnithius.”

    
“But I am the only one who will kill the rulers.”

    
“It does not work that way,” Virgil smiled mockingly “You are the only one
strong
enough to destroy the rulers; do not think you are the
only
one.”

    
Leosher sat up in his chair and got attentive, for this was the first time Virgil had acted this way but it was necessary, for Leosher had been soaring in the skies with pride and arrogance. Virgil did this to bring his pride down and to tell him that the rest were not useless just because he was the strongest.

    
“You may take the men to fight in the lands of Agnithius,” Leosher said while trying to avoid the insults “But remember, bring the rulers to me, for I shall be the one to spill their dirty blood.”

    
Virgil nodded and immediately left the room.

    
He hosted the men and gave the Empirion forces food to eat. They all forged new weapons to replace the old, broken ones and increased their armor, for they were about to go head to head with the most fearsome and savage army known to Thraeniuns, the Agnithiun army.

    
They were savages who did not care about riches or glory but only cared for the blood of their enemy. No one dared to even set foot on their land without trading purposes. The residents of the kingdom were forced to battle in the army, even women and children. All lived in harsh conditions, even the king, for they all believed that living like savages made them stronger. Most residents did not want to leave for they all liked it and thought they would go to heaven by following their king. This was the only kingdom, whose people were happy with the king. The kingdom was so harsh that every child was taken away from their families at the age of 7 and was forced to train. They were not given food and instead had to steal it and if one was caught stealing, the penalty would be death.

    
The king, Katos, lived in a ragged, shabby and cold castle. It was made of bricks and was dark all the time. The weather over Agnithius was always cloudy and not much sun shone upon that land. There was a constant famine and most of the residents were cannibals. The land also hosted vampires who were blood thirsty and what was worst was that the Vampires had joined the Agnithiun army, for Katos had promised them blood to feed on.

CHAPTER 16

      It was pitch black outside and the clouds covered the moon. There was foggy mist around the castle and the sea was calm amd serene with very minimal waves. The mist was moving around with the help of the brisk breeze that was flowing from North West to South East.

    
Virgil now had the men ready and the naval ships ready for them to leave but before leaving, he met his brother in the court hall,

    
“Brother, we are about to leave. Wish us good luck and give us blessings, for you are a god.”

    
Leosher smiled “Virgil, you know this well that I do not believe in blessings and luck. I believe in fates and I know I possess the ability to change mine—now leave, for I do not wish for Thraenus to end like hell.”

    
Virgil was a little disappointed with his brother’s response but he knew he was going to say something like that.

    
“Anyways,” Leosher continued “Write me if you need help, for you are going to be against the greatest army.”

    
Virgil nodded and left his presence and made his way to the castle docks where he boarded the master ship. The ships were now sturdy, for the Dwarves had increased their armor and they were now good enough to handle heavy storms.

    
They were filled with thousands of men because the Empirion army had gained people from Strinthius as well, which had increased their size, quite a lot.

    
Virgil stood on the bowsprit of the main ship, waiting for all to begin sailing. He was the captain of the ship and the other warriors, Usere, Urey, Neiham and Azar were on the other ships, captaining them. When all were aboard and ready to go, they set sail and began moving forward.

    
The first few hours were fine, but after some time, the winds began to get rough. It was as if one of the gods was resisting them. There were gushing winds and the strong sea’s waves that resisted travels and damaged the ships. There was lightning and thunder in the sky and heavy rainfall in the seas. The ships were going off route and were splitting apart from the group but then Azar had an idea. He smacked his staff on the deck of the ship and suddenly, he slowly lifted himself up in the air. There was a blue aura around him and he looked magnificent with silvery hair, shining in the blue aura and that grayish robe with the white twisted staff in his hand.

    
He slowly made his way over to Virgil’s ship where he was still holding on tight to the steering of the ship and was trying as hard as he could to control it. It was extraordinary, for he was the first human to control a ship of this size in a storm of this magnitude.

    
Azar moved closer to him and Virgil glanced at him

    
“What are you doing here?” Virgil asked calmly, but his voice was loud because of all the strain his body was going through “You have abandoned your ship?”

    
Azar smiled and replied “No—I have a suggestion.” He paused for a moment and looked up in the sky where he saw nothing but dark clouds and water pouring out of them “We shall form shields around the ships and levitate them in the sky, for the ships are scattering and they cannot take the amount of damage these waters are capable of providing.”

    
Virgil liked the idea therefore he untied his wand from his waist and held it as high as he could. “Together,” Virgil yelled “Pondeo Supervolous!”

    
A vibrant pink light came out of Virgil’s wand and Azar’s Staff, however, he did not speak the spell, for he did not need to. The translucent light engulfed every ship in sight and brought them together through the heavy winds and the high waves. It was like a barrier around the ships. After all the ships were close enough, they slowly began to hover over the sea. It was a marvelous event for the men to see, including Urey and Usere but Virgil and Azar seemed to be struggling. This spell relied on the physical strength of the wizard as well and although, Virgil was undoubtedly the strongest human, he could not lift more than 18 ships. The only reason both of them were able to do so, was that the spell provided leverage and worked somewhat on its own as well.

    
Both struggled but kept their wand and staff high up in the air. Their arms got tired very quickly but could not let go, for if they did, the ships would fall in the sea and break, for they were now too high up in the air. Urey and Usere saw the problem and rushed immediately to help. They were on different ships; therefore they swung as high as they could, via ropes on the sails, and jumped on the ship, Azar and Virgil were on. They ran on to the deck and both brothers grabbed their arms to help them hold them up high. It helped a lot and it did not take much time before they were out of the tight grasp of the storm but they had gotten much closer to their destination….

    
They continued going towards East and after dawn, they followed the suns, for they rose from East. The rays of the sun struck the sea like lightning and looked magnificent. The golden rays looked as if they were the dust that fell when fairies flew.

    
Far away, they saw that they were now reaching land. It was fairly odd, for it was a little colder than it was to be in the area which made Virgil suspicious, as well as the elf brothers, for they knew all the weathers and geography of entire Thraenus, for they had been bounty hunters for years. Neiham was now a little bit scared as well, for she saw mist on the land. The mist was a sign that they had entered the lands of the vampires and vampires craved warm blood. It seemed like they had been misled by the suns.

   
All of their men were soon to be massacred if they did not turn their ship around but little did they know, they had already entered the death zone, there was no going back. If they were to try and turn back now, the rocks around their ships would break the ship because they were too close to the rocky beach.

    
The vampires had seen them through the thick, misty forests and now were waiting for them to come in so they could gnaw through the fresh flesh.

    
Virgil saw one of them in the forest through the mist and quickly stopped the ships. He knew he could not turn the ship around, therefore they set the sails to fall back but the vampires were smart and lassoed the ships with very thick ropes that could not be cut very easily. The vampires’ speed and strength was unmatchable. They moved faster than the eye could discern and pulled the ships near the lands very quickly.

    
Now Virgil knew it was futile to try to escape, for the Vampires had a hold of their ships, so he decided to fight them with full force. He yelled out “Charge!” and all the men jumped onto the shores. They could not see where the vampires were because there was a thick mist and the forest provided shelter for Vampires from the suns and the eye of their enemies.

    
They wore dark, thick robes that covered them from head to toes. Their skin was pale and blue veins showed through them. Their faces were hideous, just like the Nephilims. They had huge jaws that could even tear through rocks if they had to. There were about 50, blood sucking, sharp teeth in their mouths and they were yellow and black, and their eyes were blood red. Their hairs were black to protect them from suns. Their fingers were long and claw-like. They were bare foot and did not leave any tracks behind when they moved, for they moved too fast.

    
Virgil jumped off the ship and joined his warrior companions, Usere, Urey, Azar and Neiham who were already on the shore, trying to figure out where to enter the forest and not to get killed. Just as they were about to enter, the Vampires decided to attack them first. They moved out of the thick shade of the forest into the bright light of both of the suns, shining without any cloud. Their skin burnt, even through the dark thick robes they had on but they moved quickly. They swept through on the shore and snatched many men off of the huge, bare, sandy, rocky shore.

     When
Azar saw this happen, he looked at Neiham concerningly “You be careful sister, you are the only family I have and I do not wish to lose you.”

    
She nodded and followed her brother and got closer to him.

    
Usere and Urey stood at the farthest part of the beach and smirked, for they thought they could fight the vampires. Usere rubbed his hand on his brother’s head and said to him “Now is the time we have been practicing for—let us do it.”

    
Urey’s white teeth sparkled as he smiled and there was a shine in his eyes “Finally, I thought this day would never come—I thought we would never get to fight this way.”

    
Usere took out a rope for his clothes and tied himself to Urey. Both brothers stood back to back and were highly coordinated. It was as if they were one body, two souls. Their hand movements were incredibly smooth and fast and their running was magnificently flawless. With Urey’s keen eyes and arrows and Usere’s sharp sword and close hand fighting experience, they were the perfect being on the battlefield.