"AT THE VERGE OF UNDYING WORLDS, THE RECKONING RULES THE RADIANCE."
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"Are you sure the prophesy is true ?" The man's elderly yet firm voice questioned. "Because nothing good has come out of that brat till now."
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"I can't say sir Mor", the priest replied, using his lamp to search through the shelves of his library concealed within this tomb, "your last son's SOUL ORB was definitely of a darker red than the rest of your children.", Priest Fentar continued his explanation as he stared at those four orbs placed on the four pedestals on the altar of the Balkyre family.
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"As you can see", the priest demonstrated pointing at the Soul Orb to the right end, "his orb is definitely the most dense between all four"
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"Then why is he a good-for-nothing ?" Balkyre Mor fumed. "why isn't he anything like the patriarchs of the past ? He is supposed to be a born leader, the one who will bring the downfall of the royal family. The one who is supposed to liberate us from these shackles of class oppression, but why isn't he anything like a saviour ?"
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"His Soul Orb being red doesn't make him a messiah who you can dictate his destiny", the priest replied turning away from the altar and walking to the group of four statues placed on the right hand side of the two men.
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"And about dictating his destiny", the priest checked, "you never took anything about your son seriously just because he was too distant from you"
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"What do you mean ?" Balkyre Mor asked.
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"You didn't believe he was capable of rulership", the priest answered, "because you thought your favourites deserved it all."
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"Your favourites", the words sank into Mor's thoughts. It was true, to him, Balkyre Fang, his fourth son was just a number, a number to complement his offspring. He had never believed such a dammed prophesy and seeing the life that his youngest son lived, he thought abandoning him to his own stupid ways was definitely the right action to take. Spending all his time and wealth into the ones who mattered, his other children ; Vanficus, Theonis and Erva, they were the stars of their family. But why was Fang preferred over them by both the oracle and the keys of chaos ?
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"This has to be a mistake", Mor complained, "you have to change the oracle's verdict, you have to ..."
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"Old fool !" The priest yelled. Fentar was the only one capable of blatantly scolding the Duke even in the public and still get away with it.
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"Who do you think I am ?" The priest asked glaring at Mor. "A god ? You want me to turn the hands of fate ?"
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Pointing at the altar, Fentar raved.
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"Why are you so tensed now Mor ?" He asked. "Have you realized your fooly. You were told, the Soul Orbs were a clear proof, but you allowed yourself to be swayed by logic and politics, now that you have realized your failure, now that the three Keys of Chaos have rejected all your favourites, you have come to the realization that you were wrong all this time."
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"You say it", Mor gritted his fist tightening, "as if you know it all. If the Fourth Key of Chaos - the Blade of Dark Flames - hadn't been lost during the murder of the First Patriarch of the Balkyres, Foran. Then our chances would have still been high."
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Staring at the priest, their gazes locking, both daring the other.
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"Do you think you can change fate ?" The priest questioned.
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"I might have to", replied Mor.
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"Now that he has joined hands with the royal family", the priest said turning away, "what do you plan on doing ?"
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"It's obvious", Mor answered, "since he has become a threat, we'll have to eliminate him."
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The priest's head flung itself backwards as he laughed, his voice rising to the vaults of the tomb. Balkyre Mor was perplexed, what was it that was so funny about his answer ?
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"Mor", the priest said smiling, "I'll repeat my statement. Do you think you can change fate ? The Balkyres have a history of lawlessness and treachery that the ancestors wouldn't care about the faction Fang would decide join. If you lose him, I remember telling you, it is your fault, it won't stop fate from still bestowing him his powers. So, instead of planning to exterminate him like you and your cronies are planning on doing, I'll give you a better advice."
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The priest lifted the lamp to his face with his left hand pointing to his right temple, he said.
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"There is no man of the people, you cannot be swayed by your followers, as a leader you must have your vision, not the vision of the people. Instead of killing the goose that is capable of laying the golden egg because of trivial reasons, why not use Fang's connection with the royal family as an advantage."
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"I should lure him back to our side you say", Balkyre Mor interpreted the priest's statement, "you want me to woo him back ?"
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"It's up to you to decide if you want to or not", the priest replied walking back to the altar and placing his hand on Fang's Soul Orb, "whether you fail or not isn't the oracle's concern, you should have guarded what was yours with all your might. But you allowed it slip out of your grasp, the punishment won't be too severe, since you thought you wouldn't need it, fate will turn your weakest strong point into your greatest enemy."
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The skies thundered as the winds howled and kept the branches of the trees within this forest alive and swaying. The flashes of lightning portrayed the portending doom awaiting the worlds across this universe, but there were those who still dared to go against fate itself. The question of loyalty was a mirage, who was loyal ? Loyal to your kin or those who you owe your life to. We live for gain, greedy souls - our own gain.
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That being draped in that dark cloak appeared from the darkness within the trees as he walked onto the clearing with a glowing lamp flaring from the distance. He walked on, not concerned if he was being followed or not, he would have been bothered if it was the past, but now, he wouldn't give a hoot about anyone knowing of his whereabouts.
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That chariot came into view, as those horses huffed continuously, with the riders of the chariots draped in rain coats bearing that familiar emblem on their left shoulders, the same emblem was also planted on the two doors of the chariot, it was the emblem of the royal family.
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"How well did it go ?" Megraz asked his companion as he passed him a glass of wine.
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"Very well my friend", the elderly voice replied.
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"Working for the royal family is a once in a lifetime opportunity." The prince said.
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"I'm only excited about", the man said, "the opportunity to see how the abnormal blade is going to strike."
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"You are a cautious man", the prince replied, "it was with your advice that I decided to approach Fang."
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"He has the potential", the man replied, "he being Moon Scythe ... it was a surprise to even me."
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"That means he is a part of the GOLDEN VEIL", said the prince.
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"The question still lurks", said the man taking off the hood of his cloak slowly unveiling his face.
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"If he knows Synagogue", answered Megraz.
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"Or if", Priest Fentar smiled taking a sip from his glass of wine, "he is also Sage Synagogue ?"
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"The grand plan is now in motion", her voice came with a terrifying chill, "it cannot exceed tonight."
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"But you know of the upcoming war that would result from the chaos", her adviser, El Von Mor suggested.
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"It has happened before, history repeats itself", patriarch Ortanox Vera replied, "some persons want to stop the hands of time from taking its course, but they seem to have over exaggerated their capabilities."
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"You mean Balkyre Fang", said Von Mor.
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"Not just Fang, all of them are fools to think that this war is going to come to an end with just connections."
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"What are our chances of winning ?" Von Mor inquired.
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"Slim, yet vast", the female patriarch replied.
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Rising from her chair she walked to her shelf of books lined at the side of the wall of her study. The history of the Earth Garments was one filled with grim and blood, treachery and betrayal, treason and plunder. This was a realm where power was the sole cause of existence, if you were weak in the game of power, your chances of survival were definitely slim.
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But some people thought that just because they knew a little, just because they had been able to deal a little scratch on the scales of the crouching dragon, they thought that they could challenge the orders of existence, not knowing that it was their extermination which awaited them at the end of their vain desires.
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The royal family thought that the seven elite families were the only ones fighting for the disruption of the Vercan realm. What a flawed sense of logic, whatever conflict that spawned within definitely has an external catalyst driving its existence. They were ignorant of the fact that those external forces were their so-called allies and partners. The neighbouring kingdoms and realms, the ten empires of the each of the six NETHER ARCH REALMS of the Earth Garments and the three Maces of Blackhole. All these orders and powerhouses, had an uncanny interest in the Vercan realm. An interest that was so savage that it was akin to lust, which if the king, Vel Nor knew, would fall into despair.
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"They think they can stop the hands of time from taking its course", patriarch Vera said, "such a feat would only be possible if they had a god by their side and I don't think, Balkyre Fang is a god."
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