"THE HOWLS ARE ATTAINING THEIR PEAK, AND THE HORIZONS HAVE BECOME BLEAK."
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"Remember Verna", Morca said, "you are standing between the devil and the deep blue sea."
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"What do you want Morca ?" Verna asked.
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"I've already gotten what I wanted", Morca replied, "I just feel like getting a little more."
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"You could have taken anything you wanted from our treasury and escaped with your spy, why come taunt me to my face ?"
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"Like I said", Morca repeated, "I'm a greedy boar and taking just one thing", he showed her the string in his hands, "isn't enough."
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"You know how valuable that thing is", Verna checked, she couldn't act rashly, Maya was still under Morca's spell and she was being glared at by this beast, she just couldn't act without reason, "what more do you want."
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"There is one thing which the Sage Majors cherish even more than their life", Morca said, "and you know what that is."
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"If you're talking of the Erama", Verna replied, "what you already know is the same as what we know."
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"I knew this was going to be difficult", he sighed, snapping his fingers, that form walked out of the darkness to his side.
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"I know how much you value her, Verna", Morca said, placing his right palm on Maya who was still under his trance, "that's why I'll be using her against you."
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"You are really despicable", Verna maintained her composure, "you want me to give you what I don't have, stop wasting your time Morca and let her go."
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"Why should I ?" Morca asked. "And even if you are as ignorant as you say you are, you can't just say it and expect me to believe you like that. I need you to prove your ignorance by answering my questions."
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"You are really persistent", Verna growled, "what are your questions ?"
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"Now you are finally able to allow reason instead of emotion to rule over you."
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"Is that supposed to be your question ?" Verna checked.
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"What is the origin of the Erama ?" Morca probed.
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"I don't know", Verna denied.
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"Stop making things difficult for both of us", Morca advised, "just tell me what I want and we'll part ways. If not ...", Morca's eyes glistened darkly, "your little pet will be no more."
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Verna closed her eyes trying to keep her calm, she had to think of a reasonable answer if not she would be found out, and it could be that Morca wouldn't completely lift the trance in order for him to confirm if her answers were true, then retaliate if he discovered that she had lied. Why ? She sighed, why had she allowed herself to get caught up in this mess ?
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"The origin of the Erama you say ?" Verna repeated the question.
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"Just tell me what I want to know, you won't like what will happen if I run out of patience."
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Verna had no other choice but to go with the flow, she would start with an ambiguous statement to cover up for her loss of words.
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"The Erama ..."
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That whooshing sound blew past her, the searing and sharp heat cutting past her cheek as it made its way at Morca, who quickly faded out of its way, narrowly avoiding getting hit by that burning whip.
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"It seems like we have an intruder", Morca exhaled, that was a close call, if he hadn't dodged in time, he was sure that he would have been severed into half by now.
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"Whoever you are", Morca called, "show yourself."
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The silence was terrifying as the winds blew past, pushing the dried leaves of this forest, making them rustle. That whooshing sound was heard again as the burning whip tore out from darkness aiming straight at Morca who faded out of the way, narrowly missing getting hit.
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"You have no right to know about the secrets behind the origin of the Erama", a female voice echoed from the dark.
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"Who are you to decide what I should and shouldn't know ?" Morca asked arrogantly.
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"Look to your right", the female voice beckoned.
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Morca wondered if this was a trick to let his guard down, but on turning to his right, he saw Seravia standing dazed, her two arms severed from her body and that whip, bursting through her forehead. She too had that dazed and terrified expression on her face, she hadn't expected this and was startled to know that she hadn't been able to escape.
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"You killed my puppet !" Morca growled. "Show yourself if you are as arrogant as you think you are instead of hiding like a coward."
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"Let the captive go and hand over the String of Creation if you want to leave this place alive."
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"You don't know who you are dealing with do you ?" Morca asked. "And what makes you think that I will just do as you say ?"
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"I know you won't", her voice answered, "which is why", that form in that bronze robe appeared from the darkness, her hood covering her head and a bronze mask concealing her face, she wielded that burning whip in her left hand, "I have decided to confront you like the beast you are."
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"I knew you would come", that voice said to the man donned in that cloak standing at the mouth of this cave.
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"To be able to alternate the hands of history", the voice sighed, "you really are an opponent to be feared"
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"You are the first to commend my abilities", Lord Raven replied as he walked into the cave.
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The outline of a seated man could be made out of he darkness, his head bowed and body facing lord Raven, he lifted his gaze unveiling his blazing eyes which seared through the darkness of the night.
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"On which side are you ?" The man asked.
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"You seem to know already", Raven replied.
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"I'm not confident about my guess", said the man as he rose to his feet, "but I'm only sure of one thing, that", he unsheathed a blade from the darkness, "Hell Fang won't be falling into the hands of an outsider."
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"How sure are you old man ?" Raven challenged.
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"I", the man stepped forward, "as the second patriarch of the Balkyres, one of the sages who witnessed the nine thousand year war. I swear by the blood flowing through my veins, you will not have the Hell Fang."
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"You know that was what the other had said."
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"Balkyre Foran may have underestimated you, but I'm not foolish to repeat the same mistake."
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Their forms faded through the darkness as they clashed, both ramming into themselves as they battled to overpower their opponent. Lord Raven was fierce in his motion, his whip lashing like a live serpent was invisible to the naked eye, striking like lightning it clanged and wound itself around the patriarch's blade.
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"Balkyre Orzan", lord Raven said, as he parried the blow from the patriarch's sword, "you are a dead man already, why do you need to fight me, what good will it do you to stand in my way ?"
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"We have been warned about you, the coming of the harbinger of doom the coming of the one who would throw the schemes of the gods into chaos, you are the rebel of fate and the pirate of time lord Raven, and unfortunately you", Orzan unleashed that bolt of lightning from his core, "you are my descendant Raven."
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"I thought you would never know", Raven ducked away from that burning streak of lightning which flashed past his neck, "the others couldn't notice, what was it that gave you such a foresight ?"
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"Lord Secregard", Orzan replied, "do you think the heavens are ignorant. You fooled the heavens one time after another, devouring generation after generation of gods only to come back hungrier and thirsting for more, for more power, your goal was to be the ultimate force of nature, whom none could challenge within the universe of Hayra. But", Orzan swung his blade, "you are no longer supreme in your might and power, your decision to use the soul of a being belonging to the Earth Garments might have been where you had gotten it all wrong."
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"What makes you so confident ?"
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"Because", Orzan replied, "I know what you don't."
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Orzan's being flared as he came to life, the blade his hand - Hell Fang - burnt and blazed of the power its owner wielded. Generations of wars, this was a tale beyond the books of time. Was the nine thousand year war, simply a war between mortals ? Or the opening of the grand battle of gods who had paved the way for another chaotic epoch, another epoch of the fall of a thousand centuries, that could bring forth an age of the supreme. Might of the mighty, how thrilling, their forms blazed as both beings raged and fought, whip and blade lashing and clanging, they jousted their way to infinity, a battle at the edge of time, warlords who's histories raged for thousands of years. Both knew eachother, the pact had been made, but who would be bold enough to breach the oath of a thousand years ? Who would dare go against the reckoning of the heavens and face its wrath ? Only one person could, and only one person ever has.
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"I know that is you Secregard", said Orzan, "but remember old friend, you are no longer Secregard, you are now Balkyre Fang and fates are being alternated, you no longer are the only contender in this race of power."
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Lord Raven sent the flaring slash aiming straight at Orzan with his whip who blocked it deftly.
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"Do you think such a weak attack can match the power of your foes ?" Orzan asked, charging at Raven like lightning.
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"I know it won't", Raven replied, "but for you, it might just be enough."
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Both beings locked horns and blades, as they made this realm quake and tremble beneath their might. The history of time was one filled with grim and blood, the blood, flesh, bones and souls of not just mortals but gods and demigods. This was the era Secregard reigned, this was the era where the strong of the present day were nothing more than weeping infants. Now, that age was about to repeat itself.
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"Secregard", Orzan said, "remember this", parrying Raven's whip, "you will die in this coming war countless times. You will die and you will feel the pain of death rushing through your soul, but remember, you must live to fulfill the prophesy. Eliminate the seven families, make them feel the wrath of defying the First Order of the heavens - you remember what that is old friend ?"
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Parrying Orzan's blow Raven replied, "I do old one."
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That final flash of lightning blew past, striking down Orzan, turning him into a dune of ash.
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"Remember friend", Orzan's voice called, "you must live."
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Raven walked this path of burning pillars, the aftermath of his fierce battle with the second patriarch of the Balkyre family, Orzan.
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"You rascal", Raven laughed as he took off his mask, unveiling his face, "I knew you would know that I have become your descendant."
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Lord Raven was Balkyre Fang.
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