Chapter 4 - The Reward

"I am impressed by your determined rage Verdos, your blood thirst, your melancholy. Everything made me think to give you one chance to see." Yajin.

While looking at the body of Verdos which was pinned by his spell, and struggling to break free and to tear the throat of Yajin.

"My, my Verdos don't move around so much you see this spell doesn't hurt you physically but if you try to struggle, then little by little the pain will arise to weaken you down, it is quite a beautiful spell isn't it, makes you surrender and to devote yourself in your helplessness, well oh yeah!" he said like he was concerned for him and remembered something.

"You see now that I have seen the power of Iwand blood I have decided to give your daughter a place in my army, you know the kingdom was sad after hearing about your and your army's death, and your wife and daughter were crying most... Ah! I teared up a little when they said they were proud of you, and you know your daughter said that she will become just like her father,

A loyal warrior." Yajin had the most wicked smile I had ever seen..

"Now it's time for your reward since you went to this extent to kill me, I have decided to give you another chance since my lord has always said to not waste any resource that can become useful in the future, And that's why he didn't kill that Dragon either!

So now I will seal you here by a spell then construct a temple to lure people in so that you can eat them and grow strong and if you become strong enough to break through the seal then you can claim to settle your score for me, so what do you think? I hope you understood. After all, you are strong, you wouldn't lose your consciousness with this much of souls, So shall we begin." Yajin.

Reward? This was his reward his army was betrayed and killed by the one whom they pledged to die for, he was pushed and suffered this much and even his family is also getting played by this Evil, And he is rewarding suffering to burn in his rage and to make him kill more just because he is stronger and looked like a useful tool him, I have seen many people who take pleasure in the suffering of others but this demon he is just a thousand times crueler than anyone I had seen in my life, I felt pity for Verdos but I was bound by the sad reality of the magic realms.

[FOR THE SINS YOU HAVE COMMITTED, FOR THE DESPAIR YOU HAVE BROUGHT IN THIS PURE LAND, I HEREBY JUDGE YOU, AND PASS MY VERDICT THAT YOU WILL BE CONFINED BY WALLS OF ATONEMENT TILL YOU GET STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK THROUGH THEM.]

[PRISON OF WILL.]

"Oh, also I forgot, te-he sorry."

[RELEASE] while clapping his hand,

Yajin chanted this spell and then four walls of metal with some strange markings emerged from the earth and enclosed him and then a door-like opening was made by the Yajin And the crucifix that held down Verdos disappeared, and then he tried to Escape but the moment he stepped on the line on the door through it, but he got electrocuted, it was so strong that my eyes lost its sight from the flash for some time.

"It's useless until you become stronger than the power of this seal and the power I poured into it while activating it, you will never be able to leave this chamber, now for the next part,

[I WHO COMMANDS THE EARTH TO TAKE SHAPE OF MY MIND]

[REFORM!]

And then a building that resembled the ruined temple formed from earth upon the chamber and now everything made sense why this temple was turned into ruined, why he was not able to leave the chamber, why he tried to eat us all for the one purpose to kill this guy who was now laughing.

"All the best, Verdos, I will wait for you again and who knows before you try to kill me, who knows may be you will be defeated by your own daughter. Now, don't disappoint me Verdos, I know you can do it, for now, I have to bid my farewell..... you see my lord has given me the order to find the key, so I can't waste time anymore, So 

Goodbye Verdos, I wish you Happy suffering."

Yajin he was amused and now looked somewhat in a hurry and then in a blink he again disappeared in black smoke.

I was sad and at the same time I could hear the scream of the souls of Verdos and his army and also inside me, they were enraged by seeing their past full of misery.

Key? Lord? What was he talking about I thought for a second but then I heard a scream from the temple.

I wish I could've helped them but now Verdos has lost himself he will kill anybody to take his revenge and then suddenly.

I opened my eyes I think the merging between his and my soul is now completed I could feel the strength he spent years to refine, but the pages of fate never write themselves by going according to your meanings, this was the end of both of us I felt pity for then the sensation of my body returned to me and then after breathing for a moment I got up and sit in front Verdos who is tangled in the strings.

"So you were betrayed too, huh? I don't know about the misery you went through all these years but I can understand the pain of losing someone you love and care in front of you, I can understand the feeling of helplessness and regret when you are being ridiculed by those who had deserved it instead, but I am sorry I can't let you go neither I know how to undo the spell so I am sorry you are going to die with me he-"

"No I can't die yet, I need to kill him, I will kill him,

KILL HIM! KILL HIM! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!"

Thousands of voices echoed inside my brain for a second. I thought my brain would melt and would come out of my ears. The voice was so loud and filled with anger it drove me insane for a bit, like it was made to kill someone, anyone.

What was that? Was that him, now I know why lost soul loses itself this is what he went through every day for 14 years.

It's the same as the time since I was born. He and I suffered for the last 14 years together but separately, I smiled at this irony.

And then,

"So Verdos any last words? Probably not but I have something but what's point so won't understand-"

"KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL!  KILL!" I again heard these dreadful noises in my head and,

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"

I snapped the thread.

And in moments the body of Verdos started to fade like ashes of a burned wood started getting fade in the wind, little by little, crumble by crumble.

For me, I started to lose the feeling of my limbs. I could feel my heart's pace slowing down, my vision getting blurry and my breaths were getting heavier like I was drowning in water and everything was turning darker the more I was getting deep in that ocean of silence.

Finally, my back hit the bottom of that silence and at last, I felt lighter.

They say your life is flashed before your eyes before you die. In that hope I wished to see my mother again, then I heard.

"WAKE UP."