Chapter 57 - King of Serpent

Lory stunned her eyes bulged wider than ever, her breath hitched for a second, she looks at her with disbelieved. She knew the story about the Seeress from her mother, about a girl who was cursed and blessed to be able to foresee the future and the past. No one knows where she's come from, or how long she had been lived but people said the God's freeze her time so she could never grow old and she remains the same for eternity.

"You are the Seeress?" Lory frowned.

"That's me !!" She tilted her head jokingly.

"Are you here to stop me?" Lory said in a careful manner.

"I'm not, but I do have some question….." she squinted her eyes "Why?"

Lory becomes puzzled "What, why?"

Arthea becomes serious "Why are you doing this, you know the consequences aren't you?"

"I have no other choice…"

"Aren't you?" Arthea makes doubtful smiles "You can let it go, no one would blame you, it's your Brother faith to walk this path, even he already reconciled with his faith so why don't you?"

Lory glared at Artea, she hated how lightly she talks about this matter "My people need their King, The world needs Lucient King"

Arthea eyes lit up, she wiggles her index finger "There's still you....The Daughter of Lucient, you can lead your people, protect them, and when you have a Son then he can become the next king, I think no one would object this especially in a dire situation like this"

Lory's eyes flare with anger "I will never let my brother died, you think I will let him become human sacrificial so everyone can survive, why him, why it's always him, he never asked any of this, he didn't deserve this!!"

Arthea helplessly smiles "And yet, he still walk through it, this is his burden as King of Lucient the reason he was born…" she had been seen all Lucient fate for thousands of years, the responsibility they never asked and the glory they never wish, She witness their pained, heartache, loss, and eventually their fall. Lucient path is no normal human could walk on the path of Glory and tragedy, how could she not cry for them....

"Your Brother accepts this burden, his destined to carry this world fate on his shoulder…."

"Then I will carry him...…." She stomps her Trinity staff to the ground, a hairline crackdown in the middle of the floor through the big painting on the wall and suddenly the wall exploded into smithers, Arthea's face remains calm and so Lory face. behind the wall there's a hidden door made with black steel, there's a snake engraved on it.

Lory ignore Arthea she walks toward the steel doors, the moment she reaches the door, Artea called her again "You know what does it cost you?"

"I do," Lory said shortly, then she touched the door slightly and the door automatically opens up for her as if inviting her to enter. Lory unfazed by the chilling air behind the door, she closed her eyes like she's contemplated about something, then she touches her chest a sudden her chest glowing with bright white light "Sorry…." She said with a muffled voice.

Something abruptl push out from within her light orbs suddenly throw out from her, the orbs transform in to a giant birds, the birds flapping his wings in confused stated he doesn't know how could he kick out from her, before he could comprehend the metal door are slowly closing, Girsha saw her smiles at him before the door completely shut.

"Wait, No, what are you doing?" Girsha slammed the door "Lory, open the door, LORY!!" but girsha hear nothing behind the door, he become panic he keeps punch the door over and over again leaving the sounds of shrieking and stones to crumble everywhere if this place normal shrined it would be destroyed by this intense striking of the 'First Kind'

"Open the door, Arthea!!" he squawks at the calmed girl who watches him not far from him "I will destroy this shrined and kill all your priestess if you did not open the door!!"

"This is her will, why can't you accept it...it's for your own good," Arthea said calmly, although all dome above her almost collapse.

"Lory, what's going to happened wit her...?" Girsha murmured to himself.

Arthea sigh, she wondered why all 'Lucient' like to hide secret to their loved one "You don't know....she want to condemn her soul to gain the power of the God…."

Girsha feel her heart become limp, he feel his mind become numb, what his little girl had done. Condemning her own soul is the worst that people could do, it's mean giving up your soul and become somone else puppet or slave for the eternity, you become one with your master everything of you become his and your sould will never reach to heaven until the judgment day. He doesn't understand why she must go that far, Girsha becomes more stress he kicking and throwing his fit on the door.

"Open the door!! I'm gonna kill you all, Bas***d, OPEN THE DOOR!!!"

"You want to save her?" Arthe softly said "I could show you how..."

Girsha glared at her with impatient look, Arthea face turn solemn "But it will cost you...." She warned him.

"SHUT UP, and tell me!"

Meanwhile Lory can't see anything but darkness, she clenched her fist then she cast some spells when she release her palm dozens of fireflies emerged from her palm and swarm all over her,only then she can see she's standing in a dark grey stone chamber the wall is full with crack, lory see the moss cover the wall and the floor and few rats run on the corner the smelled of musty and stinking rats makes Lory slightly coughs.

In front of her, there's a stone gate with snakes carves all over it, make the room even eerier than it's already are. Lory braces herself she walks through the gate who is guards by two giant snakeheads statue.

When she through the gates other than the path who lead her to the long stairs, she was surrounded by hundreds of black stone pillar and it was soaked by black water, she doesn't how deep the water but she doesn't want to know.

she climbs the stairs slowly every step she takes to make her heart shrink, Lory is not someone who can easily scared, she had been killed a beast since young aged and she spent her time exploring dungeon and cave-like this but this one.....this one is different, like a bad omen she feels her heart race.

She clenches her fist, reminds herself why she's here in the first place, she managed to reach to the top she's stunned by a massive giant serpent statue, for a second she thought it was real, suddenly the torch suddenly lit up. She looks right and left but no one Is there then she shifts her gaze to the giant statue, she feels the eyes of the statue following her, Lory takes a deep breath.

"I'm here to meeting the King of Serpent, are you here…..?"

No one answers, everything is silence then the winds suddenly blow out of nowhere, Lory feels the air changed and her fireflies spell suddenly disappeared and everything becomes dark again.

"Lu...cie….nth..." someone hissed with chilling voice "A great king Lucient….is…..here...." he hissed again with disdained on his toned, Lory can feel this creature enmity with her.

"No, I'm Lorient, his descendant, where are you?" Lory grips her trinity staff until her hands become white.

The snake statue eyes glow with yellow lights "Decendant.....why….. is the honorable Lucienth heir visit my humble home…." He said with sarcasm.

Lory doesn't have time to waste her times "I want your power to steal God's gift"

Everything becomes silent for a moment then suddenly the snake burst with a laugh, his laugh is so loud cause everything around her shaking, Lory fears the place would collapse, the snakes laughing for a couple of minutes, annoyed her who had no time to spare. The snakes then begin hissed again "Interessss…..ting, tell me why..."

"Is that matter?" Lory disliked his teasing words.

"It's loved isn't it.....sssshhh….your Lucient is so weak, love for your lover, love for your family, love for your friend, Kindom, peoples, love…love….love, how disappointing…..!!!" the snakes become emotional, he feel loath, ashamed and enraged because he was subdued by the same man he was looking down thousands years ago.

Lory roll her eyes "Will you help me or not?" she not here to listened grievance from a snake.

"Ooohh…..I'll help you, of course, of course" his words filled with joy "But it will cause you…..dearly" he hissed again.

"What…" Lorycould has guessed it.

"Your soul, a soul of Lucient heir, how marvelous….." he shrieks with happiness.

Even though she expected it her heart still thumping like crazy, but she can't back down know "Deal!!"

The snakes make another exaggerated thunderous laugh again, Lory feel sick and tired with this charade.

"But first you must break this seal, I need to get out to help you….." the yellow eyes glow brightly.