The Night

WESTIME, 1179- Castell, a secret society lead by Reiner Archembald, Prince of Westime on their way to obtain the power of devil.

“Hurry up, we don’t have much time before sunrise!” shouted Reiner to his men. A pastor came to report “We’ve done our part, the only thing left is the sacrifice”. “Splendid” said Reiner. “All done down here, my Prince” said one of his men. “Hahahahaha! Our plan will now succeed, I finally will gain the power of devil to rule this world” said Reiner while laughing maniacally. “Bring down the artifacts.” The pastor command his colleagues to bring down the 7 sacred artifacts which are Sulaiman’s ring, Musa’s stick, The Tabut, The 3 keys of Daud’s temple, The Pharaoh’s crown

The artifacts arranged in pentagram shape. “In order to gain the power of the devil, one must pierce his heart in the middle of the pentagram” said the pastor. Reiner was so shocked “ What! You didn’t say anything about piercing heart”. “trust the process my prince.” The pastor tried to calm Reiner. “ But, what if I died during the ritual” Reiner asked. Then the pastor keep calming him until he convinced to do so.

Reiner walked to the ritual site and the pastor gave him a knife.

Meanwhile,

“Woah! Really? Congratulations Sir Radovan, I bet that you will be a great father for him. ” said a Royal Chief assistant to Millie Radovan, a temporary Royal Chief imported from Midland nation. “Thank you, Edward. I am very happy and grateful to The One for giving me a son. According to my wife’s letter, he is an energetic one” said Radovan while holding the letter. “Looks like, your son will become as great as his father. Then, they both laugh

Suddenly, a man in black hoodie ran towards them.

He shouted “Chief! Castell has made their move, they are in a dungeon under the castle.”. That man happen to be an intel from Royal Guard disguised as one of the Castell members.

“Damn it! Hurry up and call every guards in this area, we will ambush them now!” command Radovan. “As your wish Sir!”.

After a while,

Millie Radovan and his men rushing down to the dungeon.

*Smack* Radovan kicked the door.

Unfortunately, the ritual already begun.

“Stop Prince Reiner! You don’t have any idea what you doing right now, if you don’t have enough relic the ritual will open a gate between our world and Dark Realm.” Radovan tried to stop Reiner while other guards arrested other members of Castell.

“We Already have all 7 sacred artifacts” said one of Castell member. “Did you just said 7?” Radovan asked and worried drawn at his face.

Suddenly, a pastor that helped Reiner laughed. “ Hahaha, you fool!”. “What?” Radovan shocked. “It was all my plan, look at that fool(Reiner). Believed all my words blindly. That’s what he got for not convinced His Majesty to promote me as Royal Pastor.”

*Boom* suddenly the pentagram exploded and blown all people around the pentagram and it lighted.

“Here he come, Lucifer” said Radovan and the pastor

“Hahahaha! *sniff* fresh air.” said Lucifer that possessed Reiner body.

“O Lord Lucifer, I the one who opened the gate for thou. Please save me from them” said the pastor

Lucifer turned his look to the pastor and said

“Huh? What an interesting fellow we got here. But you know what? You are ugly” with just a glance the pastor and all the Castell burn to the ashes. “it’s look like my power still can’t reach The One Believer. Oh the pentagram still not fully lighted yet. Let’s take a look. One, two, Thr…”

While Lucifer counting the lights, Radovan jump towards to slice him but missed . *slash* Radovan only got his hand.

“You know it’s rude to rushed to other people like that” said Lucifer while smiling to Radovan. He regenerates his hand and smirked

Radovan took a step back and charged to him but the forth artifact already lighted and Lucifer immediately summon his sword to counter the charge.

*clang* their sword clanged and they having a big sword fight ever happened. It’s appear that Millie Radovan is also a great sword master and have learned all type of sword style.

“he is fast, so. Sword Style: Katana!” Radovan change his sword to Katana to surpass Lucifer’s speed.

“Not bad, for mere human being like you.” Lucifer praised Radovan. “Shall I know your name, nevermind. You are not that worthy to be acknowledged by me Hahahahaha” said Lucifer while laughing sarcastically

Meanwhile

The sky outside started to darken and right on the Westime Castle, a purple beam striked and the castle started to float pieces after pieces.

“No way, we are doomed!” a villager screamed. All started to worry and gathered to the safe zone

“My Lord, have you prepared your words to comfort your people” said the Royal Council while on their way to the safe zone by wagon.

“This mess? I am pretty sure our temporary Royal Chief can handle it. Plus, he is the True Light user.”

said Westime King confidentally.

Back to the dungeon,

“This will end you!” shouted Radovan while charging his katana faster than his first charge.

“Too fast!” Lucifer shocked but fifth artifact light already appeared and a pair of wing grown at his back. He dodged Radovan striked.

“Im-mpossible! A human l-like you can strike me with that kind of speed. Who t-the heaven are you?” Lucifer stuttered.

“Huh? It’s appear that I worth enough to be acknowledged by you. Pardon my rudeness, I don’t have any interest to be acknowledge by my true enemy” said Radovan

“Don’t get too cocky you low being” said Lucifer while smirking. “You wanna stop this disaster right come at once and stop me, because it’s the only way.” Lucifer triggered Radovan

Radovan burning in excitement and it can clearly be seen in his eyes.

Sixth artefact started to light.

“Come on this is your only chance before I become unstoppable!” provoked Lucifer

Lucifer continued “ You are just cowar-”

Before Lucifer can finished his words, Radovan charged to him with the speed of light.

Lucifer dodged it but the charge pierced through his left wing.

“Wha-” Radovan charged again before Lucifer can even asked and this time he got Lucifer’s right stomach.

Lucifer appeared to be seriously injured by that charge. Lucifer fell to the ground groaning in pain. “ Arghh! The feel. It’s really hurt. Should take a long time to recover from this, *cough*” Lucifer coughed blood. “Willing to show your another surprise huh, Mr. Unexpected.

“Evacuate at once, I will end this right away. Also report the situation to the His Majesty and his advisor.” Command Radovan.

“How about you Sir? We can’t just leave you here with this monster. What if something happened to you? Think about your family.” said Edward.

Radovan look sharply at him. “It’s an order! Know your place, Sir Edward.”. “My family will understand. Even if I died here. They already accept it since I registered as a Royal Soldier.” said Radovan.

The rest of the guards evacuated with a heavy heart.

“What a noble man we got here. Your speech made me moved *cough*. I think I will spare you time so you too can go back to your family. That’s what you want, right? ” said Lucifer while trying to mentally disturb Radovan to retreat.

“What a nice deal you got there, but I won’t leave this battle behind. I fight to die, not to live.” said Radovan while doing stance.

Radovan took a deep breath “Right here right now, I’ll finish him at once.

Sword Style: Claymore.

THE ONE is the light of the heaven and the earth. Guiding whoever he will."

“No way! Are you the True Light user. *Even with my full strength. There’s no way I could save from that light. I do hope he messed up his spell” afraidness drawn at Lucifer’s face while he struggling to run

“Secret Skill:

Light upon light”

*Boom* the spell casted by Radovan exploded.

“Hahaha, unfortunate Mr. Unexpected, Unfortunate” said Lucifer sarcastically.

Radovan got seriously injured after the explosion. His hands started to numb. His legs no longer can stand still. He fell to the ground.

Then, The seventh artifact lighted.

*boom*

The purple beam now connected with the pentagram and created a portal.

Lucifer now fully recovered. He walked to the numbed Radovan and stabbed him from the back.

Radovan groaned “Arghh! So this is my end”. He started to see his whole life and said. “There’s no God worth to be worshipped except The One”

Radovan died

Lucifer then opened the portal to connect between Overworld and the Dark Realm.

“The energy quite low here. Seems like it gonna take 6 month to bring my friends here. Wait for me there hehe.” Lucifer monologued

*boom* The portal aura shattered the whole castle and dungeon. The building pieces then created new castle

Lucifer no longer needed Reiner’s body and he went to slumber after a long fight with Radovan in his new castle

The Sun rised but not for Westime.

Seeing the weather not went any better. The villagers started to panic. “We are doom”. “We should leave Westime and go to other nation.” “No! we should fight.” “Don’t be ridiculous”. All the chatters stopped by the explosive sound caused by the portal

Suddenly, Royal Guards arrived and reported the situation just like Radovan ordered.

“Where’s your chief” asked the king.

“We don’t know his status right now, but seeing the situation right now. I afraid he couldn’t make it. I afraid we lost him My Lord” said Edward.

“Gather all my people now!” the king commanded all villager to gather in front of him.

The villager gathered

“My people, It’s look like our Royal Guards can’t stop the disaster, and it seems like my son, Prince Reiner Archembald successfully opened the devil gate. I am sincerely apologize on his behalf.” the king confessed his regrets for not raised his son well enough.

Then a man raised his hand and asked “What we gonna do now?”

“I am afraid that we have to migrate to the Midland and reporting about our situation to their king.” said Edward .

“We have to move now” said King Archembald

chapter 2 : The Child

15 May 2022

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