Danger

Julia started crying. I didn’t know what to say, I was too lost in thought. I started thinking to myself “No way I am fighting that”, but in that moment God whispered in my ear "Trust in me, and do not lean on your own understanding.”. I took a moment to stop and think. I chose to listen to God and stopped being afraid. I could feel him tugging me towards Julia.

I mourned with Julia for a moment and said to her “I know it hurts, I only got to know him for a day, but I know how he was a good man. However if we stay here we will be killed by Sol, and we would have let him die for nothing. He wouldn’t have wanted that”.

Julia cried for a bit and nodded. She barely said anything for a long time. She was leading us somewhere, I didn’t have the courage to ask at that moment where.

After 2 hours of difficult and hard to follow terrain, we arrived at a cave.

Julia said to go inside. It was a dark and damp cave with no light. At that moment the Sword of the Spirit started to glow slightly, just enough to see where we were walking. I knew it was God, so I thanked him.

The cave was very difficult to traverse and had a lot of dangerous cliffs. At the top of a small rocky road that led deep in the cave, a rock loosened and started to fall, the one that Julia was standing on! Without a second thought I slammed the sword on the edge of the cliff and grabbed her. She thanked me and we moved forward.

I could notice her grief, it was very hard to look at. I started having negative thoughts. “I don't understand any of it, why this had to happen and why I'm here. Why does Julia have to go through this suffering, why did Egil have to die and why was I chosen to help this world.

I'm just some random guy who has done nothing noteworthy in his life. What can I do to help, why me? I have been here for a day, I barely know these people.” And God simply said to me “Trust in me Matthew”.

I decided to put my trust in God and stopped thinking negatively.

I asked Julia “Where are we heading?”. She said "You'll see soon”.

Before I knew it, we were at the bottom of the cave and there was an old and rugged ship. Julia finally answered my question and said “We will sail through the southwestern sea. But I must warn you, this sea is so dangerous it has no name, because no name can truly explain how dangerous it truly is. After all, Sol won’t even try following you, because he knows that it is so dangerous there is no point in following anyone there”.

I had to speak out and said “That is impossible, it's a death wish!” But Julia gave me an answer that I didn’t expect. “Matthew, you need to trust God, he was the one who told us to prepare this”. I was speechless. Moments ago I said to God in my head that I would trust him, but I was immediately doubting him.

I apologized to God saying “God I'm sorry, I did not mean to doubt you, how can I fix this?” And God said “Repent and put your faith in me and I will help you. You can not fix what is done, that's what I'm here for, I will redeem you". And so I repented and prayed to God and put my full trust in him.

After I repented, Julia continued explaining about what and where we are going to go.

“We will travel through this sea and arrive in the fallen nation of Itxaro, which is now under the full control of Amets and his minions.

There are people stuck there in hiding. With some towns and cities being under Amets oppressive rule. While other towns have been griefed and looted. We also know that he is holed up in his own Silver Castle and not one person alive has seen him.

There is also the aftermath of anywhere he appears which is strange, nobody knows exactly what happens. It apparently looks like there never is any resistance or attack, but the people just suddenly disappear and are nowhere to be seen again. It is hard to explain all of this right now, after all we don’t have much time if Sol puts two and two together we will be found and killed. Now Matthew, will you join me on this ship and begin your path, or hide here and die eventually. Your choice; I chose God.”

I took a moment to breathe and answered in courage “Yes, I will also put my faith in God”.