Chapter 59: The Others See Hints Too

Chapter 59: The Others See Hints Too

The other four heroes are in a series of intersecting hallways, each one dazed and stumbling around as the sacred energy affects them too.

First up is Emily.

Emily dizzily bumps into a wall and falls to her knees, covering her face with her hands.

Like Zeth, she also hears various voices in her head.

“Charge!” “Kill them!” “Hold them off!”

She sees visions of people fighting and dying in battle against monsters and demons. The people are tall and muscular, and wear prehistoric clothes.

“Who are they?” she wonders.

“For Harmona!” “Fight to the death!”

“Is this of the past…? Or is it the future to come…?” she mumbles.

***

Second up is Kurt.

Kurt leans against a wall, struggling to keep his balance. The voices sound off in his head.

“Kurt.” “Aura magic.” “More power.” “Fall.”

Kurt sees visions of himself and the man who gave him magic, Master Dom, inside his home.

“Why am I… seeing visions of my times with Master Dom?”

“Kurt…” “More power...” “Alternative…” “Fall…”

***

Third up is Joe.

Joe sits down and rubs his eyes, too dazed to stand as the voices in his head start.

“Why…?” “Change your course…” “Weather…” “Storm Lord…”

“Huh?” Joe mutters, taken by surprise.

He sees visions of people walking away from him in a light blue void. One of them is Zeth.

Joe falls back, now fully lying on his back. “I don’t understand.”

“Enigmus…” “Enigmus…” “Enigmus…”

“Enigmus? What does that mean?”

“Enigmus…” “Destroy…” “Die…”

In the vision of people walking away, Zeth looks back at Joe, sadness and disappointment etched on his face.

“Zeth? Why do you have that look?”

***

And last is Sasha.

Sasha sits against a wall, having fallen back against it. A deep demonic voice goes off in her head, though disjointed.

“Bratty kid…” “Where…” “Damn it…”

“I don’t… recognize the voice,” she mumbles.

She sees visions of herself as a little girl wandering around a river, and then she falls in.

“Did that happen to me?” she wonders.

The vision continues. A male demon walks up to the river. He’s humanoid in shape and stature but has dark gray skin, piercing yellow eyes, and two sharp fangs sticking up from the lower part of his mouth.

“Damn it, where did that brat go?” the demon asks, annoyed. “She won’t be happy with me if I lose the kid…”

The demon walks away from the river, searching elsewhere, as the vision comes to an end.

“I got away from a demon? Why would a demon be looking for me?”

She sees another vision of two people, a man and a woman, pulling her out of the river after she flowed downstream.

“It’s my adoptive parents. I guess I was too young to remember any of this. But now…” she begins as she opens her eyes wider into a determined expression. “…It’s time to move on. I’m not looking back. I’m looking forward.”

She stands up and looks down at the palm of her hand. “I have overcome, at least temporarily, the sacred energy.” She begins shouting, “Everyone, make your will strong and you will overcome the burden of trying to figure out what everything means! There is a time for figuring that stuff out but now is not the time!”

Joe, Kurt, and Emily all hear her, and they manage to finally overcome the visions and voices. They snap out of their dizziness and confusion to stand up, fully focused once again.

“I have no idea what happened to Zeth but we must find him!” Sasha demands.

Emily, Kurt, and Joe all nod, and the four of them start walking around, looking for Zeth. It does not take them long, however, as they find him leaning back against a wall like he is in deep thought.

“There you are, Zeth!”

“Guys, I can feel it,” Zeth mutters. “We are close to where we will meet Harmona.”

Emily raises an eyebrow. “Really?”

“Yes, and I’m glad you were all able to overcome the effects of the sacred energy. Let’s get going.”

***

Little do they know that all of their progress is being watched.

An unseen woman speaks to herself. “Amazing. They were all able to overcome the sacred energy this fast. Most would be consumed by its divine power. Then it’s time. Come, Zeth. We must speak.”

It’s finally time for the heroes to meet the Light Goddess! What will be revealed?

Chapter 59 END

To be Continued in Chapter 60: The Light Goddess