So far for 63
Wind crosses the field, tree branches wiggle with the wind and plants wave with elegant dance
Bellona and Achlys stand in the field, Achlys closed his eyes and had taken a deep breath
Bellona on the other hand, crouched down and picked a light blue flower, 16 peddles on that flower waving with the winds
Bellona stood up right and smelled the flower
"The smell of the past... It's always mesmerizing how something so vague can have so much spice and flavour"
"Bellona where are we... I don't recognize this place... But it feels... Familiar."
Achlys opens his eyes and looks to his hand, a plant touches his right hand like a small toddler asking to hold hands to be guided
"I have no clue brat... But in the past times it only happened twice, it seems you have something for the future to tell that one can't predict"
"One can't predict?"
Achlys asked with a surprising tone but no glimmer in his eyes
"Yes... Look up in the sky and see the clouds... We can feel it coming and predict the Direction... But we cant predict the movements the size or the form"
"Anyways" she broke the topic and went for the bigger elephant in the room "why... Is there a man walking holding a baby?"
Achlys turned to follow the gaze and his eyes locked on the man
He turned fully and Bellona stepped forward dropping the flower and stood besides him
"Do you recognize him br-" she looked at him in the corner of her eye and shown suprise and her eyes widen
"Achlys... That's you... And your father isn't it..."
Achlys nods and took a step forward
The man they were looking at had black spiky hair black eyes and was wearing a old farmer's uniform
But he had a battle axe on his back a sword on his side and a bow also on his back under the Axe
"Hey... Achlys! Guess what son... I am going to war! Fighting across the continent for a country! It's people live in one gaint building..."
Achlys eyes filled with tears as he teaches a hand out, seeing his father talk for the first time in his life
The gentle voice continued "I won't come back... I know I won't come back... This war is a one way trip, the people back in our home in our home, the villagers of Nythilo displease me... And they hate me, haha... Can I blame them... I am a false human... Half human half other race we cant explain"
He lifts baby Achlys up
"But when I am gone, protect mariola for me always! It's my final request okay son... Be strong and never look down! Don't kill people who deserve the pain... Only kill who inflict pain"
He hugs baby Achlys "gueeeguiooo"
As he hugs Achlys a bright light comes from Achlys cheek
A small sword forms on achlys cheeks perfectly black but pulsating around the mark
Achlys eyes focus and it turns purple, then green and after that yellow
"I am sorry... What you are about to see Achlys... Will break you... No child should see its own parent die"
As she said that baby Achlys explodes nuke sized, a huge fireball larger then most towns ungulfs Achlys and Bellona
Bellona held the Flower she pict and closes her eyes "bye... Father"
"Father..."
The explosion eradicated the whole vicinity, trees 20 kilometers away from them where included, the grass they walked in changed to waving flames
Dust and smoke covered the vision of everything and a cry can be heard across the smoke and debry
A light yet sad cry, as the smoke slowly faded it shows baby Achlys laying in the crater down, alone with flaming circles around him like some sort of Ritual.
"I... I... What did..."
A voice from the smoke speak outs in a frightend and traumatic stated
It was non other than Achlys himself
He was the reason why his father died, he was the reason why his mother took care of him alone, he was the reason why Mariola was sad.
He finally understood what place he had in the world... And what has to be done... He didn't care about saving people anymore... He doesn't look like a saviour...
He took a life of someone dearly to him... Someone who raised him from birth but got killed by his hands
"Bellona, tell me."
"Hm?" She looked at with a side eye
"What does it mean to be the wielder of the sword?"
For a moment, she didn't answer. She just looked at him — at the dried tear stains on his face, at the exhaustion in his eyes, at the way his shoulders were slightly hunched like he was carrying something far too heavy for someone his age.
When she finally spoke, her voice was calm, but there was a trace of something heavier underneath.
"It means being the one the world betrayed first… and choosing to betray it back."
"You decide what's good and evil... And carry the pain of all"
She turns back to the crater where baby Achlys lays in
Baby Achlys crying out loud not stopping wind blowing the smoke to the east with leaves slowly burning.
The ground still cracking and falling apart
"This was your first step before you even could realize your worth"
She sighed deeply and closes her eyes
"It's ironic right... You tried to save the world... Yet all those bad things keep happening, it keeps getting worse Achlys..."
"... I don't see worth living anymore... I am death for others and an God for myself... I can't fulfill wishes... I only fulfill a bloodshed"
Achlys looks at his own younger self and his eyes darken
"I wish I could have ended it there... For myself... So it wouldn't have happened "
Bellona looked forward as the wind pushes her crimson red hair behind her
"Yeah, I wanted to do the same thing."
Achlys takes one step forward, but not even when he tried to take a second one he fell over, his body slowly faded away
"This memory is fading. You will never see this again, but you will be able to remember it always, Achlys... You are also a human, never forget that"
Bellona smiles and gives him a thumbs up
"You can overcome this, not as the sword but as Achlys!"
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Achlys lays on the ground a pool of blood formed under him, his eyes empty and his will is none
He looks to the ceiling, a dark ceiling nothing more, he hanged in the room more for 5 days, he has seen it enough he doesn't want to see it again
"Gosh where am I..."
He got up and sit on the ground, he sees Luther leaning on the wall in tears
"You are still alive... Are you that willed to stay alive"
Achlys looks at Luther more, his empty eyes notice small droplets of water falling down on the ground
"Chainchain..."
"Don't call me that.."
He doesn't move... Doesn't budge a finger he held an arm Infront of his eyes the blade he materialized from wires hang on his hand, dropping with blood
He was sobbing everything showed it clearly... Someone that killed Achlys was sobbing
It didn't made sense, why would he?
"Why are you crying... Also interested in giving up?"
"Thats not it. I want freedom And not someone for the use at will... I rather end up dead weight then be Helping people"
Achlys opens his mouth saying something with Luther eyes tear up more
"Why not run?" Achlys asked... He didn't show emotion he didn't care... But he cared for someone in pain
"Why am I talking to you... We are enemies..."
"Are we... Or are we in the end the same thing that will be buried under some dirt..."
Achlys stood up and looked at his own wound
"You rather be a bird? And not an ant?"
Silence followed as Achlys stood there in the middle of the room with Luther leaning on the wall still
Only breathing could be heard, dripping tears and blood of both the boys
Silence grew louder by the second for 5 whole minutes
"Yes."
Silence again
Then he opened his mouth and turns to Achlys
"I want to be a bird,I want to go everywhere, want to go to Liopetras, or to the silver oceans..."
He took 3 steps to Achlys, stopped at the third dropping his sword he made
"But I can't! I am a tree waiting to be chopped!"
Achlys looked at him not reacting silence as he didn't know how to respond
"Maybe, in my next life I could be free"
Achlys eyes widened for the first time in this interaction
He saw Luther summoning a long line of wires and slowly surrounding his neck
In a instant Achlys reached out grabbed the wires
Wired dug deep in his hands, it bleed out like small holes in a aquarium
He ripped it away with overwhelming force and he pulled his other hand in a fist and punches Luther face so hard he flew against the wall
"Are you stupid... Dying for such a reason is stupid!"
Luther lays against the wall he touches his face where he got punched and he looked at Achlys who grabs the wired sword
He pointed at his own chest
"A good example is me... I deserve death"
In that moment Luther launched forward and tackled Achlys, they make contact with the wall and it crumbles
Achlys looks down as he sees clouds "high..."
He looked back and Luther punched him
"You need to continue living... I can't say much! But free this world!"
They both fell on the ground with overwhelming speed destroying multiple rooms
Achlys lays on a dinner table in a large room... Knifes forks and spoons on the table with plates
His hands dripping with blood on a plate with wyvern meat, every drop of blood that falls makes the room alive
Achlys reached out to grab a knife
His hand a few inches away got slapped away
He staggers a little to just look up with a neutral expression, Luther already Infront of his face
He grabbed Achlys hands and spun him to slam him to the wall
"Don't do something so stupid! Roam free you say! Why don't you ask for someone's hand for help!"
Luther words hung in the air
Achlys emerges from the dust and the hole he took a few steps "why?"
"Easy, I am an order! I leave destruction in my way, and rip my own family and other from their loved ones!"
Achlys grabbed a plate as he kept walking forward
Luther already activating his magic to choke himself again
Achlys threw the plate against Luther face making him lose control of magic and it falls down
Luther looks back to see Achlys already holding a knife, almost inside his own chest
Luther swings his hand and a wide strong wire beam formes
He slams Achlys to the right of the table, he crashed through 43 walls
He catches himself and ran back
Luther already lunged himself forward to Achlys
They meet in the middle and Luther used the same beam to slam Achlys again
But Achlys uses his right hand flat to push it to the side, side stepping it and to kick Luther with the motion he got
"Dont kill yourself!"
Luther shouted in distress still holding up his heroic justice he sees as right
"Then kill me!"
Achlys shouts back as the kick sended Luther down to the ground
Luther laid there to repeat his words
"Then kill me!"
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Seven years ago In a town called Feilsted.