Chapter 2: The seal breaks
Three thousand years passed.
The world had changed. Kingdoms rose and fell. Legends were born and buried. Belialuin became a name lost to time, remembered only by a handful of surviving records and whispered myths told by aging druids. The truth of its fall was known to none. All except for those whose essence was trapped in the seal.
And now, they stirred.
In a modest village nestled between the mountains of northern Britannia, the wind howled through the trees. The night was bitterly cold. In a small stone cottage lit only by a dying hearth, a boy no older than ten stood trembling. Blood stained his hands. The wooden floor beneath him was scorched and cracked.
His mother lay lifeless on the floor, her body still warm, her face peaceful in death.
His face showed no emotion the only sign of emotion on his face were the tears falling from his blue eyes. His eyes were blank as if his soul was taken out of his body.
"No.....mom wake up....please wake up"
*FlashBack*
Lucian was a ten year old boy who leaved in a small hut in the forest with his mother. His father passed away when he was 3 years old he could barely remember his face. His mother told him his father was a retired knight. Even tho they were isolated Lucian was happy with his mother.
As a child he told his mother he would occasionally hear voices. They would say things like
"It's all her fault that cursed girl is the reason for our suffering"
"One day that girl will get what's coming to her"
"She should have listened to us"
He didn't understand what the voices were saying and his mother told him to ignore them. He was born with a weird mark on his right shoulder his mom told him it was a birth mark.
Then it happend one day 10 men came to their house and broke in. His mom tired to tell them to leave while he was hiding in the closet.
The men were bandits and attacked my mother wanting to steal our belongings. My mother tried to defend herself as she was a mage however she wasn't very strong so the leader who claimed to be a former holy knight took her down. Seeing her get hurt made me move trying to help her.
She told me to run but I stood between her and the men and as a sword was going to pierce me...
I felt my back hit the floor and my mother was above me with a sword going through her heart her last words were...
" No matter what please... live my precious child"
Something in me snaped and power exploded within me and then black I woke up and just saw all the men dead and my mother was also still dead as I stared at her body.
*End of flashback*
The mark on his shoulder started to glow and before he could do anything he passed out.
"Where am I??"
He was in a black room where the symbol on the floor which looked like the one on his shoulder started glowing. Then nine shadows which looked like people appeared.
"Welcome Lucian last child of Belialuin "
"Where am I and who are you?" Lucian asked.
" We are the elders of the former kingdom of Belialuin" One of the shadow people said.
" You are in the seal we made to make sure we were not totally wiped out." Another said
"You are the child destined to carry the knowledge of Belialuin" Another elder said.
" This makes no sense I was in my house and men attacked my mom and... she's dead ..."
He was only ten and still dealing with what happend in the past few hours now his in a room with nine people who looked like shadows.
"Child I know you've been through a lot and this is all sudden but you have to know what happened as you were the one chosen after 3000 long years" The leader of the elders said.
He made the symbol that Lucian stood on glow brighter as he replayed the last moments of the fall of Belialuin in Lucians head. He should him the plan and why it happened why their people fell and who was the cause.
"Merlin..."
The knowledge he gained plus the trauma he experienced was to much for a boy so it took a while before his mind fully accepted what happened.
[ 3 days later]
He left his old home as there was no reason to stay. During these days he spent the time thinking and grieving the elders kept quite. They let the boy process all the emotions he experienced in such a short amount of time.
He returned to the black room again and saw all the elders still there.
" You have returned Lucian" the leader said
" Why was I the one chosen out of all the others? Why wait so long?"
"To be honest it's because of the potential you have as the child who cares this knowledge will have to carry a heavy burden." The elders replied
"So you want revenge against Merlin since she was the reason you were destroyed."Lucian asked
" I must admit we have no love for that girl and probably most of the elders want revenge however our priority is you as you represent hope"
Lucian was silent as he stood there he felt the pressure a whole kingdom put their hope in him. He was the last there would be no other. These elders wanted him to carry their legacy.
"I don't know if I can carry a burden of a whole kingdom... I can't even say I truly understand how you people feel however lose is a feeling I understand so I'll try my best to live up to my ancestors. She asked me to live so I won't waste this life she gave me and I'll live the way she would have wanted me to."Lucian said.
"For a child you truly are wise our decision was not wrong you are worthy of being chosen never doubt that as you are the child of Belialuin you must stand with pride." The elders all stared at me with their glowing eyes
The burden that was thrust upon me is one I won't run away from my mother wanted me to live and my ancestors chose me I can't back down from this path. And I'm curious why did she do it...
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