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Chapter 2 - SIDE CHAPTER ONE THE BLOOD REAPER CURSE. THE TALE OF GENERAL KEI

"There once was a time before Satomo, before the call of the blade". before kingdom were burned to ash. before demons crawled from the underworld. before the chains of faith began growing... there was only war, and within that war one man heard a voice not breathing, not speaking, but pulsing with ancient power whispering in tongue only he could understand. he walked toward the blade. suddenly he felt his body jerking backward as if his soul knew that his entire life would change. but the blade... The blade's voice was too haunting to let go. but he heard the blade calling his name "kei. He knelt down, his face blinded by the blade's red, haunting aura of the blade. Kei felt he had heard that echoing voice before but only in his dreams, even in his dreams he could feel the blade stealing his soul. " I've heard you before... but not like this. this time." "I'm the one you seek... I'm the one you desire... I'm the one you were meant to become." the blade aura wrapped around his arms like chains that refused to break. as Kei hands drew closer and closer the blade's crimson veil glowed brighter like a seal breaking after centuries of silence. As kei's grip tighten the blade still humming with unspoken Words. "You thought this is the end- ha... ho no... this is not the end- It is just the beginning of the rain of blood that won't stop. Pick me up... and see what blood can do." suddenly four figures emerged from beneath the frozen earth. their movement were slow and steady, locked on Kei. the air grew hot and heavy like steel forged from fire. running towards Kei one of the figure hand shot out griping Kei's throat as Kei's throat yearned for air. the blade humd again. " They will not stop...stop... stop. They will not shake...shake... shake. They will not vanish-until you say the word." as kei's lips moved slowly the sentence hanging from his throat, the voice still haunting his mind pushing him. taunting him. suffocating him to say the word he knew nothing of. Kei's eyes went white as snow, his breath thickened from the lack of air the voice hum again. " say the word- and you will be free, say the word and you will become a god above many others.feed me, and you'll receive power beyond the limits of any gods... fill

me with energy and I'll fill you with great power beyond your wildest dreams." Kei's lips moved once more but this time his voice felt strange as if they were beating war drums, too deep to understand, kei's men felt the ground vanishing beneath their feet, they knew that kei was gone, they knew that the dark Spirit had taken over his mind. they knew whatever that word is their ears were not suppose to hear It sound but the-men couldn't hear the voice echoing in the air they can only hear kei terrified voice as- he stuggle to breathe but they knew that something was wrong. one of the men wanted to help kei but the other beside him pulled him back and said. " are you crazy where are you going. Do you actually think you can save him? then you most be a big fool." But kei is our friend we can't just leave him to die we have to at least try." the man said with tears rolling down his face. " if you are not going to do anything I will." the man ran to help kei but when he reached there but he felt a consuming presence in his mind talking to him, confusing, messing with his head. "You thought you could help him? save him from his fate!. Impossible you can't stop what have already being done. Just like the sun can't stop itself from rising, you can't stop the chains of fate from growling. that is my promise... promise... promise." suddenly the man's entire body bust into flames his legs crippled like a broken wall, his eyes white like the clouds. The sky dark as the abyss, the ground crumble like an old mountain ready to fall. soldiers dying like flies the sky too dark to look at, too heavy to breathe in. blood flowed on the ground,bones cracking like soft paper, the sky darken , bodies drop like a dripple of rain. " the rain of blood has begun and no one can stop it because I always remember all." TO BE CONTINUED

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