HADES (Death Is A Man)

The Unicorns

I was having a nap in one of my favorite trees when I suddenly felt an unknown but powerful energy around me. I instantly opened my eyes and glanced around the place I sat, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. Just the tall green trees with different colored flowers. And the still lake beside the tree I sat on.

Still, I felt the unknown energy around me. Immediately, I thought about the book of souls and immediately glanced at my side.

To my utmost bewilderment, the book shuns in bright colored lights.

I remembered what I was taught about the book of souls. Whenever there is a bright light, it means there's a soul to be collected. I smiled happily and reached for the book. But just as I placed my hands on the book, the powers emanating from the book threw me off balance and I fell off the tree.

"Azreal, remember, Do not panic. That is a scary book, and it needs utmost peace and calmness," my father advised in my thoughts.

I shut my eyes and maintained the utmost silence inside me.

When I noticed I was calm enough, I slowly ascended the tree and picked up the book quickly. This time it accepted me. I took my time in opening the book. And then, it took me to a page where a name was written in bold, "Name: Mathew Gordon. Aged: 75. I took my gaze down to the last part which had two options. The first one is written as "Accept" and the second is written as Retain"

I noticed that the Accept option had a red pointer and that indicates that the man was due for collection.

"Azreal, your mission starts now."

"Yes father," I bowed my head before leaving the Immortal realm. Since I possessed the powers of my father, it was easy for me to leave the Immortal realm. No one has left the Immortal realm for the mortal realm unless through the permission of my father, which had never happened in history.

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Getting to the mortal world, I was dazed for a moment. It was different from what I knew from my childhood. The last time I visited the mortal world was about ten centuries ago. Back then, things were different from now.

I saw an object which seemed to have some strange legs that made it run faster. Father would know about it. But then I am advised not to care about the things of the earth and just do my job.

I looked around the surface of the mortal realm, looking for the man. Just as I was looking for the first man, the book began to vibrate in my arms. I opened up and there I saw the names of about a hundred people. That means I will have to collect the souls of the people since the book keeps showing bright light.

I smiled inwardly. Now my job has fully started. Since I was an immortal being going to the mortal realm was easy. I can't get caught because Compared to their body, I'm invisible compared to them. They cannot see me, but I can see them. I guess that's an added advantage as my father's son.

I went down to earth and began collecting the souls just as the one recorded in the book of souls I carried with me.

I never imagined that the collection of souls was that interesting. After collecting the souls of those the book had recorded. I finally took them back to the Immortal realm where their fate will be decided by my father.

I decided to have a little rest with my spirit animal, Azure...Azure is a white unicorn given to me by my father. My brother was also gifted with one as well. His was blue and beautiful, but Black would always be who he had always been.

He argued my unicorn was much more special than his and with good attributes.

I saw nothing different between both unicorns. They looked pretty much the same in my eyes. The only difference is the colors of their alicorns. Mine has a blue alicorn, while Black has a white alicorn. So, in a way, our unicorns complemented each other.

It was meant to be our companion and the medium through which we journey to the mortal world and around the Immortal world as well. These unicorns are only owned by me and my brother and hence the reason why they are special.

"Azure, are you prepared to travel to the world of the immortals with me?" My unicorn bowed its head in agreement. I patted it on the back and quickly hopped on the back of Azure.

We journeyed to the mortal world through the portal which I opened using my powers.

The moment we came into the mortal world, our ferns changed. My unicorn suddenly became a sword in my hands, which I quickly hid away. My beastly form transformed and I became a mortal man without clothes, I was as bare as a mortal child being born for the first time.

But then, I had no reason to worry since I was still invisible. I took a glance at the book I was holding, only to find out more names and ages popping from the book. It seems I have a whole lot of souls to collect.

"Azure, let's get to work now," Azreal tucked his sword by his side and moved like the end on the surface of the mortal world, searching for souls to collect.

Azreal went to the hospitals as the book directed, and there he found some souls who were due to be taken. Those who were ready to be taken did so without protest, while those who were not ready to be taken tried to run away. These souls are known as wandering souls who do not want to be taken to the underworld. They wished to live alongside humans even though their time was up. Azreal used his sword which when directed at these wandering souls becomes a flaming fire and a magnet that catapults them to him.