Bastet and Walter were in surprise. "How did you know? Did Maria tell you!?" Walter asked. "No! But I think she wanted to. I kinda figured it out myself, especially with the level of importance you guys have been placing on it."Bastet nodded, "Yes! that Pendant contains Endurance, But the pendant is not a seal. It would be better to call it a temporary resting place, more like a tent you sleep in when you are out camping.""Huh! Are you saying Endurance is sleeping?" Derek asked."Kinda! Master Levinack put it to sleep so that it could not be found by opposing parties." Bastet responded. "Wow! Is that even possible? Putting an Elder rune to sleep?" Derek added, looking at the pendant in his hand in surprise.This time around, Hayaa was the one that answered his question, "Intelligence starts from Elder Runes. But Elder Runes are forever hovering at that initial state, never crossing it. They are like babies, and if they are like babies, Royal Runes are more like Nannies to the Elder
Walter and Bastet watched as the pendant shot a blinding white light that enveloped Derek and all around him. "It has started!" Bastet Whispered. She held her hand to her chest. She felt a pull from deep within her soul, It was also the same thing for Walter.Meanwhile, deep within the cosmos, every member of the House of Thembeka also felt the pull. Those that were knowledgeable enough knew that it signified two things. Firstly, Endurance had awakened. And secondly, it was given out test to someone it had acknowledged as fit enough to be a Successor.In the Family Plane of the Thembeka's, Aaron smashed his office in anger, breaking all in sight. It had not been long since he returned from the Central mesis humus {Earth} after his failure with Maria and Walter. Although he did kill Maria which he was sure of since the mark of her soul rune in the Family home disappeared. It was still a failure since Derek and his friends came and took Walter away. Also, he wanted knowledge of where Le
Derek's chest heaved up and down, he could barely get enough oxygen into his lungs. He did not know how long it had been, but that sun had never left its centre position since he got here. His clothes were torn at different points showing bruises and cuts. From the side of his mouth, dried blood stains. His eyes felt a bit drowsy from the exhaustion, and if Hayaa did not keep motivating him to hold on, he might have decided to give up and lie on the ground already.He felt extremely thirsty to the extent that he was tempted to zip down and drink his urine, but obviously, his opponents won't let him. What made matters worse was not the fact that his opponents multiplied with every round, increasing the toughness, but that the sun seemed to be getting hotter and hotter. He had already sweat so much that he was sure his pores were afraid of the heat to allow any more salt and water out. His skin felt cakey and his tongue continually searched for wetness in his mouth, like a fish out of w
"You may step out of the tube now your highness." The man controlling the device advised as the capsule opened and Tiny stepped out of it. This was a capsule connected to a very wide network of collectors deep in the ocean floor. The collectors were made to absolve anima from the Mamiwata people over a long period of time. Now, that anima was being pumped into her body. This was already the sixth session since she got here.Tiny came down one step at a time, as she did, the steps beneath her feet creaked from the pressure. Because of the pressure of the anima in her body, she had put on a large amount of weight. Every step she took,l made her feel like she could break the ground beneath her. She had never felt so powerful and yet so powerless, her fate had already been sealed. Even if she escaped now, she would still not survive this much amount of anima. She was not a writer, just a temporary vessel for containing anima.She came down feeling like gravity had become foreign to her. T
"Wait! let me get this straight, Derek is challenging the Elder Rune of House Thembeka? And Mr Walter and Bastet went to help him?" Madeline asked, trying to catch her breath as she sent forth yet another projection of a Cerberus to attack Aesir."No! he is taking its test in order to tame the elder Rune. It only bows to whoever can pass its test. Secondly, Madam Bastet and Mr Walter cannot help him, this is something he has to do on his own. They are only there to supervise, to ensure no harm comes to him." Lydia corrected patiently. She watched the friendly spar between the two and gave pointers at different times to both of them."I have a question," Aesir swung his sword one more time at the neck of the beast that Madeline sent over, before turning to face Lydia. "So! let's assume something goes wrong, and Derek is in danger, can Mr Walter or Bastet fight against the Elder Rune?"Lydia raised a brow to Aesir, "Firstly, No! It's an Elder Rune, I don't think you understand how power
Derek kicked hard against the ground, he was already tired but even he could not understand where such an amount of vigour came from. It was probably because of his zeal to kill the people before him. He detested them to the core. Oh! yes, to the beating organ in his chest. Ellen ruined his life and killed his friends, and Aaron, Oh! Aaron-he took his Maria from him. This two, even if it was images of them on a piece of paper, it deserved to be burnt.He came close enough and raised the spear in his hand high in the air, as his legs acted as a spring that shot him up to the sky. He screamed at the top of his lungs, shouting out his hatred, his eyes glaring and shadowed with tears by their side. He did not even have the Golems behind them in his sight. The only thing on his mind was seeing how bouncy the heads of these two were once they hit the ground.His spear drew closer as he fell like a meteor, but suddenly, everything seemed to stop. No! that was not it. He could still see the e
"Endurance picks the most important, dreadful and emotionally unstable thing to you and presents it in a way only absolute conviction and willpower for your goals canhelp you pass its test. For Levinack, the test of strength was easy, he fought legendary creatures and showed his valour. What really touched his heart was when the lives of members of the Thembeka family were out against the lives of myself and your aunt Vowero." She waved her hand and the images changed, "We are Writers and are apathetic by nature, but are we? Are we truly apathetic or is it just what we choose to tell ourselves? For me, I don't believe so. I don't believe we do not feel. In fact, I believe we feel far more than any other species in the cosmos. And do you know why?" She asked,Derek shook his head in confusion. "We feel more because we have to. We get the opportunity to see and connect with millions of other lives and see their pain, and their happiness. In fact, we even feel them, and sometimes we hav
Derek waved the now broken sword in his hand one more time as the last and finally, Golem fell to the ground. He looked up to the sky, roaring loudly as if mad at the sun. Additionally, cuts and bruises had been added to his body, he was practically covered in them at this point. His dark skin was painted with dry cakey blood, but surprisingly, he still stood on his feet.As if the sun had acknowledged the victory or was scared by the fierce and screaming young man, it suddenly started to set. Derek saw this and smiled, it was apparent that the test was coming to an end. Derek looked to the building that was now before him, he walked towards it and those that he had just saved followed along.Derek stood before the two big wooden doors, on them was a symbol that was obviously that of the Elder Rune endurance. Derek pushed them open with less effort than he thought. the big doors opened up slowly with creeky noise that reminded Derek of those old houses from horror movies. For like a f