When Gerald raised his head his eyes orbs were glowing green and he was breathing fast with his hands balled in a fist due to his growing anger.
Calanthe had to hold his hand to calm him down. Ophelia and king Nebeus's guards just sat still on the floor they landed on when the wave of energy that emitted from Gerald pushed them down. When Gerald calmed down his eye orbs stopped glowing, they glowed because he used his powers, so apparently, they'll glow anytime he uses his powers or his emotions are triggered. “ Oh my!! He is more powerful than we comprehended “ Ophelia said, still in a state of shock as she looked at Gerald. She motioned for the guards that came with her to attack. They stood and charged toward Calanthe and Gerald but Gwendolyn immediately stood in front of them and closed her eyes when she opened them her eye orbs began to glow blue. Gwendolyn raised her hands sideways on each side with her palms open as she tilted her head back a little trying to gather strength and water in a circular form began to form on her palms, she kept forming them till they became big and she immediately threw the water balls at guards who charged towards them to attack. The guards fell and due to the rate at which the water hit them, it snapped their necks, therefore they died instantly. After that Gewndolyn channeled all the water in the house and made it to form a sharp ice stake she cajoled the ice stake with her hands and wanted to send it to pierce directly through Ophelia’s throat but Calanthe stopped Gwendolyn. “ Stop Gwen, Ophelia was once my sister and I believe she still has some light in her even though she has turned to the dark path. I'll spare her and send her back with a message to her king “ Calanthe said as she walked towards Ophelia who was still sprawled on the floor. Somehow the energy wave that emitted from Gerald weakened Ophelia a lot and now blood was dripping from her nose. “ Tell your king that the time of his reign would soon elapse and that is very near. The light will finally prevail again “ Calanthe smiled while she told Ophelia the message. All this while Gerald marveled at what he saw Gwendolyn do to those soldiers, he thought it to be cool and awesome. He also wondered where the energy came from to stand up for Calanthe And Gwen because he was someone who couldn't even stand up for himself before. “ Alright off you go “ Gwendolyn said as she motioned for Ophelia to leave. Ophelia staggered away but before then she said. “ We will come back for all of you with full reinforcement, then we will see who has the last laugh, “ She said through gritted teeth and then finally staggered away. “ You heard her, they'll come back for us so hurry and pack your things “ Calanthe instructed Gerald and Gwendolyn. Gwen stood with her hands folded on her chest and refused to move. “ But I don't have any clothes here, “ Gerald reminded Calanthe. “ You think I'll summon you here and I won't prepare for your arrival? Gwen will show you where the belongings we prepared for you are “ Calanthe said and turned to go back to her stuff too but Gwendolyn's question stopped her. “ So you are not my mother? “ Gwen asked Calanthe who heaved a deep breath, while Gerald stood curious to hear Calanthe's explanation. “ Of course, I'm your mother, “ Calanthe said as she turned to face Gwendolyn and Gerald. She was disappointed that Gwen would even believe what Ophelia said earlier. “ But she said supreme ladies of the light can't bear children or did she lie about that too “ Gwendolyn snapped at Calanthe with teary eyes. Calanthe sighed and said, “Indeed, supreme sisters of the light can't bear children, Ophelia didn't lie about that, she used to be a member of our coven “. “ Then how are you my mother if you can't bear children? Gwendolyn asked almost in a whisper, on the verge of breaking down in tears, scared that Calanthe truly might not be her biological mother. “ Before I got into the coven of the supreme sisters, I had a lover who was a demigod of the sky and sea, his name was Philip, he promised to marry me and so we got intimate and I became pregnant “ Calanthe paused, and cleaned the teardrop that fell from her eyes for she hated remembering this because it was heartbreaking for her. “ After I took in, he abandoned me. I woke up one morning and he was nowhere to be found. After that I went far away to Dale kingdom in other to conceive you because it was when I was pregnant for you I first realized my powers and knew I had to join the supreme sisters, so I didn't want anyone to know I was pregnant “ “ When I gave birth to you, I left you in the care of a seer that took me in and cared for me at Dale kingdom, she was the very seer who prophesied about Gerald, she also said your destiny and Gerald’s are intertwined, how? I don’t know but I intend to find out. On the night she died during the battle, she hid you in a secret room in her cottage, after the battle and I came to you both I found her dead laying in her pool of blood “ “ It was from then I began taking care of you and also Gerald because all my fellow supreme sisters of the light died and also Gerald’s parents. It was that time I portaled Gerald out of this world because Ophelia and Nebeus kept tracking us and it was difficult to fight while carrying two children. So please don’t believe Ophelia “ Calanthe said and left to pack her stuff while cleaning her eyes. Gwendolyn went the opposite direction to get her belongings too, feeling stupid for believing Ophelia. “ Wow, that was epic “ Gerald mumbled to himself and exhaled as he stood with his hands akimbo. He felt touched when Calanthe talked about taking care of him and Gwen. “ Are you coming or not? “ Gwendolyn called out to Gerald from the room she was in and Gerald immediately went to meet her. Gwen and Gerald gathered their belongings and came out of the cottage waiting for Calanthe to come out. Calanthe came out of the Cottage a few minutes late with her belongings packed in a backpack made of leather or animal skin. Also, she came out with a sword that was in a black leather back sword strap scabbard holder and tossed it to Gerald who surprisingly caught it with ease. Gwen and Gerald looked at Calanthe with one of their eyebrows lifted. “ That sword belongs to your late father, you’ll need a lot of effort and training to unsheathe it, but for now, let’s get out of here to a safe place, “ Calanthe said as she walked towards the back of the cottage. Gerald tried to unsheathe the sword to see if what Calanthe said was true because the happening events so far were surreal. Immediately he touched the hilt of the sword which is the handle of the sword. The unexpected happened.Immediately Gerald touched the hilt of the sword, his eye orbs glowed brighter than they had ever seen and he just stood still on the spot with his hands on the hilt of the sword.Gwendolyn became alarmed when she saw this and reached out to touch him but immediately her hands touched him, a wave of energy emitted from Gerald and shocked her hands.She immediately removed her hands and shouted “ Mother!! Mother!! Something is wrong with Gerald his not moving and when I reached out to touch him a wave of energy like a thunderbolt shocked me “.Calanthe immediately ran back to meet them, she facepalmed and rolled her eyes when she saw Geralds's state.“ I told him he'll need his powers before he can unsheathe his father's sword, but I guess he doubted me and decided to see for himself. He will probably be having flashbacks and seeing visions of things that happened in the past, that's why his eye orbs are glowing, luckily I know just what to do “ Calanthe said.“ And what's that? “ Gwen
Calanthe and Gwen asked Gerald why he thought he had half of the Sacred because they had no idea how the stone was split into two.“ Since I remember being a child, I have had this necklace that has a pendant. I found it odd that a boy would have a necklace on his neck as though he is a girl,so I opened the pendant one day and saw a green shiny stone that was transparent, from merely looking at it I could tell it was a broken half of a stone, “ Gerald paused and then continued.“ I tried to get it off my necklace but it wouldn't come out. I used everything I knew I could to cut it with but I couldn't. The surprising part is that no one else could see it besides me. My parents began to think I was having mental issues and so did kids from my school. I was forced to visit a psychiatrist, no matter how I tried to show them they couldn't see it. I decided to let the issue slide because there must be a reason for no one else to be able to see it aside from me. And now I know the reason ““
When Gerald and Calanthe came back to join Pitney and Gwen, they all laughed at Pitney's funny tales about her town, and eventually, they fell asleep. But little did they know that Pitney wasn't asleep but just pretending.Gerald laid down on his mat sleeping soundly and surprisingly comfortably for someone who is sleeping in a place where evil and danger lurked.When Pitney thought that the trio was in deep slumber, she took out a dagger from her boot that had a crest of the beast that Gwen killed.Pitney raised the dagger and was about to stab Gerald but felt a sharp and intense pain in her legs like she was stabbed there.She cried out in pain and her fangs became visible, due to her loud cry, she woke Calanthe and Gerald up. They looked at Pitney with horror, not believing their eyes.Pitney looked down to see what pierced her and saw an icicle that looked like a stake was stabbed through her leg and rooted into the ground due to this she couldn't move. Pitney already knew that th
“ Mother, you have to show him how to unlock his powers now or I'll use the hard way, “ Gwen said as she turned to look at Calanthe.Calanthe just glared at Gwen and didn't answer Gwen but instead, she turned to Gerald, took his hand, and led him a safe distance from the chaos that just happened. Gwen followed suit not waiting to be invited.They got to a clear spot where trees weren't abundant in the area, although fog still covered this area it wasn't as thick as the area they just left.“ This is a good spot for training. Now Stand in front of me “ Calanthe instructed Gerald who did as she said without a second thought.“ Unstrap the sword holder from your back, “ Calanthe said and Gerald did just that, while Gwen just stood there with her hands folded on her chest as she observed patiently.Gerald unstrapped the sword holder from his back and held the scabbard that housed his father's sword. He released a breath he never knew he was holding and stood holding the scabbard with his
Gerald felt the presence of something around and was alert, even before the beast that had the head of a lion and the body of an ape lunged at Gerald, he also perceived it coming and dodged the beast known as a sibut.The creature crashed to the ground but stood up again to launch an attack at Gerald who by this time had already unsheathed his sword channeling his powers to his sword, and stood ready to defend himself.Calanthe and Gwen heard a roar from a distance and ran toward where the roar was coming from. Reaching there they saw Gerald standing against a creature they had never seen before, but only heard tales about it.Gwen immediately took the hilt of her sword she was holding and touched the crest on it, instantly a blade shot out from the hilt and she channeled her powers into her sword.Unlike Gerald when he channeled his energy into his sword, his energy in the form of green spiral lightning sparks emit from his hands and rest on his sword, but Gwen's sword only glowed b
When they turned to see who said where they were camping for the night wasn't safe they turned and saw that it was Tartarus who said it.He was now awake and trying to sit up but still repeated what he said although he was still weak.“ This place is not safe, it's the territory of the scorpions, “ Tartarus said while in a sitting position and tried to stand up.“ We need to leave this place now before it is too late, “ Tartarus added.“ What do you mean? “ Gwen asked, confused, while Gerald and Calanthe just stood there watching Tartarus curious as to what he would say next.“ This part of the forest is the realm of the scorpion, “ Tartarus answered as he looked at the trio.Gwen just rolled her eyes and scoffed before replying to Tartarus “ I thought it was a serious problem but scorpions are just poisonous creatures, Gerald alone can take them down if they get to us “ Gwen said.“ You don’t understand these are not ordinary scorpions, they are… “ Tartarus wanted to continue talking
When Gerald and his companions arrived at the border between the enchanted forest and the realm of the trolls they alighted from the giant scorpions.“ Thank you very much, great scorpions, “ Gerald said to the giant scorpions and bowed his head slightly showing respect.“ We all have names, Gerald. I am Atamis, their leader. I wish you luck in this quest you all have embarked on because you will need all the luck you can get to be able to defeat King Nebeus “ Atamis, the leader of the giant scorpion, said to Gerald.While Gwen, Calanthe, and Tartarus waited patiently for him to be done discussing with the scorpions.“ Thank you Atamis, I wish you well too. Goodbye I hope fate makes our paths cross again “ Gerald said and bowed slightly before turning his back to go back to the others who were standing in front of the thick fog that surrounded the forest, the fog was its gate out.Gerald barely took four steps when Atamis called out to him again.“ Be careful Gerald, on this quest you
When the city gate opened and Gerald could see a girl being dragged to the podium meant for beheading. He immediately turned to Calanthe.“ Is this an illusion too? All these things we are seeing right now “ Gerald asked to be sure of his next move as they all stood ready to fight too.“ There’s only one way to find out or I can just portal us out of here right now “ Calanthe answered with her gaze fixed on King Nebeus Soldiers and the trolls who were just a little distance away from them.“ No, if we portal out of here we won't be able to save that girl they are dragging to the podium. I won't forgive myself if I leave without trying to save her because I am a woman like her. My spirit tells me she'll be of great assistance to us “ Gwen cut in before Gerald could answer Calanthe and Gerald was impressed at how reasonable Gwen was at that moment.“ This is the first time I have heard you say something very reasonable since I began to travel with you all, “ Tartarus said with a chuckle.