The Peerless Man With a Thousand Gifts

227 The Garden Of Prophecies

Author's POV

[Does the story end here? Is this the epilogue?]

[Evil won? Good was defeated?]

[The prophecy failed? The chosen one fell before meeting his nemesis?]

[Do you think I am kidding, and Victor survived? I can say with absolute certainty that he died in the battle for Springfield Beach.]

[If you think a man hacked into two halves can come back to life, you've been reading too many fantasy stories]

[You don't believe me? Let's read the chapter to confirm the fact.]

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The ground was flush with freshly cut grass dappled with dew. Daylight was receding, and it was hard to tell whether the sun was rising or setting.

A teenager lay on the grass in deep slumber as a warm breeze flowed down the meadow. It was pleasant, but not for long.

The sun gradually dipped below the horizon. It could now be conclusively said it was evening. With dramatic rustling and crackling, hedges rose around the boy to form natural alleys. Larks and owls began singing their cacophony in the dark.

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