My Journal of stories in Arthen

  12   Aim for the Skies   From the top with the four bells that rang every hour stood Squaz.   His eyes caught a glimpse of blue bonfire with white tips on the flames.   It was a signal for a gesture meeting.   Squaz wanted to know what Jules could want from him.   He gulped a breath and climbed down from the top of the tower.   He dashed his way to the bonfire in the palace grounds.   He noticed the gate was open for his travels.   There were no guards at any suspicious posts. He stayed on his guard for his own protection.   Then his nose smelled a scent from his childhood.   It was his mother’s perfume from flowers.   Squaz was worried about this situation.   He prayed that he was mistaken.   When he made it to the bonfire.   They’re standing Jules holding someone.   He turned around and the smell led to his mother being in the clutches of the hands of Jules. “Wait.   Please don’t hu...

  11   Completion of the First Task of Improvement   Squaz tried to force his way to the corrupted grave, but the sheer force kicked him back.   The old man rose from his bench.   He wanted to know the reason on the living soul of this man being able to be in two dimensional realms.   Squaz ordered for the spirit to grip his hand to give him more power.   The dead soul called out to the other souls for help. His turquoise crystal around his neck absorbed the spirits from this graveyard.   Shards of spirits split into many on the ground of the infected soul.   Each one opened a slit for his sword to cut into the ominous soul.   Gases of poison squirted out from the slicing of the sword.   Squaz vanquished the corrupted grave and cleansed the entire graveyard in front of the two mystery men. “Come with us for a discussion with our holy master.” He got into their metal armor carriage for another destination ride in the ci...

  10   Reveal in the Spirit World   His adult self-appeared in his spiritual realm needed a viral connection to the open spiritual realm.   He read about it in one of his spiritual books.   He recalled that it needed a pierce of his own blood in this realm.   He slit a cut on his right palm and squeezed the drops of blood onto the ground.   That trick was the only way of a viral connection to open the world of the spiritual realm. Squaz strolled out from under a weeping willow tree.   He saw enormous animals that were stalking as they walked swiftly.   Then he saw a massive fox demon.   It hurled its body in the direction of Squaz.   There it formed a kind woman spirit.   She wanted to know why he came back to these lands. “I needed to reconnect my inner self with the spiritual world.” The world was circled by a dragon that made up this outer world.   It formed an older gentleman with a long beard of snow. ...

  9   First Encounter   The night on a full bloody moon the palace welcomed the people of Gorge City.   The men were dressed in a casual wear.   The women wore dresses.   The banquet was an open buffet for the citizens, and the band played melodies for waltzes.   They were required to wear masks to cover their identities.   Jules eyed the men and women from a dual stairwell.   He searched for someone out of the ordinary. There was someone in a corner isolating himself from the crowd.   He was wearing teal casual clothes along with a turquoise mask.   Jules whispered to some assistants to keep an eye on the man in the corner.   He welcomed his guests by shaking some hands.   His wife made her way over to her husband.   The queen and king had the first dance of the night.   Then others followed in suite. The clock was fixing to ring at midnight.   The ball and banquet were getting to a closing cere...