My Journal of stories in Arthen

  13   The Truth Awaits   “You must defeat the Tallach deep within this mountain.” Squaz recalled from his readings that a Tallach was the gateway to the Underworld’s Lair.   He didn’t quite understand how to defeat one.   In the readings a Tallach was tall as a two-story building.   It had three claws on each hand.   Its face had a snout with two sharp teeth on the top and bottom.   He gulped anxiously on seeing this limited ancient beast. The thing that stood out for Squaz was how did the Seers of Five knew about the fate of Sammatha.   His train of thought was how to save his mother from the depths of hell.   He also recalled that when a living being enters the gateway of hell that person must dive into the pool of souls.   In his turquoise crystal around his neck already had five souls.   He needed to combine his crystal with his long sword. The engravements would make his blade be able to cut the thick shell ...

  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...

  8   Doing a Favor Task   Squaz closed the black box.   It was a riddle.   He knew the answer.   The Seers of Five were captured in this black box.   There was a faintish voice in the air.   It was a warning to Squaz.   But he needed to officially know the true reason behind his own existence.   The rest of the way was a spiral passageway tunnel.   Then fireballs shot up in the center of the mountain. Squaz overheard some screams from the top of the mountain.   There were five spiritual braziers that formed a pentagon.    There standing in front of Seers of Five was the future of Astorie.   The eldest sister ordered Squaz to divide up their ashes from the black box.   He used a teaspoon for the dividing. Each spiritual brazier was lit with a different color.   The first one was white.   The second one was blue.   The third one was black.   The fourth one was green.   The...

  7   Cloak of Reverence   His cloak absorbed magic.   It blasted the traps ahead of his passageway.   He lit all the torches for a well-lighted pathway.   The rats ran from the light.   Several climbed down the center of the mine.   A bolt of spark balls flew from the bottom of the center of the mine.   Skeletons roamed free from the tomb.   One of them rattled off about the Tomb of Eastern Realm. Squaz paused his thought process and wanted to investigate this Tomb of Eastern Realm.   His vision could spot any secret doors or tablets on the floor.   Then something flashing red forced him to levitate down and examined the lever in the wall.   It was a chain with a ring for pulling on it.   He tugged at it and mysteriously the wall opened with a spiral staircase. The torches lit up in a neon blue with white tips at the top of each flame.   Squaz stayed on his guard as he crept down the steps.   Hi...

  6   Journey to Seers of Five   Sammatha cried all night long.   She received the letter by crow for her son.   She saw the full blood moon in the sky.   It was time for Squaz to seek out the Seers of Five.   Her son patted her back to calm her.   He glanced at the angle of the letter to him.   He saw a symbol on it that was branded on him from birth. It was official for Squaz.   He would make the trip to the mountain.   His first task for him would be to eliminate the hunter.   He packed three days of rations for his travels.   He wore the cloak to hide his sword.   He would vengeance his animal friend. Squaz arrived at the end of the spiritual barrier.   He extended his left arm and touched it with his palm.   There it opened a spiritual doorway.   He didn’t look back.   This would officially start his journey.   He crouched down and hid in the bushes for the rest of the night. ...

  5   The Troublesome Son   Five years later the mystical savior was five years old.   Sammatha received some enchantment books for her son to read and self-taught himself.   He would focus his energy on one specific spell until he mastered it.   He spoke about realizing about a spiritual barrier hiding them in this mythical forest. He spoke his name for the world of Astorie to understand.   “Squaz was my name.” He was also taught by the animals of the forest.   BioBears taught him how to fight.   BioDeer taught him how to leap in the trees.   BioSquirrals taught him how to climb and jump from tree to tree.   After his lessons from the animals, he would go back to his books on learning. His first spell was how to levitate in midair.   He gripped his fists full of static electricity that equipped him hovering over a bonfire pit.   His mother congratulated her child on developing his first handle of a spell. ...

  4   Investigate this Slave   Jules paced in a circle in front of his wall mirror.   There he was bothered by an enchantment voice.   It displayed a vision of several slaves that were women.   He took matters in his own hands.   He tracked down these twelve women.   He asked for the mirror to disguise himself into a peasant to blend in with his slaves. He used the codename Lif.   He went to the slave residential section in the capital city of Gorge City.   He put on his plain white T-shirt and jeans to work in the mines.   He waited for the bus to travel the other slaves to the mines.   When they arrived, a receptionist handed out the picked axes to the slaves.   He waited for a water slave woman to come by with some water.   He identified a slave woman from the mirror. He magically marked the water slave girl.   He worked labor hours until the shift master rang the bell.   He gathered his wages...

  3   Evolving Oneself   The orbs dissolved as Jules was healed.   He noticed there was a view looking up at a golden statue.   He would make the climb to the top.   He felt something as he strolled to the statue.   In his pocket was a uniocular from viewing through it.   This golden statue felt different for some kind.   He started climbing up.   It took him some time to be careful climbing.   There were three different suns setting at different levels in the sky. “What was this place?”   He took out his uniocular for viewing.   In front of him lay an ultimate power source.   Then behind him was complete darkness.   Two different kingdoms in Istric.   He still couldn’t find a way out of this dimension.   There were no other different kinds of living beings present.   He parachuted down from the statue.   The light source was east from here, and the darkness was west. “Hello! ...