Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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HARRRISON
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“You are to find a man who has been able to unlock his ungifted powers. Bring him here without harming him. Start your search from the Midlands. You must hurry as there is little time left; the king needs the man immediately. Take your best men and leave no trace back to the king.”

That was the order given to me by the King’s wizard, Merfisius. He didn’t need to describe the man to me as most of us already heard of the rumours of a man who was similar to the mad king of the south in power. He was said to have a Mane like a woman, something which is not strange in the land of the uncultured. I got my things ready and sent for my men, we took the fastest horses from the palace of the king and set for the midlands which was half a day’s journey from our location in the North. Most powerful men and women of Magic felt the strange gift some days back. It was quite the unusual surprise but I decided against going for the man as most others did. We all know that the strongest amongst us will succeed and of course kill anyone who opposed them in any way. The man we seek was said to have emerged from the kingdom of the south which means that he will also be wanted by him. If I can find whoever was sent by the mad king, it will make my mission easier.

I have been hunting men now for the old wizard for more than forty seasons and I have never failed him once. A man travelling with an old woman shouldn’t be much of a challenge. I had friends everywhere, especially in the midlands as that was the place where the gifted abided. There were few gifted ones in the North and the reason for that is still unknown. Some said most of the gifted ones moved to the midlands generations ago, leaving plain humans to occupy the North. Others said the north was cursed by very strong wizards in ancient times for reasons we do not know. Well, I was one of the few born with the gift and I decided to use mine in finding humans like myself. It was adventurous and it has brought me a lot of gold as reward. I got to hayville late in the afternoon and immediately set out for my friend who sells ale. There is nothing that happens here that he is not aware of.

“Old friend, how do you do?” I screamed when I saw him.

“The good spirits has surely been good with you. The years haven’t been kind to you, though.” I laughed and went straight to business.

“I have heard the rumours of a man with both sides of the gift. He is wanted by very powerful people and I have been paid handsomely well to find him. I was told that he passed through this town, surely I am not the last man to ask of a tall man with a mane travelling with an old woman.”

“Indeed, I heard the rumours and very few have asked that question. A woman particularly asked that question about two days back, she asked a lot of people but they didn’t have the answer.”

“I am sure you do.” “ Don’t flatter me, please. Men with long hair are not quite seen around here and if seen, they turn out to be the sons of the wealthy but about three nights ago, I saw a young couple. The man had a mane which was quite long and beautiful. I initially mistook him for a woman until I looked well. He was travelling with an even beautiful woman who had the gift with her; the man was a normal human being. They stayed at that inn over there and haven’t been seen afterwards, the same with the woman who asked for them.”

“Thank you for this old friend. You have been very kind.” I kissed him before dropping some pieces of gold with him. I headed straight for the inn and the man in charge repeated almost the same thing my friend already said. He said they went towards the path that led out of town after I dropped two pieces of gold on the table.

The path led to the quiet town Aydrindrill, where we were told that a man fitting the description I relayed to them went through the town square, towards the abandoned home of the famous witch – Laura. We rode all through the night and when we were close to the cabin, we decided to set up a little camp. I heard the sound of a horse and followed the noise. We found a horse tied to tree with some load on it. I dropped my things and searched through the bag, I found things that belonged to a woman. This must be the things of the woman tailing the man I seek. She tied her horse here, which suggests that she is not far away and has the intention to returning, probably with the man. I told the men to set camp some distance from where the horse was and take the horse with them. I smiled as I didn’t need to do much anymore, the woman will surely bring the man to us. Morning came and still the woman was yet to show up, as time went I became restless and the idle talk of the men with me didn’t help my mood. I still don’t know why men boast of sleeping with women who have been fvcked by the others like them. What is the pride in doing the same thing someone has already done, it has never made any sense to me. I was taken away from my thoughts when I saw a shadow moving quietly in the woods. The shadow was heading for the horse which meant the woman had finally come. Just as she was about to run away with her horse, I stood up and raised my voice. Immediately, my men went after her with me far behind in the pursuit. She smartly avoided the path, and instead used the woods. This made my men unable to shoot her; she passed through the cabin and headed for a narrow path which later lead to a bigger path. My men started shooting the instant she exposed herself which must have been desperation by her. I saw the tracks of a horse which meant the path was just used by someone. The arrows tore through her shoulders and after the same killed her horse, she ran and was easily caught by our men.

“He will come for me, he will come for Me.” she kept on repeating the same words. How could she be so sure the man would come for her? She was taken by one of the men and we headed for the cabin, waiting for her knight to come save her.

She was tied and after questioning her without getting any answers, I left her for the men to play with. I waited patiently for the man and it didn’t take too long as I heard laughter outside. I came out to find the foolish men I told to report anything they saw laughing at an old woman. I looked towards the woman and felt the unusual gift she carried within her. I have never in my years on this earth felt such unique gift, but the woman didn’t allow me finish with my observation as she threw me into the house. She must likely be a sorceress; I quickly got up to my feet to see two of my men fall like dead leaves from a tree. I returned the favor back to her and she flew into the man I was here to get. I sort to take the woman out of the show by burning her with the cursed flames but the man instead took the blast and I almost cursed my luck but stopped when I saw the most remarkable thing ever.
The flames went off when they came in contact with the man; I have never seen anything stop those flames before. This must be why this man was so valued, if one could have such powers, the limits one could go would be immeasurable. I ordered the men to go for the man instead and bring him to me. But it was of use as my men seemed only good at fvcking rather than fighting, they were easily bested by the man before they were finished off by the woman.

I knew I was at the disadvantage as I couldn’t best the man in a fight due to my age and having a sorceress by his side didn’t really help me. I moved for the woman we just captured and threatened to kill her if the man doesn’t surrender to me but instead of pleading for her, the man dragged the old woman to himself, telling me I could do whatever I wanted with her. I became angry and summoned the flames yet again which only weakened me but the man looked on which made no sense to me. Why come back for the woman and then watch her die? I grew tired of holdiing back the flames and hurled it at her and then watch to see her burn to the ground. But yet again, I watched another fascinating thing as the flames seemed to hit a wall when they came close to the woman and came back straight for me. I had little time to react before it consumed me; I died wondering how I failed to realize that the woman was a gordond.