ETERNAL DESTINY: The World's Awakening

Prologue: Salvation, Honor & Sacrifice

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi there! Welcome to my first ever book that I've just made and thank you so much for choosing this book for you to read and enjoy. Please allow me to give you my humble appreciation on reading this book of mine. So yeah! Enjoy and have a happy reading! And oh! Take note of this... I don't know if I have executed my work correctly that of the authors who are good at writing books, so I don't know if the structure of my story is okay. So please do comment if it is alright. Just let me know what you think, okay? :D

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Prologue: Salvation, Honor & Sacrifice

"All are burning. Burning with no end. Way above the flames, there is a blanket of ash, the aftermath of this burning flare from the structures it scorches around me. I can see all of it flying and scattering through the air like a herd of helpless birds escaping from a certain tragedy. As soon as it all flies away, they will now become the impurities of the world, the people, and as myself too. A mark of our wrong deeds that cannot be forgotten. Now that everything is turning into a rot, I can sense that everyone feels this merciless suffering as well, choking in agony to this awful misery, for all of us to repent the sins that we have caused. But, why most people like me, just wanting to have justice and freedom, suffers also to this unforgivable fate of ours now? It's not fair for us people who only aims for the goodness of everyone, but in the end, we've became a part of this tragic disaster as well, along with the ones who are truly responsible for all these mayhem and destruction. So I ask, is this...what we deserve?"

In one silent land, everything is burning. At any point of view, the bright hot fire conquers the whole land. No life is likely spared and not a single plea is heard. The land is now nothing but a dead plain full of bright flare. However, among the flames that are scattered around, miraculously, one man is still breathing and alive while lying down on the ground with his tattered clothes and being in the midst of this chaos and despair.

In his thoughts, he asks a question if every single person who is innocent as him, deserves to embrace this unforgivable fate of suffering from this hellish ordeal and dying in this burning flare until each of their bodies turn into a pile of ash. No one has answered his question, and all he can hear is the sound of flames burning almost everything around him. Therefore, it is likely the end of everything, even his life.

But despite the fact that everything in his sight is at an end, within his mind, his hope is still intact and he believe that he has still a chance to save this land and fulfill the hopes of the people of bringing back the peace and freedom of this world. So he slowly lifts his body up from the ground with his arms and palms, places his feet down on the ground, and stands proudly with a support of a bamboo stick he holds with his trembling hands while in big pain and fatigue, to show that he has the strength to fulfill his wishes of this world.

However, with his current posture, he is definitely in no good shape to fight for more, because he is covered with big open wounds, his whole body is aching and exhausted, and all of his blood from his wounds flows dramatically. But through his eyes and expression, it seems that he do not mind all of these pains at all. Because with his eyes that of a desperate warrior, wanting to grab justice and salvation for all humanity, he believes that he can bring everything back that is long lost and he will pursue this belief, until the bitter end.

"You...should...stop this...nonsense!" He shouts this loudly that it echoes throughout the area, and it reaches to one individual of whom he wants to hear this demand of his, and that is the man solely standing and smirking right in front of him.

Through his looks, he is a middle-aged man, and he seems to be in the highest social status of the society because of his black formal suit that he wears. But even though that he looks descent from head to toe, it will never hide the stain that he has done to this land, because he is the cause of this mayhem and destruction right before them.