We had camped out for the night and were eating dinner when suddenly Kathryn came in like a storm, she was panting and sweat was falling like rain from every corner of her body.
- Kathryn what happened? Emilia asked and approached her.
- I just... discovered that... that...
- That what? Mark asked and looked at her curiously.
- The Black Priest... he wanted to come back to life, and Deus... he stopped him. She said and everyone was taken by shock.
- What? Goroh asked being the first one to regain his cool.
- He went to hell and made sure the Black Priest would stay there. Kathryn told us everything about what she had learnt and when I heard that Deus also wanted to stop the curse I couldn't hide my surprise.
- However, Kathryn how do you know all these? Jason asked her confused.
- Some villagers said that. Actually, they said that an eagle who could speak said that. She said and I finally understood why the people around here seemed okay with us. Carlos has already spread good gossip for the Deus.
- Well, at least we know that he also want to stop the curse right? Leon said and Elena nodded in agreement.
- Still, we have to find the other priests. Emilia said and everyone agreed with her.
- We have only one month to find all of them. Goroh said and that alone was enough to make nervous.
- Well we should rest for now and tomorrow we leave at sunrise. I said and stood up.
- You got it. Mark said and we all prepared to go to bed.
The night was quiet and we all slept well, it was a bit chilly out here but I was used to it and admitelly, I was also fond of it. Once the sun sent out his first rays we all woke up, well most of us. We had to wake the younger members of our team but it wasn't that big of a deal.
- Let's go everybody! Jasper said and I nodded.
After we actually got something to eat along the way we kept on walking for seven hours without a break. We stopped near the river Tsaila and from what Emilia told me, the name of the river meant "Moontears". It took it's name from a legend about the Queen of the Moon that fell in love with one of the priests but he didn't accept her love because of the positions each had and their responsibilities.
- It's sad. What happened to them after that big sister? Kathryn asked with teary eyes.
- The queen decided to leave her kingdom and become mortal but she took that decision too late, when she finally became human she learned that her beloved died in battle. She then came to this river where they first met and start crying endlessly. She cried for sixteen whole years and in the end, she turned into a marble statue and vowed to stay here until her beloved returns. There is a temple nearby her statue devoted to her and to her undying love and loyalty to her loved one.
- Can we go see it? Kathryn asked excited.
- Why not? It can be a good opportunity to ask for her blessing in our quest. Goroh said.
- That settles it. Mark said with excitment. We followed the flow of the river, it leas us to a high heel, there we saw the temple Emilia was talking about in her story. It was a big building that portrayed her life as a human, well more accurently her tragedy when she became human, in its walls, it had twelve large pillars holding it and the ceiling was a large round glass that reflected the light of the sun and the moon. We walked over to the temple and entered, making sure to be carefull with the items that were placed carefully and decorated this magnificent building. The story Emilia told us was also painted in the walls with better details and there were words written in the language of the priests that repeated the story we had previously heard, the sculptures were extremely beautiful as well, most of them were sculptures of heroes and legendary beasts. I thought I recognized some of them until I saw a sculpture of myself!
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The Dragon and the Black Sun.
FantasyPrince Max always dreamed of escaping his life as a prince. His wish is granted in the most unexpected way possible when a three thousand year old curse that shall be fullfilled with the arrival of the Black Sun. Max must search across the kingdoms...