Magnifico

Take over

Jonas had woken up from sleep, gasping for air, his neck was paining him as though he was muffled with a piece of fabric. He couldn’t believe what he saw in the dream, he really hoped this wasn’t happening to him in real-life because the feeling he had didn’t appear like a dream to him. It happened that Jonas was still lying on his bed, he tried to go outside to have some fresh air when he noticed that there was someone hiding in the dark.

At this point, he was gripped, clasped, and overwhelmed with fear. The wind and the breeze infiltrating his room extinguished his candlelights but before the last one could go off, he saw a shadow of someone as if someone was watching him. “Who is there? Show your self” he asked in anxiety. Behold; it was Magnifico and he didn’t utter a word, he left instead.

Jonas started to worry; what could make Magnifico watch him in the dark as though he was being targeted. To him, it seemed very unpleasant and very alarming, but he kept it to himself. The following morning, Jonas left to the Palace, and when he got to the palace, He couldn’t believe what his eyes saw. “is that Magnifico sitting on my throne?” The king was shocked to see that the beast he had brought and restrained to be his solder has started showing some unusual attitude and this started to worry him. He remembered the dream he had the night before and also remembered to have seen Magnifico in the spate of darkness.

“King Jonas, I think my reign has come. It is time I start showing the world the man behind the mask of your success and glory. I Magnifico, the spirited fighter of Sytrits, the dead soldier of the netherworld shall from today onwards, rule over Alaphas and its acquired provinces” Magnifico said in his thick and deep voice.

“You can’t achieve anything without my help,” said Jonas in retribution. As Magnifico heard this, he stood up and hurried towards Jonas; encircled his hands around Jonas's neck, and lifted him up like a child.

“Without your help? You can’t be serious. You have absolutely nothing of value to me. You’re useless, you are human, you are vulnerable.” Magnifico told Jonas angrily as he leaves him to fall from a height more than 11foot tall. The king fell down gasping for air and he was engulfed in fear.

“How could this be possibly happening? I still can’t believe that dug my own grave all this period” Jonas questioned himself momentarily. “I will fix this” he added. Everyone knelt down for Magnifico who has become the new leader of Alaphas. He has overthrown Jonas and it all happened too fast; a sudden change of power was what Jonas never thought of these while, he didn’t see that coming, and not even his evil laugh could save him. Jonas never believed that this could happen to him, him above all people. He didn’t reckon a seamless coup could ever remove him as a king. The king thought of a second plan and was looking for a means to execute it. He had a secret weapon; the scroll was stolen from a temple in Sytrits; the land of the dead.

“If you bow down to me as your new King, I will consider sparing your life. But if you go contrarily, or find any reason to defy my orders here, I will snap your throat and eat your hearts. I will chop off your testicles and have a taste of those two balls that made you did what you did” Magnifico echoed.

All the people in the room bowed down immediately to Magnifico except Jonas who was still awed by what was happening in his kingdom. He was still thinking about how to bring back the hand of time and make things go back the way it used to be but to no avail.

“Jonas” Magnifico echoed with his deep voice “ kiss my toes now”

Jonas who had no choice had to bow down in humiliation, knelt down, and kissed Magnifico's right toes. Magnifico raised his left foot and matched Lucas on the head...

“from now on, I give orders around here. I’m your new King and I need to be treated as one” said Magnifico who was looking directly into Lucas's eyes. Lucas was helpless at this point, he had to bear the shame because to him, it was momentarily and won’t last; so he thought. Lucas was ousted from the palace by his soldiers on the orders of Magnifico. But before Lucas left the palace, he went straight to his racks where he had hidden the scroll he stole from Sytrits, brought it out secretly, and stashed it inside his coat, at his back pocket. He was shown to his new quarters and the palace was left for Magnifico to handle as it pleases him.

The following morning, Magnifico assembled soldiers right in front of the palace entrance. He also summoned Jonas and ordered him to be in attendance. When Jonas arrived, he saw Magnifico standing at the frontline addressing the soldiers and telling them about the sudden change of power. He told them that he is their new Commander in chief. He also recognized Jonas as a very important person in the affairs of the country. Jonas was watching in anguish as he was reduced to a mere public servant by the beast, who didn’t even acknowledge his royalty, status, or who he is or rather in this case, who he used to be. He was humiliated and pained by Magnifico's words as though he was struck with a sharpened claw. He has never felt that embarrassed in his entire life; made him felt like digging a hole in the ground to hide from the shame that revolved around him. He had to bear the shame of looking into the eyes of the soldiers he used to order around, and be used to humiliate, soldiers that feared him. The way Jonas sees the world started changing; the once most feared tyrant man has been reduced to a mere official by a creature he invited himself to his palace.

“I will be the king of the entire provinces and all the territories….” Magnifico said hysterically.

At this point, Jonas started devising a hidden agenda, he wished to share it with someone to know what the person's suggestion would be but not like he had a wife or kid he could share things with. He has always had concubines and prostitutes brought to him to keep him satisfied and happy. He thought of going to Quinax and surrendering himself to their King in an exchange for very important information concerning Magnifico, he thought maybe he may be given a chance when he tells them how important it is to keep him alive because he holds the key to Magnifico's destruction. He was going back to his quarters after he had met Magnifico when all these thoughts came to his mind.

In the night, Magnifico had gone to a pagoda near the north side of the palace; he was conjuring and invoking dark Powers. This he had done every night to strengthen and renew his energy. He stays alone while doing this and no soldier is found anywhere near the pagoda. It is believed that Magnifico's strength and power come from black magic and no natural power could have easily eliminated him or have him killed.

Jonas had wondered why Magnifico had constantly gone to the pagoda alone every night, so he became very furious. He too went out the same night to see for himself what Magnifico does inside this mighty pagoda alone by himself. He left his quarters, approached the pagoda from the side; hid along the wallflower at a point where he could be eavesdropping and peeping to see and hear what Magnifico was up to.

“ Muraki bshh demooone baski estraaadeee, nostre dome okipus sanchili…….” Magnifico was saying quietly as he was conjuring and making blood sacrifices.

Jonas saw as his strength, body changed. His muscles changed and every part of his greenish veins became visible. His eyes glowed into a whitish crystalline bulb and Jonas could sense the power in the room... He has never seen anything like it and never knew Magnifico could have such power.

Magnifico comes to the pagoda off and on to renew his energy and strength through the offering of blood sacrifice and conjuring some kind of spirit by casting spells he had memorized in his head. Without doing this, his energy will be weak and his weaknesses can easily be squelched by people around him. This is the last thing Magnifico would want to happen to him; to reveal his weaknesses to anyone and if he finds out anyone knows about it, the person would certainly be eliminated.