Harbinger: The Four Knights

The Knight of The Immortal Bodies And His Son

[Sometime in the future]

“Do you still not see the difference between humans and us young one? I’m sure you are regarded as the strongest of this generation but I utterly dent that, you have poisoned their mind into believing that you are human but in truth you are neither a human nor a demon- what are you? A question I’m sure that might have crossed your mind sometime in the past.” Jiu, a demon wearing a crown asked Amon who is restrained and stabbed by people with the same uniform as him. “Why have you gone silent my child? Do you want me to answer that question for you? A being neither human nor demon yet has the ability of both beings is nothing more than an abomination like those I have created.” Jiu said as he pulled Amon’s hair and forcefully lift his head but Amon just smiled at him. “Abomination you say? What nonsense are you talking about?”

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!

A sudden surge of violent energy pushed Jiu away from Amon immediately as the young one’s hair slipped off his hands. “What the heck is this?” Jiu’s eyes focused on the metal things that fell on the floor and his eyes widened as he recognizes the symbol on the bracers on the floor. “Impossible- there is no way that item is still around! It disappeared along with Astaroth!” Jiu shouted as the violent energy settled around Amon who is now enveloped with that very violent energy that pushed Jiu away. “Hey old man- your effort into answering that question was futile. I have the answer for myself, I didn’t need your help in anyway because I will uphold the peace that your former master, Astaroth would have wanted and I am sure both worlds would want that more than anything, therefore my answer to that question is, I am the messenger, I am the harbinger.” Amon replied with his eyes glowing a darker red color and a horn protruding from the left side of his forehead.

Once upon a time, in a world where darkness and chaos reigned, where murder and other heinous crimes are just  normal occurrence in the daily lives of the people, rose four knights from a place where peace and harmony is treasured above all they brought peace to the land from all and every directions. The north where the knight of eternal frost, Peter Faust who decided to purge evil doers with his enormous chilling magic and influenced the very land itself. The south where the knight of raging flames, Mark Saber who conquered evil and brought peace and prosperity in the land with a warm and gentle hand. The east where the knight of the turbulent winds, Razel Rojan who vanquished evil doers with her mighty violent wind. And lastly the knight of impregnable earth, Juda Sand eradicated the evil in the west with the unforgiving sands of the desert. All four  were recognized with their deeds thus giving them the right to rule the very lands that they saved.

But there is something that the public didn't know, there was another knight who went and conquered the shadowlands, the very heart of evil itself where the demons reside,  they who are blessed with the ability to conjure all the elements but at the same time cursed to bring waste to everything they see and touch. The knight of the immortal bodies conquered the land with nothing but words, he was able to bring peace to the residents of the shadowlands without killing a single soul but the empire did not acknowledge his deeds and banished him from the land where he once lived and grew. The other knights were not aware of what happened to their fellow knight as the empire made them busy and turn their back from their comrade. When everything was lost, the knight of the immortals returned to the shadowlands where the people welcomed him with open arms.

               As time passed by, the shadowlands were forgotten by the people and just lived on the legends as their lands flourished greatly after the purging of evil. Three years after the knight of the immortal bodies lived in the shadowlands, he married and had a son which he trained for a decade in the art of war and magic. The boy, Amon showed immense talent and enthusiasm in fighting and magic that even the elders of the shadowlands admit that his talent surpasses them from when they were in the same age and thus became the pride and joy of the land. His parents can never be more proud of their child that somehow stands in the boundary of demons and human and enjoys the benefit of both worlds.

The shadowlands is peaceful for almost 15 years, untouched by foreign hands but that peace is short lived, the fellow knight of the immortal bodies visits the forgotten shadowlands along with the envoys of the empire, the knight of the immortal bodies was alerted by the sudden visit by his comrade from the past. He ordered the residents to evacuate on to the evacuation center and were asked to stay there until further notice as he faces them alone, the elders and the other higher officials of the shadowlands opposed his decision because it was reckless but they could not do anything about it since he had already seen that a time like this is going to come sooner or later.

He walked in and intercept the group and saw his comrade again for the first time but it looked like his comrade did not recognize him at all and even pointed his sword towards him.

               “Are you a resident of this dreadful lands?” M ark Saber asked with great hostility, great enough to even coat his sword with an intimidating aura. The knight of the immortal bodies was shocked that even his comrade in arms that he spent half of his life speak to him in that manner. [There is no way Mark wouldn’t recognize me. For him to speak such words, this is unlike him at all.] Luke looks around and sees the expression that the envoy behind him has, the malicious expression on their faces. It was then that he realized, that his friend has been hypnotized, an art from the foreign lands that is exclusive only for a group of people. “To think that Freg is behind this, were they able to penetrate the empire as well?” he muttered to himself but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

In that instant, his friend attacked him without discretion but Luke blocked his attacks flawlessly. [You really are hypnotized Mark, you despise these styles of attacks the most. To think that they were able to get through you, the knight who has stronger will than any of us. This is vexing!] the attacks of his friend  became stronger but Luke did not held back and competed against his friend not to take him down but knock him unconscious.

FWOOOSH! KCHING! KCHINGGG!

They traded blows with their swords but Luke is already showing a lot more strength than his hypnotized friend. The envoy watching the fight slowly got a little concerned from what they are seeing and started to talk to each other out of worry.

“Leader, isn’t the knight of the raging flames looked like losing? The knight of the immortal bodies looks like he has more energy to spare even with their fierce battle while our knight looks like he is about to pass out. Isn’t it time to use his ability yet?” one of the envoy whispered to the other as the other one agreed and breaks a mysterious crystal on his hand. Luke saw the gesture of his comrade when he is about to use an ability. [No you don’t, I know it takes a few moments before you can release that raging flames of hell.] he told himself as he focused his energy to his legs which made him move behind his friends’ back in an instant and struck his back strong enough to lose consciousness.

PAK! THUD!

His friend fell on the ground and unconscious as the envoys flinch after seeing their puppet got taken down as they immediately ready their weapons. “All is still not lost!” the person who seems to be the leader of the envoy yelled as he takes out a huge mysterious crystal from his bag. [What the- I have never seen a crystal like that before. It releases some ominous aura, that crystal is bad news-] his thought was interrupted when he suddenly felt a little light headed and  takes a step back. He used his sword to prevent himself from falling on the ground as he stares at the crystal that the leader is holding and realized that the crystal is the reason for what he is experiencing. [Ho-w come th-ey are unaffected?] he thought as he started breaking some sweat but even with the current situation he still held his ground and even pointed his sword towards the envoys.

“To think that you are still able to resist the power of the crystal, you really are a wonder, knight of the immortal bodies. No wonder you were able to stay sane in this wretched lands where the demons reside.” The leader of the envoy said with a huge smile on his face. As Luke slowly started to lose consciousness and finally succumbed to it.

THUMP!

[What is this darkness?] Mark thought to himself.

“Huh? What the- arg!”

“Who in th-“

“A-a kid?”

“How can he do somethi-“

(Screams of pain and horror)

“Where did these kid-s come- from-“

[What are these noises?] Mark slowly started to regain consciousness and rubs his eyes but what welcomes him is a field covered in blood with a kid who is no more than 13 years old standing in the middle of the b****y field as another kid of the same age as him wipes the blood off the first kid’s body. He turned around and saw what he knew were the envoy of the empire entangles by trees and squished by gigantic arms made of earth and a bed of earth covered in flowers which another person lies down.

[What the hell happened here?] he thought to himself. The kid turned to him covered with bloodstains across his body and started to walk towards him.

“Are you uncle Mark?” the kid said with a smile on his face. “I’m really sorry for the unsightly view the moment you woke up but these guy were about to do something to father so I couldn’t just watch and decided to jump in. My father likes to talk about his experiences with you guys, whom he called his dear friends.” The kid said with a calm tone as he offered his hand to the knight of the raging flames as the knight tilts his head in curiosity. “Oh! I have not introduced myself, how rude of me. I am Amon, and my butler here is Abel. I am the first son of the knight of the immortal bodies, Luke Gajel, I am Amon Gajel.” He said as he introduced himself at the awfully surprised knight.