The Forbidden Forest

The Curse And Death Of Severous

The ground then shook for some time until the Halloxian army left. They were overjoyed and tossed cookies as they went back to the Halloxian Kingdom after they successfully defeated Severous and destroyed his kingdom into ashes.

Even if they did not get the Venomial power from Severous, they were glad to know that Severous was now counting the little seconds left in his life. Halloxian made a feist to honor the good fortune that befell on their kingdom.

Halloxian danced below the cresent moon of the night, the whole kingdom drunk and ate the flesh of the animals that they took from Monandria as scraps. Everyone was overjoyed and the same went for Senophie. She sat on her throne thinking how Severous was now enjoying his life in the underworld.

Nobody was not drunk at that moment. Some Halloxian laid down and some fell asleep under the moonlight.

Senophie stared at the night sky and praised her ancestor for their powerful and poisonous weapon that she used to defeat her enemy. She knew that Severous was now dead and the Venomial power that could kill her bloodline and ruin the kingdom that her ancestors built for the Halloxian was now gone.

She couldn't sleep that night. Her mind was taken by what had just transpired. Because from then on, now that Severous was dead, she would be the strongest individual in the immortal world.

Meanwhile, Severous' seemingly dead body was left alone inside the forest of Monandria that had just turned into ashes. But a trace of life was still within him as he was holding the last thread of his life. But it appeared that his life would not last for too long.

Severous opened his eyes, but his eyes contained fury and were full of resentment. His heart was filled with hatred and revenge seeing his beloved Monandria being swept away by the cold wind. The entire forest turned into dry land and there was a little life left inside. The Great tree of Aodoe in the middle of the forest, the heart of Monandria, turned dark and was gradually being blown away by the strong breeze.

With gritted teeth, and with great difficulty, Severous used all the strength left in him to get up. But it was to no avail. His body trembled and his legs didn't give him the strength to do so. He endured the stinging pain on his chest and back pierced by the sharp and poisonous arrow.

"Arghhh!" Severous gnashed his teeth as he made a valorous voice to remove the pain he felt even for a little bit of time. He slowly moved and crawled like a snake. He scratched the ground and groped some things that became his strength to his end. His breath was fading, and seeing that he'd no hope to live, he closed his eyes as he embraced the journey to death.

The dark clouds then gathered and the door of the heavens was opened. Even the heavens was mourning for him as the heavy rains poured down from above. They then fell on his body and be blended into his blood.

As the rains fell, the strike of thousand bolts of lightning came from the heavens. Severous' blood flowed in every direction of the forest. The tremendous roared of the thunder was could be heard everywhere. It even seemed like it was awakening his consciousness and taking his soul to the underworld of the dead.

The very few animals that survived moaned for the king. They screamed and cried out loud as they emerged from the place where they hid. They all stared at the dark clouds above and theirs tears were accompanied by the rain.

For a moment of time, a magnificent voice was could be heard all over the forest. The sweet and pleasing voice of a woman touched the consciousness of Severous. The breeze and the droplets of the rains caused him to open his eyes and gave him the will to fight for his life till the poison stopped scattering all over his body.

The warm voice of a woman from somewhere whispered to Severous' ear as he just realized that he was now lying down on the ground before the Great Aodoe.

"Severous... Shhh... The poison made by the three Halloxian queen is the curse that only destiny can be the antidote. You must take a rest my prince and let your power decide who will be the next one that will weild the Venomial power."

As Severous heard the voice that sounded in his ears, he raised his head that was facing the ground. He could see that the Aodoe tree was just in front of him as he stared at it intently. Slowly, and with his trembling hand, he raised his right hand and then grazed the trunk of the tree with it.

With gritted teeth, he tried his hardest to flip his body around. Now that he was facing the dark sky, and the braches of the Aodoe tree, he muttered in the rainy night, "Spirit of Monandria, my end is your end too. Our life is connected to each other. So for Monandria to continue to exist, I'm begging you to take my life according to your will. Let the destiny take the Venomial power to whoever deserves it."

His voice was trembling as he spoke. Severous still couldn't believe what had just happened to him a momeent ago. Just by thinking about it, He suddenly felt furious as he gained a little strength. So with great difficulty, he got up from the ground as he panted and sat. After which, he turned his head around to see the Aodoe tree as he reached his hand towards it.

Gasp, gasp, gasp.

Severous was having a hard time catching his breath but even so, when he touched the trunk of the tree, he took a deep breath and then tried to stand up using the little bit of his strength and with the support of the Aedoe tree.

After successfully standing with great effort, Severous spoke in a low voice as he chanted a curse, "Now, my end has come. And my blood that drenched my body would be the same blood that would flow into the veins of the new prince of Monandria. His heart would be filled with revenge and cruelty, he would never pity anyone that would become a hindrance for him to do whatever he wants. His eyes would be terrible than mine. My flesh would be his flesh. My destiny would never be written on his hand again. My enemy would be his enemy. And The Venomial power that I currently have would make him the most powerful and ferocious prince that would hold the Venomial power. Venom would be your name as regards towards the Venomial power that would run into your veins.”

After he spoke the curse for the next prince, he couldn't help smiling even with the extreme pain that the poisonous arrow had caused him.

Cough!

Severous felt his strength slowly leaving him again. His hands and face were both pale. His entire body was cleansed and the blood that fell from his lips and body was being washed away by the heavy rain. The coldness of the surrounding caused him to kneel again on the ground. Both of his arms fell on each side of his body until he felt his consciousness was slowly fading. Just after some time, he then fell on the ground with a thud.

The whole forest was filled with darkness and the moan of the thunder was could be heard. The lightning struck the ground plenty of times as the animals in there moaned in their heart's content while they watched the dead body of the prince of the devil who was laying on the ground breathless.

In next to no time, a sudden occurrence happened. Severous who was lying on the ground lifelessly was surrounded by a dark shadow that got out from his dead body. The strong breeze that came from the four corners of the world blew towards the dead body of Severous.

After a few moments, the dark shadow flew away from his body and went above. It was, of course, the Venomial power that the Halloxian was so afraid of.

When the Venomial power came out, the body of Severous had slowly turned into ashes as it accompanied the wind to travel into the place where he must belong.

“Rumble, rumble.”

The ground then shook, it was as if Monandria was growling in a pained voice. The sound was heard across the kingdom and it made every living being in there burst into tears again.

The entire forest, as well as the heavens, gave their empathy towards the fall of the great prince. They were saddened by the destiny that Severous had suffered.

Severous' body that turned into ashes was taken by the dark shadow above and the strong whirls brought the ashes to the place that no one knew where. It left no marks on the ground, not even a trace of his blood. As if Severous didn't even exist in the first place.

The entire forest was left alone under the mourning of the clouds and thunder. And some of those trees and plants that turned into ashes were carried away by the rain. The wonders that Monandria had, were now ruined into ashes, and the power that only the prince possessed, had returned to the place that no one could imagine where. Unless the Venomial power chose its destiny again.