The Forbidden Forest

Venom (1)

As the thunder roared across the entire forest, layers of rocks lying silently on the ground were suddenly brought up to the air and caused a crushing sound.

Boom!

The rocks then flopped heavily on the ground. The ground shook intensely as if afraid of something that was about to come.

It was the Last Element! It was finally awakened!

After some time, when everything seemed to calm down, a luminous light appeared on the left of the dark forest. Thousands of mysterious things that seemed like fireflies had suddenly flown into the misty dark night.

Simultaneously, the door of the heavens was closed and the heavy rain stopped pouring on the ground. The thousand bolts of lightning and the great roar of the thunder returned to the heavenly place where they belong.

There was something that emerged from the luminous lights but it had a murky image as it was covered in a dark fog. Then the image spoke with short deficient in length but dexterous words that made everything stop.

"Listen my beloved Monandria, the prince is now gone but the destiny of Venomial power will be the guide for everything around you. The renaissance of the second potent prince of darkness was about to come. Don't be worried nor feel bothered... For he would come."

It was a voice of a woman! After her exquisite word was heard in the entire forest, the short calmness of the forest had ended. It was replaced by an intensive and resounding sound that came from the underground.

After which, the murky image, the Last Element, returned under the ground accompanied by the luminous lights that surrounded her. The entire forest continued to shake and the trees couldn't help swaying. The dying tree of Aodeo became lush again as it sprouted bloody red leaves and gained its former appearance. The roots, the trunk, and even its branches came back into their natural strength. The dark shadow on the other hand began to fly towards it. And then it surrounded the Aodeo tree and it seemed like it was embracing the entire tree by its potent power.

When the shadow went to the Aodeo tree, the tree became more powerful and wonderous. The trunk became stronger and the branches pointed in all directions of the forest. The leaves were tightly holding on to its branches as it seemed like they wouldn't fall even if it was against the strongest typhoon.

Its vine became thorny, there were no flowers nor a single fruit bore on its branches. The roots grew bigger than ever that it scattered all around the ground.

Then when the tree had transformed, the dark shadow landed on the ground. It stood and formed whirls that made small stones and sands levitate in the midair accompanied by the bushes and small branches that were carried by the wind.

The dark shadow began to form as an image of a man finally appeared. The man who was wearing black hoody long sleeves that reached onto the ground. The mysterious man stood within the dark shadow that swirling around it.

Thereupon, the dark shadow vanished and the unknown man remained standing in the midair.

The splitting breeze removed the hood of the man as it revealed his nonchalant but cold expression. The man who landed on the ground then opened his terrifying eyes and stared at the dimly lit night sky.

The whole forest shook and the wild animals screamed as their voices echoed all over the forest. Every wild animal in the area was amazed when the face of the man was revealed. His face was perfectly made, his small red lips seemed like the blood that flows from Severous' body when he was killed by the Halloxian queen, Senophie.

The enticing eyes of the man were beautified by the brownish color of the pupil of his eyes. His lash and his shaggy eyebrows were dark as the shadow. His fists were strong that could crush everything into pieces.

His hair was nicely cut. His ears could hear the sound of the wind. He understood the hidden message that the breeze conveyed.

His pointed nose gave him a perfect aura that could attract any woman all over the kingdom. His white soft skin became fairer with the black hoody clothes that he wore.

The blood running into his body made his veins turned into greenish color. As he smiled, his teeth became the diamond of his face that made everything so wonderous.

The birth of the new prince was witnessed by the forest of Monandria. The whole forest was overjoyed for the new creature that the Venomial power had chosen as its destiny.

For a moment of time, a deep, loud, and fearless voice of a man echoed in the entire forest. The man with a black cloak walked on the sandy ground.

"I am Venom, the Venomial power runs into my veins. I am created by the natural power that it has... Listen, forest, by its power I am here. Its powerful energy gave me life."

Before he continued, Venom walked around and his voice trembled and confidently roared, "Monandria... Listen! My life is a part of this kingdom. My power will be the protection against those who intended to enter this forest without my permission. As your prince, I will never let anyone of you be blown away by the wind. I will never let anyone ruin this kingdom ever again..."

After which was said, Venom walked towards the Aodoe tree and kneeled with one of his knees in front of it. He then vowed his head and kissed the ground where he came from. He closed his fearless eyes for a moment, and when he opened it again, he swept his gaze on the surroundings that Monandria currently had.

He saw how chaos made everything in the forest lose its wonder. The trees swayed and some that turned into ashes were blown away by the wind. No flower bloomed around anymore. Many wild animals turned into corpses and those few who survived were hiding behind the huge rocks or tree trunks to protect themselves from dangers. There was no beauty inside the forest, even the moon chose to hide and refused to see the chaos that happened to Monandria.

It seemed like a desert, the bushes were dry and the magnificent place became horrible for the next Elements and other things that might live inside. No beauty could be found everywhere. The moon became stingy as it hid itself behind the misty cloud. The raindrops came back to the storage of the heavens.

For another moment of time, Venom flew above the dark surroundings and looked for the things that he could do to beautify and bring back the natural beauty of Monandria. As such, he opened his hand and then clenched it into a fist. He then called the living Elements under the ground. His terrifying voice was could be heard above.

"Forest of Monandria, the home of mysterious and horrible creatures... I summoned the Elements that were sleeping for over thousand of years, and let our powers join together. As your prince, my power will give you eternal life. And now, I command the ground below to let the Element of the Earth be awakened from its slumber.”

Rumble! Rumble!

After a moment, a loud and terrifying sound was could be heard. The ground trembled and the wind was angered.

One of the Great Three Elements came out from below and emerged above the ground. She had a human-like body and had a skin that looked like a tree trunk. It appeared that she was able to command and give life to all plants and trees. Her feet seemed like the root of the tree. Her hair was made of bushes. Her name was Sycorax, the first among the Three Great Elements that Venom had awakened.

Sycorax stared at Venom who was floating above. Her eyes were filled with reverence as she bowed her head and praised the new and mighty prince who gave her eternal life.

Venom, on the other hand, stared at the Kerberos river at the edge of the forest. He pointed the water with his forefinger and commanded the Second Element in it with his powerful and resounding voice.

"Kerberos, the greatest among all living things in this forest, I called your Element to rise and show his power in front of me."

The water of the Kerberos river began to shuttle. From its deepest part, an image of a man made of water had appeared.

After which, he went on the surface of the river. He then took a couple of steps as his feet finally touched the dry land and turned everything wet when he stepped on it. He was Hydrox, the Second Element that protects all aquatic plants and animals.

As Venom awoke the two Great Elements, he decided to descend on the ground and awake the Last Element, the great Orion. But then, he already knew how powerful Orion was, so he let it sleep on its nest. He would summon it if the enemy attacked Monandria again.