*before reading, please be aware that the tale uses different perspectives of different people, though the events follow sequentially, it may/may not be told from a different character. The perspective could also change within a chapter. For easier understanding, please take note of the divisions between/within chapters.

Act 1: Night Of the Goddess

CHAPTER 1

"Tell me, would you change your destiny if you could?"

It was a question that someone asked me before. It made me wonder, is there really a destiny? A destiny is something that you will end up having to do ,something you WILL be, something that you wont be able to avoid, you just have to wait till all these things happen to you… but if you are able to change it, why bother calling it "destiny"?

I walked on the sandy ground under the scourging heat of the sun. I covered my face with my hood, tightened my grip of my backpack and walked further.

The place im going is not further away, rather, all the thinking and reminiscing made my lost my track of time. A week worth of travel seemed just a day to me.

I looked forward and knew I was already close, I saw a shadow amidst the illusions the god of the desert made: it was the city.

I stopped walking, something was close, rather, it was already watching me the moment I crossed the desert. I took out my wooden sword and waited patiently for something to happen.

That "something" also realized that I sensed him, so It appeared in front of me like a shark jumping out trying to eat its bait above the water.

Its claws tried to slash me, but I dodged the second it attacked. I looked at it closer. It was a lion like demon but had scales like of a snake had a head of a dog and had eyes of an eagle.

"Oh my" a demon trying to greet me in this desert, im flattered"

Apparently the demon didn't want to talk…or it couldn't…whatever, but one thing's for sure: it wants to eat. It's mouth was flowing of saliva and crouching down to tackle it's meat he hasn't seen for weeks

I prepared for its attack, tightening the grip of my weapon, squatted down ready for anything.

Then it charged.

After a while, the demon lay before me, lifeless. It wasn't much of a task though, barely a warm up. I smashed its fangs and its horn with my sword to sell it to the nearby town, just enough for three days of sleep and food.

After I guess… 2 hours? I reached the city wall. It was huge: of course, only stupid people WOULDN'T make one even if their town is in the desert surrounded by monsters.

I knocked at the huge gate, a small hole opened up in front of me: in the hole a pair of eyes appeared, glared at me then the owner of the eyes spoke

"who goes there?"

"My name is Reeso Zenix" I replied "I am a merchant who has travelled to long distances to reach this place, I wish for food and shelter, please let me in"

I didn't have to be a mind reader to notice the man was puzzled, very puzzled. I know right now he's thinking "what the hell is this kid doing in the middle of the desert? How did he cross the desert be himself? And did he just say he was a merchant?

"how old are you"

"13"

"How in the world did a child like you survive the desert?" The man asked suspiciously

"dunno… luck I guess" I replied jokingly

The man fell silent for a while, then began speaking again

"many people had come and go in this gate and for 2 years has only accepted 9 people, why should we let you in? a person whose probability of being a demon for me is the highest?"

I took out the demon's horn and showed it in front of the eyes.

"Is this proof enough? I Sell stuff" I said in a monologue tone

I put the horn back to my backpack and saw that he was startled.

He closed the hole, for a few minutes opened the slightly opened the gate, big enough for me to enter.

But as I entered armed soldiers stood in front of me and one of them was the man whose eyes I recognized.

"I'm sorry, we just have to check your belongings just to make sure"

The moment I Passed the gate, the guard accompanying the man were surprised on how big the backpack I was carrying

I tossed my backpack in front of them, the backpack was so heavy that the ground almost cracked… they were more surprised.

"How in the world are you able to carry this? Its thrice as big as you are!" then soldiers became more alert.

One of the guards pointed their spear at me "you're not human are you?"

I grinned and went closer to the backpack I threw

"DON'T COME CLOSER!" said the man, gripping the spear tighter with his shaking hands

"wait, im just going to get something"

One soldier tried to stab me with his weapon, but I stopped with my hand.

I glared at him

"I said WAIT" and I snapped the spear with one hand

The soldier shaking ,fell back and landed with in his bottom

"h-he…. He's not human!"

"He IS a demon! Men! CHARGE!"

What the hell? They let me in and now they're trying to kill me? What's the point in letting me enter in the first place? Good thing I got what I wanted.

Before they struck the first strike, I showed them what I got in my backpack

"look closely"

As they looked at the object, they fell petrified, and couldn't move at all, I wanted to remind them to breathe, but oh well…

I asked " do you know what this is?"

They looked at me with shaking eyes, and took a look again at the object.

The man, answered "th-that's…."

"CORRECT!" I shouted and the soldiers jumped in surprise.

" I am, the one and only student of THE savior of the world fifty years ago the one who linked the gods and the humans, the one who stopped the demons in the first war of the gods, the one and only student of Rex Flyigther.

The soldiers became pale as I continued: "This crystal object right here is the staff of Eis the goddess of destiny, the staff that was given to Rex with other two gifts, the staff that symbolized peace and the acceptance of the people of their destiny. Rex gave it to me as a proof that all is skills and knowledge has passed down to me."

After a short silence, one soldier asked: "how would we know it's the real thing?"

"crystals made from the heavens NEVER break, they are one thousand times harder than diamonds."

I went near my backpack and took out a sledgehammer, I saw the soldiers faces with " WHY DOES A KID HAVE A SLEDGEHAMMER IN HIS BAG?" written all over them.

I threw the staff to the ground, pulled one soldier, made him hold the sledgehammer.

"try to break it" i asked the soldier.

The soldier swung the hammer and hit the staff with all his might, but the staff didn't have any scratch at all. I asked to do it again, and again, until other soldiers joined in and took turns in breaking the staff… it was amusing watching them…seriously…

They gave up, they realized that I was telling the truth and backed off.

"Im sorry sir for our rudeness, welcome to the city of Eisaeria."

I smiled and took the staff from the ground

"ONLY 50000 gold pieces! so… who's interested?"

The soldiers look at me curiously

"interested in what?"

"DUH in buying it!"

"YOU'RE SELLING IT?"