AC: Good news, the intro will finally end now. The intro texts that can be consider an opening will be modified a few times and boosted. I'll give the warning in the chapter when I boost it and make it more complete.


Curse of the 5 halos

Chapter 8: The dream that triggers all

The Forerunner says nothing for a while and only observed Yumil.

"Am I having a vision again?" Asked Yumil.

The Forerunner walked closer to her. He moved his head left and right.

"So...The prophet of this generation is a human...I didn't thought it would be the case." Said the Forerunner.

"Great hero of the past...How can you be here?" Asked Yumil. "A million year separate us and...You're dead."

"The prophet has the power to enter in communication with the previous prophets. Also...Yes...I am the one of the past who defeats the Great demon." Said the Forerunner.

"What is the reason of your presence in my dream?" Asked Yumil.

"I am not here for gentle talk...Time if of the essence. I have come to you prophet to warn you about the Halo. The 5 rings in the sky have started to lose power...And they seal are breaking one after another. The world is slowly putting at state of his own destruction." Said the great hero.

"How can that be? I...I just passed over the 5 rings and everything was fine. The seal was intact." Said Yumil.

"A group of individual were waiting for you to pass...Waiting for you to have a false sense of security and that everything is alright. Waiting...For you to drop your guard...And when the time comes...Getting rid of you." Said the great hero. "Then...They have enter into the rings and they are currently breaking the seals of each Halo. Prophet, you have received the training to reconstruct the seal...Right?"

"Yes...I have receive the training...It is the most important part of being a prophet." Answered Yumil. "So...What do you want me to do great hero?"

"You have to enter into the ring...When you enter...You have to proceed to the ritual. But before that...You have to find the gods of old. Those beings can give you the sacred item needed to obtain the sacred ring for your fingers. When you obtain it...You can enter into the Halo and proceed to the ritual." Said the Forerunner.

"...Alright...But...What do you want me to do?" Said Yumil. She wasn't sure about what to do.

"You have to get out of the city now and immediately head up to the north where the first ring can be found." Said the Forerunner. "Bring the guardian with you."

"The guardian?" Said Yumil. She then thought about Bartus. If she dreamt about him...Maybe it is his mission. "Alright. But...What is your name great hero?"

"My name is long forgotten...You have no need to find out. Wake up and make haste." Said the great hero.


Prophet chamber

Yumil woke up brutally and she opened her eyes. She looked outside and she saw that the night is still high in the sky. He woke up from the bed and she walked at the direction of Bartus, after dressing up. She saw that Bartus is sleeping near Zazak. She didn't want to wake the Unggoy up. The great hero only asked Bartus to come with her. She walked quietly at the direction of Bartus who is currently snoring. She putted her hand against the chest of the Jiralhanae and she pushed it so he woke up.

He grunted a little and he said something that cannot be understood before he continued snoring again. Yumil repeated the procedure and it didn't work again. She gave a small slap at the face of the Jiralhanae who opened his eyes and he saw the prophet.

"Yumil...Wha-" He stopped talking when Yumil putted her finger on his mouth.

"Shut...We mustn't wake Zazak up." Whispered Yumil.

Bartus looked at her a little confused.

"What do you want?" Whispered Bartus.

"We have to get out of here." She whispered.

"?" Bartus looked at her without understanding what she meant. His question was if it was like their first meeting. "I cannot accept...Last time...I save you but I don't want to be in trouble with the high priest...And the killer is around."

"We have to go...Let me explain." Said Yumil.

She gave him a quick resume of the dream she had and Bartus looked at her without really believing her.

"That seems a little...Strange." Said Bartus. He didn't that much strange compare to Yumil herself.

"Listen...You duty is to protect me. I am the prophet. You should know that I have higher authority than the high priest...You are paid to watch and protect me...Not stopping me going anywhere...And...Do you think I'll make up something like that?" Asked Yumil.

"..." Bartus said nothing.

"If you don't want to follow me...I'll go alone." Said Yumil.

"...Fine...But I am not your guardian...I am just paid to protect you and when it's over...I'm leaving." Said Bartus.

"Let's prepare ourselves." Said Yumil.

The 2 prepared their bags for the journey quietly. They putted clothes and Yumil prepared the rope with sheet. Bartus noticed that the bed is left empty. He guessed she escaped that way the first time. He putted pillow under the sheet to make like she is sleeping. He then does the same with his bed. They both fail to notice Zazak who opened his eyes and looked at them.

"What is the plan?" Asked Bartus.

"We have to get out of the town and go to the north where the Halo is." Answered Yumil. "We have to get out now...Only the 2 of us...Good-bye Zazak."

"You can't!" Shouted Zazak standing up. "I'll warn the- *BANG!*" Zazak spin around himself after receiving a punch on his head and fell unconscious. Bartus cracked his hand that knocks out Zazak.

"Zazak!" Shouted Yumil.

"He is not dead...I just silent him...*Sigh*...We have no choice but to take him with us." Said Bartus. "He knows where we are going."

Bartus took another bag and he putted Zazak inside the bag.

"I'll have to transport an Unggoy too. *Sigh*. At least he's small enough to be put in a bag...Alright. It's time to go." Said Bartus.

The 2 got out of the chamber by the window and they slide town outside the castle and they see that no guard is around. They then proceed to walk away outside the town. They walked without turning their back or sleeping because they want to have the most space between the capital and them.

In the chamber, the door open quietly and an intruder enters in the castle. He looked at the 2 bed and then at the prophet bed. He walked quietly at the direction of the prophet bed and he drew a knife. He reached the prophet bed. He looked at it.

"Prophet...It is time to get rid of you...Our plan is finally complete...It will take too much time for your next incarnation to stop us." Said the intruder. He raised the knife. "Crazy is the one who killed you."

He dropped the knife and pierce at the place where the chest is. He waited for a while and he noticed something wrong.

"No...Blood?" Asked Crazy. He putted his hand on the sheet and moved it away.

"W-...She is not here...She escaped...I have to go after her." Said Crazy.

He looked at the window and he saw nothing. He didn't know the rope has been taken away. He walked outside and he grunted about the problem.


Outside the capital

Yumil and Bartus walked nonstop as the moon disappear and the sun is rising at the end of the land. They walked during the entire day.

{Theme: Opening Themes #20- Lunar Eternal Blue}

The land were the beings are born is a land without a real and definitive name. Each species of this land gave a different name. It is mostly known as...The world.

The world is dividing under several kingdoms where each species lived in their own territory. Those kingdom are homogeny and had little multi species in those kingdom. One territory was harder to reach than the others...The Unggoy one has air mostly composed of methane and it is deadly for most of the other species.

One kingdom is an exception in this land; the Holy kingdom where the cathedral is. The kingdom is a place where all species gathered at this place. It is known has the only kingdom because it is the kingdom where the prophet lived after being found.

The land is large and endless for those who lived there. It is divided into 5 continents. Each continent represent a part of the balance of the world were the ring flies in the sky. The 5 Halos.

The Halos are rings in the sky that exist to seal a great and dangerous being that threatened the land long ago.

Each ring is watched by one of the 5 gods of old. The gods of old marched through the land for a long time. No one knows where they came from...Only one thing is known...The gods of old are real.

The Great hero...The Forerunner has walk in a great journey to defeat the being and seal him away. It is said that he obtain the power of the 5 gods of old to help him through his journey. In this time where technology was more advance than the present. The Great hero and his kind created the 5 rings in the sky to seal the great being, named the demon king. The seal was strong and for over a million year, the seal hold the demon king. During that time, new beings appeared and the Forerunner disappears from the land.

The religion has been created based on the journey of the Great hero and the mystery of the rings. The San 'Shyuum are the species who represent the religion in those who appeared in this land. They follow an old tradition of searching the prophet, immediately after the dead of the previous one. Then, raising and protecting him or her during it life. The reason for the search and to protect the prophet is that a sect has been created and opposed the current religion.

But today...The seal that hold the demon king is being broken by a sect.

The purpose of the sect is to bring back the demon king. But the reason behind it is unknown...And...Is the demon king really sealed away by the 5 rings? Are they really only 5 rings in the sky? Where the legend is beginning? Where does it end?

Yumil, Bartus and Zazak are entering in a very dangerous journey were their skills and their mind will reach their limits. None of them are ready for the journey, Yumil the most.

Yumil and Bartus walked without stopping when the sun slowly disappears at the horizon, and the halo appearing in the sky; their first destination.


AC: The intro is finally over. The prologue is done.