Life after Legend
Chapter 17: The Good Christian
Nansen felt a great pain throughout his body. He ached from head to toe. It hurt too much to even open his eyes. He felt the pain instantly be gone. That must be some strong white magic, Nansen thought. He opened his eyes and sat up. He was on a bed in the back of a covered wagon. Next to him was man, garbed in white. His blue eyes stared at Nansen from behind his blonde hair. He said something that Nansen couldn't understand.
"Huh?" Nansen said. The man said something in another weird language. "I can't understand you," Nansen said.
"Finally you said something more than a grunt. I have the gift of tongues, but I need to know what language I need to speak first. Hylian is a good language. It comes easy to me," the man said.
"Who are you?" Nansen asked.
"I am Thiek. I am also known as the Good Christian. I found you lying in the desert. You were pretty beat up. The trip through the barrier must have beat you up a lot."
"How did you know that I had come through?" Nansen asked.
"I am in the know. You probably need to get to your friends. I daresay they are having fun fighting that little one."
"I have no clue where they are. It would take me a while to create a locating spell."
"Take heart and do not fear," Thiek said. He grabbed a book from a shelf. At first, Nansen couldn't read the title, but then it became apparent. It was called the Holy Bible. Thiek took the book and read an excerpt and outside a giant windstorm appeared in the not so far off distance. "Follow the pillar of wind by day, and follow the pillar of fire at night. They shall take you to where you need to be. Take this book, and may you learn from it's wisdom," Thiek said as he handed Nansen the book. Nansen took the book and set off.
From a distance, it looked as if Link was fighting himself. The pillar of wind had gone and Nansen had no more need for it. He could see his goal. How could there be two Links? One must be the possessed Link, but who is the other? The only features one could see from a distance were his pale white skin and flaming red hair. The two men fought as if their battle would last for all eternity.
Nansen rushed up onto the battle. He was going to use a new spell he had picked up form Thiek to defeat this foe. If Nansen stayed back and did not intervene, the battle would have never ended. Nansen charged at the Evil link and placed his hand upon Link's forehead. "Be gone demon! IN JESUS NAME, BEGONE!" Nansen cried. He fell to his knees. The spell had drained him, but it worked. He saw Link fall to the ground, purged of all evil. He saw evil energy fade away, and the annoying spirit, Lurka, fly off into the distance. Nansen saw the weird Link turn back into, to his surprise, Knil.
A man could be seen walking through the sands. The group of weakened warriors never noticed him until he was already among their midst. Luckily, he was friend, not foe. "I give you greetings. I am Dertah. I have captured the spirit you just defeated," he said. This message had started to scare the group of Hylians. The man himself was not imposing; he was wearing simple armor, had a scimitar, and held a lantern in his left hand. What was imposing, was that he showed no emotion. No tone was heard in his voice, no expression lay upon his face. He was scary.
"I found and healed your friends," he said as he tossed Kiir and Duke onto the ground. "I also found some of your belongings," Dertah said as he tossed Link's stuff onto the ground.
"Hey people! Can I have some help here?" cried Bohndi who was still trapped in the evil bubble. Dertah simply raised his arm, and the bubble was gone.
"What did you do with Lurka?" Knil asked as he lay upon the ground aching from his fight.
"He is sealed away inside my lantern, until I let him out," Dertah said.
"Whose side are you on?" questioned Nansen, who had gotten a mixed message about this guy.
"I take no sides. I do what I wish." After saying those words, he left as mysteriously as he came.
Thanks for all of the reviews. I'm glad you guys enjoy my story. I'm thankful for all reviews no matter how short. I should have the next chapter up in about a week or so. I was feeling very much like a writer, so that is why it took so long for this chapter to get put up. If you thought that the showdown with Lurka was going to be the end of the story, you are quite mistaken, there is plenty more story and you will see events I have been foreshadowing.