Light of the Ancients
Chapter 16
The Final Goal
And thus the Hero of the Runes returned to the World, and he vanquished the Terror... From there, he vowed that he would never desert his position again.
The World was jubilant that they were saved, however, this was not so...
The Terror had secretly made a master plan to destroy the world with a plague, and before he died, he self destructed his body in order to release it...
The Plague was spread through the wind, and since most of the South was pure plains, it spread rapidly and quickly.
The World was overwhelmed as men, women, children, and monsters fell left to right.
The Hero merely watched as the people died because of a threat he could not defeat...
It was at the end of three years that the last being, a five year old boy, was brought to the outskirt of Paradise gulch by a Golem, where he perished the following night...
All the world's living beings were dead... Save for golems and anything else that was mechanical...
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"This is the last one..." Raguna cried over the boy's body, "Why can't I be taken in his place!?"
"Because you have something to live for, Raguna..." Lest told him, then he looked inside Paradise Gulch, there was not a monster to be seen.
"I wonder why we didn't perish." Frey muttered,
"It must have something to do with the Light Realm." Lest mumbled, "Because we've all been there, and none of us contracted the plague..."
"Well... The World is gone..." Mist cried, then she saw the only "living" things left, which were Golems,
"Not really..." Raguna turned to Lest and Frey, "There are still some people..."
"Us?" Frey said in shock,
"Well, you have already started bringing back a race." Raguna chuckled as he looked at Noel, who was playing with Senti in the Gulch, "Why not bring back everybody?"
"Well..." Lest mumbled, "eh..." he turned red, "Are you sure you want to have the world repopulated with only Polonians?"
"Better than nothing." Raguna laughed, "Plus, these Golems need a master..." he pointed to the golems, which were wandering aimlessly through the land,
"If Frey wants... I guess..." Lest turned to Frey,
"Yes." Frey nodded, "Let's bring back humanity..."
"We'll stay here." Raguna told the two, "If you ever need the help of the Hero of the Runes, just call me."
"I hope it goes well." Mist smiled as he held Leona close,
"Mother... Where are our friends going?" Leona asked,
"To save the world." Raguna answered with a smile, "Come on." he led his family up the Sealed Palace, which had been unearthed.
"Here we go, with our task." Lest laughed, "Noel!" he called his son,
"Father!" Noel ran to him, "What is it?"
"Kree?" Senti asked,
"We have to go, Noel." Frey told him, "We have a mission to do." she smiled, "Well... me and your dad, anyways..."
"Oh... Ok!" Noel nodded, "what is it?"
"Eh..." Frey groaned,
"You'll find out when you grow up, boy." Lest chuckled, "Just you wait."
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Thus, Lest and Frey set out from Paradise Gulch and proceeded with their mission, which went successfully.
Lest managed to unite all the golems in his vicinity and then used them to make a town, the capital of the new State of the Polonic Order, right in the shadow of the Ridge that hides Paradise Gulch.
Out of nowhere, a year later, Raguna had descended from the Palace to announce that Mist had borne him a daughter, Lucia.
Another two years passed, Frey had borne Luna to Lest, increasing the size of the family to five.
By this time, many golems became united under Lest, and they all started to build the town larger and larger, along with large statues of Lest and Frey.
Years passed, Lucia had married Noel, and they bore children.
Leona, however, raised by his father to take his place as the Next Hero, decided not to wed with Luna and fulfill his duties. However, following protests by Mist and Lest, and eventually Raguna himself made his opinion sway. Three years later after Noel's wedding, Leona had paired with Luna...
Despite all this, a dark turmoil is going to broil in the Raguna household...