Burning Soul

In the depths of heavenly planes, some eyes were fixated on the unfolding of the events in Arnor, as if it mattered anything to them, or did it!

Most of the strange things took place in this period; the continuously going wars, some kind of evil sorcery. The people of Arnor were drastically affected by such change. It destroyed communities and families and disrupted the development of the social and economic fabric of the nation. Putting aside the very real human cost, there was the loss of buildings, infrastructure, a decline in working population, uncertainty, and disruption to normal economic activity.

To some extent, the people of Arnor were afraid to move or walk on the streets. Because they knew anything might happen to anyone at any time these days. So the streets and the markets, the gardens, the churches all remained vacant for most of the time.

A pair of eyes was rather filled with curious looks among many more, he was no other than Regis.

“I don’t understand Regi!

They are Mortals, short-lived, weaklings who are destined to only live for a fraction of time compared to us! She turned around striking her hair flicks.

Why do you have such a mortal interest? A God” Valkyrie, , she was a young woman with a slender build, wearing silvery armour. Her facial expressions were very keen and always kept her body and mind in attention to the ongoing circumstances and she was now officially Regis’s subordinate complaining as he busied himself in observing the fight that occurred in Arnor.

“Val, I might not be the only one to look into them, you know!” He turned around, raised his eyebrows in a tensed manner and replied in a cold tone, he forced down a sick feeling. A moment later he took a deep breath and continued to respond to the circumstances.

“The God of creation kept the gods away for a reason!

I can’t be so sure but it was to protect the order…” He then pointed at a person among the scenery of the Arnor and continued, “And that person is a liability! His existence will not go unnoticed.”

Valkyrie walked closer to see who he was talking about, the person they were talking about had a white and expressionless face, there were black coloured dark circles around his eyes, also his body contained cuts and scars which made her fright a little. “Isn’t he beat up badly?” She looked at him in disbelief.

It was her first time when she saw someone’s body so torn off with wounds. Her breath merely shooked, she bit back her scream while enlarging her eyes as wide as they could, the scene literally chilled her soul, she could hardly move from place and for a fraction of second, she felt numb all over.

“Maybe, but if others found him, who knows what the consequences would be.”

“Is that why you are aiding them? The Guardian dragon, reviving her was enough of a reason to believe that.” She commented.

Regis took a brief moment before continuing, “hmm, that can be the case too!

Also, I’m more interested in this individual…” He pointed towards a shadow fighting with one arm short.

“Ah! The one with the Sigil, I still doubt his abilities as a master. He can’t yet support them, won’t he be late with his current state….

Wait a minute!

Is it me or does he look odd?” She raised her suspicion

“So finally, you noticed. That aura ain’t humanly!

He either evolved since we last met him or something even interesting is going on.

Doesn’t it interest you as well Val?” Regis showed a smirk,

With a frightened look, she replied, “That Sigil…”

His smirk turned into a burst of laughter, “The Vision that we as gods possess allow us to look into one’s character and understand his true form, but if you look closely it’s almost deceiving.

That person is a liability to the heavens and I bet no one would ever notice it, not as long as he’s carrying that Sigil!”

She scratched her forehead while thinking before replying, “But he lost his arm right unless it’s a blood pact….”

Cutting her shortly he replied, “You are right, the blood pact. Something I didn’t tell him nor anyone else did.

Let’s see if he finds it himself, or if he needs more spoon-feeding.”

She Continued to ask, “But why should we be concerned? Our main objective was to confirm the existence of that person which we did. Later you said we should free up the Guardian Dragon from her slumber and save her while at it, we did that as well!

Now I don’t understand the reasoning behind the events, like how, did a mortal withstand the bearing of a Sigil, also it’s something that only powerful beings are able to use effectively, yet he can!

A mortal for god’s sake!

And now all these things that are revolving around him!

Is it something you planned as well or something totally random?”

Her many questions and an irritated look made Regis smile before he could answer,

“You are interesting as well!

Yeah, our primary goal is achieved, but as a God of Strategies, I can’t help but look into a variable I didn’t consider much about!

Yes, I did give him the Sigil, but I thought he’d just get crushed under its pressure and yet he lives. And now his transformation and all variables make him just as potent as that other person!

I’m sure you have a lot of questions but I’d suggest you wait and watch,

Things must go as I plan and yet they aren't interesting!” He showed a hint of a smirk from the corner of his mouth as he laughed.

‘Ahh, he’s scary when he makes this face.’ Valkyrie showed a worried expression.

“Also, we aren’t the only ones to have our eyes on them and it’s crucial we know their interests!”

Valkyrie looked at him with a questioning look, the reason simple, “Why?”

He gave a smirk, “They could trace the origins back to us and we definitely don’t want that right? Looks like it’s time to visit the mortals again! There’ve been a lot of things that happened….” Before he could finish a messenger arrived, “Lord Regis, your presence is requested by lord Milo.”

That took them by surprise, “That was unexpected!” He knew something was off.

Although the interference of the other gods was expected, if what he feared was the case, the groundwork he laid would fail to work. The timing couldn’t be any worse!