Burning Soul

…

Hearing this Dimitri had a loss of expression!

“Aeneas,

it wasn’t Serena who betrayed you!

You know that deep inside

Or you wouldn’t have helped that kid!

You need to know half of the story!”

As Aeneas had wet eyes, he looked at him to listen to what he had to say.

“What do you know about Serena!”

His question was out of the blue for him,

“All I know she’s the fallen one!

I have only one question for her in the end, why?

Once I have my answer, I’ll slay her” He had his fists clutched tightly.

“Hmm, let me tell you the real version!”

He took out a very old-looking book from a nearby shelf.

“Looks like our secret was taken a bit too much secretly.

The great Ruler of Arnor prayed to gods for them to lend us their support, though he wasn’t the only one as every king had decided to do so, only his prayer was accepted!

Heavens sent their aid to the North-East temple, Temple of Origins!

A very beautiful goddess came with an ally of her and a fierce force of around 100 thousand heavenly paladins!

She came to aid us three days before the war!

Though the night she came, for some reason she vanished as well! To this day no one knows why.

Her ally left in her search but didn’t come by the morning, everyone was confused!

We thought that she left us stranded just like that.

But the next day she appeared again, but she proposed one condition that her appearance was to be not revealed!

This created suspicion,

we had no choice other than trusting her but the great king and former ruler were ticked off by this, but he also had no choice but to take her aid as the war was going to start the very next day!

In the battles, she showed no interest as her ally and her forces were the ones who were dealing the Hell’s army,

she was just sitting there,

As if she was just observing!

her attitude had suddenly changed.

In the middle of the war when the seal was being placed, she showed a sudden interest and jumped into the warzone,

Fortunately, the great ruler had his eyes fixed on her.

As per these records by himself,

she charged on you out of nowhere and took out your allies!

To stop her the great ruler had made some preparations earlier and only the King of Arboria had known the fact beforehand!

The great ruler had borrowed his divine weapon and used it to bind her and seal her in the depths of hell!

As he did so she revealed her true colors,

she was no Serena but was some other being!

A witch she looked like; her ally changed her appearance as well.

She turned into a despicable man.

Even when that witch was being sealed in, she held immense power which they couldn't contain easily. It surely had consequences.

Added to that, the arch-demon placed a curse on the seal weakening it and allowing her to cause trouble from the depths of hell,

you heard of the witch’s cult?”

His information was so new and so much that Aeneas was still frozen in time as he heard all this.

“She’s the witch they pray for!

She’s the one who tainted the image of Serena and she’s the one who killed your ally!

Ulva”

Aeneas was still processing all the information!

“That means once the seal is weakened,

even she’ll be able to escape?”

He questioned him.

“Yeah, that’s what I believe will happen!

If you find Serena, you’ll know the rest Aeneas!

And let me warn you about a certain being?” Aeneas was listening to what he had to say.

"Someone you must not confront with as of now!

He was the ally of Ulva,

someone from another world and who is capable of taking on even the Avatars of gods themselves!

…

“Belphegor!”