"We need to find it fast. It won't last long!"
"I know that, I'm not stupid enough for you to remind me that. Spread out and search for it"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"We are not sure whether they'll come or not. Chances are, no one is guarding this land. Get what we come here for, send the signal and leave as fast as we can."
"Alright."
Four shadows vanished into thin air and went to their own direction, leaving a hidden woman lying on the ground half unconscious.
Suddenly, a blue orbs flew around the lying and unconscious woman, and the grass around her grew taller and thicker, hiding the woman. It was as if the orb panicked, circling faster.. before zapping toward the direction of the snake.
It found the snake in no time and saw it lazing around, taking a nap. The orb keep on bumping the snake and in return the snake swat the orb away with its tail. Two look at each other but the snake then yawn and curl back.
"Tsk. And here I thought you promised to take care of whats mine" a voice of man made both of it look up on the big purple tree. There, a man chilling and lazing around, he was wrapped with long robe that glows, making his countenance even more attractive. The snake whole body suddenly shudder.
"Do i need to remind you that Your liberty isn't yours anymore the moment you made your choice that night?" the man was smiling yet it was cold and ominous. That one look had almost extinguish the feebly spirit it had inside of the snake. The snake suddenly frozen to its place and then slowly turn to black, inch by inch. It was as if it was burned by an invisible fire.
The man glide down and step on the snake head. Each step he made, increases of pressure can be felt.
"You have the guts to hurt her. I pardoned you last time and took your half of your spirit as a small punishment. Do not think I couldn't find a replacement for you." A crack can be seen on the snake blacken skin that made the snake hissed in pain.
"Do you heed your duty or not?" Fire, circled around the snake, threatening it to give a favourable decision.
The snake close its eyes and put down its head near the fire. The man laughed and instantly the fire distinguished.
"Do not think even for a second that you would be give reprieve for what you had done"
"Another foolish decision you've made. even after Two millennium later, you still choose the coward way and just for that, I am willing to bestow you this 'gift' to you"
As soon as he said that, a bright light glows on the snake figure until it morphed into a humanoid figure.
"You, the spirit of ancient weapon of Naga's tribe shall live and share your master burden. A drop of her blood, shall be a thousand drop of yours. A cut on her, shall feel like a thousand cut on you. Fear for her safety, for you, the traitor are forever bound to her, reprieved from eternal peace none be given unless your master will it so."
When the flash of light dissipate, a man with green robe was all on four with horrified look on his face.
"No!!! no!!!"
"Be thankful, since this judgement is softer than my original plan." The man look at the orb before vanishing into thin air. The pressured slowly dissipates, soon all become calm again.
"How... this is ridiculous!!! I don't want a body!!!! NO!!!!!" The newborn humanoid weapon slammed his hands on the ground, expecting it to split into two. Sadly, it didn't help him venting out his feeling at all instead he found his strength seeping out from him.
Cold... so cold... hurt, it hurts...
He saw a gold thread connected to his body and followed it. he crawled as fast as he could before mustering his strength to pump his legs to stand and run. Though it look like a newborn fawn learning how to stand up for the first time, he didn't dare to stop.
That god had spoken. For eternity, he shall never die and need to serve his master. He knows that punishment while it sounded light and great, the torture that came from that would be a hell. A drop of her blood will be a thousand of his. No reprieve and only suffering...
Faster and faster the man ran to his mistress, hidden under the overgrown plants and grass. The orbs circle around them and keep on bumping the humanoid weapon. He kneel in front of the woman and felt even more heartbroken than ever. He bit his lips with his fang and it easily punctured through the smooth texture of his lips. He doesn't like this one bit. His feeling wasn't his, it is the cursed of that god.
"What should I do?"
"Heal.heal.heal" a small child-like voice said.
He then remembered that he could be the eye of Srikanzi, the prism that grant healing around the area of effect. The effects could be magnified if the holder channeled their manna reserve with the prism but since its him, so the effect isn't that marvellous at all. But it is better than nothing.. he hold out his hand and a bright light came out and shine on his mistress. Though he was getting weaker by the second, but he knows that as long as his mistress was all healed up, his strength will come back again.
It was hard to breath, and he sigh dryly thinking about that vengeful god's way of doing things. That god made sure he was tied to his mistress so he knows what's wrong with her (or whenever something happen to her) since he will experience what she will feel. And it helps a lot that he wont die from it and simply just suffer.
About few minutes later, his mistress coughed couple of times and spat out a thick blood out. Only then he felt better and easier to breathe.
Iiana open her eyes and something flash out from her fist. Roots with thorn that suddenly grow big and overlapped on each other point right close to his chest.
"Who are you?"
"Hebi"
"As in snake?" Iiana eyes turn even colder and the threatening points of her weapon would make any grown man haunted by their last moments of life. This woman was strong enough, she could survive by her own without him.
"I'm your snake. You weapon and somehow I am turned into this form."
"Proved it" said iiana. Hebi sigh again and grab the orb and put the orb between them.
"Ask it. It'll be my witness. You left me because I wouldn't talk without. By the way, its not that i choose not to talk to you, but because I couldn't talk in that form."
Iiana look at Hebi and then sat up. Rubbing her temple, she look around.
"Where did that f**kers that was throwing pressure around here?"
"Why?"
"I want to see them."
"Again why is that?" Iiana face darkened and she look at Hebi in anger.
"So I remember that face and make sure to pay back what they did to me, thats why." She stood up and the orb circle around her.
"What is it??" Asked Iiana, puzzled by the panicky orb.
Guess iiana couldn't hear the orbs voice.
"It asked you to refrain yourself from getting near them. It asked you to run away from here"
"Its not like I'm going to do anything."
"Exactly, you wont and cant do anything. So Just go back for now. They can find you if you're within their array."
Iiana raised her eyebrow but didn't say anything at all.
CRASHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!