'Hearing Power's tone made the other Masters stop arguing stupidely.'
Wisdom said.
"Well well, that's right. Enough of this!
Like my friend Power said, welcome to your home.
I would like you all to follow me for a little introductory walk in the castle."
Love. "See you soon, Galahad and Sahaqiel!"
The two smiled and kneeled again for their master.
Everybody followed the 3 Masters...Except Oumad, who stood in his place and said.
"...I was atleast expecting a word from one of you about a guy who's left outside."
*Everybody looks behind towards him*
Oumad continued. "Is he not any important?"
Love wanted to reply first but Power interrupted.
"What if he was?
Would that change anything about what you may do?"
'Oumad felt the intensity between him and Power right away, but kept the same look and tone of his voice. his eyes straightly directed at Power's.'
"Yes, it will"
'Power approached Oumad until both stood face to face, body to body.
Oumad is strongly built, but compared to Power it's clear who's the most intimidating.
Their eyes were kept on each other, it made everybody feel awkward..'
'Until Ayla decided to come and work some of her magic, she grabbed Oumad from his arm and got him to back off a little bit.
"..It's not going to solve anything, calm down please...
Herald will be fine, i don't feel that these guys are bad, they won't let him die."
Oumad thought well for a second and replied.
"Alright, you're right.
I just wanted to know their reaction."
Love. "Our reaction is that...Your friend Herald is as dear to us as he is to you.
What he's going through now is for the greater good. I thought you learnt that already, Oumad."
'Oumad was disturbed by what Love had just told him!!
Does she know his past experiences?'
'A question that came quickly to his mind. However, he didn't show it on his face.'
"I see, I just wanted to let everybody know about his existence In case you didn't know.
We still have no information yet about you or this place."
Wisdom jumped to reply.
"Things take time son, be patient and have faith in your heart.
Now please, do as i say and follow me."
'This time everyone follows him..'
Sahaqiel. "Have a good journey!"
'Both him and Galahad shuts down the huge Gate, it kinda looks like it works automatically by having it touched by Sahaqiel's light and Galahad's sword.'
*Inside the maze*
'Herald sat his ass down in confusion...
He doesn't know which gate he should choose, nor the meaning of two Gate signs..'
*Inside a little bigger maze, his mind*
"...Now what?? How long am i gonna be in this dark creepy nowhere place...
Obviously i have to choose one of these, i cannot expect something to just happen and take me out. Wait a second...Is this another dream? Do Atlanteans have this kind of dreams repeatedly?
I don't think it is...This feels too real to be a dream."
*Herald gets up and looks at the three Gates again.*
"Well...First of all, I don't consider myself a middle man so i will not choose it. Although i am sure it is the safest of all. But i think this is a test again..I got to aim high.
The middle Gate is dismissed, two left.."
'Herald is trying hard to understand both signs'
*He reads the sign on the left Gate*
"Asmodeus... Asmodeus....."
'Suddenly, Herald started to see something with his third eye...'
'The image was very very blurry, but he could tell that it's...
An image of a man in a royal throne...Talking to another one who's under the stairs...
This other person doesn't even seem to be a human..
.Herald had to focus really really hard to get hold of the image..that was slowly fading away at the same time!
Wings....Wings on his back...and...3..3 HEADS!!!!
The image completely disappears..
'Herald felt a strong headache right after that and had to hold his head and close his eyes..all of them..'
"..WHAT DID I JUST SEE??!! WHO ARE THESE??!!
The one on the seat.. I could feel the difference between him and any other humanbeing..
As if he had a spiritual power that could make anyone act under his will...
This...This can only be Solomon himself!!!
It's the Gate which has his name, i can only guess and jump to conclusions in this situation, hoping they would turn out true...
The other creature looked quite....Terrifying!!
What was that? A Demon?!? A JINN??!!
The thing i felt again was...He was talking very comfortably to the royal man...Which i guess it's Solomon of course.."
'Herald knows that Solomon had full control of Demons and Jinns back in his days. He's a believer so he has information about matters like these.'
'But this one didn't feel like it was serving him...It looked like a threat!!'
'Before the images faded away, Herald saw that the creature walked up towards Solomon's throne...But still, to him this doesn't tell even half of the story or explanation...'
"...This Gate is really mysterious..
I cannot trust it! I just feel like i cannot...."
"..But! before i can make any judgement. I got to try with the other Gate...
Maybe if i openned my third eye clearly and focused, i will have images that can help me understand..."
'Herald takes few steps towards the Gate and opened his eye.'
*He then reads the sign.*
"Death..Requiem for your soul! Eternity you shall have for Great Sacrifice you must!"
'The eye immediatly began to show images...'
'This time its even more blurry and confusing, Herald can really barely see what is anything that he sees right now.'
'He focused even more and he could feel that it's draining his energy. He's getting sweaty and tired by the second.'
'Luckily for him, these efforts weren't in vain, the images got slightly clearer...'
'But Suddenly, the images started to appear in more and more quantity...
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE...'
'HERALD COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE PACE AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY HE DRAINED.'
'He closed his eye and held his head so tight, he never had such terrible headache until now...
it took him minutes to finally regain his breath and for the pain to fade away.'
'Herald then tried to remember as much images possible he could.'
"....Oh my goodness....This is beyond my limits!!
What are these images!!!
I..I can hardly remember anything....
I remember one that has me and the other 6 Atlanteans together in a picture....
Another one....UGH FUCK THIS PAIN!! Please remember Herald!!!
Another one has....Muruem!! Going outside of the door...
What does that mean?
UGH FUCK..AGAIN!!!
Another one has....Isc....Iscariot and me??!! In a dark gloomy basement...
ANOTHER ONE!!
This time it's.....
*Herald looked shocked and couldn't explain what he saw.*
'It was a war...But not any kind of war.'
'No bombs or technologies were used in this, only a bunch of men and women, even teenagers and old people.... Fighting with supernatural technics in an epic battle, blood and corpses everywhere.'
'Herald thought to himself that just saw a scene of an anime he saw and could not recall..'
'The Last scene...was of a man who looks quite like Herald himself, but older...
Significantly older!
Leading thousands..No!!! Hundreds of thousands of people....'
*At that moment*
'The pain completely faded away, the images stopped showing...'
Herald. "FUCK!!!.....THIS WAS EVEN MORE PAINFUL THAN THE OTHER!!!!
These images...They looked real!! I could feel myself in everyone of them..As if i truly lived them...
Can they be images of my future??
Does this mean that this Gate will eventually lead me to these events!!??
But...
What is this feeling of....
HAPPINESS INSIDE ME!!!????"
'Herald felt something wet on his cheeks...He reached out to it with his fingers.
To find out that it is...
It's his own tears...
Herald smiles unwillingly....And gazes at the Gate for a brief moment...
Then, As the famous quote says...
"He saw the light at the end of the tunnel."
'Herald without thinking any more, gave up to this sudden feeling of relief and trust he has for this Gate.'
'He decided.
This is the Gate.