Five men sat around a table in a dimly lit room, they each had a worry look.
The room was a vast one as there were lots of space for movement, the table wasn't so long but was a bit lengthy with intricate designs on it. The table legs was carved like that of a lion and the table top was gold in colour.
Tapestries hung around the hall adding my beauty to the hall.
" What do we do now that villages are being destroyed " one of them had said looking the most worried.
" Do you think it's as a result of the emergence of the fourth triangle?" another who had his hair cut really low that his scalp was showing asked
" Wether or not this is happening because of the fourth triangle doesn't matter, what matters now is that we need to find solution before any of this becomes worst" An Older man said
" For now the villages that are being destroyed are those outside the border but soon they will push their way inside the border towards us" he continued
They all nodded in agreement.
" So Darius what do we do now" another man asked.
" I think we should prepare for something bigger, the emergence of the fourth triangle had been discovered years back"
" The more the world grows older, the more the destruction becomes worse " Darius continued.
" What do you think this fourth triangle is?....has it always been there or was it created by someone " The youngest out of them all asked.
" Honestly I have no idea but I do feel it was created by a rogue alchemist long ago or who knows it might have been there for a long while without us knowing "
Darius being the oldest was being bombarded with a lot of questions from the other me.
These Five men were the leaders of the council, they talk about important matters like this , but this time they had no idea what to say as the issue was bigger than them.
They had left all the talking to Darius who had lived more years than them and not only because of that but also because he was the wisest of them all.
They all had this profound respect for Darius.
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In a small village faraway, children ran across the street each playing with their mates while the elder ones seemed to be engrossed in their work.
The village seemed vibrant with children playing around, the market was bustling as traders ran after passersby just to sell their wares.
The villagers were all cheery, everyone had on a smile even the beggars who sat on the floor in every corner.
Later did they know that their happy village would soon be destroyed.
Just down the market place, three boys stood apart from each other. They were all in the same age grade, they were throwing rocks to each other.
One of them had thrown the rock far away into one of the forest around then.
" Why did you have to throw it there?" the one who was supposed to catch it asked.
" Go bring it , you know it's rare to get a rock like that " he continued.
The one who had thrown the rock walked towards the forest.
' Damn fools, couldn't we just go into the village and do something else' he cussed in his thought
He had thrown it inside the bush intentionally because he was tired of playing the same thing all over again, he thought they would have decided to go to the village square and do something fun.
He walked into the forest and had seen the rock not too faraway.
" Gotcha" he said smiling as he walked towards where the rock was.
As he bent to pick the rock, he felt something dropped on his neck. He touched it saw it was slimy.
' What's this?' he quickly wiped it away and picked the ball, walking out of the forest.
" Hey catch!" he called out throwing the ball to the other boys.
They all stood staring at him with eyes opened wide in terror.
" What's wrong with y'all " he asked seemingly confused, these boys had just asked him to go into the forest to get the rocks but now on his arrival. They all had pale faces.
One of them had raised his hand and pointed towards him.
Following the direction of his hand he turned his head and was about to cuss out when he sighted something terrific.
Towering above him stood a humanoid figure, with three heads. Slimy substance pouring out of the their mouth It's arms the size of an oak tree, it had long, sharp claws that reached the ground .
'This was what I had dropped on my neck in the forest, how come I saw nothing' the boy thought as he looked at the humanoid creature.
' I better run before anything happens, it probably might not kill me as it didn't in the forest' he thought, turning to run away.
He turned to run away realizing how dangerous this humanoid creature would be, unlike the two boys who stood afar off shaken at the sight that they were unable to move.
It was already too late because before he could reach where the other boys stood, he felt a sharp pain at his chest region and blood seeped out of his mouth.
The other boys who had stood there in shock had soon realized they had to run, but it was too late also.
As they each felt a sharp pain, and had dropped dead to the floor immediately, blood gushing out from their body.
The first boy who had been thrust hadn't died immediately as the monster had missed its target, but still he was so weak that he dragged himself on th floor trying to escape.
The humanoid monster who had seen this walked slowly towards him, raised his legs and dropped it down on his head, smashing it into pieces.
There on the floor beside the forest, three dead body laid lifelessly on the floor. One of which was brutally attacked as his head was smashed into pieces.
Blood filled the ground as it kept gushing out of the dead boys.