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Half an hour later.
Adam laid back down on the makeshift bed after narrating the entire saga of how he lost his only weapon and how he ended up in that thick cover of snow, left to die in the maws of ferocious beasts.
However, Adam noticed that Hagrid did show some signs of agitation whenever he mentioned the female Snow Elf but other than that, most of the time he listened peacefully and what he told him was naturally, true.
Truth mixed with a little pinch of a lie.Perhaps.
He also told him about his awakening from a subsequent coma in a cave beside the lake, which he was glad he had scouted ahead. Adam naturally didn't tell him about his origin but did tell him that he was captured by an Evil Organization and was experimented upon. And from there on, it was a blank.
What was their agenda? Why him? What was their name?
Adam left the subsequent plot holes in his story to fill by themselves. This was a fantasy world, after all. The presence of Giants, shapeshifting beasts and Magic testifies to that!
He knew it was a lie hidden within the truth, but he had to take such a risk, yet again. A calculated risk this time, one may say. And surprisingly, it worked!
Hagrid believed his bullshit that an organization kidnapped him from his village and experimented on him. Adam knew that it was somewhat of a fantasy world and the presence of an Evil Terrorist group was not so farfetched of an idea to believe. And kudos to the giant for being a bit dumb!
Eventually, after Hagrid was satisfied with his answer, he was ready to tell him.
"From what I am about to tell you, is a secret that most of the common populace don't know. So, you have to pledge on your soul that you won't reveal its content. Do you agree?.", Hagrid whispered.
However, contrary to what Hagrid thought, Adam replied.
" Can't I refuse to hear?", Adam said decisively.
It was a genuine question of his, which was at the back of his mind for quite a while. He didn't know who the 4th hero is. Maybe he was a test subject, like him. Maybe he was just another resident of this world. Adam didn't know.
But even if he was a subject like him, information about his exploits would naturally be found among the common masses. He was the 4th Hero after all! He could just travel to the so-called civilisation and get the required information.
Furthermore, from the tone of the giant's voice and the occasional use of the word 'was', the 4th Hero might have been already dead.
Why is he required to know some secret when the man himself was dead? Is it so important and good to know about him in any form? Most probably, no.
He was just going to survive and gain power first! That was it!
For the time being.
Hagrid clenched his jaw this time, clearly angry. But he curbed himself yet again and decided to elaborate for the last time. The elf was now getting on his nerves.
"Yes...this is important and you better hear it or else you can see yourself outside", he snorted.
Adam realised that he was probably making the giant angry with his endless barrage of questions and seemingly cocky attitude. But what could he do? He was used to acting like this. He was a Scientist after all. And spending most of your free time in a lab full of anti-social geniuses makes you one as well.
Maybe he could change that. He didn't want the same thing with the female snow elf happening twice to him, did he? So, he sealed his mouth for the time being or else he might get thrown out.
"Good, now listen....", nodded Hagrid while crossing his arms.
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An hour later.
Adam sighed and laid back on the bed, after hearing the story. Hagrid too stood up from his seat and excused him from the room.
But just as he was about to close the door, Hagrid chimed," Think about it and give me your answer. I expect it by noon after I bring you your lunch. "before leaving Adam inside the dimly lit room.
Thud!
Adam watched the door close and just as Hagrid left the room, he sighed in relief.
"Sigh!"
'Too much information!Too much!'
'That guy is a test subject it seems and the things he did...'
Adam shook his head in dismay as he thought about the crash course of the history of the 4th hero Hagrid bestowed upon him.
The 4th Hero was an enigma! An eccentric and blizzard human who suddenly popped out of the blue!
And what the common populace and well as Hagrid knew, he was found by the Integrity Knights of the Church of Mellisandra, the Goddess of Light. In front of the Monastery's main branch no less.
He was found sprawled on the marble floors beside the stairs leading inside by Saint Melissa McCarthy herself! That too covered in a pile of faeces, stark naked!
And from there on, it was history!
He wielded the Holy Spear and became a battalion commander of the Holy Crusaders as soon as the Saintess announced that he was chosen by the goddess. However, even with no prior experience of warfare and politics, he sweeped away entire kingdoms and committed massacres in the name of the cathedral.
He was dubbed as the Holy Spear God by the common populace and was hailed as the child of Goddess Mellisandra herself!
But the church knew him as the "Puke God " as every time he killed someone, he used to vomit on anyone. Even during a demon subjugation, he vomited on the previous Emperor himself! Such was the power of Vomit!
However, every swing of his Divine Spear cut through the throats of the dammed heretics and all that followed after were bloody massacres and vomit. He even erased an entire bloodline once, just because he felt that a Certain Duke didn't show proper courtesy towards the Goddess.
But for some reason, whenever he engaged in combat with someone, his black eyes would turn bright golden. As if someone had possessed him.
And just as the battle would end. He would Puke just by looking at the shredded corpse of his victim.
The church did find his antics suspicious, so they did a ritual to check if he was controlled by anyone, but surprisingly it came out to be that the goddess herself had bestowed him this ability to combat until he was ready. He did gain control later in his life of this ability and named it, "Heavens Divine Possession"; an ability feared by his enemies.
All in all, he was a hero to the common populace.
He also raised several monuments in memory of his sister who was never seen by anyone, even though those monuments were filled with inscriptions etched on them with a name called "Tina", which Adam had some idea about the person in question.
He even introduced several agricultural reforms and delved deep into the politics of the nation as well after finally becoming the Emperor of the unified Human Race, even though in his later years he faced severe aggression from the Church. The previous king's loyal supporters also didn't leave him with any leeway as well.
Some even believed that the Church didn't like him and wanted to strip off his power as theirs was slowly losing its influence in the hearts of the common populace. It was even to the point where even the 4th Hero himself was being subjected to workship.
But, even the church couldn't just strip off his power abruptly, What they could do was exploit his weakness.
And that was. Lust!
From here on was something even the common populace didn't know. Only the members of his family knew of these specifics.
It was said that the 4th Hero had problems controlling his lust and for that reason, he was provided with a woman every night, just to keep his sanity intact, or else he would randomly target women and even try to forcefully defile them, and after the deed would be done, he would return to his senses, cry hysterically and undergo a seizure.
The nuns didn't escape from his clutches either but even then they didn't report this incident to the authorities and continued satisfying the hero every night. Even the Saintess was involved after he defiled her as well, that too, in front of The Giant statue of Goddess Mellisanda herself.
That night, everyone, even the Pope himself heard the vulgar moans of the revered Saintess, echoing through the Giant Hallways of the Cathedral and by the time the Sun rose, she was already pregnant.
It was a startling revelation, as a child couldn't be born overnight. There were clear signs of blood on the glistening marble floors of the Church, showing that the Saintess was deflowered just the other night by the hero and didn't have any prior deflowerment.
And to everyone's surprise, the Saintess started crying, as well; tears of joy falling down her face. She said to everyone that this was a divine revelation as well from the Goddess herself. And she even testified that she was in love with the hero, ever since she stepped inside the Church from the very first day.
She even revealed that it was she that seduced him and not the other way around. The hero was sane throughout the act and was just following her instructions.
So, even if the revered Saintess was stripped of her title after the incident, she bore his child who also became the next Emperor. It was a well-guarded secret of the Church and his Family which was not released to the public even to this day! Mainly due to his overwhelming strength and erratic persona and it was to such an extreme that no one, even the pope dared to interfere in his deeds and decisions!
Such was his strength!
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