And he remained there kneeling, waiting for an unknown and devastating attack by the last of the tornadoes, waiting for his barrier to support him while he clung with all his strength to the sword, thus trying to remember the prayer to the Hail Mary, thus trying to strengthen the resistance of his protection.
Ave María mother of God
Pray for him.
"Ave María pray for him?" It will be pray for me! It makes me that this is not the case. He asked as tried to remember the prayer.
Santa María Purísima.
Without sin conceived.
-Hell! How do I intend for the saints to help me if I don't even know their prayers?
And as he tried to remember the prayer his hands and forearms were bleeding, his hair sticking to his face hardened by the blood they collected furiously from his face, trying to clean the wounds that the blows of the sand and stones had caused him on his forehead and cheeks.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for him...
- Yes, I think so! I hope that will be enough for now.
He said feeling the weakness coming up there kneeling, holding on to the sword and waiting for the attack of the tornado that did not arrive, he looked up to realize that the blue tornado was already fading, transforming into clouds of rain that at ground level, when it rose and dissolved, They left hundreds of men scattered and without any order, it was the army of Mirídia, who hurriedly recomposed their formation by making a military column, to divide as they walked towards it, surrounding it until they were aligned, thus closing a circle around it.
-God dammit! Maybe they realized that they were not going to be able to break the protection of my holy Mary and decided to face me now hand in hand, well, now we have a lot of work to do Sword of Destiny, But before you get hot, remember that I don't want to kill anyone.
He said as prepared to fight the battle hand to hand, the army of the blue tornado stood motionless surrounding him, while the only storm cloud left in the sky, which at once seemed to be the one commanding the attack, suddenly unloaded a new lightning bolt on the earth, which made him startle and turn hurriedly upon hearing it, of a cloud of dust and smoke caused by lightning exploding On the floor, a figure emerged, a titan, a colossus, a giant of more than 5 meters in height, with long silver hair and human figure, appeared out of nowhere walking from one side to another, without separating his also platinum pupils from who was already standing brandishing the sword with 2 hands, Waiting for the events, the colossus dressed in the classic Greek toga, walked towards him, stopping when he was about ten meters away, and walking from one side to the other without separate His platinum pupils, he asked the warrior who already had the sword on guard high waiting for hand-to-hand combat.
-What's your name?
-I don't remember. –he answers in a confident voice.
What kind of lying demon are you who claims not to remember your name? Tell me your name! The colossus asks again with angry manners.
"I called Yurik.
-So you already remembered your name, foolish, I am Júpiter Fidius the god of thunder, I tell you so that you refrain from playing with me, do not make me ask you the same thing twice, do not provoke my fury, wretched demon.
-You did not ask twice the same thing and both times I answered the truth, I do not remember my name but I. called Yurik, think a little about what you ask and you will find the logic of my answers.
The colossus continued to walk from one side to another without taking his eyes off him, his muscles were impressive and as he continued to move he asked again.
"Why are you attacking us?"
"I didn't attack you, I just defended myself, and I'm not a demon, nor do I intend to steal anything, or destroy anything, I'm just someone who is lost.
-What world do you come from and what race do you belong to?
My planet is called Earth and I belong to the human race:
He said as he watched the movements of the colossus and the circle of warriors around him, he was distrustful by nature and feared an attack from behind, as he had done before that army transformed in wind tornado.
-From Earth? And you claim to be one of the miserable humans!
The god asked inquisitively and in a threatening voice, and Yurik who kept the sword still activated in flames on high guard, said in a half-raised voice.
-Ameeeeen.
And making a swing towards the colossus, the sword gave off a crescent, like a boomerang of fire that the god could barely dodge.
"Why are you attacking me, fool?"
"Don't insult my race!" –he replied determinedly. -We can continue this dialogue as civilized people without insults or threats.
-Lie! —Jupiter said, visibly upset. "—If you're one of the miserable humans, I can't trust you, because you'll betray me when I turn my back on you, as everyone in your damn race usually does.
-AAAMEEEENN!
The warrior shouted making a swing high, which caused another crescent to appear that set fire to the grasslands on the giant's back, forcing the aligned warriors to abruptly break the circle to avoid being consumed by flames.
"DON'T INSULT MY RACE!"
-I ask you please and for the last time.
The colossus hesitated for an instant, somewhat impressed by what Yurik had done.
-Okay, okay, put away your sword and you have the word of a god that we will dialogue in peace, but if you betray me you will have to face all the Olympian gods who will come together to ask you to account.
"So, you also have my word as a gentleman.
He said accepting the proposal of the of the god, driving at the same time the sword into the ground, which had already gone out, deactivating itself, and Júpiter, drawing a little closer, asked him.
"Who is your god?"
-God. –he replies serenely.
-God? What kind of god is called God? It must have a name!
And Yurik closed his eyes as if straining his mind, although he remembered the name of Jesus Christ, he knew there was someone else, but did not remember, at that moment the name of María and José came to his mind, Knowing that he was about to remember another name, he squeezed his eyes before the impatient gaze of the Olympian god, who kept walking back and forth like a caged lion.
-Yahweh.
He answers, finally repeating the memory he had requested from his mind.
-Yahweh? There is no god on Olympus who has that name; God of what? Is it god or goddess?
"I'm not Greek, that's why Yahweh doesn't live on Olympus; Yahweh is God, lives in paradise and is the god of all things, The only true one that exists and always has existed.
"There is no such god! —Júpiter replied. -I have thousands of years of being created by humans, and I have never known any god by the name of Yahweh, besides there is no god of all things, only Gaia, the force that coordinates all things and living beings in the universe, a force that humans will never understand.
"Of course God exists! And it was he, who created humans in his image and likeness, the gods of Olympus did not and never existed, they are just fantasies that the ancients created when they did not yet know of the existence of the true god.
"Ha, ha ha ha! –Júpiter Laugh resoundingly. —So a god created humans and humans created us, because they did not know of the existence of a single true god? That said, humans will never understand the complexity of Gaia's strength and now tell me; What brings you to Mirídia and why didn't you go back the way you came, When did you see that I was preparing my armies to attack you?
-Why did I not have to flee, just as you did not have to attack me, if I approached it was to dialogue with you who attacked me twice and I say, I do not know in Olympus, but where I come from, every enemy has at least the right to a declaration of war before being attacked, And you attacked me twice without telling me, yesterday and today, so you left me with no other soup but to defend me from your tornadoes with the powers of the Sword of Destiny.
He answered by pointing his right hand at the sword, which was still deactivated and motionless skewered on the floor.
-Lie! Confess that you come to the oracle of the forgotten gods to ask for a dark wish, like most of those who arrived before we founded the city of Mirídia, and angels were created to prevent the entrance to the temple, to any demon or living being that wanted to arrive; Confess and maybe we'll let you live!
-You are not in a position to threat en, my dear Júpiter Fidius. —He said, squeezing his usual half-smile. —You will not attack me because I have your word from god and I feel that his strength is containing your fury.
-I know that my sword was extinguished when I felt the strength of your nobility, I also know that you will not break your word without me breaking mine, and if you are a wise god you will feel that like you, I will not break my knight's word, even if you think that all humans are miserable and treacherous.
-You are right, just as you feel the strength of your nobility, I know that you will not attack me, and we can reach an agreement, now you just need to tell me what brought you to the limits of the city of Mirídia, you must have a very strong and convincing reason, so that you have accepted the challenge of facing the tornadoes and the King of the Olympian gods. –says the God softening his tone of voice.
-Okay, I have no trouble telling you why. —Yurik says convinced. -I came here looking for a girl, one who stole my heart, the same one who asked me to leave and take her with me, the one who preferred to leave her life and her people, in order to avoid fighting this battle in which I could have died, and many of the warriors of her army who form the tornadoes of Mirídia, she is one of his princesses, her name is Raiza.
-What? Did you come here and face my tornadoes for love? Did you risk your life for one of Coballo's daughters? —Júpiter says looking at the sky. -Gods of Olympus! The prophecy has been fulfilled! Follow your way, noble gentleman, I will not attack you anymore and let me shake your hand, I have great pleasure in having met such a noble and brave knight.
And stretching out his enormous hand he said to him, smiling at them as his hands shook.
"Even if you're one of the miserable humans.
And this, sketching his usual half-smile accepted the joke of the god who was already saying goodbye, and extending his right hand towards the rain cloud that still remained in the sky, disappeared while lightning exploded on the ground, the cloud began to fade and the Sun appeared behind it, three quarters of the sky already approaching the west, in the direction where that blue palace that had impressed him so much appeared, picking up the sword, of course, after searching in all the pockets of his overalls that nothing was missing, he resumed the path and the warriors of the wind that surrounded him vanished into the air, leaving the way free, the sword had deactivated itself and was no longer on fire, as well as the Hail Mary that had already disappeared, turned to observe the 2 muddy towers that had remained as mute witnesses of the battle, He thought for a moment of going back to do something for the survivors, but remembered that they only perished with fire.
-They are just mud towers.
He thought sketching his usual half-smile.