Mandos laughed madly and walked toward the stone pyramid
But he felt something grabbing his clothes, when he turned around he saw Freud grabbing his jacket and looking at him anxiously, "Father, please let's go home..."
Fran was holding Freud's hand, while Freud was holding Mandus' jacket
Freud was trying to stay calm, because his sister was scared and he was trying to reassure her, but looking at this scary stone temple and his father's crazy laugh, Freud started to panic, and he couldn't stay calm anymore
When he saw his father walking towards the stone temple, Freud tried to stop him. He had the feeling that they should not enter that place
Mandus looked at Freud and Fran, then got down on one knee until he was at eye level with the two children. "Freud, Fran..... I'm doing this for you, we are now surrounded by our enemies, we have come to this place to find the solution to all our problems... ."
"But Fran is afraid..." Freud looked at Fran, who was clinging to him
Fran didn't speak but the frightened look on her face said it all
Mandus patted Fran's head lightly, "Fran, when we finish this job and get back to Britain, I'll take you to your favorite pastry shop and make you choose whatever you want..."
"Really?…" Fran's eyes lit up
"Sure, the three of us will go together…"
"Can Grandpa Oswald go with us?" Fran asked hesitantly
"Haha, of course, of course, you can take anyone with you, I'll even take your little friends with us, but you have to be brave and fearless when we enter this temple, okay?…"
" okay...". Fran smiled happily
Mandus and the two children moved towards the stone temple
The three climbed the wide stone stairs, the place was so high that Mandus began to feel tired due to his body exhausted from fever
Freud and Fran were trying to keep up with their father and seemed to have reached their limits
They finally reached the top of the temple and the three rested for a few minutes, then entered the temple
Mandus used a light to illuminate the dark place inside the stone temple and they began to go deeper into the place, but when they got close, they could notice a white glow, and this glow increased as they approached
When they reached a certain distance, they could see this source that was emitting this glow
It was a crystal ball emitting a white glow that lit up the entire place. That ball was on a stone pedestal that contained mystical symbols, emitting an ominous bloody glow.
But Mandus didn't care about the bloody symbols. He threw the light source and approached the glowing ball
Freud and Fran stayed put, they knew their father had work to do, so they stayed put as good kids.
They wanted their father to finish his work so that they could get out of this terrifying place and return home
Mandus approached the sphere and whispered, "The orb...."
The orb's glow increased as if it was responding to Mandus' call
Mandus reached out to touch the orb
A glow appeared so strong that Mandus had to close his eyes
When Mandus opened his eyes, he saw himself in a different place
This place was trenches filled with corpses, he could see soldiers firing from guns and cannons and killing each other.
The surroundings of Mandus distorted and moved to another war zone. The soldiers were hiding in the trenches while trying to take cover from the bombing of planes and artillery.
The soldiers were in a miserable condition, hiding among the corpses of their colleagues inside the trenches, and their faces covered with mud and blood. There was a look of fear and despair on their faces, so that some of them were crying, while others were holding a cross while praying and supplicating, while they were holding helmets on their heads.
Space warping around Mandus
"Ahhh.."
Mandus was hanging hundreds of meters in the air
He looked down and found that there was a city below him
But he notices that there is a plane flying over the city, strange that it looks like a military plane and bears the flag of the United States on the fuselage
The plane threw something at the city, there was a big distance between Mandus and the plane so he couldn't see what that thing was throwing at the city
The plane increased its speed and tried to get away from the city
Mandus focused on that thing that was descending towards the city, suddenly a strong glow was released from that thing and that glow increased rapidly, and there was an explosion that destroyed everything in its path
A devastating explosion occurred, wiping out everything in the city, humans, buildings, animals, and plants
All of them evaporated from existence, leaving only ashes as evidence that they once existed in this place
A huge mushroom cloud formed that covered the city after the explosion
Mandus stared at what was happening in front of him in disbelief, his mouth wide open
What the hell is this thing?
Was this a bomb? How could they use such a weapon to destroy an entire city, how could they be so brutal
The space around Mandus distorted, and he found himself in a devastated land. Columns of smoke were coming from everywhere, and he could hear the sound of gunfire from all sides.
"Fran, please wake up..."
Mandus heard a desperate scream
He turned his gaze towards the source of the sound, and saw a young man who was shaking the body of a young woman who was bleeding from her chest
"Fran...Fran...Fran..."
Mandus approached the young man, and could see his face
He was a young man in his twenties, but Mandus recognized him
This young man was his son, Freud
As for the body that Farid was shaking, it was Fran's body
"No, no, please don't do that..." Mandus shook his head as he looked at the sight
Mandus notices a soldier approaching Freud with a weapon
"Freud, run, please run quickly...". Mandus tried to push Freud, but he couldn't touch him
Mandus tried to scream, but his voice didn't seem to reach Freud
The soldier reached near Freud and pointed his weapon at Freud's head
"Noooooo..." Mandus cried desperately as he saw the soldier shoot Freud in the head
Freud's body fell on top of Fran's body, as he embraced his sister in his final moments