He could hear the stars twinkle, the breathing of the moonlight and the unnerving sounds of crickets chirping. Doesn't that sound ridiculous!.
Rhett felt the wind blow against his face so hard he opened his eyes. He tried to close them, but a whisper, a soft, almost unheard whisper stopped him. It sounded gibberish and incomprehensible.
He stopped breathing and tried to hear the words, pick out something, something he could hold upon that could guarantee his sanity.
"[I STILL SEE YOUR DOINGS]".
That caught Rhett off guard, his breathing suddenly came out, with a crackling sound, he coughed and tried to breath, the shock was too much for his brain to comprehend.
"[I'M THE SEER, I SEE ALL]".
"I almost died when the ghost slayers attacked my Kingdom!", Rhett managed to say, also struggling with his breathing.
"[THERE'S NOTHING LIKE DEATH, KINGS OF DRAGON SLAYERS NEVER DIE]".
Rhett scoffed, a low, light expression.
"Well I do, I'm not mortal, I've not possessed that rank yet, I've -".
"[YOU SHOULD, I'VE HEARD AND WATCHED YOU FOR LONG AND IT'S JUST BEEN LUCK THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR SIDE, HONESTLY, PURE LUCK]".
Rhett blinked twice and looked around, he saw no one, was he talking to a ghost?, an entity?.
"My late grandpa told me there's nothing as luck", he said and after his sentence, he seemed to hear the voice sigh.
"All my endeavors this recent time since I became king, where have you been? I used to wonder, when I became ruler of the dragon slayers, you were the voice that spoke, with the raven that took me to the battle stadium. But suddenly you vanished and then, you're here again?, why?".
The voice seemed to inhale and exhale the air, in a strenuous effort, although Rhett couldn't see him, he was sure it was strenuous, it must at least take some force.
"So what are you here for?", Rhett asked looking at the shutters of the windows, by his calculations, obviously by the position of the moon, he could tell that it was midnight. When he was young, almost a child, his grandpa had also told him that when the moon was up in the sky, a bit too by the left to his eyes, it was just midnight, and by midnight, it was the next day, early in the morning.
Rhett sighed. "Get lost you stubborn voice, you trouble my sleep".
"[OH, I'M ONLY BUT A MESSENGER, I'M ONLY BUT A DELIVERER, I'M ONLY BUT A-]".
"Shut the f**k up!".
Rhett felt a force jerk him backwards, he tried to breath but it felt like he was having a seizure. He saw stars, blue ones, rotating up above him. It was just illusions he noticed, he was getting so dizzy now and woozy.
The shutters jammed and fell down, Rhett turned his head to the direction and saw the fragments on the floor.
"Arghhh!",he exclaimed. "You're putting me in pain!".
"[I'M ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU YOUNG MAN, I'M ONLY TRYING TO SAVE YOUR DAMN LIFE]".
"Who are you!".
"[I'M THE SEER!]".
The voice seemed to laugh and Rhett gasped.
"Ash!, Ash!, Ash!",he called.
There was no response, Ash was really engulfed in his slumber and Rhett could only give a sigh.
"Get lost!, get lost!",he screamed.
"[I'VE ALTERED THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE TO ANY LIVING BEING AROUND HERE NOW, ONLY I CAN HEAR YOU]".
"Why are you here?".
The voice seemed to cough and there was silence, the wind swirling and twirling, the sounds entering Rhett's ear, shaking his ear drums and making him shudder. He was feeling pain right now and it was hurting him.
"Why this?",he asked.
"[WHY THIS?, WHY THIS PAIN, WHY?. THE ANSWER IS, I AM SENT HERE BY SLAYERIOUS, RULER OF THE SLAYER'S DOMAIN,I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE KING OF THE DRAGON SLAYERS BUT YOU ARE NOT KING OF THIS WORLD OR ANY PORTAL TO ANY WORLD YOU WILL ENTER]".
Rhett groaned. "Then why didn't you help me when the ghost slayers ripped my kingdom apart, you guys didn't even act like we existed, and now you come and start to blab?".
The Seer laughed. Rhett couldn't see its face and he wondered how it would be.
"[NORMALLY, RESIDENTS OF THIS WORLD ARE MEANT TO SUFFER SO IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS!]".
"So why are you here, why did Slayerious send you!".
Silence.
Rhett breathed hardly now, his face dotted with sweat. He looked forward now, knowing that the force speaking to him now must be standing or staying in that direction.
The voice suddenly spoke. "[I HEARD OF YOUR INTENTION TO SLAY THE EMBER DRAGON AND HARNESS ITS POWER]".
Rhett made no response to that, he only continued to breath heavily and stare blankly forward, he was pulling the chain so hard he expected it to break but it didn't. He was just chained too well.
The Seer continued: "[WELL, SLAYERIOUS HAS SEEN SOME POTENTIALS IN YOU AND WANTS TO GIVE YOU A HEAD START].
Rhett slowed down his breathing. "How?".
"[YOU FULFILLED AN ANCIENT PROPHECY OF SLAYING AN ICE DRAGON IN FRONT OF DRAGON SLAYERS. THEY MADE YOU THEIR KING AND NOW YOU'RE ROYAL. WELL, ASH YOUR ASSISTANT MAY NOT KNOW BUT THERE ARE OTHER DRAGON SLAYERS THAT BROKE OUT AND FORMED A CLAN. WELL, AFTER YOUR TRIUMPH TOMORROW, RIDE A DRAGON, FIND THE SURVIVING CITIZENS OF YOUR KINGDOM AND THEN SEARCH FOR YOU LONG LOST CLAN , YOU'LL BE MORE RESPECTED THERE]".
Rhett was shocked by this, so he still had a chance at becoming royal?, he looked forward and then spat out, remaining silent.
"I may lose tomorrow, how do I defeat the ember dragon?", he asked.
"[FIND THE CRIMSON DRAGON HUNTERS SWORD, IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THIS PRISON YOU RESIDE, WEAVE ITS POWER AND KILL THE DAMN DRAGON!]".
Rhett felt a force leave the place and a wind blowing strongly from the window. The aching and pain was gone. He knew it alright. The Seer was gone and he noticed, with a sprinkle of glee, that the sun had started to rise up to the skies slowly.