"Goddess please give me one more chance, please" Moguos cried at the top of his voice.
He did not want to get strip of his priesthood and thrown into the pit of darkness, nor did he want to face purgatory. He really wanted the goddess to grant him another chance to prove himself but he was not sure if that was going to be feasible at all.
"I should give you another chance?!" Moist could not believe that he still had to audacity to ask for a second chance after failing her. She felt insulted.
"And what makes you think I am willing to grant you a second chance Moguos?" She thundered from where she sat, sending chills down his spine.
She looked at him with utmost disgust but was mostly angry at herself. She had find it very difficult to believe him the last time they met when he claimed his sister was takes away from his family.
All his descriptions of the events of that day went to high extend to prove that maybe his sister was Sheba's reincarnation, but she refused to believe it. She was still blinded with the fake amulet she had been carrying all around. Which she had herself to blame for that too.
How she have been carrying a fake amulet around and she did not get to notice. She only got to find out few days ago when she received reports of Elisha's attack in an inn in the village. She at first refused to believe it was Elisha doing even when Zebedee had confirmed it way beyond all doubts. It was as if she was running from the truth.
She knew quite well that the only thing that would give Elisha the lease to leave the bottom of the waters was if Shebe was alive and that was her biggest fear.
Moist had in the past tried to convince Elisha to join forces with her but she bluntly refused. She needed Elisha as an Ally basically because she knew how powerful she was and her will all over water bodies was most powerful.
Infact, when Moist trapped Sheba, she mourned her by causing fishes to suddenly disappear from the seas, making water bodies very bitter and poisonous that no one could drink it and survive.
Moist only managed to make a deal with her then to keep allowing her and her kind reproduce with the humans , to sustain their race even though her prior request was the amulet.
Elisha loved Sheba but she had to put her responsibility as a queen first and uphold the survival of her people. If she had insisted on punishing the humans out of her wrath, Moist would never allow them breed with the humans so she had to agree to her terms. But that was only an official deal, Moist wanted more!
She wanted Elisha on her side as persuading Lucifer to become hers has never really worked out. But Elisha bluntly refused, swearing that the only time she would be seen on the surface again is when Sheba returns.
Since then, she had tried her best to retrieve the amulet but Moist knew better, well…so she thought till now.
She finally decided to scrutinize the amulet on her neck later that day and found out it was fake to her greatest disappointment. Then who took the real one and when did that happen? How could she have let her guard down?!
Then it dawned on her, she having a fake amulet meant only one thing, Sheba has been reincarnated and she feared it was truly Moguos's sister. If it was truly her, then she was in for a great trouble.
The story of Moguos's sister happened over seventeen years ago and she knew well that even if Sheba escaped the amulet days ago, she was already very powerful enough to attack her and Cullen, especially if she has the support of her witches and Elish which she obviously does.
"Dammit!" She cursed, slapping her hand hard against her throne arm.
"Please goddess" Moguos kept on pleading hoping Moist would give heed to his cries.
"I promise not to fail you again goddess, please grant me this opportunity to serve you one more time and carry out your wish in the way that pleases you. Please goddess!" He cried with all honesty, relentlessly begging her to show mercy.
Zebedee would have begged on his behalf but he dare not go against Moist, not now that she was in total fury.
Moist turned to him again, this time not with disgust but pity.
He did say that he almost brought his sister Amora to her but was stopped by powerful man and then Amora herself and according to him he said she used high levels of witch powers. She was very powerful that he did not stand a chance, that's why he did not succeed.
"I have heard your cries Moguos and I am willing to show mercy" she began calmly.
"Oh thank you so much great goddess" Moguos was overjoyed and relieved he was not going to be thrown into the pit. "Thank you so much goddess" he kept showing his appreciation.
"Now tell me, was there anything strange about your sister or were there any strange words she spoke to you?" She asked, hoping to it get the answer she was looking because if she did, she was afraid this was going to be the last time she would sit comfortably on her throne.
Immediately, Moguos fell into deep thoughts. He scratched his head and stayed calm for few seconds before beginning to speak again.
"Oh yes goddess" he started off calmly, he could not afford to miss anything. "She became very angry all of a sudden and then she has this look of magnificence and a very strong aura of witch sorcery. Also, of all the times I mention you and addressed you as the goddess, she rather retorted and called you her sister".
Moist's heart sunk.
"She called me her what?" She believed her ears were failing.
"She called you her sister goddess" Moguos repeated.
'Oh no!' Moist was loosing it, it's really Sheba' she cried within her, she was really the one'.
"Sheba is back!" She suddenly said, confusing Zebedee and Moguos.
"Sheba?" Zebedee furrowed, looking at her intently for answers.
"You are dismissed" she waved. "Head back to the sect and build yourselves like war is to come"
"War?" Zebedee was still confused and so was Moguos but he dared not speak, he had just been pardoned for his failure so he allowed The holy one do the talking.
"Which war do you speak of goddess" he asked politely, careful not to incure her rot as she already looked angered.
"The war with the witches"she said again confusing them the more but this time gave no more room for questions. "You are dismissed!"
"Of course goddess" they both bowed and left immediately.
"It has been so many years Sheba" Moist began speaking to herself as soon as they left.
"So many years that I almost forgot you ever existed! And now, all of a sudden, you are back? How! How!!…