Jihad - The Call Part 2

"As soon as I noticed the evil intentions Ao had, I decided I couldn't let him just go ahead. I tried to defeat him and with that restore and maintain the Balance of good and evil in the Great Realms. But as you are about to see now, I lost." Ao lifted his arms and a enormous lightningbolt of unknown power shaped above his head. With a powerful swing, Ao tossed it towards the Apprentice. The Explosion that followed up was of such power, it made everything tremble and took my sight on the situation for several minutes. After a few minutes I regained my sight and saw the Apprentice floating uncontrolled above the Realms. With his last remaining life-force he lifted himself and managed to cast a very powerful spell on RaGnaRoK; A white bolt was being thrown in our direction, rapidly enclosing. And it hit RaGnaRoK, the meteorite obtained a white glow for a little while. "With my last bit of strength in me I casted a very powerful spell on RaGnaRoK" the Apprentice said. "Within the RoK I live on since if it will ever hit the Great Realms, I will be revived. Therefore the prophecy must be executed. RaGnaRoK must fall!" "But that would destroy the entire Realms! That would destroy me as well!" I said. "No it won't" the Apprentice said. "When RaGnaRoK falls, I will be revived. I will then recreate the realms and restore the Balance. And the ones who are faithful to me will be Reborn. But therefore when I am revived, I will have to defeat Ao first once and for all." I was very amazed and he continued: "Ao has sent RaGnaRoK several times already to make me revive and defeat me. All his actions failed since RaGnaRoK was stopped by powerful factions like the Tripower Empire. What Ao doesn't know is that I am gonna kill him instead.""So RaGnaRoK is gonna fall, you are gonna defeat Ao, but what has that got to do with me?" I asked. "There are a lot of people who know how to avoid the RoK from hitting the Realms. The powerful cannon named Stalin's Organ has already been built to destroy RaGnaRoK time after time. I need faithful followers to help me. Opponents of the RoK should be eliminated in order for the RoK to fall. They should either be convinced to join in my battle against Ao, or be killed if they tend to defend the Realms from the fall of RaGnaRoK. You, Warrior, and a select few others, I need you to lead my forcer and ensure my return! The evil Ao must be destroyed since he is a great danger to all existence. Are you prepared to accept this most holy task? Let all the unbelievers be convinced and slay all the sinners who are past redemption?" Without a single moment of doubt I agreed and said: "You showed me Ao should be slain. I believe what you said, The ones who oppose RaGnaRoK will be slain by my mighty blades. I will form an army and I will make sure the Prophecy will occur!" " Good," said the Apprentice, "Now give me your swords." As I handed my blades over to him, the Apprentice uttered some words. As I wielded them again I felt a new refreshing power flow through my veins. " Now they have been forged with the power of the Apprentice," the Apprentice said. And as he uttered some words again, I felt a fierce pain in my wrists. When the pain went away, I found my fists heavily armoured and my hands very powerful. "That is all I can do for you in my current state," the Apprentice said. Before I were able to thank him for my enhanced strength and power, everything turned black again. A few moments later, I woke up in the very crowded Healing Wound Inn, with as only reminder of my midnight trip, A strong faith in my new found God, two powerful blades, and these awesome pieces of wrist-armor. With only one sole goal: Form an army and eliminate all that can prevent the RoK from falling. the Apprentice will return!!

Jihad - The Call

It were late in the evening as I arrived at the Healing Wound Inn in Westbridge, after a rough day. I fell down in the Jacuzzi, and tired as hell I almost immediately fell asleep. It was then when I heard a voice. I opened my eyes and saw a bright light. My eyes, which just got used to the dark, were blinded by it for a while. And then I heard the voice again, this time more clear: "Come to me, warrior, for I must show you something." I rubbed my eyes again and again, and slowly my vision returned. Slowly, the shape of a large man appeared before my eyes. On first sight he looked quite ordinary, but as I examined him more closely, I noticed he wasn't standing on the ground. He was floating about one meter above the Jacuzzi, and a bright shining aura surrounded him. Wondering why nothing made a sound in the always crowded Inn, I looked around, and noticed there was nobody but me and the strange man. Curious as I were, I walked towards him to obtain a better look at his face. His eyes were shining with a bright light, piercing through me as if he was reading what I thought. I shuddered a little as I realised what a powerful man was standing in front of me, as he spoke to me again: " Give me a hand if you want me to show you." " Show me what?" was I gonna ask, but something forced me to lift my arm and give him a hand. Suddenly, everything turned black. Now it were just me and him floating in some sort of dark void. Nothing to see but him and me. " Who are you?" I asked. On which he answered: " You shall know me as the Apprentice." As sudden as it all became dark, we were floating above the Great Realms. On such an altitude I could see Westbridge and New Thalos in one view. The man who called himself the Apprentice lifted his arm as he pointed towards a point in the distance. "Do you see that man?" he asked, and I stared far in the distance to see anything. And there I saw him, a young man. But as I stared and stared to recognise him, I saw a second man as well. "Who is it?" I asked, "And who is the other man I see there?""The young man is me, a long time ago." said the Apprentice. "The other man is Ao, my former master and teacher when I created the Great Realms." "You created the Great Realms?", I said with unbelief in my voice. "You've still got a lot to learn Warrior," the Apprentice spoke. "Ao is an elder god with enormous power." As I poked myself to be sure I were awake, we suddenly were not floating in a void anymore. We were standing on a huge Rock. " This", said the Apprentice as I looked around me, "This is what you are calling RaGnaRoK." I gasped as I noticed where I was standing on, and the Apprentice continued: "RaGnaRoK doesn't come from nowhere nor without reason. I created it to be send at and destroy, All beings, all life, everything in the Great Realms if times would come in which evil would overrun good." "Evil overrun good?" I asked, "Why are you showing me this?" "Be patient warrior, be patient.", the Apprentice said, as he nodded in the direction of the two men in the distance who clearly were fighting. They were so far away from us that I could barely see them with my farsight, But I could feel their power all the way overhere. Huge blasts of tremendous power took our sight over and over again. Each time their power seemed to be greater and greater. "What the hell are they doing?" I asked, "Do they intend to blow up the entire Realms?"