Chapter:08.2- Venhorst's point of view part 2
February 2016.
On this day, my life took another major turn. Suddenly, my body is acting up. I'm not sure what's going on. Should I be sick? I don't think it's possible. I'm a being halfway to the Middle Kingdom. I don't get sick out of nowhere. It's best to do a self-inspection.
My symptoms are familiar, I don't want to fool myself, if it's what I imagine, I think I'm going to explode with joy, occasional nausea and vomiting, it just has to be this, my sonar scanned my body, I close my eyes to keep me more focused, my evolution core is spinning normally as always, the absorption of spiritual energy is normal, the conversion of spiritual energy to elemental energy is also normal, now I need to check my vitality.
My sonar checked my vitality and it was irregular, two pulses of vital energy were detected in my body, my heart accelerated, I did the test several times to confirm, I pinched my cheeks to make sure I wasn't dreaming, it's not a real dream I'm pregnant.
— aasaas .. Ass .
I couldn't help but let out a cry, such happiness! I never thought I'd be so happy again. Fernando, I have to tell him. Naturally, the first person who comes to mind is Fernando. Last year, he replaced his father as lord of the territory. However, he's in our house, a castle outside of New Redondo, in beautiful protection. I had to come visit my father this week. I have to go back and tell him.
My father, who heard my scream, came running to see what happened, but I ignored him, kissed him on the forehead and ran away, as I am not yet an average being, I cannot fly, I remembered now Fernando offered me a flying ark, I use my sonar and take out a flying ark from my ring, jump on it and fly away at full speed, at maximum speed, it doesn't take long until I reach Venhorst castle on the board.
I ran to the office but didn't see Fernando, he asked for a maid and got an answer, he stayed in the room, I ran there and gave him a hug and a nice kiss.
—Honey , I have great news.
— Honey, I have some heaven-shattering news.
Fernando and I are talking at the same time, I'm confused, he has some news too, now I'm curious.
— What is it, dear?
- What is it?
Again the words came out at the same instant.
— Let's hear from you first.
I was faster this time, better to listen to what he has to say and surprise him later.
— Darling, this is our chance to become superior beings without the help of the kingdom.
This is indeed surprising news, but wait, how is this possible? As far as I know, the kingdom has the methods to become a higher being. If someone is at the peak of the Middle Kingdom, there is a need to control a very strict contract with the royal family. The contract is even more restrictive than at levels below the Upper Kingdom. It is stated that the kingdom has arranged to have the lords under its control .
In recent months, Fernando has been looking for a way to become a superior being, but without any success, all options were discarded, the only way was with the royal family's ritual, but again this went against our plans for revenge, if one of us or even both of us use the royal family's ritual to become superior beings, we will be under total control of royalty and we will never achieve our deserved revenge.
If Fernando has found another viable way to become a superior being, this is an opportunity that cannot be missed. We will be one step closer to achieving our revenge, so it is better to listen to what he has to say.
— how is this possible?
—Thanks to a stroke of luck, I rendered a meritorious service to the church, the cardinal was truly pleased with my help, he rewarded me with some information.
— information ?
I can't help but ask, I'm curious and anxious, what does this have to do with anything? Fernando smiles at me.
"Calm down, let me finish exploring. In a week, a primordial tomb will be opened. These tombs are very mysterious, and there's certainly some danger, but nothing to worry about."
Fernando smiled and continued speaking.
— Cardinal of the church, allow us to take someone else on this journey, it is our chance to become stronger and take a step towards our deserved revenge.
These tombs are usually full of dangers, now that I am pregnant I must think about the child's safety.
— As for the danger?
Well I have to ask, normally I wouldn't care, but now I'm hesitating, Fernando frowned, I think he's suspecting something, he relaxed and said.
— Don't worry, we'll be safe.
— It won't just be us, there will be 4 higher beings, 9 average beings and 16 base beings, it will just be an excursion, the cardinal has an item in mind if I get it, I will receive the ritual for a warrior to become a higher being, I will also receive the ritual for a wizard.
Well, this is a really great opportunity, and now can I do it? Should I tell him? Knowing Fernando, he might even give up on this opportunity if I tell him I'm pregnant.
— Well, you had something to say, what was it?
— Nothing very interesting, I ended up forgetting.
I know I'm lying to him, but I can't let this go, I'll tell him when I get back from the tour.
****
The day of the excursion arrived, Fernando and I traveled to where we met with the other team members.
***
We finally entered, from the stone stele we learned that the tomb was called the tomb of the primordial sin.
It was a total nightmare, death reigned supreme in the tomb of the primordial sin, I panicked at the sight of corpses scattered everywhere, demons even more terrifying than the demons I created from hell were everywhere carrying out rampant killings.
Inside the tomb of primordial sin, no matter the level of evolution of whoever entered there, everyone became normal people, you had to rely on your racial traits, intelligence and courage, the demons sexually abused women, men, everyone was raped and then devoured, death did not come until you were completely devoured, strange words appeared in our heads, texts appeared in front of our eyes,
A mechanical voice told us what to do to survive. When the demons were killed, whoever delivered the final blow regained some of their strength and spiritual power; by the time the final blow arrived, many had already died.
The female and male demons were everywhere, Fernando protected me all the time, one night I told him that I was pregnant, he was very happy, but then he became very angry.
Every day we remained in that place, new monsters would emerge from everywhere, there were not only humanoid demons, some demos were similar to animals, some known others unknown, but for all the demons their names appeared above their heads as well as their level and strength.
For years we fought against demons, the members of our group decreased every year inside the tomb of primordial sin, as time passed something frightening was detected. No matter how much time I spent inside the tomb my belly did not grow, years passed and our bodies remained the same, it was as if I had just entered the tomb of primordial sin.
After several years of fighting, the claws of evolution arrived. There were rules described in the stone stars. Rule number one: the previously chosen evolutionary path remains to avoid conflict with the body. Rule number two: you reap only what you sow; you can only evolve with your points.
The points we earned by killing the demons would be used to purchase materials and perform the evolution ritual. Fernando chose the path of the warrior, and I chose the path of an elemental mage. We defeated the demons, earned points, purchased materials, and performed the evolution ritual.
Being primary.
Be basic.
Be average.
The stronger we became, the stronger the demons we had to face. The team was reduced to six people, some went mad from the carnage and committed suicide. I had Fernando with me; he helped me maintain my sanity.
There were different types of demons, some were devourers, others raped and devoured their victims, others ripped off the heads of their victims and added them to their shoulders, others treated their victims like babies and fed the victims with larvae and watched them die with smiles and tears.
There was a room that the demons did not dare to enter, it was a room different from the others, in it rested an egg on the altar, the demons, no matter the level, were all afraid of it.
When everyone had died, Fernando became a superior being, enemies even stronger than a superior being began to appear, they were members.
One day Fernando was surrounded by 20 superior beings, he did everything to attract them in order to get me to safety, he succeeded, I was safe, but he was taking a one-sided beating.
I couldn't bear to see Fernando like that, I wanted to run and throw myself in the middle, but I would only die faster, what to do? There was no time to think.
In desperation an idea occurred to me, without looking back I used all my volition base of an average peak being and ran with all my strength, until I reached the room all those demons had, I grabbed the egg above the author and using my core to the maximum I ran back to where Fernando was having a bitter battle, I used my soul creature, all my spiritual and elemental energy on the egg.
Crack
Crack
The egg seemed to be cracking, I ran to the middle of the battle, Fernando was already at his limit, as soon as the demons saw the egg they began to flee, I would not let them escape so easily, I grabbed Fernando who was on the verge of infidelity and threw him away. And then I used all my power to determine the egg.
Bzzzt
Bzzzt
Gooooood
Gooooood
An explanation with a thunderous bang, the entire tomb of the primordial sin shook, all the demons were absolved by the light that came out of the egg, with the explosion I lost the coincidence.
****
When I recovered the coincidence, I was lying on a daisy flower that was overflowing with vitality, there was no spiritual energy in my body, I was as dry as a corpse, but I was recovering, thanks to the flower, looking better it looked like a giant matrix.
Fernando was by my side, he held my hand and smiled to calm me down, I remembered I was pregnant and there was an explosion, I quickly reached my belly and it was huge, thank the goddess, I let out a sigh. Later Fernando told me what happened after I lost the coincidence.
We stayed in the tomb of the primordial sin for 4 days, I was shocked because it felt like decades in there.
***
Months passed and it was October.
October 10, 2017.
The day I was supposed to give birth finally arrived. Two midwives were overseeing the birth in the basement of Venhorst Castle. Ferdinand was operating the life-giving womb. I was lying on a giant daisy. The midwives told me to push hard. I did as they told me. I could feel the baby coming. I was happy. My baby was coming.
Life was unpredictable, suddenly a complication arose, my vitality was being rapidly absorbed, at a rate that the womb could not keep up with, I no longer had the strength to carry the baby, worst of all the vitality in the baby's body was being absorbed too, I panicked, I was desperate.
Fernando with his sonar detected the problem, I saw in his eyes he was struggling with his conscience, I saw the description in his look, I panicked, despair took over me, I couldn't think clearly, even being an average peak being, but my baby, how dare he think about it.
After a lecture and threats, Fernando reversed his decision to take our son's life to save mine. He used his core to supply vitality for the three of us. I felt like my soul sea was being drained—not just my vitality, but my soul itself.
I closed my eyes and took my coincidence to my soul sea. Something strange happened. I wasn't in my soul sea, I was in a soul sea completely different from mine. My soul sea is an icy plain with snow falling from it nonstop. My soul creature lay on the snow.
In the sea of the soul where I found myself it was different to say the least, a sea expanded in every direction, a limitless sea with no north, south, east or west, there was no direction at all, just crystal blue water.
I looked around and what I saw scared and intrigued me, the egg that I had detonated in the tomb of the primordial sin, was floating on the water, inside the egg was an illusory, intangible baby and on the outside was another baby in a soul state.
Through the soul could be discerned, fluctuations that resonated with my own soul when looking at the baby's soul from the outside was like looking into my soul was quite familiar, dear.
I came to a conclusion, it was the soul of my unborn child, my child's soul is fighting with the other one inside the egg, my child's soul is losing the battle, I have to help.
The baby inside the egg created a soul tether and connected it to the other baby outside the egg. The one inside and the one outside fought fiercely, while the baby inside the egg absorbed the soul energy of the baby outside—the one I believe to be the soul of my unborn child. He seemed to become translucent, and my vitality and the vitality of my child's body were absorbed even faster.
The egg baby said something I don't understand. He seems to be repeating himself, but I can't understand. I created a soul string and connected it to the soul of my unborn child. Suddenly, all my soul power was absorbed, and my soul became translucent and disappeared. My son's soul sensed this and became desperate. I smiled at him to show him that everything was okay.
My son's soul created some soul strings, my vision was getting blurry so I couldn't see well, how he did it and how many there were, suddenly I felt an overwhelming power run through my soul, it was a very good and intoxicating feeling, I felt like I could do anything, I feel omnipotent, that word matches the feeling.
The baby inside the egg looked at us, mother and son, with arrogance. I had never been looked at with such contempt in my life. Those looks made me feel like an ant, even smaller and more humble than other ants. The baby inside the egg waved its hand, and the crimson energy in our souls made us disappear from the boundless sea of souls.
When my eyes opened, I was again lying on the daisy, a crimson energy ran through my entire body, the crimson energy reddened all my wounds and revitalized my body, my baby had been born, but he did not cry like other newborns , after a while the crimson energy disappeared from our bodies.
***
After a while the baby started to behave like a baby should behave, Fernando and I were very happy, the bitterness and desire for revenge were left aside, now all I care about is protecting my baby, I will take care of him and give him all my love.
***
2017.
2018.
2019.
2020.
2021.
2022.
2023.
2024
Many years passed, during those many years, Fernando and I gave all our love to our son, I taught him the practices of a nobleman, literature, geography and etiquette, they were 7 years of peace and love.
****
After dinner, something that shook my heart happened again. My son met with Fernando and I, and at the end, he told us he was from another world. My heart pounded, what was happening? At that moment, I used my evolution base to partially freeze my facial hope, so there was no disturbance on my face, I just looked surprised.
Deep down I'm horrified, how is this possible? At first I thought he wasn't my son, but everything seemed to indicate that he was. How could this be happening? My thoughts were spinning rapidly, could it be ?
No, can't you? When I remembered the tomb of the primordial sin, my heart sank. I was horrified at the thought that perhaps a demon had infiltrated my womb.
But I remembered the nature of the Tomb of the Primal Sin and I immediately saw that this was my paranoia. I reviewed all the events of the last few years and remembered that when I was in the boundless sea of souls, our souls were identical. This calmed me down a lot. Therefore, due to the egg, young souls awakened memories of their past lives, that must be it.
I decided to believe that he is my son, whose memories were awakened, even though there are some gaps in this application, that is what I will believe.
When Fernando unconsciously released pressure on our son, I was stunned for a moment, then my maternal instinct got the better of me, and I gave Fernando a lecture, he soon apologized, he also had his concerns, I decided not to tell him my thoughts and see what he thinks.
Later in the room, Fernando spoke to me about the heavens, thoughts that were logical but had many gaps. That day I decided to love him and trust him as my son. If he is a demon? Let him be my semiotic son, after all, he came from my womb.
***
We trained our son, Fernando and I, I want our son to be a wizard, after all he has potential, Fernando wants him to be a warrior, we came to the conclusion that he will choose his own path.
****
I'm worried, my son went to the new city with his only friend Alex, I know nothing will happen, my maternal instincts are telling me that something bad is going to happen.
Author's note: This chapter is an extra, created only for beta readers. If the novel is ever released, this chapter will likely be removed.
In this chapter I left a lot of knowledge.
I didn't want to go into too much detail, so I included a few aspects to help you get to know Catarina better. In the future, when the time is right, I'll tell Catarina and Fernando's story in its entirety. I didn't want to give away too many spoilers.
I wanted to write the battle in the Tomb of the Primal Sin, but I decided not to write it, because in the arc Ferdinand and Catherine the Tomb of the Primal Sin will be the battle that ended the arc.
I decided to just show a section reserved for readers who followed the novel's development. Inside the tomb, there were just a few things Catarina saw and remembered. The deaths inside the tomb will be bizarre and frightening.
Please leave your opinion, it is very important for me to improve the work.