All Chapters of A Throne Built On Lies: Chapter 21
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29 chapters
Resilience
Caelion got up on his feet and began to run away from them as they began to chase after him. He kept calm while running into the endless bushes as one who had a plan. “They sure do run fast for one who’s headless,” Caelion said to himself while running.He ran until he couldn’t feel his legs anymore he turned around and couldn't find his pursuers. He had successfully lost them but his legs had given out. He fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes but his eyes caught something passing by.That being was swift and very big. It ran past the tree in front of him and with such size, he could barely catch a glimpse. A creature that big should never posses such speed. Caelion steadied himself and managed to stand up once again.His hurting legs were the least of his problems because they were even gigantic problems that’s about to pop out anytime soon.Caelion stepped back slowly while keeping his eyes on the place which the creature passed by. He kicked a branch of a strong tree and bro
Welcome to the Underworld
Caelion squinted as he opened his eyes. “No no no no, i can’t go out like this. Not like this!” Caelion cried out and rose up instantly. Suddenly, the strength the thought he had lost had suddenly been regained.That frightening hunger and the beasts that waged war on him were all a nightmare. He opened his eyes wide and glanced to his side. Nysera had used her lap to comfort his head while he was in the realm of dreams.Caelion panted as he remembered his ordeal few minutes ago.“Your will was strong, Caelion,” Nysera said while patting his head and staring at hun in the eyes.“I passed? Five minutes ago, my eyes was purged out with spears. Spears buried into both my legs leaving me immobile. My guts was on the verge of getting ripped out and my body was burning with fire from the breath of a dragon. The crazy part was that I felt every bit of the pain. The pain was unexplainably intense but now I’m back?”“Which means you died exactly after 12am, you survived,” Nysera answered.“S
Power
“So what brings you out here after so many years, my friend?” He asked with a suspicious gaze.Caelion turned his head to the door and then at Asmodeus before smiling. “Exploration. Just to simply wander about.”“I take it that you haven’t been informed of the new rules that’s been put in place regarding visiting the underworld,” Asmodeus said with an odd smile on his face.Caelion turned around to Nysera who her facial expression looked disturbed.“Oh, c’mon Nysera, why haven’t you informed him yet?” Asmodeus giggled. “Since he doesn’t reside here with the rest of us, I’ll tell him about the visiting rules because that’s the most important to him.”“Quit going back and forth and just say it. Does your rule kill visitors who use a private gateway to get to the underworld? For crying out loud…” Caelion clicked his tongue furiously.Caelion didn’t know the relationship between Vaelthar and Asmodeus but from what he could observe, they were both on equal terms at one point in their live
My Question
“God of wisdom? In this realm?” Caelion quizzed doubtfully. “It’s true. But he’s staying low-key because of Asmodeus. The logic of might has struck fear in the hearts of many gods. It’s so much that they can barely look him in the eyes while talking. From the look of things, Asmodeus might rule the underworld forever, there might never be a challenger to that seat,” Nysera sighed heavily. “And why are we heading to his place? Are there questions you need answers to?” Caelion asked while walking down a foggy hill.He remembered when he had that terrible ordeal at the realm of dreams. The rainy and foggy forest looked exactly like the path they threaded. “I should be asking you that question because we’re going there because of you. Don’t you have unanswered questions that you need for your mission?” Nysera asked.Caelion was surprised that Nysera was constantly thinking of him and his problems even though they never concerned her. She still doesn’t know what race she was from or th
You Just Got Played
“And I don’t have the right to ask of what that head would be used for?” Caelion asked with a scowl on his face.“No. Get the head and get your answers,” Haeris went inside and slammed his door.Caelion had thoughts of forcing himself into the room but he hesitated because Nysera was pulling on his arm and pleading not to do so.“I don’t know why I’ve got these freaks all around me. These beings that are greatly obsessed with the wrong thing. And they would do everything in their power to make those evil plans successful," Caelion vented with a look of disgust on his face.“He gave you quite a big task for your first visit even though he had some dirt on him. He outsmarted you. You shouldn’t have made that deal,” Nysera sighed.“What type of task did he give you in exchange for answers?”“A pair of magic jugs. Pretty light, is it?” Asked Nysera.“Very light, indeed. The stronger you are the heavier the task, maybe? Where can I find this Herod boar? Is it a creature or that’s just his
The deciding fight
Caelion looked to his left and his right with a straight face before exhaling softly. This isn’t too surprising to a god of his caliber. He’s seen things far worse than this.The gate was partially opened. It looked like an abandoned place. The smell of dried blood and infected guts was so bad they both had to cover their nose while walking into the temple.They opened up the gate and saw a Minotaur-like creature munching on a dead body while sitting on the head of a large wolf. Caelion felt shivers in his feet because that wolf looked exactly like the one who tormented him in this dream.He swallowed his saliva while thinking confidently. I was able to kill that wolf and so was he. Our strengths are not too far off.“Oh…gue-guast. No no no, guests,” he swallowed the organs of the wolf restricting him from speaking and wiped his bloody lips.As soon as Caelion saw his face clearly, his eyes went bright. “Him! Yes! It all makes sense now! It’s really him and— oh! How ironic.”Caelion b
Deception
Herold rose up his head with a wide grin on his face. He glared at Caelion’s pathetic looking face but the more he looked at him, the less real Caelion looked.“Y-You nearly had me there,” Caelion began to laugh as he fell down on his feet while holding his stomach.Herold turned his gaze to the Caelion that was laughing beside Nysera and then the one gagging before him. The one in front of him had started to glitch and it suddenly turned into dark matter.“Your body is magic resistance, not your vision, my friend,” Caelion gagged while laughing out loud.Caelion had deceived Herold with a clone of himself but that doesn’t mean he escaped the attack. His stomach was sliced open but Herold’s hand didn’t drive through it.Caelion held his torn stomach with a satisfied grin on his face. “Not today. I’ve confirmed my curiosities.”Herold had started to get very angry and it was visible in his eyes. No one had ever gotten away or survived that move. Once he was in that position, it was alr
Bottle Up Inside
The murmurs in the celestial council hall was so loud, Lysithea could barely here herself trying to calm the chaos. It seems they haven’t had any meeting since the former occurrence. Lysithea decided they wouldn’t and thought it best it leave everyone for a while so they would calm down but clearly that plan was all in her head because all the inferior deities still had something to say.The anger on her face was evident that she was angry about something else this time. Selmira sat up there wuth drowsy eyes while Eryndor nonchalantly didn’t pay heed to their obvious criticisms about him.“Silence!” Kaedros roared. “Whoever utters a word that’s not sitting with the higher ranking gods will blame themself for not having another generation. Don’t make me mad.”Caelion was also present at this meeting but this main concern was with Eryndor. That expression on Eryndor’s face was priceless. No one could see it except him. He’s lived with him for so long so only him could tell when Eryndor
That look
“You can’t fool me, Caelion,” Nysera flew around him while constantly avoided eye contact. “I know that look. You’re missing something… someone!”Caelion hissed and put on a straight face as he tried to brush of the feeling from his face. “As if.”Caelion and Seris had dreamt about being together for the longest time. They would hold each others hands and discuss like lovers behind closed doors. Seris had always longed for me but Caelion didn’t want her image to be ruined by going too far before marriage.The farthest they’ve gone in their relationship is a littleKiss on the lip and she was the one who initiated it even though Caelion was against it. He always saw Seris as the perfect soulmate because she was the type that loves to uphold justice and always fufild her duty.Seris was Caelion’s closest friend from childhood so he believed it was a match written by fate. He could never have imagined that the love of his life would team up with his supposed father to kill him. And for w