ELECTUS 11 The Truth Behind Eric's Mother

Woldemir looks at Eric with grief on his eyes and with a hard tone he says

"Eric. Your mother was a Witch.

We tried to hide that fact but somehow those G.o.d forsaken ill.u.s.tratios found out.

Your mother was always protective about you. I suppose she knew what you are capable off but kept quiet. Even i didn't know about your powers.

One night, i woke up to flames and smoke.

Those ill.u.s.tratios found out that your mother is a Witch.

I doubt they were aware of your powers though."

A tear drops down on Eric's eye as he is able to put two and two together and figure out what happened to his mother.

Right after he replies to his father with

"So those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds killed my mother? They burned her? They burned my mother?"

Woldemir replies with

"Yes. It's hard to tell you this but the ill.u.s.tratios killed your mother.

In Fact they tried to kill all three of us.

I woke up to flames and smoke but i wasn't on my bed. The smoke put me in a deep sleep. The smoke didn't take down your mother though.

When i was awake she already did drag me all the way through the room and threw me out of the bedroom window."

Eric replies with

"But at this rate she should of survived along with us. How did she die?"

Woldemir replies with

"Right after i woke up, i crawled up on the window and saw your mother approaching with three month old you on her arms.

But... right after she handed you to me, the building collapsed.

Almost half of the house collapsed as the support beams that held up the walls, burned and broke.

Your mother got crushed under the collapse.

That is how your mother, Isabel. Died."

Eric replies with

"So it is my fault. It's because of me she couldn't escape in time.

Because of me she got crushed by that burning house.

She died while rescuing me."

Woldemir replies with a shouting voice

"Neither you or i or your mother aren't to blame. If those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds didn't lit the house on fire, none of this would of happen. The ill.u.s.tratio are to blame.

Right after the building collapsed, i've heard them yelling

"Burn. Burn you wicked witch.

The ill.u.s.tratios rule this Country.

We rule everything.

We are superior.

Magical beings have no place here.

BURNNNNN!!!!!"

That voice has been haunting me ever since. It has been haunting me for fifteen years straight."

Eric replies with a shouting manner

"VENGEANCE!!!! VENGEANCE has to be taken towards those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds.

I will burn their entire Kingdom to the ground.

My mother's blood will never be left to get dry.

I will burn everything to the ground."

Woldemir replies with

"Indeed we will take Vengeance.

I loved your mother more than anything in my life.

She completed me.

Eric. My son.

We have a chance to fight back.

We have the chance to free this land.

We have the chance to take Vengeance in the name of many families whom died in the hands of these beasts.

But they all have the date and time.

First we need to find that teleportation book.

I think that's how Akareas was in contact with the Electus before her. We need as much help as we can get.

And who would help better than another Electus?"

Eric replies with

"But you saw that man or beast or whatever he was.

He was to powerful to beat.

Even compared to my powers, he is far beyond stronger.

Even if i burst in the castle and shoot at everything, he will beat me."

Mogranius jumps in the conversation and says

"Eric. We won't be bursting in.

We can use our fire power to become invisible.

At your rate it will only take a moment to learn.

We will go in and out without being noticed by anyone."

Eric replies with

"In that case we do have a chance to find something.

But for now where will we stay?

Going to our house is far to dangerous.

Chances are they already burned it down.

Speaking of houses, father.

If we lost everything on that fire, how did you buy that Farmhouse?"

Stefan replies with

"Actually, that farmhouse is originally mine.

I let your father live on it with you.

It was the least i can do.

I wanted to help more but i already was paying outrageous taxes even back then.

You and your father are lucky to be alive.

Even after being weakened down from the smoke, he travelled from one Kingdom to the other to escape the madness.

It took him weeks.

It's not easy to travel without a horse."

Eric replies with

"Stefan. From the beginning you helped us a lot. And today you stood up against ill.u.s.tratios.

I don't regret at all for not letting you fall when i tossed you.

But. Speaking of horses.

We left BlackWind back at Crutal Kingdom.

Mogranius replies with

"Looks like we didn't."

After that they see BlackWind run through the woods braking branch after branch and bush after bush.

A six foot tall half a ton horse would leave markings like that easily.

But they all were happy that BlackWind made it.

He is part of the family.

Now all of the Gang members are together.

The moment BlackWind reached them(with a ill.u.s.tratio guard helmet tangled on his hair),

they were all happy to see BlackWind in one piece.

And all of them ran towards the beautiful horse, and rubbed his fur and with big smiles on their faces they kept repeating

"HaHa that's our horse."

"That's our beauty."

"He is our soldier."

"The ill.u.s.tratio he ran over will have nightmares."

"If he is alive that is."

"He is a good boy"

"A good strong boy."

But apart from all the compliments BlackWind got, he turned towards Woldemir and blew his hot nose air on Woldemir's face in a angered manner.

He didn't like how he got left behind.

Woldemir replies with

"I know boy. It was unfair to leave you behind.

But we were all lucky to escape alive.

I knew you can handle yourself enough to escape from that h.e.l.lhole."

BlackWind yet again blows hot air through his nose towards Woldemir's face and walks away.

Not far away though.

Just a few feet apart from the gang to chew on a bush.

Mogranius says

"Well since the whole gang's here, how about we move on?"

Eric replies with

"Move on? Move on to where? We can't live under a bush."

Mogranius replies with

"A moon away is the underground town of a extinct race.

The town is called Lan Zhe.

Their race was called Calidum Lutum.

They were able to control lava.

A small population indeed.

Their underground town is mostly dirt and rock, but it leads to an underground Volcano."

Eric replies with

"Well i can see why their race included a small population. Who would want to live underground?

But still. How did they go extinct?

Did the ill.u.s.tratio kill them?"

Mogranius replies with

"No No. Actually they went extinct thousands of years ago. When our Continent, Ignis. Was one.

War followed when certain Kingdoms wanted their own independent land.

Even though they wanted that land to build an army.

That is how our Continent has four Countries now.

Back then it used to be all one.

The Calidum Lutums disappeared right after the war started.

Which is hard to explain how.

Because they controlled Lava and were even ten foot tall.

They weren't defenseless either way.

They were gone so long that everyone a.s.sumed they went extinct after a few centuries pa.s.sed."

Eric replies with

"It is terrifying how many civilizations war destroyed.

I will do everything in my power to stop this war.

War destroyed a Civilization who sounds so extraordinary.

I would've loved to learn more and more about them."

Stefan replies with

"It is a shame that they all died but in our case their home is our roof now.

And since that race went extinct so long ago, i doubt that anyone would look for us there.

An ill.u.s.tratio is far too arrogant to know the location of such unique ex civilization."

Woldemir replies with

"Indeed. But we won't reach there by talking.

Let's get moving.

And no flying this time.

We might get spotted.

It's not a everyday scene for these people to see flying men.

They would notice us.

Also. Last and most important, BlackWind can't fly."

Mogranius replies with

"Ok than, i can't argue with that logic. To the underground town named Lan Zhe we go."