Trial of the Fire (Part 3)

"Grandma! You're alive, but how?"

Mikhael is confused since he saw his grandma during her last breath dying between his arms after the village was attacked.

The lifeless body of the old woman who took care of him ever since when he was just a baby felt more intense than when Raphael and Rosela was taken over by an unknown group.

He later burried her along with the rest of the villagers after their wake.

"My child there's no time to waste! You must wrestle with the power inside your body, if not it will try to overtake your life and your fate!"

"Your soul is special and it must not be allowed to be taken over by these ancients. We have sacrifice alot to keep it safe, to make you safe!"

"The seal that i have imparted upon you when i gave you the stick is weakening. It was a soul barrier that I have gifted to you so that you can be prepare for this moment , but it is all worth it as long you continue to live and take what's 'originally yours' from the very beginning."

"I don't understand what is this place and why is this happening grandma?" Mikhael asked while tears are pouring in between his eyes. He wanted to locate where the voice is coming from hoping he could see her again. She was the one who protected him and he always rely on her from time to time.

"I know that you have alot of questions but now is not the right time! I will help you control that power which is rampaging inside your body by using the last ounce of Qi i have embedded from you."

A moment later the voice was heard again by Mikhael however it is more of a whisper than the powerful voice before. It seems that it was weakened due to something.

"I have sealed him in your consciousness while he was searching for your soul. And for a time being he won't be able to move or find you to enter this place. You now have an ample of time to awaken the power in your soul"

"Remember you must use the power of your soul to devour that power outside. Once your soul have its power awakened, you can do things you have never dreamed of before. I will impart the last of my Qi to help you awaken it. However you must promise me to do your best in the future, treat it as my final gift to you my little child"

"I promised!" the boy repliead earnestly.

After that the chant was heard coming from the old woman.

"Heed thy call of the Divine, Open up a path and show us the way to break from this Chain of Fate, let the new Fire set us free!"

"I believe that you will find out the truth sooner or later, I have faith in you Mikhael." Said the voice weakly until it was gone.

After that Mikhael body(his soul) started to emit a faint light. The light continues to lit up until it covers his whole body. While light continues to grow brighter until it is blinding enough for someone not to see it.

After an unknown amount of time, The light which shines so brightly was gone. It is as if it was snatched by someone else instead. A total darkness now covered the space.

.......

Inside another space. A ball of green light quietly floats at the top of an altar. In the altar, a gorgoyle statue is sitting while both its palms were in a prayer stance, but in between is where the ball of light was kept. Trying to protect it from something. The statue itself looks dilapidated and will crumble anytime if someone will touch it. Except for the fire that even the time itself cannot affect it.

*Bang*

The space sudenly oponed.

There was a blinding light that shoot down directly in front of the altar. The light dissapeared and a boy was looking directly at the altar.

"Give me your power!" Mikhael shouted at the statue looking at gorgoyle's face.

There was no reply from it though.

"Child i've been waiting for you for a long time" a voice replied.

Mikhael was shocked. He thought that the one he needs to talked with was the statue. Never did he know that it was this ball of light his grandma had ask him to awaken.

Minutes passed.

"You don't need to ask for my power since it was originally yours from the start. However...."

The voice paused suddenly and the ball of light fly towards him slowly and continued.

"Since you are in this new form. You must accept me again, and this will hurt a little."

Now that Mikhael is in front of it he can see now that the color of this ball of light is green. He knew that the light is waiting for his reply so he said. "Do it".

The light swiftly enters his body and he once again struggled madly betting with his body and soul with a purpose. To take what was originally from him.

**crackle** *crackle*

Time passed.

A sound was heard like something is burning.

A dim light can bee seen after some time.

You can see that this light comes from a little fire. But the color it has was green instead!

The little fire then tranformed into the body of the boy. His appearance did not change except that the color of his iris, from brown became green instead after his eyes opened.

"I will see to it that what grandma did to help me will not be in vain. So what if my blood origin came from you. As long as it is inside of me nobody can dictate what my life would be!!." The calm voice now is filled with killing intent and desire to end someone as quickly as possible.

Mikhaels body burst forth and slit through the space until he was gone it closes back to its previous state.

He was dreaming in this place before and reunited with his grandma although he did not know what the place was he knew how important it is.

After he accumulated enough strength to visit it, he would known it later as the Realm of Souls.