Chapter 12 (Two)

Her eyebrows furrow and her hands fold into fists.

"Don't try anything rash," I warned "I might be tired but I still have enough strength to defeat you."

She realises that she is not still a match for me and that engaging in a battle with me will be pointless.

Her features softened and then she turned around and began walking away.

Great.

"Where are you going?" I ask her but she ignores me and keeps on walking.

"You don't know anywhere here, if you walk away you will get lost." Still no reply.

Women can be difficult sometimes.

Sigh.

I turn to my subconscious and narrow my eyes at it. It becomes sacred and begins to whistle randomly.

My eyebrows furrowed.

"Now tell me everything, unless I am going to make you nonexistent." I threatened.

It sighed and rubbed the tip of its nose. "Fine, I'll tell you." its lips parted into a creepy smile and intoned, "I have no reason to hold back anything from you again."

"I know you are wondering what the name Kovex means and who is behind this name." It walks around me as it explains and I nod. "I know you have a lot of questions about everything that's happening to you."

"Yes, I have a lot..." I narrow my eyes, "and you haven't answered most of them."

"I'll tell you everything you need to know," it intones and I sit on a rock covered with some snow. I have a feeling that this is going to be a long conversation.

"Conflict, Greed, Power and evil were the things that brought the downfall of Zyron. On the 12th day of Tebeth, a top-ranking official turned against Zyron. He was drunk by greed and ambition, so he conquered the four continents of Zyron."

"How many continents does Zryon have?" I ask it. I imagined Zryon to be homogenous with only one continent but it seems like there were other continents on the planet.

"Four." It illustrates with its hand. "Namely; Two, Four, six and eight."

My face became comical, how can a continent be named with even numbers? I expected to hear some old traditional Zyronite name--which I'll be clueless about--but to my dismay, the four continents in Zyron were simply named with even numbers.

My subconscious notices that I am surprised and it asserts, "Most of the languages of Earth were borrowed from Alien languages." It chuckles. "Trust me there are countless languages across the universe. Only in Zryon, there are over three thousand languages."

"So you are saying that Zryon is as diversified as Earth?"

If they speak more than three thousand languages on the planet that means it is likely to be diversified and filled with different races of beings.

"Yes. Under these continents are nations. Just like how Earth has a world power, Zyron had a world power which was a nation in continent number two; named Zyron..."

"So the country was named after the planet?" I interrupt it and it nods.

"But the ruler of that country, the highest ranking officer wanted more power, he wanted everything to be under his command and then because of his ambition his XO became infected with evil and it turned to OX-dark energy. With this new negative power, this general went after the other continent, breaching the harmony, peace and unity they had. He destroyed everything in them and killed billions. The survivors he enslaved them and made them work in terrible conditions...he earned the name Hermedox."

It continues.

"All this were foretold of happening beforehand, in the olden days, it was written; Out of a continent, yes, someone among your people will become drunk and overwhelmed with power and ambition. He will conquer your lands and bring them to ruin, he will turn his people into slaves and kill a lot of you. Yet he will still not be satisfied for his greed became as endless as the multiverse, and as endless as the multiverse is he shall conquer them all.

"Don't be afraid and cower in fear that the universe might be no more, but look! A certain one will stop him, he will do away with him and that one will be from him. So the universe remains if that one accepts this fate." My subconscious stops talking and then it raises its hands in the air dramatically. And there is a glint of excitement in his eyes. "You are that person Jayden and you have been chosen by Kovex and you shall be called his name; Kovex."

I facepalm myself and let out a sigh.

"How are you sure I am the one?" I doubt and it cackles like an old witch living in the seventh century. "The prophecy never mentioned my name, no?"

"Yes, it didn't but you're the one?" It points its finger at me. "You were chosen."

"How was I chosen?" I ask, quite confused.

"I'll tell you. I'll also tell you who is Kovex." It says, "Kovex was a prince in the country of Zyron. He was fifteen when he found out that he was going to save the universe when he went to an ancient library and had a vision--a glimpse of the future."

"If everyone in Zryon knew about the prophecy and they knew Kovex was the saviour why didn't they act to stop Hermedox before he came about?" I ask it and it grins.

"Yes everyone knew but no one took it seriously until that very day it happened. Even though the saviour was revealed the destroyer of the universe wasn't, but it was foretold that he was going to come out from among the people."

That means the citizens of Zyron were too relaxed. Zyron was very advanced, which means their military was advanced too and they would possess advanced destructive military weapons which they could have used to stop Hermedox. If they had made preparations before the doom happened then they shouldn't have been wiped out.

"Zryon was advanced to the peak right?" I raise my eyebrow, "why didn't they use it to stop Hermedox?"

It laughs and then leans on a tree.

"They did, but he was too powerful he had an army. A very big one. Even though he was evil there were still a lot of people who supported him and he too was very powerful. Even though everyone was relaxed all this while my young master wasn't trained and prepared for that very day..." It stops and then it lowers its head. I perceive that something bad happened to the bearer of the name Kovex.

"What happened next? I assume that if he had succeeded Hermedox shouldn't have been roaming around." An impish grin crept to my face. "Or did he turn into a coward and run away?"

I chuckle and it frowns.

"Kovex was never a coward," it raises its head and glares at me. "You are a coward."

"I was being reasonable."

Not everyone will accept to fight a stupidly strong being all in the name of fate.

Fate is unfair! It's just a system designed to cage living things in an eternal bondage.

"If you say Kovex wasn't a coward where is this Kovex now?" My grin gets wider and my subconscious runs out of words for a few seconds.

"This fate was a hefty one to my master, it was his will and utmost pleasure to rescue Zyron and the universe from Hermedox. When he found out that he was the one carrying this fate he accepted it unlike you who tried to reject it like a coward." It narrows its eyes at me and I roll my eyes. "But unfortunately my master couldn't accomplish this fate, my master failed. He died fighting Hermedox, but before his death, he transferred his powers, memories and will to you, so that you can carry on with this fate and finish what he started. Also as you have received his powers, memories and will you shall also receive his name; Kovex."

I wrap my arms around my stomach and begin to laugh.

"You want me to die fighting an evil being like your master?" I say while laughing and it frowns.

I am still a virgin and I don't want to die a virgin. I don't want to waste my life fighting an evil being that I have no chance against. Kovex was stronger than I was when he fought Kovex he had mastered these powers and he had a lot experience more than me. I am just at level one in these powers and then I barely know anything and I am also very inexperienced.

Going against Hermedox is a suicide mission, it was like a deer going against a pride of lions.

"Are you a coward?" It scoffs, "That's why I am here! Kovex created me for a purpose, I am part of his mind--your mind. He made me so that I can guide you and make you strong so that you can carry his will and the will of this universe." It begins to breathe heavily and I stare at it nonchalantly. "He wants you to do what he couldn't do. Your mind and his mind are now one, you are him and he is you.

"If it wanted to defeat Hermedox so badly and do what the prophecy says why then did he fail?" I mutter and then everywhere becomes silent.

My subconscious straightens itself and then pinches the bridge of its nose.

"Kovex failed because Hermedox was his father." It says with its voice barely above a whisper.

My eyes become wide like large saucers and my once-dying flames of curiosity ignite...how is this possible?