Sparky was a capable young man and easily found the priest.
Zane took Roshan with him and headed to the location sparky specified.
It was a cave..... And it was very dark.
Zane lit a torch and held Roshan's hand and he walked inside.
After walking for a few minutes, they were met with a wall blocking their path.
"What are YOU doing here?" A voice said from behind them.
The voice sounded like that of a child.
They turned around to see a small child, about 7 or 8 years old.
"Who are you? Where is the priest?"
"I asked you something, young man. What are YOU doing here" he spat the 'you' like it was venom while looking at Roshan.
"I-i need the priest's help"
"So you can try to kill him again?"
"What? No! What are you talking about?"
The young boy said nothing but stared intently.
"Follow me" the boy said and began walking towards the exit.
Zane and Roshan were confused as they had come from that direction.
As they followed the boy,they took a step forward And found themselves in a different place.
It was a large garden filled with trees.
Zane held unto Roshan tighter.
The boy walked and reached a tree in the midst of the garden. There was an older man sitting there, rubbing it's bark.
"Oh, they were able to come in"
Zane and Roshan looked confused.
"If you really were here to kill me, you would've exploded the moment you stepped your feet here. But you're alive".
"We're...alive" Zane and Roshan looked at each other.
"Why have you come?"
"Well, we need your help. My husband is-"
"The sorcerer. You're here to help him control it" the priest said.
"Yes"
"It won't be easy. Controlling what? More than 400 years worth of past lives of a killing machine?" The priest laughed sarcastically.
"Is there a way?"
"No and yes"
"What do you mean"
"It means there is and there isn't. These are a great number of people with their own thoughts and willpower. Would it be possible to control them all? Absolutely not. But would it be possible to utilize their energy consciously? Absolutely "
"But?"
"He needs their permission. They have to be...a team"
"Would I really be able to convince them? All they want to do is kill. Would they stand with me to save instead?"
"You're asking the wrong person, young man. The answer lies within you..... literally "
"So how do I communicate with them. They recently seem to come out only when I'm on the verge of dying"
"I can perform a ritual right now to let them come out and interact with us"
"You could? Let's do it now"
"If you insist, however, I need a few items"
"Whatever you need"
"Your hair, your blood, a water lily, a straw doll and a dagger"
"How fast can we get these?"
"I already have them. I just need your hair and blood"
Roshan looked at Zane and he nodded.
Roshan rose his sleeve up, signifying that he was ready for his blood to be drawn.
The ritual began shortly after with chanting and mumbling. The little boy from earlier was playing a drum and the priest mixed all the items into a bowl.
He then cut his finger and let a drop of his blood touch the mixture.
Roshan felt an intense chest pain almost instantly. He was unable to breathe and he turned blue.
"What's happening?" Zane was beyond worried.
"They're separating"
Roshan struggled to breathe for a few more seconds before he felt a weight being lifted from his body.
After catching his breath, he got on his feet and was shocked to see another him.
"W-why does he look like me"
"Because they're you now"
The second Roshan had a most disturbing smile on his face.
"Sorcerer-" Roshan started.
"We don't like you and we have no intention of helping you" their voice sounded warped.
"The first of us was killed. Do you know how?"
Roshan shook his head.
"Of course you don't. You know nothing. His family was killed one by one and their corpses eaten. His limbs were severed piece by piece. He was tortured. He died as a stump, killed by the ancient alliance of the 5 useless kings. We will kill them all no matter how long it takes"
Roshan's eyes stung as he heard what his second had said.
His heart broke and he felt pain.
"I'm sorry you went through that. But these people now....they didn't do anything to you. They're innocent"
"They carry cursed blood within their veins. They're all evil and useless"
The sorcerer suddenly turned towards Zane and sniffed like a mutt.
"Vendet, huh. He'll kill you. I'll make sure of it"
Roshan's breathing because unsteady.
"Then after we kill you, we'll move to Delsgade and finish off his family. We'll kill you all. Painfully "
Roshan groaned while sobbing. It was difficult for him, hearing what the thing inside him had planned.
"That's enough. We don't need to hear any more" Zane said.
"You can end the ritual"
"Before you lock me inside that boy again. I just want to say..... You're about to experience hell. Be ready "
And with that, he was gone without a trace.
"So what do we do now?" Zane asked the priest.
"You'll have to force them to want to work with you"
"How?"
"That, you have to figure out on your own"
Roshan's hands were over his ears, he was panicking but stayed silent.
Zane could only try to hold him. He could only imagine the pressure his love was feeling at this time.