JOB :THE COSMIC BATTLE (THE END)
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DEEP in space the Angels :Micheal, Gabriel and Raphael, battled intensely with Satan, on Earth what felt like a series of recurring earthquakes. Was in truth the Angels (including Satan) attacking each other with such force that it creates shockwaves that shook the entire universe... Hence the earthquakes on earth. Michael grabbed a white dwarf star and threw it at Satan, which connected and caused a supernovae (imagine what it would look like if the sun exploded, and you would get a clear picture of what a supernovae is) The explosion did nothing but disorient Satan and Gabriel taking advantage of his disorientation blasted him with Angel light ... A heavily concentrated holiness that is manifested physically as a pure white light. And that did hurt Satan for he screamed in pain as the angel light tore through his body. He barely kept himself still flying. When he regained himself he asked "all this for a mere human.?" and Michael replied him "this and more accuser, the whole heavenly host is placed at the disposal of a child of God" "but what is one soul to the LORD, just let me kill Job.... Save ourselves all this excessive waste of energy" Said Satan. Michael replied "one soul means everything, to the LORD, to him one is just as important as all. As for Job... the command has been given, you will not lay a finger on him and if we have to beat you back-blue to get it through your thick head that Job's life is off limits we will". Laughing evilly Satan said "I would like to see you try" then he transformed into a giant red dragon, with black claws as large as an average human. "he's serious" noted Raphael "guess it's about time I get serious too" Michael said as he began to glow. A Golden light that's ten times brighter than the sun began to radiate from within Micheal. He glowed so bright that he made the other stars around him look dull. "To me Sword of the Spirit" he called as he stretched his hand upwards. Alarmed Gabriel asked "brother don't tell me you intend to do it". Michael replied "this has gone on too long, it's the only way to end all of this quickly" "but the last time you did it, an entire section of the universe was wiped out" Gabriel told him "which was immediately restored by the LORD, remember? infact it's for this very purpose I asked the two of you to come with me... Gabriel I humbly ask that you and Raphael, should please restore what whatever that will be destroyed in my wake when I do it..." a bit frustrated Raphael cut in, "wait hold on, back up, I can't take it anymore with all your 'do it' talk that you guys got going on, what is it exactly that Michael wants to do?" and Gabriel replied "he's going to unsheath his sword." "so what, doesn't he do that like almost every time he battles demons?" asked Raphael who's still not getting it. "Not with this sword," Said Gabriel then continued "Micheal has only unsheathed this sword once, in the great War when Satan first rebelled, it was the sword he used to defeat Satan then." "wow Micheal is so cool" Raphael said. "hold on , how can you not know all this... Every angel does, where were you during the great War" Gabriel asked. "was on an important mission" Raphael replied. "you were far off exploring the deepest parts of the universe again weren't you." Gabriel told him... "gathering knowledge in the deepest parts of the universe was an important mission." Raphael defended. "so what you're saying is that during heaven's greatest time of unrest you were taking a vacation?" chided Gabriel. "oh come now brother, when you put it like that you make it sound-" Raphael was protesting when Satan attacked them, Michael blocked the blow but shockwave from the impact blew Gabriel and Raphael away,. As they regained their bearings Gabriel said to Raphael "when this is over you and I are gonna pay a visit to those places you like to go, see what's so enticing about it" "enough talk" Michael called "focus on the accuser.... Here he comes again". Satan in his humongous dragon form barreled towards Micheal, crushing everything in his path as he closed in on him, he blasted Micheal with an anti energy beam that engulfed him. watching from a distance Raphael screamed "noooo..... Brother!!!" "why are you screaming" Gabriel asked. "can you not see that he's gone" Raphael replied. "you don't know Micheal much, do you?" Said Gabriel. "I've Heard the stories, all he did, the great heavenly war, never had the opportunity to be a witness though" answered Raphael. "well today is your lucky day bro, you get to see Micheal in action, live." assured Gabriel. As the space dust cleared, Micheal emerged unharmed in fact he wasn't even phased, still shining with the brightness of ten suns combined, he spoke "time to end this." then he raised the sheathed sword, grabbed the hilt and pulled the sword free from it's scabbard, it shoned just as bright as Micheal himself. Satan made a dash for him, moving at an unbelievable speed, he slashed at Micheal with his claws who evaded at Super speed too, then sliced at Satan with his sword who barely dodged and withdrew, as he watched a large amount of power was released from the tip of the sword and wiped out the entire star system in the general direction the sword was pointing. That annoying sword Satan thought to himself, I cannot afford to get hit by that or am done. So he summoned an army of demons to shield him long enough for him to see an opportunity to strike. But Michael wasn't going to wait for that... He went straight for Satan, tearing through the demon army in front of him without breaking a sweat, when a demon at the back saw this he turned and ran, Satan called to him "where do you think you are going, stay defend you master" "against that" the demon said pointing to a rampaging Micheal "I'm sorry sir, but I love my life just as much as you do yours, consider this my resignation" he said but before he could dissappear Micheal got to him, pierced him with the sword spontaneously combursrting the demon. Turning to Satan Micheal told him "you're next". "you presume too much" replied Satan, and with that both of them engaged each other in a fierce battle all over the cosmos, That left a rather cosmic devastation in their wake... Most of which was caused by Michael's sword.
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Watching in awe, Raphael asked "The sword of the Spirit you called it". Gabriel replied "yes, that sword is literally the word of God, forged into a sword in the pillars of creation... It's recorded in the heavenly archives as the second most powerful weapon in all creation. And in all of creation below the Holy trinity only Michael has been granted the grace to wield it". Raphael turned to watch the battling duo, and he saw Michael slicing, swinging and slashing away at Satan who was barely keeping up with him, he saw that whatever direction Micheal slashes, an entire star system in that direction is destroyed. "What you're seeing, is only a tip of the iceberg" Gabriel said. "The longer the sword stays unsheathed the more powerful it becomes". "what! If such a weapon is the second most powerful weapon, then what exactly is the most powerful weapon in all creation?" Raphael asked and Gabriel kept quiet for a moment then answered "the most powerful weapon in all of creation is.... The name of the LORD spoken from the heart of a believer. it's said that It's power is unlimited by any law, it is able to re-write history as we know it, it can even alter the very fabric of reality itself, it's the ultimate power, limited only by the faith of the user... " "then why didn't he use it" asked Raphael "he has humongous faith, there's no question about his beliefs, he's proven Time and again that he's for the LORD. So why is he not using it?" Gabriel replied "he can't" "why" "because only a human believer have the grace to call forth such power".
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"I curse the day I was born" Job cried out, he went on "may it's morning stars become black, I blame myself for ever being born... I find no fault in the LORD for my sorrows, for he have mercy on whom, he have mercy on and he show compassion, on whom he shows compassion on." "But Lord I demand an answer; I don't understand it" he wept and then continued "I've been good, upright, and honest... Why me?" after job said all this (note in all he said, he did not sin against God). Disappointed that Job did not curse the LORD, Satan in his fury, conjured black Lightning in his hands and hurled it at Job saying to himself "no matter what I do to this bastard, he's never going to curse the LORD... So if I don't win this; Nobody will!" immediately the heavens opened and seven angels descended from the skies and formed a protective ring around Job. One of the angels intercepted the black lightning and deflected it. Then he turned to Satan and rebuked him saying "you go too far accuser, you were expressly forbidden from taking his life" "this is the second time that weakling, have disgraced me, am afraid this has become very personal now, any one who hears this story, will no longer be afraid of me, I have a reputation to keep and to do that Job has to die, defend him at your own peril" Satan warned. The Angel replied "we are the seven that stand in the presence of the LORD, you cannot hope to take us on... You will fail" "And I am Satan the first of the Fallen, I will not be denied!" Satan roared as he dashed towards the Angel who caught him and threw him straight into space, with such force that Satan broke the sound barrier, rolling away into space at five times the velocity needed to escape earth's gravitational pull, "nice throwing Micheal" one of the angels commended the one who threw Satan into space "that won't stop him, but better a battle in the cosmos, than a devastating one here on earth" Micheal replied. As he talked Micheal could see Satan flying back to Earth at an impossible speed, so he turned to the two Angels closest to him, and said "Gabriel, Raphael, to Me, we are taking Satan down, the rest of you, am sure you can all feel it, the splendor of his glory, he is almost here... Shield Job from exposure so he doesn't cease to exist." and with that Michael, Gabriel and Raphael flew off into the cosmos to battle Satan. Job who was overwhelmed with wonder by all he was now seeing, gathered enough of himself to ask one of them ' uhm excuse me sir, sorry to bother you sir but who exactly is coming that you need to shield me from?" the angel replied "you are the one who wanted an audience with him, so brace yourself for here he comes... The Supreme ruler of all creation, : The LORD God Almighty!" the Angel had barely finished announcing when the earth began to shake in an earthquake, the skies split open once more, the mountains melted like wax, great winds blew from all corners of the world, from deep within the cracks on the earth fire burst forth and everywhere around Job resonated with raw power, then Job looked up at the open heavens and saw him, seated in majesty in all his splendor and in all his glory, his throne of grace shining so bright it almost blinded Job. He could hardly make out the LORD's features from all that light, his feet (or what looked like it) Job thought for he could hardly see anything beyond the lights, were surrounded with the most beautiful stars in the universe, the light around him was of many colors, though Job was overwhelmed and terrified to his core, he thought that what he was looking at was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen seriously overwhelmed by it all Job fell down in worship, and a voice spoke from the light on the throne "Job my Servant.... You want know why you, I will tell you... "

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JOB : THE COSMIC BATTLE PART 3
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AFTER Job's tragedy, the angels Presented themselves before the LORD once again, and Satan came with them to present himself before Him. And the LORD said to Satan, "you look dissatisfied, where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD "from roaming through out the earth, going to and fro on it, trying to find a horrible place to bury Job when I kill him, for disgracing me in that manner". "oh so you have considered my servant Job, and find out for yourself self first hand, that he is not to be triffled with, an immovable object of faith." the LORD said with his voice filled with pride for Job. And Satan replied "the man is an idiot, I mean you tell me... who says 'God I bless and thank you for this bad thing that happened to me' nowadays huh?" the LORD answered "my children of course, those who truly love me like Job, understands that their bad situation is not like others, where others are destroyed by their situations, children of God are made stronger by them, Job knew that though I allowed misfortune to come to him, I still will never forsake him. My children in the world know that if gold must be gold, it must pass through fire, they know trouble is to prepare them for a greater level in life so they accept it, and bless me to prove that they are completely dependent on me, to see them through. And since they don't fail me, by not disconnecting from me in their trouble times, I never fail to see them through." "so that's IT! He still has hope" Said Satan. The LORD told him "face facts, you lost the wager, and the best part is I didn't even have to lift a finger to win" "Not quite, you haven't won" Said Satan, "and how is that so? " the LORD replied. "skin for skin, LORD!" he said then continued, "a man would give everything he has for his own life...." "what are you talking about? " Said the LORD. Satan replied "he's still in good health is he not, a man cannot be as poor as he was at birth for then he owned nothing but his own body ,given time as long as he has his body, he will work to acquire things for himself, therefore a man with nothing can own half the world if he dared, so long as he is in good health. Job believes that, especially as he believes you're on his side, he still hopes that he can get it all back, his family and wealth. Take that hope away strike his body and you will see that he will curse you to your face."The LORD laughed "Satan the accuser, as blind as ever... Job my servant's faith is beyond physical matter" "really, why don't we put that to the test" Said Satan. "very well then, he beat you once, I don't see why I shouldn't let him do it again..." the LORD said to Satan "he is in your hands; but you're forbidden to touch his life, now be gone from my presence, until you're summoned never, never present yourself before me." and so Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
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Immediately he arrived in his kingdom he summoned Affliction, Sickness and Disease another three of his evil spirit servants, and he asked "what's the latest on the project you're working on" "oh sir, it's ready," Disease replied "we're calling it the Ebola, it's scheduled to be released three thousand years from now" "Bring it to me, I want to use it." ordered Satan. Disease protested "but sir, it's too raw, it has to ferment or it would-" "I don't care if the bloody universe is infected, I have to win this wager, so bring it to me! " Satan yelled then turned to Sickness, "what about you, what have you got...?" and it replied "it's called typhoid fever sir, I've only released a little concentration of it and 8500 people have died in the past month from it" "bring me the full concentration" "yes, sir " and off it went to get it. Finally Satan said to Affliction, "you will come with me, and increase the pain of the disease and sickness I want to strike job with ten fold". When he got the vials for Ebola and typhoid he asked for, he went straight for Job. When he got to him, Satan struck Job with the vials and immediately jobs skin turned charcoal black, then painful sores from the sole of his feet to crown of his head appeared, worms started crawling out of those sores, and Job screamed in pain AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHH!!! when Job's friends saw this, they ran away screaming, 'what the hell is wrong with Job". Then Satan yelled "affliction now, increase his pain ten fold and do it every minute till I tell you to stop" "you got it boss" Said affliction. I won't loose this wager no matter what, Satan thought to himself and I'm gonna do everything it takes for me to win! Then he dug his five fingers into Job's head trying to pry into his mind and break Job from the inside, while the sickness and pain does it from the outside, he made job remember his glory days, when he was happy, his seven sons, and three daughters, his wife, his friends, the happiness, Satan made him remember when he would sit at the city gate and talk, while the wise, the old, the young, listened, how the elites respected him and how the town praised and showered him with chivalry, then he wishpered into Job's mind, YOU HAD IT ALL, MONEY, RESPECT, POWER, EVEN LOVE, AND IT HAS ALL BEEN TAKEN FROM YOU, THOUGH YOU DID NOTHING TO DESERVE IT. AREN'T YOU ANGRY, DON'T YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, DON'T YOU WANT TO SHOUT YOUR HEART OUT AND LET THE WORLD KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, ABOUT HOW YOUR LOVELY WIFE LEFT YOU, ABOUT HOW YOUR CHILDREN BRUTALLY DIED FOR NO REASON, HOW YOU LOST THE RESPECT THE WORLD ACCORDED YOU. Job screamed as Satan twisted and twisted his mind until Job couldn't take it anymore And then it broke. What Job was holding together inside for so long broke, something snapped. As Satan removed his hands from Job's head, laughing sarcastically in victory muttering to himself I've won, I have broken him.... Job opened his eyes and looked up to the heavens and said "I made the widow's heart sing, i put on righteousness as my clothing, justice was my robe and turban, I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. Father to the needy; I took up the problems of a stranger. I broke the fangs of the wicked and saved the oppressed from their tormentors, now look at me no more than a blackened rotten corpse and for that I-I cur- I curse.... "
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(Did Job really curse God, Read on to find out.)
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Satan dissappeard from there and appeared in front of one of Job's mansions, where his children were all gathered and were feasting, there he summoned his two evil spirit servants, tempest and whirlwind, then he ordered tempest "go to Job's farmlands, fields, food storage buildings and set everything on fire, but make sure you leave one servants just barely alive to tell Job the news, go" "yes milord" tempest replied and dissappeard. He turned to whirlwind, "and as for you, I want you to summon the strongest winds you can and blow off the the major pillars of the building, I want the house to come crashing down on Job's children and remember, one survivor to tell the tale." Now then, he thought off to Job's place. I want to see the look on his face when he hears the the news, I want to hear him say the magic words, I will record it, use it for my ring tone ha ha ha ha ha x3
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JOB and his friends Bildad, Zopher and Eliphaz where checking out Job's newly acquired ride, when Satan appeared, and since he was forbidden by the LORD to not lay a finger on Job himself he was unable to physically manifest before Job, so they were unable to see or hear him. "oh boy" Zopher said, "na machine be this oh" "you no know before, this baby is the Solomon v8, 930 BC model, the latest model of the Solomon carriages, with four trained horses in front, super fast, with easy maneuverability, the best part of this baby is that it comes with a state of the art carriage that was designed to give its user maximum comfort, oh and both the wheels and body are Arrow proof, in case of bandits." Job described to his friends. "so the rumors are true, this was one of wise king Solomon's designs, the ones he was unable to build before he died, cos only a genius could have thought of something like this, they have finally found skilled carpenters and blacksmiths that could build it in Isreal" Said Bildad. "yes" replied Job. "e get AC?" Eliphaz asked. "of course, common let's take it for a test ride," they agreed, as they were boarding Job's new carriage, the first servant arrived covered in blood. About Time thought Satan, I was about to die of boredom. "Master, the worst has happened" the servant shouted as he staggered inside the house, Job came out of the carriage and ran straight for the servant, the servant was about to topple over when Job got to him, "get him some water, you are among the the cattle rearing group aren't you, tell me what happened?" Job asked. they brought water, he drank and told him "we were in the fields grazing, everything was fine until all of a sudden, bandits came out of no where, slaughtered the guards, puts the servants to the sword and carried off all the cattles and sheeps and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you. "those damned thieves, I told them to kill every living thing they find, but no instead they somehow managed to find a way to make profit for themselves, why are humans this way?!" asked Satan but nobody could hear him or see him. as he was talking a second servant ran in and said "master, I don't think anything could be worst than what I have to tell you." "what is it" Job turned to the servant, and asked as Job's wife came out to find out the reason for all the noise she was hearing from inside. the servant told Job "we were in the fields harvesting crops when all of a sudden a lightning out of nowhere... there was not even a sign that it was going to rain" she burst into tears muttering it's gone, it's all gone, then continued "lightning struck from no where, hit a nearby tree and started a fire, we tried to put it out but the fire got bigger, and soon it's consumed everything, the crops, the harvest, all the barns, all the storage silos, gone, even the servants were caught in the fire, they all died and am the only one who managed to get away to tell you" EEEEEEEWOOOOOOOOH! Job's wife exclaimed(yea shez an igbo woman did you guys not know?). as she was screaming the third servant practically crawled in, he could barely talk, when Job saw him he got up and ran straight to the dying servant, he grabbed him and said "I saw you leave with my eldest son, what has happened to my children" "the very worst" the servant replied coughing up blood, "tell me" Job yelled, tears pouring from his eyes. The servant told him "your children" he coughed then continued "they were feasting at the eldest's home, when a strong wind from the east, came and blew the main building's pillars away, the whole upper floor came right untop of us instantly crushing every one, and I am the only one who survived to tell you" after saying that he breathed his last and died. Job's head was spinning, his brain working overtime, somewhere that seemed far off in Job's mind he heard his friends saying "you must have done something to offend the LORD for him to allow all this misfortune happen to you one by one at the same time". Job knew he had not done anything sinful, though he did not understand what was going on, Job knew in his heart that his misfortunes were not as a result of sin.
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In grief Job tore his clothes and poured ash on his head and in the background Satan laughed then brought out his phone pressed record and said "and now for the billion dollar words, the LORD's righteous champion about to curse the LORD, this may be my best work yet"
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Job poured ash on his head and said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return, the Lord has given , and the Lord has taken away, may his holy name be glorified and praised." WHAAAA AT! Satan exclaimed CUT! CUT! CUT! THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY, WHO BLESSES THE LORD WHEN THEY ARE IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION, WHAT KIND OF A HUMAN BEING ARE YOU? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING HORRIBLE SOMETHING BAD, TO HIM LIKE.... HEY JOB AM TALKING TO YOU LISTEN TO ME, HEY! DAMN IT HE CAN'T HEAR ME. He looked around and thought how do I get his attention, oh the wife, yes she will have to do, then he turned into a pile of smoke and flew into the woman's mouth and possessed her, then she walked up to Job and slapped him saying "how can you say 'may his holy name be praised,' isn't he the one you have faithfully served all your life? where is he now when all this tragedy befalls you, why don't you curse him and die" then Job replied "you foolish woman, must we accept good from God and not evil, were are your senses. Leave me, I want to be alone. Let me mourn my children in peace" "I will leave you" said the woman "I am also gonna sell the house your carriages and every other property you might have left, and I will use the money to go far away and never come back" "Goodluck" was all Job could think to say. Then his friends came to him and said "we knew your wife was a foolish woman all along and was gonna leave you someday, but we're your friends we won't leave you, though we still think that you have offended the LORD somehow, and because of that in fear that his wrath might extend to us if we try to help you out of your situation, we won't help. But we are here, for you as your friends to help you remember what you did to offend the LORD, we won't leave till you remember. " Look at them Job thought, I helped established three of them, now that I need them they are here for me but won't help FRIENDS huh, I really need to work on my definition of that word, so next time I won't call the wrong people friends. The Bible said that in all Job said and did, he didn't sin against the LORD.
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JOB : THE COSMIC BATTLE PART 2

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SOMEWHERE in the Arabian lands a group of men were sitting around a fire discussing their plans for their next operation, when suddenly the camp fire began to grow bigger "put it out!" one of them ordered, and immediately another took a bowl of water and poured it into the fire. but the fire did not go out, instead it got bigger, and it's color changed from the normal orange that it was to red, then to black thick smoke that solidified to form a human shaped figure. The first man brought out his sword as did all of them. "come now, we want to put those away don't we?" said the smoke shrouded figure. "Who are you, show yourself" demanded the first man who ordered the fire put out. The smokey figure became more solid, and took a more defined human form as he stepped out of the fire and then announced "I am Satan, and I know you are the most notorious group of thieves and bandits in the whole of Arabia; Ali Baba and his forty thieves." he continued "and now that we have introduced ourselves, I've got a job for you. I want you to go to the fields of chaldea and attack Job's cows, sheeps and servants, put everything to the sword save one servant who will go back to Job and tell the tragic tale" "you don't look like you've got any money on you for the kind of operation you want, why the hell should we do what you asked." said one of them. And Satan replied, "you mean aside from the fact that I just emerged From your camp fire and announced that I am Satan? Well because first off, I am not asking... I am ordering and two I will do this to you and your families if you don't do what I have ordered you to do" he pointed to the man that asked him the question, and immediately the man started screaming, Satan said to them "in case you are wondering, his blood is boiling from the inside out, and very soon-" a POP sound interrupted Satan as the man's skin started to form bubbles and burst, and in a matter of seconds the man fell dead, charred, like he was roasted from the inside out "that happens" Satan said pointing to the dead man, then he turned to Ali Baba who was shaking in terror and asked, "well, what are you waiting for, do you want some of that too" "no sir" Ali Baba replied. "then, begone" Satan told him, "yes sir" and off they went to slaughter Job's animals and servants.

Years later the Angels Presented themselves again before the LORD but this time Satan the enemy was Among them, "Satan the acuser!" The LORD called when he presented himself. "Where have come from?" Satan replied " I have come from roaming toe and fro the earth, miserably seeking whom to devour" "what do you mean" the LORD asked "you can't tell me that you've corrupted the heart of all men on earth" the LORD said. But Satan scoffed " I wish, but your precious humans wouldn't let me do my job, they corrupt and destroy themselves before I can get to them. Their wars kill them, their promiscuisity destroys their bodies with sickness and diseases, while their grudge and offence steals their joy and imprisons them, hence leaving nothing but administration of the final blow for me to do. It's boring and when it becomes too boring it's gets frustrating. And frustration leaves me miserable." then the LORD told Satan, "I have faith in humans, time and again there have been men and women of faith through out history that have proven that my faith in them is not misplaced" "but this generation is an entirely different one. you've lost the battle my lord and the best part is that I didn't even have to lift a finger to win you." Satan bragged. Then the LORD said to him "Satan the accuser, still as prideful and as blind as ever, as long as there is one righteous incorruptible person on earth, there is hope for humanity." "exactly what I am trying to tell you, LORD there is no righteous person on earth, they are all mine now" Satan replied. And the LORD told him "There is a righteous person. My servant Job, have you considered him." "Who?" said Satan. The LORD replied "Job of the Chaldeans, there is no one on earth like him". "oh that guy...?" Satan said "how could there be anyone like him, your protection around him is so strong that I barely recognized him when you spoke his name. Why wouldn't he be faithful when he is referred to as the richest man in the world, have you not made his home fruitful? Tell me why he won't be righteous, is his family not radiating with good health, why wouldn't he be blameless, a man who has everything going good for him will always praise you, because the truth is that humans don't love you for you, they love because of the things you promised them or the things you've given them, they give thanks and show their gratitude in the hopes that you would give them more, not because they truly love you." then the LORD replied him "you're wrong, before I made my promises to Abraham, he sought me out, though his father was deep into Idolatory, he obeyed my command to sacrifice his son without hesitation even though I had promised him a nation through that same son. David faced the giant having complete trust in me without ever knowing whether or not I would grant him victory over the giant. In a generation without faith, without love Enoch with all sincerity of the heart walked with me... And my servant Job before I blessed him was very poor but despite that he never lost faith" "because he had hope, when a human has hope it is easy to keep faith but when you let them get what they hope for and then take it away from them they will turn" said Satan. The LORD replied "you're wrong, I created them though on the surface it might seem like they are yours but deep in their core they hear my voice and given time my voice will work it's way to the surface of their hearts to win them over" "Then let me show to you how wrong you are" Satan suggested. with malicious intent gleaming in his eyes "people like Abraham, Enoch and David no longer exists and I will prove that to you with Job your champion of faith for this generation, allow me strike him, and i promise, he will turn against you. " said Satan. "very well" the LORD agreed "do whatever you want to Job but on the man himself do not lay a finger". As Satan was leaving the LORD's presence, in a swelling of smoke and liquid darkness he thought to himself check your history : Eve, Adam, Cain, Nimrod, Esau, Rameses II, Korah, Achan, Saul, Joab, Jezebel, Ahab, Omri, Mannesseh, And Nebuchadnezzar I never had to lay a finger on any of them to get them to turn against you, I promise you when I am through with Job, he will look you in the eye and curse you to your face . And with that Satan melted away from The LORD's presence.
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To be cont'd

LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE
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JOB :
What happens when an Unstoppable force of misery, pain, hopelessness and despair, meets an immovable object of faith, righteousness and endurance. the answer : one of them has to surrender. Such was the magnanimity of the story theme that described the life of Job.
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The Bible described Job as one of the richest men on earth during his time. But what most did not know was that he didn't always use to be rich.. In fact Job was one of the poorest men on earth before God blessed him but inpite of that Job was good, Compassionate and generous, always did what was right in the eyes of God. The people would go to Job with different kinds of requests and even if it went out of his way he would offer his help anyway... The whole town loved him but for all their love none of them thought to help him financially, Job didn't have any friends, except for his three childhood friends, Bildad, Eliphaz and Zopher. All of them as poor as Job and though not as righteous as Job, they make best effort to lead a honest life.
One day all the angels Presented themselves before the LORD after the presentation the LORD called a private meeting of the seven angels that stood in his presence, in the meeting he asked : "Who should we award the blessing of the century?". The first angel immediately answered "surely without question it is the man in the north, no one is as generous as him". The second angel rebuffed him "no the man in the south; I find no other man to be more devoted to worship than him". "yes, he really worships the LORD" said the third angel "and thats all well and good but my candidate from the east, is kind, a peace loving person, never a Kinder man than him" "in the east " the fourth Angel interrupted the third "but in the west, lives a man that has devoted his whole life to teaching about your ways, very hardworking and zealous for your commandments, he deserves your blessings so much so that he said though I lack nothing, I deserve God's blessing of the century." the angels argued left and then argued right for the Lord to bless their own candidate but the Lord was not entirely pleased with their candidates. Amidst the loudness of the other arguing angels the 7th Angel spoke, "I have someone... I've been watching him since his birth. He believes himself undeserving of anything he receives from heaven though he has lead a blameless life. He possesses all the fruits of the Holy Spirit in him and has unyielding faith and love for you and in you. Fellow Angels, my Lord... I give you Job of the chaldeans as my candidate." and then the LORD rose, the angels bowed and worshipped, then he spoke "it's settled, I shall bestow upon Job, the blessing of the century, no wealth from East to west, from North to south, will match his wealth, I will give him peace of mind, I give him good health, I will fill his house with fruitfulness and my peace will dwell with him. I the LORD have spoken. " and that was how Job was cosmically blessed.
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Immediately after God's decree, favour and blessings located Job from all directions, the blessing was so much that Job himself didn't know how he made his money. Soon a man with nothing very quickly, entered the prestigious list of the world richest men of those Times, and even climed to the top spot with a net worth of 30 million cows, 20 million sheeps, and 15 million other domestic and economically profitable animals, beating the sultan of Arabia the richest man before Job, who has 22 million cows, 15 million sheeps and 5 million other domestic and economically profitable animals (sheeps and cows was the major currency of Job's day) .

The following filler chapters occurred some 8000 years ago, it's not what you're expecting but please enjoy... Nephilim will return

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Likes and shares my dear, now you talking. before you do that though, call ReuEl12 and ask for an update

lol an update is coming soon, my updates are once a week

jagugu88li:
O'Neil's plane crash was an "ordinary eye's" misfortune but Jason hasn't figured that out yet. I'm worried about their first meeting.

Sorry for criticising, it comes from a good place. The carelessness of the girl is well portrayed but, she looks 30 (facially) rather than 16. She didn't come in contact with anything but already she has a bruised waist and what I think is blood dripping down her hands, whilst the vectors remain squeaky clean. Maybe I'm not understanding or maybe the blood and bruise will be explained in the coming updates

Nice one Bro!

jagugu88li my no 1 fan.... criticism are always appreciated... I like to think that legendary nairaland writers, and members might one day read my work, if they aren't already... I would hate to disappoint them, due to my lack of inexperience... so please keep them coming don't even don't soften it, it helps improve my writing and give readers what they want.


now on the matter of the pictures.... it has little to do with the actual story, their only purpose is to help readers get a clear picture of what am trying to describe. I'm am really poor at painting pictures with words.... so they help. as in the case of the girl, the true purpose of that pic was to show readers what I imagined , when I was writing about her invisible hands.

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A week later the Falconé crime family was gathered at a funeral parlor for the wake of Luigi Falconé. As they murmured eulogies about him, his father walked into the parlour accompanied by a young school girl of 16, very beautiful and innocent to belong to such a vicious family. Everyone bowed as Mr Falconé walked over to the coffin to look at the charred remains of what used to be his son, trembling in anger he turned to address his organization saying "an upstart kills my son... I can accept that, for death comes to us all, but he takes my money ....20 million dollars in cash that's unforgivable, we will kill every mother's son in this city, until my money is found and the bastard is on his knees before me begging for death!" they hailed as he spoke. "now having said that, considering the importance and personal nature of the matter, I have chosen my daughter lillitha Falconé to lead the hunt!" he announced as he pointed to his 16 year old daughter beside him. But instead of cheers this time, he was answered with a murmur of disapproval. Then One of his leuternents summoned the courage to speak up "Don Falconé " he said then continued "we had thought that the honor to lead the hunt would be given to one of your captains, but instead you ask us to take orders from a piccola ragazza (little girl) .... Are you trying to insult us ?" Mr Falconé knew that Non of them knew about his daughter and foolish Mario the speaker has always wanted to be his heir, he might have even led his son to his death, now that it has presented itself he must not pass up this opportunity to get rid of him Mr Falconé was thinking to himself, when he replied him "Mario, you want the honour of leading the hunt for my son's killer? fine it is yours, if you can kill my daughter. " "Don Falconé, are you serious ?" a shocked Mario asked "go on nobody will stop you... kill my daughter and I will name you the heir to my empire" Mr Falconé urged him and with those words Mario needed no further encouragement. "I'll make this quick" he said as He pulled out his gun and shot at her, but to the utter shock of every one present except Mr Falconé who was smiling slightly as he saw the expression of shock on their faces. the bullets were caught in mid air by something unseen and dropped to the floor, Mario looked at the girl who seemed unconcerned, then shot and shot and shot and shot and shot and shot at the girl till he emptied the clips on the Gun magazine and just like before all of the bullets were stopped mid air. "My turn" Don Falconé's daughter said as the crowd watched in horror as Mario's hands were ripped off his shoulders without anything making contact with it. Mario who was beside himself with shock asked stuttering "w- wa-wah-what the hell is going on... What the hell is she?" In reply Mario felt something that felt like hands pierce his chest with such force that it broke through his chest bone and grabbed his heart. Immediately it cut through him he saw clearly what looked like astral projected hands that protruded from her back. Blood spluttered from his mouth as she twisted the hand inside his chest. "you see it don't you, my vectors" she asked speaking in a thick Italian accent like the way her father does "invisible hands that can only be seen by those who are close to death, they stopped your bullets, they can stop anything and can cut through anything." Mario grunted in extreme pain as she squeezed his heart slightly before turning to her father to ask "father, when I find this man that killed my brother and took your money.... Which would you prefer as trophy, his head or his heart...? " and her father replied "my dear daughter, both will please me very much" so without still moving from the spot she had been standing since the beginning, she severed with clinical precision the head of Mario in one clean swipe, with another invisible hand that only dying Mario could see, as his body dropped to ground gushing blood From the neck, she reaped out his heart from the body with the first invisible hand that was inside him. Then presented both the head and bloody heart of Mario to her father(though to the ordinary eyes they looked like they floated on thin air) saying.... "I swear that I'll not rest until his head hangs on your wall and his heart is presented to you on a platter"

To be continued in CHAPTER ELEVEN : STRANGER THINGS

CHAPTER TEN : ONIEL AND THE FALCONÉ CRIME FAMILY.

Three days later O'Neil woke up to find himself naked in a dumpster and very hungry. He looked around to take in his surroundings, and he saw that he was in an alley. He walked up to the street roads to see people going about their business, little shops were opening up, a group of guys were huddled in one spot, smoking and catcalling at passing girls, no one paid a naked black teenager any attention, nobody cared. So this is America he thought, not at all what he thought it would be like. "nigga you're alive!" an homeless old begger O'Neil had not noticed before said to him, "you been lying in that dumpster three days now and I thought you was dead" "where am I" O'Neil asked. "cleaveman's Ave." "where's that?" "queens, New York City." "three days you say, and nobody came to check up on me, to see if I was okay or needed help?" O'Neil asked and the old man laughed then said "you're not from around here are you, a dead body in a dumpster is as common as a fly in a dumpster in New York City it's the life of the street, the real world, nobody gives a damn and until you're worth a few billion dollars nobody ever will. To thrive, from here on out it should be just about you, nothing before, nothing after, look out for yourself only and you just might stand a chance" O'Neil took those words to heart and after a while he adapted perfectly to living in the streets. For three years he lied, stole, cheated and occasionally murdered people to survive. He had no morality boundaries, killing his father(accidentaly or not) took him to a really dark place that seemed impossible for him to come back from. And Although he constantly felt the heat in him since the blast, He fully discovered his abilities a month later, and he was completely at one with his powers, despite the fact that he didn't know what he was or why he had them. One night (few months before the events that occurred in Jason's time) O'Neil was at his one room apartment downtown listening to MTV when he heard his neighbor arguing with his wife, the neighbor was saying that he would be home late because the bank where he worked as security would be recieving 20 million dollars in cash from the Central Bank of America to help boost it's operations in queens New York City, but the wife argued that he was just making that up so he could spend some time with his outside lover. On hearing that, his bad shoulder angel advised O'Neil that if what his neighbor said was true, with what he can do, taking that money for himself before they get it to the bank shouldn't be too difficult. O'Neil thought that if he scored that money for himself he would be kissing his life of penury good bye... And start living the good life, the life his late father promised him. So the next morning Through thorough investigation he confirmed the truth about it and found out the route the money van would be taking. That night he dressed himself up in black, got on his bike and rode for the location where he planned to intercept the money. At about 12.00 am he saw the first sign of the bullion van and his escorts, as they got closer he counted five police armoured vehicles, escorting the van, two ahead, two behind and one with it. Elated at how easy this now seemed to him, he said to himself, "this is going to be a piece of cake, the police won't even know what hit them." as they drove past him, he was about to swing into action , when from nowhere he heard the loud whistling sound of a missile being fired, and Boom there was a big explosion, The first armoured vehicle in front went up in flames, before he could say 'jack' another missile was lunched again from nowhere and boom the second armoured vehicle was gone. O'Neil's mind was still trying to process what was going on when 8 men came out of nowhere and started firing at the vehicles and the van. O'Neil watched the bullets pierce the armours of the vehicle as easily as a hot knife goes through butter, he realised that they are using amour piercing rounds "they came prepared" he said to himself , the police officers were taken by surprise and were given no opportunity to respond. In a matter of minutes it was all over, they set up little explosive charges at the side of the van and with a remote detonator, they blew it open and started transferring the cash to their vehicle. O'Neil who knew that he risks losing the money if he remained a spectator decided to act. 'I came here for the money and I'm getting it' he thought to himself as He jumped down from the roof of the building he was on and shot a column of flames at them from his fist. Before the men who were packing the cash knew what was happening they were engulfed in flames that burnt them to crisp: flesh, bones and all.... A bereaved gang leader turned around to see the source of the fire and beheld a man in flames walking towards him. Consumed by dread , he made a feeble threat. "whatever you're, I'm telling you now that you are biting more than you can chew.... I am Luigi Falconé, the only son of Don Dragonetti Falconé, head of the Falconé crime family; the biggest criminal organization in queens, harm me at your peril" he boasted. And O'Neil replied "dude... I couldn't care less, I just want the money... I figured killing you and taking it, is more logical than asking a greedy man like you to share. Hence what just happened now". "Freak!" Luigi cursed " kill me and you're dead....! my father and sister will find you, and reap you apart, limb from fuckin limb!". Stopping in front of him O'Neil said to him "ash and cinders don't make threats" and with that his eyes glowed red hot and burst into flames as he directed the heat to his brain then from both eyes shot a stream of flames towards Luigi Falconé who screamed as he burnt down to ash. O'Neil walked over to the cash grabbed the bags, concentrated fire under his feet, using it as a propellant the way a rocket does, he flew away into the night sky. Thinking to himself "I made it !" but little did he know......
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Fidelismaria:
nephilim


am I a nephilim


cos av started displaying some strange powers ever since I started reading dis


dis is incredible


tanks for not sticking to d status quo @ reuel


carry go


fidelismaria is ere to stay

lol check yourself oh

the next chapter will be posted today to make up for the delay

ARC 2 : ONIEL
CHAPTER NINE : FIRE
Three years ago O'Neil said goodbye to his relatives and his best friends Jason and Elera at the international Airport to board a plane with his father who was taking him to America to live with him there. After being seated on the plane, he couldn't believe his eyes, It all still felt like a dream to O'Neil. All the good things were happening all at once : ....His father came for him, he was leaving behind the mountrous relatives he thought he would never leave and the best thing of all, he was leaving for America... A place where most boys his age can only dream of going. Basking in the euphoria of his reversed fortunes he began making a mental list of people he was going to make sure he met during his stay in the country which included Actors of his favourite shows or series, artist of his favorite rap songs... His favorite basketball team players and on and on the list went. He was very happy. the only one thing he was sad to leave behind was his Friend.... And no he wasn't talking about Jason, he secretly resented the guy. The way he felt about Jason was the way a person really feels about a best friend that is better than him at everything and has all what he, O'Neil had wanted in life, Including the girl of his dreams!... Oh yes he knew, no matter how hard they try to hide it. It was very clear that Jason and Elera where into each Other And that was bad news for him because he liked Elera. Every time his resentment toward Jason came to the surface he would try to justify it by telling himself that he met her first so it was right for him to feel jealous.
As the plane took off from the runway, He squeezed his father's hand tightly and closed his eyes in fear when he felt his stomach hollow out due to the effect of gravity trying to exert it's pull on the huge plane. At 40,000ft in the air O'Neil couldn't get enough of the view he was enjoying. Seeing The clouds upclose and near him he recalled the old children's myth about the clouds being huge chunks of ice-cream that only people on planes can lick for free and at that age he had believed it. And until the moment science proved that they were just water vapours in secondary school he had always been jealous of people who were on planes. Laughing at himself now he wondered what kid who believed in the same story was jealous of him now as they watched his plane fly across the sky.

Watching in delight as he Oogle-ed and ahh-ed at every sight, His father pat him on the back chuckling then teased him by calling him a first timer. "I wish mom was here" O'Neil said "then my joy would be complete" he stated. His father replied "I believe your mom is in a Better place, and am sure she's happy to see you happy" he looked at him, gave him an assuring smile then said "don't worry son, am here for you... I promise I'll never leave you again." he yawned then adviced O'Neil "it's a long flight from Lagos to New York so I suggest you get yourself some shut eye". But O'Neil could not... With all the excitement he felt, he believed he can go a week without sleep. After O'Neil has ate, drank and daydreamed about hot American girls he would be dating through several hours of fight, the female voice on P.A announced "attention all passengers the plane will be Landing at the John F Kennedy international airpot in Queens any moment from now please remain seated, with your seat belts fastened on at all times till the plane comes to a complete halt." following the announcement every one still standing rushed to their seats and after experiencing a brief turbulence the pilot announced they were in Queens, Newyork city. As they were starting to descend in altitude it happened:
Oniel's body temperature started to rise sporadically, at first he thought that it was some kind of fever you get when one flies for the first time, but he grew hotter every passing minute and soon, all his body started to hurt. The plastics around him started to compress from the intense heat that radiated from his Body. "Dad" he called "I don't feel so good" his father turned to him saying "I know, it will pass soon, you're probably not much of a flyer." "no dad!" He exclaimed, "it's not that ... He looked at his father and said : fire! I'm on fire!" "what are you talking about son, I don't see any fire, what do you mean, I don't understand" O'Neil unbuckled his seat belts staggered away from his row . His father tried to grab him but as he did, fire burst forth from the point where his father touched O'Neil and consumed him, turning him to smoldering ash. FAAAAATHER! O'Neil wailed in anguish as he watched his father burn right before his eyes. Flames started leaking off his body as he wailed. When The other passengers who were watching in utter dismay saw that anything he touched spontaneously burst into flames, they scampered away for their lives, throwing the plane into chaos. The air hostesses locked themselves in with the pilot at the cockpit and refused to open the door for anyone, one passenger tried to put out the fire on O'Neil by covering him with a thick blanket but immediately he did, flames quickly engulfed the thick blanket and also reduced it to ash. The man who had tried to put out the fire scuttled away yelling "holi sh*t, holi shii*" as he took cover. The fire spread from O'Neil's hands, to his chest, his back, his feet, and finally they started creeping to his head his eyes burst out in flames, he tried to breathe from his nose and flames of fire came out his nostrils. He was running out of air. In desperation he opened his mouth to breathe through it but a column of fire blasted from his mouth too, incinerating everything thing it touched. He felt the burning sensation all over him but his body was not physically hurting or searing and when the flames completely engulfed him the worst happened: a different form of heat started to generate from his heart, the kind a nuclear fusion would generate. Golden lines of heat traced the veins on his body like he was somehow over loading with heat until he spontaneously combusted, exploding in a monumental blast that killed everyone aboard the plane. The sound of the blast drew the attention of the people on the street as they turned to look at the massive column of fire that burned at about 6000ft in the air they saw something that looked like a man on fire fall freely to the ground somewhere in queens New York City...... And that was how O'Neil was claimed.




to be continued in CHAPTER TEN : ONIEL AND THE FALCONÉ CRIME FAMILY.

To My esteemed readers:

See ehn the truth is that one of the reasons for the delay in my updates is because i write and toil for my daily bread at almost the same time. But since I love writing and I also like bread, I somehow manage to doit. Thank you for the appreciations you've shown for my work and the patience you've exercised in anticipation for my next update .... I'm pleased to announce that its ready and will be posted soon. I humbly ask that you exercise patience a little longer while I pack, edit and redress it for your reading pleasure

yours something or the other,
ReuEl12.

Officialkenshin:
ReuEl12

I ask again.

Can I draw a cartoon comic with your storyline?

You will be given credit.

inbox me

doll912:
Finally! Someone writes something I truly like to read. Myths, legends, conspiracy theories, and all about metaphysical and spiritual.... I love you Mr ReuEl. Nice Hebrew name by the way

ensamy:
Good write up. But the Nephillim were not destroyed by the flood. They transformed to other beings because they could live in air, sea and land. After the flood they reappeared that's those giants of the sons of Anak, the emims, the zumzumims as mentioned in the bible since they were all men of valor super humans. Numbers 13. when the spies returned they said the land is flowing with milk and honey, this is the fruits of it. Meaning agricultur was good. because the children of descendants of Anak was there ie the Nephilims.
God sent saul for total destruction of thesame people that escaped the flood. Saul failed to, then in the book of Esther they appeared again to finish the isrealites ie is Herman. Goliath is one of those Nephilims descendants.
To be cont.

maybe bro, but am writing fiction, so I believe it's okay to twist and turn and change a few things

jagugu88li:
Will come back and comment. For now, CHAI

Lol

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At about that Time, somewhere in New York, an intense battle was going down, the bodies of armed men, littered the street, where the battle was taking place, some of the bodies looked grotesquely murdered, some parts were missing, some where blown to bits, body parts and entrails where every where, one was still on fire. But those weren't the only kind of dead bodies that littered the street, there were some really weird ones: like the one that looked like he died from poisoning and has a snake coming out of its mouth, and another was crowded by Cockroaches, the way ants would crowd spilled sugar. And the most wierdest of all, had blood coming out of his eyes, nose, mouth and ears plus his heart was missing, it looked as if something had punched through the body and reaped it out. Somewhere deeper in the ally, repeated gun shots was being fired.

"come out.. Mother Bleep*r!" the shooter yelled, then fired into nothingness again "you wasted my men like they was nothing, but you don't know who you're messing with, you don't know who I am, what I am!" he bragged as he looked about the alley corner where he was; for any sign of the person he was talking to. he looked around again once more and and his eyes caught movement near a statue, he watched in terror as the shadow of the statue started to rise, in fear he opened fire again on the rising shadow but the bullets simply phased through, it rose slowly till it grew to human size then it began to develop into a more definite shape, and soon a man in suits and a brown trench coat was standing a few meters away from him, he had a shoulder length ginger coloured hair and a scar that ran from his eyes down to his jaw. Other than that he looked like a normal man in his late thirties. He took a step forward and the frightened to hell gangster opened fire on him again, but the bullets simply phased through the man, like he was some kind of ghost. When the gangster ran out of bullets, he resorted to a more unconventional means : he stretched his hand out towards an abandoned car and it elongated till it touched the car. The new development gave the approaching man a pause, he murmured 'nephilim' under his breath then continued his advance. The gangster who saw the look of surprise on the man's face, smirked and said "yea tha's righ', I can do some pretty weird sh*t too". "here watch this" he said as he retracted his elongated arm dragging the car along with it, soon as the car was in front of him he picked it up and threw at the approaching man. Who didn't pause or slow down or dodged the incoming projectile, but simply maintained his steady pace as he phased right through it the way he did with the bullets. Then finally he spoke out.. "the people perish, for lack of knowledge... If you knew who I was, you would have answered my question and all this could have been avoided" he said. And the gangster replied "I'm Tommy Lee king of the street, I answer to no one" "everyone answers to someone, but your arrogance blinded you To that truth and now that same arrogance has led you to your certain death" the mysterious man said to him as he made a slight gesture with his hand and the gun along with half his arm was blown away in a green burst of energy making the gangsta scream in pain. "but before you die, I'll ask you one more time", he snapped his hand and an image of somebody appeared, "you've encountered this man before yes?" "yes" the gangster replied "who is he?" "the dude that cured my sister's illness, a prophet of some sort" the gangster said. "yes, that is the prophet Ezekiel, he took something very important from me and I'll stop at nothing to get it back." the mystery man told him. "I know you don't know where he is, the prophet is too smart for that, but no matter, as long as you've encountered him, I can extract the piece of information I need from your mind to help me pin point his location" he said "hold still.... I will only be a moment" He looked at him directly in the eyes and soon he was in his mind, he saw a lot of things there but he went straight for what he was looking for: the memory of the meeting between the prophet and the gangster's sister. As soon as he extracted it from his mind the Mysterious man was out again and surprised the gangster asked "wait a minute, so you weren't after my sister? I didn't know that, if I did, I would have cooperated from the start. I only attacked because I thought you were after her" "oh I did go after her, but her mind was too fragile for my presence, she became catatonic before I got the chance to sweep through her memories, but it's all the same, since I got what I want from you." the mystery man replied him. And on hearing that the gangster fell to his knees in grief "you're saying, that my sister is. ..." vegetable, "Yes." "who are you?" "now you ask...? Don't you think it's a bit too late for introductions? I really shouldn't waste my breathe on a dying man but since things are about to change and a new age is dawning, I think it's time for creatures of the shadows like me to step out! I am Durza... The greatest sorcerer the world has ever known. And I will usher in this new age!" he boasted. "Normally I should let you go to spread the word, but you're a nephilim and I do so hate nephilims... " he turned to a shadowy spot and said "I leave him to you.... Make it hurt" . Immediately he said that another figure from the shadows emerged, a young man about Jason's age he walked over to the gangster and examined him : "he's a nephilim like you" said Durza ".... and he don't talk, but when he does.... You don't wanna be around to hear him" Durza told the gangster. then addressing the young man he said "Vincent, say hi". Vincent started to whistle, and before long the whistling soon became a high pitched hypersonic soundwave, that started resonating off everything, the glasses and window panes in the surroundings shattered, Durza watched the blood in the gangster's veins go to his brains as he screamed out in pain and red vein lines appeared all over his head then began to turn a dark shade of purple and swell, soon blood started to come out of his mouth, nose, eyes and ears. His brain was being liquefied, thick gore of brain matter trailed the blood that came out of all the pathways in his head yet still Vincent did not stop until the gangster's head was literally all black and bloated then finally it burst open like a watermelon that exploded from the inside. "you know" Durza said looking at Vincent "sometimes you scare me." but his companion replied through the telepathic link that Durza established between them for due to his powers he was mute unable to talk. "with all the things I've seen you do, all I know you're capable of, I don't think you're afraid of anything". Durza chuckled then replied "only dead men fear nothing. Now then, where to next" Vincent brought out a black rectanglar device and checked, then said "Some guy in Africa, goes by Orji..... Jason Orji. He was the last person that was reported to have encountered the prophet" "perfect, we must be getting closer to finding him" Durza said then continued "let's pay this Jason a visit"








NEPHILIM WILL RETURN... In ARC 2 : ONIEL, CHAPTER 9 : FIRE

"elera, what are you doing here it's 1:36 AM, your parents!" he whispered. "I know," she said "I made sure they were asleep before coming here, I need to talk to you, can I come in?" she asked and Jason ushered her in, the first thing he noticed was the way her bare body was visible through her semi transparent, sleeping gown, his eyes strayed to her breast that was nicely racked on her chest, how the transparent gown loosely tightened around them, he could make out her Areola and protrusions through the gown. As she walked past Jason to sit on his bed Jason drank in the sight of her sexy body and immediately he was aroused but he kept his calm, he went over to her, sat close to her, held her and asked, "what's up" and she spoke up "Jay when I was kidnapped, and was certain that I was gonna die, the first thing that came to my mind was you, and everything left undone and unexplored with you. facing certain death changes ones perspective of life, when I thought I was gonna die my only regret, was taking things slow with you, I love you, and there is no doubt about that, but I thought that I had all I the time in the world to show you. Having survived a near death experience, my view of life has changed, I realize that life is short, every minute a gift, and we should live everyday to its fullest, to always try and find as much happiness as we can everyday" she looked directly into his eyes, Jason thought she had the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. "I guess what am trying to say is...." she continued then stated "I don't want to take it slow anymore" and kept quiet, when she looked to him like she was done, Jason wanted to say something assuring to her but as he moved his lips to form words; she leaned forward and kissed him passionately, Elera's mother's warning flashed through his mind but Jason pushed it away, the kiss felt too good. She worked her tongue into Jason's mouth and kissed harder. But as Jason was about to loose himself in passion, his head came knocking so he pulled her away for a moment and asked "are you sure about this" "jason I've thought about it for a long time, ever since I came back... So Yes I'm sure", and with that Jason got all the confirmation he needed, he pulled her to himself, and started kissing her again, he pulled off her night clothes, groped her breast and started to handle it, though elera was a Virgin, she knew Jason was not, so she let him lead and they had sex. After a while morning came, when Jason woke up, elera was gone, she had already snuck back into her room. He remained lying on his bed feeling untop of the world, last night he had wanted to leave he thought, though it's really bad... It's still not all bad, so long as Mr and Mrs Ossai don't find out about them, it's going to be alright.
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CHAPTER 8 : THE SHADOW STEPS OUT.



6 months after the beast's attack, Jason stepped out of the house that morning to see that the town had slowly crept back to normalcy. And although the loss of friends and family during the attack will always be felt by those they left behind, he was glad to see the town slowly return to what it was. The buildings and properties that were destroyed had either been rebuilt or under construction. The wealthy members of the community contributed greatly in the way of resources to enable the quick restoration of the community. There was no mention of the slaughtered community elders but The official story of the attack was that an escaped gorilla from the zoo found its way to town. Once Jason asked Mr Ossai who returned with Elera a week after the attack, why the people were saying that the demon that rampaged through the town was actually a gorilla and Mr Ossai had told him in reply that the human mind is very fragile and closed. human beings believe what they want to believe and not the truth, so to make sense of what was far beyond their understanding capabilities they had to come up with something that will help them maintain a grip on the reality they are comfortable with. Snorting at his answer Jason remembered the little girl he saved that night, she had called him an angel from heaven, she would not believe whatever he had to say to convince her that he was not "I prayed and you appeared with the cross.... " she said "no need to deny it, I won't tell anybody you're an angel" she had promised. Jason and her stayed together for two days before her father came to look for her, he thanked Jason for saving her then left with her.


That morning blurred by for Jason and when afternoon came Nepa light came with it, so he went to his room, switched on his video game and started playing. From his room he heard Mr Ossai talking to his wife on the way up. During the time of the attack she was in her village for the burial of A close relative. When she came back and was told of the attack the real truth of it, for she knew as much as her husband knew, she was beside herself with horror, and her attitude towards Jason changed for the worst. "Nwa ekwensu : child of the devil" became his new name. Jason knew that although normalcy was returning to his community he himself would never be normal again and to prove his point, he summoned a mini thundercloud right inside his room, as the mini stormcloud brewed and mini lightnings began to flash out, he heard a knock on the the door... "come in" he said and Mr Ossai came in then closed the door behind him. "Just got back from the underground carvern" Mr Ossai told him. "find nothing as usual?" Jason asked then continued "Ever since the attack you've been going there in search of answers, but I told you, all the people with answers died in that cavern. I saw how they were being slaughtered with my own eyes by the beast." Jason said . "I didn't go to the people for answers, they are dead and buried" Mr Ossai replied, then explained "today I explored deep into the underground, and I found another room. It Contained different scrolls, most of them are lost spells and powerful rituals, but there was one in particular that contains a detailed record of the town's history, I read it and learned a lot". "A lot of what?" asked Jason. "facts!" Mr Ossai replied "like for example, did you know that my family is the only igbo family that's among the founding families of the community. Or that the beast had attacked the town once before 200 years ago... The old scroll described the event. The demon some how came to our town and started destroying the town. The chief priest's great grand father stopped him with a very powerful spell that required the blood of a Virgin after every seven years to strengthen its potency. So in a bid to ensure the continuation of the Virgin sacrifice to make sure that the demon remains imprisoned for eternity, the chief priest great grand father founded a secret society whose initiates are strictly, leaders of the founding families of the community. And since he knew no family would be eager to serve up their own children for spell reinforcement, he changed the story. Made them believe 'the gods' demanded these girls for their bride in exchange for peace and prosperity. And being the very traditional people they were, they were all too glad to give up their children. They even considered it an honor." Jason paused his video game, looked at him then asked "so you're saying, that for over 200 years, young girls have been killed every seven years" "yes, they threw lots to determine which family gives the girl to avoid confusion" Mr Ossai replied. "you ever took part in the ceremony?" "yes, twice in my life time" "why fight them then, when the lot chose you, you never said anything when it was others that were concerned" "yes I never did and am ashamed of myself for that. But I lost my only son because of them, I wasn't ready to give my only daughter to them." said Mr Ossai "And my father..." Jason faltered, the question had bugged him for the whole of six months, but he never asked it because he was afraid of the answer he might get. He didn't want to destroy the good memories he has of his father, but he had to know he decided "my father, he was police chief of this town for years, does he know of the killings?" he asked, and Mr Ossai wasted no time in replying "your father was an atheist, he never believed in the spiritual, even if he had come upon the case, it would have looked like a random dissaperance to him, the years are too far apart for him to see a pattern. Even if he did, his ignorance to the spiritual side of things, would have Prevented him from seeing the truth to what was really going on around him... You can't find what you're looking for; when you don't know what it is and to add to that, only initiates know of the sacrifices, your family is not a founding family of the community, which means he was not an initiate. So to the best of my knowledge, I don't think he knows anything about anything of that sort." Mr Ossai concluded and Jason was relieved to hear that. That evening at dinner time, Jason rushed down to the kitchen to get his own food. As he reached for it ...his right arm snapped backwards, he screamed out in pain, almost immediately again his second arm snapped too... Twisted towards an abnormal position, he groaned loudly then fell backwards in pain. He Turned toward the kitchen door and to his surprise he saw Elera's mother standing over the entrance holding a voodoo doll with two broken hands. "Nwa ekwensu :child of the devil" she said, "consider this is a warning, I don't care what my husband thinks of you, but if I see you near my daughter again, broken arms would be the least of your fears!" Elera's mother warned Jason then stormed out of the kitchen. That night Jason couldn't sleep, his mind was filled with worrisome thoughts. The family had taken him in when no one would, and before Now Mrs Ossai had been like a mother to him. If he told elera about her mother's warning, it would create a discord between her and Mrs Ossai. And those two had always had the best mother-daughter relationship Jason had ever seen, it would destroy the family. He loved Elera, but he also loved the family in general... He couldn't do that to them. Plus she was right, danger would always follow him, his life would never be the same. It's about time he sought his own way, The best thing he can do for the family, for elera... Was to leave.... he decided.

A knock came on the door "Jason... Are you asleep?" it was elera. Ever since her ordeal, she had been distant, a little off and always on her own, she had not been around all day, Jason had wondered what was going on with her, and now that she's here... He will find out. Immediately Jason heard her voice all thought of leaving fled his mind, he ran straight to the door and opened.

coming in hot today

shigo20:
Interesting

Thank you sir

jagugu88li:
Jason will concur all I know, lol

So ReuEl12 tell me, just to clear my head please. Was the priest and his chanting men originally a cult or they resorted to this (annoying virgin offering) due to just fear of death by the beast?

Jason's father, was he aware of the priest's activities in connection with this "every 7 years" offering and all? I mean, him being a good civilian and all would in my understanding go against this

If you can clarify more on these on your next chapters, please do.

Still here with you.

Lalasticalala and Dominique come read please

It's true o, I did not clarify those two things .
I will make sure to squeeze it into the next chapter

Meanwhile... Elsewhere.... A loud crashing sound came from atop a building, A little girl who was standing opposite the building with her mother, near where the crash was heard told her, "Mummy look! A monster!" the mother looked, saw Nigarra the beast and screamed, Nigarra roared back in return then jumped down in front of the mother and her child, he slashed the mother with his claws, grabbed her by the shoulder, bit into her and started feeding on her. he tossed the body aside When he was done and after seeing what happened The town descended into chaos, everyone screamed and ran for their lives as Nigarra roared and trashed everything, the little girl watched as the beast wrecked everything thing in sight, overcome with fear she took to her heels and ran for cover, spotting a parked yellow bus with two black stripes across it, she ran to it crawled under the bus and hid there. Trembling she started to recite psalm 23, as her mother had thought her to do, any time she was afraid "the LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want....... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, th----" she faltered as she heard the loud thump of the beast landing, she looked and saw its feet, walking right beside and slowly around the bus she hid under, I CAN SMELL YOUR FEAR, LITTLE GIRL said Nigarra as he sniffed the air. "the LORD is with me, his rod and staff comfort me..... " the little girl continued as tears streamed down her eyes, PRAYING WON'T SAVE YOU! the beast told her. NOTHING WILL the beast assured as he lifted up the bus threw it away. The little girl screamed also as she saw her hiding place become exposed and the demon reared it's ugly head and jagged teeths at her. The beast raised his hands and swung it down to strike the girl, she in defense closed her eyes and covered her face to brace herself for what was about to happen to her but nothing came. She heard the beast roar loudly, felt intense heat and then there was silence, when she opened her eyes, she saw a metal cross, planted deeply in the ground, smoke rising off it. And right where the monster stood few seconds ago was a pile of smoking ash and cinders


Jason had arrived just in the nick of time, gathered the winds under his feet and waited for the right moment to present itself, for he knew that he's only got one shot at this so he wanted to make it count. When the opportunity came, Aiming for the heart.. Jason held the pointy End of the cross against the beast then used the wind to shoot himself at the beast, A loud bang was heard as the speed at which he shot himself towards the beast broke the sound barrier and created a sonic boom. Immediately The cross pierced the beast it burst into flames, and burned from the inside out till there was nothing but smoking ash and cinders left. The beast had been so engulfed in the prospect of eating a young girl, so much so that It the not notice it's impending doom till the very end. Jason walked up to the little girl, who was frightened half to death and called out "little princess?" she looked up at Jason who was smiling down at her. Extending his arms he said "it's over, you're safe now."


To be cont'd in the next chapter : THE SHADOW STEPS OUT.

Jason crashed into a billboard after being flung by the beast, then crashed into a moving car before landing on his back on the the main road. And Although he was surrounded by the wind which protected and prevented his body from suffering fatal injuries at the points of impact, Jason could feel his whole body exploding with pain.

Thats a freakin demon from hell, how did I let that old baba talk me into going up against something like that; he thought to himself as he heard the roar of the beast closing in on where he was. "What was that?" the town's people who had gathered around him asked. "go" Jason warned in answer as the roar of the beast grew louder, indicating that he was getting close "get out of here, it's not safe!" but they replied "you need help, you've just been hit by a truck, we have to get you to a hospital" "am fine, but please you need to go all of you or you will all die!" he warned as He struggled to his feet and tried to catch his breath.When the beast surfaced, it went straight for Jason, who was ready for him, or so he thought, for lightning was useless, the winds were useless, Jason tried attacking him with air pressure but that was also useless. The beast caught Jason and beat the hell out of him, dragged him all over town, and dealing him blows all the way, one Time he punched Jason so hard in the stomach, that his fist broke through the wind barrier he shielded himself with and punctured his gut forcing him to cough out blood mixed with his insides. so this is how I die, Jason reflected... Beaten to death by a monster from hell; bad way to go he thought. as the monster raised him up, and said BAH! DIDN'T EVEN PUT UP A FIGHT.... YOU ARE A DISSAPPOINTMENT TO YOUR KIND, I'VE LOST INTEREST IN KILLING YOU BY MY OWN HAND, GO DIE SOMEWHERE ELSE ... I'VE GOT A TOWN TO DEVOUR he announced as he tossed him with such force that he was carried halfway across town, Jason slammed into a billboard again and fell through the roof of a building, seeing the rows of chairs on his right, he realized that he had fell into an auditorium of some kind.... He tried to get up on his own but his whole body was dead with pain, he summoned the wind and asked them to raise him up. They did, he looked around properly and saw that he was in a church, and he had fell on the pulpit. He turned to look at the cross on the alter, then said to himself "not a bad way to go after all". He willed the wind to carry him to one of the seats in the auditorium so he can lay there and die. But instead of dying he began to heal, he had totally forgotten about his healing ability, he had only healed once when Kolawole's men shot him. Then he had healed much faster though, this Time the healing process was slow, probably due to the severe damage his body had taking but he healed All the same and as he did, he began to feel it. It started as a tingling sensation, he didn't notice it at first, considering it was nothing compared to the pain he was feeling but as he gradually healed, the tingling evolved into a burning sensation, and shortly afterwards he started to smoke and flames leaked off his body, he was burning and it hurts...! No matter where he ran to in the church, it was the same, when he saw the baptism pool in the church he jumped into it in a bid to cool himself but instead it got worse, he didn't find peace until he finally left the church building. When he did, the fires went out, his body returned to normal, it was as if nothing had happened. "what the hell is happening" he asked himself. He looked at the church again then a theory occurred to him. "could it be?" he asked himself as he put his hand through the door again to test his theory . Immediately he did; his hand lit up in flames, he pulled it out and his hand returned to normal. Great! he thought, the church hates me, where am I gonna Marry Elera now he was complaining when an idea came to him. "wait he told himself, if this church consider me, what I am as unacceptable, what would it think of a demon from hell.... There might be a way to stop him after all" he jubilated, "all I have to do is get him here! And Let the building take care of the rest!" but as he said that he realized it was easier said than done. In fact it was easy to say and impossible to do. He gave up that idea again but as he looked at the church, the cross on the alter in particular, another thought occurred to him, "what if I carried the church to him, or at least a piece of it.... It could work" he encouraged himself, and seeing as he was out of options he decided take his chances. Taking a deep breathe, he ran inside the church again... Immediately he caught fire, but he didn't mind, he ran straight for the cross grabbed it and wrenched free from its stand. immediately he pulled it loose, fire burst forth again at the point where he held the cross, good he thought, all the confirmation I need. he ran to the baptism pool, and dipped the cross in it for added potency, all the while still on fire, then he ran out of the church again and everything was normal again except for the cross that was still burning where he held it. He tossed it down wrapped a piece of cloth around it and picked it up again this time it didn't burn. Holding it as one would hold a javelin, Jason summoned the winds to his feet and flew to battle the beast again.

Jason was close to tears... The old man died believing he Was the only one that stood a chance against the beast. So he decided he was going to prove him right, for Elera, the town and his father he loved so much. He closed his eyes and let tears leak out for a moment as he imagined his father's face beaming proudly at him. Then somewhere far off in the forest he heard the roar of the beast, he opened his eyes, tightened his fist in resolve and went after him. Tracking him down was a piece of cake, Jason simply had to follow the trail of dead animals in the forest from the villa to the main road were he saw him galloping to the town at full speed. Jason swore that over his dead body will that creature kill anyone else, so he increased his flying thrust and before long he was flying overhead of the beast, in a bid to get his attention Jason summoned A bolt of lightning and threw it at the beast... It struck but didn't get its attention. He threw another one and it missed by an inch, a third one but it still didn't stop the beast unchanging movement toward the town, and so was a fourth lightning bolt, a fifth and a sixth but as he threw the seventh the beast flickered for a second and when the bolt was about to connect, Nigarra blurred and dissappeard. Thrown aback Jason asked himself in confusion, "where did it go" but before he had time to think of anything a shadow fell on him, when he realized what was going on it was too late... Nigarra appeared above him and smashed him downward with his hands. The winds protected Jason from the impact of the blow but the force sent him falling down with high velocity, there was a loud Boom as he crashed into the earth and dust covered everywhere. When the dust cleared, it revealed Jason standing on his feet, breathing hard but unhurt. Just before he hit the ground, he gathered enough wind around him to cushion his fall and prevent his body from smashing into hard ground. The beast landed in front of him and roared again then spoke : INTERESTING, I SMELL THE DIVINE IN YOU. YOUR KIND MADE SLAVE OF US DEMONS IN THE OLD WORLD... I AM GOING TO ENJOY RIPPING YOU APART he announced as he charged towards Jason again. Jason thought he was ready for him, but the beast proved him wrong ; he dodged the bolt of lightning that Jason threw at him, then moving at a speed of almost 180 km/h it punch Jason with its massive fist. Jason tried to block it by gathering the wind in front of him and stopping the blow but the punch was so powerful that it tore through the wind barrier Jason had created to shield himself sending him flying headlong and crashing into a building on the outskirts of town, as Jason who felt like he had just been hit by a truck lay on the debris and contemplating the meaning of life and if there was truly a heaven or a hell after death, the beast bust in through the roof, and started stomping on him with his foot, but Jason quickly shielded himself with the wind again to prevent himself from getting squished by the beast's foot, after a session of incessant stomping the beast picked up Jason, who tried blasting him with a gust of wind to free himself from the monsters grip but to no avail, shook him violently then tossed him further into town

CHAPTER 7 : THE BEAST


The beast roared so loud, the underground carvern vibrated, making debris fall from the roof. Jason stood paralyzed in fear as he watched the beast reared and turned it's tail slashing back and forth with it, then all of a sudden it moved from where it stood, grabbed one of the elders and ripped him apart, blood splashed everywhere. The beast held up the right half of the torn body over its mouth and drank the blood that gushed out of its body. AH BLOOD.... IT'S BEEN TOO LONG, Jason heard the beast say. Surprised Jason announced "it can talk, that thing can talk!" when the beast was done with the ripped body he threw it away belched and said OLD BLOOD TASTE SOUR, I CRAVE FRESH BLOOD, he sniffed a few times then locked his gaze on Jason, AH! YOUNG BLOOD, JUST WHAT I NEED AFTER 2 CENTURIES OF IMPRISONMENT he said as he rounded on Jason who was still frozen to the spot trying to process what he was looking at. As the beast approached, the chief priest who saw Jason as their only chance of ever stopping the beast, ordered the elders to protect him, and so they sprung into action. A few of them extended their arms towards the beast, chanted for a bit and mystic circles appeared on their arms, large chains sprung from the circles and bound the beast from every direction, holding it down, "good" the chief priest commended "now that it's still weak let's seal the damn thing away again" he said and immediately three of the elders including the chief priest himself formed a loose triangle around the beast, clapped their hands together and started chanting, mystic circles appeared in front of each of them and from within those
Circle, a large red energy wall was erected that caged the beast in a triangular prison. "excellent! now all that remains is to lock it away in another realm" the chief priest told them. But as they began to cast the spell to open the portal, the beast who had completely regained it's strength smashed the energy wall to bits with its tail, YOU WILL NEVER IMPRISON ME AGAIN Jason heard the beast say as he watched him turn on the elders and began to slaughter them brutally. The chief priest grabbed Jason pushed him to the wall, said a little incantation, looked Jason in the eyes and nodded. A few seconds after the beast landed behind the chief priest and stabbed him with his claws. Jason watched in horror as three huge claws tore through the chief priest's body, raised him up and threw him away. The beast looked intensely at Jason but for some reason he couldn't see him. Though he stood right there shaking and trembling in front of him. The beast sniffed around and asked : WHERE DID THE YOUNG BLOOD GO. Giving up on looking for him. He turned away gave the room a once over scan, then bounded upstairs, outside the building and out into the open forest in search of human blood.

When Jason was sure that the beast was far away from the villa he remembered how to move again. He stepped away from the wall and walked over to where the chief priest was to see if he was still alive, for Jason thought to himself that if there was anybody that has any idea on how to stop that monster it would be him. But when he reached the chief priest he was dead. Looking at the slaughtered bodies of everyone in the carvern Jason could not help but feel a pang of guilt "what have I done?" he was asking himself when a warm, wet skeletal hand suddenly grabbed him by the heel. Jason yelped as he jumped out of his own skin in fear, trying to get away from whatever that was trying to grab him. He looked down and realized that it was the chief priest's frail hands covered in his blood "Baba!" Jason yelled 'you're still alive!" "barely and not for long" the chief priest replied. Then continued "you don't have time for questions, or self blame, you have to get out there... That's why I casted that camouflage spell on you to save you... You're are the town's best chance of surviving this" he told Jason. And Jason replied "you want me to go after that thing... After what just happened here...? Oh Sure I've thrown down with a small spirit and a low level apprentice sorcerer, but that beast is a whole different ball game.... I'm sorry but I can't, I couldn't even move a muscle when it attacked everyone here, am no hero, am a coward". "Who is saying you're a hero... 200 years ago Nigarra attacked our village for the first time, a demon from hell... It almost wiped the villagers off the face of the earth Until a brave Hunter, my great grandfather battled him and defeated him by sealing him away in another realm saving the village in the process... He... was a hero. You on the other hand let him out after I warned you not to, so that makes you stupid. But often times the stupid is used to confound the wise, you command the wind and the skies, the way I see it, you've got a better chance than anyone out there" the chief priest told him. And Jason said "There has to be another way, what about the spell that was used to seal him the first time, can't you wip up something like that again" "even if I could" the chief priest replied "would you really consent to the sacrificing of a young virgin every seven years to reinforce the spells power?" he asked. "No" Jason replied then added "but I still can't do it, I'm not brave like your ancestors" "your father was a brave man, you know" the chief priest said... And surprised Jason asked "you knew him" "I taught them in school, Orji never left his loved ones in danger no matter what he had to face, and to him the whole town were his loved ones, that's why he joined the town's police force and worked his way up to being their chief so he could protect the town better." he groaned in pain as he struggled to breathe then said, "this town was precious to him, he had a gun and he protected this town with it when they faced danger." "he always wanted me to join the force, but this is ten times The danger he protected the town from" Jason protested "and you can hold a lightning bolt" the priest shot back, as he coughed out blood "my time is up... I don't believe for a second that you can stop Nigarra. ..." he said. "wow that really boosted my moral," Jason commented sarcastically. The old man continued "but right now, if anyone can.. . It's you, little boy" he said as he coughed up blood again then breathed his last and died.
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All of them garbed in black and red robes, except for the one with the sacrificial knife who wore a white and red robe... The chief priest. Jason watched as the old man in white unsheath the knife then walk towards the sacrificial alter where an unconscious Elera was laid. "What have they done to her?" Jason asked Kolawole in rage but Kolawole who knew better than to answer kept quiet.

When the chief priest got to the alter The chanting of the other elders got louder and As he raised the knife to slay Elera, Jason who couldn't hold himself any more, summoned a thunder cloud in the underground cavern then jumped down from where he hid and landed in front of the priest facing him and also standing protectively over Elera. He was quickly followed by Mr Ossai who stood ready with a mystic circle on both hands ready to blast anybody else that would go near his daughter. "one more step" Jason said "and it will be your last" "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!" the chief priest laughed, then replied him "the boy who commands lightning... My Boys told me about you, to think that we had a Nephilim in our little town. Let me ask you a question boy, would you choose one life over thousands of others simply because you care for that one life.....?" the chief priest asked Jason and he replied "the hell kind of question is that?" "the kind I had to answer once; the life of my beloved daughter in exchange for the peace and welfare of the community for another 7 years" "that's why I keep saying that what you're doing is barbaric" Mr Ossai cut in but the Chief priest fired back at them, "it's tradition, a 100 years of tradition, and you little boy no matter what you're, cannot put a stop to it" he said. Smirking Jason raised his hands towards the thundercloud above him... Summoned a lightning, caught it with his hands, turned to the priest and said "Watch me" as he smashed to pieces the sculpture of the deity they worshipped with the bolt of lightning on his hands. The chief priest yelled "nooooooooo! Do you know what you've done?!" and Jason replied "I have put an end to your horrible tradition, no sculpture, no idol, no sacrifice... Which means Elera is free". In desperation the chief priest lunged for Elera with the knife, but Jason was quick; he summoned the wind and used it to blast the chief priest backwards, "you really don't wanna do that," Jason told him. Still straining to catch his breath the priest replied "its for the greater good, I have to, before it's too late". Jason looked around at the other elders in the cavern and realized that they weren't happy about what they were doing, every single one of them except for the priest who was still frantically trying to get at the knife muttering 'before it's too late, before it's too late' then Jason said to him "you do know that you're the only one enthusiastic about killing my girlfriend right; what is it that you know about your stupid tradition, that has got you so desperate to murder an innocent girl that we are not seeing ?" he asked and The chief priest was about to reply when they heard the first BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM the whole carvern shook and rumbled, "what was that?" one of the elders asked, "feels like an earthquake" another said, "No, it feels like something, somewhere is trying to burst it's way through " Mr Ossai said as another BOOOOOOM shook the carvern violently, this time bringing most of them down to their hands and feet as they try to balance themselves after the tremor. "it's coming from under the ground" Jason observed. He looked at the elders for answers but they looked just as confused as he was, Then he looked at the chief priest who was so white with fear And muttering to himself incoherently... that's not the look for fear of the unknown Jason thought ; this old man knows exactly what he is afraid of, he knows what's coming. "what aren't you telling the rest of us" Jason asked. The chief priest looked at him and said "You've doomed us all!" BOOOOOOOOM another tremor hit, this Time as it did a mystic circle appeared on the ground and with it a huge black claw burst forth from the ground, a few seconds later another one followed, the Crack on the floor widened and a huge black creature emerged from the crevice. It stood on four limbs like an animal but it was bigger than any animal in existence... It looked like a dragon but it was without wings and it was way uglier than any dragon Jason had seen in the movies, sharp protrusions stuck out all over its body, everyone one watched in horror as the creature looked down at them with intense red eyes. "Mr Ossai..." Jason called, "get your daughter to safety" he told him. Mr Ossai nodded and quickly rushed over to Elera grabbed her and dissappeard in a mystic circle. The chief priest chuckled in amusement then said to Jason, "I see you like jokes boy... Well then I will tell you one" he said then pointed to the black creature with red eyes and said "Nigarra the beast of Hell is loose in our world again... Therez no safety, not anywhere, not for anyone" Jason looked at him, then at the beast, it's form alone resonated terror and for the first time in his entire life Jason was truly afraid, he felt fear drill their way into his bones . Taking a deep breathe, Nigarra reared it's head up and gave a bone shattering, earth rumbling, ear splitting, Terrifying : ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!


TO BE CONT'D IN THE NEXT CHAPTER : THE BEAST.

The discovery of this truth was a bit overwhelming for Jason but after taking all he had heard in slowly, he thought about it long and hard, then came to a conclusion confessing to Mr Ossai "I don't believe what you're saying, it's not possible, my mother was a paragon of morality.. She once forbade my aunt from ever coming to visit, simply because she had an extra marital affair. She would not easily fall in bed with someone else, even if they were an angel." then he went on "I don't know how you want to explain the things I can do but don't associate my mother with infidelity, I consider it an insult to her loving memory" he said with tears rolling down his eyes. "I know how you feel and I know your mother also, you forget we all went to the same grammar school in town... But the truth is the truth, there is no doubt that you are a Nephilim. When a fallen comes for a woman; they assume the form of that one person she loves, or her idea of the perfect partner and to your mother that might be the form of your father... They did Anything to make the women accept them because the sorcery in the conception will never work without the wholehearted acceptance of the woman they are sleeping with. Deception is what they are all about. People's feelings, loved ones even people's lives are expendable playthings to them. The only thing important to them is their plans to take over the universe. If you are useful, they use you, if you're useless, they use you anyway then kill you." Mr Ossai explained... Jason thought of how these Fallen angels have ruined his life and right then and there he decided he would never help them in any way to achieve their goal. "just one more thing: why now, after years of breeding them, why claim them now." Kolawole who had been very quiet asked. Jason wanted to know too and Mr Ossai replied "because although they were successful in the fusion of an Angel's soul in a human body they never really understood the mystery in a human being" he said then continued : "2,500 years ago, when the first new generation nephilim was born it was immediately noticeable that the Child was different from other children... He was better than his peers at everything they tested him with but when he came of age the boy was unable to access his celestial powers. Many sorcerers were called upon to rectify the problem but they failed, until a sorcerer who's very existence some still consider a myth known as Durza the shadow took over the project and as you have seen for yourself, after 2000 years he finally succeeded in solving the problem... How he did it though, remains a mystery to us all." he finished just as Kolawole told him to go off the main road and into the forest trail on their left. After driving deep into the forest for about 30 minutes Kolawole announced "Stop, we're here!" "I don't see anything " Said Jason squinting his eyes trying to see through darkness and forest trees hoping to make out an evil shrine but didn't. "you're not supposed to see it" Kolawole told him. "He is right, only initiates can see through the camouflage spell" Said Mr Ossai and Jason asked him "I suppose you can see it too" "yes, it's the Last place I would expect them to bring her." Mr Ossai confessed "they know that, and they know that you would try to save her. That's why they brought her here" Said Kolawole. Mr Ossai rummaged through his bag, brought out a small leaf and offered it to Jason who frowned from the sour taste as he chewed it. 'What's this" he asked "Coro leaf, it will help you see through the cloaking spell" Mr Ossai replied and he was right.. Because after chewing for some time Jason looked and saw a huge white marbled residential villa a few meters away from him deep in the forest!

As they approached the gates of the villa they saw two guards standing sentry. "That's Bello and Peter right" asked Mr Ossai and as Kolawole confirmed it, Mr Ossai drew a mystic circle in the air, chanted for a few seconds and called their names... Jason heard the whooshing sound of a soft breeze and immediately both guards collapsed. "Did you kill them" asked Jason "No of course not, they are barely 20, kids who don't know what they are doing... I simply put them in a deep sleep" Mr Ossai explained as the trio snuck past them and into the main building. Low security Jason noticed, they weren't expecting any trouble bad deal for them he thought as they climbed down a spirraly stair case and bust out into an open carvern underground where Jason saw Elera surrounded by over 20 people --old people-- the village elders.