Bloodlust

I did just as instructed.  The Chaosbringer was heavy, but somehow with each killing blow it became easier to wield.  It seemed to draw itself of its own accord.  Find things for me to slay.  Body after body littered the fields and paths.  It was not enough!  There must be more death to quench me!!

After a time, I saw nothing.  Felt only hatred.  Blind with the all consuming power of darkness.
Then a voice…  Oddly familiar but so distant I could not quite make it out…

Kiamo..?  What are you doing?  Don’t you see me?

No I see only what the blade touches!

No one dare come near me!

Hmm does it ever touch gently?

The sword?  Never!!

It cuts deep and true!!

Who do I hear in this darkness??  Who??

I know I can get through…  You know me.

No it can’t be… Only the cry of the Chaosbringer rings true in my mind!

KILL THEM ALL!!!

No its not working ;_;

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Turn away from this evil venture!

It does not befit you Kiamo!

This is my fault…

I must enact a special rite

To take the fruit of your bad karma for myself.

You leave me no choice Kiamo!

Not out here! 

Take my fruit… what was this creature proposing?  I drew my knees together and crossed them after blindly backing up into something solid.  Perhaps a  tree?  I… just could not see straight.  The voice sounded like…

The sword’s evil knows no limits.

Away!  Away!!  You must be an undead…  Impersonating Sha-chan!

Trying to pick my un-spoilt Fruits!!  Chaosbringer shall tear you asunder!

I hefted the sword as tears threatened to gather, but I had to trust…  Trust the sword to deliver me from whatever wretched foe this was.

Don’t be foolish…  You know the sword is fooling you.  It grants no real strength.

It will!  It will!!  I must…  Get…  Revenge!!

No!  This world is but a nightmarish dream!  This will only serve to sink you deep into its clutches.

Kiamo, I have returned to offer you the chance at liberation!  But now I find you sunk to lower states, destined for suffering.  If you walk down this path, we will be forever separate…

The power to kill is worthless.

How many beings in the world posses that power, yet never gain what they want.

All… All I wanted was-  Was to find Shagrath!!

My mithra sense told me he was alive… but then…  kidnapped… unspeakable horrors… for how long?  How long??

I’m sorry Kiamo…

My sorrow.

My anger.

Is POWER.

Suddenly I felt a force like none other surge through me, but it didn’t come from the sword.
The whole world went from abysmal darkness to blinding white.
For a moment, I thought I saw my former allies.  Sha-chan, Ghrenn, Wolfknight…  It just couldn’t be…
I felt cold steel meet my chest and then I could hardly breathe.  I had to use the sword to prop myself up.  I tried to catch my breath…  Then there was shouting.

She’s stunned!!


Grab her!! 


No..  No!!   Now what harm was descending upon me?

Wait!  Don’t hurt her.  It’s the sword…


We need to get it away from her-


Grab the sword!!


Wait!  Let me.  In the presence of someone perfected in non-violence, all enmity drops away.


I felt someone grasp me.  Strong, yet gentle.

Kiamo…  The terrible karma you incur from such an act, could torment you for a lifetime…  And so I must…

Everything I knew fell away.  It was as if my life force was draining from me…  My grasp on the Chaosbringer slackened.  It fell away…  Taking what trace amount of energy I had along with it.













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