When I awoke next, I was in the grove I tried to move but I saw that I was tangled in one of the plants around the large pool. I saw movement and turned to see Asher but grossly changed it was like he was turning into one of those abominations. His skin had begun to take a reddish tint, and his eyes had turned scarlet. He smiled and his teeth were sharpened to points. “Your awake Seth” he said. “What happened to you Asher” I asked. “I have awakened, I have bathed in the pool and received the blessings of the Crimson King” He said “fear not Seth soon you will awaken too, and we will rule over a realm in the name of our crimson king. For now, I give you this glimpse of your awakening.” He touched me on my forehead, and I felt something invade my mind. What passed through my mind was a series of terrible violent scenes of violent, death, and desecration. Visions that I cannot and will not go into details about but near the end of the visions I saw and felt a terrible presents of indescribable power and evil. The present seemed to be emanating from a place a deep endless fog. I could feel the presents focus on me and I was drawn towards it. A crimson light was around me and a giant shadow form looked at me with points of bright scarlet for eyes. I screamed and my sanity broke in the presents of this monstrous entity. It was then everything went black.

  I came back to consciousness when I felt myself being lifted. I looked around and saw Asher had lifted me and was carrying me towards the bloody pool. “Now you will bath in the pool Seth and We will be together forever.” He said. I was still not entirely sure what was happening when I heard noises from behind Asher. He spun around and I could see a small group of people had appeared. I was sure that I was hallucinating for the people I saw were surly dead. Jax and Kage were covering Jay, Rowan, and Sky. Jay was carrying the staff and was lashing out with destructive magic. Rowan was carrying my rune sword and he and Jax was slashing and stabbing at any creatures that came near. Sky was carrying my bow and was shooting rune arrows with Kage. I heard them shouting about me and trying to get to Asher, but he seemed to float up and moved above the pool. “So, you're not dead Jay but your too late Seth is mine. He will go in the waters and rise as a new being.” Asher said. I knew he was going to drop me into the pool I looked a Jay and thought I saw a bright glimmer from him. The glimmer amplified into a bright orb that seemed to rise from Jay and speed towards me. I could see through the light and saw the glimmering shape of the Seraphim blade. I stretched out my hand and the hilt slapped into my hand. All this happened in a blink of the eye. As Asher shift from the bright flash, I lashed out and buried the blade into Ashers chest. Asher screamed and I felt a bolt of power flow into him. Asher body shone for a moment, and I was thrown from him keeping ahold of the blade. I flew out and landed on the ground just before the pool. Asher kept screaming as he fire burst from his wound and consumed him. He fell into the pool and the flames did not die but seemed to spread across the pool. The creatures in the grove all scattered when Asher screamed all except for the Giant who became disorient. Kage moved quickly and put several rune arrows into the giant. The explosive fire severally damaged the Giant, but it managed to grab Kage, and it looked like it was going to eat him when Kage put a last arrow into its mouth and managed to kill the giant. When the giant fell Kage was released and he fell broken and wounded. Jay, Rowan, and Sky came to me they went over me and made sure I was okay and gave me a clean set of clothing. Jax went to Kage and then came to us. He shook his head telling us that Kage was gone. We moved out of the burning grove and made for the path. We were forced to stop when we saw that several of the creatures were surrounding us. I felt power pulsing in the seraphim blade and in another flash of light a dome of light surrounded us. The dome drove back the creatures, and none could get close to us. Another pulse of power and a tunnel extended from the dome heading to the edge of the forest. I told everyone to move down the tunnel as it would not last long. As we moved down the tunnel Jay told me about what happened.

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