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Chapter 18 - The Sanctifier

For hours Mukura has been searching for corrupted people in the village but all of them seem to be clean. 

 

"It cannot be only Munashe corrupted!" she looks up in the sky, "Please, Wezhira help me!" she falls down to the ground, "I cannot let these people suffer but I do not know where I am supposed to start and what I am supposed to do!" 

 

"The fact that you want to help these people means you know what you are supposed to do and where to start well, why don't you start with unleashing that power you are hiding!" the voice of Wezhira speaks directly into her ear and she feels her a hand touching her arm, "Do not fear rejection!"

 

She gets up to look and sees no one, "Weird! But I guess you are right! I do not have to hide who I am if I am to succeed." 

 

She sits down folding her legs, grab her thighs, "Let me do a clean sweep first!" she says to herself inhaling closing her eyes. 

 

She opens them and exhales loudly and a strong wind blows all over the village and she silently sit there waiting for the wind to show her the way. 

 

Dhoramu (The Dark Forest)

 

"Have you ever heard of a Zolahan before, Garamba?" Gwanhoya asks with her hands placed behind her back after feeling her essence lingering behind her, "They are the most powerful family in this world right now, with godly power!"

 

"No, I have never heard of them. This is the first-time I am hearing about them!" Garamba replies getting closer to her.

 

Gwanhoya breathes heavily, "Of course, you haven't!" she turns to look at Garamba, "How did everything go where you went?"

 

"Badly," she replies looking down.

 

"I guess today victory is not ours. Aamon has been defeated!" she is frustrated by having to say this, "Something interfered in his battle with the young prince and save the prince from his death." She explains to her.

 

"That is really unfortunate! What is the plan now?" she expresses her sympathy towards the failure. 

 

Gwanhoya turns to look away again, "When I first tried, I was stopped halfway because of family. They betrayed me and back then I vowed that be it family or friends, if anyone stands in my way, I will rip their souls out of their bodies without hesitation!"

 

She quickly turns breathing out fire and Garamba freezes her, "How predictable! I mean, did you have to give that pity speech though?" she laughs, "I do not know if you ever suspected this but the Chief's kid you want to kill, is my flesh and blood, my child! And unlike you, I do not intend to let my son die!"

 

"Then you will die first and he will meet you in hell!" Gwanhoya appears behind her and the frozen one disappears slowly. 

 

"I cannot tame a demon that was once human, I do not know why but what I can do is cast you out of my forest!" she raises her hand and snaps her fingers and a huge dark storm arises, "I took this trick from the queen of Alabaster Weald!"

 

"You think you can defeat me!?" she shouts in anger, "All that for a child that rejected you, "She spits on the ground, "You are a disappointment!" 

 

Garamba scoffs, "I know and also I know I can't defeat you and maybe that is because it is someone else's destiny," She puts out her arms out wide, "Goodbye, demon!" she claps hard and the darkness carries her out like a strong wind closing the barrier as soon as she is cast out.

 

Garamba falls to the ground exhausted after using a lot of power. She is now starting to feel the effects. One of her servants rushes over and takes her to her castle and there she rests. 

 

At the Village

 

Mukura rises from the ground and runs straight at the side of the boundary where Munashe was corrupted. 

 

"All this is an illusion, there is no village here demon!" she shouts looking at his body lying down on the ground.

 

"She said you are an interesting one, I wanted to discover how interesting before I kill you." She says in a calm soft voice getting up from the ground, "It is disappointing that it took you this long to figure out everything!"

 

"What did you do with everyone!" she asks filled with rage. 

 

He starts walking towards her with a malevolent smile on his face, "Ohh, do not worry about them, worry about yourself!" he slowly disappears into the wind.

 

Mukura searches for him standing in one place for the point where he might have materialised. Slowly, the air is becoming toxic and she begins coughing. Put her hand on her mouth and nose covering them. 

 

"I am the true meaning of corruption incarnate!" his voice emanates from everywhere, "And after I am done here with you, you will be my personal servant just like the others!" 

 

Mukura cannot bear the toxic air around her, she falls to the ground and passes out. 

 

Astaroth materialises and slowly gets closer to her.

 

She slowly opens up her eyes, "There you are!" quickly she gets up off the ground, "If I send you back to the demon realm, everything changes right back, right?"

 

"How is it that you are still alright after all the toxic air you just breathed in!?" Astaroth is shocked at what he is seeing.

 

"Let me let you in on a little secret!" she puts her hand on the side of her mouth preparing to speak, "I actually have the magical ability to cleanse the corrupted!" she whispers to him.

 

He steps back, "Impossible! Gwanhoya said you have the power to corrupt and the power to heal at the same time and that those are the only two magical abilities you have!" 

 

"That was because of her. Now, let's see if I can turn a demon back into an angel shall we!" she jumps at Astaroth, grabs him on the cheeks, "Purify!"

 

Immediately, Astaroth begins burning from the divine power being injected into him. He releases himself from her grasp and falls to the ground and crawls back shaking in terror. 

 

"This is impossible!" he shouts shaking, "Gwanhoya left the Sanctifier near death's grasp, how can it be so that you are here!"

 

"She did almost kill me, true but I am not this Sanctifier that you speak of." She answers approaching him as he crawls away, "And it seems like everything is impossible to you! Ohh well, farewell demon!"

 

She waves her hand opening a portal in front of him, "Crawl in demon and never return!" 

 

Astaroth grabs the opportunity and escapes through the portal not knowing where it leads. 

 

"That was fun!" she stretches her back, "Now, to help the people!"

 

 

 

 

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