NECROMANCER|CHAPTER ONE:THE FORBIDEN TOMB.
Aot was supposed to be taking his classes like every day, but instead he was in another of his treasure hunts and this time they did not settle for the small and boring tombs of the valley of the kings, but a secluded tomb in a forbidden place, the valley of the nameless kings. Kings whom once practiced magic, an art prohibited by their nation.
Once they arrived at the entrance of the sanctuary they were going to loot, and before entering, they took the bothering to see the architecture of the place, which like any building in the desert, was beautiful. Hieroglyphs on every corner of the walls too old to decipher for the average citizen, but for Aot, it was like reading a children's story.
"Wow, how the hell did you find this place?"
asked inheret, Aot's personal guard-and secret boyfriend-even though they were both men themselves, the sincere love they felt for each other was genuine and even though they both knew their relationship was wrong and would never be accepted in their society, the two of them couldn't live without each other.
"From a map I found in the basement library." Said the prince without any remorse.
"You're not allowed to be there!" inherent claim.
Aot just turned his head at inheret's direction and instantly they both started laughing.
"great, another one of your weird maps." Said the soldier sarcastically as he redirected his gaze to the temple in front of them.
Aot smiled at that comment.
"What? Scared?" Said the prince between laughs.
Inheret shook his head at him, smiling.
"you wish". He exclaimed.
They both laughed and after a few moments inheret was the first to open up, he went inside the temple, took a few steps forward and when he didn't felt Aot's presence behind then inheret turned around only to find that Aot was still in the mouth of the temple with a look of concern that he tried poorly to hide. Inheret just laughed.
"What? Scared?" Those words seemed to snap Aot out of his trance and shaking his head he responded.
With that said Aot reluctantly entered the temple and then the two of them made their way into the bowels of the temple.
sometimes Aot do that, even though his body was there his mind was somewhere else, usually it just took a little jolt to snap him out of his trance but lately that's been happening to him too often and every time I try to ask about it, he just avoid the subject. I wonder what he thought, it must be something strong to put him in such a state.
I froze again, that had happened before, but I had never felt fear entering a place like this, it's not like the dead will rise from their graves, right? If it wasn't that then there would be no reason to be afraid, but I still froze. Lately I have heard a voice, something that calls me, although I always attributed it to the wind, it always blew very hard and sometimes its sound can be interpreted with voices. But today at the mouth of the grave I could hear it again and THIS TIME it was crisp and clear no longer like that occasional whisper. I haven't talked to inheret about this, I don't want him to think I'm crazy, I don't want him to worry about me.
once the sunlight was dissipated by the darkness, inheret took two torches from his inventory and lit them, giving one to Aot. now with better visibility they were able to better appreciate what their surroundings looked like and like outside, the architecture inside was beautiful, both were amazed at the work of art that was the walls of that sarcophagus. Of all the hieroglyphics carved on the wall, one particularly caught Aot's attention. A large, imposing figure towered over a crowd kneeling at his feet, subdued. The man seemed to be holding a green orb-shaped object.
"Isn't that great?" Aot said without taking his eyes off the drawing on the wall.
"I mean, imagine having that power? What i could do with it... I would be the most powerful person on the island continent."
"But, it's magic." inherent object
"Magic is evil, it corrupts people, it takes away your identity making you just a soulless vessel."
"but it gives you power, that's the only thing that matters."
Aot looked at Inheret firmly and Inheret just shook his head in denial.
when he finished saying that, he just continued forward passing Aot on the way.
"tsk, killjoy" Aot whispered to himself and stood behind inheret in silence.
Both continued to advance into the dark corridors of the sarcophagus that each time, became colder with each step they took.
why is he not able to understand? With that kind of power... We would have everyone at our feet, we could be together freely, nobody would tell us what to do or how to live, we would be... -the most powerful beings in the world?... -.
Aot froze, that voice again. It had never been so clear, echoed in his head like a buzzing bee.
Aot heard the voice growing stronger in his head again.
The voice repeated his name with more and more force each time.
Suddenly Aot snapped back to reality only to find Inheret in front of him, calling out his name.
"I've been calling you! You froze again! Are you okay?! Maybe we should go, I don't like this place at all!"
Aot just looked around, he is no longer in the corridor, in fact now he was in a medium sized room with 3 other corridors, an old trick to catch looters that Aot knew well, only one corridor was correct the other two would only take you to certain death, do I walk while in a trance?
"Aot?" replied inheret waiting for an answer from the prince.
"Huh? Oh... Yeah... We have to go... Yeah."
They both started to go back, he had had enough of that place And above all Aot, who was distracted still thinking about that voice, he was distracted enough not to see the thin but strong and firm rope on the ground near the exit until he was already on the ground. A loud crack could be heard from within the walls of the temple. To Aot, everything was happening very fast for now on, at one moment he was on the ground and the next he was being dragged by inheret, trying to escape from the site that was collapsing at their feet, but Aot's gaze was still fixed on that room they had left. out, a green glow began to be seen from the walls that were collapsing before him. Aot just narrowed his eyes... Thinking, was that thing always there? There wasn't enough time to appreciate glitters appearing out of nowhere, Aot had to concentrate on escaping or else he would be buried, so he ran with all the strength he had. Time went from fast to slow for him, Aot couldn't believe how big that place was and how much the two of them had advanced. Hope lit up Aot and inheret's eyes when they saw the light from outside so they gave their last effort until they finally reached the outside once more, they had never felt so happy to feel the embracing warmth of the sun on their skin. And there they were congratulating each other for escaping alive as they looked at the grave that now lay on their foundations that was now not even a shadow of what it used to be.
A voice called out from behind Aot and inheret.
They were both in trouble.
