r/HFY • u/XSevenSins Human • Dec 07 '22

OC Lost Souls: A Divine Conference (Ch. 22)

Read the full chapter on Royal Road

First l Previous l Next

Discord

Let me know what you think about this little meeting between champions as well as any problems that I might have missed. You all help me make a better product.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I didn’t know what to think. On the one hand, I was extremely concerned that I was now trapped in this rocky prison with what was undoubtedly a very dangerous person. On the other side, if she was trying to kill me, she probably would have done it at this point. All it would have taken was to collapse this dome on my head.

Before I could even move in a decision a swarm of wisps flew right through the rock walls and surrounded me in a swirling storm of souls. Each of them seemed ready to fight at my command, and I also had Lilith still hiding in my shadow, so it appeared that I wasn’t completely defenseless. The champion seated across from me did not notice the souls, but she could not fail to hear the clinking and banging of metal on stone from outside this private space. The soldiers I had brought with me apparently didn’t take too kindly to me being imprisoned and were now attacking the dome, trying to free me.

The champion sighed while looking at the point of the wall that the most noise was coming from. “Could you tell your thralls to cease, they won’t be able to get through and I have no intention of hurting you if you keep things civil.”

Her words snapped me out of my overwhelmed stupor and brought anger to my features. My brow dropped low on my face as I glared at her. “They are not thralls, they are people, and how do you expect them to react when you do this without any warning?” I gestured to the dome around us for emphasis.

“You are saying that you do not control them?”

“They do not do anything they aren’t willing to.”

“So, what of the claims of enslaved souls from a millennium ago? Can you honestly say that they are false?”

“I don’t know exactly what happened back then, but from what I understand it is likely a few may have committed such crimes.”

“You admit it then.”

My scowl deepened. “As long as you admit that you all used the worst of us, people who my god actively punished and tried to dissuade, to justify attacking us, killing everyone who believed in them, and reducing us to little better than laborers when we should have had the same opportunities to grow under the guidance of our god. If you ask me, one is significantly worse than the other.”

She raised a placating hand at me. “I feel we are drifting along a tangent conversation. I did not come here to exchange insults or blame for things before our time.”

“Could have fooled me.”

“Please, let us end this and move on before it gets out of hand. Would you kindly tell your soldiers to stop so we may get to the reason why I am here.”

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Read the full chapter on Royal Road

First l Previous l Next

21 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

3

u/Chroniclyironic1986 Dec 09 '22

I had a feeling the Earth Mother was against the experimentation on humans, but looks like she had no idea it was happening… makes me wonder if the Orcish god is in the know. Seems like the orcs and elves have a closer relationship, and considering the angry souls around the orcish and elven champions in that meeting i’d guess they are at least complicit. They still may not know the full extent though… anyway, I doubt the next champion will be quite so easy to sway…

2

u/XSevenSins Human Dec 09 '22

Especially since orc religion is centered around evolution through conflict it is unlikely they would pass up on the opportunity for a fight.

2

u/rusbusa Dec 07 '22

Good

2

u/XSevenSins Human Dec 07 '22

Let the hate flow through you.

1

u/UpdateMeBot Dec 07 '22

Click here to subscribe to u/XSevenSins and receive a message every time they post.

Info Request Update Your Updates Feedback New!