Everyone near Aku looked at the monster in the air with a shocked expression, it was a creature out of nightmares it's face resembled a snake while it's fangs were dripping acid it was giant almost as big as a house, it's hazel eyes pierced the soul of anyone who looked at it killing them instantly without even moving, some of the other priests tried attacking the beast only to be eaten, slowly it turned towards Aku.

“Now that I'm free it's time to reclaim what's rightfully mine the black heart!”

The Serpent sent it's large grey tail down towards Aku, Aku could tell that if it hit him he would be instantly killed yet his body was frozen stiff under that Serpents gaze he would be killed without even being able to put up a fight just as It was about to hit him it stopped the reason why was Jasper he sliced at the tail with Excalibur causing no blood to flow of course but still he was able to cause the serpent a tiny bit of pain, the Serpent became enraged that a child would strike him.

“Boy you sealed your own fate! I was going to spare you but now I'm angry you shall all die!”

“I don't plan on dying today.”

The serpent slashed with it's giant claw onto Jasper barley able to guard it he felt his whole body become bloody and sore, losing the strength in his arms and legs within seconds he was sent flying into glass knocked outcold, Aku was filled with rage if he didn't stand there like an idiot Jasper wouldn't have gotten hurt this badly silently Aku ran to the monster slashing the creature tail with all his might hitting it like a mindless beast only seeking to kill his target, the scythe like sword drained blood from the serpent unfortunately he was much too weak only making the Serpent more angry that mere food would cause him minor wounds, during this time Enyo was trying to stop the bleeding of Jasper she was mostly unsuccessful due to all the wounds he had gotten.

“Die!”

The serpent moved forward with it's entire body if this hit it would crush the entire shrine killing Aku, Jasper, Enyo and all the other townsfolk, right when they were about to give up hope a green shadow moved at a fast speed stopping the Serpent with a magic barrier this shadow was the masked lady, her eyes gave off the feeling that it was hard holding back this creature she was getting pushed back the longer she had to block it, it kept getting more and more angry resulting with the creature becoming even more powerful.

“Rees hurry up with the spell I can't hold him much longer!”

The woman shouted to the green robed priest in agony the old priest was moving his hands in fast motions up, down, left, right, energy was gathering around his whole body only at the last minute when the serpent broke free of her ready to crush the entire shrine did the old priest finish his chant he quietly opened his shining green eyes flying towards the serpent at a fast speed with him 4 other priests in black, red, blue, and white robes they circled the beast trying to trap him in a square area the beast fought back pushing the monks to the very limit, if this formation failed then they had no hope of stopping this beast that was hundreds of times stronger than them.

After a 20 minute long battle of minds the formation broke but the serpent did not come out unharmed he was smaller than previously and had a lot less energy the formation didn't succeed but it did drain him of some of his power, the serpent was enraged but he wasn't stupid how else would he have kept the position of Overlord if he didn't know when to back down from a battle, for now he had to leave and treat his wounds slowly regaining his power.

“Trash I'll be back you only prolonged your deaths!”

When Aku heard those words he was filled with rage that this demon would dare try to get away after what he did to Jasper one of his own friends, he wouldn't let this beast get off free receiving no punishment for this attack slowly the evil energy that surrounded his body before he passed out came back, long horns grew on his head while this time instead of being red and blue his eyes were a bright golden, Caladbolg appeared in his hands waiting anytime to deliver punishment to this creature in front of it, silently Aku said a few words with a cold expression on his face.

“You aren't getting away.”

*slash*

With a giant leap Aku slashed deep into the monsters back tearing off a giant chunk of skin with that Red orbs of energy filled with spiritual essence was sucked into Caladbolg filling him with power, due to this the beast tripped off the mountain falling into the water, everyone had their eyes on the surface of the water that he had fallen into was he dead or simply playing a trick?

The few survivors of this battle were thankful for still being alive yet sad since they lost so many of their own having to tell the ones who passed away families that they died to some monster would be hard for anyone to do, yet if they didn't do so then they would be nothing but a bunch of cowards so they decided to suck it up and get it over with after everything calms down.

Aku quickly went towards Enyo and Jasper wondering if Jasper was dead or alive, when he saw Enyo expression it was filled with fear of her brother passing away like the others, Aku tried to comfort her yet she only turned him away within 4 minutes the priests took Jasper inside the shrine, Enyo and Aku decided to wait outside after an hour or so the priest came back out with good and bad news.

“Your brother should be fine with 5 days worth of rest If not for Excalibur blocking your brother's vital spots from that harmful poison infused attack he most likely would have died, but....”

The Priests had sad expressions on their faces, seeing this Aku knew the words to come out of their mouths was going to be a handful.

“Your brother's life as a swordsman is finished, we don't know the cause but he is unable to see for now you should do your best to take care of him.”

When Enyo heard this news she broke into tears, while Aku was filled with a new feeling he never felt before and that was guilt due to being the reason that his own friend from age 5 lost one of the most important things in his life and that was swordsmanship, Jasper trained as hard as he did if not even harder to gain back his kingdom from The Three Eyed Kings and now all that effort he spent is going to waste.

The priests all preyed for the former swordsman Jasper, immediately they all looked at Aku with a confused expression why did that monster target him? What did it mean by reclaiming the black heart and why did this boy grow those horns out of his skull all these questions were hitting them one after another this one boy is the cause of all this despair therefore they only had one choice left, a young priest wearing a sky blue robe called out to Aku telling him to meet with the rest of the priests by himself in the shrine, hesitant at first he eventually agreed.

There was 12 men sitting on golden chairs all looking at Aku, the one to open his mouth first was the Green Eyed Priest.

“Do you have any idea why that monster attacked you?”

Aku could guest why from that warning he received from the Goddess about The Black Heart it would attract all power hungry beings across the realm they would seek him out in order to steal what's his harming those in the crossfire, still Aku couldn't exactly state that he came from another world so his only option was to lie and deny everything.

“No.”

The priest had an expression that showed he didn't believe what Aku was saying.

“Why did you grow horns out of your head? Also why did that powerful beast come from within that tattoo of yours?”

Those questions Aku truly had no answer to so he decided to deny it.

“I have no idea.”

The priests went onto questioning him over the black heart and the other events that happened today, the only answer he had gotten out of Aku was no, that left the priests with two options leave the boy in the village to potentially bring them even more harm or abandon him weighting these two choices in their mind it was an easy option and that was to allow him to stay for now they shouldn't do anything rash into they collect more information about the boy.

“That's all you may take your leave.”

He left back out of the shrine and left Enyo to attend to Jasper.

Many things were going through his head, the most important one was that he wasn't going to stay in this village any longer he would leave at midnight when no one could stop him, he would rather travel on his own then risk the only few people he came to care about in both this life and the last, therefore the black haired boy with taints of red had gotten his resolve.

10 hours later

Elsewhere

A girl was fast asleep next to a boy who resembled her he had platinum blonde hair, and pale skin sleeping in a robe his eyes were completely closed almost like a dead corpse the only thing that told you he was alive was his heartbeats, he just slayed there like a statue but that quickly changed after a minute or two he stood up with a face full of resolve even without his eyesight he believed that he could still reclaim his kingdom and also become a master swordsman those were his goals and he wouldn't back down, receiving the news of Aku leaving the village they grew up in only made him even more stubborn on attending those goals.

'Aku me you and Enyo promised to leave this village together and become famous figures marked in history, unfortunately you'll have to go on ahead without me but just wait me I'll catch up with you soon.'

The Exalted Prince may have lost his sight but thanks to this his path became even brighter to him.

4 Hours later.

A blonde haired girl with bright, warm, blue eyes had also strengthened her resolve, moments ago she may have been ready to cry and run from all the bad things happening in her life, but now thanks to the strength she saw her brother show even when he lost his eyesight she was able to carry on with a new tank filled with bravery, she decided that she would help those two in the best way she could, she may not be the smartest or strongest one between the three but what she could do was pick them back up whenever they would fall to despair healing all those who are injured with her light that is her path, therefore she would learn as much as possible from the priests in the shrine about defensive and healing magic.

When she is confident in her abilities as a priestess, she would join the side of and apologize to the boy who was only trying to help her when she pushed him away that boys name was Aku Moriarty.

The War Priestess also found her resolve she would rid the world of it's hatred, despair, and darkness with her light.

(Enjoy the double release also there won't be a chapter tomorrow since I plan on taking a break. Side note for those of you wondering my plans with Jasper aren't done yet he has major importance to the story alongside Enyo.)