GODS OF ASEROTH: The Prodigal Son: A monster is born by Yarid Asher Page A

Leosher, instead of falling into the mouth of the Leviathan, crashed on the side, face first, and then in the waters. When he looked up and cleaned his bloody face to see, it was an earth giant, sent by Asurot to help defeat the Leviathan. This was the help Asurot had been talking about. It was a mountain given life, arms, legs and a body. It was covered in trees and was made of soil, dirt, sand, rocks and clay. It was almost as tall as the Leviathan, and a great fight broke out. Both creatures fought with great strength.
         The punches were so intense that they created shockwaves which made strong waves in the waters and nearly drowned the swimmers. The battle was magnificent. Both giants fought in the rain and the thunder and lightning made it even more dramatic.
         Leosher swam to his brother and asked him in a shock “Did you do this? Did you bring forth the giant?”
         “No,” said he “I am not a great wizard. I cannot possibly bring forth this beast. I am just as shocked as the rest of you are. I have no idea where this beast came from, all I know is that he is helping us.”
         Then Leosher walked to Azar “Did you do this?”
         “No,” said he “No my lord, I did not do it, for it is far beyond a wizard’s power to create a beast of that magnitude. Only a god possesses the power to perform a feat like this.”
         When Leosher heard that, it struck him. It was his mother that had done it and as the thoughts came into his mind, a burst of arrogance and anger came too for he did not want his mother to help him but she was. Angry, he ripped out the longest rope he could find out of the ships and said to his friends “I might not return.”
         Neiham moved forward and increased her king’s morale “My lord, you shall return, you shall triumph over this beast for you are the king of The Empire, the rightful heir of Aseroth and the prince of all gods.”
         Then Virgil came to his brother and said to him the poem:
        
    “We are not ordinary,
    for we battle with destiny.
    We have great power,
    the power to write our own fate.
    There is a beast rising within us,
    and our revolt is weakening.
    The beast is at the edge of our souls,
    and its might is strengthening.
    The beast is raw and pure,
    its power is like lightning.
    We cannot begin to describe,
    the storm that is inside.
    But the beast will rise again,
    to bring forth the eternal pain.
    The sun of hope has risen,
    and the battle has begun.
    But we remember one thing,
    we will always be one.
    We let the beast within us, rise,
    to bring forth our enemy’s demise.
    We move forward with one creed,
    for it is our need,
    Clearly, we are not ordinary,
                                                                   for we battle with destiny.”
         Leosher was rejuvenated with hope and faith in himself. He swung the rope in his hands and wrapped it around the earth giant’s ear. He swung hard and jumped far, far up in the air and over the storm. He almost reached the top of the world and then he came down like a meteor, engulfed in fire. He took out his scythe out on the way down and got ready to battle but the Leviathan saw that Leosher was coming down for it. It closed its mouth shut, for it knew if Leosher attacked it at this pace, it would surely die. It shut its mouth and its teeth became sealed gates. Not even air could pass through them. It was the only thing the Leviathan could do because it was too big to get out of his way. Though he had created a barrier against Leosher, it did not stop him.
        He crashed through the barrier with a blast and broke its jaws and the Leviathan screamed in agony. The giant helped Leosher by shutting the mouth of the Leviathan, close, and holding it in a tight grip and keeping the beast from moving and creating a steady platform for Leosher to fight on.
         Leosher was now in the chest