Clash of Men (The End of Legends Book 1) by Damon Glatz

Author:Damon Glatz [Glatz, Damon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Burning Willow Press
Published: 2018-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen:

Identity Thieves

Ohitekah slept very well that night. He was incredibly worn out from the previous day mentally and physically. He was too tired to dream even, just a soothing blackness that was difficult to wake from.

Yet, being back home on the plains, his body was trained to wake with the sunrise. He silently packed his things onto Bolt. Nicholas was still sleeping under the tree, snoring loudly. Lance fell asleep leaning back against his horse a short distance away. Red was nowhere to be seen.

This observation took a moment to sink in.

Nowhere to be seen...on the Great Plains...

It wasn’t like he could be hiding either. These were the Great Plains, nothing but yellow horizon in all directions. Ohitekah spun around, looking everywhere.

How could he? Did he abandon us in the night? Where could he go? Why?

As he spun, the world turned around him. Ohitekah almost fell to the ground in surprise when out of nowhere, Red and his horse were suddenly in front of him.

“I told you my horse is fast,” Red said. Dismounting, he began to stroke the horse’s mane. Ohitekah stood, baffled and unsure of what to say. Ohitekah had also noticed that his face was cleanly shaven.

“His true name is Aethon.” Red smiled proudly. “I have come to call him Blaze to conceal his identity, similar to my own name in a way... He was once the personal horse of the Sun God, one of the horses that carried the chariot of the sun across the Overworld.” As Red began to pet his horse kindly, he made a quick glance up at the sun rising in the sky. “Blaze escaped his stable in the Overworld when the god became angry and abusive. He came to be my companion and loyal friend. He is the only horse that can withstand my Mythical powers, and I am also the only human capable of riding him. He is faster than anything you can imagine, being divine as he is.”

Ohitekah thought about this. “What did the Sun God do about that?”

Red smiled “There is not much he can do about it, seeing as his Mythic is dead.”

That was concerning to Ohitekah, but he guessed Red was right. The gods only have control over their Mythic. But wasn’t Red a Mythic?

“You’re the Mythic of the Sun God, right? Is the Sun God controlling you?”

Red paused, thinking. “It is good you mentioned that, I have been meaning to talk to you about this.” He looked at Ohitekah. “He tries to control me, yes. When you kill the Mythic, you become the next one, a powerful slave to the gods. The more you use the powers, the more they possess your mind and being. That is why I try to not use my powers unless I absolutely need to. If you are allied with your god, then they merely suggest things. Perhaps they even trust you entirely. But I am an enemy to the Sun God, so he is actively trying to turn me against my people.

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