The Divine Seven by J. J. Pavlov

Author:J. J. Pavlov [Pavlov, J. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Ages ago, Korenga was the patron goddess of a small village in the jungles of what is now Pacha territory. She had the power to heal those she touched and was loved by all. At the time, she was still a woman of average stature and had the sunkissed skin of her people with the tattoos that marked her as their chieftain.

In a conflict with another village, many of her people were wounded. She cursed her inability to help them in battle, staying behind only to watch the terribly injured people being brought to her for healing. Even though she could heal them all, she couldn't take away the pain they felt until that moment.

One day, after many bloody battles with no end in sight, a mysterious wanderer of towering stature and white skin arrived. No weapon could hurt his skin, and he had the strength to lift boulders twice his size effortlessly. He single-handedly defended the village from an enemy raid and repelled the attackers.

The people understood that he was a god and pleaded with him to stay. Korenga even proposed that she would marry him and make him the new chieftain. However, he explained that he had to continue his journey and made her an offer instead. He would conduct a ritual to swap his power with hers for a day, and she would use it to destroy the enemy once and for all.

Whether it was out of desperation or foolishness, Korenga accepted without suspicion. After all, he could have fought by himself and wouldn't have risked losing his strength in case she decided to keep it.

The mysterious man used a strange temporary ink to paint over the tattoos on her body. It felt like fire was assaulting her skin, and she fell into unconsciousness soon after, but he continued his work through the night behind the closed curtains of her house.

When Korenga woke up, her body had changed. She had grown in height and gained muscles, and her skin had turned white - much like the wanderer. In return, he had shrunk to her size and was as dark-skinned as she had been before. Overjoyed by the power she now felt, she immediately clothed herself in the robes of war and headed for the enemy village.

As the blood of the enemies drenched her body, her mind began to grow hazy. But the elation of being able to protect her people with her own hands was so intense that she forgot all worries about the carnage she sowed. The irony of becoming the bringer of pain and death when she had always been a peaceful goddess of healing was lost on her in the blind frenzy.

She awoke on a pile of corpses, covered in dried blood that made her whole body look black. To her horror, she discovered that she was no longer in the enemy village but her own. All around her were the corpses of the people she had become an incarnation of war to protect.

Among them were a few who were still alive but close to death.

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