The Lost Book of Chaos: How to Divide the World (The Secret Wars of Angels 1) by Thomas J.D

Author:Thomas, J.D. [Thomas, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12 – The Backlash

Judas shuddered.

Memories flooded him, but they were not his own memories. They were the memories of the man called Shaul the Persecutor.

He did not understand how it happened, or why, but it probably had something to do with the sword. Nacash, the Serpent Dragon, had mentioned that the sword was different, because when mixed with the blood of Judas, it became the Spirit of Truth. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that Judas drank from the Cup, which contained the Master's own blood?

But the Spirit of Truth was not gentle.

Judas watched helplessly, as Shaul's own hands drove in nails which were more than a handspan long.

Judas listened, as Shaul spoke the final verdict, killing hundreds, no, thousands of those of followed his Master.

Families were torn apart, even the children, and the women, and the old, none were spared.

He heard Shaul's laugh of victory. The laugh of a madman. The laugh of a fanatic who only saw his own righteousness, but consumed the lives of others who did not believe the same way that he did.

Judas felt sick inside.

We need to go, Nacash thought to him. I am not certain what will happen if you continue to use the Spirit of Truth. Can your body handle it? Can your soul handle it? We need to escape while you still have strength.

There was nothing he could do for Arcana and Varak now. He could no longer fight. There were hundreds of the Inquisitors, and fighting their leader had taken all his strength.

Judas ran.

Many of the soldiers watched him go, but a few followed him. They did not seem to intend to fight him, but only to tail him.

I will give your legs a boost, Nacash said, it will last for a while, but if you slow down they will eventually catch up to you.

As he ran, he heard the screams of the innocent as they were tortured in his head. How pleasant those must have felt for Shaul the Persecutioner! The Inquisitor would spend long hours listening as his victims were tortured. And even after days of suffering, there would be no mercy. The voting would come, and Shaul, and the other officers would decide to end the lives of the innocent.

“We don't have time to decide who is right and who is wrong,” Shaul had said, “There are so many of them. Kill them all, and let the Creator decide who belongs to him and who doesn't.”

Judas felt fury, at the same time, he was crying for all the people who had suffered.

But strangely, Judas could not hate Shaul... Judas saw the entire life of Shaul, all his memories, from childhood to growing up, to the twisted man he had become now.

Judas cringed, at the society that failed to protect Shaul when he was a child. Judas wailed, as he saw the memory of Shaul's father and mother being taken away by soldiers, and as they were hacked to death in front of him, he saw the faces of their neighbors who did not stand up for them.

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