The Guardian gods-Chapter 218

None of the servants who had been cleansed showed signs of being compromised, which Erik immediately denied as a possibility.

The priest was skeptical too, as he had been informed of the attack on Erik’s kingdom. He had even been allowed access to the nobles’ homes that were massacred during the incident. The gore and blood were one of the reasons he took his new assignment seriously, as he knew an enemy capable of this wasn’t good for their own kingdom.

Both the Priest and Erik stood stunned, looking at the servants.

"I think I should try again," the priest said after a while.

Erik had a look of disappointment on his face "No need, trying a second time will just make us look like fools unable to accept the reality of the situation"

"But how do we find out who is the demon’s spawns? I cannot let such an existence do whatever it wants to my people" the priest said, causing Erik to sneak a glance at him before looking away.

He gestured for his son Jonas to join him as he walked away "What are we to do now father?"

"Are you going to live the rest of our lives distrusting everything we see?" Jonas asked Erik who sighed as he looked back at the priest.

"I was hoping the priest spell would work too, Son" Erik said with some hesitation as he stared at his son while thinking to himself "Can I trust my own flesh and blood?"

"What if he is part of Silas plan? But if I don’t trust him how can I keep him keep the priest entertained enough to continue his stay without raising suspicions’’

All of a sudden Erik stopped walking "Is this really me, thinking this way? Erik looked down at his shaking hands "Am I scared?"

Clenching his fist, Erik turned to his son "I have something important to share with you son, after that do as you will with the information"

Not waiting for Jonas to say anything, Erik continued "During Silas attack on the nobles, I was paid visit by Silas himself in a borrowed body of one of our servants"

"A long talk with him showed that his hand has been behind a lot of events in our kingdom even our steadfast belief in humans power over the powers of the divine"

Jonas stopped as he looked at his father "What does that mean?"

Erik looked back at the priest, this time Jonas joined him "It means that because our kingdom has no main god we worship, Silas has no problem with planting his spawns all over our kingdom. He is offending no god in doing that"

"As for the Sun kingdom, Silas doesn’t dare pull off the same trick he does with us as he will anger the sun god" Erik said looking back at Jonas who immediately understood the meaning of his words.

"If what you said is true, then our reason for the alliance with the sun kingdom has been nothing but a lie all this time"

"The main reason they sent the priest to us is because they too were skeptical of Silas playing a hand on them. Also to see if their spell works so they can carry it out on themselves" Jonas said looking at his father who nodded.

"That is why, we can’t let the priest or the sun kingdom find out that Silas isn’t much of a threat to them to keep the current alliance going. I need some time to figure out a way out of our current situation.

Erik said walking past Jonas who had a look of hesitation on his face. Looking at Silas position, a thought couldn’t help but spring up in Erik’s mind "Was this also part of Silas planning, deliberately leading us to form a fragile alliance built on a lie and can be easily broken by the truth being exposed"

"No, that’s giving him too much credit" Erik thought to himself as he shook his head "But what if?"

The rest of the week, Erik spent alone trying to come up with a solution yet couldn’t come up with one.

He kept getting reports on how the priest hasn’t given up and is still trying, at the same time reports of his people getting uneasy and looking for any answer of the incident kept springing up.

After the nobles were killed, Erik tried his best to make sure that it was kept under wraps and no civilians would take note of what happened.

Sadly that only bought him a week before rumors began springing up. Erik didn’t know how but the people were now worried about the loved ones truly being the one that they have loved or loved them.

The rumors haven’t been confirmed yet but reports on families, couples fighting each other because they suspect a slight change of attitude in their partner was increasing each day.

Erik knew that they were waiting for an answer from him but he also knew going out there will have the opposite effect.

No need of informing them if he truly has no solution, it will only increase the spreading fear and distrust they have for each other.

Erik himself hasn’t been free of torture over the last past weeks, he feels himself losing his mind slowly. He tried playing it off but it wasn’t helping.

He found it hard trusting anyone in front of him. The situation got so bad when his queen knocked on his room to accompany him for the night.

Erik found himself that night, facing the door to his room with his spear in hand like he was expecting an enemy.

The queen happened to come at a bad time so as soon as she knocked, Erik thrusted out his spear ready to blow a hole through her.

Thankfully for the pendant he gifted her, a mana shield surrounded her blocking the attack but not before carrying her and breaking down the walls behind her.

Erik’s action caused a lot of noise, the first to get there was Jonas who was taken back by the scene.

Jonas rushed to his mother’s side as Erik stood frozen, the reality of what he’d nearly done hitting him like a ton of bricks. The queen’s eyes widened in shock and hurt, but she quickly masked her fear with a forced calmness.

"Erik, what has happened to you?" she asked, her voice trembling despite her efforts to keep it steady. frёewebnoѵēl.com

Erik dropped his spear, his hands shaking uncontrollably. "I... I don’t know. I thought..." His voice broke, and he couldn’t finish the sentence.

Jonas helped his mother to her feet, her mana shield dissipating as the pendant’s glow faded. "Father, you need to rest. You’re not yourself."

Erik shook his head violently. "Rest? How can I rest when our entire kingdom is on the brink of chaos? When I can’t even trust my own mind?" His eyes darted to the priest, who was standing a few feet away, watching the scene unfold with a stern expression.

The priest stepped forward. "Lord Erik, you must let me help you. My spell may not have been of much help with Silas’ case but It has no problem giving your mind the peace it needs. I can perform a purification ritual, but you must allow it."

Erik’s face twisted in anger and fear. "No! I will not be a puppet to your spells. I need to think clearly, not be clouded by more magic!"

Jonas looked between his father and the priest, his own heart torn. "Father, maybe he’s right. If there’s any chance he can help, we should take it. For your sake, for our kingdom’s sake."

Erik closed his eyes, fighting the internal battle within himself. After a long, tense moment, he finally nodded. "Very well. Do what you must, priest".

The queen still had a smile on her face seeing all this, Jonas went to her offering to help her back to her room but she shook her head and said "Your father needs you more now"

Turing around the queen made her way back to her room, Closing the door behind her. The smile on her face was wiped out as she fell to the ground with her whole body shaking.

The pendant on her neck at the moment made a cracking sound as it fell apart "I almost died" She said as she stood up heading for the window which she opened before taking a deep breath.

She made a praying gesture as she closed her eyes, Imagining a flaming bird. A golden hue covered the queen before a small bird covered in fire came out from her forehead before flying out of the window into the night sky.

"Please help my husband," She whispered before closing the window.

The flaming bird took to the sky. It took a while before the bird broke into the sky space owned by the harpies. The bird flew past a lot of Harpies cities seein on the clouds heading for the capital city.