Revelation Of The Chosen (Book 1 of The Radiant Warrior Series)

Chapter 0: A Distant Past

"As long as I stand, the Light will not fall," replied the Radiant Warrior in a strong lion like tone. "I will give my life to ensure both worlds do not suffer from your existence."

The great warriors circled each other like the kings they were, hungry for the battle to begin and end with limited time taken. There was work to be done.

"We have had this dance many times before," replied the Messiah of Darkness. "And I know you and your new pawns have spun a web of deceit from even your very own mind to stop me and I know you have also sensed that I have done the same."

"The end of this shall determine who will have the advantage to the Third Great War, The Final War," replied the Radiant Warrior.

The two flexed their arms where a shield half their size hung. A shield circular and curved inwards with the alpha insignia for the Radiant Warrior and omega insignia for the Messiah of Darkness embedded in an orb at the centre.

The two signs of the beginning and the end were encircled with the eight rudimental crests, which glowed white and black respectively. It demonstrated that the battle was to commence once more.

The Radiant Warrior had several weapons at his disposal but at that moment he chose to use his Sword of Audacity.

In a wink, in an instant, at that moment, the sword was in his grasp and he had swung it down with force to summon the power of the very sun itself igniting the sword from hilt to tip in bright white.

The Messiah of Darkness did not fail to react. Time was both their domain and so his double blade fork, the Helvishun met the sword with the strength of the dark moon.

The impact of the two weapons annihilated every fallen body, every dormant object, every still standing structure within the radius of the two.

Their hairs and capes fluttered as if a brisk breeze was passing by but if you were a bystander, there would be nothing more of you left but dust cluttering the air and obstructing the sight and clogging the lungs of others. Again, it did not phase the two.

They continued the assault on the other. The Bramhamien steel of the sword collided with the Bramhamien steel of the Helvishun. Occasionally the shield would be used to block the nemeses' attack or to take the brutality of the powered-up weapons when the force of the moon and the sun were used.

The sound of the clash, the clank, the roars echoed so far that it would shatter the ear drums of all. That is if anyone was still around to hear it.

The Messiah of Darkness dove into the ground like it was natural water and he was a fish swimming to the bottom of its depths. The Radiant Warrior was about to counter but his one moment of indiscretion would not allow him time to correct and that moment was a split-second delayed reaction.

The Messiah of Darkness rose out of the ground and with the Helvishun in his hand and a moon above it of raw power, he broke through the defences of the Radiant Warrior. The power of the moon was at his adversary's chest.

The impact propelled the Radiant Warrior into the darkening sky of stars backwards like a rock being catapulted.

He was thrown to a great distance away that he was no longer close to the decimated dessert before the diamond gate and ash tree but in a thick forest where he landed as if there was no damage to him but he had just finished appearing in the forest for a summer night's stroll.

The trees of red, gold, and green leaves became still and hoped to not be seen. They feared one move would mean their demise for the Messiah of Darkness had walked into the clearing as if he was there to meet an old friend for super.