The Primordial Record novel Chapter 680

Chapter 680 Anihuruhdda, Guardian Of The Green

?Maeve did not answer for a short while and the Abomination Champion stayed still before he sighed,

"If it is your desire, I shall fall on my blade, although I hope my end would come via battle, I shall not lament my fate."

"What is your name?" "I don't have one, Handmaiden, because I believe I've not earned one."

"This belief of yours, about earning your name, where did you learn it?" Maeve inquired, curiosity flashing in her eyes.

"The moment I freed myself from the hold of Lamia, and after her influence over me vanished when her Core was consumed, the knowledge of earning my name filled my Spirit, and I have been on the quest ever since to understand that calling."

"If you feel this call deep in your Spirit, it means your heart is firm and your mind uncluttered." Maeve sighed, "I believe you understand that you must be deeply tested."

The Abomination Champion shuddered as his eyes lit up, "Does this mean that my services are accepted?"

Nodding at the ecstatic Champion, she turned away and vanished into the forest,

"Hey, I have not told you the reason we are here!" Absomet screamed as a couple of children holding massive ropes giggled and began making a game of tying up the metallic woman.

Maeve's voice came from the forest, "Don't worry, I will have all the information I need from you all soon enough."

"That's good because you will want to hear what this Abomination Core needs to say, this is related to your lord. Trion and their gods are not what they seem on the surface, we were all wrong about their purpose… hey, be gentle with the goods, they are metal, but they are still soft… hey..hey… stop touching that you little pervert."

Part of the people began to deeply scrutinize the Champion if they were standing beside a truly powerful being that gave no indication, but they could all see the familiarity in the features of the Champion, and finally, a barrel-chested man holding a hammer walked forward before exclaiming,

"Regolf… boy, is it really you?"

The shoulders of the Abomination shook as he knelt, "Master, I do not deserve that name any longer."

"Nonsense you are one of us, we have all changed but our nature remains, you are a child of Calcutta, a loyal vassal of Lord Rowan, and no matter what form you wear you are still one of us."

"I am a monster."

"You think you are a monster?" The man laughed deeply, "Look around child, we are all monsters here. To survive in this cruel world change is inevitable, and it is nothing to be ashamed of… come child, you look like you have a lot of story to tell, no better place than to shed your mind of its load beside a fire and with your people."

The champion slowly walked into their midst and before long a massive fire was started up, and the people of Calcutta surrounded it, laughter and song broke out and dances erupted to loud cheers and laughter.

A couple of inquisitive children surrounded the Champion and began poking him in curiosity, one of them got too close to his hair, and one of the worms bit her.

She cried out in pain, and looked at the worm in anger, and before the Champion could apologize she seized the worm, dragged it off his head, and thrust her arm into the bonfire.