Chapter 8: Chapter 7 : The Path of The Ruler [Third Trial: 2]
After Black successfully took care of that, I felt a bit of relief, but we're still stuck in this darkness and can't see anything.
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"Now, gasp, we're safe; that troublemaker will never harm you again," Black said in an exhausted voice. In relief, I also replied to him, "Good grief groans, by the way. Can you tell me what that is? "
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Black is silent for a second, and he says, "It…. it's called Fate Eater." Hah, Fate Eater? It sounds cliche. I asked Black for more explanation: "Eh, Fate Eater? What is that ?" Then Black replied, "It's something born completely evil from the deepest of the hell. Its only goal is destruction... and it's going to prevent us from reaching our goal."
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"Goal? What's just happening here? Isn't this just a dream? is there even any meaning behind this?" I asked Black again, now with some anger because I clearly didn't like this. It started to disturb my daily life, and even my family started to notice it, so then Black replied again, "It is your dream, Richan, but this is not just your ordinary Dream; you're going to know all about it sooner or later, I... can't explain it to you."
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"Okay then, but Lastly... who are you, Black? This is the most curious thing about all of this dream from the beginning." After I said it, Black was silent again; it seemed he had a dilemma about whether he should answer it or not, but then he said, "I can't explain that now... I'm sorry, maybe later, but feel no fear, Richan. I'm always with you, ah yes, and with that little rascal, too."
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Ahh, I see, so he refuses to answer; maybe he has his reason, but… who is the "little rascal" Black just said?
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"Okay, then... so what must I do now? I need to get out of here. I have enough of this." I told Black while I still couldn't see anything in this darkness, and then Black told me, "Be patient, Richan. Do what you always do when you're in trouble."
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At first, I was a bit confused about what Black was saying, but now I know what the meaning is; I must pray and beg for help from god again, hoping that it will guide me like before.
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"God, the benevolent one, the guiding one, please show me the way to my right path, " I pray while putting my hands together.
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Then suddenly, there was a source of light; it came from the torches on my left and right, which were burned one by one in front of me continuously until they reached the end. The most important one is that the torches illuminated a path that led to a massive double door.
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The door is around 8 meters in height and 6 meters in width. From afar, it looks beautiful, and there is this big familiar drawing in the middle of it. I saw the dragon and moon symbol everywhere in the castle.
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"Go on, Richan," Black said calmly, then I just nodded and stepped forward.
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I walk up to the door. At first, I remembered that red door in my first dream; I still clearly remember how that horror felt, but now I feel nothing scary; instead, I feel safe, and it looks like every fiber of my body is trembling, excited for every step I take to the door.
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After halfway to the door, I started to hear cheering from every side. In the darkness, it sounded like someone was cheering for me. I know it's like an audio illusion. It sounds scary at first, but no, the cheers only make me feel more excited. Each cheer even makes a sound of chanting, calling me, calling my name.
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*CROWD NOISES* "RICHAN, RICHAN, RICHAN"
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I fastened my pace of the walk, enjoying every sound I heard, but not taking so long. Now I'm in front of the door, but all the cheers from before are gone now; it's quiet, and now there's only this big door in front of me, and I can't figure out what to do to it.
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I'm getting closer to the door, and my feeling tells me to touch it; I do it, but nothing happens. I remember what Black told me earlier, "Do what you were always doing when you're in trouble, and yes, I pray again while I touch the door and close my eyes.
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"God the most willing one, please open the path that I choose, with your will."
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I back off and wait. After around one minute, there was still no response from the door. Confused about what to do again, I took a closer look at the door. There, I realized there was some sentence inscribed at the door, but I don't know why. It's written in Bahasa, and I can understand it clearly, so I read it loudly.
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"a path to the true way always has a key, and each one of them who wields it is the true person for that way."
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A key? What key? Im was very clueless about what this sentence meant. I don't have any key on me. Does that mean I can't open this door? So I'm not the right person? Then why am I here? I'm angry and confused at the same time now.
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But while I was still confused, Black said something: "Richan, can you calm down? Look at the middle of the door again." I looked at the middle, but there was nothing there, so I said to him, "What do you mean? There is nothing on there."
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Black… sighed and then said to me, "This is why you were always making mistakes; you tend to be uncareful and too hasty. Richan, look carefully again."
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I'm trying to calm down and walk up to the middle of the door again. On the dragon symbol, on the first try, I saw nothing wrong with it, but while I was looking carefully, I realized I was wrong. There is this small hole inside the door, and it looks like a puzzle. The missing puzzle shape...I know what it is.
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"This is...no way," I said in disbelief.
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Yes, it's the shape of my sword ornament necklace that I always wear. Many things surprise me here, but why my necklace? This is only a gift from my papa, and there is nothing special about this. Then I take out my necklace.
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"Why this necklace... I don't understand," I said while I looked at my necklace; then Black said to me.
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"You...still don't know? Ahh, well, it's normal; you're not there yet, Richan."
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"What do you mea..." I tried replying to Black, but before I finished talking,
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Suddenly, my necklace shakes; it glows in golden light and moves. It suddenly flies towards the hole, and yes, it fits perfectly inside the hole.
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Not too long after the necklace gets into the door, there is this creaking sound, the sound of the door opening; so the key is my necklace, so am I the true person? But about what?.
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The door opened inside, and I saw the most majestic room I had seen in my whole life. It's a colossal and very spacious room; it was decorated with many banners, Drawings, a weapon showcase, and calligraphy. Almost all of the interiors were made of gold, but some were also made from Black metal-like and also Silver metal or maybe just painted colors? I don't know, but all of them look amazing.
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I get into the room and observe further. I walk up to the middle of the room, and there is something that I see fascinating; it's at the middle end of the room, I think. It's a seat; no, it's more like a "Throne?" The throne is majestic and extensive, but what makes me think hard is.
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"why are there three kinds of this throne ?"
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