It was heavenly. The sky so blue that it resembles a sea full of salt water. As the wind blows, birds were flying and chirping. Flowers, trees and bees were in sync. The ancient tree was fast asleep, until it saw a dream of the world ending into nothingness. No living beings remained. Without knowing how or why, the ancient tree somehow knows that its a prophecy of the world sent by the gods. The ancient tree knows that it has to do something at all cost to prevent such an evil event from happening as the ancient tree itself knows that only it “Karfm” can prevent this madness. Karfm with no gender, the ancient tree is the only connection bridge between the human realm and the god realm left by a mighty god named Algist.

With all the Earth and magic energy that the ancient tree named by the god Algist as “Karfm” has collected throughout thousands and thousands of years, Karfm created a twin brother aged around 10 years old from sand, rocks, dirt and water. The two brothers from just those materials slowly turns into a human-like figures. Finally, the twin brothers gained their consciousness and are utterly confused as to why are they even there. With absolutely no knowledge or reasons, they both turned around and saw the gigantic ancient tree. The twin brothers speaks to the gigantic ancient tree for the first time but they are too afraid of everything around them as they are completely new to this environment like a new born baby. The ancient tree suddenly talked and said “You are being blessed by the gods for your very own existence. I myself, are a creation of a god named Algist. He created me in order to maintain a connection between the god realm and the human realm. In return, I have brought you into this world to save it from disaster.” The twin brothers were confused while they looked at each other. Then they said, “who are you?” The ancient tree then replies, “I’m Karfm, the ancient tree who brought you into this world and created your existence by the guidance of the gods. But now, I shall name you both as we have no time to waste.” Then, the first brother asked, “What’s my name?” while the second brother followed. The ancient tree replies, “I shall name the first child Haden Karfm and the second child to be Heden Karfm as I am your creator.” Haden and Heden finally got their names and they were smilling. The ancient tree then told them in a very serious tone of voice, “This is no time to be smilling as the world is about to end. You both shall go venture the entire world to search for the answer. From now on, only you yourself can help you. I can’t help you as I am only your creator. Now go on your journey!” As Karfm gave them clothings and bags made out of leaves and a long bamboo stick, they began their journey.

Day and night, days and days. Hungry and thirsty, they hunt for food and water source. Turns out Haden can actually communicate with some animals. He only realised that through the skills he has to learn to survive in the wild. Then, Haden and Heden continued their long journey to the world. They were still walking on bare foot and it was painful for the both of them. Heden suddenly dropped his bag full of firewoods and other materials and collapsed to the ground.“I can’t walk anymore. My feet are hurting and so are my shoulders. My entire body is hurting. I can’t do this anymore. I’m exhausted.” said Heden. Haden swiftly rushed towards his twin brother to check if he was okay and said, “Just a little bit more and we’ll reach somewhere or someone that could help us. Come on, we’re the world’s last hope. We can’t stop now, we are only beginning our journey.” As the eyes of Heden looked like he was about to give up, they both smell something delicious like a cooking steak on a grill. Haden took Heden’s bag and asked his twin brother to walk quickly towards the smell. As they were walking towards the smell, they finally saw a small town named,“Tradesburg” full with people and animals and rushed towards it even faster. “We made it!” said Haden. Heden’s eyes began to light up as if he’s regaining his will to not give up.

Inevitably, the people of the whole town started starring at the twin brothers with concerns like they are some wild animals. When suddenly, a strong man aged around his 30s walked towards them and said this with a manly tone of voice,“What are you boys doing here? Are you lost? Why are your clothes made out of leaves?” Haden and Heden with no time to answer his questions, the man took them both to his shop. Turns out, this man is a blacksmith. His shop full of armour, weapons and clothes shocked Haden and Heden as they’ve never seen anything like it before. The man said to the both of them,“Just pick any clothes and armour to your liking and after that I’ll treat you both a bowl of ramen. You guys look hungry.” With no hesitation, they both happily picked their choices. Haden picked a brown leather armour with some dragons designs on the right sleeve while Heden picked a black leather armour with a mix of white on the left sleeve. The blacksmith was impressed by their choices and as promised, took them both to a ramen shop and treated them some ramen.

Haden and Heden devoured both bowls of ramen in a matter of seconds and shocked the shop owner. The blacksmith quickly apologises as the twin brothers didn’t know what is a table manner. After that, the blacksmith teaches them some table manners and gave them a good scolding for making a mess in the ramen shop. Then, the blacksmith asked, “So, what are your names?” The older twin quickly replied loudly, “I’m Haden and this is my twin brother Heden. We are sent by the gods to save the world from ending.” It took a second until the whole customers in the ramen shop bursted out laughing. “Ha? Sent by the gods? Save the world? Hey kid, stop bluffing and tell me the truth.” said the blacksmith. Haden and Heden are slighty mad and offended because they are the only hope for the world and no one believed them. The blacksmith then took them both back to his shop and asked, “Is it really true what you said? Because if it is, there is a folks tale in this town where in the ancient times, a god with silky smooth red hair actually did appear to help the people of this town. I also used to believe it when I was a child. It is said that this town used to have no food or barely any water source. The people were dying and prayed for the gods to help them. Until, the day when a god finally arrived, he uses his powers to help the plants grow, built a waterfall and made the soil healthy enough to plant the crops. That day is still celebrated as the God’s Day in this town.” Haden and Heden then answered, “It’s all true. Gods do exist and look after us. We were created here in the earthrealm by the gods to save it from doom.” The blacksmith looked at them both with a very serious expression and said, “I will train you both as my disciple since I know a thing or two about combat.” Haden and Heden then happily agreed to be trained by him. “What is your name by the way?” asked Haden and Heden. The blacksmith replies with pride, “My name is Goliath! Remember my name till the end of times as I am your first trainer and teacher.” Haden and Heden smiled and said, “We will remember you till the end of time.” And so the training will start on the next day.

Windy and cloudy, the training goes on and on. Years has passed during the training of Haden and Heden by Goliath the blacksmith from Tradesburg who seems to know a thing or two about combat. “Haden! Hit the wood harder! No time for taking a break! And you Heden, your punches are weak! You’ll never save the world with that puny fist of yours!” As Goliath trained them for years, they were rapidly improving. From learning how to throw punches to body movement and leg movements. Finally, a day has come for them to be upgrading their combat style after training for 6 years. “Listen here you two. Today is the day, I will now train you to use a weapon. Now let’s head back to my shop and pick a weapon that you like.” said Goliath.

They entered the shop and were picking their own type of weapons when suddenly, the people in the town were screaming and shouting in fear. “It’s Jack! The bandits are here too! We’re done for!” as the people of Tradesburg went and hide in their houses. Goliath with concern said, “Stay here and don’t go out, I’m going to see what’s going on outside.” He took his giant axe and rushed out from the shop and went towards the screaming. Haden and Heden were curious so they disobeyed Goliath’s words and went outside to take a peek not far from the shop’s door. “Who are you and why are you here?!” said Goliath to the bandits. Suddenly, a tall bandit with black long hair and a moustache stepped forward and answered, “I am Jack, the leader of the bandits who has raided many small towns and villages. Some people call me Jack The Money cause I got too rich from raiding you people’s beloved ugly and disgusting tiny little town.”

Of course, Goliath did not take kindly to those words that speaks ill of his hometown. “Ugly? Disgusting? You should take a look at yourself in the mirror and say that to me again.” as Goliath shouted. “Brave enough to challenge me and my fellow bandits are we?” said Jack. “I challenge you, Jack alone as a man to duel and settle this crap right now! If I win, you leave this place and never return.” replied Goliath. Jack accepted his challenge but as a bandit himself, he has a deceitful nature. Goliath failed to notice that Jack was actually planning on something evil and unfair towards his duel. Jack pulled out his sword and pointed towards Goliath “You will regret this duel with me. I’ll give you one last chance to chicken out from this duel.” Goliath with no hesitation went charging towards Jack and swung his giant axe. Jack quickly dodge down from the swing and his fellow bandit member behind him threw sand from the ground to Goliath’s eyes. The sand blinds Goliath’s eyesight. “Ah! My eyes!” screams Goliath. Jack quickly kick Goliath’s legs which makes him lost his balance and fell down. Jack then without any hesitation stabbed Goliath in the stomach with his sword and said, “I told you, you’ll regret this duel.” As Haden and Heden watches their one and only teacher got stabbed and covered in blood, anger rages within their blood. Haden grabbed a long spear and rushed towards Jack while Heden grabbed a single katana following from behind. Jack without knowing that the twin brother were rushing towards him with the intention to kill, totally let his guard down and turn his back on them. When he suddenly heard footsteps running towards him, it was already too late. A fierce dragon like figure appear from the tip of Haden’s spear and roared while it pierce through Jack’s heart like a piece of paper.

Then, followed by Heden who jumped up using Haden’s back as a boost, uses his katana like a silent assassin and slices Jack’s throat like it was nothing but a piece of meat. Jack’s blood were squirting out of his throat and heart which covers all over Haden and Heden’s face. Blood so red, a scary sight to be seen. As the blood covers Heden’s black hair and Haden’s white hair, their eyes were like the devil’s. “An eye for an eye. You shall receive this punishment by the hands of the children of the gods.” whispered Heden and Haden

Sight so scary and the aura so evil that even the bandits were trembling in fear. “Run, run and cling onto life. Be greatful that you are even alive. Now that you’ve awaken the devil within me, you better run and hide.” said Haden to the bandits. The bandits ran for their life while praying for forgiveness. Some bandits even piss their pants because the scene was too evil. Plants around them slowly dried up and died. Haden and Heden then soon collapsed to the ground. Luckily, the paramedic from the town were aware of the situation and came to their aid. They took them to the town’s hospital in a hurry to treat their wounds.

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