January 30, 2021 - Day 4
Alessandro woke up on a hospital bed. It was morning, his left shoulder was completely bandaged. A little further on there was Saber, in normal clothes, reading a biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. When she realized that her Master was awake, she put the book aside and jumped with enthusiasm, hugged him and kissed his cheek.
« How good to know that you've recovered, Master! »
« There was no need to worry so much about me ... seriously. » He replied shyly.
« But yes! You are my Master! I can't lose you, you know? »
« Saber, wait ... what happened to Archer? »
« I don't know. I left Specter and her Master to do everything, I had crossed them along the way and they offered to give us a hand. »
« And they are fine? »
He saw Friedrich enter with Specter. Friedrich, with a cup of coffee in his hand taken from the machine, as soon as he saw that Alessandro woke up greeted him:
« Did you have a good sleep? »
« I was better than that. And you? Were you able to defeat Archer? »
« There were ... complications. There were also Rider and Lancer and so we opted for a battle against the two of them, but at the last moment Specter hesitated and we withdrew. »
« Why? »
« Ask her. »
Alessandro turned to Specter:
« So why did you retire? »
« Knowing it will not help us win. » She replied coldly.
« Do you keep secrets from us? »
Friedrich then said:
« She said only one word in what I can presume to be Jewish. But I don't know the language and I don't know anything about Jewish culture so I don't know what she said exactly. »
« I said שְׁאוֹל »
« Or? »
« Sheol. »
« Sheol? »
Alessandro then intervened:
« The hell. Sheol is hell in Hebrew, the kingdom of the dead is what the ancient Greeks called Hades. But it shouldn't be a problem, it's just a different dimensional plan from ours. »
« This isn't true. This is what you mortals believe, but that's not true. Sheol is like Hades in the sense that it's an entity whose name corresponds to the world it controls. It has many similarities to the goddess of death Ereshkigal, in the sense that like her she possesses powers that nullify life and bring destruction, but there is a difference between the two of them: Ereshkigal dominates Kur, the world of the dead, but Sheol is Kur. Sheol is not a divinity but a whole world. She IS the underworld. »
« How is such a thing even possible ?! » Friedrich was shocked.
« Sheol is not a divinity but a set of lifeless shades, the shadows of the dead are part of her essence. Each shadow is not a "being" but a "having been" and that "having been" is in itself an attachment to the past that doesn't disappear but remains as an imprint in the sand. Sheol is the set of those footprints, she's what contains the past and longs to destroy the future. She brings suffering, destruction, sin and the desire for death. She's worse than any divinity of the underworld since a common god of death gives death immediately, but Sheol prefers to inflict a slow, atrocious death on mortals, such as leprosy and plague. »
These words aroused immediate terror in the hearts of those present. None of them had ever heard of such a thing and none of them would have ever imagined that such a creature could exist.
« She said only one word in what I can presume to be Jewish. But I don't know the language and I don't know anything about Jewish culture so I don't know what she said exactly. »
« I said שְׁאוֹל »
« Or? »
« Sheol. »
« Sheol? »
Alessandro then intervened:
« The hell. Sheol is hell in Hebrew, the kingdom of the dead is what the ancient Greeks called Hades. But it shouldn't be a problem, it's just a different dimensional plan from ours. »
« This isn't true. This is what you mortals believe, but that's not true. Sheol is like Hades in the sense that it's an entity whose name corresponds to the world it controls. It has many similarities to the goddess of death Ereshkigal, in the sense that like her she possesses powers that nullify life and bring destruction, but there is a difference between the two of them: Ereshkigal dominates Kur, the world of the dead, but Sheol is Kur. Sheol is not a divinity but a whole world. She IS the underworld. »
« How is such a thing even possible ?! » Friedrich was shocked.
« Sheol is not a divinity but a set of lifeless shades, the shadows of the dead are part of her essence. Each shadow is not a "being" but a "having been" and that "having been" is in itself an attachment to the past that doesn't disappear but remains as an imprint in the sand. Sheol is the set of those footprints, she's what contains the past and longs to destroy the future. She brings suffering, destruction, sin and the desire for death. She's worse than any divinity of the underworld since a common god of death gives death immediately, but Sheol prefers to inflict a slow, atrocious death on mortals, such as leprosy and plague. »
These words aroused immediate terror in the hearts of those present. None of them had ever heard of such a thing and none of them would have ever imagined that such a creature could exist.
« She's in the Holy Grail War of Yggdrasil, then. » Friedrich concluded.
« She's certainly the famous Servant of the Devourer class. But who is her Master? »
« Nobody. » Specter replied. « She can't have a Master, she is too self-centered and powerful to be controlled. She incarnates in the bodies of the dead and fights with their appearance. This is what I know. »
« She's certainly the famous Servant of the Devourer class. But who is her Master? »
« Nobody. » Specter replied. « She can't have a Master, she is too self-centered and powerful to be controlled. She incarnates in the bodies of the dead and fights with their appearance. This is what I know. »
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| Specter, Friedrich and Alessandro by Bikowolf |
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