My name is Ulith, and recently I discovered the light in my soul, I found the way and lost the fear that haunted me. My brother Hak and me were in charge of safekeeping the city of Kiryat Mal'aji until several days ago when an unfaithful appear at our city, he was a non-death being, so my brother Hak and me fought him, we couldn’t allow those monsters to start inhabiting this city, because this city is a gate to enter the holy land.

We fought very good, but that demon was very strong and we were barely Apostol’s of the fifth generation, and our miracles only allowed us to summon the twelve small plagues of our god, because our god is a god of peace, of light, of forgiveness. The demon keeps resisting, and in a decisive moment, my brother got distracted, and that dam demon bit a piece of my brother’s neck, killing him in the moment. I’m grateful to my brother for those moments that he bought for me with his life, because thanks to him I could summon the strongest of those twelve plagues “the bloody mist that kills the firstborns, this plague comes from the finger of our lord”, after I summoned that plague, I took the body of my brother and ran away, because that plague is so strong that it attacks everything in a certain radius.

Then I went to the temple, first to pray for the immortal soul of my brother, and that we may be able to meet again behind the golden gates of the Eden, in the eternal garden of our Lord.

And secondly to make a report to the higher ups, about the demon. The mass and prays for my brother lasted the whole night and day, but right after I finished I started making my report,then from the window in the tower of the temple, I managed to see that the plague hadn’t killed that monster, he was in the flea market, and he was looking for something, I discovered him looking directly at someone or something, but I couldn’t see what, then he turned around, and ran on his lizard as if he was possessed.

So, I made the report of this new information to Jerusalem, and I got a response really fast, they told me that they would send help soon, that I must not lose that monster, to follow him because they had a bad feeling about that demon.

I trust them with all that I have, so I gather a small team, a donkey (because this is the creature in our land, that our lord has bless), food and water enough for 2 or three weeks, two believers as helping hands in their horses, and some holy water.

We went out as fast as lightning, with almost no hope, but with a lot of faith.

The demon had more than half a day of advantage, and the desert is his home, the place that forgets everything and disappears traces as fast as they’re made.

We travel west for two days straight, with no breaks, we were exhausted, and then we crossed our desert, and entered their desert, the one, were the demons live, it’s like going to hell.

I had really bad luck, because there on the third day, one of my two helpers got near the shadow of a cactus to rest from this dam heat for a moment, but that dumb helpless believer, he didn’t know that shadows in the desert are taboos, poisoned places, where predators lay, and where we must never go. Because as soon as his foot touched the shadow, a black skeleton hand came out from the shadow, grabbed his foot and dragged him to the shadows, I tried to help him, but by the time I got there that shadow swamp had already eaten him completely.

We ran from that place like mad man, we were scared that the demon would get out from the swamp, and if that happen, we would need to fight, a pointless fight, where we could defeat him but at what cost, time, stamina, and we won’t be able to revive that follower who died.

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So, we keep going through the desert, our mission is bigger than our lives, we must find out if our city is in some kind of danger, or what did that demon discovered there.

It’s been a week since I left the city and I’m already alone, my other assistant died yesterday night, he was sting by a scorpion while he was sleeping, they both were so useless, I brought them as scape goats, or as messengers to return and report my findings in case I was about to die, but those two were completely useless, they didn’t fulfil their purposes, they don’t deserve to be reincarnated in Eden by our lord.

I keep wandering through the desert, I had lost my way, there were no prints or signals that the demon had gone this way, so I had to use a miracle, I asked for the power of my god, the power he granted his people to wander 40 days, and 40 nights with no food or drink, and always knowing where to go, this miracle can guide me, and allow me to save some food and water.

Now thanks to my god I know where to go, it’s not that far from where I’m standing, but I must go with extreme caution, there are a lot of shadows, I know these shadows are demons sleeping.

It’s been two more weeks, and I finally arrived at the end of the safe zone, here, the normal sands end and black sand starts, home of the demons, if I keep going, I will find the devils lair along with my death, in this land only monsters can survive, and even them have to be careful for their life. So, I can’t continue anymore, I must wait to fulfill my mission, I’m alone, well with my donkey, but he can’t even talk, is a laughable matter that this mindless animal lasted more than those two idiots that I had brought. But well, it’s time to build a shelter, so I made a pit, and covered it in with some blankets, it’s the only way to bear this dam heat.

It’s the third week and something happened, some starts started moving, then the doors to the sky opened, and a path made of light connected those doors to the land of the demons, legions of demons came down, I could hear them, and see those black dots descending, they were screaming, I knew what was happening, they were getting ready for war, so whatever that demon found in our city must be really important, time is running so I must run too, I must go back and warn everyone that war is coming, my god is all mighty so I’m not that worried for the holy city, but, our town, it could be destroyed, and countless believers could die.

So, I get on my donkey, I leave everything there, my provisions, my tend, everything, and make my donkey run as fast as he can, I don’t stop for anything, not even to go do my necessities, I know that the sooner I can report this news, the more time that my brothers will have to be prepared to exorcise all those demons.

When I’m just one day far from the town, my donkey falls death, he couldn’t make it, but I’m grateful, this creature did all it could, the only thing I can do now is to run, so I ran as fast as I could, I fell several times, but I know that my lord asks me in my heart to don’t give up, I know that I will be rewarded, so I’m not scared, I’m just anxious to get there.

What was supposed to be a one-day long trip, took me two days, but I’m finally here, at home, I’m exhausted, I haven’t sleep, I’m death tired, but I must finish this trip, “come on you useless old man, you can do it” I encouraged myself. It’s the hardest thing that I have ever done in my life, my sacred staff is now a walking cane, I’m barely dragging my body, and as soon as I arrived to the temple I fell on the stairs, luckily the priest saw me, he ran for me, and called some other believers to carry me to the infirmary, but I stop them, I told them to carry me to the tower, that I have to make my report.

My eyes are closing, I’m so sleepy, but I must finish this mission, is my sacred duty, I blinked, and there I was, in the tower, I can’t move, so I started giving instructions to the ones that carry me, and to the priest, so they can get the communication ritual ready.

Then a water crystal opens in front of me, and there a two-winged angel appears, I persinate sign myself, bend my head, and give a small pray, is part of the respect protocol, because he’s an angel, and I’m just a man. After that I started recalling my story, the angel, only looks at me, and nod, then he tells me that I did good, that I should rest a bit

I slowly closed my eyes, I’m happy, I fulfill my duty, now, the lord and his angels will come and save the town, I won’t be here to see them, but I will be cheering them from the other side of those golden doors with my good brother Hak.