Note: Hello there lovely people. Thank you for your time. I am a huge fantasy fan. TBH I am not a big time reader and writer. I had this story in mind and I wanted it to reach more people. Sorry my writing skills are not upto the mark but please give me some of your precious time and feedback. I will try to improve more and I assure you this story is just starting.
Introduction
World of Tharth is a beautiful place that hides many mysteries. It is divided into many continents. The founding families of Tharth and their descendants are known as Crowens and currently these familia rule the world. Tharth has seen many wars in the past, these wars and the need for maintaining peace in land resulted in people using the wild spirits in battles. People started taming and collecting these magical beasts. These creatures were known as Brots. Brots were used in everyday life, wars, fights and various other fields. After people started taming Brots new leagues emerged and various Brot tournaments were taking place.
Amidst all this, a rumor emerged, “ a rumor that changed the world and life of all the Brot trainers ”. Tale of a land which could give power to control the world spread like wildfire. It was said that anyone who could reach this land will rule the world. The name of this mysterious place was EREM.
Upon hearing this elite tamers and fighters were gathered by different Crowen familias and the biggest clans in the history of Tharth were formed. After this day very few wars were fought as every familia became a superpower with such Big clans in their arsenal. Many expeditions were started to search for these mysterious lands, some familia even collaborated but alas all attempts in vain. No one knew where this land was hidden, the only hint they had was that the land was hidden somewhere past Deep Void.
Deep Void was a continent that did not receive any light from the Sun. None of the clans could get past this area, furious Brots were scattered on this land, 80% of the Brots found here were not even known to man. Due to the nature of this place, all the prisoners and evildoers were exiled to this land, being sent to this land was the harshest punishment you could get in the Tharth.
After years of trying, all clans abandoned the idea of finding this land, it was determined that there was no such place. Speaking of this land was made taboo. Still, there were few adventurers and tamers who believed this tale to be true and wanted to find this land.
This journey will take you through the vastly varying land of Tharth, many adventures and tales await you. Is the tale of mysterious land a hoax or does this place really exist? Find out in
Finding Erem
Somewhere in the dark continent a boy with silver hair and athletic built face off against Soroma a Dark/Beast type bull Brot. The young guy breaks a crystal that brings out light type Brot Anlair. The contrast between Black bull and Snow-white Anlair is mesmerizing. Soroma rushes towards the boy with a head charge, boy evades sideways and calls Anlair to use Light Zap, Anlair glows and shoots a beam of light towards Soroma, Soroma takes the damage head on and keeps on rushing towards the boy. Boy using insanely fast movements vanishes behind Soroma, he then charges his fist. Dark energy starts to gather in boys fist. Soroma turns and rushes towards the boy, Anlair stops Soroma with a light shield, boy comes from behind shield and unleashes the energy on Soroma’s head. The Broth collapses on spot. The boy is victorious, he captures Soroma in the crystal and says “ The new era of Brot fighting is about to begin, many mysterious will unfold and new discoveries made. Do you have what it takes to endure it all and climb to the top? If yes then come, i am waiting for you. “
Arge is the smallest continent of Tharth. Arge has 4 countries, each ruled by a Sigil. Our story starts in a small village inside the country Bhurt. The small village of Muz Gaon is located in a valley, surrounded by deep and dense forest. A small river passes through this village.
Chapter 1
Birth
It has been raining heavily for 1 week in Muz gaon. It is very cold and most of the villagers are inside their houses. The men of this village usually are fishermen or farmers and spend a lot of time in river/farm lands, so this was a perfect opportunity for them to spend some quality time with family as they could not go out. The wives also are really happy as their husbands are home after a long time, they are cooking various warm drinks and dishes. All in all the village has a very mellow and cosy vibe. The sound of rain falling on the roof of wooden huts can be heard clearly and the occasional thunder claps are scary.
Sam, a farmer by profession, is repairing the leaking roof while his wife Riva prepares meal for them, Sujal ( Sam’s father ) is listening to news on Mel radio. The room is being lit by Mel lamp, the light is very weak.
Note: Melbrots are special Brots which are scientifically modified; they are used as phones, recorders, radios, television screens and various other useful tasks. They are very common and thus are sold at very low cost. They cannot be used for fighting
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“OK all done now the roof will not leak, see how able your man is?” said Sam smirking.
“Says the man who took 6 hours to repair a leak in roof” replied Riva.
“Hahaha” Sujal started laughing while putting down the radio.
“Stop laughing you two and Riva give me some tea please.”
“Make some for this old man too.” said Sujal.
Riva prepares hot tea and three of them sip the hot tea slowly while having conversation.
Meanwhile:
In the dense forest outside the village a girl is running, she is around 15 years old and has white hair.
“How long will I have to keep running? I am so hungry, my mouth is dry and my feet are hurting.”
“Maybe I can rest for a while in there.” she thinks while looking at a tiny cave.
She enters the cave trembling. Due to the rain nothing is visible, the cave is so small that she can barely stand in it. After resting for 2 minutes she regains her breath, she opens her shawl and takes out a baby. .
“I will protect you at all cost little brother, you are our only hope.” the girl thought with a smile on her face.
“The people following me must be nearby, I should move.”
“Is that a house in the distance?” she thought as her eyes lit up.
She again covers the baby in her shawl and starts running. Now she can get protection from rain, food and water too. She is so happy at the thought, tears had stopped and she could see a ray of hope.
“Swoosh”
Suddenly an arrow brushes past her hair, she looks up and there are few dark figures standing above the hill.
“Stop!” commanded one of the men.
She starts running towards the light when suddenly something strikes her back.
“What was that? Why is my back hurting? I can’t stop.” thought the confused girl.
She hides in a bush, while the dark figures come closer and frantically look for her.
“How fast is she?” said one of the men.
“She could not have gone too far, let’s go.” said another.
After the men had left she mustered courage and ran to the hut.
Upon reaching the hut she removes her shawl, the baby still sleeping ( it appears that some kind of sleeping potion was used on baby )
“I can’t go inside, they all will be in danger.” girl thought.
She makes a bed with a shawl in front of the door and puts the baby in it.
“I have to go now little brother, you take care and behave well. Grow up to be a strong man for me. If I survive this, I will come back for you. Else; I will always watch over you.” said the girl.
Then she knocks on the door and runs away. While she is running away she can hear the door opening, she feels relief.
“Finally I can stop, I should stay at the cave tonight and head out first thing in the morning. I am already feeling blurry and dizzy because of hunger.” girl thought while running through mud.
“What I would give to have a piece of cake with some tea right now.”
She enters the cave, she suddenly comes flying out of the cave.
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“I was right! You came back to the cave.” said a man.
“Tell me where that baby is and all of this will stop.” he said while kicking the girl.
“Kill me if you want, i will never tell you anything.” the girl shouted.
The screams of the girl are deafened by the noise of rain, she is covered in mud, experiencing unbearable pain and crying uncontrollably. She turns around to run but suddenly falls to the ground facing down.
“What the hell!” said the man with shock.
He sees that an arrow was lodged in the back of the girl. She had been running all this time with an arrow stuck in her back, bleeding out all time.
Man pulls out a sharp knife from his waist.
“I am giving you one last chance,” says the man.
But gets no reply. He raises the girl up.
“Oh! She died already.”
He throws her back on the ground and leaves.
“I am dying but at least he is safe.” girl thinks while smiling as she takes her last breath.
The white haired girl with a smile on her face looked like an angel who was betrayed by this merciless world.
Back at the hut
Door opens and Sujal comes out, he looks around and finds no one.
“Darn you kids playing pranks even on such a rainy night.” says angrily.
He is about to get back when he looks down, something was lying there in a bundle. He picks up the lamp and brings it close to the bundle.
“A baby!” he screams.
He picks up the baby and takes him inside.
“What is that?” asks Sam.
“This” Sujal says while opening the bundle and revealing a baby.
Sam and Riva are shocked to see the baby.
“Where did this he come from?” asks Sam.
“God knows from where, he was just lying there in front of the door. Maybe his mother was not able to raise him so left it here.” Sujal said.
“So what should we do now? Should we call the head of the village?” says Riva.
“No we can’t. the head's daughter-in-law is also about to give birth, we should not bother them.” Sujal said.
The Baby has white hair and red eyes, something they have never seen before. The cloth in which the baby was enveloped seems to be of very high quality.
“What kind of ugly crystal is this? “ Sujal says while removing it from the baby's hands.
All three are confused.
“Dad we have been trying to have a baby for so long, maybe this was God’s wish. We should keep him.” says Sam.
“Well let’s ask around tomorrow and if no one seems to know this baby we can keep him and raise as our own.” Sujal says.
Baby wakes up and opens his eyes. He holds Sujal’s finger.
“This is the best moment of my life.“ says Sujal with tears in his eyes.
“What about when i was born?” asks Sam confusingly.
“Well son, you were a mistake.” Sujal says laughing.
“Dad!!”
Riva and Sujal laugh, the baby also starts laughing. All three just stare at the baby. Riva prepares some milk for the baby and feeds him. All of them go to sleep while it is still raining heavily outside.
Next morning
“Knock, knock”
Someone knocks on the door.
“Who is it?” asks Riva while opening the door.
“How are you? I have got some good news.” says the man dressed in grey clothes. He is the head of the village and belongs to the richest family around.
“What happen you old geezer?” Sujal asked, while coming out of the hut.
“Who are you calling old geezer you old fart?” says Head laughing.
“I am a grandfather now!!” says head.
“So I am a grandfather now, maybe I can share my wisdom with you.“ says head while looking at Sujal.
“Well i was coming to tell you this but you yourself came here, saves me some time.” says Sujal while going inside the hut. He comes out with the baby.
“Well you see I am also a Grandfather now.” says Sujal smiling.
“How? Why ? When? What?” asks the confused head.
“You damned old fart, this is not over yet.” says the head of village while he turns around to leave.
Sam and Riva come out.
“I thought we were going to look around for the parents of this baby? How are you a grandfather already?” Sam says smiling.
“Well! I was just kidding, hold the baby Riva.” says Sujal smiling while he goes back inside the hut.
“Hey Riva our family is complete now.” says Sam while looking at Riva.
“Don’t celebrate yet, we have to look for his parents. But yeah if we can keep him I would love nothing more.” says Riva smiling.
While Riva stays home with the baby both Sam and Sujal dress up and go to the village to look for information on the baby.
In the evening Sujal and Sam come back to hut with sad faces.
“So did you find out anything?” asks Riva with a hopeful face.
“Dad you tell her,” says Sam while looking away.
“They found the body of a girl near the cave outside the village, she had the same white hair as the baby. She was beaten very badly and there was an arrow stuck to her back. The bleeding was what killed the kid. Most probably she was the one who put this kid at our door and ran away.” says Sujal while sitting down.
All three just sit there quietly.
“What kind of monster does that to a kid? Poor girl bled to death…. She did all this for this kid. We have to protect him.” says Sam with anger and determination in his eyes.
“Save him from?” asks Sujal.
“From anyone who tries to hurt our kid, we will protect him.” says Riva with a spark in her eyes.
Sam and Sujal look at each other and smile.
“I have thought of a name for my grandson.” says Sujal calmly.
“A name? What is it dad?” asks Sam.
“MAX!!”
“Such a beautiful name for our beautiful child.” Riva says while smiling.
“Our family is complete my kids.” says Sujal with tears in his eyes.
Next day
After so many days the rain had stopped and the sky was clear. Sam and Riva are playing with Max outside their hut while Sujal has gone to meet Head of village and his new born Grandson.
“Knock, Knock” Sujal knocks
“Yo! old fart came here to look at my beautiful grandson?” says the head.
“Nah! just here to see if you are dead already or not.” said Sujal laughing.
“Hello! How are you? Congratulations on becoming a grandfather Mr Sujal.” says the head's son who comes out holding his baby. The baby is black haired with shiny blue eyes.
“Oh! Hello little man, what have you named him?” asks Sujal.
“My grandson will be called NATE “ says the head.
“A very good name.” Sujal says while looking at Nate.
“Will you have tea?” asks the head's son.
“Yes sure.” Sujal relies while sitting down.
Two servants bring tea and snacks.
“So where did you get that boy?” asks head intriguingly.
“The girl found dead in the forest most probably put the baby on our door steps.” Sujal says with a sad face.
“Such a tragic event.” head replies.
“Look at the bright side, you have a grandson now.” says the head's son trying to cheer them up.
“Yeah that part is what is helping me to overcome that child’s death. Looking at his face makes me forget all worries.” says Sujal smiling.
“But still how can someone do this to a kid? We need to find out who did this.” said the determined head.
“Yes we have to.” Sujal replies.
Suddenly loud noises can be heard in the village. Sujal and head rush towards the source of noise. They find a few horsemen with armour and swords beating up 2-3 men, behind them is a man who looks like their leader. He is huge in size and does not carry any weapon.
“A Brot user!” Sujal says to head while pointing at the man.
The man breaks a crystal and a Jal(water) type broth comes out. The blue and grey colored Brot is fierce looking and stands in front of the horsemen, glaring at villagers.
“What is all this? What are you here for sirs?” head asks calmly.
“We are looking for a baby, he has white hair,” says one of the horsemen .
Head and Sujal immediately understand the situation. Head signals Sujal to get out of there. Sujal blends into the crowd and runs towards the hut.
“You old fart better make up for all this later with a fine bottle of sake.” head thought.
“We don’t have any baby like that in our village sirs.” says the head nervously.
“We will see to that ourselves.” one of the horsemen said while knocking down one of the hut’s doors.
“We cannot let you ransack the village.” says the head in protest.
“WATER JET” the man in the back said with a commanding voice.
The Brot growls and kills one of the villagers with a very thin jet of water. All villagers run to their houses but head is still standing there.
“Sorry men, I cannot let you do this, we don’t have any baby. Please le...”
“ WATER BLADE!” commands the man.
In a split second the Brot runs to head and slashes him in the stomach with his tail which was covered in water. The tail of Brot looked as sharp as a sword while he was attacking.
Head falls to the ground, his son who was watching from distance runs screaming and crying towards them with a rod in his hand. Another horseman slashes him.
Thud!!
His soul less body falls to the ground.
Horsemen start to ransack the village looking for the kid.
Sujal reaches the hut where he sees Sam and Riva sitting with Max. He hurries to them and tells them everything.
“Dad you take Max and run to the forest.” says Sam.
“What are you talking about? I will stay here and you three go.” Sujal says.
“They will not suspect a couple, please father you run and take max with you, we will join you guys later.” says Riva.
They both argue with Sujal for a bit and do not listen to him, finally Sujal agrees. He takes all the stuff that belonged to Max from the hut with him and runs to the forest.
“You better get to us fast.” says Sujal while running.
The horsemen reach the head's house.
“I overheard that Sam and Riva found a baby, I gave you information in return please spare me.” says a servant who comes out of the head's house.
“Sure we won’t hurt you but you will have to take us to their house.” Says one of the horsemen.
The servant takes them to Sam’s house.
Sam and Riva can see horsemen coming towards them, while maintaining a steady appearance they are trembling from inside. There is complete silence in the village and only the sounds of horse running can be heard.
“I am here for the kid.” Says one of the horsemen in a stern voice.
“What kid? We never had any kid. We both live in this hut alone.” Sam replies calmly.
“You all must be tired from your journey, please have a seat while I prepare something for you,” Said Riva.
“Bring the baby or die,” horseman replies.
“Sirs, we do not have any baby, you can search the hut.” said Sam.
One of the horseman's stabs Sam with his sword, Riva screams and another horseman from behind stabs her too. Both fall to the ground. Riva is screaming in pain while Sam looks at her crying in pain and agony. He tries to reach his wife but another horseman pierces his skull with a sword, looking at this Riva dies of shock.
Sad and tragic death of a couple who had just found happiness in life.
Horsemen search the hut and do not find the baby or anything related to him.
“Looks like they were telling the truth.” Says one of the horsemen to another laughing.
“What should we do with this lying trash?” says another horseman while pointing at the servant.
“This!” says one of the horsemen while stabbing the servant.
All horsemen ride away, leaving behind lifeless corpses of Sam and Riva.
Two Days later
“It’s been two days, they should have come here by now. I should go and look for them,” Sujal thought.
He returns to the hut. In front of it lie bodies of Sam and Riva, in a puddle of their own blood. A sword standing straight which was lodged in Sam’s skull. There is a metallic smell in the air. Sujal loses all senses; he is heartbroken and starts crying loudly. He just sits there for 4-5 hours, when he gains some sense he digs up graves for both and buries them. He takes a look at the sword which was lodged in the skull of Sam, there is an unknown symbol engraved on the sword. He buries that sword behind the hut.
“You are the only family this old man has; my son and daughter gave up their life for you and I will see to it that you survive and lead a happy life,” said Sujal while lifting up Max and kissing him.
He holds Max close and weeps.