Chapter 2: The Temple of God Serena
Chapter 2: The Temple of God Serena: Part 1.
They walked through the ash lands, tirelessly with barely any breaks. It was early afternoon and they were only halfway to their destination. Stopping for a nap was no option since Levy ended up hearing somewhere that people who fell asleep are the ones working on those weird structures around the Earth Stone. So until they figured out what was going on, Levy forebode a single wink of sleep (or if it was necessary, take shifts to prevent one from sneaking out to go to the stone). They treaded the lands for what felt like forever until they came to a halt.
"Godsdamnit." Gajeel groaned "It's fucking hot out and this place is just as bad, maybe worse than fucking Skyrim!" just as he said that a giant grass hopper tried to attack him, only to be turned into a kabob by Gajeel's one handed sword.
"It's different from home I have to admit." confessed Levy "But I think we'll learn about the land overtime."
"What does the map say?" questioned Gajeel. Realizing she completely forgotten about it, Levy pulled their magical map out of her inventory and her eyes turned to saucers at what she saw.
"I-I don't believe it. The whole map changed! It's no longer showing Skyrim; i-it's showing the entire country of Solsthiem!"
"Oi! Let me see!" he made his way over to his wife and saw what she meant "Holy shit. Never seen it do this before."
"Neither have I until now!" "Levy exclaimed "But, according to the map, it says that the Temple is dead ahead."
"Good." Gajeel groaned "Maybe we can finally get some fucking answ-" he stopped himself when he heard a familiar clink...clink...clink. The Nord couple exchanged glances before running ahead and spotting multiple people. Elves, Nords, Brentons, RedGuards all working away on the temple and repeating the same odd mantra at the Earth Stone; but Levy noticed it was a bit different this time:
"Here in his temple.
That they have forgotten.
Here do we toil. That we might remember.
Here we reclaim.
What faithless minds have stolen.
Far from ourselves.
He grows ever near to us.
Our eyes once were blinded.
Now through him do we see.
Our hands once were idle.
Now through them does he speak.
And when the world shall listen.
And when the world shall see.
And when the world remembers.
That world will cease to be."
"Holy fuck..." said a stunned Gajeel "This is just too damn creepy." his wife walked over to the structures they were constructing and studied them carefully, making sure not to touch a single thing.
"Gajeel," she breathed "These are the exact same architectural structures as the one surrounding the Earth Stone!"
"You sure about that Lev?"
"Positive. Can I tell you something Gajeel?"
"Speak your mind wife."
"Back at the Earth Stone, I felt an odd aura coming from it."
"An odd aura?"
"Yes! It felt weak when near the Earth Stone; but here it feels slightly stronger. The aura feels...twisted and evil. But, also familiar."
"Familiar?" inquired Gajeel "What ya mean by that?"
"I'm not sure." confessed Levy "I know we ran into this feeling once; but I can't remember where. This definitely tells me God Serena has something to do with what's currently plaguing this land, as well as the hired assassination attempt that was put onto you." she took her husband by the hand "Come on, I want a closer look." Levy shepherd her husband up the walkway that soon lead to the Temple. A dome like space was open to the two Nords and they watched more and more people as they worked on the odd new additions to the Temple. Gajeel searched around the space before his eye caught something: it was someone who wasn't under the trance like everyone else. She was a Nord and had a light green bob with hair ornaments that looked like crosses. Her skin was very fair, eyes were as green as emeralds, her chest was rather large in size armor was ebony in shade and seemed to have been hand made. Gajeel had never seen anything like this armor before.
"Bloodman, please! You must fight against what is controlling you!" the Nord woman begged these people who were under a spell "Dimaria, can you hear me?! Dimaria, I'm here to help you! You must leave this place! It is not safe here! We must go back to the village, you must listen to me! We must leave this place!" she did everything in her power to get the people to listen to her, but her efforts were fruitless. Her eyes wandered around the place before she spotted Gajeel and Levy who were watching "You there! What brings you to this place? Why are you here?"
"Ok," Gajeel began "First off: who the hell are you?"
"I'm Brandish of the Skaal." the Nord woman introduced "I'm here to save my people; or avenge them. Whichever comes first."
"I'm Gajeel and this is my wife Levy." Levy waved gently to the Skaal woman "But seriously;who the fuck are the Skaal?"
"They're Nords, like us Gajeel." Levy explained to her husband "They're Nords who live here in Solsthiem's colder climates. They're descended from the Nords who served the Dragon Cult on Solstheim. Their cultures are pretty much different from our's back in Skyrim."
"Yes!" Brandish smiled "That's who we are!"
"But if you don't mind me asking you, what are you trying to save your people from?"
"I am unsure..." admitted the Skaal woman "Something has taken control of most of the people of Solstheim. It makes them forget themselves, and work on these horrible creations that corrupt the Stones and the very land itself! My father August, our shaman, says God Serena has returned to Solstheim, but that is impossible!" the two foriegners looked at the Solsthiem native with their eyes as wide as saucers.
"God Serena is the fuckwad who tried to have me killed." kvetched Gajeel. Seeing the truth in his eyes, Brandish looked at the outlanders with seriousness.
"Then you and I both have reason to see what lies beneath us." she sternly replied "Let us go. There is nothing more I can do here. The Tree Stone and my friends are beyond my help for now, we need to find a way into the temple below."
"Fine by me, as long as we- OH FUCK!" the Dragonborn cut himself off the moment he saw five cultists coming from the entrance to the temple.
"Kill the False Dragonborn!" yelled one of the cultists "Do it and God Serena will be pleased!" they cloaked themselves in magic to help protect themselves better from the Dragonborn and his team. Gajeel pulled out his anniversary present and got into his stance. Levy pulled out two new blades she forged before leaving for Solsthiem (made from Dragon bone) and they watched the Nord called Brandish pulled out two war axes. Gajeel blocked an attack made onto him by one of the cultists and then swung his large sword and possibly broke a few of their bones. The electricity magic Levy enchanted onto the sword electrocuted the cultist, stopping his heart temporaily. This gave Gajeel enough time to stab the cultist as well as his friend in a kabob like manner right through their stomach, killing them instantly.
Levy swished her blades in a professional like manner and dodged the attacks made by the cultist. She flipped herself around the cultist in a gymnastic-like manner before taking her twin blades and be-headding the enemy once and for all. As for Brandish she dodged two of the cultists' attacks with grace and sliced their limb with heavy gashes thanks to her war axes. She spun in a combative manner, kicked her left leg up into the air, locked it onto the throat of the cultist and then brought him to the ground where she cut his neck. The final cultist watched in horror and tried to run away in fear, only to have Brandish toss her axe and have it land directly in the center of the cultist's back, killing her instantly.
"Not bad for a Skaal." Levy smiled to Brandish. Brandish took Levy's words as a compliment and then walked over to the cultist and dug her axe out of the corpse's back.
"If the cultists came to stop us," Brandish said "it must mean we could be on the right track. Come on! We better get into the Temple." she took charge into the centuries old building by walking down the pathway with the Skaal and then opened the large doors into the Temple. The temple was old and obviously the same structures as the ones back home. It was moldy, humid, decaying and smelled of embalming fluids from long ago. Fires were burning bright, showing recent residency or that whoever or whatever was in this place was still alive and well.
"We should not delay." Brandish ordered "We should check these rooms for supplies before heading further into the temple. I shall look around. We can proceed when you are ready."
"Hey," Gajeel whispered to his wife "what you think?"
"Personally, I agree with her." confessed Levy "We should get some supplies before going into this place. From the looks of it, I think we're going to be here a while. I think it could be as long as Skuldafn... maybe even longer."
"Godsdamnit." Gajeel groaned out loud before making his way to the room on the left and began to search everything. Potions, supplies, alchemy ingredients, etc. Everything they'll need if they were going to journey through the temple of God Sernea. Once Gajeel and Levy had what they needed, they made their way out of the room and to the next to collect a few more things to be safe. After that, they made their way over to Brandish who was waiting for them and then ascended into the Temple.
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