Chapter 4; His Mission

*Third Person's Pov;*

The whole place was covered with darkness. Dead tress, flowers and skeletons scattered everywhere. The smell of death filled the air and in the middle of a small mountain stood a palace covered with darkness and black roses. The whole place was guarded by dark knights and black spirits. Inside the palace their king sits comfortably on his throne with his son on his left side.

"Your majesty, the oracle came with a news for you," one of the guards said as he entered the throne room where their king sits. The king was happy with that news. He have been searching for this oracle for such a very long time because he wanted to consult her about something very important.

"Let her in!" he ordered.

"Right away your majesty!" The guard bowed down his head before he hurriedly went out to get the oracle.

After a few seconds the dark and most mysterious oracle came holding an ancient book in her hand. The oracle's skin is full of callus, her eyes were as dark as the midnight sky and her hair is a total mess. Anyone who would see her would definitely be scared of her.

"Bauhinia the great dark oracle! It's a pleasure that you have finally thought about visiting your king!" King Velion said sarcastically.

Bauhinia's laughter echoed the whole place.

"My king." She bowed down her head to pay her respect to her king.

"Forgive me, for I've been so busy looking for this." She showed the book that she's holding to the king.

"What is that book all about?" asked the king.

The evil oracle smirked and used her power to make the book float in the air.

"The mythical book that knows something about the chosen one," the oracle explained.

"I know you have been looking for the child in the prophecy for such a very long time. I was gone to help you look for her. And here's the book that could help us know about her possible whereabouts."

The king laughed hard with what his oracle said. Finally, after a long time of searching he will be able to capture that child and kill her before the Gods and Goddesses came to her rescue.

"You did an excellent job Bauhinia!" praised the king. "Now tell me, where can I find the chosen one?"

After hearing what her king said, Bauhinia opened the first page of the book with the use of her power.

"An offspring of light shall take it's path and with her golden light, darkness will end it's wrath!" uttered the dark oracle as she recited the mythical book infront of her king.

The king was furious with what he heard while his son kept listening intently.

"That was stated in the prophecy you read to me before the child was born. I want to know where she is and stop doing some flashbacks!" the king shouted angrily.

A mischievous smile formed in Bauhinia's lips. She likes it everytime the king is so eager to know something especially about the child in the prophecy. It makes her think that the king is in fear, and it made her more stronger. Because whenever she felt fear in her surroundings her miasma becomes stronger and it helps a lot in adding more powers to her demon soul.

She turned another page of the book before she speaks, "Kept hidden in a golden chamber guarded with powerless mortals and living like how destiny wants her to be."

"Powerless mortals?" the king murmured.

"Yes your majesty, the chosen one is in the mortal world. How brilliant of Zeus to keep his grandchild in a place where we least expected," Bauhinia answered.

"Read another phrase!" the king ordered. He wants to know more about this chosen one, maybe a strategy to kill her or something that would easily distract her.

"There's no other phrase your Majesty. This is the last one," the oracle answered that made the king furious.

"Such a useless thing!" he shouted, then a dark smoke came out of his palm. It went directly to the book and destroyed it.

"Your Majesty, that was a mythical book. It's forbidden to destroy it!" the oracle protested.

"I am your king and it's way more forbidden for you to go against my decisions!" Velion said angrily.

Bauhinia did not say another word. Instead, she nervously bowed down her head and waited for the King's plan to be revealed.

"Zion!" Velion called his son.

"Yes father?" Prince Zion walked towards him.

"I have a very important mission for you," Velion stated. "Go to the mortal world and look for Aphrodite's child. You must kill that child! Don't comeback here if you failed to do your mission. Did you understand?" he said with full authority.

Zion thought about what his father instructed him. He don't want to kill an innocent person, but he wants to make his father proud. All his life he wished for his father's love but unfortunately it was very hard to obtain. Velion is known for being heartless and he never treated him like his own son. He's thinking that maybe if he succeed on his mission his father will be proud of him and will no longer call him useless.

"How will I know who she is?" he asked confusedly.

Velion smirked and took out an amulet from his pocket. He gave it to his son.

"This is the amulet that was created with the blood of Rhea the mother of Zeus. It is capable of detecting her descendants. And because the chosen one is Aphrodite's child and a granddaughter to Zeus, she is one of Rhea's descendants. This amulet will sparkle if the chosen one touches it," Velion explained.

Prince Zion nodded before he keeps the amulet inside his pocket.

"I will comeback here with her blood in my sword father," he promised that made Velion happy.

"Excellent my dear son, you have to keep that promise! That child could put us all in danger. We must kill her first before she could spread her wings and attack us!"

"I will father!" Prince Zion answered with full determination.

Velion smirked, finally he found someone that would do all the dirty works for him.