The whole town was excited about the news. Even the Elders halted their meeting after their prayers to check out the validity of the news by themselves. It was hard to believe that the news was real and not a mere hoax. After so many generations, it had almost become a folklore even fable and the younger generations just didn't care about it anymore. To the elders and some strong believers, this was described in the holy scripture, not just once but many time, and thus it must be a truth.
Mali followed the crowd moving toward the communal gathering spot. There were already a big crowd surrounding the spot and everyone was trying to squeeze through to get closer to the building. Mali could sense the excitements and anxieties among the crowd. Every adults were aware and taught about it by their religion teachers; but to witness the very existence in front of their eyes was something too much to accept within a short time. However, curiosity was prominent and has overcame the warning given by some Elders about it.
A few Elders were standing in a circle beside the massive trees that form the main entrance of the communal gathering spot, reciting prayers with their eyes closed and each holding a Holy scripture. The spot was heavily guarded and the crowd couldn't get through. The voices from the excited crowd has become a loud buzzing noise, amid the low but clear prayers from the group of Elders.
It was too warm inside the crowd, Mali squeezed through out of the crowd and found a few of his friends talking in low voices and promptly joined them.
“Is it real?” Mali asked Nila who was the oldest among the group.
“Who knows for sure. Our Holy scripture talks about it in many passages”
“It will bring big disaster to us. Not a good sign. Not at all” said another friend with a sad face.
“We have to please The All Mighty and do exactly what is said in the scripture, His punishment will be severe if we disobey” said Nila in serious tone.
“I have to see it to believe it” said Mali. He wasn't convinced. To him, it was a part of an old fable. There were so many things in the Holy scripture which he hadn't seen or experienced. He was one of those liberal minded young generation.
“The ground shakes and thunder roars, fire emerges from sky. So hot that the hardest hammer melts. They shall come from the ground in thousands. Not the bravest could stop them” Said Nila, “this is what the scripture says, you have to believe it”
Mali kept his silence. To challenge the scripture was unthinkable and it was also a punishable act.
Suddenly, the crowd was silent and Mali saw the head of the Elders was standing on the black rock, holding the three pointed Elder's rod, the symbol of most sacred next to the original Holy Text which was lost many generations ago.
“My fellow believers of The Almighty. May you be blessed with His gaze and away from the punishment of Holy fire. Our chosen Elders in the past had delivered to us the words of The Almighty and they are recorded in our Holy Scripture. Words that have guided us in our every existence. Praise The Almighty.”
“Praise The Almighty” responded the crowd.
“The same Holy Scripture has also warned us of the dangers and has taught us how to deal with them. Praise The Almighty”
“Praise The Almighty” responded the crowd.
“The same Holy Scripture has described of a demon race, a devil race, so evil that it dares to defy The Almighty. Save us from the devil, Almighty”
“Save us from the devil, Almighty”
“A group of young brave hunters, went far beyond the mountains and came back with a news. They have seen the Devil. They have captured a devil and brought it back. Praise The Almighty. This is yet another sign from The Almighty that we will overcome and defeat the demon race, as it is said in the Holy Scripture.”
The crowd erupted into a loud buzzing noise. Some looked surprised and most were saying prayers as if to defend against the Devil.
Mali tried to hide his disbelief and showed little emotion. The belief in the existence of a demon race and the eventual war against it had provided unity for many generations, as well as unquestionable powers to the Elders.
“To demonstrate our unquestioned obedience to The Almighty, as well as our determination to defeat the demons, we shall consume the captured devil with Holy fire. Praise The Almighty”
Excitement were in the crowd once again. A public consumption with Holy fire had not been seen for a long long time.
The Holy fire was prepared by a few Elders as only the Elders were blessed with the knowledge to do it. A small circular stone wall was built and the Elders were working within it with the sacred rocks which were kept secretly inside the temple of the Elders. The temple is a sacred and holy place off limit to everyone except the Elders. Death is the only punishment for any trespassers. The Elders were busily working inside the circular stone wall and the crowd was sitting around it from a far distance. Most of them were reciting the prayers with their heads down. Occasionally, a few will throw a quick glance at the circular stone wall as if to find out what the Elders were doing but yet didn't want others to catch them spying the Elders.
After a while, a tall pale green flame appeared from the center of the stone wall. The heat could be felt by the crowd sitting furthest away from the stone wall.
“The Holy Fire is ready” one of the Elders went to the head of the Elders and bowed.
“Bring out the devil”
The crowd moved back in horror and some even tried to run away.
It was the unthinkable, unspeakable and ugliest thing they have ever seen.
It was tied tightly on a pole before the pale green fire.
The head of the Elders was saying prayers.
“Praise The Almighty. We are made in His image and resemble His Holiness. Say out loud, how do we look?”
“Our skin is the colour of the Holy Black River, covered with beautiful hard scales like the trees that provide us food and shelter.”
“Our face has the image of The Almighty. Two horns to symbolise His mercy and His rules. Our teeth are long and sharp so we could defeat the demons. Our eye is in the center to symbolise the One and Only Almighty. It is red to symbolise the sun that warms us. Our ears are long and big so that we can hear the Holy words clearly. One side is higher than the other to symbolise the Elders who are chosen and closer to The Almighty”
“We speak and understand the Holy language, in which the Holy Words was delivered to us”
“Our claws on our hands and feet are long and sharp so that we can hunt and find our food in the ground. Our tail is long and pointy so that we can bow down and pray to The Almighty”
“Very Good. My fellow believers” said the head of the Elders.
“Condemn the devil. How unspeakably ugly is it?”
“The devil skin is fair and soft, and covered with ugly soft short hair. The devil head has no horns, a clear deviation from the image of The Almighty. It is covered in horrible black hair.”
“The devil has two small eyes and they have disgusting hair around them. There is only One and only Almighty. How can anything besides the devil has two eyes? It has two small ears on both sides of the head. How can anything besides the devil not want to hear the Holy words clearly? Praise The Almighty”
“The devil has ugly pink flesh on the mouth and evil white small teeth. It has five long ugly fingers on each hands without the beautiful claws. This is a obvious symbol of evil.”
“The devil has no tail. It has never bow and pray to The Almighty. It doesn't speak or understand the Holy Language so even the Holy words can't be passed to it. What an evil thing”
“What shall we do with a devil, my fellow believers?”
“Consume it with the Holy fire so that its evil spirit can't fly away to form another devil and come back to hurt the race of The Almighty”
“Praise The Almighty. Praise The Almighty ....”
Mali watched with a blank emotion as the fair fleshed devil was consumed and burnt in the Holy fire, screaming with sounds that were not understood by anyone.
Mali followed the crowd moving toward the communal gathering spot. There were already a big crowd surrounding the spot and everyone was trying to squeeze through to get closer to the building. Mali could sense the excitements and anxieties among the crowd. Every adults were aware and taught about it by their religion teachers; but to witness the very existence in front of their eyes was something too much to accept within a short time. However, curiosity was prominent and has overcame the warning given by some Elders about it.
A few Elders were standing in a circle beside the massive trees that form the main entrance of the communal gathering spot, reciting prayers with their eyes closed and each holding a Holy scripture. The spot was heavily guarded and the crowd couldn't get through. The voices from the excited crowd has become a loud buzzing noise, amid the low but clear prayers from the group of Elders.
It was too warm inside the crowd, Mali squeezed through out of the crowd and found a few of his friends talking in low voices and promptly joined them.
“Is it real?” Mali asked Nila who was the oldest among the group.
“Who knows for sure. Our Holy scripture talks about it in many passages”
“It will bring big disaster to us. Not a good sign. Not at all” said another friend with a sad face.
“We have to please The All Mighty and do exactly what is said in the scripture, His punishment will be severe if we disobey” said Nila in serious tone.
“I have to see it to believe it” said Mali. He wasn't convinced. To him, it was a part of an old fable. There were so many things in the Holy scripture which he hadn't seen or experienced. He was one of those liberal minded young generation.
“The ground shakes and thunder roars, fire emerges from sky. So hot that the hardest hammer melts. They shall come from the ground in thousands. Not the bravest could stop them” Said Nila, “this is what the scripture says, you have to believe it”
Mali kept his silence. To challenge the scripture was unthinkable and it was also a punishable act.
Suddenly, the crowd was silent and Mali saw the head of the Elders was standing on the black rock, holding the three pointed Elder's rod, the symbol of most sacred next to the original Holy Text which was lost many generations ago.
“My fellow believers of The Almighty. May you be blessed with His gaze and away from the punishment of Holy fire. Our chosen Elders in the past had delivered to us the words of The Almighty and they are recorded in our Holy Scripture. Words that have guided us in our every existence. Praise The Almighty.”
“Praise The Almighty” responded the crowd.
“The same Holy Scripture has also warned us of the dangers and has taught us how to deal with them. Praise The Almighty”
“Praise The Almighty” responded the crowd.
“The same Holy Scripture has described of a demon race, a devil race, so evil that it dares to defy The Almighty. Save us from the devil, Almighty”
“Save us from the devil, Almighty”
“A group of young brave hunters, went far beyond the mountains and came back with a news. They have seen the Devil. They have captured a devil and brought it back. Praise The Almighty. This is yet another sign from The Almighty that we will overcome and defeat the demon race, as it is said in the Holy Scripture.”
The crowd erupted into a loud buzzing noise. Some looked surprised and most were saying prayers as if to defend against the Devil.
Mali tried to hide his disbelief and showed little emotion. The belief in the existence of a demon race and the eventual war against it had provided unity for many generations, as well as unquestionable powers to the Elders.
“To demonstrate our unquestioned obedience to The Almighty, as well as our determination to defeat the demons, we shall consume the captured devil with Holy fire. Praise The Almighty”
Excitement were in the crowd once again. A public consumption with Holy fire had not been seen for a long long time.
The Holy fire was prepared by a few Elders as only the Elders were blessed with the knowledge to do it. A small circular stone wall was built and the Elders were working within it with the sacred rocks which were kept secretly inside the temple of the Elders. The temple is a sacred and holy place off limit to everyone except the Elders. Death is the only punishment for any trespassers. The Elders were busily working inside the circular stone wall and the crowd was sitting around it from a far distance. Most of them were reciting the prayers with their heads down. Occasionally, a few will throw a quick glance at the circular stone wall as if to find out what the Elders were doing but yet didn't want others to catch them spying the Elders.
After a while, a tall pale green flame appeared from the center of the stone wall. The heat could be felt by the crowd sitting furthest away from the stone wall.
“The Holy Fire is ready” one of the Elders went to the head of the Elders and bowed.
“Bring out the devil”
The crowd moved back in horror and some even tried to run away.
It was the unthinkable, unspeakable and ugliest thing they have ever seen.
It was tied tightly on a pole before the pale green fire.
The head of the Elders was saying prayers.
“Praise The Almighty. We are made in His image and resemble His Holiness. Say out loud, how do we look?”
“Our skin is the colour of the Holy Black River, covered with beautiful hard scales like the trees that provide us food and shelter.”
“Our face has the image of The Almighty. Two horns to symbolise His mercy and His rules. Our teeth are long and sharp so we could defeat the demons. Our eye is in the center to symbolise the One and Only Almighty. It is red to symbolise the sun that warms us. Our ears are long and big so that we can hear the Holy words clearly. One side is higher than the other to symbolise the Elders who are chosen and closer to The Almighty”
“We speak and understand the Holy language, in which the Holy Words was delivered to us”
“Our claws on our hands and feet are long and sharp so that we can hunt and find our food in the ground. Our tail is long and pointy so that we can bow down and pray to The Almighty”
“Very Good. My fellow believers” said the head of the Elders.
“Condemn the devil. How unspeakably ugly is it?”
“The devil skin is fair and soft, and covered with ugly soft short hair. The devil head has no horns, a clear deviation from the image of The Almighty. It is covered in horrible black hair.”
“The devil has two small eyes and they have disgusting hair around them. There is only One and only Almighty. How can anything besides the devil has two eyes? It has two small ears on both sides of the head. How can anything besides the devil not want to hear the Holy words clearly? Praise The Almighty”
“The devil has ugly pink flesh on the mouth and evil white small teeth. It has five long ugly fingers on each hands without the beautiful claws. This is a obvious symbol of evil.”
“The devil has no tail. It has never bow and pray to The Almighty. It doesn't speak or understand the Holy Language so even the Holy words can't be passed to it. What an evil thing”
“What shall we do with a devil, my fellow believers?”
“Consume it with the Holy fire so that its evil spirit can't fly away to form another devil and come back to hurt the race of The Almighty”
“Praise The Almighty. Praise The Almighty ....”
Mali watched with a blank emotion as the fair fleshed devil was consumed and burnt in the Holy fire, screaming with sounds that were not understood by anyone.
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it's so cruel.....i'm glad i'm not there......
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