The Legends of Nethiah Page #6

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who had been silenced by the

Strifers in a terrible way.

How?

They wired his mouth shut.

Come here.

You speak with your mind. How?

A lost art known to a few.

Sir Hanif seemed to want

to help Nethiah,

but suddenly, he stabbed him.

How come?

Why didn't he help him?

Well, in a way, he did help him.

He awakened Nethiah's anger,

and when Nethiah was angry,

he was strong.

Hanif! Why? Why did you do this?

To set you free.

I don't understand.

You said... You said

you were going to help me.

Soon, you will feel the

strength flowing in you.

In a way, Sir Hanif was...

his savior.

He showed Nethiah

what a person can do

if he believes in himself,

if he sees the truth in things.

You see, Sir Hanif used

to be a great warrior, too,

and friend to the Strifer King.

But when he finally saw the evil

that lurked in the king's heart,

he made a decision.

He refused to serve

the king anymore.

So he was imprisoned

and forced to fight in the pits.

Just like Nethiah. That's right.

Nethiah made his own decision.

It was better to die

fighting for his freedom

than to live as a slave.

And Sir Hanif came

to that same conclusion.

In one final charge,

he attacked the Strifer guards

outside the prison cell.

Now, Sir Hanif succeeded

in defeating the guards,

but time had slowed

his fighting ability.

It was a victory

that cost him dearly.

Hanif!

Go... before the rest of

the Strifers get here.

No, we'll go together!

No, Nethiah.

This is a journey

for you, and you alone.

We can make it, both of us!

But I am already free.

I... I don't understand.

I'm soon to be outside

these prison walls

in both mind and body.

But your path is

far more dangerous.

My path?

To the Strifer King.

Remember, I awakened your soul.

Use it against him,

for both of our sakes.

Hanif, I don't know how to...

You do, Nethiah.

Use my blade, and take this.

Sir Hanif gave Nethiah

an amulet...

a good-luck charm...

saying only that

it would protect him.

But... But how

will it protect me?

Have faith, Nethiah.

Have faith.

I... I will try.

My strength is leaving me.

Now go.

Go and find yourself

and your purpose.

Let the blade and

the amulet guide you.

Defeat the Strifer King...

and free... our...

people.

Sir Hanif made

the ultimate sacrifice.

So Nethiah... he fought his way

through guard after guard.

But he was bleeding from

the cut in his side.

And when he thought

he could go no further,

he finally found what he

was looking for... a way out.

Did he?

Did he what?

Grandpa! Did he make it?

Oh, well, yeah.

Sort of.

Sort of?

He was the on the verge

of passing out

from loss of blood when...

When?

A stranger found him.

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