THE CHOSEN ONE II (REUNION)
By Kim B
Date: November 26, 2025
Ch. 65THE DEAL II


Redrick and Marcelo stood at a side in the cell and watched as the fake Redrick walked closer to Esther. Upon getting closer to Esther, the fake Redrick laughed and Esther knew why he did that.

The fake Redrick stopped laughing and said to Esther “you know I underestimated you even though I knew how powerful you are. I thought I should be able to keep you in check until I killed you by slowly draining your magical energy but then you exceeded my expectation……”.

The fake Redrick paused and walked a bit away from Esther before he continued with a smile “I am glad you came my way though because with your powers, I can make the world see whatever I want them to see. I can even take a mortal form and maybe rule, but there is something I want to know”.

The fake Redrick walked closer back to Esther and said to her “I am curious. I am curious to know how you were able to find out that this place is an illusion. My instinct is telling me that you had help from the outside world but that is not possible. There is no way anyone from the outside world can help you. So tell me how you were able to find out that this place is an illusion”.

Esther smiled and said to the fake Redrick “how can you envisage my powers to be so great and still think it would be impossible for me to find out with my powers that this place is an illusion? Your magic trick isn’t that good, and maybe you shouldn’t have appeared as someone I am in love with”.

Hearing that got Marcelos surprise and he looked at Redrick which Redrick noticed and asked Marcelos “what?“.

“Tell me that is not true” said Marcelos to Redrick.

“Are we friends or what? And how do that concern you” said Redrick to Marcelos, then Marcelos mind his business.

At the same time, the fake Redrick said to Esther “but the magic you think you have here is also an illusion so how are you able to find that this place is an illusion?”.

“That is what you think but I can always access my powers wherever I am, so you can not keep my powers from me” said Esther with a smile.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. You will be killed tomorrow and then everything will all end. With your powers combined with the powers of Noah and Ramsay, I would be unstoppable. You can spend the night to reminisce on your lovely memories and say goodbye. Tomorrow is your judgment day” said the fake Redrick.

Esther gave no response to the fake Redrick then the fake Redrick left the cell laughing happily all he wanted. Immediately the fake Redrick left, Redrick went to Esther and asked her to calmly explain what was going on to him.

Esther said to Redrick “he made me a traitor that wants to wake Marcelos up here. No one recognizes me as Esther anymore but a traitor who works with Marcelos. He changed the story so everyone now hates me and wants me dead”.

“The story is not entirely all wrong. You are about to work with the real Marcelos, aren’t you?” said Marcelos to Esther.

“Don’t mind him” said Redrick to Esther.

“Hope you were able to persuade him to help us?” Esther asked Redrick.

“Yes. He would help us in exchange for his Marc and phoenixes” said Redrick to Esther.

“Yeah, so can we get to whatever it is that I had come to do to save your life or is there something else you love birds want to discuss?” said Marcelos to Redrick and Esther.

“How about you calm yourself?” said Redrick annoyed to Marcelos.

“It is fine, Redrick” said Esther to Redrick, then she said to Marcelos “thank you for agreeing to help”.

Marcelos smirked and said bluntly to Esther “don’t make this seem like we are friends or strangers meeting for the first time. Don’t also try to be humble. This changes nothing. We are sworn enemies, and I am only here because you have my children which I can only get back by helping you even though I wish this river kills you”.

“I am only thanking you because even though we are opposite, you still decided to help me” said Esther annoyed to Marcelos.

“You say it like I have a choice. You don’t just have my children, you also influence me and your death is also going to affect me so I don’t think I have a choice here. Let's just get this done and return to being the foe we are because I don't want to be here or see your face” said Marcelos to Esther.

“There is no point talking to him. Let's just talk about getting you and the others out of here. We don’t have much time, your execution is tomorrow and we are a few minutes before dawn” said Redrick to Esther.

Esther said to Redrick and Marcelos “here is the plan. Marcelos can stop my execution by attacking Axrax, and to do that Marcelos here will have to wake the fake Marcelos up. Once the fake Marcelos wakes up, his fake armies will also rise then they will attack Axrax together next”.

“In doing all these, what those that mean?” Marcelos asked Esther.

“It means we will be changing the story to our story and we will be bringing reality to illusion which is the only way to destroy illusion” said Esther to Marcelos.

“That sounds like a nice plan, but I need to know what is next after I attack the fake Axrax with my fake armies” said Marcelos.

“You don’t need to worry about that. Just do as I have told you. Wake up the fake Marcelos but make sure you are in control of him then bring your armies here” said Esther to Marcelos.

“Okay, this seems easy which is what I don’t like and it is making me feel this plan won’t work. I need to know if I will be affected in any way and how to get out of here once everything is done” said Marcelos.

“What you have to do is easy Marcelos because you are not real here. You are not also the main target and he doesn’t know you are here so you are safe. Just do exactly as you are told with no flaws then once I get out, you will also be out of here. All you need to do is get me out of here and I will take care of the rest” said Esther to Marcelos.

“Okay, I get it. But, I don’t trust you to release my children to me. I mean you are the one that imprisoned them for a reason and you were able to get me here to help you. How can I trust you to release them after I help you?” said Marcelos to Esther.

“Because I am not like you. I don’t break promises or trust. I will give them back to you. So do we have a deal?” said Esther to Marcelos.

“Okay. I think I am going to have to trust you this one time. So now let's do this while we can” said Marcelos.

Redrick said goodbye to Esther and Esther told him to be safe out there before Redrick and Marcelos left for Marcelos' tombs to wake up the fake Marcelos.

Redrick and Marcelos went to the tomb of Marcelos and when they got there they opened the coffin in the tomb and found the fake Marcelos asleep. Marcelos said to Redrick “what next?”.

“Why are you asking me what is next? You know what to do right” said Redrick confused to Marcelos.

“I am not so sure that I know what to do. I don’t even know how to wake the fake me” said Marcelos.

“It is nothing serious. Just enter into the body. This you is a spirit, right? So just enter the body and take control of the body. I am sure you also have your power so just do this” said Redrick.

“Okay. See you on the other side” said Marcelos.

“Remember, once this Marcelos awake, his armies too will wake so bring them to Axrax to attack Axrax so we can save Esther. Don’t go away from the plan” said Redrick.

“I won’t, so let me do my thing” said Marcelos.

Marcelos' spirit took possession of the body of the asleep fake Marcelos then the fake Marcelos woke up.

After a journey that seemed like forever, the humans, the shapeshifters, and the silver army followed the Nylins and the Varlyns to a place that was unknown and strange to them.

After traveling for a long time and journey, they all get to the middle of a forest where they all suddenly stop. Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people wondered why they suddenly stopped but then they all suddenly saw two Varlyns step forward and speak an ancient luggage into the air.

Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people wondered why they did that but then they all suddenly saw a magical barrier become visible in front of them. Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people were all astounded upon seeing the magical barrier then the magical barrier opened up a path and the Varlyns said to them “welcome to the old world, the home for everyone”.

Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people couldn’t believe what they were seeing but they knew that there had got to be a hidden world after the magical barrier that the magical barrier is protecting.

The Varlyns and their Nylins led the way by passing through the magical barrier that opened a path and then Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people followed behind to know what awaited them after the magical barrier.

Karl, Nelson, Dawson, Hemdal, the soldiers, and the people also saw that immediately they walked through the path created by the magical barrier, the path closed up and the magical barrier became invisible which made them more confused and astounded.



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