Chapters 1-6: PDF Version - The King of Spades

The King of Spades: Dream Or Reality
"I've tried to track it throughout the centuries, but the images I'm getting are vague.
Mainly because I'm getting so old." Tetra said.
"You're joking right?" Krome and Nur stared at each other blankly. "all right, Go on."
Krome sighed.
"The last human who had custody of the sword was an English Archer who found it in
Petra during one of the crusades."
"Same place where the King of Hearts token was found." Krome rubbed his chin,
deep in concentration.
"Yeah, The King of Cups. And if my research is right, that one's still in Petra ."
"So what happened to the King of Spades?" Krome asked. "Simple. Charles got wise
and decided to dump the sword, which was, to him, more of a curse than anything."
"Got wise. And decided to DUMP it?" Krome was dumbfounded.
Nur smiled and started narrating:
"The English army returned to their fort after their expedition of Petra . They found
out the secret of Petra; that the Nabateans who were the ancient inhabitants of the
secret valley were in fact the mystic Kabbalas themselves. There was a small fight
between the French and the English over the treasures they found, but they made a
truce and agreed to divide up the artifacts and books amongst themselves. The
French took a lot of the Kabbalistic writings, that band of knights later became
known as The Templars. As for the English soldiers, they didn't care much about the
Mysticism, rather the jewelry and the artifacts.
Charles, a former English priest found a sword. And when he wielded it, it came to
life again, after centuries of being dormant. He showed the sword to his companions.
They shrugged it off as a beautiful piece of armory but essentially ineffective in the
archery ranks. He refused vehemently to give it away and said that he'd keep it by
his side always...
Weeks passed. One day, in a fierce battle against the Arabs, the enemy stormed the
fort. Charles panicked as he reached for his quiver and was stabbed badly. He
decided to drop his bow and instead, unsheathed the sword, and with one swipe he
took out an entire line of the enemy. More shocking than that was that he took a
look at his wound and it was healed! He stood up, looked against the edge of the fort
and started swiping in the air! With each swipe, an eerie whistling sound could be
heard and a line of the enemy fell lifeless. So are you picturing this? Him at the top
of the fort, literally erasing people on the ground from miles away on the ground!!"
Krome seemed lost in thought. Tetra smiled and put a hand on his shoulder: "Brings
back memories?"
Krome shook his head. "I just miss David. May God's Peace be with him. Go on with
your story."
"Now Charles became ecstatic and "blade" happy, he started swiping away. Laughing
hysterically and with each swipe he felt mightier and mightier. And with bloodshot
eyes and his veins throbbing with wrath, he declared himself God."
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