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The Story of Evil Merchant


It's a partly cloudy afternoon outside of Merchants INC as the camera scene slowly zooms into the executive meeting room window.

THE MEETING ROOM IS DIM WITH LOW LIGHTING AS SILHOUETTES OF DARK HENCHMEN COME INTO VIEW

The Evil Merchant's eyes glow an eerie yellow as he slowly leans forward in his big chair with his hands folded together.

EVIL MERCHANT

Sitting in my office guarded by some

of the most demonic monsters that

could ever exist in the land of Hidden

Continent. Memories began to fade in

and out of my mind but one memory in

particular strikes me the most, the

memories of my childhood and my slow

descent into the realm of evil. As I

recall the story of what you may call

my life I was born on a cold and rainy

night to my mother Ursa and father

Sheol at Cappachin City hospital.

Unlike most human babies that are born

kicking and screaming I was a still

born, I guess the great spirits knew

what the world was in for but my still

birth upset my parents, doctors from

all over the hospital tried to do all

they could to help me but their

efforts were futile. My parents then

decided to take me home anyway because

I was their first and only child and

they couldn't bear the thought of

losing me. Once my parents brought my

lifeless body home with them my father

immediately got to work in the case of

bringing me to life. For you see my

father came from a long line of witch

doctors that served to protect

warlords in the ancient times and he

possessed many manuscripts about

supernatural events that took place

throughout the history of our country.

On the other hand my mother has her doubts about using supernatural forces to bring forth life, especially the life of a newborn infant. The reason being was that the magic these manuscripts contained were extremely dangerous and it was too big of a risk to even consider using. My mother, who spent most of her life as a historian, knew most of the history of our country inside and out, at least most of the ancient legends. That is when she suggested to my father that they travel to the canyon ways where the legendary Blue Monk clan was said to have imprisoned a demonic entity in the side of a cliff after the disappearance of the clan's leader a thousand years ago. So my father agreed with her and grabbed a few of his manuscripts and they traveled to the canyon ways. Once they arrived my father began the incantation to rouse the creature's spirit and I will never forget what my father had told me happened when the spirit of that monster awoke and spoke to him.

KINGBRA

"WHO DARES WAKE THE SPIRIT OF THE GREAT KINGBRA"!!

SHEOL

"I dare,"

KINGBRA

"WHAT IS IT YOU WANT WITH ME HUMAN?" SHEOL

"I want my son to live,"

KINGBRA

"YOU DO REALIZE YOU ARE TALKING TO THE

LIKES OF A DEMON DO YOU, AND DEMONS

NEVER COMPROMISE WITH HUMANS"

SHEOL

" I understand"

KINGBRA

"THEN WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE"!!!

Evil Merchant begins speaking as the narration continues EVIL MERCHANT

"I can only imagine the great fear

that was in both of my parents, as

they stood before this demonic spirit

face to face, my father then replied".

SHEOL

my son Shetani was a still born, me and my

wife tried everything but we are

running out of options we just want

our child to live. Will you help us

please that is all we ask of you"

KINGBRA

VERY WELL HUMAN YOU HAVE MY favor,

TELL ME WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN"?

SHEOL

"I know you been trapped for a

thousand years I can give you freedom

from your imprisonment all I ask is

that you give life to my son"

KINGBRA

"PERFECT; HOWEVER EVEN IF YOU CAN

GRANT ME FREEDOM ONLY MY SPIRIT CAN BE

FREE MY BODY IS STILL BOUND BY

POWERFUL MAGIC, AND AS A CONSEQUENCE

FOR DISTURBING MY RESTING PLACE I

SHALL LIVE ON WITHIN YOUR SON"

Evil Merchant begins speaking as the narration continues EVIL MERCHANT

"This must have scared my parents to

hear that from a supernatural being

but since they were desperate and at

the will of this spirit my father had

no other choice and he began the

incantation".

SHEOL

"OH GREAT SPIRIT YOUR POWER ETERNAL

GRANT LIFE TO OUR SON, RELEASE FROM

BONDAGE FOR YOUR FREEDOM HAS BEEN

WON".

Evil Merchant begins speaking as the narration continues EVIL MERCHANT

". AFTER THE INCANTATION WAS COMPLETE THE DEMONIC SPIRIT WAS RELEASED IT GAVE ME LIFE AND MY EYES WERE OPENED AND I BEGAN TO CRY.

AS A CHILD MY ONLY FRIENDS WERE THREE BROTHERS WHO WERE MISUNDERSTOOD THROUGH OUT OUR TIME IN GRADE SCHOOL, BUT THEY LOVED SCIENCE AND PULLING PRANKS ON THE TEACHERS AND OUR CLASSMATES, SO WE SPENT MOST OF OUR SCHOOL YEARS GETTING IN TROUBLE AND HAVING FUN. AS LONG WE HAD EACH OTHER NOTHING STOOD IN OUR WAY. BULLIES WOULD OFTEN TRY TO THREATEN US BUT WE ALWAYS HAD THE LAST LAUGH. WE WOULD GO INTO THE SCIENCE LAB STEAL CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND USE THEM AS WEAPONS TO HURT EVEN DEFEAT ANYONE WHO BULLIED US. THE PRINCIPAL TRIED TO SUSPEND US SO WE COULDN'T COME BACK TO SCHOOL BUT ONE OF MY

FRIENDS THREW A SMOKE BOMB IN HIS OFFICE KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS I THEN USED ONE OF MY FATHER'S MANUSCRIPT SPELLS TO ERASE HIS MEMORY AND WE LET OURSELVES BACK INTO CLASS. AFTER THAT INCIDENT WE VOWED TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION UNTIL WE REACHED OUR DREAMS, IT WASN'T UNTIL MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS DID THE DARK SPIRIT AWAKEN INSIDE AND SPOKE TO ME. THE SPIRIT REVEALED MANY THINGS TO ME EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD REVEAL ITSELF THROUGH MY REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR HORRIBLY DISFIGURED MY FACE AND CAUSING ME TO WEAR A MASK WITH INCANTATIONS CARVED IN IT TO KEEP THE DARK SPIRIT UNDER MY CONTROL. ONCE MY PARENTS DISCOVERED WHAT I DID THEY WERE NOT HAPPY AND TRIED TO DISCIPLINE ME BUT ALL THAT DID WAS MAKE ME MAD SO I DID THE UNTHINKABLE. I USED THE POWER OF THE EVIL SPIRIT TO CONTROL THEIR MINDS THEN HAD THEM DECAPITATE EACH OTHER. THEN I SHOT A MASS OF EVIL ENERGY INTO THEIR LIFELESS CORPSES UNTIL THEY TURNED INTO ASHES. SUDDENLY THE MOST BIZARRE PHENOMENON TOOK PLACE, THEIR ASHES CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BEGAN TO SPARK LIKE A FIREWORKS SHOW. LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THE TIME BUT I HAD DISCOVERED THAT HUMAN REMAINS WERE COMBUSTIBLE.

TEN YEARS LATER MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND ME DECIDED TO CASH IN ON MY RECENT DISCOVERY AND SPLIT THE PROFITS FOUR WAYS. THESE MAJOR INVESTMENTS LEAD TO THE CREATION OF MY MULTI MILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY MERCHANT'S I.N.C, THIS ALSO LED TO MY NEW ALTER EGO "THE EVIL MERCHANT". FOR YOU SEE I SPENT THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFE MANUFACTURING MILITARY WEAPONS DESIGNED BY MY SCIENTIFIC FRIENDS WHO BECAME MY RIGHT HAND ASSISTANTS IN ALL MY SICK TWISTED INVENTIONS. BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH THE DARKNESS WITHIN WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SETTLE FOR JUST LEGIT INVESTMENTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT. I WANTED POWER AND WITH THE RECENT DISCOVERIES BEING MADE IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES WHERE THE LEGENDARY BLUE MONK CLAN LIVED I KNEW I COULD ATTAIN THE POWER I WAS LOOKING FOR. WE IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK I BOARDED MY HELICOPTER AND RAIDED THE ENTIRE SITE UNTIL I GOT WHAT I WANTED, OF COURSE I HAD HELP FROM THE DEMONIC SPIRIT WHO GAVE ME CONTROL OF A SMALL ELITE TEAM OF DARK CREATURES I LIKE TO CALL "DARK HENCHMEN." I ALSO BEGAN TO RAID GRAVEYARDS DIGGING UP CORPSES AND BURN THEM INTO ASHES, WHICH MY COMPANY USED TO CREATE GUNPOWDER. ONCE THE GOVERNMENT CAUGHT ON TO MY BRILLIANT PLANS MY COMPANY'S FUNDING WAS CUT AND I WENT BANKRUPT. SO I BEGAN TO TAKE MY REVENGE RAIDING MUSEUMS, STEALING ANCIENT POWERFUL ARTIFACTS AND DEVOTING THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFE BATTLING AND PLANNING THE DESTRUCTION OF A CERTAIN HERO.


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