09/05/2025
THE KNIGHTS OF ZODIAC "CODEX ANOMALY"
The storm raged mercilessly over the ancient meadows of Gniezno or is the direction of our beginning, that place that the wise once called "the cradle of Poland". The rain hit the cobblestones with such ferocity that any human sound was drowned out by the roar of lightning.
Between the plain and the thick forest, a blue glow cut through the night sky like a dagger of light: an impact that made the earth tremble, opened smoldering cracks and tore the silence as it fell.
From the crater first came a gasp.... The earth spat smoke between the broken stones, then the glimpse of something formless, writhing in mud and blood. An entity of broken bones and torn flesh, still clinging to the remnants of the storm, emerged staggering, letting out a great squawk. Their feather flesh slumped as if afraid to stand tall, and their head, half blinded by splinters of skull, turned madly in search of... revenge?
Each step was a victory and an ordeal, the wail of his joints reverberated like the creaking of ancient traps. His hands, sharp bony claws, dug into the mud as he stumbled along.
That creature was alive, but not quite dead, it lived on the edge of duty and destiny, dragged along by a force that it did not understand, nor did it wish to understand, at that moment.
He stopped at the edge of the forest, where the rain hardly stopped. There, behind some tangled bushes, a small stable could be seen in the light of a late flash of lightning.
The creature raised its face, contorted in a grimace of pain and longing, the doomed specter had traveled centuries of oblivion to return home.
And at that crossroads of root and mud, under the rain that purifies and curses everything, his destiny began to whisper.
He groaned, the cracking of his bones rumbled like old timber about to break, and the drag of his mud-scarred hooves echoed against the stones of the road, each step a titanic effort, his joints grinding under a weight that seemed to come from the Underworld itself.
When he saw the shelter among the trunks, he twisted his bruised body and slipped through the undergrowth, hiding behind a wall of lichen-covered planks. The roof, cracked by the passage of time, gave way under the onslaught of the rain, revealing a large leak; A trickle of dirty water and fresh blood oozed from the ridge, mixing on the moldy tile, smelling of dampness and rottenness. The floor was covered with soggy straw, and old splintered utensils lay everywhere. With his flesh still half-torn, he inhaled the smell of refuge and past victims, his whole body trembling between gasps of pain and hunger.
He knew that he had no time left: self-consumerism continued with lethal rapidity, withering his strength and hastening his condemnation. He had to find a new guest, one in whom to nest his vengeance and his thirst for broken justice; someone who would allow them to rise again with power intact.
With a barely audible growl, he sat up on his front legs, dug his claws into the soggy earth, and stumbled
The inside of the barn barely withstood the storm. The wind whistled through the planks and the rain filtered through every crack. In the gloom, several horses snorted nervously, tapping their hooves on the damp ground, uneasy about a presence they did not yet understand.
The creature moved slowly among them, like a shadow that crawls between the cracks of reality, its empty eyes were fixed on one of the steeds: a beautiful thrush with pearl-gray fur and manes white as river foam; The animal trembled, receding and its eyes on the prowl dilating its black pearl eyes, but he did not have time to neigh with brutal violence, the entity pounced on him.
He tore him mercilessly, digging claws and jaws into his warm body. The sound of broken flesh and broken bones mingled with the roar of the storm and neighing of smell sullied the whole place. Within seconds, the noble animal's carcass lay inert, covered in blood and mud consuming it without a trace of its purity on site.
Then, the process began. The creature's body began to mutate: its bones readjusted with atrocious creaks, stolen flesh clung to its flanks, and from its back sprang feathered wings—like onyx and magnesite whose fur white as quartz and the drop of the crescent moon, torn, imposing from its still licited state. Its legs elongated into claws with double hooves, and a pair of dark membranes spread out on its back like the remains of an ancient winged crown. An incomplete transformation. A grotesque appearance of the hippogriff he once was.
"Hey, you!" A harsh voice shouted from behind the house. Little Meliz looked up. The master of the land, or perhaps his foreman, peeked out from among the half-fallen shutters. Go check. His tone was dry, authoritative. She replied without question.
Barefoot, her dress already soaked by the rain, Meliz walked to the stable, holding a wax lamp. The wind shook her at every step, and the mud covered her ankles as if the ground were trying to hold her back. When he arrived, the threshold seemed even darker than the night itself. He raised the lamp, and a trembling flame cast a pale amber light into the silence.
But it was only an instant.
A sudden gust extinguished the flame, leaving behind a smell of burnt wax and a thick silence. In the distance, there was the patter of water on the roofs, and now and then the muffled echo of distant thunder. Meliz swallowed.
Something inside the stable was breathing. Not like a horse. Not as a man.
The young woman entered cautiously, guided only by instinct, by a soft and bitter sensation in her stomach with every step, her feet splashing on the wet ground, the air smelling of blood. A creak made her stop. It wasn't wood, it wasn't straw: it was bones. Someone—or something—was walking.
Then, lightning erupted over the field and for a second, the scene was revealed with brutal clarity.
A steed stood in front of her, or at least something that had taken its shape. His eyes were empty sockets with a crimson glow deep inside. Its ribs were clearly marked under the wet skin, and its muzzle was long and almost deformed, with huge ears that stood up in its direction. He was not breathing. He just looked at her.
Meliz backed away. His body did not obey. And in that instant, the light ceased.
The darkness closed like a curtain. The wind stopped blowing. Only the footsteps of the girl recoiling, the wet whisper of death... and the sound of wings opening with eagerness to continue the cycle.
WILL CONTINUE......
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