Chapter 11. The Betrayal

Chimera stretched his body from side to side, but the aches still remained. His eyes watered as he stared at the rocky landscape before him. Try as he could, he could not see the entirety of what lay before him. His eyesight was not as it was fifty years ago. A thin film had covered both eyes and it was gradually failing day by day, but that did not deter him from reveling in the land. From memory, he recalled vast land and rolling mountainous hills. Plains and lush valleys were not left out either.

He sighed and decided to make use of his other senses to enrich his memory.

He did not need to strain his ears to hear the birds singing and insects cracking, nor did he need to sniff too hard in order to smell the fragrance of wheat and straw which was rife in the air. All these brought a smile to his face as he splayed his arms wide apart on either side of him.

“Come on, you lazy vagabonds, carry those bricks, they won’t lift themselves.”

The spell was broken ar