Salvation through War

By Albert Oon

Life is war for Canis as they raise soldiers and guards to fight for their love of God and neighbor. Freya is receiving special training from her beloved teacher, Zephan, who will guide her in this training, however, he will unexpectedly take her journey down a different direction making her question if she truly wants to live a life of seemingly never-ending violence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Oon
• Release date: Jan 29, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224159673

Albert Oon

A Catholic, self-published writer who writes for fun and to help others out. I write in the genres of horror, fantasy, romance, and sci-fi. I hope to be a successful writer who will be successful by helping you through life and possibly even help save your soul by leading you to God.

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Salvation Through War

Copyright 2024 Albert Oon

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Chapter 1 – Training to Become Deadlier

My classmates and I stand in the fiery wastes near the top of a volcano with our teacher, Zephan, standing at the top even as lava flows from it.

Why do you timidly stand there with such blanket faces? Zephan says. You may be children but you are the children of the fierce people of Canis whose land and people are blessed by God for His specific and unique purposes. You should not fear the fires around you. Instead, you should embrace them. Observe.

Zephan sticks his hands into the lava and then takes them out. Once the lava falls from his hands, we see that they haven’t been harmed one bit.

Haha! The look of surprising children and foreigners by our people’s resilience never gets old. No other kingdom’s people can do this. Only we are. That is what makes us blessed and why only we are the rulers of this hostile land. Now that you see you have no reason to fear the flames, come closer and look into the volcano.

We do as Zephan says and I see nothing but black smoke and faint lights.

This is one of the many volcanoes where we obtain the crystals that we put into our weapons to make them even deadlier than they already are. So, who wants to jump in first and claim their crystal?

Seeing that no one is volunteering first, I jump into the volcano. The fall wasn’t as high nor is it as hot here as I thought it’d be. I’m used to the heat after all. Not even the lava I’m walking in every other step bothers me much. Around me, I find a variety of crystals that are various shades of golden, orange, and red.

Thatta girl, Freya! Zephan from above.

Everyone is coming down now so I quickly look over the crystals to pick one out. One crimson-colored crystal catches my eyes and feels like it’s calling to me so I take it as my own. As I look into it, I wake up from my memory of the past and am back in the present.

Your match is ready now, Freya, a fellow countryman says.

Finally, I say before putting away my crystal in my pocket.

I take a practice axe and walk out into the arena filled with cheering people from Canis and green men and women, the orcs, from