Here I will tell you my terrible mistake, caused by a lack of trust in a letter someone wrote and threw in the sea, in a bottle. The letter was all about a certain monster called Nam-Thy. After all, after reading such a thing, how could I believe its writer was a sane person, and not someone completely delirious? What’s more, it seemed to have been written over a century ago! But, nonetheless, here is my story; the story of a man who should have believed the unbelievable ... I saw the strange message for the first time three years ago, but obviously did not think much of it.
Then, 18 months after, I received a phone call from a new company, offering me one billion dollars to search for a
submerged city, located at less than 50 kilometers of another one that sunk a little over a century ago. The ruins I had to visit were estimated to have been under water for many centuries, and so, as a young expert diver, and as a very curious individual, I agreed, thinking it was going to be easy money. Although it does not matter anymore, it had value before. And do, a month after, I was finally ready and went to meet in person with the responsible of the operation, who told me that our goal was to find information on this presumed ancient civilization and was provided with equipment. The equipment was a full body suit with a communication device linked to the base of operation, and a small exoskeleton, as well as a reserve of oxygen which could last many hours.
Once I was ready, we waited for the sun to be high in the sky, and I then went to the location. Soon after I got there, I entered the ruin of a great temple, in which my communication was instantly stopped, and the way by which I entered was instantaneously blocked by a huge rock. I tried to go back for some time, but I thought that it would be better for me to search for another way before becoming weak and weary, and so decided to go further in this ruined temple. Then, I saw something quite surprising; in the first room was an army of stone in a nearly perfect condition, but in which every soldier seemed like a sort of mix between a fish and a human. From what I could see, the army was made of roughly thousand swords, fifty golden armors, and a crown covered in jewelry governing over them, as it was in an ominous throne at the back of this majestic room. After wandering deeper and deeper, I eventually arrived at a new room, suspiciously empty at first sight, even more so as it was the last room of the temple. At this thought, I found it very strange, but soon found something quite interesting; the story of the people who lived there; the Altkans... Their
story started a long, long time ago, before even the first known civilization, if we believe what is written on the walls, barely visible because of the deterioration.
Obviously, I thought it was a mere fairy tale from the days of yore, mistakenly believing a so dangerous thought of mine has been terrible to me, but still, it happened and now there is nothing we can do. Thus, I shall continue to tell you their story. Before any human life was on Earth, they worshipped a so-called “great being from above,” in their words, which reminded me of the odd “Tale of Nam-Thy" I had found, making me think there was a connection between the two, even though this monument was much more ancient than the letter left by the one calling himself Hund. In this story on the walls, it was said that the Altkans were not controlled by anyone, rather they chose to worship the strange being willingly because they knew what it was. This is where the information about the Altkans ended, but then, there was an explanation on different kinds of being, based on what they knew at the time. The first one was the inferior beings. They were born with luck, such as the humans and the Altkans, based on what was written there. Then there was the Astrals.
The Astrals existed before time, are eternal, and can grant powers, but only to greater beings and to the Supreme Being, the latter which does not exist, or at least not yet apparently. Their powers vary depending on what controls them. If it is a greater being, they are much weaker, whilst they have no limit if controlled by the Supreme Being. Oddly enough, even though it does not exist yet, they seem to know that its name starts with an “H” but not the rest of it, or at least it was broken, if it was ever written. Thirdly, there was greater beings. The only thing said about them was that they were strong and born from the universe itself, in the middle of a galaxy. Finally, there was the Supreme Being.
The only thing said about it was that its powers surpassed by far a greater being’s. Even if a hundred greater beings tried to fight against it, the fight would be over in an instant,
the Supreme Being victorious. The only way for one to exist is for a greater being to be killed by a normal being, after which its killer would instantly consume all five greater beings, regardless of their locations. The being they worshipped was among those five, making it a greater being.
Confused, I pondered; why such a thing was here, deep under water, and with messages wrote in a language that never should have reached this place, a sunken city which sunk a long, long time ago? That I still do not know, but I knew something was wrong, and felt an ominous presence.
Suddenly, I became very afraid. Afraid of what I could not see, something I did not want to see... So, I turned back.
Back to where I belonged, trying to go back to the surface, to reach the shore before I was killed by what terrible secret this place bore. Sadly, because of my infinite stupidity, I stood still in front of the stone army, too scared to even move. At this moment, this stone fell to the ground, revealing the very real army this place harbored. At the same time, a part of the ceiling broke off and went way in the water, letting me a chance to escape. I went to it as fast as I could, swimming faster than ever before, and got back to the shore with only a few minutes of air remaining.
Then, just as I thought that I was saved, I saw them. The Altkans were rising from the sea, they begun invading Earth’s surface... This is how it all started. The reason the world is now in ruins, and everyone struggles to survive, hiding underground or hiding hoping not to get found on the surface.
It has now been two years and, like the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, I will be nameless here for evermore, leaving this letter as the last trace of my existence.
Marc, 2060