The wise men fell silent and each recalled the battle and how, indeed, a hero star did drive The Dark Power out of the state, but unexpectedly his force became greater and the star defender was thrown down. Then, all of a sudden, they realized the source of The Dark Power’s strength – the more he was beaten the stronger he became.
But the young sage came back still determined to fight and to turn the star into a hero.
– We will go to fight in the field together. And we will win. Or we will die, – he said. They came down from the top of the castle to the room with the fire and only the crackle of the logs in the fireplace broke the silence as the wisest sage was deep in thought.
– So, our enemy knows the secret of multiplying his force, does he? – the first and the cleverest sage reflected out loud
– How does he manage to do this? – he asked his fellows, searching for an answer in the depths of their eyes.
But they just looked away and the question hung unanswered in the silence.
Dawn was near. This one was a pure and fascinating dawn and looked to have been painted in oil by a great artist and was such that its like had never been seen before in these lands and a burning sun shimmered on the horizon.
Every morning the wise men observed the dawn attentively. It was the part of the day when they acquired the might for the whole day and lapsed into daydreams. But this morning they had to make a pressing decision. As each sunbeam pierced the sky and fell to earth The Dark Power began to destroy roads, bridges, buildings…
– So what do we do? – the seventh sage asked loudly with more than a touch of panic in his voice. – Will our last star become a hero?
– No! – the oldest sage blurted out, – our last star will become a beautiful Lady!
– Who?! – everyone turned to him, their faces full of questions. ― Why?!
– I think.., – the first sage said, – that I know the answer to our enemy’s power of multiplying his force. That is why our last hope, the last star, will turn into a beautiful virgin.
They looked out through the window and there in the morning dawn they saw how a star came down on a thin silver thread to the earth and turned into a beautiful Lady. She shook her long shining hair and, a little confused, began to look around her new world with a deep and frightened interest.