‘Brother, hold on a bit longer!’
Roland looked worriedly at his brother.
His brother, Lock suffered as a child because of famine. He remembered the time they only had meat to eat, but his brother’s body became weak due to the lack of food.
He and Dean, their younger brother, took care of Lock for all these years. However, about a month ago Lock started refusing to eat. A week ago, he stopped eating anything, making him grow weaker every day.
He tried using his position as an Empire Knight to seek the best potion makers, but it made no progress. He and his family lost all their hope until he saw something about a day ago.
An old man moved to the valley with his family, and he heard the old m
“How are you now?”“I am doing well, My Lord. Thank you!”“You shouldn’t walk too much until you recover.”“Yes, My Lord.”“We will call you once we are ready. Let’s go.”Ron listened to the conversation between Lord Adam and the young man with a horrible scar on his face. He noticed that the young man’s condition was at the stage of recovery. Judging by his careful movement, Ron could tell that the young man was afraid of hurting his back.‘This must be the young man Lord Adam mentioned. But isn’t his recovery too fast?’Fixing someth
“They are ready, Your Majesty.”“I can see that!”She used her teasing voice.‘He is getting stronger. Is he practising at night?’Elena wondered.She felt his power last time he talked to the master potion makers. Even though it was not above her, she knew he was strong.‘Maybe even strong enough to overpower an Empire Knight.’She never looked into his power, but it was growing at a rapid rate.‘I must become stronger.’She suddenly felt she was falling behind.
‘Huh?’Adam jolted awake, feeling the sudden sensation in his body.‘Is that another dream?’He had several dreams for the past few days.He saw his mother when they were back in their old village. Those old memories brought a sense of sadness to his heart. Then there were days he dreamed about the Empress.He never woke up before because of a dream.‘There is something different. System?’He called out the only thing that could affect him unknowingly. If it was not for the system, he would be in grave danger. With his current enhanced senses, if something managed to approach
“Let’s eat.”Ava placed the last dish on the table before sitting beside her sisters.Three of them were not related by blood, but they stayed together since young. When they had to move to the Crimson Empire, their families had to stay behind because of their roles in the Elven Kingdom.Since then, they usually had their dinner in one house. Even though they wanted to have one temporary house, Mr Sean insisted on having three houses for future convenience. Since then, dinner was the time they gathered together like this. Sometimes Alyndra stayed in her or Keya’s house.“I am still not used to living on the ground.”Alyndra pouted, but it didn’t stop her from filling her p
“Old man, are you excited?”“Aww….”George winced in pain.He rubbed his shoulder, knowing this short girl would ignore him.‘I am excited. But do you have to punch with every word? Why did a smart girl like you become so violent?’He was no match for the strength of the blacksmith girl, and she would punch someone every time she was excited. He knew the other dwarfs kept their distance from her when she was excited, but he always became the victim. He noticed some people looking at him with sympathy, while a few hid their laughter with an effort.‘Why did a smart girl like you have so much strength?’
“What is your plan for the New Year?”Elena kept her eyes closed, feeling Adam’s hands on her shoulders.All her tension from the day vanished little by little.“I am planning on proceeding with the construction, Your Majesty. We can sell the first batch of clothes that will come out in several days. They are mostly targeting the rich, so I was thinking about selling them to other kingdoms. That way, no one will look for their origin in the short term. Then I was thinking about….”‘Sigh!’Elena opened her eyes. She saw Adam keep talking while his hands constantly moved. She looked at his enthusiastic face with a disappointed look. She even noticed Jane looking at Adam wit
“Sister, too many clothes.”“Just cover your ears.Maya ignored Ivan’s complaints.Her brother was intelligent enough to know these clothes would keep him warm outside. He was just in a hurry to play with his friends.Maya understood Ivan’s thoughts. For them, going out safely at night was just a dream. Just thinking about being able to play around with his friends in the celebration must excite her little brother.“But if I get sick, Miss Mila will give me medicine.”“Miss Mila? Brat, did you forget your sister is also a healer?”She gently knocked on Ivan’s
“Another cup!”Elena enjoyed the dwarven wine. It was the first batch of brew in the valley, and the taste was far better than what they had in the Crimson Empire.It was almost near midnight, and there was no reason for anyone to arrive anymore. Few of the officials came, as usual, to leave after a greeting, and many would bring their gift to tomorrow’s court. She wanted to see the outside. Unlike other years, this year people of the West Coast city celebrated the evening outside.This year, her mood was worse. Today was a holiday for the officials, and Adam wasn’t here the entire day.‘They must be enjoying themselves with their families.’She wondered if Adam came back from the val
“Amazing.”Despite her words, the older girl saw several teardrops in the eyes of her little sister, and she didn’t say anything about that. The story was sweet and sour. She picked her up and held her against her chest. Their mother and father were talking with some other families in the distance. Many pilgrims and worshipers walked around them, and some were telling the same story as her. It was the story of a legend. “That is the story of the Great Blood Wolf.” The older girl ended the story, holding her younger sister’s hand in front of the massive statue of their Grand Empress and Her Consort. The Blood Wolf. “Oh….” Her little sister looked elated, looking at the massive statue of the couple. The greatest rulers of the world. She knew her sister would ask about this story again and again, but she was happy to see her little tail swinging in excitement. “Are you happy?” “Yes. I am very happy. I want to be as strong as the Grand Empress in the future.” “Of Course, you
“Grandfather?” The old man shook when he heard this call. He wanted to strangle this thing to death, but first, he needed an answer. “Why did you do that? Why did you kill my Grandson?” His face looked tired and battered. Time was not a concept for him, and he hoped to see his Grandchild someday. He came here because he almost felt the presence of his little boy. However, it wasn’t him. He looked at Chaos. He remembered the day when he first saw the two-headed infant drifting across the universe. Their first meeting wasn’t a good one. The first time he met him, this kid attacked him and even injured him. However, he treated Chaos as a child and even adopted him into the family. He grew up together with his only Grandson. They were great friends and family. His Grandson never treated Chaos badly. That was the reason he permitted Chaos to go with his Grandson when he left to become the first Guardian of the universe. He was the one who even granted this power to his Grandson on
Adam crashed onto the ground with full force. He didn’t want to slow down when he saw the hideous figure standing on the beach. He knew what it was. He gritted his teeth to ignore the head-splitting pain that came with the memories. He was finally looking at the nemesis of this world; Chaos. Adam wished he could end this thing with one blow. Because it was something that shouldn’t exist. He was betting the lives of too many people, and the life of the Empress. If he failed right now, he would fail the entire world forever. His punch landed inches away from his target, but that thing moved several metres away with ease. The ground shattered under his blow, and the foul stench of the chaos entered his nose. He finally understood why the world and Mahisha failed to access this ground. Because it was contaminated by Chaos. He already created armour around his body and coated his sword with the aura of the Abyss. He didn’t have a reason to drag this. ‘This is not going to be
“Still nothing, commander.” “What exactly is going on?” Morga Steelbeard was lost. Not in the sea, but in his own thoughts. After two long months in the sea, they finally found their destination. As the second fleet commander of the Crimson Empire, he had an army of his own. Although it was still not at the level of Sakura’s fleet with twelve warships and two supply ships; his seven-shipped fleet was the second powerhouse of the sea. The land was just ahead of them, but they failed to find anything even after searching for two days. The western continent looked desolate and abandoned. There were not even large animals. This was too alarming for him. They saw birds and small rodents, but nothing bigger than that. The forest looked untainted for generations. He didn’t even think about sending a landing party. The risk was too much. ‘What exactly is happening?’ They passed through the so-called barrier about a week back, and there was nothing in between the northern continent an
“We should leave!” “Yes, Your Majesty.” Adam smiled, looking at the Empress. He wondered how many changes she made within the day to the castle. “I changed the 12th floor entirely. You should go and see.” “I will, Your Majesty.” He was sure it would be a combination of blue, shades of blue, and some gold, white and silver, and more shades of blue. There was nothing more to think, but he knew way better than to voice it out. ‘It is a good thing I have Mahisha to help her.’ He wouldn’t get any time to train his powers if he had to change the Abyss castle by himself. He sometimes felt the Empress was playing with the castle because it could be changed based on her simple thoughts. He didn’t care much at all. As long as she was happy with it. When she came here for the first time, she had a lot of complaints about the dull colours and the bad choice of material. In the end, he had no choice but to let her handle the decorations and colours as she pleased. “Not now. We have
Adam moved fast and landed in the area he saw the camps. He simply nodded at the people who started greeting him,He already found Alex, and he didn’t seem to be alright. “My Lord!!”Adam nodded at David before entering the tent. Already, there were several healers around the bed, including Mila. ‘Not good.’He felt Alex’s breathing wasn’t stable. “What happened?”The people made way for him with ease.“My Lord. There seemed to be a weird poison.”“Poison?”He didn’t smell any poison, but he realised Alex was unstable. Someone had removed the clothes from his upper body. His veins could be seen on his chest and there was a back lump on his chest. The wound was gone, but he wasn't getting any better. “Hm… Divine power.”He didn’t expect the enemy to use such a weapon. If it was before, he would have had a hard time dealing with this, but not anymore. The divine power was just another source of power restricted to this world. Although it was the most powerful, it wasn’t powerful en
“Are you alright?”“Yes, Your Majesty.”Adam sat with the Empress, looking at the two girls playing on the beach.To him, knowing the truth didn’t hurt much. Rather, he felt relieved to know the truth. ‘Am I angry?’He couldn’t say no. He was angry. If he didn’t lose his father, things would have been much different for them. Maybe… Just Maybe… His mother could have survived. Of course, it would have changed many aspects of his life, including moving to the West Coast, but he wished his mother to be alive. However, knowing the Church of Light might be behind his father’s death didn’t sting as he thought it would. As for how he knew his father was dead; that was because of what he saw in the underground of the church. There were hundreds of dead bodies being held there, draining the liquids from the,He didn’t know what was the exact process, but he saw the so-called Life potion coming out of that facility. Besides, Helen confirmed this matter. ‘If not for Amy and Zafira, I would ha
“We have to run!” Oliver heard someone yelling, but he didn’t know what to do. “He followed the orders of the king, coming here to destroy the Summer Palace city. The reason was to simply buy them more time. According to the information they received, the army was led by the infamous three Generals of the Crimson Empire. Since the main army was already divided into three, there shouldn’t be enough power to fight against twenty 10th-tier powerhouses at the same time. Besides, the Crimson Empire army should have more than enough Dwarven machines to face them. However, there shouldn't be enough time to move them for a defensive battle or to mount them on a wall. In a sense, there was no way this city could stand against them. What really worried him was the results. They were doing all these things based on the assumption that the owner of the taboo name wasn’t as powerful as they said. However, he didn’t understand why they were underestimating the revenge of the Crimson Empi
Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h