“Commander, we have multiple sea creatures coming our way.” “This is bad.” Steelbeard had been in the sea for years, and he could tell it was getting out of control. The waves crashing against them weren't natural. There was something big beneath them. “There is more than one.” He saw the ugly monsters appearing in the crystal mirrors. “They are coming up, commander.” “Hold the fire.” “Sakura, let's get to the island.” He didn’t know what the capabilities of these people were, but multiple sea monsters were not something they could handle. Their best chance was to get to the island. “Crack.” An enormous sound of cracking came from the sky. For a moment, this reminded him of an eggshell cracking. “Roar!” A defining roar filled the air. Suddenly, the violent waves crashing against the ships disappeared. The monsters looked as if they were frozen in fear. Several tentacles rose from the sea and looked as if they were embedded in ice. A wave of fire came from the sky, cra
Sakura silently knelt beside the gravestone. She cried until it didn’t hurt anymore. She didn’t know her mother until today. The only portrait she saw was the drawing her father had. She never thought the day she would see her mother would be like this.“Sakura… I am sorry, daughter.”“It is okay, dad.”Over the years, she thought about this possibility a lot, and she was ready for it.“Are you going to stay here?”“I will be here for a few weeks. We need a base on this island before we go further.”She wasn’t worried about the sea monsters. Those things were always in the sea. The reason they suddenly surfaced was because of her calling the Lord’s name. She remembered their journey to the mysterious island. These creatures came after them every day until the Lord killed one. After he killed a Levithan, nothing came even near that island. She believed the situation would be the same. The Lord and Her Majesty were staying on the island for the day. She felt the slight tremor of the
‘It is the last day.’Lucas looked at the mining camp that almost looked like a small town.Well defended walls, houses, a medical centre, several small shops, and a bar that served the best dwarven beverages. After a long day of work, it gave the workers a place to feel rested and relaxed. He knew he succeeded in his initial mission. Because about two weeks ago she received an official letter, asking him to come to a special examination. He participated with many other contenders in a written and a verbal exam. Two days ago he got the results of the examination. He had scored the top mark in the exam and he was selected as the temporary leader of a new city council.This council would be a bit inferior to the council of the Valley of Wonders, but he was content with the opportunity.Honestly, he didn’t believe he would even pass the examination.The questions were not normal. Some asked about his decision in a certain crisis in a city, and some asked about his moral decisions. All
“But… We don’t have anything else.”Ken hated them. He worked tirelessly in the field every day, and in the end, he didn’t even have the right to feed his family. This year they came twice. If they gave anything else to these people, his family would starve.He didn’t understand why they had to give all their wheat to these soldiers. This year they wanted even more.“This is for your safety and the future of the Black Dragon Empire.”‘What safety?’He looked at the sadistic smile on the soldier's face. They had to fend off themselves. When the wild animals attacked, when the bandits raided their fields, and when their people fell sick, none of these people were there. He knew what would happen if they resist, but they really had nothing left to give. He looked back at the villagers looking at him with dead eyes. They had no hope left. “Boss… We found the grains. Hahaha….”“Let me go!”He saw a soldier carrying a sack of grains. On the other hand, he dragged a young girl.“No. Let
“Ehm.” Jane tried to gain the attention of the two people. She saw Adam immediately reacting to her, but Elena was different. She tightened her grip around Adam’s hand, preventing him from turning around. “Really, Elena?” Jane was reaching the limit of her patients these days. On the contrary, her sister was getting more and more carefree. She even dragged Adam away from work when she felt bored. Jane was busy beyond imagination. She felt like there was barely time for her to breathe. The Valley of Wonders was still in its growth period. Newly conquered cities needed attention, and then there was the new island. A base was being built in a hurry. This wasn’t all. The cities isolated between the Dragons Keep and the East Coast were the main problem. Those nobles were trying to negotiate endlessly while the refugees flooded the east coast. Adam’s men were actively seeking the villagers and other wanderers within the new land. Everything needed coins and a lot of attention.
“My Lord!”“Come in.”Adam didn’t want to lift his head, he knew who was talking. He knew Helen was snooping around to talk to him since morning. He just didn’t know the exact reason. Usually, this woman would find a way to avoid him as much as possible.It was another busy day for him. He was here in the Valley after a long time, and there were a thousand reports he needed to look at. The majority of decisions didn’t require his attention, but the Army, scouts, and the Churches needed his attention. Some of these parchments were just reports, but he knew none of these should be ignored. Some of them had new and intriguing ideas from various people. He never ignored positive changes and these things were important things to him.“Sit.”He felt the powerful woman was already near him, but he continued reading the document. It would be very difficult once he was back in the palace. The Empress had a thousand reasons to distract him, and Amy also needed his time. Basically, he had to c
Ken touched his daughter’s forehead, feeling the burning heat.His wife had tears in her eyes, and he felt helpless. They moved in with their son a couple of weeks ago. After that, His son moved to another place called Valley of Wonders to receive his training. He didn’t know where it was, but he knew it was beyond the High Pass Mountain. As for the way his son went there, he had a pretty good idea. Because it was the same way they came to Lishan city. They had to stand on a magical circle from the temporary army camp. After that, one soldier did something to make them covered in white light. When he opened his eyes again, he was looking at the tall walls of the city of Lishan city. The first day they came in, people asked for their details. After writing down their names and other things, he and his wife got a piece of wood with something written on them. He didn’t know any letters and he failed to know what it was, but he knew it was necessary. Because his son knew it was importa
“Commander.”“I… I can see.”Sakura was also stunned like the others. They finally saw the signs of another ship. Actually, it was a boat. The star charts were accurate enough. Because they were closer to the end of the marked route. Sakura thought it was much better. Since it was a boat, there was no way it was from the place they came from.The other party was yet to notice them, but they saw them on the horizon. Still, he knew the other party was just being careless. There was no way they should have missed their fleet.‘If they saw us, they should have reacted.’She didn’t believe whoever on the boat was not shaken by their fleet if they saw it. They had the Empire’s flag andHowever, to them, the horizon was just a few minutes away. It was better to learn about the other party before acting out. Since the advantage was theirs she decided to exploit it to the full.“Arm the cannons. Prepare the soldiers. Full speed ahead. Let’s catch up to that boat.”She could send the Wyverns
“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