“Your Majesty.”“Hm?”“Do you like it?”“Yes. I like it.”She looked out to the endless green in front of her eyes. It wasn’t a forest. It was the Valley of Wonders. Far to the eastern end of the valley, she could see the number of people trying to enter the valley. It was the day they opened the Valley of Wonders to the outside world. Also, it was the same day she officially came to visit her new palace. After two years of waiting since the first opening of the valley, it was officially open to the rest of the world. She loved the scene below the palace. There were thousands of houses, factories, buildings and many other things, and she could see everything from the palace. It was a lively and harmonious place. The towering Magic tower, the Weather tower, and the Tower of the thousand eyes brought a mysterious look along with the walking Tree Ents. Her palace took up around two-thirds of the entire western hill, and it wasn’t as big as the West Coast city palace. However, she lo
“Are you nervous, brother Adam?”“A bit.”Adam didn’t deny his nervousness. “See, brother Adam. If you learned the customs of the Empire you won’t be in so much trouble today. I mean you could have stayed single and carefree for a long while.”‘Sigh.’Adam decided to ignore Alex. This guy was already at the 10th tier and one of the most respected magicians within the Valley of Wonders. Even though Alex had concealed his domain, Adam felt his pulsating power. Alex was certainly worthy of his position as the master of the new magic tower. Still, he was acting like a kid. Honestly, Adam wasn’t worried about his decision. Even if it was a mistake at the time, he would have done it again even after knowing. There was no other person he wanted to be with the Empress. She was the one person who believed in him from the very beginning, and her support was the thing that brought him this far in such a short time. “I am not worried about that.”“Huh? What… Brother Adam?”“I am not worried a
Adam felt the endless darkness gathering in his body. “Start!” With the Empress’s command, he released the Darkness domain. The pitch-black darkness started to spread under his feet like a black liquid, expanding in a circular area surrounding him. He felt the limit of his domain as it reached halfway through to his opponents. ‘Not enough.’ Adam kept gathering the darkness as he pushed the boundary of the Darkness Domain. Half of his opponents had their own domain, but he didn’t. The only easy way he could deal with them was by using his darkness domain, and he didn’t hesitate to use it. However, he decided to slow down, looking at his unsettled opponents. He could have just taken them down with the darkness domain, but he at least needed to give them an opportunity to fight back. Otherwise, it would be nothing more than a sneak attack. Although he didn't care about honour during a war, this was a duel. “I am… Your opponent.” Milan yelled before finally pulling out his swor
“Adam.”Elena didn’t know where she should look or what she should do. She ignored the terrified people and her sister who was talking to her without an end. “Your Majesty. What happened? Where… Where is the Lord?”Helen appeared out of nowhere, looking terrified. “I… I don’t know.”Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. These people who came to challenge Adam came here today. She didn’t doubt them at first because she knew some of them. Genius people from several noble families. Even though their respective families tried to keep their information hidden, it wasn’t that easy. There was always a small gap that left some of these out. However, she didn’t care about them at all. None of them should be Adam’s match. She was indeed a bit surprised when she saw him challenge all of them at once, but she knew Adam more than anyone. He was not an idiot or a person who liked to show off. He would rather accept a loss than to do something worthless. Since he had the confidence, she didn’t in
“Lord Mason.”“Hm?”Mason looked at the empty throne. “Lord Mason.”“Ah… Yes?”He turned around at the others, feeling lost. It had been three days since Adam disappeared and they hadn't seen Her Majesty since then. It escalated to a point where the Grand Emperor had to return to the West Coast city.He turned around, feeling pressured. There were dragons sitting in the Imperial Court. It happened before too, but not five elder dragons at the same time. The worst thing was that the Dragons were expecting an answer from him.‘Sigh. What should I say? I am also lost; just like you guys.’He could hear the painful roar of the Black Dragon Mirak from time to time. The cries of the Dragon coming from the eastern gate were no longer a secret to the West Coast. The worst was that even the dragons didn’t know how to stop these painful roars, and Her Majesty didn’t want them to take dragon Mirak away from the West Coast. “It is lucky that no one else is hurt.”He had nothing else to say, an
“Papa!”“Hm?”He looked at the scrawny-looking child with sunken eyes. Her hair was a mess and her face was covered in dirt. However, he saw the beautiful face of her daughter through all this. “I brought you this.”She smiled at him with a weak look.Looking at the dried pine cone in her hand, he felt a heavy burden in his heart. “Papa can eat this.” He hugged her carefully, trying to hide his tears. She was at an age where she should be cheerfully playing, not trying to scraps to eat.‘I am a failure.’He failed to feed his family. The war between Heaven's Kingdom and the Kingdom of Larson was getting worse by the day, and people like him had to suffer endlessly. Three months ago, the armies of the Kingdom of Larson charged through their village, killing, raping and pillaging. He managed to save his family by hiding in their basement, but not everyone.His son didn’t make it. The soldiers set fire to the houses and they had to stay inside until the fire died down. After comin
“What happened?” Adam slowly moved his body. He felt extremely comfortable. ‘Where am I?’ He suddenly paused when he realised there was something that didn’t add up. It was silent and he didn’t smell anything at all. There was no one in the surrounding area. He fell into thought, trying to recall what exactly happened. ‘Ah… Right.’ Memories flooded his brain with the events that happened that day. He failed to control the darkness, and then he fell unconscious. ‘Hm? But where exactly is this?’ He slowly opened his eyes, trying to grasp the situation. He was not on the soft bed in the palace, and this wasn’t anyplace he was familiar with. There were no lingering scents that he knew of. More likely, there was no scent at all. He noticed the tall ceiling made of… Stones? There were many carvings on the ceiling, but it wasn’t colourful at all. Rather it was black. ‘No! This isn’t even black. This is just carved in whatever this roof is made of. No colours or anything else.’
“What is that?” Adam almost dropped the magic mirror when he saw the massive blue ball rotating in the dark. There were countless small light spots surrounding it, and he thought those were stars. “That…? Isn’t it the world you were resting in, master?” “The world?” Adam walked to the giant window in a daze. All this time, he only heard the name world, but now he was looking at it. “Wait! The world is supposed to be in the universe. Then… Where am I?” “You are in your palace, master. It is just outside this world. I brought it here as you commanded.” “I commanded? When did I command that?” “Time? It is a weird concept, master. To be exact… It was about two years ago from that world’s time. I wonder why you wanted me to bring it here after such a long time.” ‘Two years? Isn’t that the time I got the system? Was it something done by the system?’ He thought it was the only possibility. The system was the one that gave him the ability to summon the spirit wolf. ‘But why?’ He l