“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
Adam opened his eyes after an unknown amount of time. He didn’t expect such pain at a time like this. It was as if something was trying to drill out of his head. ‘These memories… They aren’t mine.’He remembered the so-called memory fragments he saw when he almost died in the north. However, these were of use to him, especially since he was in an unknown place. Still, he realised something. Something inside his head was preventing him from getting all these memories. The pain he had to endure was because of this. He felt like he was squeezing these memories out of a tunnel full of sharp thorns. “Master… Are you alright?”“Yeah.”Adam felt Mahisha standing near him.He slowly stood up and waved his hand. The memories he got were enough for him to understand this place. Not everything, but some basic idea about what he could do. With a wave of his hand, a white couch rose from the ground. It gave him a slight pain inside, but it wasn’t much. He realised what happened earlier had da
“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