“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
“Master.”“Hm?”Adam took his eyes off the book.He was reading a book about the history of the galaxy while his fingers continuously controlled the power of the Abyss. Even though he wasn’t proficient in it, the advancement he had during the past couple of days was indeed satisfying.“They are all gathered, master.”“You are done preparing them?”“Yes, master.”“Let’s go and see.”Adam didn’t mind Mahisha’s emotionless tone. It was the same as the first day he came here. This manifestation was the will of the Abyss itself. It had enough intelligence and power. As for human emotions, Adam didn’t mind Mahisha not having it much. However, he felt it would be intimidating to someone else if they considered Mahisha’s rough voice, yet he never felt like that. ‘Maybe because of these strange memories.’Every knowledge he had in his mind gave him a sense of familiarity and belonging to the Abyss.He saw the faint image of the wolf vanish from the castle library. ‘Sigh.’Adam looked at the
‘Sigh. I guess I have no other option for now.’Until he was strong enough to find the memories buried in his mind, he couldn’t do anything about the situation. Besides, he was looking at the scene below him. The West Coast was already below the Abyss. If he wanted to leave, he had to go now. “Mahisha. I’ll be leaving.”“Yes, Master.”Adam looked at this gloomy castle once more before jumping out of the window.…“Master, the portal is ready….”Mahisha felt his master moving away from the Abyss as he spoke. “Huh?”It looked at the vertical yellow circle in front of him in confusion before feeling its master falling toward the planet.It tilted its head in confusion before reaching out.“Master.”“Yes, Mahisha?”“Master. What about the portal?”“Eh… What portal?”“The one I opened for you to go to the place you were on that planet.”…Adam choked on his words when he heard that.“Did the master forget that?”‘What forget? I didn’t even know there was one like that.’He wondered if it
The defining blast echoed through the air. Elena looked up at the sky, feeling an unspeakable fear. The clouds started to disappear, and a ball of flame pierced through the blue sky.“Ah….”Pressure at a level she never felt before filled the air.“What… What did you do?”She heard Helen’s stuttering voice. “This is not… Ah….”The apostles failed to answer her as they fell to the ground with painful screams. The surrounding air started to vibrate and her vision became blurry. “Your… Majesty. It… Is coming here.”“I know….”Elena felt her throat getting dry.“Human… Ruler… Let us take you to safety.”Elena turned toward the dragons. “Even you can’t do anything?”“This power is… It is….”“What about it?”She gritted her teeth, realising the gravity of the situation. “It is… As powerful as the chaos at its prime.”Her scalpel went numb when she heard this. “Prepare for battle.”“Your Majesty….”“I am not going to abandon my people.”“But… Your Majesty….”Elena ignored Helen, tr