“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
‘Adam?’Elena felt the sudden gentleness wrapping around her. It was warm and safe as if she was in his embrace. Her body became light and the aura helped her to stand up. “Sorry, I am late.”She looked at him in a daze.He wore a shirt and pants made of red and black material. It wasn’t the same clothes he wore when he disappeared. His body was on fire but he looked fine. Elena felt her vision become blurry with emotions. He was here, smiling at her once more. She wanted to ask so many things and rush up to him. To be in his embrace. Maybe even punch him a few times for leaving her behind, but she tried her best to hold back her tears. She could have all the time she needed with him, but first, she stayed there watching him clumsily putting out fire with his hands.“You are late.”She watched him finally walking toward her. Everyone else was simply kneeling around them.“I am sorry, Your Majesty. Eh… Why are they kneeling? I felt even you and Amy kneeling. What happened?”“Isn’t
“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