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
“Brother.” “Amy.” Adam moved and picked up his little sister off the ground. Amy was already close to the 7th tier at the age of ten. In the Empress’s own words, Amy was far ahead compared to her, but Adam knew better. Amy had much more resources compared to what the Empress had at the time. Even though the Empress was from the royal family, there was a big difference between the available resources. The body tempering arts were much more advanced. Also, Amy received the best medicine, food, and environment for improvement. In comparison, Adam always felt there was no one he could compare with the Empress. As for him, he relied on the system until a couple of weeks ago. “Bad brother. You didn’t contact me for days. I am angry.” Adam felt happy and lost when Amy started pouting. She looked adorable with her gesture. He also felt a bit relieved. Compared to the last time he disappeared, her reaction was much better. He slowly gave a grateful look to the Empress. “What are
“Your Majesty.”Adam caught the Empress’ hands in a hurry.“What? You are getting too bold. Catching my hands.”He knew she was just scolding him, and she wasn’t truly angry. “That is not it. Someone is here.”“Huh? Here? I can’t feel anyone.”She was looking around in confusion.“Not here, Your Majesty. Someone just entered our world.”“World? Are you saying someone like you?”“Maybe….”He lifted his head up from his comfortable pillow with a frow. Casually coming into this world even without alerting Mahisha. ‘This person wanted me to know that he is here.’He knew this presence was announcing its arrival.“Huh? But there are no drastic changes. Is he also falling from the sky? Well, it is very silent.”Adam froze when he heard the Empress. He instantly looked away.“What? Don’t tell me you did that on purpose?”“It was a mistake.”“What do you mean it is a mistake?”“Well. I didn’t know there were other ways to travel. So I just jumped down.”“Pfft… Hahaha….”‘This is why I didn
“What did you say about this?”Adam studied the behaviour of the Heavenly Demon. They finally managed to sit down for a conversation. Despite the young look, he knew this man was old. Also, his talkative nature disappeared after he calmed down. Adam eyed the Empress, who seemed to be a bit shaken. He slowly tightened his hand around her palm, giving her some assurance. “Hm. It is the same as the titles. They all carry the same power.”“What power?”“The power around us.”Adam didn’t know what this power exactly was, but he wondered how he failed to notice it all this time. It was the source of the power of the divine power, it was the source behind the power of the darkness. It was the real source of power behind the Abyss. A power that they all live in. “Around us? What kind of thing are you talking about?”“I am not exactly sure.”Adam tried to find a way to describe it.“It is everywhere. Just that… I never saw it before.”“Wait. Don’t tell me you feel the power of the souls. I
“Good morning, Mr Beru.”“Good morning, Kelly.”Beru waved his hand at the young girl running along the path. He sipped his warm drink, looking at the green leaves and listening to the sound of singing birds. He switched his weight to the other hand, enjoying the view of the valley. He finally got a house in the Valley of Wonders. Of course, it came with a catch, but he didn’t mind. He had to give up his chamber of commerce and join the Crimson Empire. It wasn’t a bad deal for him in any way. Sure, he couldn’t earn the profit as he pleased, but he still got profit from his uncle. Besides, his wages for the current position weren’t bad. However, what he admired the most was his status. People knew him. From people who worked under him to the traders from the Eastern continent to all the way to the Crimson Empress. The people knew him by his name. He was no longer the second son of his family. He served the largest Empire in the known world. There was no Empire that could match th
“Captain! Captain!”“What is it now man?”The middle-aged man sounded annoyed by the calling.They just had to guard the city wall. He sometimes wondered if that had to be this bothersome. The winter passed and spring took over their city. It was no longer cold and the duty was a very easy one. There weren’t many things they had to worry about. Even though this middle-aged man knew what was beyond the horizon. There was a sleeping monster, silently waiting. ‘But things have been quiet lately. Besides, we didn't draw any attention.’By the order of the king, no refugees coil pass through their city anymore. Sometimes they saw several figures rushing toward the horizon, but their orders were to ignore them. Because those were the people who slipped past the lines further north. Their kingdom was too big to stop everyone. Besides, he witnessed some of those people fall down and others try to rescue them. Some called for help and sometimes those painful cries even reached the city wal
“My Lord! My Lord!”A soldier rushed to the palace of the Wind Hold city in panic.The lord of the city was about to stand up when he heard the bells chiming in the city.He frowned, looking out of the window.“Why didn’t we hear anything?”He looked at the man across the table. They were supposed to get a message beforehand if the enemies came. ‘Did they come from another way?’He wasn’t worried too much. Because they had a plan to defend against the Crimson Empire.“I can’t contact them… My Lord.”“Huh?”He felt troubled. This shouldn't be happening. Their scouts weren’t in the open and they were not simple soldiers. If a full invasion came, they should know it by now. “My Lord! My Lord!”The soldier finally barged into the room.“My… My Lord… They are here.”“The Crimson Empire?”“Yes! Yes… My Lord.”“And our soldiers?”“One messenger just entered the city, My Lord.”“A messenger? That wasn’t the plan.”Although it wasn’t too disadvantageous, they were supposed to use these spies
“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