2024-04-15 15:16:57Seven years ago, as Elias Hawthorne was preparing to close his herb shop on a peaceful night in Riverbend Hamlet, a small village located on the outskirts of Verdantia, he had to shut early.
Rumors of missing newborns were rampant, and it had been a busy day with many customers.
As he closed the shop, the sound of moving carriages at high speed and horses screaming pierced the night.
A banner flew into his face, bearing the emblem of the notorious Cursed Artificers Guild, which was allied with the missing babies.
Chills ran down his spine as he wondered what they were doing so far east.
After the silence that followed, a blast of light struck, momentarily turning night into day. The magical energy emitted shook the entire Aetheria realm.
Despite his shock, Elias's body moved towards the Silverwater River.
There, he found a white glossy carriage painted in blood, surrounded by a lot of dead bodies and horses.
The river ran red with blood. Among the dead were members of the Cursed Artificers Guild.
Inside the carriage, a woman lay dead, protecting something beneath her stomach.
Nearby were dead mages, seemingly protecting the carriage.
As he ventured further, pondering the source of the light and what had killed the members of the dark guild, Elias heard a baby's cry coming from the carriage he had just passed.
Realizing he hadn't heard it earlier due to shock, he hurried back.
The woman had been protecting a baby boy with brown skin.
It was evident that the dead were his parents, likely of noble blood, judging by the elite mages guarding the carriage.
Alongside the baby, there was something like a magic storage box that looked locked by magic.
Such boxes were rare and not easy to get, and it was small enough to fit in a pocket.
Additionally, the baby was wearing what looked like an enchanted pendant that was radiating weak magic. Elias wrapped the baby along with the box.
His instincts urged him to leave the scene quickly. As a retired mercenary who understood the corruption in the kingdom, he took the baby and left.
The sister from the orphanage located in Mossy Hollow listened skeptically as Elias Hawthorne explained how he found the baby.
However, she had no choice but to take the baby in, especially after feeling the powerful magic a week ago.
Elias couldn't care for the baby, so he left him in her care.
Before leaving, she asked him to give the baby a name, and he named him Oasis, after the desert kingdom of Avaloria, from where his brown skin likely originated.
Two weeks after the incident, news spread of the Divine King holy magic wielder,
Sir Roland Lightbringer from the Holy Cathedral, who single-handedly destroyed the three most powerful dark guilds: the Cursed Artificers, Obsidian Shadows, and Nightshade Assassins.
Since then, Sir Roland was titled "The Divine Avenger," and no dark guilds have been seen, thanks to his example.
When questioned about his presence in the east, far from the Holy Cathedral headquarters in the kingdom of Celestia in the western side of the realm,
Sir Roland explained that he had been tracking the incidents for some time.
The newborns of Celestia were also going missing, leading him to the dark guild from the south of the realm, the Cursed Artificers, rumored to have been seen in the east.
Despite the two kingdoms not being on talking terms, he had no choice but to go there and ended up destroying all the involved guilds, including the other two.
He emphasized , "I am acting in the best interest of mine kingdom and the realm's future."
And he did conclude, declaring, "If aught resembling doth occur again to mine kingdom, the Holy Cathedral shall not tarry in its actions."
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Chapter 721: Sovereignty of the Swarm.
Within only a few powerful leaps, Oasis ascended rapidly through the towering forest, propelling himself upward with frightening precision. His movements were smooth and impossibly light despite the sheer force behind them. Every now and then, his bare feet would touch one of the colossal branches for only a fraction of a second before he launched himself again, each step creating a muted burst of cyan energy beneath him.The massive trees of the Demonic territory stretched endlessly toward the heavens, their trunks so gigantic that entire castles could have been hidden within their widths. Their branches spread outward like continents suspended in the sky, layered beneath endless sheets of rain and darkness.Then—Oasis pierced through the upper canopy.The world above was complete chaos.Heavy storm clouds churned violently across the heavens, roaring endlessly as lightning flickered within the dense masses of black and silver clouds. Torrents of rain descended furiously from ev
Chapter 720: The Tenants of the Apocalypse(2).
“…Avarice Volacris…” Kivic muttered slowly.The name lingered.Then—It echoed.And with it came memory fragments resurfacing deep within Kivic’s mind.“Volacris…?”His eyes widened slightly.“The Volacris family… the Phoenix clan…”His face turned pale for the first time.Then suddenly—He laughed.Loudly. Almost madly.“Ha… hahahaha… so that’s it… that brat… he’s a sacred beast lineage…” he muttered, shoulders shaking. “No wonder… no wonder that talent at such a young age… and that other bird…”“These brats… they’re from the Phoenix clan. No wonder I lost so badly…”His laughter softened, becoming more like murmuring madness than amusement. He spoke to himself as if no one else existed on the battlefield anymore.“So the successor of Fenris is from a sacred beast…” he continued slowly, as though piecing together a puzzle that now felt painfully obvious.Everything clicked into place—Vesta’s terrifying flames, the unnatural pressure in the air, the scorching aura that had clung to Oa
Chapter 719: The Tenants of the Apocalypse.
“mmh it is indeed the case based on the kid’s reaction without a doubt,” Kivic thought to himself as he stood there, the remnants of battle still hanging in the air like a suffocating veil. His single remaining arm hung slightly as his gaze drifted toward the empty space where his limb had once been.There was nothing there now—only a perfectly cauterized wound, sealed by an overwhelming force that had not merely severed flesh, but had erased continuity itself.The pain was secondary. What unsettled him was the absence, the fact that even his regenerative demonic circulation could not even begin to respond.“The kid has connections to Fenris… and he has mastered that so-called impossible technique—the Heavenly Slicing Technique. A technique that does not merely cut the body, but slices through mana channels… and even the soul itself,” he continued inwardly, his expression tightening as he processed the weight of what had just occurred.The memory of the strike still lingered like a ph
Chapter 718: The Choreography of Chaos(3).
As Kivic was propelled through the air, his body moved with terrifying speed, like a meteor tearing through the storm-darkened forest. The force from Oasis’s punch had not merely launched him backward—it had blasted him across the battlefield with enough momentum to distort the rain around him.The heavy streams of water pouring from the towering canopy split apart around his flying body, while the dark crimson aura surrounding him trailed behind like a demonic comet streaking through the forest.Yet even while moving at such monstrous speed, Kivic’s right arm twitched and moved rapidly.Crack.Crunch.The sound of bones shifting and grinding echoed repeatedly beneath the thunderous rain.His shattered arm trembled unnaturally as demonic energy surged through it in violent waves. Muscles tightened and twisted beneath the skin while the broken bones visibly realigned themselves with horrifying speed.Veins bulged darkly beneath his flesh as his regenerative abilities forcefully reconst
Chapter 717: The Choreography of Chaos(2).
Kivic stood only a few meters away from Oasis, yet the distance between them felt immeasurable at that moment. The heavy rain continued cascading from the colossal canopy above like endless waterfalls pouring from the heavens themselves, but neither of them moved immediately.Kivic’s eyes remained locked onto Oasis with absolute focus, his mind racing beneath that hardened expression as he tried to understand exactly what kind of monster stood before him.For the first time in many years, genuine uncertainty crept into his thoughts.He replayed every exchange they had just had—the movements, the reactions, the way Oasis had perfectly matched his attacks as though he had already seen them before they happened. It was not simple combat instinct.No. Kivic was experienced enough to understand that much. Oasis was reading him. Studying every muscle twitch, every circulation of aura, every shift in intent.And then his gaze pierced directly toward Oasis’s face.!!!He realized it.“Those e
Chapter 716: The Choreography of Chaos.
The moment Oasis’s potent energy began to stir and dance around his frame, it was as though the very atmosphere inside the dark canopy had been dragged into a sudden, invisible pressure point.The air itself tightened. The wet ground around Oasis dried, moisture, and residual mana in the environment trembled as faint ripples spread outward from his presence.Kivic and Hudo both reacted instinctively—just a slight flinch at first, the kind of reaction born from a warrior’s sharpened instinct sensing something beyond expectation.Yet in the same breath, Kivic’s expression hardened. His eyes narrowed sharply as he deliberately pushed his martial aura outward in response, refusing to yield even a fraction of ground.The surrounding mana, previously unstable due to the clash of presences, began to surge upward like a rising tide under his command, as if answering his will and attempting to drown Oasis’s influence in raw pressure and dominance.“Don’t think highly of yourself, kid,” Kivic m
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