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 591: The Mutant and the Prodigy.
Meanwhile, just after Oasis left the guest courtyard where Lukan Maser was residing within the Woods Estate—Delvan Dica and Vesta walked at an unhurried pace, making their way back toward the guest courtyard where Oasis and his people were staying.The Woods Estate at early evening was a place of crafted serenity.Miniature gardens stretched between stone walkways, carefully arranged bonsai-like spirit trees glowing faintly with natural mana.Small canals of slow-moving, crystal-clear water wound between white stone bridges, the water reflecting lantern light like flowing glass.koi drifted lazily beneath the surface, their scales shimmering with faint elemental hues.The air was cool.Clean.Carrying the scent of wet leaves, cultivated herbs, and distant incense from inner halls.They walked slowly.Not out of fatigue.But because the place invited slow steps.Vesta walked with both hands tucked into the pockets of his tailored spirit garments, posture relaxed, chin slightly raised
Chapter 590: The Blind Painter.
“This person… this kid… this is beyond my comprehension as a martial artist…”Toke’s thoughts trembled as he stood there, still staring at Oasis’s face even after the demonstration of his failed water magic had ended.“I can explain most of the things he just said to the young master… but yet… I can’t comprehend the words.”He shook his head slowly, like trying to shake water out of his ears.Only then did his body finally move.He bent slightly, reaching down to pick up the sect token that had been sliced clean from his waist cord by Oasis’s invisible wind blade.The metal was still faintly warm.Or maybe that was just his imagination.As his fingers closed around it, his mind replayed the moment again.And again.And again.The sensation.The exact second it happened.The air pressure.The mana shift.The instinctive danger sense.Nothing.Not even a whisper.Not even the faintest tremor.Even now, replaying it with full focus, he could not find a single moment where he could have d
Chapter 589: The Mechanics of the Invisible(2).
“How did he do that…?”“I didn’t even feel any shift in mana in the surrounding.”“So does it mean…”“If he wanted…”“He could have sliced my neck off?”“What kind of magic is this?”“How is it possible?”“I have never heard of such.”“If he had used telekinesis to twist bones or break joints, that would be understandable…”“Because even how I manipulate moisture within or around an opponent’s skin comes from the principle of telekinesis…”“But this…”“This is different.”“So he could have won against me in one move?”Lukan’s throat tightened.Shock swallowed the pride in his chest and chewed it slowly.“I am certain you are asking yourself many questions,” Oasis said calmly, reading the air like it was a book.“But why are you surprised?”“If you can manipulate your opponent using moisture around them…”“Then why is it strange that I manipulated wind in this space?”He looked at Lukan as if the answer was obvious.“Because you can do it easily, you ignore it as a simple trick.”“But
Chapter 588: The Mechanics of the Invisible.
“Who is he… really…?” Lukan thought as he stared at Oasis’s calm face.“Just looking at him now… he looks like someone I can slap to death…”But—He swallowed.And the thought refused to finish.Because his mind remembered.It remembered heat that scorched the lungs.It remembered wind that parted like obedient servants.It remembered a boy at the Awakened Realm forcing an Enlightened cultivator to the edge of humiliation without even raising his voice.“First—” Oasis began, his tone calm, almost instructional, like he was speaking of a concept he had lived with for years.“As much as you have comprehended the laws of water mana… I have read about it and i wield it. I understand what it means, comprehending the laws of an affiliated element.”The courtyard air felt a little cleaner as he spoke, the natural wind formation around the estate smoothing out every harsh edge of sound, making his words land clearly.“As you are already aware,” Oasis continued, “the first level is the compreh
Chapter 587: The Lesson of the Still Courtyard.
In another Guest courtyard of the Woods Estate.Lukan Maser sat outside beneath a wide shade canopy woven from mana-silk threads that shimmered faintly whenever natural mana currents brushed against them.Before him rested a polished jade table set with refreshments — chilled spirit-fruit slices arranged on silver trays, crystal cups filled with condensed dew nectar,And a porcelain kettle releasing thin trails of fragrant herbal steam that curled lazily into the morning air.The courtyard itself was quiet, refined, and protected by subtle wind formations that kept the temperature perfectly balanced.White stone tiles beneath their feet were etched with faint runic lines — not active formations, but legacy engravings meant to harmonize ambient mana flow for cultivators.Standing before Lukan were two disciples from the Oblivion Orchid Sect.“Young master… why are we still waiting for him? We have already been here for a few hours, and yet he is nowhere to be seen,” one of the two disc
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