IN THE EMPRESS PALACE.*KNOCK* *KNOCK*“Your Majesty, Princess Helena has arrived.”One of the empress's maids who escorted Helena into the empress palace announced after arriving at the empress's room.“Come in…”A voice said from inside the empress’s room.*CREAK* *DOOR OPENING*After the door opened, Helena walks into the Empress' room with Grace and Nora following behind her.“I am curious to see what the empress looks like.”Helena thought as she was walking into the empress room, she noticed one maid standing at each corner of the room, and at the center of the room was a table with a tea set ready.While pointing to the tea table, one of the maids said.“Princess, please you may have your seat…”Helena walks to the table and takes a seat with Nora and Grace standing behind her as they wait for the empress.*CREAKING*The sound of a door opening catches Helena’s attention. As she turns her gaze toward the direction of the sound, she noticed another doorway inside the room.And w
“Muhahahaha…”Empress Selene laughed hysterically after calming her anger. She could not believe that she let a child stir up her emotions that easily.“Ha… you are a clever little thing, aren’t you?” Empress Selene said as she chuckled with an astonished expression.“Well… your speculations were correct. I do want to see this empire fall, but I think so do you. As we both share the same pain of losing our family to the empire.”Empress Selene said.“... What is she talking about?”Helena thought in her mind, confused by Empress Selene's words. She could not think of anything they shared in common.“Oh, no. From your expression, it seems that you don’t know.”Empress Selene said in vague words as she stared at Helena with a pitiful gaze.“... Just say what you have to say.”Helena said in an annoyed tone as she glares at Empress Selene.“... As a mother, it pains me to say this, but… your mother is in a coma, after being pushed down off her balcony by her maid. And the people who ord
TWO DAYS LATERVALKARIE PALACE HELENA’S ROOM“My liege, I have prepared your disguise… but are you sure I do not need to prepare a teleportation scroll?”Grace asked Helena in a concerned tone. She could not understand why her liege would not use the teleportation scroll that would allow them to get to the secret base in seconds, but instead wanted to run to the secret base.*CREAK* *DOOR OPENING*“The teleportation scroll would be faster, but I need to check something out.”Helena said as she walks out of her bathroom. After coming out, she sees the disguise Grace prepared. It was a brown-colored cloak with rough patches, and she noticed a magic spell of concealment on it.“Hmm… the disguise is great, but it still needs a little touch.”Helena said as she stretches her hand forward before saying.‘DEN’A portal leading to her universe opens, and she walks into it.“It’s that black hole again. I wonder where it leads to.”Grace said as she walks closer to the portal, observing it. Aft
GIGGADON EMPIRE.OUTER AREA OF THE MISTY MOUNTAINS.*POKE* *POKE*“Hmm… she passed out from the shock,”Helena said, crouched beside Anna, as she poked Anna’s cheeks with a twig. But, after getting no reaction from the unconscious Anna, she throws the twig away and stands.“My liege, I found this on the remains of the boy.”Grace said as she walks towards Helena with a wooden object in hand. After getting close, Grace hands over the object to Helena.“I see, so they were trainee knights. No wonder they were weak. But this has become troublesome.”Helena said. After recognizing the object. It was a wooden badge with the emblem of a wooden sword, which signifies that the holder wasn’t fully a knight yet.“My liege, would you like me to erase their trace?”Grace asked as she placed her hand on her dagger, ready to kill Anna.“No… if two trainee knights go missing here, it would attract the Royal knights’ attention to the Misty Mountains. Which will become a headache.”Helena explained. W
INSIDE MISTY PEAK.THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAGIC FORMATION.*VROOM*“Huh? So, the magic formation was also a teleportation circle?”Helena thought in her mind after being teleported into a large hall. She glances around the hall and notices something familiar about the architecture. “Unlike the medieval architecture of the Giggadon Empire, this hall’s architecture looks really similar to ancient Rome. How is it possible for two different civilization architectures to exist on the same land?”Helena wondered in her mind. But could not find an answer. As a result, she decided to ask Grace.“Grace, why does this hall's architecture look different from the Giggadon Empire?”Helena asked in a curious tone.“I also don’t know much, My liege. But, from what the former dark knight guild master told me. Before the Murla Kingdom, which later became the Giggadon Empire, was built, there used to be a civilization that occupied this land, thousands of years ago. And they are the ones who built this
IN THE MISTY PEAK COLOSSEUM.*RUMBLE*The Colosseum grounds trembled after the object landed in the Colosseum arena. The children who were in the arena all fell to the ground.“Cough… cough. What the hell was that.?”Walda, who is one of the children being trained in the arena, said while covering his nose and mouth from the dust cloud. He stood up from the ground and walked through the dust cloud toward where the object landed.“!?”After getting closer, Walda is surprised after seeing a crater. But he could not see what was inside it because of the dust cloud. So, he tries going closer to its edge, to take a closer look. but Gunter Appeared in front of him in a flash.*WHOOSH*“... Instructor Gunter!?”Walda said with a surprised tone and expression as he fell to the floor.“Get back brat. You are in the way.”Gunter said in a serious tone while standing in front of Walda, with his weapon drawn and his guard up. Though he sounded harsh, he was just trying to protect the kid.*WHOOSH
INSIDE MISTY PEAK.COLOSSEUM.“Who are you? And what business do you have attacking the Dark Knight Guild? Did someone send you? Or are you here for some sort of revenge?”Gunter asked a series of questions in a serious tone while glaring at the hooded enemy.“...”Helena stood silently in front of the four of them, ignoring Gunter’s questions. She turns her gaze towards Vlad and sees that he was recovering quickly after taking her attack.“Hmm… Alpha, what grade of armor is he wearing?”Helena asked.[DING!][NORMAL GRADE: LOW TIERTYPE: MAGIC ARMOR.+20 DEFENSE]Apart from Knights/sword masters and wizards/mages. There are other paths in which mana can be used. One of the other ways is the path of alchemy. It is a sub-branch of wizards, but instead of only focusing on transforming mana into natural elements, they use mana to create magical potions, weapons, formations, and elixirs. But an alchemist is a very rare existence on the continent. That’s why it is not a well-known practice
INSIDE MISTY PEAK.COLOSSEUM ARENA.“... But this should be enough.”Helena said. Even though she would like to see the speed of Gunter’s summons, this was already enough for a test.“Huh? What does that mean?”Gunter and Vlad thought in their minds after hearing Helena’s words.“Grace. You can come out now.”Helena said to Grace, who was still waiting in the crater.*WHOOSH*In a flash, Grace appeared behind Helena with her hood off. After arriving, she glances around and noticed the old gentleman and Blaze lying unconscious on the ground. And Vlad lying against the destroyed arena walls, bleeding from his mouth.“Woah, I knew my liege was the strongest in the world, but to beat four third-class Grandmasters in less than a minute is so cool!”Grace thought as she smiled inwardly.“!?”Gunter and Vlad noticed a gust of wind pass by, and by the time their gaze came back to Helena, they saw Grace standing behind Helena. They thought Grace got captured and forced to expose the hideout by