“You became weak, Soren.”Hvitserk said, looking down at the motionless Soren.He looked around him.His men had a big smile on their faces while Harald’s men had a desperate look.Splash! Splash! Splash!He turned around and walked to be at the center of the huge circle of spectators.Each of his steps made a splashing sound because of the water covering the ground.“You see!”He shouted and pointed towards Soren on the ground.“It’s over! I beat Soren Ragnarsson, your strongest warrior! Odin saw all the fight and is the witness!”His words shook Harald and his men.They gritted their teeth as they were powerless in front of Hvitserk.Some had already lowered their heads.Splash!But at that moment Harald took a step forward.He glared at Hvitserk.“You will have to kill me to take my crown.”Harald had already made up his mind.If Soren died today, he would join him.It was an obvious decision for him.There was no way he would run away, leaving his people behind like a coward.He w
BOOOOM! Splash! Drip! Drip! Drip! It was raining. No water was falling like a waterfall from the sky. Because of the fight between two people. “Ægir water cannon!” Hvitserk Ragnarsson shouted and a huge amount of water shot out of his axe. Just because it was water, it shouldn't be underestimated. Indeed, it was extremely dangerous. Swoooooosh! Seeing the attack, Aita formed a gust of wind and dodged it. BOOOM! “““AHHHH!!!””” The people touched by the water cannon died instantly, crushed by the water. “AH!” Hvitserk shouted and the water cannon reformed and rushed at Aita again. “Tch.” Aita surrounded himself in dark wind and dodged again, but this time he rushed directly at Hvitserk. The latter had a surprised expression but eventually smiled. “Come Soren!” He raised his long axe which was glowing blue, ready to attack Aita. Aita squeezed the handle of his axe into his right hand. “Cover.” A green hue covered his axe before a dark green wind swirled around his
[ A few minutes before…]Crackkkkkk!“Niveis Royal Sword, Rain !”Karen shouted and spikes of ice formed above her.“Go!”At her cue, the spikes shot out towards Lotfi.“Insect!”Lotfi said and plunged his sword into the ground.Crack!Crackle_!A burning wall appeared before him.The spikes melted just by reaching the proximity of the wall.“Let’s see how much time you will last.”Lotfi said before punching his wall of fire.Bam!Crackle_!Several spikes of fire formed.The spikes were emitting unbearable heat into the surroundings.Thankfully, Karen was in her Avatar form, so her ice attribute was protecting her but also Nea and Denis behind.As for Zara, she had a barrier of light protecting her.Swish!“Kill them!”Lotfi swung his sword and the burning spikes headed straight towards Karen.“Niveis Royal Sword, Wall!”Karen swung her sword as well and a huge wall of ice appeared before her.But…Crack!“!”Karen saw with a pale face her wall slowly melting.“Ah…ah…ah…”Slowly Karen
“Hell Cannon!”“Monara Divine Sword!”“!”Zara opened her eyes wide.‘Dangerous!’She gathered all her mana.SWOOOOOSH!A bright light engulfed all the Knights of the Niveis Kingdom/“Divine Blessing!”BOOOOOOOOOOOM!A hot gust of wind shook all the trees.Most of the surrounding trees were uprooted.Crack!“No!”Zara shouted, seeing her barrier cracking.“Ah!”She channeled even more mana and another layer of barrier appeared in front of the previous one.“Ah…ah…ah…ah”Zara’s legs were quivering.She was very tired.Her reserve of mana was depleting as well.Slowly the smoke faded away.“Princess!”Nea shouted, horrified.Karen was kneeling on the ground.She was using both her hands to not fall on the ground.“Cough!”Karen coughed blood with a pale face.While Lotfi…“Ahahaah! You nearly got me there, Niveis Princess.”Lotfi laughed.His left arm was totally frozen.“But as I said, you can’t beat me.”Bam!With his right hand, he crushed his frozen left arm.Thick killing intent oo
“I’m bored.”Aita’s words were really tinged with boredom.“AHHHHHHHHH!”BOOOOOM!A pillar of fire shot out towards the sky.Lotfi stood up with a gaping hole in his chest.“You want to die so much, Lord Commander! I will grant your wish!”CRACKLE_!The pillar of fire slowly vanished.No, it swirled around Lotfi until creating a cocoon of fire around him.“Ankouna Imperial Avatar!”Crack!The ground below cracked and burned fiercely.Karen was shocked to see that Lotfi had the Avatar as well.She felt bitter thinking that he wasn’t going all out with her.Well, it was still already a miracle that she was nearly beating Lofti like that.Lotfi was still a Commander of Ankouna, in the end.“I will show you the might of Ankouna.”Lotfi said and lifted a great sword burning in an ominous red fire.“Yeah…whatever.”Aita replied half-heartedly and soared in the sky.He raised his left hand and looked down at Lotfi disdainfully.“I’m tired of seeing your pathetic face, so disappear.”SWOOOOOO
“Commander Lynda ordered us to leave this place as soon as possible! The Emperor of the Nychterin Empire is heading here!”““““!””””They all flinched at this news.“W-wait! What happened ?”Zara recovered quickly and asked.“Yes! Commander Lynda and Commander Jerry had been on the Nychterin border since a month ago b-but suddenly the Emperor of the Nychterin Empire appeared and tried to cross the border. Th-They are currently fighting against the Nychterin Emperor to buy some time, since we don’t know his purpose…”Aita fell in thought at his words.A month had passed since he gave them a task in a village on the border of the Nychterin Empire.But Lynda and Jerry stayed there.‘It could be because of war.’Aita thought before staring in the direction of the Nychterin border.The Nychertin border wasn’t that far from the Niveis Kingdom, so from the Frozen forest as well…But there was a problem.“The Emperor of the Nychterin Empire…? Why ?”Zara muttered with a pale face.She was wor
“Imperial shadow wall!”“Hoggva.”BOOOOOOOOOOOM!A piercing explosion resounded in the sky.Crash!RUMBLEEEEEEEEE!The ground trembled and cracked.““““!!!””””Lynda, Jerry, Trent and Cora looked at the sky shocked.They all felt a powerful presence.Swoooosh!A dark green wind swept the smoke in the sky away.“Unique Wind Attribute…?”Cora muttered with a stunned expression.Finally, they could all see the culprit.A young black-haired man with sublime dark green eyes.His lower face was covered with a mask.He looked around as if searching for something and soon his eyes fell on Lynda and Jerry.““A-Aita!””Lynda and Jerry shouted in happiness.Truthfully, they were extremely worried about him and Zara.They had known Zara for a long time and Aita was like the turbulent little brother for them.Except Vice-Commander Alden…“You are here, huh? Let’s go.”Aita said and landed on the ground."You're okay ? What about Zara ?”Lynda asked as she rushed towards Aita.Jerry followed right
Two days later…[Lunarstella Palace]Bustle!The throne hall was bustling with nobles.They all had pale faces and were talking with each other.Or rather arguing about several topics.But the most important one was war.A war was happening against Ankouna.The battlefield was on the border between Ankouna and Lunarstella, near the Prosae forest.The Prosae forest being the forest separating Lunarstella from Solaria.The war was currently in favor of Ankouna.Why ?Because the Commander of the Ankouna army against Lunarstella was the fourth prince of ‘hell’, Kailes Ankouna. A pure-blooded prince.And several half-blooded members of the Ankouna Imperial family were commanding under him.But one day ago, an envoy from Niveis came to the palace.The Commander of the sixth division of Lunarstella's Imperial army was found.The same was for the Princess of the Niveis Kingdom and the Lord Commander.A huge wave of relief washed over everyone.Zara was a well-liked person in Lunarstella and
The Nychterin Empire, once overshadowed by hardship, had transformed into a beacon of power and resilience on the Dreamland continent. This remarkable evolution was a stark contrast to its past, a past marred by the scars of a war that had ravaged the nation hundreds of years earlier. During those tumultuous times, the Nychterin Empire had borne the brunt of the conflict, losing countless knights to the enemy's clutches.The aftermath was even grimmer, marked by a scarcity of labor and, more poignantly, a pervasive sense of desolation that had settled over the populace. Widows mourned, children became orphans, and the Empire seemed to teeter on the precipice of despair. Yet, amid this darkness, a glimmer of hope emerged.The Solaria Empire, a benevolent force, extended a compassionate hand to their beleaguered neighbors. Without seeking recompense, they aided in the Empire's reconstruction and dispatched healers to tend to the wounded souls. Although the specter of gloom lingered, the
“You-You want to take part in the tournament?”Selena stammered, speechless at Aita’s demand.“Yeah.”Aita nodded casually.“Why, suddenly? You told me yesterday you were not interested?”Selena tried her best to keep her calm.“I want the reward.”“!”Shock filled Selena’s face. Did he want the reward? So Princess Evelyn? She couldn’t believe it.“Wh-Why? You already have me…”Selena started to doubt her own worth now. She didn’t want to brag about it, but she considered herself not less beautiful than Evelyn Nychterin. Or maybe Aita liked the innocent-type more?“What?”Aita, as dense as ever, wondered what the hell she was speaking about. He only wanted the second reward, the other part of his spear after all.“Can I use you in need every day? Would you be with me any time?”Aita said in a mocking tone. She wasn’t a weapon after all.“Idiot!”-Thud!Selena threw the cup of coffee in Aita’s face and ran away with a tomato-red face.***“Princess.”“...”“Princess?”“Ah!”Selena brok
“Ahhhh…He’s taking his time.” Daisy yawned as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. More than an hour had passed and Aita still hadn’t come out. She was on the verge of sleeping on the floor but held back. She could wait for Aita. Aita had still saved her best friend and her. “What the hell is he doing?!” Anna, still hidden in the corner, was reaching the limits of her patience. “Anna, seriously, we should go…I really want to sleep…” Isabel leaned on the wall and was on the verge of falling asleep like that. “No! Wait a little mor-” “Daisy?” “““!””” “Le-Lena?” Daisy was surprised to see Elena here. She was sure Elena would play or speak with Aura for a few more hours at least… “What are you doing outside and you will catch a cold like that.” Elena sighed, seeing Daisy standing there in a negligee. Elena was also wearing a blue negligee but she was wearing a jacket on it. “A-Ah, well…” Daisy scratched her head, not knowing what to do. Aita was still inside the room after all. Still,
Late at night, Aita left his room. He wandered in the corridor of the palace aimlessly. The guards roaming around would bow to him upon seeing him, otherwise they would let him. They probably thought he wanted to take a breath of fresh air.After an hour or so, he started to walk toward the section reserved for the girls in his class. Like Daisy had promised, she would leave him in their room. Waiting for the right time, he went to the ladies' side. He made sure to erase any sound of his steps with his wind. He didn’t want to cause another uproar and be labeled with another cringe nickname. He already wanted to erase his memories just thinking about what he was doing. Infiltrating the ladies’ dormitory at night? Anyone would label him as human trash.Reaching the room of Daisy and Elena, Aita knocked on the door. He was having a hard time keeping his face from distorting. All his actions seemed like he was going to sleep with a woman late at night…“Look, Isabel, I knew it!”At the en
“You had a tough day, Aita.”Selena said with a glare.They went back to the palace and the first person who welcomed Aita was Selena. She had an exhausted complexion but she still looked like a perfect princess. Her sapphire eyes were staring angrily at Aita and mostly the knights of Lunarstella. She told them to look after Aita so he wouldn’t do anything, threatening their truce, but they couldn’t do anything. They all averted their faces in shame. They couldn’t tell that Aita at that time was too scary to speak to. More than that, they were also angry at Rex and the others for what they had done.“...”Aita stared at Selena. Her face overlapped with the mature Selena of the recording. Her tears, her sad expression, her helplessness, everything overlapped with the current Selena. He couldn’t understand why that woman he didn’t know at all was making his emotions stir that much. He cared for Selena Luna Lunarstella, but not her great-great-aunt.“Aita?”Selena called out to Aita sinc
“What happened…”Aura asked. Behind her were all her classmates, the knights of Solaria and Lunarstella. They were silently waiting for two people to answer. The two people were, of course, Aita and Elena who, after two days, finally reached the entrance of the rift. Austin, Jake, Jaxon and Daisy had already arrived as well the day before, so everyone was there. Well, everyone except Gaut and Rex, who were killed by Aita. By the way, Bein was sitting with a blank expression in a corner ignoring them. Anyway, most of the stares were gathered on two people. Aita and Elena. Aita had his black mask off but he still had his skin mask, which didn’t please him in the slightest as he felt uncomfortable with it, so his current annoyed expression. Right behind, strangely close to him, was Elena, who seemed to be happy to finally reunite with her classmates.“Nothing.”Aita replied clearly, showing that he was annoyed at her question, and walked ahead. “Hmpf!”Aura harrumphed and went to Elena
“...”“...”Silence reigned in the empty hall. The runes weren’t glowing anymore. Aita and Elena were not speaking. Elena had a pained expression, a little more and she’d have cried. Remembering Selena’s face and her words, she felt despondent for her. She glanced at Aita. He was playing with a little stone. It was the White Crystal that was inside the coffin with the book. The book disappeared as soon as the recording was over. As for the skeleton, Aita had put Selena’s remains inside his space ring. Elena looked at the stone with a complicated expression. She needed four of them to go back on Earth. No. She needed five of them. Four to destroy the space rift, once on the other side, she needed another one to finally reach Earth. In any case, the one in Aita’s hand didn’t belong to her, in the first place, so right now she had nothing.-Gurgleeeee“...”“...”Elena buried her face in her knees, not daring to look at Aita’s current expression. She depleted her mana, so she was exhau
“I am going with the name of Selena Mona Lunarstella. The First Princess of the Great Lunarstella Empire.” Her domineering voice echoed. Looking at her, Aita started to understand why she was hailed as a heroine back then and even now. He could understand how she alone was able to defend Lunarstella from enemies everywhere. She really had the aura of a leader. “I do not know who you are, but I know that you are here with the help of my blood. How many years had gone since the war ? I just hold the hope that my Empire is still there flourishing like it should…” She said in a nostalgic tone. “You, who discovered my tomb. I am going to reveal what I discovered in the hope that you are my blood, or at least someone of my Empire. I gave my spear to my brother so he could give it to his children. I engraved runes on my spear that will serve as key to entering this place when the time will come. I transmitted this emplacement to my brother before leaving the Empire forever.” Selena spoke
“I did nothing! B-Believe me, please!”Elena’s quivering voice kept ringing in the hall. She was speaking to Aita, who was standing, looking at his surroundings. He didn’t seem to care about Elena’s words. Stretching his limbs for a minute, he removed his shirt.“Ah! W-What are you doing, Lord Aita?!”Elena turned her head away with a flushed face.Aita ignored her and took out a new white shirt and put in on while making sure to hide his pendant so Elena wouldn’t see it. He glanced at the ground and saw the silver spear. Stooping down, he took the spear. As usual, it looked like a newly crafted spear as its silver color shone with purity. Swinging the spear a few times, he turned around. Elena was looking at him nervously.“How long have I been out?”He asked. Vivid memories of Artemis were still present in his mind. Memories he shouldn’t have as he wasn’t even born at that moment. Why had he the memories of other people? Anyway, it felt like years had passed, so he wanted to know.