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Chapter 336 A Good Duel
"He is good." A smile crept on my face.
I was feeling elated and actually enjoying this fight. I have never thought I would feel this way in battle, this was the first time I felt enjoying a fight.
Belgor was running swiftly in a zigzag line. I conjure more fire balls to chase after him, leaving him without any time to attack. But to my surprise, he was able to get a fallen tree trunk that was in his way and hurled it towards me. I used my fire magic to push me away from where I was standing to evade the huge tree trunk.
When I landed on my feet, I was surprised that Belgor was in mid air, jumping on top of me. I was able to lift my sword up, just in time before his jaws landed on my head.
"Ah. F*ck." I cursed, seeing that I am in a difficult situation.
Luckily my fire armor was still in effect, because his claws were trying to bore its way in my legs and stomach. I heightened the intensity of my fire armor, setting my whole body ablaze. Belgor was enduring my flames a while ago, but now he cannot endure any longer and jumped away from me.
"Your flames are such a nuisance." Belgor growled.
"Well then, I am thankful for my flames. If not, I am afraid that my head was bitten off by you." I grinned.
"Hahaha, cheeky brat." Belgor seemed delighted with my remark.
I felt something trickle on my cheeks. When I wiped it with the back of my hand, I saw blood.
’It looks like his long fangs was able to scratch my cheek.’ I thought.
Belgor growled and started to run towards me once more. I remembered some of the attacks of the azure dragon and tried to mimic them with my fire magic.
"Fire pillar!" I chanted.
I conjured fire pillars from the ground where Belgor was standing. He was hit by one pillar and rolled to the side.
"Fire arrows." I conjured fire arrows and let them fly towards Belgor.
Belgor was able to stand up and evade some of my fire arrows, but some was able to graze him. He roared in pain.
*AWOO*
The lycans howled as seeing there leader get hurt by my attacks. Belgor heard his brethren’s howl and it gave him some kind of courage. He stood up and faced me from a distance. I see him open his mouth wide, air was being sucked towards him.
*ROAR*
With Belgor’s roar, a strong tornado like wind came rushing towards me from his mouth. I was caught by surprise and did not have time to evade the upcoming tornado like wind. I braced my arms in front of me as defense.
The tornado hit my body hard and sent me flying. My body hit the trees from behind and it only stopped on a huge boulder. I coughed up blood from the impact my body had taken. My fire armor was able to burn away the trees that my body hit, but was not able to stop the force once it hit the boulder. I suspect that I had some internal injuries after hitting it.
With out any time to breathe, Belgor was running in full speed. I lifted my body that felt heavy, to evade the upcoming attack. He hit the huge boulder where I was at, and the force crumbled it to pieces.
’He is strong.’ I smiled feeling excitement.
I was able to recover a little bit with the use of my white magic and opted to attack swiftly. I jumped high up using my fire to propel me up and was about to attack Belgor from above. He did not anticipate such an attack and was caught of guard. He tried to evade in the last second, but the tip of my sword was able to slash his left eye.
*ROAR*
Belgor roared in pain. Blood gushed out of the wound on his left eye, it was now left useless.
"Surrender, and I will let you live." I said to him.
"I can still fight." Belgor said and launched at me once more.
Belgor only has his left eye now to use in this fight. This gave me an advantage in the fight.
"Fire pillars." I conjured many fire pillars in his way and he was still able to dodge them by instinct.
I can feel that my fire armor is also at its limit. I need to finish this fight before that happens.
"Fire bombs." I conjured many at once and dropped it onto him while still maintaining the fire pillars I made. This gave him little room to dodge.
"Agghh..." I hear him groan in pain, being burned by the fire pillars while dodging the more powerful fire bombs.
While he was dodging my fire attacks, I propelled myself to make a fast surprise attack on his blind side. He was busy trying to evade my fire magic attacks that he only sensed my presence the last second.
I slashed him with my sword, feeling it make contact. But Belgor was still agile and swiftly jumped out of the way before I can deal more damage to him.
"Haahh... haahh." I panted feeling the fatigue after such a fast paced battle. "You are quick on your feet." I complimented.
"And you are quick witted." Belgor praised. "I never felt so elated in battle until now."
"I feel the same." I replied with a grin.
"It looks like we are both in our limits." Belgor said, he was evidently trying hard just to stay up on his feet. "I will give my all in this last attack."
"Then I will also give my all to counter it." I replied.
I can also feel my fire armor starting to weaken. It will only last just a few minutes longer. And like Belgor said, he was going to give his all in the next attack. I can feel another immense power brewing around him. He opened his mouth wide, and the air was accumulating within.
’He is going to use that attack once more.’ I thought.
I stayed calm and focused all my energy on the next attack I will make. What I need is to time my attack at the precise moment, not to early and not to late. His power comes from wind, and wind can either take the fire out if it is weak, and make it stronger if its strong.
Belgor was getting ready to unleash his last ultimate attack and I was ready to counter it with my own. By the time he released his attack on me, I was ready to counter it.
’Not yet. Not yet.’ I was focusing on Belgor’s attack that was going straight towards me. "NOW! Fire tornado!"
I focused all of the magic I have and conjured a massive fire tornado. It engulfed the wind tornado that Belgor unleashed and made my fire tornado even bigger. I used all of my power to contain the fire tornado and make it stable as possible.
"Aaaagghhh!" Belgor was trying all his might to not be swept away with the pull of my massive fire tornado but it was no use. He was sucked in and I saw him fly around getting burned.
I used every ounce of my power to navigate the massive fire tornado, not wanting the whole area to get burned. I tried to nullify the fire the best I can.
"Come on..." I said, feeling the sweat roll of my forehead.
I did not wish for anyone in the vicinity to get hurt, I miscalculated the intensity of the wind tornado from Belgor. It took everything in my power to keep the fire tornado in control until I was able to nullify the fire.
"Haahh... haahh... haahh." I fell on my knees panting. It took all of my power to nullify such a massive fire tornado.
Not far from me, I saw Belgor fall. I got on my feet with my remaining strength and walked towards him. Once I arrived where he was, I saw his body has deep burns.
"He is still breathing." I saw his body still moving.
I kneeled in front of him and laid my hands on his thick black fur. His fur felt smooth to touch. There is still some ounce of magic remaining within me and I used my white magic to heal him. Fortunately, his body was also quick to heal, I did not need to use my white magic much.
"Atlantian, why did you save me?" Belgor groaned.
"I did not have any plans on taking your life in the first place." I replied. "All I need is a chance search the area and find what we are looking for."
"Even though I was planning to take your life... you repay me with such kindness." Belgor tried to stand up. "You are similar to him in such a way."
"Him?" I asked in confusion.
"The first ruler of this continent. The one that bestowed power to humans that defeated us a long time ago." Belgor said. "I was just a pup when I saw him standing before my defeated father. He also said the same thing to him. But my father was prideful, he accepted his defeat and promised to live away from humans. But he did not accept the offer of that man to live alongside them."
"I see." I replied, knowing who the identity of the man he was talking about.
"Well... I wonder..." Belgor said while looking at me with scrutinizing eyes.
"What?" I asked.
"Hahaha... I just thought that I am not my father. I will like to give you a chance to prove your worth, Atlantian." Belgor said. "I feel like you are to do great things in the future. And I would like to stand beside you when that time comes."
"That is comforting to hear. I am confident that I will not disappoint you." I said with a confident smile.
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Chapter 337 The Key Fragment 1
"I like you Atlantian. This is a first." Belgor smirked, with his perfectly sharp teeth bared. "I am looking forward to your future. I am sure you will not disappoint me."
The black lycan alpha walked towards me slowly, smoke started to engulf his body from the ground up. Once the smoke cleared, what I saw was a man with long black wavy hair. He had a huge build with big lean muscles. I knew how bulk his body was because he was naked after his transformation. Even with his human form, he was taller than me in height.
"I think to would be better to talk with this form, if that is okay?" Belgor said.
I looked away now that he was standing right before me. It was a little awkward to see someone naked from head to toe, let alone someone like Belgor that is not feeling embarrassed and in turn feels so proud brandishing his naked body. I also cannot undo seeing his huge thing, hanging around like that.
"Well, if it is okay... can you cover your body at least?" I said with an awkward voice and looking away.
"Cover my body?" Belgor looked down his body and started to laugh out loud. "Hahaha. Yeah, I forgot that you humans are very keen using different kinds of clothing. Grey, please grab my garments." He said to the gray lycan.
The gray lycan disappeared into the trees. Not long after, another tall man emerged from the trees. He had long gray hair and was wearing fur like clothing.
’This must be the gray lycan from before.’ I thought to myself.
The man walked straight towards Belgor and gave him a black fur like clothing. Belgor took the clothing and wore it in haste.
"This is Grey, my second in command." Belgor introduced.
Grey looked at me with hostile eyes. I can still feel some animosity from him. I can hear a low growl coming from him
"Hush Grey. I have given this young man my benefit of a doubt. And I also like him." Belgor said. "Please do not feel offended and forgive him. He really does not like humans, especially Atlantians. Well, all lycans share the same feelings."
"It is okay. No offense taken." I said. "I am ready to work hard to get you and the other lycans trust."
"And I will be looking forward to it, Regaleon right?" Belgor said. "Can I call you that? You can call me Belgor as well." He asked.
"Yes, of course." I replied respectfully.
"By the way, what are you searching for? Maybe we lycans can help you with it. We have memorized this territory like the back of our paws." Belgor said. "Treat it as a form of thanks, for sparing and saving my life."
I was happy to hear Belgor offer his help in searching for the key fragment. I am sure the lycans will have good information about the surrounding areas. We can find the entrance to the ruins in no time.
"I am here to find a key fragment hidden inside the ruins in this area." I said. "But we cannot find an entry way inside. Nature has retaken the ruins and all possible entries are either blocked by boulders and debris or overgrown tree roots."
"A key fragment inside the ruins?" Belgor held his chin in thought.
"Belgor, are you sure you want to help this Atlantian?" Grey asked. "You know what that thing does."
"Wait, you know what the key fragment is?" I asked in shock and intrigue.
"Well yes. I have been living in this continent much longer than you have." Belgor said. "I was a pup when I met the first ruler of this continent, the one you call the Almighty One. And right now I can feel his presence in the open sea right now, which is intriguing." He looked at the direction of where the sea was, where Alicia was currently at.
"Yes, I am here to get the key fragment and go to where my wife is... under the depths of the sea." I said with a hurried tone.
"Your wife, your mate?" Belgor asked.
"Y-Yes, you can put it that way." I said. "She is precious to me. She is currently pregnant with our child and..." I trailed.
I was not yet sure if I can divulge such information to the lycan alpha. He said he has interest in me but he has not yet given his word of allegiance.
"No need to tell me everything. I understand a bit with your words." Belgor had said. "We lycans are also someone that are devoted to our mates. I am sure you are worried about your wife. I am willing to help you."
"But Belgor..." Grey tried to argue.
"This is my decision as the lycans leader and alpha." Belgor said with a tone full of authority. Grey was visibly shaken with his words, his shoulders hunched. "But before I do, can you promise me one thing Regaleon." His eyes were on me.
"What is it that you want me to promise?" I asked, waiting for what he will say.
"Promise me that you will not use such fearful magic, the one that the key unlocks." Belgor said.
I had a hunch that Belgor knew about the forbidden magic. As he said, he had lived long. For sure he had witnessed what happened when the mad king of Atlantia used the forbidden magic and it went out of control.
"Such magic is not to be used by none other than that man himself." Belgor said. "Your ancestors made a wrong decision and paid the price because of their thirst for power and dominance."
"I know what you mean, Belgor. And yes, I promise you that I will not use that magic in any bad means." I replied. "I have no intention of ruling this continent because of thirst for power. What I want is to have the ones living here to live in peace and prosperity." I gave my truthful answer.
"It looks like I am looking at the next ruler of this continent. Hahaha" Belgor laughed out heartily. "I hope that we lycans are included in your plans."
"Of course I plan to. If you let me form an alliance with you." I said with upmost sincerity.
"I am liking you more every minute." Belgor smirked. "What about this? If you truly come to unite the now divided continent and defeat every enemy that comes to block your way. After that, I will swear my allegiance to you."
"Belgor?!" Grey shouted but Belgor did not mind him and had all of his attention on me.
"Then I accept. After I become the emperor of this continent, I will visit you once again." I said with vigor.
"Then it’s a deal." Belgor offered his hand. "Do not disappoint me, Atlantian leader Regaleon."
"I will surely deliver." I took his hand and shook it.
"Hear me my lycan brethren, I your alpha has given my word." Belgor shouted with his alpha voice. "The time this Atlantian leader Regaleon become the next ruler of this continent, we lycans will swear our allegiance to him, as brothers in arms. Do you accept, Regaleon?"
"I accept, lycan alpha Belgor." I replied.
*AWOOO*
The lycans howl into the night sky, hearing their lycan leader’s command.
"Then come with me. I will show you were the key fragment probably is." Belgor said and gestured me to follow him.
"You know the exact location?" I asked in bewilderment.
Belgor led the way with Grey and me trailing from behind. Alex and my men joined me in following Belgor. The other lycan also shifted to their human forms and joined us.
"Yes. We made the interior of the ruins our home. We have neutralize all of the traps made inside." Belgor said and smirked at me. "But there was a room that we cannot seem to enter what ever we do. It is sealed with intense magic. I believe what you are searching for is in there."
"It probably is." I said.
I am now a step near, getting to my wife Alicia.
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Chapter 338 The Key Fragment 2
(Regaleon’s POV)
Belgor led the way inside the woods. We were going further in, away from the cliff overlooking the sea. We have searched a wide area from noon till sundown, but the ruins go further into the forest. If we blindly searched for the entrance by ourselves, I am afraid that we would have spent days and precious time.
’It was a good call to have a truce with the lycans.’ I thought.
"The ruins are quite big." Belgor said, starting a conversation. "As I recall, this ruins was once a palace. It is said that this was a gift of the first ruler to his wife."
"I see." I replied. "It is a shame that this palace deteriorated like this."
"The exterior might be in ruins, but the interiors are at least preserved by us. Well, with a little bit of magic that remained within the palace." Belgor said. "You can still see the palace’s interior in it’s full splendor. Hahaha." He laughed out heartily.
"It looks like a good lair for you lycans." I said with a smile. "Is that why you were ready to fight us for it?" I jokingly asked.
"Well, it has been my home for hundreds of years. It was a suitable hiding place for us who does not like to mingle with humans. It is far from any human settlements and the exterior has a natural camouflage, tricking passerby." Belgor replied. "We treated you as passerby at first. But when we saw that you were not leaving, we deemed you as a danger. I was not sure if you Atlantians would take back this place from us. It was technically yours in the first place."
"We do not have any intention of taking your home away from you. We just want to get the key fragment that is hidden within the ruins." I replied.
I looked around and only see the ruins of that was once said to be a palace. I cannot think that the interior of this ruins are still intact, seeing that the outside was not in good shape. But looking closely, I can feel faint magic enveloping the exterior of the ruins.
"Maybe this is some type of cloaking magic." I murmured.
"I also think it is some type of time magic that camouflage the surroundings, your majesty." Alex second my thoughts. "I can feel some magic in the ruins, like a veil. But it is so faint that you cannot feel it if you have no high magic perception."
Alex words holds truth. If I did not focus my senses into the ruins, I could never feel the presence of this magic. It is amazing that the lycans were able to find the entrance of this palace.
"Are you talking about the natural camouflage of this place?" Belgor asked. "Well at first I also thought that it was strange, having the exterior in ruins but the interior is completely unscathed. We just came to find it because of our keen smell and sight." He pointed towards his nose and eyes.
"You mean you smelled your way inside?" I asked in disbelief.
"Well kind of." Belgor smiled. "I know the smell of nature, and it was peculiar that we were able to smell the scent of furnitures, cloth, glass and such. That was the time we were able to find the entrance."
I understood as Belgor explained. With such cloaking magic, it was nearly impossible to find the entrance. This place might have been fortified with such defensive magic because the key fragment was hidden inside. If I had not met the lycans, I would have made my own entrance if I had become impatient. Making my own entrance, as in blowing up a portion of the ruins to create a new entrance.
"If I may ask, how did you nullify all the magic traps inside?" I asked in wonder.
"It was made in difficulty and with precision." Belgor replied. "Those magic traps were not a walk in the park. We were very cautious, taking one room at a time. But after many years of effort, we were able to nullify all the traps that were set, except for one. I was also curious as to why they booby trapped a very beautiful palace."
"It was probably to protect anything that is inside that one room you mentioned." I replied. "So that it would not go into the hands of evil people."
"Well you have a point there." Belgor said.
"Come to think of it, how long have you been living in this place?" I asked.
"I lost count actually." Belgor replied. "It has been hundreds of years."
I was deep in thought after hearing Belgor’s reply. If it has been hundreds of years, then this place was not the same one where the key fragment was first hidden. This was not the same place where the mad king of Atlantia found the key fragments some twenty years ago.
’Does that mean that the location differs after it has been collected? I thought that the location would be the same.’ I thought to myself.
But I have no answers to my questions. Knowing that this will be the last time to use this key fragments, there will not be a next time to search for these things.
"Well, here we are." Belgor made a hand gesture welcoming us. "Welcome to our humble home."
We saw the entrance to the ruins at last. It was a big wooden dual doors, typical for any entrance to big mansions or villas. The door looks quite old, it looked like it would break if given a big amount of force. But Belgor opened it with all his strength, as if pushing huge boulders.
We entered the threshold, and what we saw put us all in awe. Inside was a perfectly maintained receiving hall of a palace. The color motif was of white and gold, it was majestic to look at. We looked around and saw furnitures, fixtures, paintings and such still in their splendor, very much well maintained.
"All of you are surprised, huh?" Belgor had a huge grin. "Told you that the interior is very much different that the outside. We came here and it was just like as you see it, as if time never touched it. It is like magic."
"It really is indeed magic." I replied while looking around.
I held a vase in my hand and felt some magic flowing through. Each and every object here is embedded with magic, a magic that felt quite familiar.
’This is the Almighty One’s magic.’ I thought while feeling his presence.
If this was gifted by the Almighty One to his wife, then I could tell that his wife is really someone who is very precious to him. For him to embed magic in all of the objects inside this palace to not be touched by time, is somewhat of an overkill.
’If I can do such things like the Almighty One, maybe I would have also gifted something like this to Alicia.’ I thought to myself.
"Oh, let me introduce to you my mate, Sanyiah." Belgor said.
A woman that was also tall in height walked near us. She had white long hair and fair skin. Her body was also lean with muscles. But what really caught my attention was her red eyes.
"Sanyiah, this is Regaleon, the Atlantian’s leader." Belgor introduced me. "Can you believe it, I made a new friend? And it is an Atlantian human. Hahaha." He said to his wife.
"It is nice to meet you, Regaleon. As my husband had said, I am named Saniyah. I am Belgor’s mate." Saniyah smiled and slightly bowed her head as a greeting.
"It is also a pleasure to meet you." I replied with equal respect.
Then I saw a little boy with gray hair at the back of Saniyah. I guess this was Belgor and Saniyah’s offspring.
"This one right here is my youngest, Polo." Belgor carried his son on his shoulders. "Say hi to papa’s friend. He is our guest here today."
"H-Hello." Polo replied shyly, hiding behind Belgor’s head.
"My oldest is also my second in command that you have met, Grey." Belgor gestured to Grey who was not far from us. He seemed a bit shy after being introduced as Belgor’s son.
"He is your son?" I has some disbelief. The two of them looked like brothers, Grey being the younger. And also, he did not call Belgor father.
"We lycans stop aging after we fully mature." Belgor replied. "And Grey stopped calling me papa after he came of age, saying that he does not want to be seen as someone that got his position because he was my son. He fought for it tooth and nail with other lycans that wanted to be my second in command. Its just that, I miss him calling me papa while clinging to me like when he was young and asking me to play with him." He made a teasingly sad face.
"Pa... Belgor." Grey irritatingly said. "You have Polo to play with. I am too old for that. Stop teasing me."
"Hahaha." Belgor laughed out loud with his sons embarrassed lood. "Well anyways, I will lead you to the room I have told you a while ago." Belgor said to me and let Polo down.
Belgor continued to lead the way inside the palace. The interior was big and spacious, and like the entrance hallway, the items around are all imbued with timeless magic.
After some time of walking, we reached a door that felt unlike the others. I felt immense magic behind that door.
"Here it is, the door that does not break whatever we do." Belgor said.
"I can feel such tremendous magic behind that door." I said.
I was sure that the key fragment was just behind that closed door. I am very close in getting it.
’Just wait Alicia. I will be there by your side soon.’ I silently promised.
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Chapter 339 How it All Began 1
(Regaleon’s POV)
"Here it is, the door that does not break whatever we do." Belgor said.
"I can feel such tremendous magic behind that door." I said. I was sure that the key fragment was just behind that closed door. I am very close in getting it.
The door looked like any other ordinary door. It was made of hard wood, with wooden frames. For a normal human eye, they would only see a door that leads inside a room. The only problem is, no one can open the door. They would only think that it was locked inside. But for us Atlantian’s that were gifted with magic, we are sensitive to magic depending on one’s high magic perception.
In my eyes, I can see a thin veil like curtain cloaking the door. It was enveloping the door like a protective barrier or shield.
"Have you tried to break open this door in the past?" I asked Belgor.
"So many times." Belgor replied with a shrug of his shoulder. "Here, let me demonstrate." He slowly approached the door with his hand to touch it.
*CRACKLE*
I heard something when Belgor retracted his hand swiftly.
"Well, this happens after I simply touch it." Belgor showed me his slightly burned hand.
"With just a slight touch, something like this happened." I am now sure for a fact that this room was cloaked with defensive magic. "But I cannot let this stop me. I need to find a way to go inside." I said with dedication.
When I was about to take a step closer, Alex stepped in front to stop me.
"Your majesty, I cannot let you near this door. Harm might be fall on you." Alex said. "As your personal body guard and second in command in this mission, let me be the one to approach." He bowed his head before me upon his request.
I nodded my head, letting him do as he has told me. In all of the men under Dimitri, Alex is one of the persons that looks up to me. He is one of the reasons I work hard to live up to their expectations.
’It is not an easy role to be given, being their somewhat idol.’ I thought. ’But I feel proud being one, and so I work hard to not disappoint them.’
Alex pulled out his sword from its sheath and pointed it towards the door. He walked cautiously towards the door, and the tip of his sword touched the thin veil like curtain that envelopes it. Without any warning, Alex’s body was hurled out and went flying.
"Alex!" I shouted while my eyes stayed on him until his body hit the wall opposite the door.
"Ugh." Alex groaned in pain, spitting up some blood. I ran towards him, feeling worried about his wellbeing.
"Alex, are you okay?" I asked while I kneeled on one knee to inspect his body.
"I am fine your majesty." Alex forced a smile, a smudge of blood was seen at the side of his lips. "This is only a minor injury, nothing to be worried about. It is just like receiving injuries in training, hehe." He laughed.
"Like training?" I asked.
’How intense is Dimitri training his men?’ I thought. Thinking that Dimitri’s subordinates are an elite group of men, I am guessing his training is something gruesome. ’My training of the soldiers in the Black Dragon Army gave me the nickname ’tyrant’, then maybe Dimitri can be called a ’devil trainer’. I should try and oversee his training once all of this settles down.’
"Just go easy for now. Your body took a huge blow just now." I said. "I will try and see what I can do with this magic shield."
"But your majesty..." Alex tried to stop me.
"What I just said is an order, Alex." I said with a firm voice. Alex was startled with my voice and nodded.
"I understand your majesty." Alex said. "But please be careful. I will surely be scolded by Vice-Captain Chris and I will surely be punished by Captain Dimitri if something bad happens to you. Not to mention the other men, they will surely scold me." I smiled seeing Alex like this.
Alex was somewhat cute, seeing that he was still relatively young. He was given his position in such an early age because of his high magic aptitude and fighting prowess.
I walked and stood by the door, thinking of how to deactivate this kind of magic. That was when I thought what was the difference with Belgor and Alex’s approach.
"Belgor, in the past, how did you try breaking this door and what kind of approach did you do?" I asked.
"Hmmm, as I remember, we always use brute force in trying to open this door. And as you can see what happened to your subordinate, that is also what happens. The more force, the more backlash you get." Belgor explained.
Thinking of what just happened before, Alex only had the tip of his sword touch that veil but he was thrown away by a huge force. That just means that if I use a stronger force, the backlash to me would be ten fold. Belgor on the other hand simply touched the veil, and he only got a slight burn.
’What if I try and touch it?’ I thought. ’I want to see what happens.’
I raised my hand with caution, slowly getting near the veil. My heart was thumping really hard inside my chest, feeling nervousness and anxiety at the same time. But I was ready to receive any backlash that comes my way.
’Focus, just focus.’ I thought. ’Do not think of anything offensive. I guess that is something that activates the backlash.’ I told myself.
When my hands touched the veil, I expected some pain at least. But what happened was different, my hand passed thru the veil. The feeling was like touching jelly at first, it felt weird. Slowly, my whole body passed thru effortlessly.
"That was easy." I cannot believe it myself.
"Wow, that’s great. How did you do that?" Belgor said with bewilderment. He tried to mimic my actions but he was stung like before. "Ahh. Hey, no fair." He said, holding his hand in pain.
"I think, only I was given the right of passage." I said.
I do not know why, but that is what I feel. The magic here deems me as someone fit to enter.
"I will be going in then." I said.
"Your majesty..." Alex called out to me. I looked around once he called me. "... please be careful inside."
"I will." I replied. "I will be right back."
I held the door knob and opened the door carefully. The room inside was dark and it felt cold.
edited by: nalyn
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Chapter 340 How it All Began 2
(Regaleon’s POV)
The inside of the room was pitch black, it was as if my eyes were closed. The temperature as well was cold. It felt like I entered a room of complete nothingness.
I started a small fire burning on the top of my palms to make light. I tried moving it from left to right, trying to figure out how big this room was. But unfortunately, I was not able to see anything. No furnitures, no walls, and not even a ceiling. It was a if I was never entered a room, it felt as if I was not even inside a room in the first place. I walked, trying to assess my surroundings.
"Looking around, it feels like I was transported into a different space after entering the room." I said.
I walked aimlessly with no direction in particular. After some time of walking, I made a conclusion that this space seemed to be endless. Therefore, even if I walked aimlessly it will not take me anywhere. I stopped walking and was deep in thought.
"I will just tire out if I walk even further. Is this some kind of test, what should I do?" I asked myself.
If this is some space outside from my own world, maybe time is not something I should worry about. I have to keep a level head while thinking of a way to find the key fragment from this endless nothingness. Then I thought of doing some experiments.
"Fire pillars!" I chanted. Fire pillars emerged from the ground upwards.
I made as many as possible, just to illuminate my surroundings. After using my magic, the surroundings started to brighten up. To my amazement, the black nothingness around me changed into a blue sky with white clouds flying in one direction. I was now stepping on ankle deep water. I looked at the surroundings, seeing an endless view of this.
"What is this now?" I felt my eyebrows crunched, feeling this situation more and more incomprehensible.
"I see that you are one of my descendants, so that is why you were able to pass thru the door." A familiar voice said. I turned around, looking for where the voice came from.
"Almighty One?!" I was shocked to see the Almighty One in his younger form.
"Oh, you know me?" The Almighty One smiled.
"We met yesterday evening, did you not remember?" I asked in confusion. "You were the one that told me to search for the key fragments."
"Oh, I see. Now I understand." The Almighty One nodded in understanding. "That means you have met my true self."
"Your true self?" I asked.
"Yes. I am just a fragment of him, tasked to watch the key fragments." The Almighty One said. "The other key fragments have others like myself watching over them. So, my true self told you to get the key fragments? Hmmm." He leaned his face so close to me that I instinctively take back a step.
"Y-Yes?" I asked awkwardly. "Do you not believe me?"
"No, I believe you." The Almighty One stepped back with a smile. I sighed with relief when he backed away from my personal space. "I can feel my true self’s presence on you. That validates that you were in contact with my true self. That just means that my true self has chosen a body to be reincarnated to."
"Yes, my child that is still in my wife’s womb. He is the chosen one." I replied. "My wife, she is under the sea as of now, and I need the key fragments to pass the guardian azure dragon to get to her."
"Hmmm, I see." The Almighty One was holding his chin and nodding. "That one is really strict with orders that is given to him. You really cannot pass without the key. Well then, I will give it to you."
"Really, you will give me the key fragment?" I said with joy, a smile crept on my face.
"Well yes, of course I will give it to you. As you are the father of the future me." The Almighty One smiled. "But first, I would like to tell you something."
"What is it that you want to tell me?" I asked with curiosity.
"It is something that the future parent of my soul would have to know." The Almighty One said. "It is about how my life began, before I came to this continent."
"Your origins?" I asked.
All I know about the Almighty One are the ones written on books. But everything in books was about him after arriving here in this continent. Anything about him before that, we do not have any knowledge of it. All I know was he came from the east, meaning he came from one of the countries across the east sea.
"I was born in a country located in the east, at the same continent of Rabanasi. It was a country by the sea, but more closed off in comparison with Rabanasi who was its close neighbor. It was called the country of Xing." The Almighty One explained. "It was a country where magic exists as well, but different from the magic I have bestowed the Atlantians."
While the Almighty One was telling his story, the scenery in our surroundings changed. It was like we flew eastward in a fast speed, that the scenery blurred. After that, we were hovering above land along the sea shore.
’This must be the country of Xing the Almighty One is speaking of.’ I thought.
"The country of Xing was a prosperous one. They were rich with food, both from the sea and the land. They were blessed with the riches that the land could offer like gold, precious stones and such." The Almighty One continued. "But the people here were a strict bunch. They are closed from their neighboring countries, not wanting to share with other than themselves."
"Here, people have black hair and eyes that are slanted. They also have fair complexion, but more on the side of yellowish than our pale white. My birth name was Lang Fan." The Almighty One said. "Well I changed my name once I arrived here, so I have no attachment with that name. That is because my childhood was the opposite of a happy one."
The surroundings zoomed in a specific location. It was a huge architectural building that could be a palace. We were outside a room where people, particularly females come and go with panicked expressions, holding basins of water with cloth and blood. The Almighty One and I were like spectral figures, observing what was happening. I heard someone screaming inside the room. I deduced that someone was giving birth inside."
"The concubine of the king of this country is about to give birth to his thirteenth child." The Almighty One said.
"Sir, has his majesty arrived yet?" A woman that looked like a female attendant asked. "My lady has been asking for him while still in labor."
"How dare you ask the whereabouts of his majesty?!" The man said with a sharp look, looking at the female attendant. "His majesty will be here when the time is right."
"I am sorry, I did not mean it like that." The female attendant knelt down with her head touching the floor. "Please forgive this lowly one."
"Hmp." The man humped.
Not long, I heard the cry of a baby. The people outside had a sigh of relief.
"His majesty arrives!" Someone called out.
I looked around and saw a man wearing golden robes. He was pacing towards the door with the look of supremacy. All of the people around bowed in his presence.
"Greetings to his majesty. May you live a hundred years." The people greeted.
"Has she given birth?" The king asked.
"Yes your majesty, I heard a cry just now." The man from before replied.
"Why hasn’t the midwife came out yet?" The king asked.
"I-I am not sure your majesty. Let me take a look." The man replied. He knocked on the door loud. "You inside, his majesty is here to see his child."
Just a few minutes when the doors were opened. I saw what looked like the midwife carrying a baby wrapped in its sheets.
"G-Greetings your majesty. May you live a hundred years." The midwife greeted. Her face was all pale and looked afraid.
"Well do not just stand there, show the babe to his majesty." The man said with annoyance.
"Y-Yes... your majesty the lady bore you a son." The midwife had her arms evidently shaking. She slowly parted the cloth to let the king see the baby.
I was also able to see the baby from where I was standing. The baby had different features from the ones here. He had pale white skin and his hair was platinum blonde nearing silver. And when the baby opened his eyes, he had silver eyes.
"This was the time I was born, a very long time ago." The Almighty One said with a sad smile.
edited by: nalyn
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