《Swordverse Infinity》 Prologue-Sometimes, the Abyss is kind If a dream felt so real as if you were there in that very moment, still experiencing the pain, the joy, the emotion of reliving or seeing what is happening for the first time again, can it really still be called a dream? I walk down the hallways of the magnificent Palace, MY palace, the envy of the world, the Elvarhen people call it Eira Nuthradis which i like to jest means "Its better than ours" but i''ll settle for the actual, less funny meaning. It is here I am King, and my empire my beautiful creation, my legacy, is here to stand out in the world, we are the symbol of peace and prosperity, love and compassion, might and dominance, and our greatest strength is Diversity. My kingdom is the most powerful in the world, and rightly named Asaga, after the lands we walk. All around people of many forgotten races, cast out and forgotten, abused and without a home, came together under one banner, one vision of a greater tomorrow, led by one such as them who did not want to lead, but took it upon himself to do so to make the dreams of millions a reality, one he desparately wanted himself. And so the new Kingdom of Asaga was built by the hands of its own people and thrived. Life is, however full of unexpected twists and turns, and events come and go and eventually fade into the nether, only to be relieved by a single line of text found by chance in a ruin lost to time, or the ethereal wishes of those long dead wishing to be remembered. Fate truly is cruel. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. I was a fool to believe it would last. That the other countries and empires would allow this "monstrosity" as they called it to survive in peace. It began with "Peace Talks" and "Trade Delegations", Envoys of all the lands travelled far and wide to come to Asaga to seek an audience with this new and powerful nation. We were so blind, so misguided to think these envoys from all around the world meant the other nations were respecting us and willing to be allies. It was my greatest failure. A failure so great it collasped my kingdom and tore my people asunder. Oh how young and naive i was, i welcomed them with open arms and an eager heart, only to be mercilessly betrayed by every single one of them. I watched as my cities burned, my people executed, my family slaughtered right in rfront of me. I swore, if i ever get the chance in this life or the next i will seek revenge for my fallen brothers, my family, my people. Blood will wash the land and red rivers will bash upon the walls of those that believe they are safe from my wrath! I AM Vasara the deity of domination and my vengeance, my revenge, will come for them all. In the Dark, cold and unfeeling Abyss, among the ruins of my kingdom and bones of its people, i lay in wait, asleep. Dreaming over and over again of a better reality that i was so close to reaching, so close yet denied my right. In eternal torment i live and die a billion times, without end. But, you see the thing about dreams, is eventually...You wake up. A/N: Hello everyone, Terror Wolf here! im new to writing and would love feedback on what you all think about my work as i write it. If im doing anythign wrong or in a way you dont agree with, tell me and ill work even harder to get out a quality novel myself and all of you can enjoy! :) With Regards, TW Chapter-1 New Beginnings Can Reveal Dark Pasts So often Events we face shape who we are in small ways, Little things we tend not to notice until it consumes us and those around us. It is easy for compassion to turn into love, love to turn into obsession, and obsession to turn into something far worse. Many times we dont realize how much we change, until it is too late. You are Vasara, the world consumer, let your rage burn the world until it is no more. I suddenly open my eyes and see nothing, just a cold nothingness. Images flash in my mind, as I struggle to understand or make sense of it all pain sweeps throught my body as i try to move. It felt like needles were piercing all of my organs at once, I couldnt breathe."Ahhaarrgghh...Where am I? What happened?" After I settled down and the pain lessened my eyes were beginning to adjust to the darkness and I could make out shadowy shapes all around me. As I stumbled forward to try and walk a bit i stepped on something brittle and it shattered. I couldnt see what it was so i reached down and picked it up. "AHhhh!" It was a skull, a skull of one long forgotten to time...I recieved a message in my mind like a flash from a burning sun You are Light, you are he who banishes the dark from--NO! You Are DEATH and DESTRUCTION, cut down those who oppose you and end the madness once and for all!I fainted holding on to a final image, an image of ashen hair with red tinges, black wings with golden patterns, and piercing eyes that shifted between golden and red...the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. It seemed so familiar yet so different somehow, just another memory floating in the emptiness. "Im almost out." Vasara had been travelling in what he believed to be the ruins of a forgotten city underground...he had been wandering for hours until he finally found a half collasped path that he thought led to the surface. As time went on for what seemed like an eternity he suddenly saw white at the end of the road. He ran as fast as he could, tears streaming down his cheeks,although he didn''t know why. The moment his skin touched the light an earthquake shook the region and for a second it seemed as if the world was going to end. Like a few times before a message scrawled in his mind and for the first time, it was accompanied by a voice "And so it shall be, i have returned. To bathe this world in blood forever more." Vasara was scared, this was true fear. The voice contained such malice and hate, he could feel deaths cruel embrace waiting to come in and snuff out his tiny pathetic life in an instant, yet the voice also sounded like one he had heard before. For the first time he looked around at the scenery, it looked like a forest of lush green and tall trees, to Vasara it was peaceful. Nothing would ever happen here he thought, the animals would live and the trees would grow just as they probably always had, for untold millenia. He found comfort in this, and he couldnt quite get around why. With no goal in mind than to try and make sense of everything going through his mind, he walked onward, "It is not the destination, but the journey that takes you there." Vasara mused to himself...The past has shown that the destination is a LIE, enjoy this time,blood will spill before lo-But tragedycan lead to opportunity, a chance at rebirth..you need only reach out and take it "AAarrghhh! why am i hearing two voices in my head, i need to remember I..I need to-" And like that, he saw only blackness. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Laying against a tree so old, it could be as old as the world itself, was the most handsome boy who looked to be not any older than 14...if one looked closely at his long white hair you could see tinges of red appearing and disappearing periodicly, and asmile to topple kingdoms and change the world...accompanied by a lone tear large enough to break the hearts of millions, and stop wars in their tracks. It was mesmerizing. In the distance, a lone man wearing shiny silver armor with an insignia of a raven on topof a sword stuck on a mound, looked upon this site, and for a split second...for one instance, knew this would change his life forever. He walked torwards the boy who looks so at peace, yet so sad, propped him over his shoulder, and kept walking to his destination...the human city of Anapol on the edges of the strongest human nation, the Avaris Empire. In a Faraway land on the other side of the world... "It cant be....its not possible...this isnt possible!" An old elf with elegance and grace was slowly losing his composure as he read a scroll shining with what seemed like divine radiance, This was Minister Alesk Tir''nava head Advisor to Emperor Revelus Nas''Vitalia, the leader of the Elven Empire. He sprinted as fast as he could to the Emperors private study, clutching the scrollso tightly as if he let go just a little, it would be gone forever, and barged through the doors. "My Lord," he said as he kneeled as quickly as he could "The Divine Scroll has activated, a Deity has reappeared in this world once more." He waited, kneeled in silence... "First off, rise Alesk, were close enough so you dont need to kneel and be so formal. Plus we are alone anyways, now tell me more about this...divine scroll, everyone in the world knows the divines abandoned this world, and the very few who remained placed limiters on their power, and sacrificed their undying bodies to come down to the mortal world and live among us. Nobody knows what became of them, they probably all died out as we have not seen nor heard from them for many many ages" "Of course My Lo--Lord Vitalia ughh he never changes this old fart, thought Revelus as his long time advisor and friend refused tocall him by his name like he had when they were children. the divine scroll is presumed to have been left by our precursor race,we no longer know their name or what happened to them, and only through our amazing cities with ancient architecture still standing do we know, we are descended from this race. This scroll was imbued with very powerful magic the likes of which we cannot currently recreate, to activate if Divine Energy is detected upon the mortal world once more." "Can the energy be traced?" Vitalia asked his oldest friend, if divine energy could be traced perhaps the Elves could track down the mysterious divine Swords said to be the representation of each Deity scattered around the world. The Elves tended to keep to themselves and almost never left their territories. Outsiders and other races were barred from entering elven lands, and if found would be given one warning and sent away if they were not military, and if they were military they were slaughtered without mercy. So the other races left the elves alone, but if say, the humans got their hands on even one divine sword, they may attempt to tryand take elven land by force. Something the Revelus did not want to happen, if the elves could reach them first they could be lockedaway for eternity as they should be. "No, im afraid not my Lord. But this could be trouble, nobody remembers what the Gods were like, and we dont even know which one this is. We need to be careful. I suggest sending a few of our Ansansi to investigate this matter." "We have not called upon the Elven Order of Assassins in over 300 years my friend, my grandfather was Ruler of these lands, the last time we sent them out to monitor the world, on Elven behalf...but i trust, you. If yo uare certain, i will make it so. Now come,sit. You havent visited me in a while and i wish to discuss happier topics with you." A/N: WOW long chapter huh? No? Yes? Maybe?????! haha, hope you enjoyed the beginning of the grand adventure i plan to write for all of you! I have no set schedule but wont go too long before i update with new chapters. Much Love, Terror Wolf ~Please Review so i can better the novel :)~ Just a small poll and A/N asking for reviews!!This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. chapter 2 is coming soon! :) Chapter 2-Lone Knight and Lonely Child Often we realize, our dreams and wishes are unattainable. It is this moment that defines who were are. Will you break and cower trembling in fear? Or charge straight through hell and back to achieve all your goals? Scenes played out in my mind rapidly. One minute i am building a large wall as high as the eye can see, among millions of other people, the next i am in an assembly room speaking a language I do not recall knowing. It''s very fustrating, I cant make sense of most of it, people keep bowing their heads as I walk by them, is this my past? Why cant I remember? I want to remember so badly. drip....drip....drip. "Huh...Where am I? Was I crying?" Vasara looked around and noticed he was in laying down in a bed, in an unfamiliar room tears falling down his face."Ahh, your''e awake finally boy." Vasara turned his head to see a tall man with raven black hair wearing big shiny silver armor sitting on a chair in the corner of the room. "Good, i was starting do get worried. So, who are you? Why were you in the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest?" The man asked. "I dont remember anything. Soo, why were YOU in the forbidden forest...since its forbidden?"Forbidden? No, it was buried in myth and deceit. The Height of the Empire, Its greatest city. They erased it. As we will erase them. "Oh...I..Uhh...The thing is...im sorry thats classified"Hoh...Mr. soldier gets easily jumbled hmm, hehe time for some fun"Are you my father?" PPFFTT! The Knight spit out what he was drinking. "Don''t joke around like that kid, I found you sitting against a tree knocked out, didn''t feel right to just leave you there. So you really cant remember anything?" The Knight was honestly extremely nervous, this was a first for him, a completely unexpected situation. He was on a Personal mission from His Majesty King Wallus Artus to investigate strange magical signatures in this region, in fact it was so improtant he was allowed the use of the teleportation array on the opposite side of the empire. He thought about this young boy, who looked so broken, yet so full of life, his skin was pale white and spotless, his eyes were deep red, yet full of emotion and vibrancy, and his hair that touches his shoulders was whiter than snow and had tinges of red on the end, he looked like a porcelain doll, only with a more dominant and overbearing presence. He didnt know what to do with a young presumed orphan he had just met, so he decided to do what he did when he was the boys age, train in Mahai and Magic. "Hey Mr. whats your name?" vasara asked. "Orthus Segnir, Head Knight of the Avaris Empire of humanity. Say you dont have anywhere to go right? Why dont you come with me back to the capital? Im super duper strong, being a head knight and all, I can train you in Mahai and a little bit of Magic."Haha! hows that! I bet hes super impressed! He must be---EHHHH, nothing! Not even his eyes glistened! what the hell! Vasara stared blanky seemingly looking past Orthus.Knight...danger.....magic....destroy...lowly humans, they weren''t even born after we left the heavens. They are weak, the true enemy is hidden. We must search them out and burn them all to the gro-Or, start a new life, and enjoy it. This Knight is trusworthy, with a kind soul. Lift the burdens that bind you and find salvation.He snapped out of it finally. "I dont have anywhere to go, so why not..i''ll go with you.Not like i can do much else I suppose.Show me this Mahai and Magic then."Only the weak use something as pitiful as magic and mahai, use your divity to annihalate your foes."Very well, follow me then." Orthus lead Vasara out the house and into a courtyard in the back. "What is your name by the way kid?" "My name is Vasara."This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. "Alright Vasara listen closely, Mahai is what we call Battle Ki, it''s different than Magic, Battle Ki comes from the surroundings and draws Magical Energy inside the body to enhance it while Magic draws Magical Energy from within to expand it into our surroundings. Not everyone can use Mahai just as not everyone can use Magic. There are three main aspects of Mahai and five main elements of Magic. The three aspects of Mahai are Strengthening, Quickening, and Hardening. Strengthening makes you hit harder, Quickening allows your speed to reach incredible numbers as well as hasten your reflexes, and lastly Hardening solidifies the body making it tougher to damage. Each aspect has 10 levels, though not a single person has reached level 10 in hundreds of years, possibly longer. As Head Knight, naturally i am the strongest in the Empire with all 3 aspects at level 9, 8, and 8 respectively. Unfortunately i cannot do Magic but i know a few people in the capital who can help you with it if you cannot learn Mahai. Now as for Magic the 5 main Elements are Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Primal. Primal Magic is lost to us, but it is said to encompass the power of gravity, the void, and a myriad of other things.Lost? Or simply forgotten, just as we were.Hmm, I need to test his moxy. If he gets to frightened by me coming quickly in front of him, this will be 10 times harder. Well....lets do it!Suddenly, Orthus let out a dominating Aura and dashed torwards Vasara, it was so fast, just a blur zigzagging through the air at amazing speeds! As Orthus was within 3 feet of Vasara and was about to stop, he noticed the boys demeanor had changed significantly, it was cold and heartless, and his skin crawled the second he glimpsed the cold, unfeeling smile on the boys face. Too weak.Before he knew it, he was sent flying through the air and broke down wall after wall as he kept on tumbling through buildings."Oh Shit. What did i do?!Uhh...crap, i think i messed up. Notice of Hiatus Hello everyone, im writing here to inform you all that i will be going on a hiatus in order to write all the chapters I have planned for this novel, and release them all in bulk when I am finished. Thanks for your understanding and I hope you enjoy when they release. Thanks.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.