《Dragon Child of Thunder》 Prologue: 500 years later the war is at a stalemate, The lord Raz Seph had used too much power to teleport to our world so he had to patiently wait to recharge his power to continue his conquest. While the Allied Forces of Elements (The Houses of Elements) worked on many ways to destroy him. The Mages predicted he might need 200 more years to begin to move. The world Zenheim holds five Continents, Astarte, Krolheim, Salazard, Einzel and KanKan Forest. Astarte is the main hub of the world where the Allied Forces of Elements main headquarters resides the home of the humans. Astarte the dwelling of the humans who are boastful and pride themselves on their luxurious living and their civilized world. Krolheim the home of the elves who live in seclusion within there lush forests and tall trees. Salazard the home of the dwarves who almost never leave their mountains, and remain buried in their mining and smelting. Kankan Forest the home of the Beast men who roam the forests as kings of nature and the hunt. Einzel, once called the lightning continent home of the Proud Draconian race now reduced to rubble and ashes and save a huge dark palace that remains in the middle of the ruins, the castle of Lord Raz Seph. The houses of Magic are as follows : The House of Earth : Salazard, ( Dwarves blessed with the greatest affinity to earth.) The House of Fire: Astarte (Humans blessed with the greatest affinity to fire.) The House of Wind : Krolheim ( Elves blessed with the greatest affinity to wind.) The House of Water : KanKan Forest ( The Beastmen blessed with the greatest affinity to water.) At the heart of the Continent of Astarte lies the Capital City of Corinth in the Kingdom of Corinth. Within the Capital City Corinth, A huge tower that spirals as if to almost reach the sky can be seen, undoubtedly the second tallest building in Corinth, The Mage tower, Also known as the House of Fire. On the Floor below the top floor An old grey-haired man sits shifting through some documents with a bored expression on his face, which makes his old face look even older, a long grey beard that shows signs of being constantly stroked and his brown warm eyes finally shifts over to the door of his personal chambers, where three guards stand nervously with heads bowed waiting for him to say something. " Well?" the old grey-haired man asked. " Elder Flameheart, We don''t know where he ran off to, when we went to knock on his door there was no reply, so we opened it by force and found this letter" the first guard spoke with nervousness ever present in his voice The guard hands over the letter, to the old man, Elder Aurius Flameheart, An elder and adviser to the House of Fire, the position which is second only to the ruler itself, The Fuhrer. The elder glances through the letter and let''s out a helpless sigh, while shaking his head and stroking his beard. " I swear he''s a grown man with three children and he still has a fondness for these child like things, What to do~ what to do" the old man was clearly annoyed. " You three, Take this letter and give it to my dear daughter-in-law, I''m certain she will be able to bring back that idiot of a son, I somehow seemed to create" "Yes sir!" The guards all replied in Unison while forming a fist with their right hands and holding it to their chest, the salute of the Guards of the House of fire. After a few moments passed and Aurius was alone by himself he mused at how much his son took after him always ready to venture out there and see new things. "I wonder where he went this time....If I remember correctly he said he wanted to visit the Mountain, ''Lizard''s Run'' " "Let''s just hope he doesn''t go too far up those mountains, it''s said around this time during spring the dragons move back to the top layer of the mountains, he''s never really had good luck with these sort of things" The old man couldn''t help but sigh and bury his face in his palm, and he was right to do so, Thunder dragons are one of the most destructive and aggressive creatures in Zenheim, with scales thicker and harder than any steel and imbued with a frightening amount of concentrated Lightning, they are indeed a cause for great concern. Truthfully no sane man would go in search of such a terrifying beast....Well..Except for his idiotic son. In the middle of a rocky mountain, a dumb man is seen climbing, with a dumb look on his face like no other, this idiotic man continues to climb, After finally finding a small cave half way up he decided to take a rest so he dusted the dirt off of his climbing boots, revealing the name ''Auriel Flameheart'' This Idio....man, then proceeded to light a fire and reheat some of his food he so graciously stole from his wife, for which he will soon pay for, that is, if he isn''t made into a light bulb first and mangled by a Thunder Dragon. While the food was being heated, the inside of the cave became more visible and he was able to see a bit further in, so he used some fire magic to brighten up the cave more when he noticed a stairwell, idiocy...*ahem* curiosity got the better of him so he wolfed down the food and then proceeded to the stairwell. It kept on going up and up in a spiral until he lost track of time and didn''t know how long he had been going up. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. "How far does this thing go up?, Jeez, I can''t even remember how long I''ve been walking, 2 days? maybe more?" * Crumble Crumble* *Cough Cough* " What the hell was that?..." He could feel vibrations coming from the top as if someone was jumping up and down on the second floor and he was on the first. The problem though, was that the amount of vibrations and the overall intensity of it were not of a human''s. His heart instantly shook, Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he subconsciously squeezed his fist tightly, he dared not to look down to see his own knees shaking all he could do was mutter.. "Dragons..." Once more his idio...curiosity peaked, and he fought his instincts and every nerve in his body yelling at him to flee from there as fast as possible and bury himself in the dirt between some bushes and breathe through a straw. However, this man''s stupidity knows no bounds, it''s as vast as the sea and as deep as the ocean, So he somehow pressed on, if he could just get a glimpse of those dragons he would have completed his mission and could return home. So he climbed stairs after stairs, with a determined look, as the vibrations became more and more intense and he could hear the flapping of enormous wings. Until finally, he saw light, with renewed vigor he vaulted up the stairs toward the light while trying to remain as silent as possible. As the surrounding light faded what he was able to see, he would absolutely never forget. Dragons, Yes plural, The other reason why Thunder Dragons are extremely feared is because they travel in packs, a fact no one really knew, because they were probably eaten right after they discovered that fact. Huge Silver-blue colored Divine creatures, covered in steel like scales flying around, their eyes looked menacing and all knowing with large golden pupils as bright as the sun, their teeth looked like high quality steel curved swords sharpened to it''s utmost and enchanted with death, spikes protruding throughout their bodies following their spinal cord, Static sparking here and there and loud low tone growls could be heard, amongst beating wings. While some were flying, some were lying down. Fear....that was the only word that could describe Auriel Flameheart, Indescribable, heart-wrenching, mind- shattering fear. But what happened next almost made him dirty his undergarments, every single one of the dragons turned and looked at him. Not a second after he felt a sharp object pressed against his back where his heart should be, though he may be an idiot, he was no weakling, he was the son of an Elder of the House of Fire, however his fear clouded his mind and he didn''t notice someone behind him. When he turned around he could see a young boy about 7 or 8 years old, white hair, blue eyes holding a spear, without a trace of fear or hesitation, well-toned body for his age, wearing nothing but a loin cloth, but the most eye catching thing about this young man was a crystal stone embedded in his forehead...he muttered.. "A drac..A...A draconian?" The boy then proceeded to kick him over the exit of the cave and into the middle of the dragons, while he was in his stupefied state he couldn''t help but think to himself. ''Oh how I would like to be home right now'' Even though he was scared and he knew he was about to die, he couldn''t help but stare at the draconian boy in wonder, who were thought to be extinct. The boy then looked at him as if evaluating him, his stare seemed to be likened to the dragons, feral and wild, but intelligent as well. --Suddenly, *don* *don* *don* *don* A Majestic Golden dragon came walking up towards him, he knew for a fact this golden dragon was the leader because it was bigger than the rest and the other dragons lowered their heads a bit. This dragon was definitely not like the rest, It''s body oozed Power and it looked at him almost indifferently as if it were looking at a insect. It''s eyes were fiercer than the rest and looked like it contained great wisdom as well as a great wrath, no matter what he wasn''t going to offend that dragon. The pressure was unbearable and he fell to his knees. The draconian boy then dashed off towards the golden dragon and climbed up it''s back and sat on the head of the golden dragon while clinging onto one of it''s protruding horns, almost as if he were the child of the dragon and the dragon not seeming to mind added to his thoughts. ''YES THIS IS INDEED MY CHILD HUMAN'' He was dumbstruck to find out this dragon could read his mind and speak to him through telepathy. His body started trembling uncontrollably, he began to wonder...How will this end? Prologue 2 : A Child is born. 5 days before the event known as "The Lightning Calamity" when the House of Lightning was destroyed by the arrival of Raz Seph the Conqueror, marking his coming with blood, destruction and massacre. In the heart of the Continent of Einzel, The Capital City Stormcloud, home to the House of Lightning, a man in his thirties can be seen running frantically through the entrance of the Mansion of the House of Lightning. Two of the guards stationed there both gave a salute to the man, while opening the doors and saying in unison. " Welcome back Lightning Chief Stormblade! " " LYSSEEE!!! I''M COMING MY DARLING!!" The Lightning Chief seemed to ignore them, though not out of ill intentions but because he was currently focused on something that was important enough to make him dart around and not care about his appearance. He had completely ignored all of his subordinates running through the hallways the guards and the maids couldn''t help but chuckle. For today his child was due to be born, and the guards knew all too well, that their master and lord could fight an army by himself, but to matters such as delivery and pregnancy he would be as helpful as a spoon with a huge gaping hole. This is the Lightning Chief of House of Lightning, Rayne Stormblade. Standing at approximately 2 meters, With huge steel like shoulder blades and a lean build, white shoulder length hair and silver piercing eyes with a Golden Crystal embedded in his forehead, and tanned skin he could be considered handsome and looked more in his mid thirties, than his actual age which Is probably thanks to the mana in his body slowing the aging process. In the Magical Arts and the Martial Arts, after a certain level is achieved one''s life span increases due to the body being constantly broken down and reformed with mana, something we will get more acquainted with later down. The man called the "Lightning God" feared by his competitors and without peer, was usually a jolly man, but it''s said his wrath is time tested and proven on the battlefield and without fail it always delivers. The hallways were decorated In the finest silk curtains only the top nobility could buy, sculptures of dragons and warriors filled the hallway of the house. This was partially because the people of the Lightning Continent, the Draconians have had a long history with the Thunder Dragons. There are reports of ordinary citizens finding themselves in a situation that would surely be their end, only to be saved by a Thunder dragon. People don''t know why these situations occur but to some it doesn''t matter why. These divine beasts were considered God-like beings so it''s wasn''t strange for any home within Stormcloud City to be decorated with sculptures and paintings of them. Once every year, they visit the mountain Called "God''s hand" the tallest mountain in all of Einzel, Thunder dragons love being near the sky by nature so this mountain was a perfect dwelling for them as they are nomadic type dragons. These beasts fly from mountain to mountain as if they were guardians watching over the world, one of their usual spots was indeed "God''s hand". On their annual visits to God''s Hand They would usually be met with banquets prepared by the people of the Lightning Continent, however this was not a necessary thing if one year they missed it nothing would happen, it was more of showing appreciation than anything else. It was the one time of year, the entire country moved and they called it the Lightning Dragon Festival. Finally Lord Rayne''s eyes finally caught his wife''s bed chamber entrance, his pace quickened as he pressed his hand on the door and opened it with the utmost haste. not bothering to control his strength he slammed the door. * BANGGG!!* " LYSSEE!!!!" " CAN SOMEONE SHUT THIS OAF UP AND KICK HIM OUT OF THE ROOM RIGHT NOW!!" Yelled an older lady with silver hair, hints of red strands can also be seen, wrinkles surrounding red warm eyes with a Golden-Red Crystal embedded in her forehead. Who was this lady that can admonish this King of the Lightning Continent? Why his mother of course, The Former Queen, Elise Stormblade Hailed as " The Red Witch of Dragon" Aptly named due to the countless wars between the races where she made her presence known. Her Signature trademark Red Lightning made her enemies cower and freeze up in fear. One of the midwives was a young woman in about her early 20s with black hair and brown eyes, with a Silver-Crystal embedded in her forehead. She wore a maid uniform with the symbol of a dragon flying through a storm cloud embroidered on her right shoulder. She opened her hands, palms facing forward and made a scooting motion which she then used to shove the king right out the door. " Wait Anne I --" If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "....." It seems she was mute, She made hand signs, that seemed to threaten him and gave him a glare, to which the king replied "WHY ARE THE WOMEN IN THIS HOUSE ALL SO MEAN?!, EVEN MY OWN MAID SHOVES ME THE KING OUT THE DOOR!," Which he roared in agony, she seemed to read his lips. Anne: "....." She made hand signs again which he seemed to understand as the queen was having some small complications and she needed to concentrate, so it would be best if he remained outside She showed the king a sad face. This made his face go pale. " I-I understand, please...take care of her..." The maid then proceeded to close the door as he slumped down near the door, silently praying. Some time passed, as he sat there he could hear the delivery begin, "PUSH DARLING PUSH! GIVE IT YOUR ALL YOU CAN DO IT!" an elder voice cried out. A woman could be heard groaning in agony, and screaming, After a half an hour passed-- "WAAAAAHHH WAHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHHH!!!" " It''s a boy!!, A healthy young boy!!, Congratulations honey!" the elder voice spoke once more. Rayne immediately rushed through the door and what he could see was a woman in about her late 20''s, light blue hair with strands of silver, and dark blue eyes, with a pale yet beautiful complexion, she had a Silver Colored gem embedded in her forehead This woman was the embodiment of the word beautiful. Her name was Queen Lyssel Stormblade, originally from a high nobility family, her family had produced many great Lightning Warriors. A warm and graceful smile can be seen on her face as she stared and what she was holding in her arms, it was a bundle of fur where a tiny face could be seen. The baby stopped crying and looked at her stretching to touch her face as if he instinctively knew that she was his mother. Which made her weary face give off the most graceful smile a woman could give, the smile of a mother. " Lyse, you''ve done a great job! Look at this healthy young boy you''ve given us..." The king couldn''t help but make a dumb face while looking at this little bundle of fur, "Of course it''s my cute baby..of course he would be strong." "Can I hold him?" "No" "Please?" "No" "...." *sob sob* "Fine..." Rayne''s POV. So this is my child, my heir, look at his tiny feet...so small hehehe, I''ve waited 9 months for you impatiently, why''d you take so long *sob*. Now I''m a dad, and I couldn''t have asked for a better son, this boy''s eyes are fierce as expected of a son of mine. He has a white crystal, that''s incredibly rare, he will be a strong male heir, It seems I don''t have to worry much about the future of the country "Lyse, I will protect this boy no matter what, you''ve done an amazing job, now it''s my turn, I hope I can be a good father, the father my son will want to follow and I have many things to teach him" "You''ll make an amazing father Rayne, I can tell, because you''re already a great king" She beamed a warm smile at him which seemed to erase all his doubts. The former Queen, his mother, then interjected, "He was born with a white crystal, he''s the same as me and Grandpa, I wonder what sort of quirk his lightning will have, ah it''ll be fun to find out! My sweet grandchild! Give him here Rayne!!" Rayne gently gave the small bundle of fur to his mother and begun to think. ''He was born with the rare Dragon Gem like mother'' Regular Dragon Gems are as follows: Grey--->Silver--->Gold but the rare ones usually take a totally different path For mother it went like this White-->Red--> Golden-Red. For the late king, father, it went like this White-->Purple--> Golden-Purple Mother has a sort of flame attribute imbued with her lightning, and father''s Lightning was more liquid like and it literally rained lightning, earning him the name "Thunder Caller". Usually people with rare gems have a quirk with their lightning. Unlike me who was just born with monstrous mana capacity, our enemies might begin to target him. I subconsciously bit my lip just thinking about it. ''In 4 days the Lightning Dragon Festival will be held, we will ask the Thunder Dragons to give him a name. How lucky for this baby, Being exposed to a divine beast at a young age will help his future growth and the dragons may be able to sense his quirk and draw it out.'' Little did he know, that the next four days would be written down in the history books. Prologue 3: The Lightning Calamity. A few days had passed since the birth of the first prince of Stormcloud, the young Stormblade. Tomorrow is the day of the Lightning Dragon Festival, today the nobles will all visit with their marriage proposals for the young lord and a celebration to be held in honor of the King, the Lightning Chief Rayne Stormblade. While the citizens procured and prepared their various meats and foods for the Thunder Dragon Banquet. Chefs from every corner of the Stormcloud Empire began cooking seafood, wild meat and many other various meats in dozens of styles. Many Rich-looking carriages can be seen moving up steadily towards the Palace of the House of Lightning, Many with different signs and symbols of their clans but the one thing that they all had in common, was a Symbol of a Dragon through a storm cloud, The symbol of the House of Lightning. Many ambitious men and proud high ranking nobles came with the thoughts of getting their daughters married to the young prince. Somewhere within the mansion, the King is standing with a helpless expression facing towards a locked door. "Lyse, You have to bring him here...the nobles have already arrived" he urged "NO!, he''s only a few days old and you''re already bringing some despicable women to take him away!! NEVER!!" She angrily retorted. He faced palmed, and then replied "My love, the girls aren''t even 2 years old yet how can they be despicable?" "Any woman that tries to take away another woman''s child right after he''s born is despicable!" She replied angrily. ''Well...she''s not wrong'' he thought to himself. The king realized this was going no where, she definitely won''t leave the room he approached the door knob to open it by force but the second his fingers curved around it -- *BZZT* "AHHHHHHH!!" he cried out in agony! Red sparks can be seen jumping around the door knob that made it seem to sizzle. "MOM! EVEN YOU?!" he yelled in despair. "Alright, alright I promise I won''t accept any proposals today, we will let our young prince choose when he''s older okay?" he said trying to find a compromise. After a few minutes passed, Lyse calmed down and she opened the door with teary eyes tightly hugging the little bundle of fur close to her neck. "H-Have you calmed down now?" He asked in a cautious manner. "Hmph!" she then abruptly left to go change him into presentable clothing. Rayne looked at her and couldn''t help but chuckle, he clearly loved his adorable wife of his and had she refused to come out he probably would have let her have her way otherwise what could the nobles possibly say to the "God of Lightning" They never knew the God of Lightning Rayne Stormblade as a family man, they knew better as they saw him countless times on the battlefields as a calm, cold, calculating, devious devil, a master tactician with a terrifying mana capacity. As his wife left, he looked in the room, to his surprise, what he saw was an army of women, some female guards, maids and his Mother sitting as the head..all glaring at him coldly, sweat beads ran down his face..They all had one thing in common, they were heavily armed.... "....What is this?" he said while his face lost all color... "Seriously mom? you and Lyse made an army to protect him from engagements.." He said with a face full of disbelief he couldn''t help but feel happy he made a compromise, as the alternative may have been assassination by the young prince loyalists. The female guards and maids had all taken a liking to adorable baby as he made the place feel more homely. Rayne however, went to the balcony and smiled into the heavens for granting him the intelligence to avoid his death.... As he stared off into the distance, he had a feeling something was wrong, he just couldn''t put his hands on it...and rightfully so. **** After some time passed the ballroom was filled with people, nobles from all over Stormcloud and even emissaries from other Continents sent their congratulations to the King and his young heir. Some from overseas even offered their daughter''s hand in marriage in hopes of an alliance. He greeted them all and introduced them to the young prince Stormblade. People danced and drunk and danced some more, the sun came up but no one paid attention to those minor details, for today was the Lightning Dragon Festival it was indeed another reason to celebrate in Einzel-- --Suddenly *GROOOOWLL** A thunderous low growl could be heard, it signaled the arrival of the Thunder Dragons. The chefs and store-owners closed up their stores and restaurants and finalized their preparations for their delicacies. The King and his royal family as well as the many nobles present all changed into their ceremonial clothing and a matching set was also on the young Prince. They then prepared as per usual and begun heading up Mount "God''s Hand". Only nobility or more specifically, those with high mana capacities were allowed to climb the hill during the banquet simply because most commoners couldn''t withstand the pressure of the dragons. However, they had their pride in preparing the food for the dragons and that was enough for them. Leading in front was the King, Rayne Stormblade the Lightning Chief, they made their way up the hills on Lightning Lizards. Beasts that are the size of a huge komodo dragon with static bubbling at their mouths every now and then these creatures had tough hides, and possessed affinity to Lightning. They''re commonly used as mounts throughout the Einzel Continent. However at the current moment there were absolutely no monsters or animals in this region because the sound of Thunder Dragons made them exit the area almost instantly on instinct. It was a quiet and uneventful ride and they were barely halfway there when suddenly-- *****RIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP***** A piercing loud sound filled the sky! It was hard enough to make all the dragons take to the skies immediately right then and there. The loud piercing sound was as if space and time itself had distorted, totally and completely ignoring the banquet they were quietly waiting for as guardians of this world these dragons realized their reason for existence in a matter of seconds as their eyes zoomed downward to the city of Stormcloud. There a large tear in space and time had appeared and out came a terrifying, large, humanoid looking figure. It was the size of a mansion 5 stories high, compared to the dragons he was indeed smaller but the aura he gave off made him feel bigger than any dragon. It was a disgusting eerie aura that was soaked in killing intent and malice, it was truly the aura of a devil. He appeared looming over the city clutching a huge blood-red war axe with eyes that showed coldness beyond belief and a sinister smile on his face, his dark green eyes that looked as if they swallowed countless millions of souls, his teeth that betrayed his humanity as they were disfigured and were shaped like long pointed curling spears, some tangled within his mouth constantly cutting his own lips and tongue and constantly drawing his own blood which he didn''t seem to mind. He was truly a disgusting terrifying monster. 12 human sized men had also appeared, all in black armor with various different weapons as their faces were shrouded no one could see their faces. Their aura clearly proved they weren''t foot soldiers, in fact each of their auras were comparable to the God of Lightning Rayne Stormblade. The monster screamed only one word. "KIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!" As legions upon legions came falling out of the tear in space and time they were slightly bigger than humans and were also shaped like humans however that was as far as the similarities went. They resembled trolls but instead of being green in color they were grey-blackish and showed no signs of intelligence only a desire and lust for destruction and violence. Their faces were deformed, their eyes sunken in which gave off a feeling of frightful insanity, these things begun slaughtering all lifeforms in Stormcloud city. Countless cries of people could be heard, men, women and children, regardless of age or position began screaming in despair and helplessness never before has a scene like this transpired. The King, The Queen, Lady Elise and all of the nobles stared wide-eyed in disbelief and horror as the sound of agonizing screams filled their eardrums. " WAAAAHH WAAAAHHH WAHHHHH" cried the young prince which seemed to bring everyone to their senses, instantly they realized they weren''t dreaming. "ALL ABLE WARRIORS AND MAGES TO THE CITY AT ONCE! WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEE FROM HERE, HEAD TO THE BAY, ORGANIZE SHIPS AND LEAVE AT ONCE!!!" The king yelled with renewed vitality. Sadly, that disgusting monster wouldn''t allow anyone to flee. People took their eyes off of him for far too long, to see what was happening in Stormcloud that no one had noticed the monster 5 stories high building up a terrifying amount of power... "ESCAPE? THEIR IS NO ESCAPE! I AM RAZ SEPH, CONQUEROR OF DIMENSIONS AND YOUR WORLD IS MINE!!!!" ****RIIIIPPP**** ****RIIIIPPPP**** ****RIIIIIPPP**** ****RRRRIIIIIPPP**** Miniature rips in space similar to the large one appeared surrounding the King, the Queen and the many other nobles present. More and more legions appeared around them.. "He...knew that we were here....how?" was the only thing King Rayne could say as he felt a tinge of despair in his heart. He turned, looked at his child and tears began to flow...he began cursing fate how could it be so cruel? His child was now born and he was happy with his life, for this sort of thing to happen..even his wife and mother won''t be able to escape. His emotions then turned into a different one....Rage... It filled his nostrils and his entire being, his aura began to explode. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. The surrounding "Invaders" felt fear for the first time since they landed. They instinctively knew that this guy was dangerous, the surrounding nobles all felt their fighting spirit reinvigorated and began unsheathing their weapons and charging up the mana stored in their bodies, they were all prepared to fight to the death. When suddenly-- *****GROWLLLLLLLL***** A Golden Dragon with all knowing eyes full of wrath descended from the heavens with frightful spikes protruding from it''s body, at it''s side a smaller black dragon can be seen trailing behind it with red eyes as bright as the sun with similar spikes protruding from it''s spinal cord. The black dragon was a bit smaller than the golden one and was without a doubt a young one, approximately two dozen dragons of Blue silver color came following behind them both. They went straight towards the monster Raz Seph, as they dove from the sky the dragons went at speeds that did not match their bodies, they were as fast as lightning itself. The 12 Dark Knights all took defensive positions around Raz Seph, two in particular stood in front of the Golden Dragon''s charge but were instantly obliterated on the spot in the blink of an eye. Not deciding to give an inch the Golden Dragon began charging and insane amount of mana from it''s mouth, instantly a blood-screeching whirring sound could be heard emanating from it''s jaw and as it opened it''s jaws toward the direction of Raz Seph-- *** BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*** A terrifying amount of lightning destroyed hundreds of thousands of Invaders and turned them to ash, it grazed the Conqueror on his face slightly and somehow he managed to lift his axe to parry the rest of the Lightning Beam. However it was indeed a stupid idea, the beam wrapped around the Axe and Exploded-- **BOOM** Instantly sending the Conqueror flying into a mountain. The other 2 dozen dragons hand their hands full fighting the other 10 Death Knights, this fight was indeed the hardest they had ever been. It seemed as though the instant two of the Death Knights died the power of the other ten had increased as if it were one entity living in 12 different bodies. A battle of incredible proportions was occurring and the terrain was being destroyed and reformed. It was complete and utter carnage as Invaders slaughtered draconians, draconians slaughtered Invaders, while the Blue-silver Dragons were in a close battle with the Death Knights. The dragons used their numbers to prevent any casualties as they traded spots whenever one was too highly damaged which bought them valuable time to heal and regain their stamina. As the battle raged on, The Blue-silver dragons carried out a team attack led by the young black dragon that destroyed 2 of the death knights, almost instantly in response the aura of the other 8 Increased to a frightening degree and the 8 attacked the young black dragon in unison killing it and shredding it''s body to pieces. ****OOOUUUURRRRrrr...** It screamed as it went plummeting towards the floor, the Golden Dragon spun it''s head around in fear as it watched it''s young die. The young dragon hadn''t even reached 500 years yet and it met it''s end, the young Black Dragon was the child of the Golden Dragon and dragons could only have one offspring in their entire lives. The Golden Dragon felt it''s heart quake as if it lost all it''s limbs. It stared as the dragon went plunging through the air and hit the ground below with a loud... **BOOOMMM** Taking her eyes off the conqueror, The Golden Dragon intended to flee to it''s young, when suddenly-- **Grip** " WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! HAHA NO ESCAPE LITTLE LIZARD!" As the conqueror grabbed onto the Golden Dragon''s tail he prepared a strike aimed at the Golden Dragon''s head, but what the dragon did shocked him! It spun around with eyes filled with hatred and insanity and glared at Raz Seph with a sense of maddening, It''s spikes protruded from the tail and began rotating to a terrifying degree, It''s scales acted as insulation as it pumped a Godlike amount of Lightning into it''s tail increasing the speed of the protruding spikes. It was like a drill the size of a plane with many smaller drills attached on rotating at the same speed, instantly it destroyed the left hand of the Conqueror and with another flick it sent it''s tail slashing towards the right hand, in a swift motion both hands turned into spaghetti! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" The conqueror couldn''t help but scream out in anguish, however it did not stop there the tail then went slashing downwards towards the vile creatures face. The conqueror upon regaining his senses pulled his head far enough away as the tail came slashing down towards his chest instead and sent him flying once more into another mountain. "IT SEEMS YOU''RE A PRETTY DANGEROUS LIZARD HAHAHAH, I WANTED TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO BEGIN MY CONQUEST, BUT IT SEEMS I''ll HAVE TO PUT IT OFF FOR A FEW HUNDRED YEARS!! YOU ARE NOT A FOE I CAN HOLD BACK AGAINST" It spoke Suddenly--- Almost instantly a huge surge of power could be felt as the mountain the conqueror crashed into had instantly turned into ash, he got up as his wounds began repairing itself as well as his armor that was shattered began repairing itself...The floor was shaking as if something was being poured into it. A look of fear encased everyone watching as this vile beast that had been using Time Magic to repair itself, which meant no wound is too devious as long as one didn''t die instantly, in a matter of seconds he had repaired himself completely. The Golden Dragon looked around at the Blue-Silver dragons and saw they were all tired as their opponents seemed completely fine, wanting to avenge her son the Golden Dragon wanted nothing more than to charge into the Conqueror and fight till the end. However, it''s role as a leader and guardian prevented her from the double suicide attempt. She didn''t want other dragons to experience the pain of losing the young ones so she ordered them all to retreat and wait at the designated place, they were all reluctant to go but after a few fierce glares from her they all retreated at top speed. The Conqueror roared angrily "WHY DO YOU ALL FLEE?!!!" He did not try to give chase neither did the 8 Death Knights because in the sky dragons were king, and even if they did chase they would not be able to keep up. That''s not all, fighting in the sky near the clouds against a Thunder Dragon was indeed suicide. Then the Golden Dragon understood something, ''Why is he in panic right now? Could it be that he used a trump card and is now wasted as we retreated?! That Has to be it!'' The Golden Dragon wanted to know if this theory was true so it flew upwards into the sky at an incredible speed. The Conqueror roared once more. "COME BACK HERE!! HAVE YOU NO SHAME!! FLEEING FROM BATTLE!! HAHA I KILLED YOUR CHILD DID I NOT?!" "COME BACK HERE NOW!!! YOU FILTHY LIZARD OR I WILL HUNT DOWN EVERY ONE OF YOUR KIND AND DEVOUR THEM!!" His screams began to fall on deaf ears as the Golden Dragon went above the clouds and stared down with it''s superior sight, it noticed the distortion spreading through the City of Stormcloud. It was an almost invisible thick layer of transparent like mist rising from the ground, however everything around it began aging extremely fast, flowers withered in seconds, Draconians turned into ash instantly. Unable to have his way the Conqueror Raz Seph Began charging his mana staring at the group of Draconians on a mountain, the first group he had recognized, the ones with high mana capacities. He had been targeting Rayne Stormblade and everyone present, they all noticed this and they knew that there was no way to escape, being surrounded by legions of Invaders, No matter how much tens of thousands Rayne stormblade and his Mother the Red Witch killed, more ran to take it''s place and now the enemy leader had targeted them. They were resigned to their deaths except for one, Lyssle Stormblade, no matter what she wanted her child to live. She looked up into the sky trying to find a dragon, when her eyes spotted the Golden Dragon the same time The Golden Dragon looked down and noticed the group that Raz Seph was looking at. Their eyes met each other and while holding a little bundle of fur the draconian woman raised it to the sky, the Dragon instantly knew what she wanted there was not a need for words. She didn''t want any mother to experience the pain she had, She knew the pain of losing your young and it was fresh and deeply implanted in her mind, Lyssle begged with her eyes and held the baby up towards the sky-- In an instant the dragon swooped down and grabbed the child with it''s tongue and put the child in it''s mouth before it flew away, Lyssel Shouted with a frantic teary voice behind him. "PLEASE LOVE HIM AND GIVE HIM A NAME!!! PLEASE TAKE CARE OF MY BABY!!!" As the voice of the woman echoed throughout the mountains, the Conqueror''s mouth displayed a bright white light and a beam shot out towards the group, a relieved look could be seen on Rayne Stormblade and Lady Elise''s face as they realized their young prince would be saved and then they were enveloped in a bright white light leaving nothing at all. For the first time the Golden Dragon Spoke : "MARK MY WORDS OTHERWORLDER RAZ SEPH, REMEMBER THIS DAY AS I VENASTRASIA WILL RETURN ONE DAY AND HAVE MY REVENGE" Chapter 1: A second chance. High in the skies moving at an unimaginable speed, A dragon can be seen flying, It''s color Golden. The Golden Dragon, Venastrasia, Queen of the Thunder Dragons. --Venastrasia''s POV: ''This child...his pulse is weak..how? I was sure I got to him before the time magic affected him...wait..Could it be he was already infected? When? That time magic is frightening!...I''ve learned quite a deal about that disgusting creature It was probably when he summoned those smaller rips in time! he''ll definitely pay for this! but first I must cure this time magic curse from the boy.'' ''Surely...Surely when we meet again I will fry every single cell in his body!!! But this child is my first priority I cannot let him die, I cannot watch another child die......I cannot watch another of MY children die. I have to stabilize his pulse as quick as possible! It''s getting too weak!'' I then began to pour divine magic little by little into my tongue and wrapped the child in it to get him accustomed to it, after increasing it more and more his pulse began to stabilize. I couldn''t help but feel a surge of joy because I had at least saved one today. ''But he''s not out of the woods yet, he''s only stabilized...this wretched curse I can feel it trying to drain his time! Thank the heavens he has such a strong mana core, his blood is well suited for divine magic. If I remember correctly he had a white core...If that''s the case...then maybe..No..no..I have to take my time and raise him well, once I''m sure he can handle it I''ll teach him how to use it and he''ll be able to protect himself. It might take some time but I can slow down the aging process and give his body enough time to handle it. But first let''s cure him!'' I increased my speed and went flying towards Astarte, the human continent, the rendezvous point I set with my kin. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Venastrasia had wanted to teach him divine magic so he could protect himself from abnormal status'' also to teach him a way to recover his injuries. She didn''t want to make the same mistake twice this time she wanted to make sure her child was equipped enough to handle himself in any situation. She also knew that someday she would have to let him go to a school so he could learn how to manipulate his mana properly and the required logic behind it. The logic behind it is called "Insight" and Insight is needed into understanding the power of the humanoid species. Dragons however have this Insight naturally inside of their bodies and they learn it gradually as they age and grow, this is also true for Divine beasts or beasts of any nature. She began to wonder about how someday he would have to go to the humanoid world and enter the world of men in order to understand his power and she did not like this one bit, she wanted to have him around all the time as she knew how fragile his existence was. After flying for a few hours Venastrasia had arrived at a Mountain as tall as the one at "God''s hand". At the top of this mountain about 2 dozen Thunder Dragons can be seen, Some flying up into the sky, some lying down in wait, others were asleep. Venastrasia descended amongst them and instinctively they all lowered their heads as she landed, all feeling ashamed they couldn''t protect their young prince. "Do not feel dishonored...my youngling went and fought at his best like a true and proud dragon, the enemy this time isn''t one we can face with our young he''s despicable but strong nontheless, however I have seen enough and he will be destroyed....that I promise" She declared to them all telepathically, but saying those few words were harder than they sounded because her wounds were still fresh. She then stuck out her tongue and gently laid the young baby on the floor, she glowed for a second then shrunk and formed arms and legs, she had acquired a complete human form. The only difference were two thin short sickle-shaped horns on her head protruding through her golden blonde hair and aiming towards the sky, her two Golden colored wings that changed in size to suit her new body as it became smaller and more refined. Her eyes were golden yellow and gleamed naturally as her face did not lose out and was indeed incredibly beautiful, enough so to send any man mad. Her body had a pale beautiful complexion as well as it was curvaceous and well-proportioned. She then knelt down and picked up the the little bundle of fur, shortly after she began crying while she held him close to her, supplying him with body heat, and him supplying her with comfort. She ordered a few dragons to dig a small cave in the crater atop the mountain, and so they did in a matter of minutes. A decent cave was created, made to counter-act the wind draft. She then proceeded to go in the cave while holding him none of the other dragons dared to interfere, they knew just how important this little draconian had become to their Queen. He symbolized a new chance for her and a stable moral support and even though dragons are heralded as the the embodiment of destruction, they cared about their kind a great deal more. They were indeed utterly merciless but in the face of their heartbroken Queen they would accept this little draconian as one of theirs, they decided then and there that they would open up their hearts to this young one. After some time had passed Venastrasia came back from the cave holding the baby boy, he had been wrapped in a sort of divine magic to keep the time magic from draining his time and killing him as well as to protect him from any harmful atmosphere whether it be loud sounds or a strong gust of breeze he was currently in the safest place he could be. This however was only a temporary fix, Venastrasia then called all the dragons for a meeting and quickly they had already arrived. They all flew down while landing as quietly and as graciously as possible being conscious of the sleeping baby, and even though they knew the Divine Magic was currently protecting him they still took their time. Venastrasia then explained the situation to the other dragons and told them of the time magic curse he was currently being subjected to and if she goes too far from him he would die. Instantly the eyes of the dragons shone, they wanted to help no matter what. Venastrasia seeing their positive reactions quickly ordered her Dragon kin to prepare to begin the Forbidden Dragon Dance. A forbidden divine magic that creates a surge of power that can only be described as beyond Godlike, but it can only be used once every 1000 years. Some people speculate the ritual was the cause of the creation of Zenheim, some people believed ancient dragons created the planet and how could they not? A dragon was the strongest creature in existence and they were capable of terrifying feats of power. People of Zenheim knew nothing of this sort of magic though, the Forbidden Dragon Dance wasn''t something they could possibly know about, except for the Draconians as they had usual contact with these Divine beasts regularly. However, even their knowledge on the subject was quite lacking, it was hard to differentiate between the myths and the truths that surrounded these Dragons as they always remained mysterious and they were rarely ever seen. The dragons all nodded their heads because truthfully 1000 years wasn''t much for them and by that time their young would almost be into adulthood so using such a precious power for them wasn''t a big deal, especially if it was for the child of their Queen. They surrounded the Golden Dragon as she sat in the middle of the crater and drew a weird symbol, she then proceeded to enter the weird symbol and stood in the middle of it holding the baby boy. The dragons then surrounded her like a cylinder from the air to the ground and starting rotating while summoning lightning throughout their wings, the lightning from their wings connected to the dragons next to them and they connected to the ones next to them. It was like a cylindrical tornado of lightning being generated in cataclysmic proportions, their wings began beating rhythmically and as their wings beat a loud sound of thunder could be heard emanating from it, a rhythm was formed as if it were drums being played by the Gods...... Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. **Don**..**Don** **Don** **Don**..**Don** **Don**....**Don** **Don** **Don**..**Don**..**Don****Don****Don**... An astonishing and inconceivable amount of lightning and thunder surrounded and began whirring around the Golden Dragon, her eyes closed in a meditating posture with the baby in her lap who still remained quietly sleeping as the divine magic shielded him from the disruption. She entered her dragon form, and picked up the baby with her tongue placing him in her mouth. Suddenly-- Her eyes opened with a golden flare much brighter than they have ever been, symbols could be seen being drawn in her eyes as golden lightning shot out at all directions connecting itself to the surrounding whirlpool of magical lightning energy! It began to act as a medium as it increasingly devoured the surrounding tornado entering through her wings and horns as her scales stored and condensed the magical energy. Her horns and her protruding spikes began making crackling sounds as static could be heard from her scales, you didn''t need to be close to hear the monstrous amount of mana being absorbed. In a few hours it began slowing down, most of the energy had been absorbed and only a few thick strands of lightning remained as she once more changed back to her humanoid form. Holding the child in her arms, she struck a meditation pose and rested the child on her firm yet soft thighs and gave the baby that stared at her a warm smile as she once more closed her eyes. The space around her began to distort as she began refining the energy in her scales, horns and wings...it took days upon days, she sat there not moving a muscle because she never had to worry about finding the baby food as she fed him basic nutrients needed through divine magic. She could go months without food if she felt like it so supplying nutrients from herself without eating wasn''t much of a problem. Days turned into weeks, and finally she had finished refining the magic from the Forbidden Dragon Dance. What remained was a small glowing gold droplet with blue lightning inside it about the size of an egg. "Finally, I''ve created the ''God''s tear''" She was elated as now she could finally cure the child. However, she also knew it would take about 500 years to fully incorporate the God''s Tear in the child''s body but thankfully it slows down aging during the process. The properties of the God''s Tear was to create a divine mana core and while under it''s effects growth is put at a stand still, he would not age in body or mind, until it had all been consumed. The time magic curse however did not allow things to progress so smoothly as the power it contained was no joke, she could feel it trying it''s hardest to devour his time but the God''s tear fought it valiantly. Venastrasia predicted the baby would age at a different ratio due to the curse and the God''s Tear, at the very least it would be 1.5 human years every 100 years until the curse was consumed by the God''s Tear. The God''s Tear would take about 500 years to be fully absorbed, so she predicted he would be around 7 or 8 when the effects all faded. She then got up and carried the child in one arm and the God''s Tear in the other and she proceeded to the cave. She left orders and sent some of her kin to hunt a few animals with thick fur, she told them not to damage the fur or burn it with lightning as she needed them to create a nest and some comfort items to help the baby with the cold. She told them to gut the beasts and bring back the the pelts, which they had a hard time doing of course with their huge, gigantic, razor sharp claws and static like bodies. So they had to kill quite a few animals until they could get it right, effectively killing all the animals in the area.... the events began to be known as the "The Fur Poaching Calamity" to local hunters in the area. It was only when they began utilizing their human forms did this nonsense end...however... Dragons are competitive creatures by nature so they tried outdoing one another, some tried to find the best kinds of fur and killed tens of thousands of animals, some threatened entire cities to make a furry beds. It got out of hand pretty quickly. Venastrasia''s eyebrows began to twitch and a vein raised in her head as she realized she should have done it herself. How can the oldest and strongest bunch of creatures with superior intelligence act so damn idiotic she thought..After a while they all came with much more than she asked for... "You all...are all idiots aren''t you?" She asked with an annoyed tone. The Dragons she sent out all had embarrassed expressions while the rest present couldn''t help laughing breathlessly, some on their backs mouths opened wide with their tongues sticking out as they found it impossible to control their laughter. Some ramming their heads into the outer parts of the crater atop the mountain trying to control themselves, some fell off and went plummeting below and causing huge craters on the ground below, It was probably the first time in history that creatures and cities almost went extinct for a furry bed. Afterwards when everything had calmed down, Venastrasia took a few of the loose pelts and spread them across the cave like a carpet, she then took a few of the furry beds and placed them inside, joining them together to create a large bed, she took the baby put him on the bed and used some of the lose pelts as a cover. She then proceeded to snuggle up alongside the baby as she wrapped him in her arms and listened to his heartbeat. Venastrasia''s POV: I stared at the little baby for what seemed like hours and he stared back at me and give a little laugh as he smiled and reached for my face. I couldn''t help but smile back and kiss him on his forehead. That''s when I finally remembered..... ''I was supposed to give him a name, well then let''s see...'' I thought for a bit......and then finally I came up with a nice name. "I''ll name you Lucius, and i''ll give you the last name of your blood parents....Lucius Stormblade!" I exited the cave and walked to the middle of the crater with Lucius in hand, I used mana and lightning and charged my voice before booming the surrounding with my voice! "FROM HENCEFORTH THIS CHILD SHALL BE KNOWN AS LUCIUS, LUCIUS STORMBLADE OF THE THUNDER DRAGONS" *****ROOOOOAAAARRRR**** End of Pov. **** The Dragons roared intensely at the birth of their new kin! As if the Gods themselves sanctioned this decision the Lightning and thunder roared furiously and the White Dragon Gem embedded on the boys forehead began to glow rapidly as it illuminated the surrounding area. As the light finally faded the White Dragon Gem had become blue, an ethereal blue, if you looked closely you could see a storm building and roaring within the gem as the lightning clashed aggressively, randomly flailing about and thrashing as if it were a huge snake. Hints of gold can also be seen if you looked at it for some time as it appeared randomly and very few times or but it was ultimately and completely blocked out by the blue lightning. Venastrasia then proceeded back to the cave with little Lucius in tow, she approached the bed and lay down with him and covered him in divine magic and slowly but surely began incorporating the God''s Tear into Lucius'' body. She kept her concentration at peak condition because even the slightest, tiniest impurity could mean death for little Lucius. Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she nervously proceeded, for a few hours a day every day she would refine and feed his body the God''s Tear. She took the most cautious steps possible and never left anything to chance. This child she would give her all like she had never done before, this fragile second son of hers meant the world to her. Next chap: The Journey begins! Chapter 2: Growing. 200 years later on a tall mountain called "Lizard''s Run" in the Continent of Astarte. A young boy about 3 years old with silver -white hair, blue eyes and an ethereal blue colored stone embedded on his forehead could be seen. He had tanned skin and a durable looking body for his age, he could be seen facing off against a Blue-silver colored dragon. This boy was none other than Lucius Stormblade. ''Is this all you have? Bwahahaha you''ll never catch me with only that level of speed!'' The dragon said confidently and cheerfully. Young Lucius pouted and replied with an annoyed expression. ''Your too fast Uncle Veranathus!! It''s No fair!!'' however his lips did not move, he was clearly using telepathy. Though he couldn''t yet read minds, he learned Dragonic magic that allowed him to increase and control the electric brain waves in his brain and amplify them to project his thoughts. If any scholar in the world below saw this, their understanding of things would be shaken up because his sort of feat could only be performed by a Deity Level Mage! However this magic was natural to Thunder Dragons who were natural born deities as well as possessed the lightning attunement, however for Lucius somehow this was quite easy for him to learn. '' Then you''re just going to have to get faster won''t you, Lucius!'' the dragon taunted with a huge grin on his face. Veranathus wondered what the boy would think if he knew that every day he had increased his speed little by little without young Lucius knowing, always letting him almost catch him only to pull away at the last second, by doing this he trained the little boy''s mind to want to crave victory, to always have him thinking what if he had only been a second faster. He chuckled and was proud at the progress young Lucius was making. He thoroughly enjoyed teasing the young draconian boy as he saw him as a little nephew, not caring at all about their race difference, not only him but the rest of the Thunder Dragons as well. They had all taken a great liking to the young boy as he seemed to liven the place up and would always be amazed at the simple things they could do. This however inflated their huge egos and made them strike dumb-looking poses with pride on their faces. They all decided to train the little one, to make his body strong and durable and teach him how to fight. The Dragons didn''t want to relive the shame of being unable to protect the Queen''s child again. They didn''t do any combat oriented training as yet as his little body was too fragile. They then decided to train his body first, while under the effects of the God''s Tear this was the best time to do so but they didn''t want to make the young Lucius'' life too miserable with grueling training and so they came up with an idea. They decided to make his training into a form of game, they also offered rewards as incentives. First they played "tag", where he had to catch the Dragon Veranathus, the purpose of that was obviously to increase his speed and stamina. The other Dragon went by the name of Xiaxinia who encouraged him to play a game called "Hunt". They rules were simple if Lucius could sneak up on him successfully he would get whatever he wanted for dinner, he even offered to gift him a young maiden from a village for which he received a slight bump on his head courtesy of Venastrasia. The point of this practice was to increase his predatory instincts as well as controlling his presence. The last and final ''game'' was done by a Dragon named Varathraga, who would summon a lightning cloud atop the mountain and he would then take control of the lightning and they would then treat it like a firing range. The goal of this game was for the young boy to aim his bolts of lightning to meet the ones coming from the sky before they could get passed them. This sort of training effectively increased his reaction time, control of his lightning, and eye-sight greatly, It was the perfect menu. Lucius had some free time so he sat around the edge of the crater, he peered down from the mountain and sat wondering how long it would take for his mom to get back. Once every few weeks she would disappear for a few hours and come back, and then instantly she would have a meeting with the other dragons. He didn''t understand what they were talking about, things about "Invaders" and "Mutations" or some guy his mom really hated named "Raz Seph" He then muttered "I wonder why she hates him so much, every time she speaks his name her eyes get scary" After pondering for a bit, Lucius then finally noticed something shiny, buried and protruding from the ground, off into the distance, it reflected off the sun and blinded him for a bit. He instantly made his way to it but what he hadn''t taken notice of was how fast he crossed the 300 meter gap. As he focused on the shine before him he was quite curious as he had scoured the entire area atop the mountain and never saw it before, as he tried to pull it out, a sharp pain ran through his fingers and blood immediately began to trickle down his fingers. "Ahhh!" he yelled in agony which drew the attention of Varathraga who flew over almost instantaneously, he grabbed the boy''s hand and hurriedly poured a tiny bit of divine magic over the deep gash to heal the wound. Surprisingly what happened next shocked him, as he sent the divine magic to heal the boy, Lucius subconsciously took control of it and amplified it causing it to instantly heal himself instead of taking a few seconds. He smiled wryly as he knew the boy wasn''t aware of what he had done, this feeling was akin to what a sculptor would feel when he created his first master piece. Varathraga then noticed the long pointed shiny object and yanked it out. "Who the hell left this here? Judging from it''s size it''s probably Xiaxinia''s, he should know better than to leave it here " Sighed Varathraga "Uncle what is it?" Asked Lucius as he tilted his head. "Well, Sometimes when Dragons have too much mana built up for a long period of time, usually thousands of years, it becomes a bit dangerous as the mana gets condensed and tends to harden. To counter that we pour the condensed mana into either a tooth or a spike and break it off, it doesn''t take long for either of them to grow back so it''s a safe and healthy way to help keep our bodies healthy. Condensed mana can clog the mana veins in our bodies and that''s something that''s incredibly dangerous to us. We call this process ''shedding'', however it usually doesn''t grow this big, but if it''s Xiaxinia''s then it''s understandable as he''s the second eldest besides the Queen" He explained as he pointed out the weird black sharp shine. "Ohh..but Uncle Vara it''s really sharp, I barely even touched it and it cut me!" replied Lucius with an excited expression. He had seen all of his Uncles and Aunts claws, and touched most of them, none of them was this sharp. "Bwahahaha, OF COURSE!!, who do you think we dragons are?! Our bodies can produce the hardest material in this world, No other metal in the world below can surpass our hardened teeth or spikes, what''s more is that its coated and reformed by condensed mana for thousands of years! The only thing that surpasses this tooth here in sharpness and durability is the Queen''s own claws and teeth!" Varathraga proudly stated. Lucius was amazed at his mother''s strength he always knew her to be the strongest existence so he could only feel pride about his mother. Lucius then looked at his fingers and made a sad expression, he wanted to be strong so that he could make his mother proud. Strength to dragons was an important thing, it''s what separated them from the other races and gave them the ability to live as they pleased. He didn''t want to be the one that held them back. Varathraga taking notice of Lucius'' strange reaction, suddenly had a bright idea. He knew Lucius wanted to be stronger to make his mother proud, so he picked up the Mana-condensed hardened, long tooth, looked at Lucius and said "From today onward nephew, I''ll train you in the ways of magical combat, I''ll teach you to fight!" Lucius'' blue eyes lit up with a renewed vigor. "Really uncle?? But mom said I''m still to young to go out hunting..." he said as he got downhearted once more. "If it was up to the Queen she would never let you leave the mountain, bwahahaha" He said and assured Lucius. He placed his hand on Lucius'' head and rustled his hair. "Don''t worry I''ll talk to her, I can feel her on her way back here already, just leave it to this uncle!" An hour later... Lucius was on the edge of the the cliff looking to the south, the direction his mother usually comes back from. **Flap Flap Flap** He could hear the wings from afar, he couldn''t help but be elated, as soon as she landed a bright light filled the area and a Beautiful woman in her mid twenties appeared with Golden blonde hair. She had yellow bright eyes and a curvaceous figure. Lucius ran into her arms and hugged her, Venastrasia looked down at the small lad, hugged him back tightly, she beamed a warm smile and gave him a kiss on his forehead. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it "Mother! You''ve returned!" he said happily and excitedly. "Yes, I''m home my child" She replied happily, for she so missed this cute little child she raised on her own. Noticing the dried blood on his palm she raised an alarm. "There''s blood on your hands, Did you hurt yourself?! Where?! Show me?!" she asked as she panicked, she knew how fragile this child was compared to the dragons. "Don''t worry mom! Uncle Vara healed it, I had a little accident but it''s fine now" he replied instantly to calm her worries. "Okay be more careful okay?..if something happened to you...then.." she said with a sad expression, he could feel her hug tighten subconsciously as she spoke. "Don''t worry! He''ll be fine! He isn''t as fragile as you think you know!" A thunderous voice came out from behind them, it was Varathraga in his human form, Silver hair with two small horns, silver eyes, a man about 40 years, he wasn''t ugly neither handsome, but he was well built and his genuine smile made it easy to get along with him. "Varathraga, what''s the meaning of this? how was my child hurt?" She said with a cold tone and an ice cold glare. Varathraga felt cold shivers run down his spine, but he knew what he had to do... "It was all Xiaxinia''s fault!" He said trying to appear as trustworthy and honest as he could be, a small imaginary halo could be seen floating above his head. Which he then followed up with... "He left his sheddings over there and it garnered young Lucius'' curiosity, he tried to pick it up and it cut him!" He said with an accusing tone as he shook his head, hoping the Queen would buy his act and turn her fury towards Xiaxinia. When it came to the Queen''s rage, every man for himself was a statement that put it all too well. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xiaxina''s POV: ''Ahh...I''m so bored...I finished my training with Lucius and now I have to wait till tomorrow...what should I do in the mean time?'' I thought to myself, ''Maybe I should go take a nap..or hunt something for Lucius to eat...He''s been making progress, now I can only sense him when he''s about 100 meters away, Well that''s because I lowered the bar a little hehe. Sometimes I let him sneak up a little more than he should, it was something Veranathus recommended, it would help his drive or something like that.'' Suddenly--, I felt a chill run down my spine. ''W-What was that? I suddenly felt as if death just breathed down my neck'' As I looked into the distance, I saw 3 human-like figures approaching me. It was Varathraga walking behind the Queen with a despicable smile aimed at me, while holding something shiny... ''What is that? Ah!! It''s my shedding!!'' I then noticed, young Lucius with worried eyes aimed at me, some dried blood on his hand. and the Queen with an ice cold glare, her pressure building up as she walked towards me. Instantly, I knew what happened. ''Flee from here!!'' Was the first thought that came to me and so I did, but not before the Queen appeared before me in an instant. "YAAAAAOOWWWWWWWWW" I cried as she used me for a punching bag. She didn''t let up until Lucius begged her not to continue and told her it was just an accident. She warned me to be careful with sheddings since we have a new family member to which I agreed. ''but indeed it was careless of me, sometimes I''d forget he''s not a dragon,if he had fell on it the wrong way while training with Veranathus, I''m sure it would have been alot more devious than a cut on the hand...I really messed up this time..I promised from today I won''t ever take my aura off of him, it wouldn''t cost anything to keep him under watch.'' I had resolved myself. "Xia, go call the rest of the kin, it''s time for the report" The Queen ordered. Instantly the mood changed, I nodded seriously, flew up and went to go call the others. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A group of dragons could be seen huddled around a Beautiful blonde woman, and a cute little boy around 3 years old sat in front of her looking around at everyone trying to make sense of the conversation. Venastrasia, the Queen, then began speaking. "It seems my fears were correct, the ''Invaders'' have begun mutating, I''m not sure how, but before they were just mindless, violent creatures, now some of them have begun to show signs of intelligence, and what''s more they began changing forms. Some remained mindless,they turned from a humanoid form to a beast form, some got on all fours, some had wings, taking different shapes and forms, what they all have in common is a number on their foreheads. Ranging from 1-9" She said in a serious tone. The other dragons nodded to this new piece of information rather than be surprised, as if they had knowledge about it beforehand, and rightly so as Venastrasia was no fool, she would never ignore her enemy. She would leave once every 2 weeks and head to the Continent of Einzel, once known as the Continent of Lightning, now known as the "Ruined Continent". She never neglected her surveillance on Raz Seph, always insisting on doing it herself, as she wanted to be sure of what she was up against, even the slightest detail she would never miss. She then followed up- "A Large amount of aura inside the palace walls of the House of Lightning, is constantly being emitted, in 200 years, It has yet to change. We''ve already deciphered that it''s Raz Seph, as the 8 remaining Death Knights never leave the area surrounding the castle. He knows if he sends out the 8 Death Knights toward conquering Zenheim, we would never let that opportunity slide, us Thunder Dragons would surely come crashing down upon him with all of our might in his weakened state, and utterly destroy him." When she said this part she glanced at young Lucius with a hint of sadness and he stared back in confusion. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lucius POV: ''There she says it again, This "Raz Seph", These "Death knights" but the most troubling thing was when she brought up the "House of Lightning" '' She looked at me with a bit of a troubled expression, a little bit of pity, and then a little heart-break but most of all love. I then began to ponder, maybe it maybe it must have been something to do with me. "Lucian, don''t worry in good time i''ll tell you everything okay? I have to make sure you''re first in a state of mind that can handle it, you trust mommy right?" I instantly nodded without hesitation, mom always does what''s best for me so, I heard a little bit about what she did to save me, I asked Varathraga and he told me I got cursed when I was in proximity of a high level magical attack, and mom saved me and spent months staying by my side, who could I trust if not mom? "Yes mom I always will" and ran over and hugged her and stared at her beautiful golden eyes that stared back at me warmly. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The meeting had came to an end, and everyone went back to their respective posts, some just went back to sleeping, Dragons love sleeping. Lucius saw Venastrasia talking to Varathraga, she showed a shocked expression and then smiled. She then came back to Lucius. "Lucius, come it''s time for your treatment we can''t wait and delay any longer" Lucius, got up and took her hand as they both made their way into the cave he went to lie down in his furry nestlike bed, she lay next to him, her hand was placed on his chest and a bright divine bubble covered Lucius, after a few minutes low breathing sounds could be heard as young Lucius fell asleep. Venastrasia took out the God''s Tear and started integrating it into his body, She made sure and never missed a treatment, even though things looked fine if he hadn''t recieved it, his body would age rapidly and he would die, but it would be slow and painful because of the God''s Tear, she dare never risked it. While the God''s Tear activated, it began soaking into his body rapidly, his body had become accustomed to the pure divine energy. Venastrasia was shocked, this was partly to due to the training he had been receiving. "So what Varathraga said was true, You do indeed have a talent for divine magic, though it will still take some time, but this means you''ll, grow up sooner..." She made a happy expression and then a sad one, she wanted to spend some time with her son. Chapter 3 : Resolve & Insight. Some 200 years later, midway up the mountain "Lizard''s Run" in the Continent of Astarte, a boy about 5 years old could be seen climbing up the mountains, without any support. He climbed and climbed, the fog seemed to hide his body as he climbed but his eyes gleamed with a fierce blue light, that the fog couldn''t dismiss. When the rocks he would hold onto would break, he wouldn''t care he would send his hands through the rock bedding and grab hold once more, his legs in free fall mode, not touching the wall, as he climbed with his hands alone, the muscles in his shoulders expanded and contracted, as they bulged and exploded, while hidden underneath his glossy white hair that reach to his mid back. This boy was Lucius Stormblade. The cause of this grueling training? An incredible desire for power! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx As Lucius became smarter and matured more, he begun to realize the importance of the meetings held every two weeks, He wasn''t sure about the details, but what he was sure about was that his mother had an enemy that she would one day have to fight, This wasn''t some random enemy but one his mother would take seriously, his mother who''s hailed as the most powerful under the heavens! What sort of monster is she going to go up against? This made him frantic and worried. If she had an enemy could she could call equal, just how powerful was this foe he thought. He realized how insignificant his power was compared to such a foe, it filled his heart with dread, what if he had to sit and watch his mother die? His mother who cared so much for him, and spent so much time making him healthy, how could he repay that? He came to one conclusion. Kill her enemies!!! Gain an unrivaled amount of power and trample them all into the dust!! His once pure eyes, became fierce and cold, the dragons noticed this change, and they couldn''t help but smile wryly. They knew what the reason for this change was, it was written all over his face. He wouldn''t forgive anyone that dared to cause his mother pain. To protect his Uncles who were definitely going to be involved he had to overcome himself, he had to evolve and become a pillar, not a hindrance. He increased his training to his limits, and meditated the way his mother showed him to regain the necessary nutrients, he did this over and over, while the effects of the God''s Tear helped him to avoid exhaustion as it always cooled him down as he meditated, he realized he needed less and less sleep. Venastrasia could be seen watching him with a hint of sadness in her eyes, this was the same reason she didn''t want to tell him just yet, but he more or less pieced together some of the important parts. Lucius had become much more intelligent and mature, these effects were probably from the Time Curse. When he finished training she would bring him food and integrate the God''s Tear when he took a break, he didn''t need treatment every day because of his proficiency with divine magic increased to the point his incomplete divine core, start creating itself! This was an extremely terrifying thing! Venastrasia believed it was an abnormality caused by the activation of his Dragon Gem which she caused while under the effects of divine magic and the time curse. The conflict between the two contrasting elements caused a side effect, if you could really call it that, it mutated his mana core, his body, and his Incomplete divine core. Little by little, the Time curse would cause a reaction that would clash against the God''s Tear and some strands of these two rare magic, would merge, these merged hybrid energies would then be reabsorbed back into the body, granting him a small resistance to time magic and would mutate the divine magic inside him. Sort of like a blade tempered to perfection in ice and fire. Venastrasia was sure this was the case because she had been observing the mutations of the Invaders, so she knew for sure that some part of his abnormal case was caused by the time curse. She absolutely loathed that magic, but if it was helping her Lucius she would be fine with it on this occasion. Upon the revelation of these events, she found a way to slow down the need for the God''s Tear and allow Lucius'' own divine core components to shape itself, thereby increasing the quality of the Divine core. Lucius'' training is as follows : Veranathus: Early morning agility and strength training, as he was responsible for his physical body training. Varathraga: Mid day Magic training, Dealing with Control, reaction and eye sight. Xiaxinia : Predatory Presence control and Tactics ,responsible for teaching him how to hide his presence, how to make it explode, and common strategic knowledge. Veranathus and Varathraga were twin dragons, and as such they always competed over everything, in other words young Lucius'' training increased every day under the guidance and competition of these two. Veranathus and Varathraga, were considered prodigies even amongst the dragons, and as such they both tried their best in teaching Lucius, if Lucius'' Magic went above his physical skills, Varathraga would point his nose in the sky, and if his body exceeded his magic Veranathus would do the same. The both of them right now could be seen talking, more or less about Lucius'' progress. To which Varathraga said "Brother, I need a favor" "Oh..ho ho ho, what does such a magical genius want with me?" Veranathus replied with a provoking face. Varathraga then handed Xiaxinia''s shedding over to him and said, " I want you to make a spear out of this for Lucius" Veranathus'' eyes lit up! "I see, it''s that time already huh, I was waiting patiently, finally I can have my time to teach him true combat!" Veranathus was absolutely ecstatic. All Veranathus could do so far was play ''tag'' with him or recommend him climbing the mountain, he really wanted to teach his nephew basic combat, but it was forbidden by Venastrasia, but now he was of age, and he could finally grant him a weapon, and hunt! Veranathus turned into a ray of light and sped away from the mountain at an incredible speed, aside from the Queen, Veranathus'' speed was unrivaled, the only one who could keep up with him in terms of speed was probably Xiaxinia who was an expert at controlling his body. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. These three pillars made up the support behind the Queen, they were the strongest kin she had at her disposal. One a master of magic, the other a master at physical combat and the other a master at body control. If they fought no one would know be able to predict who would win. Some speculate that, Xiaxinia was probably stronger than them both, but was too carefree to prove such a trifling affair, he''d much rather sleep. Xinxinia Loved to sleep xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lucius'' POV: Each and everyday I climbed, No need for sleep or rest, ever since I mastered the meditation taught by mom, I never needed such breaks anymore, if anything they became a nuisance. I know the situation I''m in and soon I''ll begin aging at a normal rate again, that''s why right now this time is precious. ''Some of the races below, age every year with the exception of the elves I was told, they would probably kill for an opportunity like this...'' I thought. ''That''s why every single second counts. I can rest later when I achieve immortality and increase my life span, I''ve already acquired a lesser divine core, but mom said if the God''s Tear finishes it''s merging with my lesser divine core, there''s a high chance it will become an intermediate divine core, but it will still take about 100 years before I can cultivate divine power, that''s why every second counts little by little I''ll shave off that 100 years into a more reachable time frame.'' After I climbed I to the highest peak of the mountain, gasping for air after a few minutes, I sat down folded legs in my meditation posture, Closed my eyes and felt the wind brush against my cheeks, I listened to the sound of the lightning.....a few minutes later Mana burst forth from me, in my mind what I could see was millions of blue Lightning bolts, each had a long history, Many pillars of lightning, but I''m not sure how I knew but I knew for sure that only a few were meant for me to study. So I searched and searched for the one that was meant for me, After some time I still couldn''t find it...then a thought struck me, ''What if...it was supposed to find me?'' So I stopped my search, and sat there listening to the static, the pillars began moving around me in a random motion. Suddenly-- **WHOOOSHH** A Golden pillar of lightning stood before me, I could feel it''s power surging before me like a wild beast that could not be tamed! I knew at my current rate it would probably take centuries to begin to understand and decipher this pillar. I looked at it closely and tried to understand what it was trying to say. I understood what I should do, placing my hand on the pillar I began to pour a little mana in it, it pushed the mana right back into my core, but the mana was a little different than when I sent it out, it was more pure, concentrated, and I felt extremely exhausted! When it returned I felt a slightly burning sensation as if my blood instantly became hotter in my veins! Ah! Those were my mana pores! Does that mean If I strengthen my mana pores then I''ll be able to use more mana without side effects like extreme exhaustion! It probably acts like some sort of insulation! That means i''ll be able to produce more mana!! Not only that but I have the feeling that the more mana I can produce with ease, the easier it will be to control'' "This must be what they call Insight!" I said out loud "Haha...Hahaha....HAHAHAHAHAHAH" I began laughing with a sinister smile, while I put my palm on my forehead. I felt like I got a hold of something incredible and important but I didn''t know what it was. I stopped and looked around to make sure no one saw that. Then the God''s Tear kicked in and relieved my exhaustion. I was overjoyed because I felt like lately all I could do was cast fast, accurate Lightning bolts, I thought I lacked variety which Xiaxinia told me was a great weakness, he said "Variety offers option in battle, It''s not the strongest that wins battles It''s the one with the most options, One unpredictable move is all it takes to end a fight!" Finding no flaw with this logic, I readily agreed. I Once again faced the golden pillar of lightning and began pumping more and more mana into it, It felt like my skin was set ablaze, It was like being burned alive, the excruciating pain almost made me pass out several times, but then I''d remember I wasn''t sure of if I''d be able to make a connection this smoothly again, So I decided to hold out for as long as I could. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On top of Lizard''s Run, Varathraga and Venastasia were talking about Lucius'' training... "You know it''s about time, he start learning to hunt right? He''s powerful enough to kill the low level beasts for sure, plus I would always be near him, Sooner or later he''s going to encounter these sort of things and it''s best he learns it early" said Varathraga trying to convince her. "No its still too early....." replied Venastrasia, she didn''t say it with much belief, she knew it was about that time. "For you or him.." Said Varathraga silently. "VARATHRAGA DO NOT FORGET WHO YOU SPEAK TOO!" she said furiously, with a cold glare. ".......My apologies my lady" he said respectfully and regretfully. Suddenly-- They could feel an Incredible mana force, Pulsing on top of them, they both jumped off their seats and flew upward directly towards the source. What they saw was Lucius, Surrounded by dense and powerful mana, his muscles contracting and exploding as they absorbed mana that seem to flow out from His Dragon Gem. His mana gem was purifying the mana in his body, Both knew what this process was, it was called "Break through". When you gain an Insight into your power " Well? still think its too early?" said Varathraga with a huge grin. Chapter 4: Dumb-looking human. Roughly 100 years later in a forest right at the bottom of Mount Lizard''s Run. A a long white-haired, blue-eyed boy about 7 years old with an ethereal blue Dragon gem embedded in his forehead is seen blending into a pile of bushes amidst a forest, It was Lucius Stormblade. He put his hand to is side and gripped a make shift spear made out of wood beside him, his eyes never once left whatever he was watching. He was staring at a 3 meter tall beast that''s contently eating a corpse, probably one of it''s victims. The beast looked like a feline type beast,it''s fur was black and there were two huge canines peering out of it''s mouth, it''s eyes blood red and only bloodlust could be felt from those eyes, no hatred just pure clean blood lust. A proud beast of the wild. It''s muscles filled with arrogance, battle scars covered it''s entire body, it''s body spoke of a long story about battle and survival. It was a PantherClaw Tiger, known for it''s extreme aggression and agility, A king of the forest. Lucius threw a small pebble the slightly smaller than a chicken egg at a tree directly opposite of where he was kneeling, so the beast would expose the back of it''s head. *Nockk* The beast instinctively turned, before the stone could hit the floor, Lucius shot out like an arrow from a bow, his steps quiet his presence perfectly hidden, his grip on the spear as natural as if it were an extension of his arms, every single movement was adorned with the efficiency of a top tier predator, not a single wasted movement! He closed the 100 meter gap in the blink of an eye, hovering slightly in the air above the beast, the jagged wooden spear pierced the air as it came down as fast as lightning and lodged itself into the neck of the beast! *Squelch** The beast was dumb-struck a look of disbelief in it''s eyes, it couldn''t believe that after all of it''s battles of life and death, after making itself a king of the forest, it would be killed without being able to fight back, it refused to believe so! **ROOOAARR** As it roared in fury and anger, the spear broke in two, one piece in Lucius'' hand, one piece in the neck of the beast. The beasts tough body stopped the low quality wooden spear from dealing a killing blow. As the beast regained itself, It lunged in desperation at Lucius with both claws, the beast tried to redesign it''s fate and decided to destroy this impudent one. *Whoosh* Seeing the fierce determination in the eyes of the beast Lucius lowered his body and doged under the two deathly sharp claws that vowed to shred him into pieces! As he jolted right under the beast, thereby making it''s desperate strike catch nothing but air, he used the weight of the beast, and did a low spin kick to the beasts right leg, making it fall forward, twisting his body once more Lucius body shot up like an arrow and jammed the broken wooden spear directly into the beast''s eyes pushing it all the way to the make shift handle, killing it instantly. It couldn''t even make a single sound. Lucius then dusted his hand''s and cheerfully said "That''s the last one huh, Now that I''ve finished Uncle Xia''s request, I should return" But before he moved, he realized the corpse the Pantherclaw was eating moved. ''There''s no way that thing could be alive, I didn''t sense any presence at all'' he thought as he cautiously approached it. Sparks of lightning quietly appeared in his hand as he formed a fist. He kicked over the corpse and what he saw was a young white small fox like creature with 9 tails and purple eyes. When Xiaxinia told him about the inhabitants of the forest he never mentioned anything like this. It was only then Lucius'' realized that the corpse that was being eaten by the tiger was similarly shaped to this little fox and it was female, he could have guessed what happened. It probably tried to protect it''s young to the end. It''s not the first time feline and canine species failed to get along, this was common in the wild. As he stared at the little one, it stared back at him in fear and confusion, unaware of if it was going to live or die. Lucius'' gave her a warm smile, picked her up and walked over to the corpse, Lucius used his lightning and some twigs to start a fire, and he began roasting the tiger, to which he ate and gave some to the little fox, at first the little fox was too nervous to eat, seeing that Lucius picked up the little fox put her on his lap, stroked her for a while and then when the little fox stopped trembling, he then offered the food once more to which the fox, ate enthusiastically. Lucius took the skin of the tiger where he made a sort of sling to hold a baby in, he then placed the fox in it. He looked for a tree with a sturdy branch, then remade a low quality wooden spear so he could continue his training when he arrived home, he then begun climbing up the mountain. After an hour of climbing, he reached a sort of cave, it was a cave he created so he could get a view down to the vast plains, as he didn''t have superior eyesight like his mother and his uncles the view on top was impeded with fog as they were too high up he couldn''t see a thing, he could always use his variant lightning magic to clear it, Storm magic. A magic only he could use, the same as his grand mother and grand father. His Lightning contained traces of a different element, as he could compress the wind around his Lightning making it explode on contact creating a Thunder effect or he could use his magic to directly affect the weather, something most lightning mages couldn''t do, such was the glory of variant lightning magic. There are many applications for Storm magic, but young Lucius had no access to them, He needed insight, something he could only gain through basic knowledge, something the dragons couldn''t teach him, and he knew this well. No matter how much Varathraga tried, the most he could do was increase Lucius'' mana capacity, and his control. Lucius learned a few Dragonic Lightning spells, ones that were accessible to him thanks to his Storm Magic, but was warned not to use them until his body could handle it or his mana pool could support it. He began making his way into the cave, there was an entrance to a spiraled staircase, to the right of it were a pile of rocks, he went over to the rocks and poured mana in a specific one and then continued up the stairwell, the stairwell was enchanted with divine magic, it was a joke Varathraga and Xiaxinia played on Veranathus, as he always claimed to be the fastest, the stairwell was designed so the length of distance was multiplied by 1000 times if you didn''t pour mana in the rock. They challenged him to a race in human form to see who was faster and they recommended the stairwell I built as it was wide enough for three human shaped figures. Veranathus always loved showing off since he was more the warrior type dragon and agreed, well you could pretty much figure out what happened after that. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. Veranathus didn''t talk to them for weeks. After about half an hour Lucius came to the exit, he hopped out the cave, making his way to Xiaxinia''s nest. As he walked up he saw a black haired, young man in his mid twenties, red eyes, with a handsome face, and lean body, in full black leather armor peering down at the world below him and yawning, looking incredibly bored and sleepy. "Uncle Xia I''ve returned, and brought the all the teeth of the Kings from the forest below" said Lucius. Upon hearing Lucius'' voice Xia turned around with a smile and a face relieved of its boredom, he replied "Ahh!, Lucius you''re back!", " Did you kill them all in one hit like I asked you to?" He queried Lucius then made a sort of sad expression and spoke softly "Not the pantherclaw tiger, it took two hits. The spear couldn''t penetrate the first time" Xiaxinia observed all of the teeth and then he said "Yeah that sounds about right, I designed it that way for a reason, Veranathus will show you how to piece steel with paper" he then followed up with "I wanted you to get accustomed to an ever changing battle situation to make sure you never put your complete trust in an attack, Sometimes, a cornered, dying beast is the most dangerous thing Lucius, never take your eyes off your enemy even if you''re sure he''s going to die." He said sternly, "Understand?" Lucius nodded, and said resolutely " I understand Uncle". "Well aren''t you going to introduce me to our little guest?" said Xiaxinia It was then Lucius remembered. he then looked down at the little fox peering out of the sling, looking nervous, it seemed it recognized the presence of the Dragons. "Oh right! Uncle Xia you never mentioned seeing a beast that fits this description, what is it?" Lucius replied as he took the little fox out, it wrapped it''s tiny tails around Lucius as if to say don''t hand me over, with a look of fear in it''s eyes Lucius couldn''t help but chuckle, "Don''t worry, this is my uncle he won''t harm you" he said while he lovingly stroked it''s little head". The little fox''s fear, calmed down a bit as if it understood what Lucius said. "Oh!! This is a nine tailed elemental fox!! These guys are thought to be close to extinction, there are probably only a few of them left in the entirety of Zenheim Lucius, As these guys grow in the wild, the element they are most exposed to becomes integrated in their bodies and they are capable of mastering that single element, they were hunted by humans and other races, because they make invaluable companions to mages, as they could tame them, and inject them with their own mana, so the pet can receive it''s magical capabilities and affinities, but these guys don''t bow just to anyone, they absolutely hated being owned by anyone, they refused weak masters and no matter how much they were beaten, they would never submit, That''s why they became close to extinction." Xiaxinia day dreamed for a second as he looked well off into the distance and then muttered to himself under his breath ....."How fitting..that these two would meet" He then returned focus to Lucius and said. "It seems this little one has taken a great liking to you and already chose you at it''s master, so you should finish the contract" "How do I do that Uncle?" asked Lucius. "Well just put a drop of your blood on her forehead and inject your mana slowly into it''s tails" Lucius did as he was told, and the fox didn''t resist it seemed to want it on it''s own. As he began pouring mana into the little fox''s tail, he could feel it pulling every ounce of mana he had, at an alarming rate, he looked at his uncle but his uncle nodded as if to say it was normal. The little fox then started glowing in a blue light and then it fell asleep. "Alright Lucius, go put her in your room and give her time for her body to evolve and adjust" Lucius got up and carried the little fox to his room, Venastrasia saw him approaching and gave him a kiss on his cheeks, she gave a sweet smile at the little fox and gave a giggle. "What''s wrong mom?" Queried Lucius. "Nothing, fufu it''s better you find out on your own" his mother replied with a mischievous face. He put the little fox on his bed and wrapped it in his cover so it wouldn''t feel cold. He then left, and went to his make shift gallery, where he could see far off into the plains, as he decided to meditate there he loved changing locations to meditate, but before he sat down, he peered over the cliff and looked down, to his surprise, what he saw was a human climbing up the cliff approaching the entrance of his cave. He then poured mana into the rocks and charged up the stairs, he wasn''t sure if to kill the human or not, so he went to go ask his mother. When he returned he saw Xiaxinia, Varathraga and Veranathus talking to one another, Veranathus hid something pole shaped wrapped in black cloth behind his back and began whistling while walking back slowly....Lucius could clearly see it, because the pole was without a doubt long. Veranathus then stealthily retreated...He approached Varathraga and Xiaxinia and asked worriedly. "W-what''s wrong with Uncle Vera? Could it be? He''s still mentally suffering from the prank Uncles did on him?" "Hahaha, you''ll find out later" said Varathraga, as Xiaxinia just smiled. Venastrasia approached the three, and asked Lucius " Not going to meditate again?" She found it strange Lucius would come back after he said he was going to meditate, Lucius was meticulous and never became lazy. Something, Venastrasia took alot of pride in. So she was surprised since this was the first time he had ever came back. "Oh, well there was a human climbing up the cliff, so I wondered should I kill him? he doesn''t look dangerous though, if anything he looked incredibly stupid" Stated Lucius truthfully. Xiaxinia put on a mischeivous smile as he thought of something and said " No no, let him climb up, this should be a bit fun" Venastrasia sighed as she facepalmed and walked back into the cave she and Lucius shared to watch over the little fox, before she entered she stopped and then turned back to say a few words. "Once you''re done with the human, don''t kill him I want to speak with him about a few things" She then showed a strange expression and looked at Lucius. The three nodded with devious smiles, as they intended to scare the living daylights out of the dumb looking human. After some time passed, the dumb looking human emerged from the Gallery cave ( Cave with the view) As Lucius looked down at him, he was waiting on top the entrance of the cave. Lucius chuckled quietly and then hopped down quietly behind the man. Chapter 5: A Frightful Intention. Present day, A brown-haired, brown eyed man in his late thirties, with a hint of idiocy not that deep in his eyes,can be seen shaking in his boots kneeling in a submissive position in front of a Golden Dragon, his boots labeled "Auriel Flameheart". xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Auriel''s POV : ''This pressure it''s too much!, I''m a 7th grade Pyromage and I can''t even stand as It feels offensive for some reason'' I thought to myself. I tried to speak so many times but only stuttering came out, I took a deep breathe and tried to calm myself... ''How can I be calm? I''m standing in the presence of a beast from Legends! Throughout the years, I''d heard reports that said people could have sworn they saw dragons here, and reports about increased storm activity! I thought of finding remnants how could I have predicted I''d find them In the flesh! But still, that child, he''s a draconian! I''ve only read about them, but it''s my first time actually seeing one! Didn''t they go extinct during the Lightning calamity? The way he clings to the dragon''s horn is almost like they are kin, As if she were his mother, Who would have thought that I would have seen two of the greatest marvels today, though it may have been my undoing...'' I thought helplessly to myself. -YES THIS INDEED MY CHILD HUMAN Said the Golden dragon through telepathy! ''It can read my mind!!'' I thought, I was utterly flabbergasted and terrified, just how exactly am I going to leave here alive?!'' ''Marie I love you, Krissa, Jena, Aleria, daddy loves you all, I''m sorry I can''t make it home!'' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ''You, Human, Calm yourself, Mom has a few questions she needs to ask you, you can get a heart attack after that for all I care'' Said Lucius telepathically. "C-c-certainly my lord" said Auriel frightfully. "My lord? bwahahahaha" Xiaxinia mocked the man''s weakness, and began rolling around, with a tailslap from Venastrasia, he went flying over to the other side of the crater of the mountain. Lucius hopped down off Venastrasia, and went walking over to the human inspecting him carefully. "Mom didn''t you say humans were intelligent? This one...he doesn''t look too bright does he?" said Lucius honestly. She replied "Yes I know, certainly it''s been a long time since I''ve actually spoken to one, I don''t remember them looking this defective though", Auriel could feel spikes going through his heart, one at a time as the dragons kept looking at him in pity as if he were a defective product. He silently cried in his heart as they degraded him comment after comment the worse part was, they weren''t trying to offend him, it was as if they were curiously studying him and giving honest judgements. Venastrasia then changed into human form, A golden robe covered her body, approached the man and asked him to sit, well wasn''t so much asked but more ordered as he couldn''t refuse. He sat trying to take up as little space as possible, and couldn''t help darting his eyes here and there as he was too nervous to look at her eye to eye, even though she was incredibly beautiful, in fact the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. ''Well, I assume you would like to keep your life?'' She casually asked him, he nodded without hesitation. She then replied ''Well you have to do a few things for me, first of all, What''s your name?'' "I-i-it''s Auriel Flameheart your majesty" he said. ''Well Auriel Flameheart, you don''t seem to be a complete weakling as you were able to climb this mountain and make it through the divine stairs, and also not fainting in my presence, So I''m guessing you have some connections in the city of Corinth?'' Asked Venastrasia inquisitively with a sense of confidence. "Uh..Yes your majesty, my father is an advisor and elder to the House of Fire, second only to the Fuhrer himself and Headmaster of Four elements Academy, My position there is Artifact Appraisal and I teach Students about the different levels of Artifacts and how to safely access them and how to recognize them from cursed Artifacts." ''Ho...Seems you''re not a complete idiot after all.'' said a surprised Venastrasia. "T-thank you my lady" Auriel humbly replied. ''Well Auriel Flameheart, You have to spend a month or two here teaching my child English, and filling him in with up to date knowledge of the World, He doesn''t need to know the history of this world, He has me for that. However teach him basic social ettiquette and basic knowledge pertaining to the social standings of this world, Nod if you understand'' He nodded exaggeratedly and quickly. ''Well then, I''ll organize a room of sorts for you, and you''ll be able to start as soon as I have a chat with my son, there are things I need to discuss with him....Oh.. and I''ll be taking advantage of your connections to get Lucius enrolled in this Four Elements Academy, as there are things in magic we cannot teach him and he can learn it there'' Venastrasia said casually. "Ehhh??!" Said Auriel idiotically but with good reason. ''What? A problem?'' asked Venastrasia coldly. "No....it''s just" he said nervously, he knew a draconian popping up out of nowhere would cause a complete and utter disruption amongst the 4 powers, He might even make enemies for no reason because many races lived under the shadow of the House of Lightning and when it fell, even though it was a dreadful occurrence some of the clans saw it as an opportunity to advance, but now that a survivor emerged they wouldn''t want to return to being lower than any other clan and being second rate, they had grew to accustomed to having being treated as the best. Venastrasia grew impatient at his pause she quickly skimmed his thoughts and said with a fierce cold glare that carried a deathly gleam. ''Is that all? Don''t worry I''ll send an ample warning if they interfere with him, if it comes to that even if I have to Fry a Continent or two'' Auriel understood these were not empty words, she was terrifyingly serious! he quickly replied. "O-okay I understand" ''Well then if that''s all, Excuse me, Once your room is organized, Lucius will get you'' "Thank you, your majesty" Auriel said as he bowed. Venastrasia walked off. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Venastrasia''s POV: ''Now comes the hard part, I have to tell Lucius about his history, I promised him I''d do it when he became of age, and now that the opportunity came where he can go to school I can''t delay any longer, will he still see me as his mother? will he hate me for not being able to save his real mother?'' I couldn''t shake the thoughts in my mind but I knew today I had to do it. I made my way to our cave and found him there meditating. "Lucius.." I said gently. "Mom?" he said as he opened his blue drowzy eyes, that fox drained quite a bit of mana from him I thought. "We need to talk...." I said nervously. Sensing the mood he fixed his posture and looked at me attentively. "Lucius....you''re adopted..." I said full of fear after building up alot of courage. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation."....." He looked at me with wide eyes...I saw tears building up at the side of his eyes, and he let out the most genuine heartfelt laugh I''ve ever heard in a long time. "haha....hahaha...mom seriously?" He asked trying to maintain his composure. "I knew that a long time ago...it was pretty obvious when I tried to fly once" he said with one hand on his mouth and the other on his stomach. I couldn''t help but laugh out as well, when I thought how ridiculous it must have sounded my face got red from ear to ear. After we calmed down the mood got serious once more, I gathered my remaining courage and I said "Are you ready to see everything?" asking with caution. He thought for a while and then he nodded, I then touched his forehead and sent the entire memory about what happened that day 500 years ago, as I used my telepathy to remain in contact with him, to explain everything as it went along. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lucius POV : Suddenly tens of thousands of images filled my mind, as well as countless feelings, Hatred, Sadness, Fear, A couple of others I couldn''t explain. Mom''s magic was so effective it felt as if I was actually there, I could hear the screams of countless people clearly through dragonified sound perception. I saw a black dragon got attacked brutally, as half of his body exploded, I felt my heart quake and an uncontrollable fury thrashed wildly inside me. Mom then explained he was my brother, I could feel my heart pump blood faster than it ever had, I gritted my teeth and continued watching. Mom showed me three people, one was a woman holding a baby, they were surrounded by a few people wearing high quality clothing, while the group fended off, the ones mom called "Invaders "and kept them at a good distance away from the three people who looked of higher class. The higher class used terrifying Lightning magic, one Red and it literally burned the air, The man was incredibly more powerful than her, The Golden Lightning he emitted reminded me of moms, though it wasn''t anything close to moms. His just gave off a feeling of a god. The other woman held the baby close to her arms, and she had a solemn face filled with bloodlust, like a small creature backed up in a corner, Her lightning wasn''t as powerful as the other two,nor did it have any special effects, what she had was terrifying accuracy, she aimed at the ones that tried to kill her defenders, As if she were a Queen blessing her knights. Her eyes locked on and it destroyed. A creature tried to dodge, her eyes flashed and the Lightning curved! and split the creature in two! This was frightening control! Mom then told me something that shook my core, she said they were my blood family. It was then a shocking revelation hit me! Every single person here had one thing in common. We all had crystal gems in our foreheads. This was my race....I thought maybe I came from a small tribe that was wiped out, But my entire race was eliminated, I stared blankly as the face of the heartbroken woman looked up to sky and held the infant version of me to the sky, then I saw mom picked me up. Then I saw the faces of my family as they looked relieved when I was being grabbed, I burned their faces into my soul forever. As I awoke from the dream like state, I hadn''t realized it at all, but my face was unsightly! It was a burning hatred, A complete and utter devotion to the destruction of me and mom''s enemies! In my mind I felt something snapped! I didn''t know what it was but what I did know is whatever it was , I''d never be able to get it back! "L-Lucius?" Mom looked at me with a worried expression. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Venastrasia''s POV: Lucius just finished seeing everything and hearing everything, I couldn''t help but be worried as I know for a small child this may be too much to take in. Suddenly-- I felt the temperature in the cave drop a couple of degrees, Static seeped into the air, I''ve lived for hundreds of thousands of years, Never once have I ever felt a killing intent so sinister and yet pure at the same time, It was Lucius, making a face I''ve never seen, distorted in anger and sadness, his pupils split, His eyes truly looked like a dragon. Even the other dragons are peaking inside the cave. "L-Lucius" I asked worriedly, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lucius unexpectedly calmed down, smiled and said "Don''t worry mom, They took what was most precious from us, even if they repented for eternity, they will not be forgiven, I will get stronger, and slowly I will kill them one by one, thousand by thousand, I have a grasp of Raz Seph''s strength, It''s incredibly far from mine, and I know compared to him I''m just a grain of sand compared to a mountain, I won''t act stupidly or rashly, I will slowly bide my time and climb up. I will climb and climb till, I have enough power to be able to slowly torture him to death." He smiled as he spoke, but his eyes weren''t smiling, with it came a solemn promise, as if he was sure it would come to past, it sent shivers down Venastrasia''s spine. Lucius got up walked outside, he walked and walked slowly to the middle of the crater of the mountain, the mana in his body suddenly exploded, it turned to orbs of pure mana, thanks to Venastrasia''s meditation method. The orbs of mana seeped into the clouds, Lucius slowly started dancing as it begun raining, The dance had a tribalistic native feel to it, As if it were summoning the Gods. *BOOM*....*BOOM**BOOM*.....*BOOM*....*BOOM**BOOM* Everytime he slammed his mana imbued, wooden spear Into the ground, A Loud thunderous Bang could be heard in the skies. His eyes closed, but tears were constantly roaming down his face and could clearly be seen among the rain drops, The lightning and thunder crashed and roared, as Lucius danced rythmically to match, a clear rhythm from the skies could be heard, as he remembered the heartbroken face of his mother giving him away, the desperation in his fathers eyes, his grandmothers fighting to her utmost tired and exhausted, The sight of his brother falling from the heavens.... Suddenly-- The Lightning became furious and angry and the Thunder became louder like a God banging an Anvil, The sad dance became warlike, The dragons that were teasing Auriel, and The ones that were sleeping stopped what they were doing and joined the dragons who had been there watching since the beginning as they stared at Lucius, they begun stamping their feet, adding to the rhythm, they knew exactly what Lucius was doing. He was declaring war on Raz Seph. This was the Dance of the War Dragon. Auriel, seeing the mood change, dared not say a word he watched as Lucius became one with the storm, as he controlled it as if it were part of him, he knew what he was seeing right now, he knew he would probably be killed for if it weren''t for their need of him. He still watched on in awe as he knew what he was seeing was something ancient and powerful, this man was an artifact appraiser, even though he looked stupid, his eye was unparalleled, but he had sensed something foreboding in this dance as well. A frightful Intention. Chapter 6: Preparation WorldSerpent: My apologies about the late chapter! Present Day, On top Mount Lizard''s Run, shortly after Lucius'' declaration of war, he asked Venastrasia to finish merge the God''s Tear, after feeding the fox most of his entire mana pool, and using the Dance of the War Dragon, He was in the perfect condition to finish the absorption. Lucius stood crossed legged, eyes closed, in his perfect posture, Venastrasia sat behind him, in a likewise manner, one hand on his back the other holding a golden colored tear, The God''s Tear, in her hand refining. The rate of the absorption was incredible, Lucius'' body had already created a lesser divine core on it''s own after the God''s Tear''s stimulation. Now the rest was going to be added to reform and it was a bit of a gamble, it would either be absorbed as divine power or it would increase the overall quality and capacity of the lesser divine core, needless to say the latter was the better choice, as divine power could always be generated, but a choice of having a upgrade in your divine core was indeed much more valuable. His muscles spasmed, contracted, expanded, exploded, his bones broke, Needless to say this process was incredibly agonizing, usually this process would require mana to make the bones stronger, but Lucius was completely drained and Something totally unexpected happened! The point of a God''s Tear was to create a lesser divine core, Never before had someone created a divine core before the process finished, This was due to many factors, One was his early exposure to divine magic as a newborn child, from Venastrasia The queen dragon, The being said to possess the purest form of Divine Power as well as the strongest. Two was the time curse whose side effects collided against the God''s Tear resulting in hybrid strands of divine power, that mutated under the increased speed, those strands experienced the overpowering feature of time and instead of dying out, it went into evolution, Three Lucius'' talent for divine power, Four his constant, rigorous training and meditation for over 500 years. These reasons made it possible to completely blow the other two reasons out of the water! Neither was he going to absorb the rest of the God''s tear into Divine power or upgrade his divine mana core, It was going to be Integrated into his muscles and bones! This was an extremely mind blowing event! Instead of regular mana being poured into his body''s reformation, it was divine power! Lucius howled in agony as his body began breaking itself and repairing over and over again, He could feel his muscle mass rising and his bones becoming sturdier, His reaction time increasing, his eyesight, pristine as he could spot a freckle of dust in the midst of agonizing pain. His pupils split and his eyes revealed a cold light. After 2 agonizing hours of readjustments within his body, Lucius'' looked the age of 12 years old. The God''s Tear yanked out the the rest of the time curse, isolated it and Venastrasia''s eyes flashed as she accurately used her divine power to destroy the dangerous elements, She then created a permeable barrier with her divine power, allowing the helpful elements of the time curse to merge with the remaining God''s Tear and she injected in directly into Lucius'' heart. "AHHHHHHH!!!!!!" A terrifying scream of agony woke everyone up. This was the final process, it had successfully merged into his body. He didn''t get the updated lesser divine core he wanted, but something much more reliable and better, rather than a shield, what he got was a undeniable sword, A body forged by the God''s. He now possessed a body with the potential of surpassing a dragon. It would be quite some time before he could make that happen though, but the potential possibility of becoming an existence of that magnitude, was not something that could be discarded care-free, this meant if Lucius'' continued training he could one day stand shoulder to shoulder with his Uncles. Nobody knew of the changes taking place in his body, Not even Venastrasia could have picked up on it, she thought the God''s Tear had been converted to divine power. Her main goal was always to cure Lucius of the Time curse. Now that it was completed , she felt some relief in her heart, as she looked at the passed out Lucius, she smiled and kissed his nose. "You must be tired huh, now I''ll put you to rest, soon you''re going to leave me to go out on your own. Don''t worry I''ll always be looking at you, I''ll always watch over, hurry up and become stronger so you can return, Our revenge can wait until you return, my sweet one". She then carried Lucius over and placed him next to the little hibernating fox inside the cave. She saw the fox''s body pulsing with a faint light, she knew that soon the fox would finish it''s evolution. "This should be interesting, fufufu," mused Venastrasia. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lucius POV: "Achoo!" I sneezed as I was feeling a bit dizzy still I decided to sleep for a bit more. I could feel something brushing over my face and clinging tightly to my chest, it wasn''t uncomfortable, it was actually quite nice. As I slowly opened my eyes to see who it was, because the hug had a bit of an erotic feel to it I knew it wasn''t moms. What I saw before me, was a naked girl about 16 years old, Her Silver-Azure hair looking almost transparent as it was ethereal in nature, her figure was perfect, her body well proportioned to the finest, The curves in her body were enough to make any man lose sense. On top of her head had two cute fox shaped ears of white in color, and she had nine tails, matching her hair color, as it wrapped around my legs and my body keeping me warm and blocking her important bits from sight. As I woke up, so did she, she looked into my eyes with pretty azure eyes and her pupils were a Dark purple. She had an expressionless face, but I could tell she wasn''t cold hearted or ignorant of peoples feelings, she gave me a cute smile and said "Good Morning Master" As she released me and sat up on the bed, her hair falling on her shoulders, and the reflection of the sunlight made her look like as if a goddess had visited me in a dream. My face was deep red and that made her giggle softly, but there was no malicious feel to her or any sense of taunting one might expect from such a beautiful woman. "L-Little fox?" I asked stupidly. Even though I knew it was her, because of our connection I still had to ask because I simply couldn''t believe it. She nodded as she said. "Yes master, Can I have a name, master?" she asked curiously. "Sure..hmm...how about Sky? Sky Stormblade?" Her beauty was indeed as such but I did not tell her that. She giggled and said "mhhm, that''s perfect master" "Oh as of today don''t call me master, Lucius is fine" I said politely. She nodded, then gave an even sweeter smile and hugged me, I didn''t resist, I don''t know why, maybe because it felt natural. Then she kissed me, I was shocked, she giggled and then said. " We should stop here, such actions in front of your mother is a bad idea" It was then I figured she had a sort of playful side. As I turned my head, I saw my mother trying to contain her laughter, because it was probably the first time she saw me that embarrassed. Then I asked her This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. "Mom, how come nobody told me she''d change like this, I would have gotten her some clothes." I said red-faced, trying my best to change the topic. "Oh but I found it was rather entertaining Lucius, hahaha, don''t worry I already picked up some clothes, Don''t worry. Your reaction was rather cute, it was worth it." Said mom as she walked outside laughing. Her hands never left from around my neck, As I sat down and thought about everything I had learned, I realized that I needed to become stronger, much stronger than anyone else by any means. ''I will win, I will become stronger than anyone, I will take fate into my own hands and mold it as I see fit, to protect the things I hold most dear, to avenge the things I''ve lost, There will be no rest for me, and then when I''m ready, there will be no sleep for my enemies, only the kind I will offer them, a agonizing descend into darkness!'' I thought solemnly as I clenched my first and grinded my teeth. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sky''s POV : ''I''ve been up for quite sometime now, but I don''t need to move yet, Doesn''t seem he''s getting up anytime soon'' I thought to myself as I snuggled into him, '' Cold...he feels cold'' I wrapped my tails around him and used my upper body to keep him warm. I thought about the day I first saw him. ''He killed my mother''s killer and offered me refuge, when my heart was broken and I was scared and couldn''t move when I had totally gave up, He saved me, offered me a new home and a place to stay, He asked me if I wanted to stay with him, a day i''ll never forget and it will always be engraved in my heart'' ''I will protect him with everything I have, I''ll devote my entire life to him, he deserves it, my mother was ill and she always told me that someday, I should find a good master to serve because our kind was dying out and it might be safer with the humans, she told me not to be a wild one like her, I wouldn''t live long, But I hated humans, I always have ever since they killed my father after trying to tame him and he wouldn''t yield'' ''My master is different from them, his smell is like a dragon, the way his eyes look like the fiercest creature under the heavens, I''ve never seen a race like him before, a true wild untameable existence, even though he''s not at the diety level I can feel it, how special he is. Like A man who would change the world. So I will serve him with everything I have.'' I gazed at his face and kissed him. ''Ahhh! He''s waking,....zzzzzz...Fake sleep mode!'' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 months have passed since, On top the crater of Lizard''s Run, Venastrasia has been teaching Sky minor divine magic as she gained it from the contract between her and Lucius'', Venastrasia was simply stunned. While Varathraga and Veranathus both taught her magical combat and physical combat respectively, Xiaxinia taught her how to perfectly maximize her 9 tails as weapons. While Lucius learned from Auriel about the world, and what happened after the Lightning Calamity. Lucius had learned that nobody knew the full story about the Lightning calamity, and that was understood because no one survived, A few of the emissaries from other continents who came for Lucius'' birth date and naming, Mainly for engagement purposes left before they went to the mountains as outsiders weren''t allowed to approach the Thunder Dragon Festival on top of Mount God''s Hand. They were pretty far away when they heard the screaming and the terrible rips in space and time that echoed the regions, they also heard Raz Seph''s voice and the dragons, but the battle was so mass scale, they immediately turned tail and flee, after all they were just messenger nobles, they had some minor ranks and couldn''t do anything at all in the circumstance, so they just returned to their respected Houses and Continents and Eventually the "Allied Forces of Elements" were formed shortly after in an attempt to stop anything like the Lightning Calamity from happening again and the main goal to destroy "Raz Seph". The heads of the Allied Forces, are as follows : The Fuhrer, Sauros Phoenix, the Human Fire Master Deity, who earned his nickname "Soul Flame" as he had the tendency to slowly burn his prey, His enemies would scream until the fire made there voice sound as if it were a soul screaming. Which many people talked about behind his back, some people thought he was crazy or had split personalities. The second head is,The Wind God, Illuyavi Evashiel, The Elven Wind Master Deity, not much is known about her, after the Lightning calamity she became quite quiet and became more reclusive than before. She only attends meetings if she absolutely has no choice. It''s said she''s terrifyingly powerful as her Bow never misses a shot. The Third head is, The Earth Guardian, Vorkin Earthstone, The Dwarven Earth Master Deity, A carefree man who loves to drink no matter the cause, he''s terribly afraid of Dragons, but nonetheless he has a terrifying temper, He once obliterated an entire army by burying them alive in an instant. He earned the nickname "Graveyard". The Fourth head is, The Queen Huntress, Kryssa Blackwolf, The Beastrace Water Master Deity, her regenerative abilities is godlike, she can regenerate entire limbs in a few seconds, and her favourite type of attack is creating water blades that can cut through steel using rotating pressure. She earned her nickname "The Immortal Queen." Lucius also learned about the ranks of power. Mages are : Ranks 1st Grade all the way to 10th Grade, -(Hydro, Pyro, Aero, Geo). ( E.G- 5th Grade Hydro mage, 6th Grade Pyro mage, 8th Grade Aero Mage, 10th Grade Geo Mage) After rank ten, it goes into Deity rankings, Demigod, Then Pure God, then Avatar. Mom is definitely higher than a Avatar, The Fuhrer and the like are only Demigods, but the difference in between those ranks were like night and day. A Demigod had a long long time to go before reaching a Pure God, some might never reach. The Warrior ranks were : Ranks 1st Grade - 10th Grade, -(Aqua, Flame, Zephyr, Stone) (E.G- 2nd Grade Aqua Warrior, 5th Grade Flame Warrior, 7th Grade Zephyr Warrior, 9th Grade Stone warrior) After rank ten, it goes into Deity rankings, Warlord, then War God, then Titan) No one has ever became a Warlord before, Besides creatures in the continent, none of the races had ever discovered how to do it. Most Warriors had been stuck at the 10th Grade, not knowing what to do. He then learned about some current events and social etiquette, and He slept through the nobles education part, he really wasn''t interested in a bunch of idiots and sucking up to people wasn''t his style by any means, No Lucius was a gentleman, He preferred to settle his differences with violence. Time flew by quickly and Lucius was preparing to finally leave the nest and head out to see the world, He felt prepared and ready, but little did he know, dragons were hustling and bustling about preparing gifts for their youngest kin. A dragons first 500 years of life were considered special, like a birthday of sorts. Chapter 7 : Presents. A young boy about 12 years old is seen sitting at the peak of Mount Lizards Run, his blue cold eyes staring down at the world as if judging it, his split pupils looking from left to right scanning the grassy plains, his eyesight had improved strong enough to pierce the fog and see the world below. Quite tall for his age, and a body chiseled to perfection. As he stood there, A beautiful young woman sat at his feet with an expressionless face. Her tails wagging happily As she changed gazes between her master and the clouds. "They should be ready by now, Lucius..." Said Sky, as she looked up at him questioningly, Lucius patted her head and said firmly "Let''s go Sky" To which she took a while to respond, as she spoiled herself under his hand, twisting her head so that his hand scratched her ears. She then nodded and they both got up and left. Lucius had grown quite attached to the young woman as she had to him. Once he was free she would go over and cuddle up next to him. Anybody who saw it would think they were a newly wed couple. As they both hopped down and climbed down to the crater part of the mountain, they approached the Sleeping Cave, Venastrasia was surrounded by a few other dragons, they were all female, while in the other cave all the male dragons gathered there, Lucius wondered what was taking them so long. They said they were preparing some clothes for him and Lucius found it strange, because he saw Xiaxinia kidnapping some human and carrying over to a next mountain. These guys were supposed to be the smartest existences under the sun, yet when it came to doing normal things they would go over the top and tend to do something incredibly stupid, Lucius could only face-palm. Lucius quietly waited on a rock outside with Sky rubbing and massaging his shoulders, she would always know if a part of him was aching, it was one of the traits among their bond. Lucius thought to himself as he smiled. ''There are some things divine power cannot cure, and a beautiful fox girl is needed'' He heard a giggle behind him, it was then he remembered she had a slight shared telepathy with him, as his face turned red with embarrassment, and she drew closer hugging him with her chest to his back. She then whispered in his ear, "I am yours, and yours alone, There''s no need to hold back" She said with a slightly mischievous smile, but Lucius knew she was serious. As he nodded with a red face, because Sky had the aura of a woman or mature young girl, The older sister type as well as cool beauty, she rarely ever joked about her feelings to Lucius, Lucius knew this. The most she teased him about, was his reaction to her body, she found it cute, how he would turn red and turn his face to the other direction pretending not to care. It was then amidst their playtime, Venastrasia, the Aunts and Veranathus, Varathraga, Xiaxinia and the other Uncles came approaching them both from their respective caves, He could clearly see a few items being hidden behind their backs as he chuckled softly. They then stood before him. The first to approach was the Aunts, they brought with them a set of clothes, It''s color was golden with azure tribalistic patterns adorned on them. The top piece had a V neck, Which had similar azure colored tribal markings on it. The front of his shirt had The symbol of a Golden Dragon Flying through the stormclouds. It was the House Of Lightning''s Emblem, It was a high nobility garment, made for Lucius for when he attended special events. It was made of Golden Silk Thread, This thread was very hard to acquire, Even the Fuhrer and the other High ranking nobles Couldn''t dream to acquire this much Golden thread to make an entire piece of clothing, the most they had were small designs on their clothing. With it came a set of Matching Gloves and boots, Lucius graciously thanked them and they all took turns kissing him on his head and then went back to Venastrasia''s side. Next to walk up was Xiaxinia, He held in his hands, a leather pair of clothes, it was complete black, it was clothes to be worn casually, It had a hood, Xiaxinia motioned Lucius to put it on, as he did he could feel it read just to fit itself, It had a black scarf that covered his breathing and a hood as well. The scarf had feint designs on it and could only be seen when close. It was a dragon catching it''s tail. The clothes were modeled after Assassin clothing as Xiaxinia was fond of such clothing, because it allowed free movement in his eyes those types of clothing were the best. It also came with wrist guards, gloves and leather boots that matched it. It also had the ability to Camouflage to it''s surroundings. Xiaxinia said he made it from a creature known as a Black Basilisk Serpent, One of the rarest Serpent type beasts in all of Zenheim, it was known for blending into it''s surroundings and delivering fatal blows. Lucius thanked him and gratefully accepted it, Xiaxinia then leaned over to give him a hug and whispered in a hushed tone, "It should help you if you ever have to get rid of anyone and keep your identity hidden, the mask can cover your whole face as well as change all of the designs on the clothing, so it cannot be linked to you" He said as he gave a mischievous smile, He could feel Venastrasia''s burning gaze on his back so he cleared his throat and went back to his position. Next to approach was the Uncles, They brought a ring that could place items in a pocketed dimension, He could store any number of things in it, the Uncles Starting pouring gold out from their rings, Gems and Jewels of precious nature. This amount of money, One could live lavishly for all his life. Lucius poured mana in the ring and a drop of his blood and it firmly stuck itself on his finger as he absorbed the gold the way they thought him. He thanked them, as they hugged him as they passed by, Some pat him on his head, Some gave him advice and One even tried to steal him...But let''s not go there. The actions of these dragons sometimes had no reason or basis. Lucius in return gave them his heartfelt thanks, he admired his Uncles and they admired him. That was all that was needed. Next was Varathraga and Veranathus, They held something long wrapped up in a cloth, as they approached Lucius, the cloth fell off and what showed itself was a High Quality looking spear. Lucius recognized the material! It was the shedding from that time! "This is from both Varathraga and I, Lucius this weapon will guide you through your struggles" Said Veranathus "It was made for both Physical Combat and Magical Combat, Right now it is in spear form, it was made to fit your body and what you''re accustomed to" Varathraga said as he motioned me to send mana through it. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. I started charging Lightning through it, and The spear let out a howl as the blade split, and it became a Trident. When I imbued mana, It would take spear form, but when I imbued lightning it would take Trident form. "As it was made from a Thunder Dragon Shedding, this weapon is extremely suitable to you, I don''t recommend using it during a duel or training as you will surely kill your partner" they said both with a big grin on their faces. Lucius thrusted his new spear a couple of times and shot Lightning out of it, he could feel how it amplified his Power, and how sharp it was as it pierced the wind around him with every thrust. With a smile on his face he replied "Thank you Uncle Vera, Uncle Vara, I will treasure this " ( An idea of what the weapon looked like, Trident Form: http://images.partycity.com/images/products/en_us/pc/detail/393473_dt.jpg Spear Form: http://tesrenewal.com/files/pdp.png) If the spear form doesn''t show up just refresh the link, it will. Last but not least it was Venastrasia''s turn, she walked forward, and handed Lucius, a Black Armor with a faint Golden Light, It was as lighter than it looked, but it''s hardness was superior to any steel in this world, It gave off a overpowering domineering attitude, the Armor was created with a sort of aggression seeping from it, It had a dragon head shaped helmet, the folds of the leather like steel took a strange design and form to which the likes didn''t look as though it came from this world, If artifact armor is SS rank, This would be SSS rank. There had many designs on it, in a darker shade of black, The Dragon shaped helmet had a little diamond shaped hole on the forehead, probably meant to showcase the fact that he was a draconian. One side of the armor was Completely, protected as the other side had minimal protection, as she knew Lucius loved having his right side less burdened. His right hand was his most comfortable one, that didn''t mean his left hand was any weaker. "When your elder brother died, this scale was the only thing I could save as his body was too crushed and badly damaged, the time effects started corroding away at him, I always kept it, then a thought came to me, I decided to use it, the time effects increased the hardness of the scales while as it was still a scale of a young dragon, it was capable of being made into armor, as none of our scales would be able to be created into Armor as it is too Hard and solid to bend, The scale was perfectly aged just enough to gain a Solid like foundation yet remaining flexible enough to be crafted. This way the elder brother can protect his younger brother" She said, with a few tears in her eyes as she tightly hugged Lucius, "Now put it on, and apply mana to it and a drop of blood, then imbue mana in the armor" she said as she smiled. Lucius did as he was told, and the Black War Armor flashed and immediately several spikes protruded from the armor! There were two spike sheddings crafted into his shoulders, as well as a Large tooth shedding going from Large to small running down his back, The largest one came out from just below his neck in a downward curve, as the rest followed suit in smaller sizes till it reached his lower back, Two Spike sheddings protruded from his knee cap area, in an upward curve. "You and this armor have complete compatibility, it means you can absorb it into your body and bring it out at will" Instantly it merged into his body. He thanked her hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He knew how much she thought about him and he knew she probably panicked as she made the armor, careful to make sure not even the slightest dent or weak point was made. Her original thoughts were probably to create something with a sturdy defense and she ended up making something with incredible attacking potential, Lucius thought as he chuckled. Auriel sitting in the corner watching the whole scene, stood there....eyes wide open, mouth wide open, a few grey hairs protruding, his eyebrows twitching, He felt as if he aged a million years, the items he saw, the armor, the clothing, the weapon, Everything was above anything he had ever seen, and he had seen some pretty priceless Artifacts, He wondered Could these things even be called Artifacts? Surely their must be a level beyond Artifacts he thought, as he watched items. ( What I imagined it would look like, http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/136/b/4/knight_of_thorns_steel_armor__for_skyrim_by_zerofrust-d5025ie.jpg The red part however, I imagined was made out of Golden Thread) After some time passed and Night Crept up, Lucius was packed and ready to go, they decided they would leave in the morning, Venastrasia and the other dragons were huddled having a few discussions about Raz Seph, And about Lucius'' leaving tomorrow, these talks usually went into the morning as a lot of things had to be discussed, they told Lucius to go to bed and catch some sleep as the Journey tomorrow would be tiring for him. Lucius and Sky went walking towards the Sleeping Cave, the Dragons started their discussions. Discussing things such as they would leave a dragon watching over Lucius at all times, while they fully devoted their time to surveillance in the ruined Continent and on Raz Seph. Lucius made his way to his bed, followed by Sky and they both lay down. She snuggled up to him and wrapped him in her tails, to which he gladly welcomed, Lucius got into a sleeping position....and after a few minutes passed and he was about to fall asleep. A certain, soft playful voice rung out in his head. "Now time for my present..." *Smooch* as Sky kissed him and sent her tongue in his mouth. Lucius was surprised but he didn''t resist, instead he engaged, as they both kissed for some time, their breathes began to grow hot and filled with a hunger. Sky sent her hands down his pants, as Lucius gently rubbed her breasts, it soon escalated as Lucius found himself between her thighs, As hot breathe and soft moans filled the night''s air, he gazed deeply into her azure, purple eyes, She gazed into his. He thrusted and thrusted until the sun rose. Notice : 18+ World Serpent : Happy Easter everyone!! Well anyway let''s get to the main point quickly! There seems to be few people that are offended by the fact the MC got laid, I mean I don''t know what to say to that, or how to even begin to reply to that, But if you''re looking for some, Nosebleed, Submissive to all women type MC, You won''t find it here in this Light Novel, In fact, there might even be some Threesomes, since Fox is fine with it. So I suggest if you looking for a naruto type light novel, please look elsewhere The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. For I have no intention of creating a wimp MC, thats an outlet for every female characters Frustration. There will be more sex...Not frequently like a hentai though, on special occasions. So if you''re offended about hearing the MC have sex, Please stop now and save yourself some time. I decided to write my own light novel, and this is my first work, I tend to hate the kiddy genre stuff So please from here on out please consider this novel 18+. Chapter 8 : The First Step. It was about mid day, the sky was clear as if it signaled a new day, Lucius, opened his eyes and looked at the beautiful girl sleeping on his chest, He smiled and muttered "It wasn''t a dream huh....Gehehe" for the first time Lucius made a lustful smile but it certainly wouldn''t be the last. Lucius got up, covered Sky properly and put on a serious face. Today was the day his journey begins, his mind was at ease thanks to Sky. He suddenly stopped in his tracks as he was about to put on his clothes... ''Could it be? she senses the uneasiness in my heart and decided to do this?'' He thought, he was aware of how she could sense his mood. ''I was so nervous I probably didn''t realize it, because only now do I feel truly calm.'' He was sure that was the reason. ''That''s correct!'' He heard in his mind as Venastrasia''s voice rang out in his mind. Which made Lucius jump and turn around slowly, as she entered the cave, a big smile on her face. "Mother what on earth could you be talking about?" Lucius said as he tried to keep a straight face his eyebrows twitching, with his most serious face. Which made Venastrasia''s smile even wider. *Bock* Lucius stood there rubbing his head with teary eyes, She let out a helpless sigh and said "Seriously though Lucius, Sky, she cares about you a lot, make sure to protect her you know, she does her best for you." Venastrasia warned him seriously. "Yeah mom I know, somehow I can feel it...Oh that reminds me I''ve always been wanting to ask...Mom..Xiaxinia said she was supposed to evolve into a different type of fox, he was pretty surprised she had a human form, Why was that?" Queried Lucius as he put his hair in a ponytail and began dressing. "That too was the cause of the God''s Tear, some of the divine element seeped into her as you transferred your mana, remember how she gains your attributes as part of the contract? " Lucius nodded motioning her to continue speaking. "Any creature that has divine power is granted higher intelligence as well as a human body, hers is incredibly natural, it''s as if she was born a beast race, It''s not the first time this happened though, I''ve seen several cases of this in my long life, about high level mages having beasts that transformed into humanoids, as well as being able to comfortably change between forms." Mom replied. A voice then joined the conversation and said "It''s not common in the slightest though, The Beast Race values such rare cases highly, so when you reach the Academy, there is bound to be a few of the Male Beast race there that will take interest in her, especially during the mating season." the face appeared as it entered the cave, it was Auriel. "If that wasn''t bad enough, some of the disgusting lustful nobles will try underhanded means to acquire her, Because the Allied Forces of the Elements exists, there is indeed a ban on slavery, but that doesn''t mean it doesn''t happen, every now and then you''d still hear of a missing elf or beast race" He added, making sure Lucius was warned. However Lucius'' heartless reply left him with a cold shiver down a spine. "So? Auriel, So long as the life of a single girl, does not amount to a Continent, Do you believe I wouldn''t be able to find her?" Lucius said as he smiled coldly and left the cave. ''Did he just threaten to eliminate the Four Continents? for a single girl?'' Auriel was astounded. Never before did he ever meet someone speak about massacre so casually. Auriel thought Lucius was overreacting and didn''t really mean what he said as he watched Lucius'' silhouette fade towards the outside of the cave. It was Venastrasia that interrupted his thoughts. ''He''s not joking you know?...He''s the emotional type..If he''s happy, he''ll be happy with all his might, if he''s sad he''ll cry, If he''s lonely, he''ll seek company, that''s the kind of child he is, He never hides his heart and lays it bear. If you ask me whats the most dangerous kinds of people there are, I''d say those kinds. Ever since that day when I first saw him angry, I felt my heart shake, when he''s angry...I can feel the heavens turning a blind eye to his actions, it''s as if darkness consumes him completely, That sort of Wrath is attractive isn''t it? Fufu, my child indeed'' Venastrasia giggled as she thought about him. Auriel stared at her wide-eyed as if he were watching a psycho woman, but he then recalled how the boy watched him in indifference the first time they had met, and then he realized, maybe the boy would have killed him if they had no need of him. It was then he realized just how unimportant dragons thought of the other existences, he had just learned this in the conversation just now, If he didn''t benefit Lucius in any way, he might not have been alive. He felt like he had realized the most important factors about Lucius'' personality. He had realized, Lucius'' mannerisms are like a dragon''s , it''s natural for him. His entire personality, all of his traits...this wasn''t by choice, it happened naturally! An example would be like if a human was born on the Beast race Continent and spoke the Beast Language fluently as he grew even though he was human, it couldn''t be helped because that is what was imprinted on him. " A Child raised by Dragons huh..." he muttered quietly. Lucius had finished preparing everything, He threw all of his important stuff in his ring, Double- checked his gear, as he was finishing his last check ups, Sky had already woken up and she came walking down towards him wearing a beautiful black battle dress with hints of of white and Azure, the lower half of the dress was pleated black leather, and knee high black leather boots, with azure colored laces. She looked Outstanding. She smiled and did a cute curtsy and asked "How do I look Milord?" Lucius turned his face as it got red, and replied what he honestly thought "One of the most beautiful girls I''ve ever seen." She was shocked to hear this, she wanted to tease him a bit as she thought he''d just look away like usual with a red face. But today his reply caught her off guard. She stared at him blankly for a while as if processing what she had heard, then her face turned a deep red, as she turned her face away and replied quietly "T-Thanks " For the first time the tables had turned. Though they were intimate, they still hadn''t shown their affection this openly in before, It was a new step. Xiaxinia watching the exchange between the two started crying, followed by Veranathus and Varathraga, Apparently they were trying their best to hold in tears, "Just the other day he was crapping his pants, and now look at him * Sniff* *Sniff*" This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.said Veranathus. Varathraga followed up immediately, "I remember when he used to climb in my nose, everytime I fell asleep *Sniff* " The one crying the loudest was Xiaxinia, as his breathe smelled of Alcohol. "Shish Ishn''t Fair, Why D-does he hash to go sho soon" Xiaxinia said while holding a bottle of God knows what and taking constant gulps. Though it was a funny sight to behold, these three dragons did indeed spend the most time with Lucius, they were incredibly attached to him. After saying his Good Byes to everyone of his family, Lucius walked up to Venastrasia and gave her a cute longing look, she hugged him tightly and whispered "Don''t worry, we''ll see each other again soon, So long as we''re both under the same sky, we will always be an arms reach away, There will always be one of us watching over you and you can visit anytime, so don''t take too long okay? I''ll always await your return my Wonderful Child, I love you." She took out a necklace and placed it around his neck "Use this to contact me whenever you want" as she pulled out a similar one from around her neck and showed it to Lucius. "Yes mom, I''ll return soon, I promise I''ll become stronger than anyone else, wait for my return" Lucius replied solemnly "Good boy, * sniff*" she said in a shaky voice as she patted his head. He turned around and looked at them all one last time, and then he hopped on top of Varathraga, where Auriel and Sky was already awaiting. Varathraga then descended to the foot of the Mountain Gliding down past the forest and he slowed down coming up to a main road, Lucius had never been farther than the several forests of Lizard''s Run. Lucius asked to get dropped on the main road rather than straight to the Academy, In Corinth because it wasn''t far from there anyways, So Varathraga landed at the main road and they all hopped off. "Nephew, if you ever need help just call out, I''ll definitely destroy a kingdom or two, well even a Continent is no problem" said Varathraga with a huge grin on his face. "Haha, sure will do Uncle, But I need to strive on my own, If I''m sure I''m in a situation I can''t handle, I''ll make sure to let you know" Lucius laughed. He would try his best not to call them though, he wanted to struggle on his own and get stronger not to rely on their help all the time. "Right, Call me first, Not Xia or my dumb brother! and Take care of yourself out there, remember those humanoids are weak-minded Lucius, don''t trust them fully over the past years the things I''ve seen them do, They''re a despicable bunch, Only your ancestors were decent, only they we mingled with, Now Go out there and Do your best Nephew!" Varathraga said with conviction as he flew away *****ROOOOOAAARRR******** He let out a earth shattering roar as if to signal to the world my arrival. As were about to embark, Sky switched into her Elemental fox form which stood, at 4 meters tall, Her body was Agile shaped rather than Strength based, It was a flexible, Quick body made for incredible speeds, Her fur was a Violet color That gave off a faint blue color, with sky blue lines going from her mouth all the way back through her back, into each of her tails, Her eyes remained the same Azure purple eyes. Static could be seen flashing throughout her tails Lucius hopped on her back, and as Auriel was about to do the same, she grabbed him with one of her tails and growled "Only Lucius can ride on my back". They then took off along the main road, Sky was moving incredibly fast, Lucius took his hood off and breathed in the fresh air with a smile on his face and both sides of him were farmlands, many different vegetables were being grown, The people that were farming stopped to look at Sky in Awe as they probably never saw someone a companion like her before, in the distances we saw houses and a few tall buildings, one looked like a church, but it was more or less just a small time village, Lucius figured he should wake Auriel up a little way before the entrance, because he had passed out sometime during the trip. *SLAP* *SLAP* Lucius slapped Auriel twice, Once to wake him up, A second time because.......So Auriel had woke up. He scrambled to regain his senses and realized where he was "Ah! Blueheart village! Let''s get something to eat Lucius, the next town is where I live, we need to make a quick stop there and return to my wife and family to show them that I am safe and then we''ll make our way to the Academy! One of my children is going to be taking the requirements exam to enter the Academy this year, as the requirement exams are only held on summer break, All of my family is home right now~!" Auriel had a dumb face on as he thought about his family, he couldn''t stop wriggling around....it started to irritate Lucius, but Lucius could understand missing ones family, so he nodded and said calmly "Let''s Go" As they turned to leave, They realized everyone had been watching them, Lucius thought it was probably because of Auriel''s weird dance, but they were watching Lucius. They saw the stone in his forehead as it was not something one could miss, the way it glowed practically drew your gaze. "Oi...is he a draco...*Hiccup*...nian?! That gem on his forehead...*Burp*" said a raggety man, that smelled of booze. "Naww them is wiped out Joe, prolly sum sort o'' Artifact or sum, shee his clothes how high''er in quality they r, prolly sum nobles son" Said a skinny man with bucked teeth, picking his nose. "Yeah you''re probably right *Hic* I''d be weird if one just showed up after 500 years...*Hic*" The raggety man then moved his gaze over to the his companion as he replied. Actually despite the bucked teeth man''s appearance, his logic wasn''t quite bad. No one would expect a draconian to suddenly pop up after 500 years, People who heard the exchange quickly went back to their own business. Lucius then put on his hood and proceeded to the tavern with Sky who was already long in her human form, and Auriel, there they ordered a few basic meals, Some Rye and Stew, ate their fill and then as night was fading they decided to book an inn and sleep for the night They would continue in the morning, Auriel went to a room by himself, and Lucius and Sky took one for themselves. Lucius took off his top layer of clothing and lay down, Sky stripped naked, followed and snuggled next to him, and after a few minutes Sky fell asleep as she was tired from today''s journey, Lucius fell asleep shortly afterward. The next day they checked out, and then immediately took off toward''s the other town, Leaving after Images in there wake as they passed the countless meadows and fields along a path leading to the City Auguste, Where Auriel''s family resides. Chapter 9 : Family. Late at night, a group of three people can be seen near a fire, It was Lucius''s group, he sat crossed legged while Sky lay on his lap, her breathing sounds could clearly indicating she was having a peaceful sleep, While Lucius and Auriel sat talking in a hushed tone as not to wake her. They were only a day away from The City of Auguste.... "I''m telling you L-Lucius, she''s horrible, since i''ve been missing for a few months, she''ll definitely kill me...What should i do?! What Should I do?!" Auriel said with a face full of white, he had gone terribly pale. "You....Isn''t she your wife?" Replied Lucius half-heartedly. "You don''t understand! That''s precisely why!" Said Auriel absolutely sure of himself. "Lucius, wives are are the common enemy of adventurous men! Never forget this!" he added. Lucius sighed as he watched the man fidgeting nonstop, he then clenched his Dragon shaped necklace around his neck, He stared into the fire and then said as if he were thinking of something. "Well I don''t think so, I think she would be happy to have you home, she might break you into pieces for being an idiot, but family is family, she would ultimately be happy you''re safe after all you ventured into a dragon''s lair, that''s many kinds of stupid." Auriel then laughed and replied "Yeah you''re absolutely right, She''s like a fireball Ha ha ha, the first day I met her she punched me in the face, It was love at first Punch" "I still remember it like it was yesterday" he added while holding his jaw. "Well I wouldn''t worry about it too much, cause she''ll refresh your memory tomorrow, Heh Hahaha" Lucius said while bursting out in laughter, he could pretty much tell by now which direction it was going to head. They laughed for a bit and chatted for a while longer, before they decided to call it a night and went back to their respective tents. Lucius carried Sky and placed her on the makeshift bed of fur pelts covers he brought from home. He then withdrew a bottle of water from his inter-dimensional ring and began rinsing his body, he then took a few sips and proceeded to lay down, as he lay down. Sky almost naturally clung to his body while sleeping and after a few minutes he was already asleep. *Clang* As the sun had risen the sound of a pot banging against utensils were heard as Auriel was preparing to get breakfast up and going, he was starting the fire and preparing the vegetables as Sky and Lucius went out hunting for breakfast. It was still very much early, as the birds in the surrounding area chirped and whistled, Auriel wanted to hurry up and get home so they decided to leave as early as possible. Shortly after Lucius returned with a Large Deer sized animal on his back, Sky at his side a few berries in her hands. What caught Auriel''s eye was the deer on Lucius'' shoulder, The kill was so clean, not an ounce of blood could be seen and it was completely intact. "Hey Lucius how did you kill that deer so cleanly?" Wondered Auriel in awe. "I hit the neck vertebrae, How else?" said Lucius plainly. What Auriel didn''t know was that Lucius'' training with Xiaxinia taught him complete mastery of body, He had learned how to use the minimum force at maximum potential. Not to mention how he also learned how to make as less noise as possible while walking, he could naturally contour to a terrain and move like a ghost hardly disrupting anything in the atmosphere. The frightening part however was the deer probably had not even realized it was going to die in the blink of an eye it had just fell as if it stumbled on a rock. What Lucius didn''t tell Auriel was that he had used a tiny stick and threw it, because eye sight and accuracy of that degree was something probably only a 6th Grade Warrior could do. Lucius didn''t want to go into detail explaining things. Indeed in terms of warrior ranking Lucius was a 7th Grade Lightning Warrior, and his Magic, 7th Grade Storm Mage but the problem was his insight, it was at a 1st Grade Storm Mage, and as there were no other Draconians alive he could learn from, it was probably going to be a bit tougher for him to gain insight now that none of his family''s documents weren''t accessible, and the House of Lightning were so secretive that no other houses anywhere on the Continent of Astarte had any information that could help him out. His best bet was to join the Academy and learn how Insight works and get hints from it. What made it even tougher was that he was a variant Lightning user even the traditional documents might not have been much help either but he would have a better foundation in lightning magic which was overall better than his current position. As they finished cooking the deer and each having had their fill, They then set off again heading straight towards the City of Auguste, Auriel finally calmed down and was happy to see his wife and children. They passed many small settlements but ignored them all as they had nothing to really offer and if they stopped it might caused more harm than good as the villagers didn''t look like they weren''t too friendly to visitors. Lucius realized Sky was becoming faster the more she ran, he was secretly pleased as he stroked her head...After a short time they could see the rise of tall buildings, they knew they had met their destination. As this Fortress like City was nothing like the passed villages, they couldn''t totally see inside as it had high walls all around but they could see the tall buildings poking out passed the walls high into the skies. As they could finally make out the silhouettes of the guards, Sky slowed down and Lucius hopped off, as she released Auriel from her tail. She quickled switched back into her human form, as her clothes were made by Venastrasia, she was never naked during transformations, it would instantly equip itself. They then approached at first the guards looked weary as they saw the huge 9 tailed violet colored fox approaching them but upon noticing Auriel, they immediately relaxed. Guard 1 : "MY LORD?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" yelled the guard in surprise. Guard 2 : "My lord feared the worse *Sniff*" said the second guard as he teared up. Guard 1 : "Yes my lord you should truly stop these dangerous quests, Your family, Milady and the young misses were quiet worried my lord" he said worriedly. Auriel "Ha ha ha, I know, I know, after today I won''t be doing these reckless things again, I felt like I''ve seen enough now, I''ll be staying at the Academy full time from today" Auriel said trying to calm the two doting guards. The guards took a few quick glances at Lucius and Sky curiously but they didn''t press for any information as they could sense the boy had no interest in sharing his business. "Anyway Milord we won''t keep you any longer, Milady must be dying to see you..*Cough* Good Luck Milord, may you survive this next trial" The first guard said while looking away. " LOWER THE BRIDGE!!" yelled the second guard as he looked at a man above on the fortress walls. *Rumble Rumble* The gates began to shake violently as it began opening, *Clang Clang Clang Clang* The chains started moving as the bridge lowered down till it hit the ground with a loud *DOOMM* The sight before Lucius left him stunned, there was so much people, and so many different types of stores selling so many different things, merchants filled the streets selling their wares, while he saw many people mostly commoners buying supplies and it was lively. There were high quality stores as well as low quality ones, as they entered, Sky and Lucius were curious about everything, She locked her arms into his, so she wouldn''t get to caught up in anything and be left behind as a fox''s curious was really insatiable, Lucius looked at her as her eyes flashed over every stall, he thought this little trait of hers was incredibly cute and give a light giggle. As they were making their way through the town, Looking at some of the taller buildings, Lucius could see A cathedral that was huge, It was certainly much bigger than the one in Blueheart village and not only that but it was incredibly high quality, apparently it''s called the Church of Fire and they serve the Spirit Fire God, Ifreet, apparently there are a few dispustes between them and the Fuhrer, as the Fuhrer believes people of the Fire Continent Astarte should pray to him as he is a Deity, but the Church has their own leader, called Astriel Firesong. It''s said she is also a Deity but no one really knows how true that is. Also because of the Allied Forces of Elements, he is unable to surpress the church, because it would be a form of discrimination and that wouldn''t bode well with the United Elements, as they were all of different races, any form of discrimination could be taken as an offense and he would probably suffer greatly, Also a lot of people in Astarte are believers of the church, so he would also gain the ire of his own people. Lucius made a side note to visit it before he left to go to the Academy, because he was interested in culture as he had never been exposed to any culture other than his own. As if a thought dorned on him he spun and turned to look at Auriel. "Ohh that reminds me, Auriel why did they call you "Lord", I thought you said you were a teacher at the Academy?" Lucius asked questioningly. "Oh but I am, this City Auguste belongs to my father, He is an Elder of the House of Fire and Adviser to the Fuhrer himself, as well as Headmaster of Four Elements Academy, this is his territory bestowed unto him by the Fuhrer for his many accomplishments, But he left it to me as he decided to Move to Corinth because of his work, he always has to be close to the Fuhrer because of it" He said with a hint of pride. "I see..." Lucius replied as his curiosity had been sated. As they continued chatting and taking in the scenery of many different buildings like the Bank, Or the Inn, They saw an Adventurer''s Hall, where people get hired to clear out certain troublesome monsters that destroy crops or cause harm to the surroundings. It was Lucius'' first time seeing so such a sight he slowly strolled and casually chatted with Auriel for information. He had already learned quite a bit from Auriel During the two months in Lizard''s Run so naturally he only had a few questions. As they left the entrance of the city of Auguste, and proceeded pass the Market Section, They then entered the Nobles Quarter, Quite a few famous Nobles lived here, as well as quite a few minor ones as well, being the city closest to Corinth, naturally it was prosperous and the Nobles Quarter had the most High Quality houses as well as Guards stationed at almost every turn with the symbol of a open palm hand with fire burning inside it. It was the symbol of the House of Fire. The Guards upon noticing Auriel, bowed and motioned him to enter as they parted to allow him to do so. All guards shouted in Unison "Welcome back milord!" "Good to be back" Auriel said with a wide smile. Lucius then looked at a Inn a few streets down and Approached Auriel. "Well, we''re going to go book our rooms at the Inn, What time should we meet you tomorrow? We can meet up at the Inn as it''s close to you and we''ll be staying there" Auriel then firmly declined, "No Lucius, we have a lot of room you know! Come stay the night, we''re going to be leaving to go to the Academy soon anyway and it''s only a few days" Truthfully, Auriel dare didn''t leave this piece of evidence of where he had been, when he was going to face his wife. Lucius was a key part of his survival... After Auriel began begging, Lucius realized his agenda and reluctantly gave in. They then took a carriage and it begun moving hastily along the cobblestone road, after about half an hour the carriage began slowing down toward the hugest, most richest, high quality mansion Lucius had ever seen, It was incredibly astonishing. Many sculptures littered throughout the gardens, most of them were pertaining to fire element beasts, There was a huge fountain at the entrance as well. As they exited the carriage and approached the mansion''s gates, the 4 Guards immediately stood at attention realizing the return of their master. They gave a salute to Auriel and said in Unison "Welcome home Master Auriel" "Yo, I''ve returned!" Auriel replied happily, he was finally home and couldn''t contain his excitement. As they walked into the main hall of the Mansion, Lucius removed his hood as he felt it would be rude to keep it on since it hid his face, They were then greeted by an old grey-haired man, his hair was kept in a neat ponytail, his eyes were hazel and he had a proud nature, his attire was that of a butlers and his every movement seemed graceful, it was the demeanor of a gentleman, he gave off the aura of a caretaker. Upon seeing Auriel, the grey-haired man looked delighted. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Ahh Master Auriel! Where have you been all this time? The Lord Aurius sent a letter to Milady Marie that said you went to Lizard''s Run and for 4 whole months no one has seen you! Everyone has been worried sick My Lord is here presently as he came to escort the Young Misses To the Academy Next week!" The butler said in a panic, he had truly been worried for his Master''s safety. He then added "We tried many location spells with help we got from an Aero Mage, and were still unable to find you he said there was powerful magic wherever you were as it affected his spells, but at least he did confirm you were alive so we were relieved, but still it was very disheartening for Milady and the young misses as they hadn''t known of your condition, Everyone is currently having dinner, please let us head there at once to put their minds at ease Master" The butler then urged him to go to the dining hall where his family was. "Ah well quite a few things happened and I wasn''t in a condition to get word out, I will explain once everyone is together as it''s not something I can hide anyway and it''s going to be known pretty soon" He said as he glanced at Lucius and smiled. Lucius just yawned, Sky did the same as they were both pretty worn out and just wanted to eat and head to bed. It was only then had the butler realized His Master''s company, he glanced at the child and then glanced at the girl, and was about to turn and leave to lead his master to the dining room, He felt as though he had been struck by lightning and slowly turned his gaze back to Lucius, his forehead more exactly, and let out a bewildered gasp. "T-This child Master?" He was absolutely dumbfounded as he looked at Lucius. He was sure this was a draconian mentioned in the Legends of the Lightning Calamity, He had never once seen one but he knew for sure, that the boy that stood before him was indeed a Draconian. It was Auriel that interrupted his thoughts. "Don''t worry let''s go to the dining hall and I''ll explain everything, It''s actually quite fortunate dad is here, I need his help dealing with this matter after all". They walked through the halls approaching the Dining room, as Lucius begun admiring the paintings, and family sculptures, he saw suits of armor encased in glass that suggested they were heirlooms of sorts, All with the House of Fire emblems boldly showing on the their chests. It was the house of a true noble. Lucius quite liked the Mansion, It was something that revered it''s ancestors , Lucius understood the importance of family, he couldn''t help but respect the way it was designed. As they approached the door, They could hear many conversations being held, the butler then knocked, entered, bowed and said in a voice clear enough for the occupants in the room to hear. "The Master has returned" Instantly the chatter stopped. As Auriel entered he opened his mouth to say "My beautiful family I hav ret-" *BOCK* Auriel, had been interrupted by a fist embedding itself in his face. Shortly after that. *BOCK**BOCK**BOCK**BOCK**BOCK* A few more had followed. Only then did the feminine silhouette calm down, As She got up off a dizzy Auriel, it took a few minutes for him to gather his senses, Lucius calmly hid in the hall awaiting the bloodshed to end, Because once more..Lucius understood the importance of family, so outsiders like himself should keep out...or at least that''s what he told himself. As Auriel regained his senses, he looked at his lovely wife, Red hair, Red eyes, A fiesty but beautiful face, and a Slender body with good curves and a decent chest, She gave off a calming motherly aura, totally opposite to her previous appearance just a few minutes ago, Which would send shivers down any man''s spine. As Auriel regained his senses, he looked as his wife who had tears in her eyes and her body was shaking, she had truly feared the worse for her husband and anyone could tell she badly missed him. He tried to hug her to which she fought for a bit before giving in. "W-where have you been *sniff* Do you know how worried we were, you went missing for 4 months you know Auriel! You have to stop this silly adventuring or else I''ll cut off your arms and legs and keep you here!" she said with a hint of rage. Usually he would make up some sort of excuse and try to bargain with her, but after recent events, Auriel learned how easy it was to lose his life, before he would always have a chance at surviving but meeting Dragons, taught him how easy it is to stumble across a beast he can''t fathom. He decided if he ever made it home, He would gladly, remain in the Academy, and never go venturing out again. His following words surprised her. "I know..I won''t do it again, this time it was dangerous, I met dragons.." He said with a face she had never seen before, it was a mysterious look. "DRAGONS?!" The ones who interrupted were his 3 daughters and his father, the Lord of Auguste, Aurius Flameheart. Instantly the eyes of the old man shone as the eyes of fear were in the eye''s of the daughters, they clearly wanted to know what happened afterward. Even his wife was scared, in fact they were all surprised he had came back alive, they had heard stories of dragons, and they knew they didn''t appreciate anyone entering their territory and such trespassers would never be forgiven. "Well you have some people you should meet before we get any further, Lucius, Sky, you guys can come in now" Auriel said while looking at the opened doorway. Two silhouettes then appeared. One was a seemingly 12 year old boy, he was quite tall for his age, he had white hair that reached down to his shoulders, it was curly and it had a faint gloss to it, it was hair that was almost too feminine for a boy, but the boy''s masculine handsome face and manly appearance had removed that thought completely, his fierce blue-eyes as deep as the sea, with split pupils that looked like lightning bolts but the thing which drew the most attention was the gem embedded in his forehead. It was certainly something they had never seen before, the ethereal blue diamond shaped gem, pulsed faintly and if you looked clearly enough you could see lightning bolts striking constantly within it. It indeed was his most eye catching feature because of it''s rarity, It added to his look of mysteriousness, and it made him give off quite the alluring aura. The second was an elegant girl, She was incredibly beautiful, She had Silver-Azure colored hair, Her proportions were perfect, she had the perfect curves other girls would just envy and get incredibly jealous over, she had two slender white colored fox looking ears, her eye color drew a great deal of attention as it was azure and her pupils were light purple, which gave off a sort of an enticing feel. She had her arms locked into his as if it was quite natural and her expressionless face helped give off quite the womanly aura, even though she looked like 16. But the feature that drew everyone''s gaze were her 9 azure colored tails. As Lucius walked in, the first thing he recognized was Auriel''s wife, the demon that sent the flurry of attacks, on the dining table Behind both Auriel and her was an elderly looking man, he was in a white ceremonial type robe, he had a matching hat which he had in his hands that looked like a top hat but the top was pointed, as the hat was worn it sort of curled to one side, But one could tell the material used to make it was of the highest quality, the old man had long shoulder length grey-hair and warm brown eyes, he gave off a Bright Righteous like aura, Lucius could tell the old man was no ordinary old man, as he sensed a great power within him. He was certainly much stronger than Lucius. On the other side of the table sat three girls. All had one trait in common, They all had red hair and tankfully, none of them looked like Auriel. One had Red hair long reaching to her knees, she looked the oldest of the bunch, She was about 16, the same as Sky, Her long red hair was straight and she had two braids which came from around each of the side of her head sort of like creating a crown but it stopped by her ears, it then had one more braid coming down the back like a warrior sort of style, She was indeed beautiful and had red eyes like her mother, her gaze seemed fierce as if she was accustomed to battle and her attire proved this, it was a red robe warrior type armor like Sky''s but of less quality, as Sky''s was made by Venastrasia with rare materials. She had a womanly cleavage a bit bigger than Sky and she looked like the silent type. Her figure was that of a woman warrior but it wasn''t muscular just extremely well toned. In one word, Gorgeous. She scanned Lucius and looked at him in curiosity. The second which looked like the middle child, had her raid hair in twin tails and eyes were brown like her father''s minus the hint of idiocy. She looked like about 14 years old She seemed sort of bratty and spoiled as she didn''t look particularly interested in Lucius and instead continued eating, which was rude but Lucius didn''t care, he just wanted to be done with this farce and go sleep. She was slender and her chest was slightly smaller than Sky, She gave off the appearance of a pretty girl as her eyes were lazy and full of confidence, it was a prideful look almost arrogant, She gazed at him once and then looked away, and every now and then she would sneak a peak. She wore a red robe made out of a silk like material that reached before her knees, She wore red and black striped stockings and Red and white knee high boots. Lucius could tell it was some sort of latest fashion. The third looked timid and her face was beat red for no reason, Her eyes kept darting around the room as if she didn''t know where to look, her red hair was curly and it curled to her shoulder, she was like her sisters and mother had a beautiful look, her frame was delicate and she like her older sister had red eyes. She looked about 12 years old, So she had no particular features like her sisters and was rather quite shy, like a little animal worth protecting... Lucius after entering, then proceeded to give a slight bow, as he had learned etiquette from Auriel, the bow he gave was what one king would give to another upon entering his kingdom, to give face so to speak. He then opened his mouth and said in a voice everyone could hear clearly. "I am Lucius Stormblade, Rightful heir to the House of Lightning, Son of the Queen of Dragons, A pleasure to meet you all, the family of Auriel Flameheart, and this is my Companion Sky" This was the greeting Venastrasia told him to use whenever he introduced himself. She told him never hide who he is, to step forward with pride, and hold his head high like the dragon she knew he was. Sky gave a cute curtsy, and followed up with "Please take care of us" Everyone in the room was shocked, they thought '' House of Lightning!! A draconian!! What''s more the Son of the Queen of Dragons!! they thought they hadn''t heard correctly The old man then got up off his chair and walked towards Lucius and offered his hand "A pleasure to meet you, young Master Lucius" he then offered him a chair and then followed up with "I am Aurius Flameheart, Elder of the House of Fire, Adviser to the Fuhrer and Headmaster to the Four Elements Academy" He motioned Lucius and Sky to sit next to him which Lucius gratefully accepted and sat next to him while Sky sat next to Lucius. Auriel then began to explain everything to his family, and Everyone''s expression turned to a face of shock and disbelief, they couldn''t believe that such a thing could occur, they heard vague details about the Lightning Calamity, Venastrasia never told Auriel the whole thing just that she saved Lucius from there, and about the time curse and even more vague details about what she did to save Lucius from the curse as she only told him what was necessary for him to know. Lucius just continued eating, not paying attention to the constant stares, during the explanation as he was hungry. NTR-Response. WorldSerpent: Well I see a few people have been asking me if there will be any NTR. As they were inquiring about the tragedy tag, I assure you there won''t be such things in this FF. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. As I hate NTR the most. Chapter 10 : Unexpected turn of Events. WorldSerpent: Had to repost since some people could not see. As Lucius was eating the food presented to him in Auriel''s Mansion, Auriel was engaged in the explanation of Lucius existence. There they learned he was raised by dragons and is the last living heir of the draconian bloodline, As well as him being the son of The Greatest Lightning Expert, "The God of Lightning", Rayne stormblade. As Lucius finished his last spoonful of the amazing High class food, the explanation had already come to an end. They were all looking at him, in awe and expectation, it was Lord Aurius that broke the silence. "So you want to enter Four Elements Academy right?" The old man asked hopefully. "Certainly, but it should probably be named Five Elements Academy now right?" Said Lucius playfully with a grin on his face. "Hahahaha, I believe so as well, I''ll poke the Fuhrer until he gives" Said Aurius in a cheerful mood. Truthfully he was glad that it was his son that discovered the last remaining Draconian and not any of the other Continents. They could use this publicity to garner a bit more fame over the other Continents. Then Auriels wife caught back herself from her husbands returned and then turned to Lucius "Oh please forgive me for being so rude and not Introducing ourselves, we''ve even heard your life story and you still haven''t heard our names yet, I am Marie Flameheart, Auriels wife and these are our children. The oldest is Aleria, The middle one is Krissa and the youngest is Jena" She spoke as she pointed to them out. "It''s a pleasure to meet you three and I apologize for keeping your father away from you for such a long time, I was in dire need of assistance and he obliged" Lucius said honestly as he stared at the three girls opposite to him. The first to respond was Aleria, "....It''s ok" was all she said She didn''t look like she spoke much and rarely ever initiated a conversation as the family all turned and looked at her with surprise. Second to reply was Krissa "Well he''s alive so it''s n-not like I mind" She said coldly while still stealing small glances at Lucius, Lucius learned this girl''s words never matched her actions. And last but not least was Jena, eyes still darting around and still embarrassed for god knows what reason, She was about to open her mouth and then when she looked at Lucius, she closed her mouth and got even redder. Her eyes began to tear up and then steam could be seen coming out of her ears and she shortly passed out. Krissa seemed to get a good laugh out of it, and Marie smiled bitterly and said "I''m sorry this one isn''t good with males other than her father and grandfather" Lucius thought it was amusing so he didn''t think much of it and replied laughily "It''s fine, we all have things we fear, right Auriel?" Auriel couldn''t help but laugh and agreed as he threw a glace at his beautiful Marie. Then something that shocked everyone except Aleria and Sky happened, apparently they just had a conversation about Lucius marriage rights unbeknownst to the man in question. "...Mom...Dad...I''ll marry Lucius" she said plainly. Everyone was startled. Sky said through telepathy ''Master, this girl has taken interest in you, Her intentions are pure and She is good wife material.'' Lucius was startled and replied ''Sky I-'' Before he could finish he was cut off by her. ''Before you say anything, know that I am okay with her, You said you wanted to rebuild the House of Lightning, this is the first path to doing it. You need to find women, not just one, but multiple women, who will agree to have multiple wives and aid you in your aspirations, I already talked to this girl and she seems not to like her current suitors, one of them being the Fuhrer''s son and if she doesn''t have a engagement at least, she will have to marry him.'' She then added. ''Besides we''ve already sorted out the Order of things, I''m first no matter how many wives you have'' said Sky resolutely She wanted to help Lucius aspire his dream. Sky was intelligent and charming and a devoted servant to her master. She had long ago resolved herself to make sure her master would see his dreams into reality. She also liked the fact that this girl Aleria was as sharp as her, and Aleria truly had quite the interest in Lucius, Aleria and Lucius were like minded, She had an inkling that Lucius was her "kind", despite her quiet appearance and silence Aleria loved battle, she loved to fight and get bloody and she could smell it on Lucius. That same untamed bloodlust seeping through his pores, it was like perfume to her. The Fuhrer''s son, had loved Aleria at first sight, but Aleria was disgusted by him, He was arrogant and pampered like a rich noble, he indeed had some talent but Aleria didn''t like him one bit. Aleria then looked at Lucius and tried to make a cute pose and said "....Nya?" She was trying to seduce Lucius but it was so stiff, Lucius couldn''t help but laugh. Aleria got red in the face and looked down. Her parents had never seen Aleria be so straight forward to a guy before, she had never been intrigued by any of the nobles that offered their hands. They smelled too "bland", and after it became known that the Fuhrer''s son had taken an interest in her most of the proposals stopped as they thought she would eventually marry him. It was Lord Aurius that broke the atmosphere "Preposterous! That can''t be allowed! The Fuhrer has asked me about her many times you know how much he dotes on his son! If he were to find out, She were to be wed to someone else, I have no idea what the consequences will be! Most likely he would try to have Young Lucius killed!, The Fuhrer isn''t known for his benevolence you know!" Aurius spoke gravely as if his life were on the line. "Hahaha...hahaha.....Interesting" Lucius said with wide eyes and a huge dark grin on his face, as his eyes shone with a cold light, it made them all shudder in their hearts. Who was Lucius? A boy raised by dragons, His blood boiled uncontrollably at the thought of a Deity coming for his life, His aura began to leak out and static soaked the air subconsciously. Lucius had already decided to make a Grand Entrance into the world as per his mother''s orders and you know Lucius, mother''s orders are always absolute. Aleria smiled at the reaction, it was exactly as she had suspected. He was definitely like her. He was a battle maniac, as he released his aura, she got excited and her hand went for her sword. Lucius sensing the atmosphere she asking for a fight but there was no killing intent from her to Lucius he thought she wanted to spar,so he withdrew his spear from his ring to entertain her.. Suddenly-- *Whoosh* In a split second Aleria Sent a strike directly towards Lucius'' neck, Which he trapped in his trident form spear, Seeing his spear change forms, She grew even more excited and started attacking wildly but every strike was perfectly honed and Lucius could see the training she had endured to produce such strikes, but for Lucius it was much too slow, he mostly dodged and parried and deflected. She increased her speed and came attacking him again, as she increased her strength, she became totally absorbed in the battle. She loosened up and restarted her assault, making less unnecessary movements and learning from her mistakes and restarting her assault over and over again, all this happening in the dining room but not a single piece of furniture had been destroyed thanks to Lucius Prowess he easily controlled every single one of her strikes, which seemed to turn her on. He then decided to end it as it wasn''t the place for such a battle, he used The trident form, and thrusted forward while rotating it at an incredible speed in the blink of an eye the sword got caught in the trident and she was disarmed. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. "Well this is quite the development" said Lucius as he laughed at the red faced Aleria. "What''s wrong with the both of you?! Are you Insane?!" Yelled Krissa as everyone stared at them both. "How does a talk about marriage end up in a bloody fight?!" Said krissa as she questioned their sanity. "In fact where did this talk of marriage even come from?!" she added with rage. She didn''t understand what had just happened, and it just seemed like a streak of madness between two people. "And you Aleria what''s gotten into you?! How could you just attack him like that?!" she added. Auriel, Aurius and Marie all understood what had just happened, this goes back to Marie''s bloodline. Marie''s family had a strange trait, before her name had been changed to Flameheart, her maiden name was "Fireblood", it was a specific group of fire mages that had extremely high bloodthirst, They had a variant type magic, much like Lucius, when they added blood to their fire it would make the fire denser and add a explosive agent to it. They became low in number in the first initial battles against Raz Seph''s minions, and their numbers began to dwindle, After the blood became diluted as they began mixing with people that weren''t of the Fireblood clan, the purity in their blood fell and the clan became a shadow of it''s former self, but every now and then one would be born with a high density of Fire blood. Marie already had her suspicions that Aleria was probably one of those, because she rarely spoke and never took interest in any man or anything, and she loved to train and battle or duel, but she had never seen Aleria''s blood boil, so she wasn''t sure, there had never been an opponent who could "activate" her so to speak. When she saw Aleria attacking Lucius she was already aware what her daughter was going through she sent a look at Auriel and Aurius and they both understood. No matter what they would do, Aleria was pretty much already engaged into Lucius, and she would rebuke any other man now surely. The females in the Fireblood Clan usually chose their mates this way, they would attack their suitable male partners in a heat of passion. Marie knew what she had to do then. "Aurius, she will have to be engaged to Lucius now you know, and you have a perfect reason to give the Fuhrer now, There''s no way she''ll accept that spoiled brat as it stands now." Said Marie with a hint of happiness. Aurius didn''t look to happy at the outcome because many times the Fuhrer would ask about her and always probe Aurius for information, because of the obsession the Fuhrer''s son had for Aleria. He was happy in his heart that Aleria would get to be with someone she wanted, she was his grand-child after all. He then replied as if annoyed but was in fact a bit happy. "Yes I know, I know...I''ll break the news to him gently, besides Lucius isn''t a bad catch either" Upon hearing their conversation Krissa got even more confused and angry. "EXCUSE ME?! Can someone please explain the situation! Have you all gone mad?!" "Calm down Krissa, I''ll explain, remember how i told you about my family?" Marie began to explain to her. Krissa already knew a few details she heard when she was younger, but as none of them showed any traits she had already discarded that possibility. After some time passed..... "So you''re telling me my sister got horny because Lucius is crazy?" Said Krissa with an extreme tone. "Oye!! Watch it Krissa!!" Marie watched her with a cold glare. "Are you going to say our ancestors are dirty and lustful?" she then gave Krissa a look with a warning. She naturally had to let her daughter know she was going too far. Insulting a guest and disrespecting her sister''s racial traits was something someone of the lowest would do. Marie had never brought her up like that, so she naturally wouldn''t stand for it. "Uh..N-no..I d-didn''t mean it like that, sorry" Krissa said as she finally calmed down she felt a bit regretful for her outburst. "Okay well then shall we leave it at that for tonight?" Auriel said trying to clear the atmosphere. Auriel and Marie then carried both Lucius and Aleria to a room just a few meters away from the dining area, they naturally wanted to finalize things. "So Aleria you''re sure about this right?" Asked Auriel seriously. "Yes father" Aleria answered without hesitation to her father''s question. Marie and Auriel were both astonished at this natural reply, they knew the answer already but hearing it from their once ever silent, expressionless daughter, that rarely smiled or showed interest in anything made them feel happiness in their hearts, they then turned to Lucius. "Well Lucius you''ve yet to say if you''ve accepted it" Asked Marie worriedly. Lucius thought the girl was interesting, he liked the way she fought, gaining efficiency as she moved forward, not only that but her blade was filled with a pure desire for battle, it reminded him of the dragons that trained him, they loved battle, Just like he did. He remembered how Sky had already negotiated with her, he didn''t know with what but he trusted Sky completely so he didn''t had to think to hard, plus she was the type of girl Lucius could get along with, their earlier exchanged told Lucius all he needed to know about her also he took into consideration that he would indeed need a lot of wives. "I agree completely, Please leave Aleria in my care" Lucius said honestly and resolutely. At that reply all three faces lit up, Both Auriel and Marie, while Aleria was blushing constantly, they had never once seen this side of their daughter and both savored it completely. Auriel then approached a desk in the room and took out a box, where he withdrew two rings. Before he put the box down, Aleria stopped him. "Father is there a third ring in there?" Aleria asked curiously, Lucius was truthfully about to ask the same. Auriel then jumped at the question, but then quickly understood, he opened the box and withdrew another. "I assume this is for Sky?" He asked confidently, to which she nodded. Marie then left to call Sky. After a few minutes, Sky entered, she looked at the three rings on the desk and instantly understood, Her eyes flashed with happiness. She had been wondering if she would ever get to do such a thing with Lucius, as she was already connected to him at the soul..but still..being a girl in love with him, how could she not have wanted this as well? Each put on a ring after Aurius entered the room to bear witness to the engagement, he then withdrew two contract like papers and Lucius signed both, while Sky and Aleria each signed one. They all injected some of their mana in each of the contracts to which they signed. "As of today Sky Stormblade and Aleria Flameheart are now the Fiances of Lucius Stormblade, I Aurius Flameheart, Elder of the House of Fire, bear witness to this matrimonial event" Both contracts then flew into the sky and burned intensly till it became nothing but ash, the three rings then shone brilliantly, and the entire contract was written around their rings. Lucius had become engaged to two beautiful women. "Well then, wedding ceremonies should be held later down after graduation, it will be better if you get to know yourselves better and have time to adjust, thought I don''t think you will need it" Marie spoke ask she watched Aleria already locked herself onto Lucius left arm as Sky did the same with the right. Aurius then mused quietly to himself... ''Well this ought to be interesting, hahaha, the Academy will be in turmoil at their oh so princess being taken away by some stranger from another land, I can''t wait to see the effects of this''. Chapter 11 : In-fuhrer-riated. As the ceremony came to an end, The grey-haired, hazel-eyed butler was showing Lucius to his room, Naturally Sky came along and they both entered the room. "Thanks Steven" Lucius said to the elder butler. "No problem Young master Lucius" he said as he made a deep bow. It was only then the realization hit Lucius that he had another wife now and, naturally the mansion territory as well as the City Auguste could be his some day. He closed his eyes and remembered the entire fight between him and Aleria, he chuckled a few times clearly remembering the sight of her made his heart pound, she is indeed beautiful and her pure lust for battle made Lucius'' heart jump, Lucius never thought he''d meet this kind of girl before. He had actually taken quite the liking to Aleria. "What are you thinking about? Just so you know I''m still first" Sky said as she pouted. "Naturally" Lucius said as he kissed her forehead and hugged her on the bed. She smiled and kissed him on the lips. They were both tired today and wanted to rest, so they continued their embrace and as they were just about fall asleep *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* Lucius got up to open the door, what he saw standing in the door, was a beautiful girl with long red hair reaching her back, a stunning face and alluring red eyes, it was Aleria in her negligee, Lucius was quite shocked, naturally he wouldn''t allow the red-faced girl to stand in the hallway for too long. He didn''t even had to ask what she wanted, her face said if he asked her what she wanted she wouldn''t be able to reply. As Lucius lay down, Sky sleeping to the right clung to his right half, and Aleria clung to his left, Sky let out a small chuckle as she peeped with one eye. It was Sky that told her to come over after all. Lucius lay down with his eyes closed unable to sleep, with two such beauties next to him, how could he? His heart pounded as his mind became fuzzy pink. He decided to meditate, while laying down as he couldn''t sleep, it would be somewhat less effective but at least he would be energized by morning. As the morning came Lucius let out a loud yawn, as he opened his eyes. ''I feel completely refreshed! We had to get a move onto the Academy now though'' ''Our journey hasn''t begun yet.'' His first thoughts in the morning was how to move forward. Yes this was Lucius'' way, The way the dragons taught him, that no matter what may come, He must move forward, Put one foot in front of the other, and step forward. As he looked at the beauties before him, he quietly got up, put them closer towards the middle and put two pillows to block them at the ends. He threw on his black leather gear he got from his Uncle Xia and lightly closed the door behind him and made his way towards the exit of the mansion. In the courtyard, he walked till he reached a clearing away from all the sculptures. He withdrew his spear from his ring, and started practicing his moves, Lucius never missed a single day of training. He would do it everyday, at the same time, religiously. He Loosed his muscles after a few minor exercises, and he began practicing his spear style which he aptly named "Instinction". Lucius believed learning a particular style of Combat was limiting your means. He believed the body already knew how to fight, what it truly needed was a wealth of experience in order to evolve. When you dedicate and limit yourself to styles, you tend to forget that there are other means to victory! This was Lucius'' theory, completely contrasting to what the world thinks. This was a mind Cultivated by Xiaxinia! His absolute strong will to never be too attached to a favourite attack or to put his entire faith behind any blow. Always skeptical of the outcome between a clash of blades, always wary of a counter attack, Always re-evaluating everything, all of these kept his arrogance at bay, as he who grew up in the wild knew all to well, that a snake''s dying attack could end you. No mercy whoever the enemy! No hesitation no matter the consequence! This was his modus operandi! This made Lucius'' rhythm Unfathomable, every attack was different from the one before it, Lucius believed every attack should be aimed at a vital! ''Maiming? Dismantling? What are those? Something to eat?'' he thought to himself amusingly. Lucius didn''t like playing with his food, Every attack must kill! Every thrust must carry with it the stench of death! Every swing must decapitate! This was his theory! He cultivated basic attack moves from Veranathus, after that, Lucius over the course of 500 years made limitless variations, only strengthing the muscles needed, the rest would only limit his flexibility, this was the advice he got from Xiaxinia, who always told him being fluid is the key to victory. Can you imagine a style that goes for the vitals at every single hit, at any position available? Every thrust of his spear, tore and ripped the air, as he wwitched between Trident forms and spear forms, his flurry of attacks continued, in a second 4 after images of spear thrusts could be seen. In his hand the spear looked as natural as if it were his own limb, his erradic and spontaneous behavior was Indeed a terrifying thing. He used pure reaction time, flexibility and versatility, a style with no form, capable of attacking at any time at any position. If that wasn''t terrifying enough when Lucius poured mana in the spear, It would gain an incredible increase in sharpness and lightness. It became like holding a needle, When he would thrust he would hear the difference in power, and rather than 4 after images Lucius had created 6! It was a monstrous increase in power! The Air made no sound at all! It was as if the spear slid between the molecules of the air and their was no disruption at all. He laughed and laughed. Then he mumbled "Yes...this is how it should be, I will come for you God of Time! When you take, you must be prepared to be taken from!" His face had a terrifying smile. He then continued practicing, a terrifying silence could be heard as he practiced, it was an eerie sound. Like A Reaper was swinging his scythe against the wind. Standing a good distance away, an old man stared at him with pleasure, it was Aurius. ''Hmm, up so early and practicing, You''re exactly as I thought you are, Just what enemy are you planning on facing? To be able to accumulate this amount of power and at this young age, I can tell you''re going after a terrifying enemy....Could it be?...You''re goal...Its Raz Seph...isn''t it? You''re not interested in the Four Elements one bit, ha ha ha, how frightening Ohh I see you in a different light now young one. I will watch over you and see your growth with my own eyes'' The old man thought''s were finalized. He withdrew a small crystal from his pocket, poured mana within it and a face appeared, it was slightly distorted as if to hide the identity. "This is the boy my Lord Fuhrer, He is Aleria''s new betrothed, I''m sorry but we cannot have an engagement between her and young master Alan anymore, for the reasons I explained to you before, Aleria will accept no other man. She has already chosen her fated" Aurius said firmly. "....hmm....A draconian huh?..How despicable, Are you saying my son is not good enough for your grand-daughter Aurius?" A heavy voice said a tone of annoyance. "Lord Sauros, There is nothing I can do, Her FireBlood activated on contact with him. She will not accept another man, it is truly unfortunate, there are two other sisters here he can choose from" Said Aurius trying to calm the Fuhrer. "My son wants Aleria, Aurius, Then if that Draconian dies, it shouldn''t be a problem right?" he said firmly and coldly. "My Lord surely you wont --" As Aurius said panicking, he was interrupted. "Not me, Why would I personally take action for a mere child, there are many other methods I can use, Once he dies there shouldn''t be a problem with the engagement Right" were his last words as the Orb went blank. Aurius gasped and wondered what he should do, He took a liking to the young Lucius but he was supposed to serve the Fuhrer. "What should I do? What should I do?" Aurius was in a state of panic. After Lucius finished training he went to the shower, after he got dressed and went to the room to wake both Sky and Aleria for breakfast, they were already up. Aleria was in the shower and Sky was meditating, so he decided not to disturb them and left quietly to the Dining room. As he got there he met Auriel and Marie both laughing about something and Jena was there as well, Soon as she recognized Lucius her face became hot red again, and starting pouring salt in her tea, and sugar in her food, she became totally disoriented as usual. "Good morning everyone" Lucius said as he lightly bowed and took a seat. "Morning Lucius" Auriel and Marie both said. Jena fidgeted and opened her mouth, steam came through her ears and she became teary eyed as if she wanted to say something back but eventually gave up....as per usual...Lucius laughed. As Lucius was about to eat a voice interrupted him. "G-G-Good M-Morning b-big b-b-brother L-L-Lu" Jena said while clenching tightly to the table cloth. Lucius found it too cute to stand, as he rushed over and hugged her with a huge smile as if he found a little sister. "Well done little sister" he said but she had already passed out from the hug. Marie and Auriel laughed at the exchange. After they finished talking about A few things, the rest came in and sat down. "Morning Elder sister Krissa" Lucius said tauntingly, as he found out he really enjoyed teasing Krissa. Her face became red and she responded abruptly "S-shut up, Lunaticius." "Morning Sky and Aleria, did you both sleep well? asked Lucius "Yes of course " Sky said with a smile. "..Mhhm " Aleria said with a red face. During their meal, Aurius entered, If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it."Good Morning you all" "Morning father" Both Marie and Auriel said "Morning grandfather" Krissa Jena and Aleria said in unison. "Morning Lord Aurius" followed Sky. "Morning Spy" Lucius replied. The old man was shocked, and using that opportunity Lucius slid his hands into the Old man''s pocket and retrieved an orb. Aurius'' face changed immediately to a pale color as he reached for the orb but missed. "Y-you!" Naturally, Lucius was a 7th Grade warrior, as he grew up in the forest His hearing was indeed incredibly good, as he spotted the old man while practicing, he noticed the old man''s unusual behavior and spotted the orb. He then Focused his entire hearing towards the old man''s direction. Lucius'' level of divine power could only allow him to temporarily increase his Physical attributes and allow quick regeneration, so he used it to amplify his hearing even more, an overheard the entire conversation. Lucius didn''t respond, he poured mana in the orb, and waited till the face appeared and then he began speaking. "A coward who uses any means other than his own, is nothing but a weakling, You wish to do battle with me, then you need only ask, I will completely oblige in your selfish mannerisms" Lucius spoke in complete arrogance and lashed out coldly. There was nothing like a threat in the morning to get Lucius'' body boiling. "......" The slightly distorted face said nothing. "What Lord Sauros Phoenix? Have you lost your senses? Seeing as you can so calmly decide to kill me off, You shouldn''t have a problem If I do the same right?" Lucius sneered coldly. "BOY!! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO?! I AM THE FUHRER!!" The voice finally spoke and roared angrily. "I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE, A COWARD THAT PLOTS THE DEATH OF A YOUNG CHILD WHO''S THE LAST SURVIVOR OF HIS ENTIRE CLAN, FOR YOUR SON''S SELFISH DESIRES, YOU ARE AN ENEMY! YOU ARE A DISGUSTING MAN THAT WOULD COMMIT GENOCIDE FOR GREED!!" Lucius retaliated coldly with hatred. "So? You all should have been dead already" said the Fuhrer with provocation and a huge smile on his face. "I''ve always hated draconians, when I heard about the Lightning Calamity I was in glee, Finally the Fire clan could rise to power and take it''s rightful place as the strongest clan, you people were nothing but hindrances." he snorted disdainfully. "Ha strongest clan? Surely you''re not more powerful than the other races if you need help to take care of a child like me." Lucius taunted him at every angle. "Ha Ha ha What an ignorant child, Those tree hugging elves are so weak with their tiny frames, Those filthy dwarves can''t even see their own feet and are always falling over, Those beastmen smell disgusting, and they''re so dumb they''re hardly a threat, and your clan, They are already dead ha ha ha" The Fuhrer had lost himself in hatred as he spoke to this young draconian boy, the kind which he hated the most. He continued spouting curses at Lucius and degrading the other races, The Fuhrer was incredibly furious, fitting his title. Lucius then cut him off abruptly-- "Okay good, I got what I needed from you, You prideful people sure have it hard huh? Anyways keep up the good work, I love what you''re doing with the Continent." Lucius said with a indescribable amusing grin, it was filled with sadistic tendencies and a cold sinister feel that gave the Fuhrer chills. The Fuhrer felt like something wasn''t quite right. He lost himself in hatred and said many things he shouldn''t have but luckily the only people that was there could be suppressed easily if he mentioned it to Aurius. So he relaxed thinking he had nothing to worry about....How wrong could he be? Lucius didn''t just want to destroy this man, He wanted to destroy what this man stood for, that''s why he ended the conversation as soon as he got what he wanted, which was..... The necklace artifact that Venastrasia gave him had two options, one was the feature where Lucius could send her telepathic messages and recieve them as well as she had the other matching side, and the other was well.... It was able to Record a minute of his surroundings so he could send small recordings of at least a minute. It was originally meant to be something Lucius was supposed to use to show Venastrasia anything he wanted to show her if she couldn''t be in person. But Lucius turned it into a terrifying weapon, he knew if he imbued mana into it, it could replay itself on the same device, he was also capable of using telepathy, so naturally he could send the images and sounds directly from the artifact into people''s minds. No one but Sky knew about the necklace as she saw him use it to show Venastrasia stuff about the places he visited and how human life is like. Everyone dumb-founded at the current situation didn''t know how to interrupt the two or what they were even talking about but they gathered it was bad, as they were sure The Fuhrer and Lucius just had an argument and it was a rather bad one. Lucius then gave the orb back to Aurius and then headed to his room, with Sky and Aleria trailing behind him. Aurius stood there dumbfounded, how could he have known that such a thing would have occured and he had no idea how to fix it, but what he didn''t understand was ''Why would Lucius provoke the Fuhrer? It doesn''t make sense, He could have hidden the fact that he knew about the conversation and Asked for help from the dragons, and everything would have been handled perfectly'' He pondered and pondered and could find no answer. He knew Lucius had a somewhat provocative nature but he wasn''t an idiot, he clearly had some sort of plan but what it was Aurius would never know until Lucius himself revealed his intentions. Aurius then gave up thinking and went to another room where he used the orb once more..and once more the face appeared. "My lord, I truly apologize about earlier, it seems he overheard our conversation and lifted the orb from me" said Aurius apologetically as he lightly bowed. "It''s fine..I want to see what he will try to do, Better yet I want to see what he will do when my son approaches him at the Academy during the entrance ceremony, Ha ha ha, Alan will never forgive the one that tries to take Aleria away! This will ease my hatred! Aurius now go prepare to take them to the Academy, tomorrow the Entrance ceremony will commence, Aurius inform all nobles that the due date has been brought up for the ceremony, Ha ha ha Let us see if the little draconian can keep his head right after those bold statements" The Fuhrer grinned with great animosity and a heart full of hatred. Later that Night, on the third floor of the mansion, in Lucius'' room, two girls lay asleep, on the balcony of that room, sat Lucius as he stared down into the Market Quarter of the City Auguste. A cruel smile on his face. ''It won''t be enough to destroy him, I have to crush what he stand''s for too!, and he moved up the Date for the Academy Entrance Ceremony as expected, that guy is way to gullible to be in a seat of power, Hmmm what should I do?....Give it to Aurius? Well though Aurius tries to hide it, he is indeed a deity. He would make a good Fuhrer too'' Thought Lucius as he mused to himself. ''What should I call this operation? Uncle Xia said giving an operation a name gives it a higher chance of succeeding, an obvious lie...but I was fooled by it so many times when I was younger...It''ll feel weird if I don''t name it now....seriously...this was not a perk I should have been taught'' Lucius thought to himself as he facepalmed. ''Operation Furious?...no that''s too weak...his last name is phoenix...maybe?....Operation BBQ? no that''s just wrong...he might like it....let''s see...AH! Operation In-Fuhrer-iated! This is definitely the one!'' A smell yelp of glory was heard. "You''re mean you know that? Well it''s not like I don''t dislike that" A voice appeared behind him as it hugged him from behind, luscious, Azure hair fell onto his face, It of course was Sky... She already knew what he was planning, she also knew it was going according to his plan, even the Academy Date being moved up was all within his predictions. "Hehehe, What could you ever be talking about my love?" Lucius feigned ignorance. *Sigh* "It''s never a dull moment with you, you know that Lucius?" Sky said as she played with the hair on his back. "What? Are you complaining about it? If I remember correctly, you''re better at these schemes than me" Lucius said teasingly but honestly, Sky had incredible intelligence, Lucius knew her better than anyone else after all. "How rude, Don''t call them schemes!" She said red faced and pouting. She then added "Still, I can''t wait to see his expression tomorrow...but Lucius...be careful okay?" as she said so Lucius could feel her grip tighten. She had to make sure an warn him not to be too arrogant as the opponent was a Deity. "Don''t worry, Tomorrow will be the Grandest show ever! and If push comes to shove, I''ll be in safe hands don''t worry, Xiaxinia, Veranathus and Varathraga were all supposed to come to stir up things originally for my Entrance Ceremony, but now thanks to the Fuhrer, We can make it even grander" Even though he said that he had already asked them not to intervene no matter what, for Lucius this was a trial. Naturally Lucius looked forward to tomorrow, "Tomorrow, I will attack the Fuhrer of the House of Fire!" Lucius knew he wouldn''t be able to win easily, but he wanted to fight a Deity still. He felt if he fought one, he would learn something important. Something worth risking his life for, he couldn''t shake the feeling and decided to put it in the back of his mind, but then the opportunity presented itself, and he just couldn''t refuse. When he heard Lord Aurius speaking to Lord Sauros, He couldn''t help but feel happy after hearing the threat on his life from a Deity. Chapter 12 : Plotting WorldSerpent: An extended chapter! That same night, Lucius began thinking. ''This man dare come for my life! Forget playing around, I will kill him!, to threaten my life because he wants to force Aleria to marry his foolish son? I will definitely Kill him!'' Lucius was furious. To dragons threatening to take one''s life was taboo! It was to declare yourself the ultimate enemy! Lucius was raised by dragons! ''I won''t fight you fair, haha, it will be a one on one, but I will use every method available for victory" Lucius said with a smile that would make babies cry. Lucius had begun plotting. He silently exited the mansion in the darkness, and he used his incredible speed and strength to leap over houses, no one saw him as he used his camouflage feature on Xiaxinia''s Black Leather Armor. He had his mask on and he quietly left the City, He climbed a nearby Mountain in a matter of minutes as this was nothing to him. As he got to the top he released a breathe as he tried to catch his breathe, in a few seconds he was perfectly fine, this was Divine Power. He then sat in a meditative posture and began releasing mana into the sky. He instantly drew out his Black War Armor as the black terrifying armor emerged so did a bright golden light. This was Venastrasia''s gift too him, this war like Armor would strike fear into anyone who saw it. He continued feeding mana into the sky. After a while a storm brew, this was Lucius'' variant Magic, Storm Magic! Lightning began striking all around, Lucius then Shot out a lighting bolt from his hand into the cloud with immense power, As the clouds absorbed the Lightning bolt, It began striking Lucius'' Armor. **DOOM** **DOOM** **DOOM** **DOOM** **DOOM** It struck him many times over and over, But the frightening part, was that the scales on his Black War Armor Was absorbing it all! It was like a battery being charged! Lucius needed Natural lightning! Not the mana created one, as it would interfere with his plan if he charged it himself, because mana needed to be controlled Natural Lightning did not! He relied on his trained eyesight and reaction time for 500 years observing and accurately destroying the path of lightning bolts from the sky! The Black War Armor was beginning to shine Rather than gold, it was red, A deep scarlet red. The scales convulsed and the armor shuddered, Lucius wasn''t feeling exactly well either,though the lightning could do him no harm, It still hurt as the sheer force was nothing to joke about. He spat blood ever so often, and his face was pale, he could feel his muscles being struck with terrifying force as they felt like being slammed by an oak tree. But he endured he began stimulating his divine power, relying on it''s healing effects and he withstood it for an entire 2 hours, Lucius felt like he himself had also broken through to the 8th Grade Storm Warrior. He felt completely refreshed as the storm disappeared. Lucius then withdrew his Armor, and put his Black Leather Armor on, and he could feel how much his speed had increased, with a huge smile on his face behind his mask, he made it into a jester clown face with a huge smile and tears coming out of it''s eyes. It looked Sinister, but thankfully he had used camouflage and after a while he made it back home. By that time the sun hadn''t yet come up but Lucius plots didn''t end there. When he reached home he woke Aurius in his chamber''s he told him that he was going to leave early to get to the Academy, Aurius was puzzled. "Why?" he asked curiously, "I Have something I need to do, please just trust me" said Lucius firmly. "But I can''t wake everyone else up thats..." Aurius said reluctantly "No, it''s for me. Let no one know of this. I''ll return before sun up." which made Aurius even more curious. "Lucius what are you plotting?" Said Aurius with a tad of fear. "That''s a secret" Lucius said with a warm smile. "I promise you''ll like it" He added. "Hmm, fine but Lucius don''t do anything too rash okay?" Aurius had finally agreed, if he had only knew what Lucius was planning Aurius would have never allowed it. Aurius then took Lucius to a room in the mansion with four totem like statues pointing to the middle of the room and there was a magic like circle. The circle had many shapes and weird symbols on it, it looked quite ancient. ''it is definitely an Artifact'' Lucius thought. "Here, when you wish to return go back to the circle you were sent from and imbue mana into this scroll, It will instantly teleport you back here." Aurius told him and sighed. He knew Lucius was up to no good but he didn''t think it would be anything to over the top. "Relax Grandpa I got this" Lucius said cheekily. He was still a boy after all, He quite like Grandpa Aurius, he would always make surprised faces that made his face shrivel up and Lucius called it his "Grandpa form". Aurius sighed "Fine, let me send you off so I can go back to bed" Aurius imbued mana into another circle directly in front of the Huge circle Lucius was standing in and A light then enveloped Lucius and slowly he began to disappear before he disappeared he said a few words "Today all hell will break loose" he said as he put on his Jester mask Aurius felt like he had finally waken up when the killing intent flooded the chamber. "What is he planning? Something terrible I suppose, but since his goal is the Fuhrer, Did he contact the Dragons or something?" Aurius said worriedly. Aurius knew how unforgiving those beasts were and he knew Lucius'' connection with them. But how could he possibly have known Lucius intended to Do this all on his own, While making the Dragons just appear for their original purpose which is to make their presence known. Pouring pressure on any who would dare to try and join the fight. As Lucius appeared in a tall building, immediately he hid is presence, and activated his camouflage and what he saw was a a lot of books on shelves, surrounding him, and directly under his feet were circles exactly like the one''s in his mansion, the halls looked expensive, there were few people but thankfully none had noticed him. They were all reading. They all had the same Uniform but Lucius didn''t bother to pay attention he had a mission to do. He put two and two together and figured out this was probably the School''s library. He then searched for a window, spotting one just a few meters away. With incredible speed, No one saw thing and even if they did all they would see was a light fuzz fly out the window. He then dropped out and made he was in a Courtyard, The school was quite big what he needed to find was the Arena that the Ceremony was going to be held in as their was a certain part of the ceremony where the Leaders of All the Four Elements had to be there, to see the new recruits in the Academy. He made his way to the more forested part of the Courtyard and began adapting as he had been thought by Xiaxinia, sticking to trees and moving like a ghost through the forest, Not making a single sound, He kept peering through the bushes as the Courtyard circled the entire Academy looking at every building scanning them to see if they were the one he was looking for. After a half an hour of constant searching he finally spotted a Colosseum type Dome. ''This must be it!" Lucius climbed a building and avoided the people below perfectly, The capabilities of the Black Leather Armor was terrifying, it was indeed an Artifact. As he made his way building to building with leaps of calculated power, His landings were quiet like a drop of water. He finally started climbing the Colosseum as he got to the top, what he saw were stands and rows of chairs and then directly opposite to him on the highest side of the Colosseum were four large thrones! ''This is it!'' His lips turned to a curve in a upward manner almost to match his mask as his eyes flashed with a cold amused light. He then went to a secluded corner, in the Colosseum and Struck a meditative posture, and then began sending Orbs of Azure colored Mana into the sky, concentrated Using his Bodily Control opened his pores and began releasing it at an alarming rate. They gathered and gathered and formed a perfect cloud! But it showed No signs of any lightning at all. This was one of the Dragonic Magic Lucius could learn from Varathraga! To create a personal Cloud of Lightning, This drained quite a bit of mana from Lucius though. After a hour or so his face was pale, but Lucius had completed his task. He immediately got up and launched himself forward and dove directly, over the Colosseum and kicked off the wall and landed on a building opposite to him from there, he continued he realized he had used too much mana and couldn''t maintain Camouflage for much longer. He increased his speed even more as he made it back to the Courtyard Forest, He sped through , leaving nothing but blurs and a soft breeze until he saw the tower where he came from. As he climbed up and peered through the window he left he saw several people standing in his way blocking as they spoke amongst themselves quietly, He ignored them as soon he entered the window his camouflaged faded, but with a huge stamp, he kicked forward and the loud stomp caused a thunderous effect so it disoriented everyone in the surrounding, Lucius ran to the circle took the scroll out of his ring, imbued mana into it and in an instant the scroll burned and Lucius disappeared in a red Light. The students looked in horror at the after image of the Jester''s face, Lucius had quite an imagination. This mask was indeed a monstrosity in looks, the cruel sadistic smile would make anyone shiver. Lucius then returned to the room in a flash. He then reabsorbed his armor and left the room. He headed straight for a shower. After his shower he went to his room, As it was still very early. As he entered he saw Aleria was asleep and Sky looked like she was up a while and she was pouting, while looking at Lucius. He went and sat on the bed next to her "Could have at least told me you were going" She said a bit angrily. "I''m sorry, I had a few preparations to take care of, and you looked so cute when you sleep I thought I could return before you woke up" He said honestly She wagged her tails a bit at the response but then got back firm. "Okay but next time tell me, Don''t just leave..." She said with a sad expression. This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. "Alright I promise" Lucius said as he sensed her uneasiness. He hugged and kissed her on the lips. They were linked after all, instantly she woke up when she didn''t sense Lucius anywhere near. "....Me too.." Lucius heard from a voice behind him it was Red-haired, Red-eyed beauty with stunning curves, Aleria grabbed him from behind and pulled his head into her cleavage. With a red face she kissed him on his lips, but he didn''t refuse. "Sorry to you too Aleria" Lucius said as he laughed, it was obvious they had missed him greatly. He went to the balcony afterward and hopped down to the Courtyard clearing in the Mansion he previously trained at, he struck a meditative posture to regain his mana. He withdrew the spear in one hand and now and then he would thrust his spear forward with either mana or lightning. Lucius once again began to ponder about this spear, He would strike and then ponder. He tried using Mana and lightning but the spear would choose whichever one was stronger and rebuke the other. He figured there should be more to the spear than meets the eye. ''It was capable of accepting one or the other but not both?'' He thought that was strange. ''There should be a way to make it accept both'' He refused to give up the thought. He then thought, what If I put the same amount of mana and lightning in at the same time? He knew however that would be no easy task and even if he did succeed, he would need to be extremely careful not to get the mixtures wrong or it could cost him dearly during a fight. Lucius then rested the spear on his lap, while he drew mana out with his left hand, and drew lightning with his right hand. He tried to put them together but they exploded, it hurt him like crazy he tried it over and over, enduring through the suffering painful blows of force from the explosions Lucius pressed on, he began to get the hang of it as he was able to maintain it for a bit before exploding, eventually he could do it for about 10 seconds. He then stopped took a deep breathe and continued meditating to regain more mana, as he sunk into his a trance, in his mind as he opened his eyes, Millions of Lightning bolts appeared, In front of him was a Huge Golden one. ''It appeared!! Once more it appeared!!'' Lucius was extremely excited. Lucius had only seen the pillar once before, when it remade the mana pores in his body and now it had appeared once more. Certainly this was something for him to celebrate about. Then he stopped and began thinking.. "Why did it appear now? Could it be?...The training of Melding the Mana and Lightning triggered it?... I gained some Insight? " He said happily and questioningly. Instantly he snapped out of it and touched the Golden lightning that seemed to be frozen in it''s place. He could feel a shape taking form in his mind, it was Mana and Lightning mixing together it exploded and exploded, it gave birth to a powerful mist and gust of air. Lucius recognized what it was it was Thunder! He began to immerse himself in the sound of the explosions and the sight of the shapes subconsciously it began registering into his mind, the averages of his mixtures of Mana and Lightning. He learned this was one way he could use his Storm Magic. It brought him an incredible joy, he could now attune them both without problem. As he awoke from his stance, He thrust his palm forward and a loud piercing crash was heard as a shockwave exploded in front of him in a cone and sent static rippling throughout wherever the shockwave had been. A hint of excitement in his eyes. He then picked up the spear once more, as he injected both mana and lightning into the spear, Instantly a light flashed and the edges of the Trident came lined up near the spear, It had taken the form of a Glaive, It had a crooked and ragged but terrifyingly sharp edge! Mana and Lightning condensed in the edge of the glaive and made it give off a petrifying presence. As he increased his output into the Newly formed glaive, He slashed at the air with tremendous force and a loud and thunderous **BANG** followed after. The Glaive had incredible destructive power! and it carried the force of Thunder and Lightning, It was truly a formidable weapon, and Lucius'' Insight made it even more so! A wild joy filled his face as he did it a few more times. **BANG** **BANG** **BANG** **BANG** He learned his Limit was 5 as It consumed a great deal of mana, and with that he made his way to the breakfast table. The next day, A carriage is seen going along the streets of Corinth, A young man about 17 years is seen sitting down slouching, giving off a clear arrogant air about him, another man sitting opposite to him, was an Older man that looked to be in his early 40s. "Father, A draconian you said he was?" Said the young man as he clenched his teeth. "Yeah, he''ll be arriving soon as Aurius has a Teleportation Circle in his Mansion connected to the school" The old man said calmly with a hint of a smile on he face. "I''ll kill him you know father, I don''t care how people view me as second year student bullying him, He dare to make a move on my Aleria, That is unforgivable" Said the young man with a distorted face. "Alan calm yourself, you will get your chance. During the opening ceremony of course, for the Dueling section, elder students can nominate themselves to test the applicants, Ha ha ha, mistakes always happen during these tests, you are my son Alan Phoenix, rid us of this trash, Let him know the time for the Fire people has come! His kind is not needed here!" The fuhrer barked the order at his son! "Indeed father" the mini me replied. As light flashes through the caravan from an angle where the sun crept in, A man in his 40''s could be seen, with sunken in eyes that looked a bit lifeless, he looked older than his actually age, with Golden blonde hair, and grey eyes, his disgusting smiles distorted his face permanently as they made his teeth a bit crooked, and his face had many wrinkles. He had a decently muscular body, one could tell he kept in shape. This man was none other than "Soulflame" Sauros Phoenix, The Fuhrer of the House of Fire. The boy sitting beside him was Alan Phoenix, Slim about 5''8, Blonde hair and grey eyes same as his father, with an arrogant face that displayed his impudence, it was clear this kind of man would always believe he was right no matter what he did, he was handsome unlike his father. He twirled his blonde hair that reached to his shoulders, He very much like his father, had a twisted disposition. The two continued to talk and laugh as they approached the gates of a incredibly huge building with many other several buildings that looked like subsections of the main building, The Area of this complex took up quite a huge piece of land, one could only guess just how big this place was The signs above the gate in stylish clearly said "Four Elements Academy" A great distance away.... Everyone was getting dressed in the Flameheart Mansion at the heart of the City Auguste, There was no time for talking this morning, everyone was in a hurry to get to the Academy, though they could teleport they still didn''t want to reach late after hearing Lucius conversation with the Fuhrer. As they all reached to the Dining Hall to have breakfast, they all told each other their good mornings and a few people spoke but the atmosphere was tense, Lucius sat quietly eating nobody said anything to him, they knew he was immersed in thinking. As he ate, his mind stayed tuned on to the Fuhrer, a hint of delight in his eyes, something was tasty but it wasn''t the food, he subconsciously released a tad of aura, and everyone was surprised, Lucius was just staring, not at anything in particular, Yet he looked as if he was staring into something incredibly deep and profound, What Lucius was thinking about was the many ways and different strategies to kill the Fuhrer, he already set in motion a chain of events that could lead to victory. Lucius began lusting after the man''s death. He truly wanted to end the Fire Deity with his own two hands. The thought of killing a Deity, began clouding his mind and his thoughts Lucius was in an uncontrollable state. Upon sensing Lucius'' change in aura, the fluctuation of his aura caused everyone present to tense up. Aurius then broke the atmosphere. "Alright then since we''re all full, let''s change and get going shall we?" Everyone nodded and headed to their respected rooms to prepare their clothing, one had to be for Representation and your personal Armor had to be worn for the Entrance Ceremony room, Lucius remained in his black leather clothing as his armor could be equipped at anytime. Sky changed into her own battle gear made by Venastrasia, Sky had Azure and white light battle-leather armor, that looked like a sleeveless type robe at the top but below was plaited leather and steel that reached above her knees, she wore Purple fishnet stockings and a knee high boots of blue and white. She looked extremely gorgeous. Her azure colored curly hair, was styled in a new manner as she put two long Chinese styled pins in it and made a new hairstyle. Aleria didn''t need to wear anything special, because she was a second year student but that didn''t stop her from wearing her Red Crimson colored-armor, she had it redone and instead of her usual House of Fire symbol, she had asked Lucius for permission to wear his house Symbol to which he agreed happily. She had a Red dragon through a stormcloud on her shoulder, she wore no helmet as her red long hair swayed through the wind and made her look like a Goddess of Battle. Krissa wore her uniform as she was already a 2nd Year student. You were allowed to make your own uniform as long as the color of it was white and black and had the Four elements symbol. So krissa wore a black and white dress that clung to her body. The dress reached above her knees and she wore knee high black boots with an overcoat mage robe. White on the outside black on the inside with a black and white collar. Jena came forward wearing simple clothing, nothing to flashy as she preferred to be more free and less binded. She wore simple Mage attire. A robe and a overcoat of red and red knee high boots as she was also entering the school, she still looked like a cute animal. And with the arrival of everyone, they all headed into the transportation circle. Chapter 13: Heathen God. As the group appeared in the Library, Aurius began leading the way to the reception hall, as they walked through the library, people stopped and began watching the beauties in awe. Then they finally caught sight of the one who had the beauties in each hand. A ethereal azure flash of light caught their eye, as their gazes switched attention, their jaws had dropped even lower. Naturally they had heard about a draconian joining the school, because of Alan, he had already spoken to his lackeys and they gathered to the arena, to see his showdown against this draconian naturally. The lackeys obviously couldn''t help but brag about their leader Alan, most people hadn''t believed it, a draconian who was supposed to be extinct would actually show up, They watched the fearless looking 12 year old boy with Shoulder length silver glossy hair, his piercing blue-eyes dressed entirely in black with a spear giving off a terrifying gleam on his back. He simply took their breathes away. The stature of the perfect warrior, was the impression Lucius gave them. With his look of indifference and unrivaled strength, the arrogance in his movements, made them stiffen up. This was not the presence of a 12 year old boy! Even though the Headmaster walked in front, they felt as though Lucius was leading! Lucius'' presence rung out like the bell of a Cathedral! As the both beauties had the symbol of the House of Lightning on their chests, they drew quite a lot of stares. Lucius was no better off, he hadn''t been around enough women that weren''t family to realize, that he was in fact quite handsome. As he drew the stares of many women present, some watch in awe, some with smiles, some with lustful gazes, Lust for power that is! Having a draconian joined their family would give them a few things to brag about. They made their way out of the library and into the Courtyard, A mischievous smile had in voluntarily appeared on Lucius'' face, as he had remembered how he had been here before. As they walked along the path cleared in the courtyard, they garnered more stares, some people even started following the group to get a better look at the Draconian boy. Lucius ignored the stares and lead the group with haste to the reception, where they registered their names and titles. "Umm Lucius...how did you know the way here?" asked Krissa suspiciously? "Whatever do you mean dear elder sister?" Answered Lucius as he twirled a strand of his hair. "You...walked in front of Grandpa...as if you knew the way...." she said not letting up. " I have a good sense of direction" He answered with a huge grin. Everyone just let it go and they all had to prepare for their Entrance ceremony. "Everyone I''ll meet up with you later okay? And one more thing when My name is being Introduced, Exit the arena. " Lucius told them seriously with a harsh warning tone. Their hearts skipped a beat. They understood they should take this warning seriously. The ceremony had a ritual where they would be introduced and they had to walk down the stretch to the Arena displaying themselves before the Deities of the 4 Elements, It was called the "Walk of honor" It was more or less done as a show for the Nobles. It was just an opportunity for one to display their mights. After the walk they would engage in a Duel in the presence of the Deities, they would either fight a instructor or a student depending. Some people brought personally trained armies to walk through the Walk of Honor with them, as a display of might, some brought along with them their finest armor and weapons, Some even brought rare magical beasts with them. Everything was for the sake of Morale, such events kept peoples heart''s burning as they yearned for a hero that would one day save them all from Raz Seph. They never knew that today would be a day they would never forget. As Lucius was about to turn his back and leave, two pairs of arms gripped him. It was Sky and Aleria, they knew what he was going to do was dangerous. They each kissed a side of his cheeks, "Be careful....Lucius" Sky said as she clung to him longingly "..Give it your best" Aleria said as her trembling hands betrayed her words. Lucius kissed them both, embraced them and he looked deeply into their eyes "I Will Win" he said in resolution with a cold gleam in his eyes. After a few hours, Crowds of people began entering the Arena, as people began choosing seats and some were being lead to VIP reservations. After a while the crowd began to settle down. four flashes of light appeared in the Sky. One was Red, One was Blue, One was Brown and One was Green. The flashes of light immediately in a flash went to their respective thrones, after the light calmly died down, 4 people were seen on 4 thrones, giving off an entirely powerful aura. They looked like Gods as they sat on their thrones. They air they gave off was clearly one that was different from the masses around them. It was an Aura of a Deity! On the Red Throne of Fire, was Sauros Phoenix. On the Blue Throne of Water was Kryssa Blackwolf. On the Brown Throne of Earth, was Vorkin Earthstone. On the Green Throne of Wind was Illuyavi Evashiel. Suddenly a short man with a mustache similar to a mouse appeared with beady eyes to match, he was fat and round so that didn''t help his appearance one bit...the man looked like a rat, and he wasn''t even a beastman. He had clothes of lower nobility. He was clearly someone not too important, the arrogance on his face however, tried to say otherwise. He lifted something shaped like a horn and as he held it to his mouth, his voice reverberated around the entire Colosseum, even people in the surroundings around the school could hear "The Four God''s of the Elements have appeared! We will now begin the Entrance Ceremony of the Academy!!" It was loud and clear as a thunderous applause filled the air. "From the Windfall clan, Vassal of the House of Wind, Daughter of Duke Ivali Windfall, Lady Ariella Windfall" A light applause followed up. As he said the introductions, A beautiful Elf girl appeared down at the stretch of Honor.. She had a bow on her back, two daggers on sides, they were clearly high level gear made from decent materials. She was more cute than womanly as she approached on the back of a Black Tiger, from the sounds of the people it seemed to be a rare kind. She made a happy cheerful expression to which the crowd seems to have been taken in by. She arrived at the arena and she bowed deeply before the Four element Gods, Then a man wearing a uniformed type robe, appeared he looked like a teacher, He held a staff in one hand and a book in the other, He was a human, so naturally he used Fire. The elf girl bowed before the teacher, he did the same. And after a brief silence, The Wind God then looked at them and she quietly said "Fight" but the wind carried her voice to every single person in the Arena. It was customary for the Deity to issue the Fight order if one of their kin youngsters, applied to join the school. As it gave them a sort of morale to have their Elemental God watching over them. The people they aspired to be! They''re goals! the Deity they followed! The elf girl displayed incredible destructive power and accuracy with her wind imbued bow and gave the teacher a hard time. She passed and she smiled as she entered a waiting area below. They had to wait for their formal Introduction at the Accepting Ceremony, which was right after the Entrance Ceremony. The chosen ones would then be able to meet their Deity and receive some advice. As many other names were being called and the Ceremony was being carried out. Alan was seen sitting in the VIP stand as he watched down intensely trying to find Aleria. When he finally found her, his face distorted with rage, as he noticed the Symbol on her armor was a Dragon through a Stormcloud. He had rented a private booth, So when He screamed out "HOUSE OF LIGHTNING!!!!!!!!" No one heard, Alan began to grow impatient. His eyes began to turn red and he began to imagine deluded thoughts. ''What if he already had his way with her? WHAT IF HE TOUCHED MY ALERIA!!'' His face was ugly to behold, as it twisted in terror, agony and hatred, he was going completely insane! No matter how he searched he couldn''t find Lucius. That''s because Lucius wasn''t there he was in a certain location talking to three dragons but how could he possibly know that? A loud voice interrupted his thoughts. "From the Stormblade Clan, of the House of Lightning, Fiance to the heir of the House of Lightning, Lady Sky Stormblade" The man''s voice echoed. As people went quiet, they couldn''t comprehend what the man said. Mainly only the students knew of the draconian, some nobles present heard nothing of it. As Sky began walking down, standing beside her Aleria stood firmly, as they both walked forward clearly showing their House of Lightning Symbols. They walked forward as everyone stared in awe at the pretty girls boldly showing their symbols of their husbands. Everyone present Knew what a lady wearing A symbol not from their house meant, she had gotten engaged to be married to someone of that House. They saw their idol for the first time showing a different expression..She was smiling. Sky had asked Aleria to walk with her as she was a bit nervous, Aleria readily agreed, as she too wanted to showcase herself to the world as Lucius'' Fiance. As they approached the deities, Neither of them bowed and instead Aleria went off to the side, and allowed Sky to await her opponent. The deities clearly took note of it, None of them were really offended except for the Fuhrer of course, The deities had only recently heard the rumor that a draconian had appeared, so when they saw the two girls, Naturally they wanted to see him as well as they were quite shocked that a Draconian had appeared. The fuhrer however gritted his teeth at the obvious disrespect. Another human teacher appeared, He had the same robe as the first teacher, He bowed to the Deities. ''KILL HER!'' Was the voice he heard roaring angrily in his head as he bowed. The teacher nodded slightly, as he knew the Fuhrer''s orders was absolute and this teacher here was hand-picked by the Fuhrer as he wanted someone there who would kill any friends Lucius may have brought with him. "FIGHT!" The Fuhrer said with great irritation, as he finished the word, the Teacher had begun to cast, The place where Sky was standing, was vacant. Sky was not there! When he looked to his left Sky was already beside him! In an instant the teacher was sent flying by a thunderous slap of Sky''s tails. The reason why Venastrasia never gave Sky a weapon, was simply because she didn''t need it. Her tails were weapons on their own that grew with her, in strength, hardness, capabilities of manifesting mana or lightning and she also had her claws, but one of her most terrifying attributes was her speed. The teacher was already out cold as static danced over his body. Some people watched her in awe as they saw how easy she dispatched a 5th Grade teacher with no effort at all. After all Sky had learned from Venastrasia and Xiaxinia, also she shared Lucius attributes which meant she gained a fraction of everything, Venastrasia showed her how to maximize that fraction and how to increase it, while Xiaxinia showed her how to control everything she learned. Sky was definitely not weak by any means. She just did a curtsy to the fallen teacher, and walked to the waiting area, the beastmen let out howls of cheers, especially the males as well as all other males at that. A few people were already in the waiting area, Sky sat down quietly and waited. After a while, One of the beastmen that passed approached her, and spoke to her in a harsh tone. He was a wolf type so naturally he had a huge ego. "Hey, you''re wearing the House of Lightning symbol, are you selling out your own race, my family has connections to The Queen Huntress, She''ll accept you if you marry one of us " This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. he then added "Well my family isn''t too bad, So you should--" He didn''t get to continue as he realized she wasn''t paying even the slightest bit of attention to him, because in the Arena right now Little Jena was fighting with all she had, and naturally she had no interest in this ragged looking mutt. As he was about to grab her hands in anger, A tail wrapped around his neck and started jolting him with Lightning, he couldn''t withstand it as he screamed out in agony. "ARRGHHHH" She flung him aside into a nearby wall, and watched him with cold eyes and her fangs drew out just a bit as she watched him and said in a calm voice. "Try to touch me again, and you will die" Instantly her face quickly got back it''s lovely appeal, as she turned towards the exit and then warmly welcomed little Jena who had just entered, after succeeding with a huge smile and a older sister type hug. Jena had taken quite the liking to Sky, as Sky tries helping her with her shyness. The wolfman got up, clenching his neck, his fur standing up, he looked like a hairball, his eyes were wide, his face was pale and beads of sweat covered all over him....He quickly and skillfully made distance between them and muttered "Crazy Bitch" Attempting to run water magic through his body to heal his minor injuries and make his fur calm down to no avail as the lightning remains constantly attacked the water magic. He currently looked like a panda. Then he went to another girl who was enjoying the show in the arena and said to her. "Hey it''s bad being by yourself, You should have some company to protect yourself there are dangerous men around." As he went to put his hand on her shoulder *Whoosh* He instantly got kicked into a wall 20 meters away... As he looked up he saw the girl''s red hair fluttering in the wind, and her red eyes giving him a cold look, she opened her mouth slowly and said. "....Get away...Now"....It was a dreadful warning. The girl was Aleria. He once more got up with puffy hair and a few broken ribs, and begun limping away, once he made enough distance, he mumbled to himself. "What''s wrong with all the bitches today? They''re all violent and mean....Could it be?...It''s that time of the month? So it''s true what they say, women get really do get synced..." The poor werewolf wondered as he limped away ....while tying a cloth on his head to stop the bleeding, and reduce the fuzzy fur, he broke a branch off a tree in the courtyard and made it into a cane, to help him walk. He truly looked like a great wise-man as he gain some insight into women, with his traveler like appearance head-gear and cane. He proceeded to walk into the Horizon, into the sun as if he were a supernatural being, and as he disappeared from the sights of all the girls who were scornfully looking at him, He turned his head and said "Next week I will return..return...turn...turn..urn" his voice echoed as he disappeared. Somewhere else, where insanity was less prominent, the Entrance Ceremony continued. Quite a few people were being Introduced during the Entrance Ceremony, shortly afterward the announcer once again opened his mouth, and his voice once again filled the surrounding area. "Ruler of the Stormblade clan, Prince and heir to the House of Lightning, Son of the Queen of Dragons! Lightning Chief, Prince Lucius Stormblade!" He said loudly and clearly a hint of disbelief in his voice...and well who could blame him? A draconian? More or less dragons? it was unbelievable. As he saw the Crowd looking confused he said it once more. "Ruler of the Stormblade clan, Prince and heir to the House of Lightning, Son of the Queen of Dragons! Lightning Chief, Prince Lucius Stormblade!" They seemed to have heard this time but the disbelief was prominent on their faces. Suddenly--- ***ROOOOAARRRR*** ***ROOOOAARRRR*** ***ROOOOAARRRR*** Three Earth-shattering roars were heard. As three huge shadows came plummeting from the sky slowly they glided, with them came a Thunderstorm! They lowered their altitude high enough for people in the stands to see them clearly! It was Dragons! Three Huge Incredible titanic looking entities! The legendary creatures they had only heard about in story books, were now before them as they plummeted from the sky so did the surrounding temperature in the Colosseum! Fear! Complete and utter silence filled the stand as the fear gripped their throats and stifled them completely. The faces of the crowd were pale! the Four element Deities trembled in their seats slightly as they tried their best to remain calm, they couldn''t let anyone see them falter but the face of Vorkin Earthstone and Sauros Phoenix in particular were incredibly ill, as Sauros knew what this meant and Vorkin was just terrified of Dragons. Lucius was standing on the head of Xiaxinia in his Black War Armor only his face showed as he willed it! As they approached the arena, Xiaxinia landed on the stretch before the walk of Honor, creating a huge crater, but who would dare tell this Fearless creature about the damages of the school when they could lose their lives? As Xiaxinia descended, Some people fainted under the pressure, Some threw up as it made their breakfast unable to remain in their stomachs, but all had one thing in common, They were extremely terrified. As the other two Dragons flew high in the skies surrounding the arena, their eyes never left the inside of the Arena and they peered down into the crowd and at the Four Elements adding to the pressure. They proceeded to let out low tone growls, as the lightning protruding from the skies danced with the utmost pleasure. Making everyone gulp and stare in helplessness. The Four Deities were seriously on edge, this was something they hadn''t anticipated. Vorkin slowly reached for his weapon in fear and confusion. Till a voice interrupted the thoughts of the 4 "Gods" of Elements. "Move or Die" it was clearly a dragon talking to them in telepathy. Xiaxinia clearly warned them as he narrowed his gaze. This wasn''t a threat. It was a statement, A choice. One or the other. They clearly asserted their dominance. Lucius hopped off of Xiaxinia''s Head and he began marching along the Walk of Honor, as Xiaxinia took to the skies, where he joined the other two. Lucius walked down the cobblestone road slowly, making everyone''s anticipations build, as he emerged slowly from the dust as it settled in the crater what they saw was, A figure emerging out of the dust in A Black War armor, from the body of the armor Gleaming black spikes slowly grew out, while static was present emitting from his body. Slowly lines of Azure started appearing all over his armor. A light protruded from a diamond shaped hole in the forehead of the helmet, A bright, Azure, Ethereal Light shone drawing the attention of all eyes. Lucius''s armor didn''t look like anything from this world. It was clearly a dragon''s head, but it''s jet black appearance, Golden aura and Azure- colored tribal markings appearing all over it only but added to this description. Lucius gave off the appearance of a Heretic God! Like something created from technology out of this world by an Alien civilization. His Spear was in trident form on his back, giving off a gleam that was coated with Death and Despair. Lucius did not look like a hero, He looked like a villain! The Villain of Villains! The point of the Ceremony was to showcase upcoming heroes, but here this boy appeared rather than looking like he was going to be a hero and save them, it felt as though he was here to kill them all! As he entered the Arena and was nearly before the 4 thrones, A silhouette came flying out of the crowd towards him Flaming sword in hand, the silhouette came at what was clearly at about the speed of a 3th Grade Warrior. The spell enchanted on the blade was Searing blade, it was a 6th Grade Pyro mage spell. It was something that could only be done by a Decent mage with talent. It''s target Lucius! *Whoosh* It swung at Lucius, Lucius merely side stepped, drew his spear and in a swift, effortless and fluid manner sent it thrusting straight into the chest of the Silhouette, As he Lucius slowly moved his gaze to the silhouette spurting blood from his mouth, A face of golden hair and grey eyes, staring at him in desperation,hatred and fear. "Kehh..Curse..you...Draconian...*Bleh*" he said as he spurt blood from his mouth Lucius heard a loud voice interrupting his thoughts... "ALANNN!!!!!" It was the Fuhrer''s voice. Lucius turned to look at the Fuhrer, and saw a face of worry and anger, the worry directed to the man Lucius had dug his spear into and anger at Lucius, Lucius then turned slowly to look at the man on his spear, Naturally Lucius didn''t know what Alan looked like. Instantly Lucius lips curved up into a cruel upward smile as he stared at the pair of insane eyes staring at him intensely. He stared back at the eyes intensely with a hint of insanity as well and a huge grin and whispered in Alan''s ear. "I''ll show you what happens when you take from others, Don''t worry you won''t die yet I have to show you what it feels like to be taken from first, You dare come for my life? Hahaha, If my life was so easily discarded do you think I could face my mother?" Lucius then with a flick of his spear sent the silhouette of Alan sliding off the spear and crashing into the arena walls, he gripped his pendant poured mana in it and yelled out to everyone present in the Arena. "THIS IS YOUR FUHRER!!!!" Instantly memories of Lucius'' flew into their minds, and they saw the entire conversation that the Fuhrer had with Lucius. The things he said about the other races and his greediness to kill anyone he wanted, how he planned to commit genocide for the sake of his son''s obsession. As everyone''s came back to their sense, they watched the Fuhrer, who''s face was ugly to behold as it twisted in bitter anger! Some had looks of pity, some looked betrayed by him, Some had pure hatred for the racial scum. The Fuhrer directed his gaze at his son, a few of his friends ran over to help evacuate him, Lucius'' gaze moved to the group, his eyes flickered with intense hatred. WIL "ALL OF YOU LEAVE EXCEPT THE AQUA MAGE, YOU STAY THERE and HEAL. IF HE DIES, YOU WILL DIE WITH HIM!" Lucius snorted Coldly. The face of the Hooded Beastman Aqua Mage changed greatly. Lucius then returned his gaze to the Fuhrer, In a second *WHOOSH* A spear had appeared speeding towards the Fuhrer''s skull, the fuhrer sensing the danger immediately flew up. *BANG* The throne had all but completely been blown away under such a rooting force! The Fuhrer rubbed his face as he felt a sting, blood was running down his face, the spear almost went straight through his head. Shortly after **BZZZTT** A Lightning bolt came from the Sky and struck him down to the ground from the Sky completely. Instantly a tinge of fear filled the Fuhrer''s face, as he stared at the abnormal cloud above him, he hadn''t realized it before, but that cloud had not moved for the entire day. It had always been there since he had arrived. As he was Looking at it, A spear had already pierced the air and came approaching him, Once more he flew into the air to dodge, when *BZZZZTT* Another Lightning Bolt sent him crashing to the floor and once more a spear appeared threatening to embed itself in his cranium. He finally understood and jumped to his feet, where he was at a disadvantage one of the greatest advantages of a Deity was being able to fly in battle and here stood a man clearly at about 8th Grade Warrior and 7th Grade Mage overwhelming him. The Fuhrer instantly understood, that this was carefully and meticulously planned to a frightening degree. It was this design that scared the Fuhrer he felt as though while on a walk he had stepped on a dragon''s tail. Chapter 14 : Battle In the Arena. WorldSerpent: Extended chapter enjoy! In the middle of the Colosseum of Four elements Academy, two figures can be seen facing off against one another. As the Fuhrer begun to realize that his life was indeed in danger, a red bracer ornament around his hand lit up and in a flash it had became A Dazzling Red Sword surrounded in flames, The sword was indeed an Artifact. A pendant around his neck lit up, and instantly a Red Armor covered him completely. This was no ordinary armor either as the glow it gave off proved so to be the case. Instantly the Light faded and It looked like a Molten hot Armor. One side of his Helmet had flames while the other was molten. Sensing the Fuhrer began to realize his position, A smile curved on Lucius face. ''That was faster than I thought, It''s clear he''s at least not completely stupid'' Seeing the mocking look on Lucius'' face the Fuhrer was enraged, his Killing intent had risen, the Fuhrer had a plan he wanted to test the range of the Lightning bolts that descended from the sky...he tried to draw Lucius into a mild fight to play around until he figured out the range. In a flash he charged at Lucius, while constantly keeping his eyes to the skies, But his opponent was Lucius.... The second he tried to look up-- *Whoosh* *Whoosh* Two quickly stabbing after-images came at his head and heart. To which he blocked with his Flaming molten sword and responded with a counter-attack, His sword began to rapidly gain a Raging fire on it, It was a ridiculous amount heat! It was Immolation strike! The Deity version of Searing Blade! It was aimed in a horizontal direction as it went chopping downwards toward Lucius'' skull! As the Fuhrer slashed back at Lucius, thinking Lucius would certainly dodge this lethal strike. Lucius did something he didn''t expect, he had advanced towards the strike! Certainly this is what Lucius would do! This Erratic behavior was Lucius'' Strength! Instead of a spear, A Trident form had came at blinding speed towards the blade, The Trident was soaked in lightning, In a split second the two edges had clashed but Lucius twisted the Trident at the second of impact, using the Thunder effect on his attack he knew he couldn''t match the power of A Deity''s Lethal strike, but this was nothing Lucius hadn''t dealt with before. He used the Thunderblow effect to offset the Attack, and sent the explosion deflecting off to the side of him. This was something only someone with nerves of steel and complete control of his body could achieve! Veranathus used force equal to a deity many times when he sparred against Lucius, because it was the lowest he could lower his power in order not to harm Lucius! Naturally Lucius came up with ways of fighting such power, he knew deflecting was the key. **CLANG** **BOOM** As the explosion went off to the side, In a fluid motion Lucius retracted the Lightning from the spear, and inserted mana, the Trident form instantly turned to a spear and went straight for the Fuhrer''s carotid artery! This all happened in a split second! What Most people saw, was an Incredible hot searing blade going straight at Lucius, it got caught up in the Trident and it was purposely unhooked from the Trident at an offset angle and was blown to the side as it passed diagonally near Lucius'' shoulder, cutting and burning piece of his hair, While the Trident had turned to a spear and went straight on it''s original path to the Fuhrer''s neck! In complete fear and surprise the Fuhrer leaped back and hadn''t realized he had climbed at an altitude. **BZZZZTT** He immediately went crashing to the ground once more covered in Static, creating a huge crater. The Fuhrer was furious! A little distance away, Everyone had finished evacuating, Vorkin Earthstone as well as the other Deities were watching him, Also quite a few strong willed people as well, some nobles, some students. All watching in awe and horror. Never before had they seen a deity been attacked, naturally they didn''t know what to do, but they were sure of one thing, they wanted to watch. Sensing no one was about to move, Vorkin made the earth underneath the crowd of people rise high into the sky about 10 stories high, enough to clearly see inside the arena. As he made a sort of Balcony around it, Aleria, Sky Jena, Krissa, Auriel, Aurius and Marie were all watching in complete awe and fear. Suddenly the Fuhrer, Started gathering mana at the edge of his palm. It rapidly grew from just a small ball into a Huge deep red flaming ball. It was bright and leaked of mana, as the surroundings were scorched when he summoned this monstrous mana, it was indeed a Deity level Magical Technique! "RAIN OF FIRE!!" He finished gathering mana and a Huge ball of fire flew into the skies at an incredible pace as it reached it''s climax, it exploded and from it came hundreds of searing pillars of flame that came crashing towards the arena! ***CRASHHH*** ***CRASHHH*** ***CRASHHH*** Seeing what he was doing Lucius had created minor thunder effects beneath his feet, Lucius was already quite fast using the minor thunder effects he increased his kick off speed greatly. He sent mana through his veins, arteries and muscles and increased his speed even more while dodging as he realized the heat from those pillars were nothing to joke about. Lucius felt a bit of fear, but as he felt it he smiled. Naturally had enjoyed an enemy that could make his heart falter, though the Fuhrer was a disgusting man, Lucius could not deny his power as a Deity. This move had all but clearly stated what a Deity was, as the arena became completely destroyed under such terrible fire. As he was dodging the pillars of flame, *Whooshh* A blade came chopping at Lucius'' temple. Instinctively Lucius had jumped back to dodge, he indeed succeeded in dodging the blade, But realized he had been pushed into the trajectory path of one of the Pillar''s. **SSSSSS** **ARGHH** Lucius screamed in agony as the huge fire Pillar let out an incredibly large hiss as it devoured Lucius, and covered him completely. Instantly a Lightning bolt penetrated the pillar of flame and attacked the clouds above and the abnormal one as well. The abnormal cloud absorbed this lightning and turned an ever darker grey almost becoming black in color. *Drip, Drop* Instantly as if it waited for Lucius signal, Rain began to fall, It was heavy torrential rains! *DOOM* A thunderous shockwave emitted from the pillar of fire burning Lucius, the fire immediately, blew apart to both sides. The shockwave spread out the fire evenly to both sides, and their stood an angered Lucius amidst a crater, with burned armor, his skin had also been burned. The armor was more steaming red, rather than burned. Lucius had stomped the ground and sent a shockwave to clear himself after the fire was weakened by the rain. Lucius knew he had been damaged by that hit, but slowly, the rain cooled his armor and a faint golden light was seen wrapped around Lucius'' body. Healing not only his exposed skin, but the scorched pieces of armor, though the flame didn''t damage the armor at all that it was more red in color as it had been heated to an powerful degree. "D-Divine power? HOW CAN YOU HAVE DIVINE POWER?!" The Fuhrer roared in surprise and anger, he found out just how dangerous this fight had become, he himself possessed divine power and naturally he knew of it''s healing properties. He also knew only Deities can possess Divine power. "I..WILL ...KILL...YOU" Lucius said in anger. He truly felt that blow Lucius also learned that dealing with this man would not be so simple. Yet he was enraged at the damage the man caused him. He felt like he had been toyed with, because the Fuhrer fought him as a warrior and not as a mage until just now, he thought the Fuhrer was underestimating him. How could he have known that the Fuhrer truly considered him dangerous and was being cautious. At first the Fuhrer, tried to be cautious and gauge Lucius'' power in a melee battle but he realized he could not defeat Lucius in melee, His style was too erratic and Unpredictable and the most frightening part, was that it always targeted his vitals! Never once had the spear, aimed for a spot on his body that could not kill him. It was then he decided he would keep his distance from Lucius and use his total advantage as a Deity Pyro Mage. Even though the Fuhrer was a Grade 9 Flame Warrior, He had been a Deity for about 200 years so obviously he had a lot of time on his hands where he decided it wouldn''t hurt him to train as a warrior, but he didn''t really take it seriously as no one had ever gone beyond the 10th rank, he just wanted the increase in his attributes, If only by a margin. Lots of people ignored Physical Arts, because they couldn''t reach the Deity level and instead focused solely to their magic. It was this way solely because becoming a Deity or reaching a high enough level of power that could increase one''s lifespan greatly was already something that one would take quite a number of years, even decades to achieve, so naturally choosing between Physical Arts and Magical Arts was not a hard choice, One had the potential to become a Deity as the other nobody had been able to breakthrough to become one. The Fuhrer was thankful in his heart that he decided to train in it now because as Lucius was his opponent he was able to correctly gauge Lucius strength, and even though he stood a whole entire rank above Lucius, and his strength and his body make up was more superior to Lucius, Lucius'' Racial trait speed from his lightning and his unorthodox style of combat warranted praise high enough for him to deem him at least 10th Grade, though he clearly knew it wasn''t so, Lucius was just that dangerous at close range. After Lucius received some damage from the move, he felt a tinge of confidence, and started firing off spells one after the other, one of the advantages of a Deity mage was his ability to Instant-cast, though they would still have to generate mana, it was much quicker than a chant. Seeing several tens of fireballs with immense heat coming at Lucius, He began dodging and the ones he could not, he was able to slice apart with his mana imbued spear, thanks to the rain weakening it''s effects, it also acted as an insulator for Lucius'' moves. *ARGHHH* A couple broke through his defense and hit him sending him flying into a wall, by now the Fuhrer had learned the distance of the lightning, and was making complete use of it''s barriers. He flew at a height that wasn''t too far off the ground, thereby making his flight usable, and a complete advantage to the current situation. He mocked Lucius as he flew and continued firing spells of Intense heat. Some were just regular fireballs, but even a Deity''s regular fireballs were dangerous, especially to a lower-ranked Lucius and as he could cast them quickly it put no burden on his body. *SSSS* *SSSS* *SSSS* *SSSS* "What you can''t even stand up to regular fireballs?" He mocked him as he continued his barrage of low level spells. Suddenly-- **BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTT** Lightning began to cover Lucius whole armor, It was the Natural Lightning he stored in the mountain! His once Golden Faint Aura, Changed to Blood Red. The Stone in his forehead, Changed to Black, As the Blue Lightning inside it that used to thrash about, came at a complete standstill. The lightning created what seemed to look like an eye! It looked directly into the Fuhrer''s soul! It''s gaze sent shiver''s down the spine of Varathraga and Xiaxinia up above! To make the likes of a Thunder Dragon Shiver, Just what could that possibly be!! "Hmmm..that''s about right...that''s what you get for terrorizing Lucius" Veranathus said with a huge grin and devilish eyes. "Brother just what in the Gods is that?" Said Varathraga with a hint of curiousity and surprise. "Veranathus did he learn that from you?" Xiaxinia queried as his eyes showed he was deep in thought. "Nope" Varathraga said nonchalantly. "Then how-" before Varathraga could finish his sentence, he was cut off "I don''t know how it happened, But here''s what I think, it''s because he had been exposed to us for a time considered to be long to a humanoid lifespan, Think about it, ever since birth he had been exposed to us, constantly soaking up divine essence from us, Everyday bathing in our Aura, being at such a young and impressionable age, it''s quite likely some of our aura seeped into his body over the course of years, not only that, He was born at a high altitude and remained there all of his 500 + years of life reforming his body, but the biggest factors were the Time Curse and the God''s Tear that kept his body from aging, making his body evolve, haven''t you found it weird he was able to learn Dragonic Magic Varathraga?" Said Veranathus with a sly tone and narrowed eyes, he then added, " There was a time when we were sparring, and I was playfully mocking him and toying with him, his Dragon gem changed to black, and his mood instantly changed, he was no longer angry, instead a frightening calming silence came over him, the first time I saw that eye appear in his Dragon Gem, I subconsciously almost killed him, as I sensed a threat, Well I was able to stop the blow when i regained my senses, I begged Lucius not to tell the Queen, Ha ha ha. But you know him, he was quite sorry he had attacked like that, though he knew it wouldn''t have hurt me anyway he didn''t care I almost killed him one bit. He was more sorry that he attacked me with bloodlust, Bwahahaha can you believe that kid, Anyway back to the story, when his Dragon Gem turned black and the eye appeared, It was like his focus had suddenly increased, Every single unnecessary movements had faded, Even his thoughts, He was like a complete puppet being used by his own mind. It''s A berserk state similar to ours, yet different from ours. Instead of acting more ferocious and increasing his instincts, Lucius increases his focus and cuts off everything negative, he uses every means he knows for victory, Even his own body if it comes to that, It''s quite terrifying." "I once told the Queen about it, not telling her about the part I nearly killed him of course, she said she knew already the day Lucius learned about the Lightning Calamity, His wrath had surfaced, and Venastrasia did see his Gem flicker black for an instant, it was only when she called him he snapped out of it and suddenly got really calm and spoke in a calm calculating tone." "Certainly....It does sound plausible" as Varathraga stared at Lucius ponderingly, "Hohoho, you know without my help it would have never surfaced, now that I think about it that level of Focus had to have been my doing" Xiaxinia said as he pointed his nose in the sky The two brothers couldn''t refute. Certainly that level of focus was cultivated by Xiaxinia, but it was Lucius'' potential. They stared at him angrily as he laughed like he had won a trophy. Instantly Lucius brain stopped, his eyes once filled with fury and anger, now calmed like the eye of a storm. It was an eerie look of coldness that held no affection, or any type of ill feeling whatsoever. It had no specific desire but it''s gaze was directed at the Fuhrer! This made the Fuhrer''s body shudder and on his face beads of sweat had appeared, He felt as if a reaper had just met his gaze. Sensing the incoming danger, He decided to use everything he had he could no longer be cautious, He had to risk his life and win! It was his chance of survival and he currently had the upper hand! Instantly he started gathering mana in his both hands, while his body exploded with tremendous amounts of mana and Fire, His Aura covered the entire area and He directed his both palms at Lucius "VULCANIC METEOR!!!!"" *VOOOSHH* Instantly a huge Molten Ball of Fire was sent Speeding at Lucius, Lucius'' armor was already at that time exerting an incredible amount of Lightning Natural Energy, some of the lightning around Lucius started entering into his body, his eyes had shone with a deep Azure light. The most of it wrapped around his spear in it''s Trident Form! Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. As if that wasn''t enough, Lucius then used his Divine power to focus it all on repairing his body,he then sent a lightning spark straight into his own brain disrupting the synapses and sending a false message, A message to release it''s limiter! This sort of magic as you probably guessed has an incredible defect, and indeed would cause Lucius'' body damage, but in his berserk state, he did not care one bit for his own safety as the Divine power was there to stop that from happening and increasing the time he could spend in his Limiter Released state. The power emitting from the Trident was far beyond that of a Deity, It was a power that had increased 100 fold. The preparations were way too meticulous! It was an unbelievable feat! This was Lucius'' plan from the beginning! Though he didn''t account for the berserk state, it granted him the precise timing and carried out everything smoothly and perfectly. As he focused the Trident towards the Meteor, His eyes flashed and A large Amount of Lightning, took the shape of a Huge Claw, As Lucius firmly gripped the floor with his feet, The muscles in his legs bulged and tensed, as it sent a rippling effect through the muscles in his loins, they expanded and tensed, the power went into his shoulders as they flared, then to his arms as the muscles present pushed against his armor. The spear in his hand began distorting as he thrusted forward with Incredible strength, The Claw Shot out at the speed of Light! "Lightning Dragon Claw!!" Immediately it split the Meteor in two. *BANG* The thunderous effect from the Lightning pushed it away even further! But it wasn''t finished! It went straight towards the Fuhrer as it curved to him, Sensing the danger the Fuhrer was about to dodge when **BZZZTTT** A lightning bolt from the Sky struck him down and paralyzed him for a split second, but that was all it needed for the Claw to come slashing down obliterating his armor as a loud scream filled the air! "ARRRRRRGHHHHHH!!! HOWWWWW?!!!!" He screamed in agony and disbelief. The Fuhrer knew he was out of the range from the Lightning bolts in the Sky, Then in the midst of his pain and agony as static lightning riddled his body, he looked at all the water on the ground and the rain was still heavily pouring. ''Rain? Water?'' A thought seemed to hit him, He realized the entire time he had been playing into Lucius'' hands. Lucius'' magic wasn''t just ordinary lightning! It was Storm magic! Which meant the entire area, had already became his lair once the rain fell! As Lucius looked at him and realized he noticed everything. He found it was no longer time to draw this out. The Fuhrer got up with half of his armor totally destroyed, burns present throughout his body as the divine aura began healing him, the Armor was irreparable. He was panting heavily and the static was dancing over his body. Before he could catch his breathe he had realized the cloud in the sky no longer continued to hide it''s intent, It start striking everywhere around the Fuhrer creating a cage and Lucius jumped into the cage, right now his body limit was burning at it''s utmost. Naturally he didn''t want to waste anytime chatting. Lucius discarded his useless thoughts as he knew it was time to fight with everything he had, his original plan had already beared fruit, he had shaken the Fuhrer''s defense and his confidence, this was more than enough. It was now or never. He charged straight at the Fuhrer, who had thrown off his armor as it became useless as well as his helmet. The two engaged in an incredible melee battle, The Fuhrer realized right now his magic would be useless, The current Lucius was too fast he would catch him before he could Generate any mana, and naturally the Death cage of a cloud in the Sky wouldn''t allow him too. He would have too many things to worry about. He decided to gamble it all on his 9th Grade Warrior Abilities and his Most powerful spell. "SOUL FIRE!" he said as his posture changed and he took a warrior pose, He used an Ancient Fire spell he had learned, his most powerful spell of them all, the one he was most famous for. Instantly, A calm eerie white flame came from his chest and Gathered on his sword, As he swung his blade the entire surrounding earth melted. Lucius took note of the dangerous move and change, but did not halt his charge, He thrusted and 10 after- images appeared, He was outdoing his limits, The Fuhrer used the Explosiveness of his blade to repel the attacks, and both were fighting on par, Every time Lucius'' attacks halted, the Fuhrer would counter-attack while pumping his mana into the white flame. **CLANG** Lucius received many burns on his legs as the White flame was sort of liquid- like and everytime the blades clashed a bit of it would soak onto Lucius. Currently the Fuhrer had the upper hand. "AHHHH** Lucius screamed as the liquid fire ate at him. But even in the face of excruciating pain, he never once let up as His Divine power was working full time to repair his body! Now was not the time to let up, He could only maintain exerting his limits for only a limited amount of time and his Divine power wouldn''t hold up forever, as it was already a very small pool compared to the Fuhrer''s, Not to mention the Lightning cage he trapped the Fuhrer in wouldn''t last forever and eventually once the Fuhrer could fly it would become a lot harder or even impossible for Lucius. The Fuhrer himself didn''t get away scot-free either, As Lucius attacked with Natural Lightning energy imbued on his Trident, He also had used his own Lightning and it projected through the spikes in his armor and attacked the Fuhrer Directly! This was one of his reasons for which he needed Natural Lightning Energy! He used his lightning to stop the Fuhrer from getting too comfortable and interfering with his vicious attacks, but it still damaged the Fuhrer as well. The Natural Lightning was used for Offense and his was used for Defense. As Lucius Released yet another flurry of thrusts, he realized that just for a split second just now the Fuhrer''s reaction time had slowed. Instantly his cold calculating eyes flashed as it saw a weakness. He tried to figure out what caused it, as his recklessness increased, The Fuhrer sensed Lucius was trying to figure something out, naturally he didn''t want to entertain Lucius'' queries. But what could he do? They were both fighting at their limits. Sword against Spear. Fire Against Lightning. Lucius began engaging in the fight more deviously than before, He increased his strength once more, As he created 12 after-images, but it could be clearly seen he was straining to do so. He was desperate to find out what delayed the Fuhrer just now sacrificing his unshielded parts as he continued his relentless assault on the Fuhrer, attacking at every position and every manner of attacks that defied human instinct, he also received quite alot of damage and incredible heart-wrenching pain! As he charged the Trident, he swung it like a mace thundering directly towards the Fuhrer''s face, The Fuhrer then used his mana to explode the Soul Fire. *CLANG* *BOOOMMM* The sound of the steel clashing reverberated around the entire surrounding area, as it caused a gigantic shockwave and a huge crater was created. Blowing everything away Surrounding the Arena in Flames and Dancing Lightning waves. Lucius then realized, the sparks from the Natural Energy was causing Slight Paralysis to the Fuhrer, as the Natural Energy lightning soaked into the storm-like moist atmosphere, it invaded the Fuhrer''s lungs and bloodstream with every breathe, So long as Lucius kept damaging the Fuhrer, his divine power would only be directed to his currently damaged parts, it will stop filtering his blood of the lightning!! This was all thanks to the different Properties of the two different Lightning Mingling, His body became incredibly susceptible to it, being surrounded by the rain water indeed did not help either. The Fuhrer was acting like a wire right now, a wire with an expiry date. Lucius had an idea, and began attacking the Fuhrer much more vicious than before Instantly the Lightning on Lucius'' spear disappeared as it once again pierced towards the Fuhrer, the Fuhrer sensing a great fear, Instantly kicked the ground and fire Exploded from the ground beneath him. *DOOM* Disrupting whatever Lucius was trying to do and sending explosive damage to Lucius'' body. He then followed up with a direct Soul Fire blade attack! **GASHHH** This attack caused Lucius great damage!! As it sent him crashing into a blazing wall! Luckily he had lifted his spear in time and blocked the blade at the last second. ''He definitely tried something but failed! Whatever it was I had a really bad feeling, I damaged my leg letting out that move just now, but somehow I feel, I just saved my life" The Fuhrer instantly jumped a bit away and Looked at the burning Lucius. **ARGHHH** Lucius screamed as he once more used a Thunderous Swing to Expel the flames, this time he had taken quite bit of damage. His face darkened as he stared at the ground, The Fuhrer thinking the boy had some sort of strike to his moral didn''t think twice. The Fuhrer naturally didn''t wait for Lucius to strike a pose to continue Fighting, He charged at Lucius that was on one knee gripping his Trident pierced in the ground. He was unable to see Lucius'' face, if he did he would have seen the Incredible huge grin and his Dragon Gem had changed back to an ethereal azure color. Lucius had regained his senses when he saw the weakness. When his eyes passed over the wound on the Fuhrer''s Leg a hint of happiness appeared in his eyes. ''That looks like it will take quite a little while to heal, How perfect! It''s as if the God''s wished you dead'' Lucius thought to himself a bit amused. As the Fuhrer Charged towards Lucius, Lucius got up and the cage surrounding them both in a second got smaller, seeing the change the Fuhrer raised his guard, but continued non-the-less. He thought it may have been done to put fear in him to halt his charge as Lucius had been clearly damaged and he believed he was trying to buy himself some time. Instantly Lucius raised his spear, But...there was still no Lightning..As soon as the Fuhrer got in range. Lucius'' spear finally turned to a Glaive. Seeing the new shape the Fuhrer''s heart jumped! Something wasn''t right! In a second the clash had happened! "THUNDER STRIKE" Lucius yelled *BANGG* A loud bang filled the air, sending the Fuhrer''s arms widely and helplessly toward the sky still clenching his sword. Then Lightning came out from Lucius''s Black War Armor! He had switched the Lightning! His own Lightning was now held in his spear and the Natural Lightning went back to his Armor. This was what he attempted the first time but failed! Naturally he had never moved two different kinds of Lightning so openly within his body before, but after he played with it a while he understood how to do it. Instantly they jolted out and zapped at the Fuhrer, Natural Lightning was indeed frightening as it contained many impurities that were not mana born, and that was the reason for the paralysis! As the water-lightning based mist continuously entered the body of the Fuhrer unknowingly it acted as a sort of Lightning Poisoning. Completely taking the Fuhrer by surprise, He was instantly paralyzed for a moment, Long enough for Lucius to regain his strength and His Glaive once more was filled with mana and Lightning, He swung it again. "THUNDER STRIKE" **BANG** "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" It connected to the Fuhrer''s chest and sent him flying into the Lightning Cage, Instantly the Lightning cage contracted and delivered Constant blows all over his body damaging him even more, his body convulsed and shuddered, burn marks appeared all over his body as static danced over him, Not waiting another second Lucius charged in front of him and came at him again. He charged Lighting and mana into his glaive once more and stood directly over the Fallen stunned Fuhrer! "THUNDER STRIKE!!" In a last ditch effort to survive, The Fuhrer with his bloodied and gashed chest, showed minor signs of healing but nothing quick enough to save him as the Divine power couldn''t decide if the Lightning Poisoning or the gash on his chest was more dangerous, and the Fuhrer directed it to his external wounds, A smart choice. He raised his sword to block another Thunder Strike in a last effort to survive, and imbued mana with his entire body he braced himself, his face pale, his eyes wide with fear. *BANG* The Fuhrer was pressed directly into the earth as his back created a huge crater, he spurt out a mouthful of blood "ARGHHH!" he screamed out in agony The Glaive once more was charged with Lightning and Mana, "THUNDER STRIKE!!!!!" Lucius yelled as he refused to let up, A hint of desperation in his eyes as he could feel his power fading. The Fuhrer recognizing Lucius'' loss of power, clenching his sword once more he used his entire strength and sent it piercing right through Lucius'' shoulder imbued with Soul Fire. The Fuhrer had dealt a Menacing blow! "AHHHHHHHHH!!" Lucius screamed as he felt like his pores were set on fire! Instantly Lucius switched Lightning Once more, and using up the last bit of energy he had left. He focused his own lightning into his body once more! and sent the Natural Lightning Energy to his spear,to free his mana from use! He for the first time planned on using Thunder Strike with Natural Energy! This was his original plan! When he learned Thunder Strike and it''s necessary requirements of needing Lightning and Mana to match perfectly, He knew the power of this attack would be limited by his mana capacity, as he had to split his mana capacity in two, to create both equally. But he thought, What If he had an external source of Lightning! Then he would be able to use the move with his entire mana capacity! How fearsome would that be! As Lucius stood towering over the Fuhrer, with a sword penetrating his shoulder and burning away at his flesh at an alarming rate! Lucius'' eye''s grew incredibly cold as Lightning and Mana filled the air, His raised glaive aiming towards the sky had a terrifying energy surging from it! The Glaive gave off a cold gleam as it reached towards the heavens, The Fuhrer sensing his impending Doom withdrew his blade from Lucius shoulder and tried to back away but was too badly damaged to do so, His divine power couldn''t keep up with the repeated Thunder strikes. So he raised his sword once more to block but--- ""THUNDER STRIKEE!!!!!" The cold gleaming Glaive came slashing at the Fuhrer''s Carotid, when his sword connected with the slashing glaive. *CLINKK* The sword had been cut in two! The Slash went straight towards the Fuhrer''s neck, seeing his death coming in rage, turmoil and desperation, the Fuhrer yelled out to Lucius " I AM A GOD!!!!!!!!!...KEhhhhh" As his Head went flying from his body at a unimaginable distance and rolled in front of a corpse, when he looked at the corpse it was Alan''s. Alan was long dead, his eyes displayed incredible fear as it was cold and lifeless parts of his body charred all over, but his face was enough to recognize even though it had been distorted in agony, he had been completely healed from the spear wound, but sometime during the fight Alan had long been killed, judging from the wounds it was a stray attack from his own father. "In the end, this is how much he cared about you when his own life was in danger, I pity you" was the last thing Lucius said as he passed out standing up clenching his Spear pierced into the ground. His face darkened and his body completely covered in his own blood, he passed out with eyes open staring at the Fuhrer''s corpse. Seeing the fight come to an end, The three dragons watched in pride at their young kin. Chapter 15 : Savior? Or Destroyer? WorldSerpent : Sorry for Late chap! Enjoy folks! As Lucius stood passed out over the once Fuhrer of the Continent of Astarte, the dragons went plummeting down toward him, they then landed softly near him and instantly began to pour divine power over his body, Xiaxinia switched into his human appearance with wings, lifted Lucius and flew next to the tall earthlike structure Lord Vorkin had created. "You there, Water Deity woman, heal him." commanded Xiaxinia. The Queen Huntress trembled slightly as she felt the pressure emanating from him, but she would have healed him anyway as she was quite moved by the fight, naturally after hearing the Fuhrer''s disgusting thoughts about her tribe, she hated his guts completely and Cheered for Lucius. As she begun to heal, A group of people moved over to her, It was Sky, Aleria, Jena, Krissa, Aurius, Auriel and Marie. The fear in their faces as they watched Lucius'' armor retract and saw the huge hole in his shoulder, instantly tears filled Aleria and Sky''s eyes, even Jena cried Krissa just stared wide-eyed,they had truly been worried, they had never witnessed a fight that intense. "Yeah she definitely smells like him, You red woman, you''re Aleria right?" Varathraga called out to Aleria. "Yes... my lord" Aleria said respectfully as she knelt on one knee, but naturally the dragons all knew about her being Lucius'' 2nd wife. "No need for the "my lord" and don''t kneel we''re family now" said Veranthus calmly as Sky walked over to them and greeted them all. Aleria was happy that Lucius'' family easily accepted her, it was something she pondered about occasionally as she wondered if she would be good enough for Lucius, But every time she would ponder about it Lucius would interrupt her thoughts, he would do things to gain her attention. She realized how sensitive Lucius was to his surroundings to notice her perils amidst everything else. It was his random acts of kindness and thoughtfulness towards her that made her fall for him even more. There was also no one out there she believed could understand her like Lucius. Immediately after the greetings, everyone went over to make sure Lucius was healing properly. They didn''t want to crowd around him too much and gave him his space to heal up. Sky and Aleria however, couldn''t take their eyes off the Wolf woman who smelled Lucius ever so often with her face that was deep red. Kryssa had been smelling Lucius uncontrollably. As Sky was about to say something, Kryssa interrupted her thoughts "I envy you fox girl, to be able to have this smell all to yourself late at night" She fawned with a drooling grin. While applying the water with mana and injected with divine power all over Lucius'' body. slowly the wound began closing as the remnants of flame inside had been doused. "Hurry up and heal him and get away you perverted wolf!" Sky said coldly. Aleria''s hand never left her weapon. She only gave off a incredibly high killing intent. "Oh I don''t know about that, see I''ve taken quite a interest in this fine one here, hehe so powerful and so young, he''d make a great lover, Besides I''m a virgin" The wolf said as she licked her lips. "Who the hell would believe that?!" Sky coldly retorted. Sky hadn''t felt threatened one bit, but she still couldn''t deny Kryssa''s body, It was more womanly and erotic than hers, She had black hair, red eyes, a cute pair of black ears, and a long lush black tail, Her pale skin completely contrasted everything and accentuated her womanly curves. The Queen Huntress was dressed in a Black Robe, With a Black hood and a Black Leather thigh high skirt with knee high Black boots, she also wore Black fishnet stockings that slightly showed her pale thighs, Enticing any man. She looked in her early twenties, but she was much older as she was the "Immortal Queen" after all. The three dragons watching this exchange just sighed "Lucius has it hard huh, Maybe I should have gave him a chastity belt Artifact that day" Xiaxinia said calmly "Nah, if it''s Lucius he''d definitely enjoy this what he would want is a portable nest Artifact Bwahahaahha" Veranthus laughed loudly "Yeah but if he died, he would have needed a coffin, along with three others right right?" A mysterious voice said. "Bwahhaha Yeah! Wait....wha--" Veranathus laughed as he agreed without listening to the voice completely. Only when he realized what he had heard, and who said it did sweat beads appear on his face. Rather than turn around to see who it was, He decided to look at the reflection in his brother''s eyes who stood opposite to him and hadn''t said a word the entire conversation. Instantly his face paled as he recognized the blonde golden hair anywhere and the terrifying horns. *BANG* Three poor dragons went plummeting towards the ground! The voice was that of Venastrasia. She quickly made her way to Lucius and put her hand on his chest and closed her eyes. Upon seeing this did the girls finally relax, as they knew the Queen Huntress had great healing capabilities but they naturally trusted Venastrasia a great deal more. They sensed that she was Lucius'' mother as she was indeed stronger than the other dragons. "First day at school and you already killed a Deity" Venastrasia couldn''t help but sigh and look worriedly at her reckless son. The people who saw the Queen Venastrasia, were all kneeling, every single entity surrounding her was in a submissive position. They had felt a different Aura besides the three dragon and instantly they knew this aura was incredibly more powerful than the three combined. The only ones who weren''t kneeling were the other three dragons and Sky who motioned Aleria to stand up. "This must be my other daughter" Venastrasia said as she glanced at Aleria. "Yes my Lady" Aleria said warmly and gently as she bowed. "No need for the bows and the titles my girl, treat him well okay? He might become reckless at times and he may have quite a few enemies..Don''t run away okay?" Venastrasia warned her in advance. "I won''t leave him even if I die" Aleria said without hesitation and firm resolution. Because who was Lucius to her? Everything! He had saved her from her monotone world, made her feel as if she belonged, He was strong and he made her blood boil, she loved his smell, the way he caresses her gently when they sleep, the way he can smile carefree, His wrath that seemed to threaten the heavens and that turned her on greatly, though she would never admit it as she was too embarrassed. As Venastrasia talked to Aleria, a hand reached out and touched Venastrasia''s face, it was Lucius'' he was still a bit groggy as he looked as though he would pass out any minute. Venastrasia took his weak hand and as he passed out she kissed his hand and placed it back on his chest. "Sleep now my dear, rest and once you awake we''ll talk okay?" Venastrasia was deeply worried about Lucius, she was a top Lizard''s Run having a meeting with the dragons after returning from surveillance in the ruined Continent when she felt Lucius'' pulse weaken. Ever since Lucius was small she would always know Lucius'' state, even she didn''t know how it worked but she could always tell if he was in danger or was greatly injured. The first time she noticed it was when he had cut himself with Xiaxinia''s shedding. She decided to disregard it as " Mother''s instinct". She knew it had a deeper reason but she didn''t have enough evidence. Venastrasia knew that this sort of connection could only exist in Dragons, she was dumbfounded when Lucius had that connection with her. She asked Xianixia and the others if they felt that connection they told her sometimes, when he is angered. A voice then interrupted everyones thought''s. Every living soul turned towards that voice as they knew who it belonged to. "Aurius...Is....Fuhrer, as....of....today." Lucius declared as he looked at the Nobles of the House of Fire present. His sight filled with death, his eyes had lost some life, because he lost a lot of blood, so it felt like his eyes were of a reaper it made them all break out in a terrible sweat, it was a terrible look of indifference that sent shivers down the spines of all the 200+ People Present, even the Deities shook. Lucius was fierce! They felt in their hearts this was one young man they absolutely could not afford to offend, they wanted to speak and nod but his eyes kept them all in a terrified daze. "Okay, I will make sure they know, Rest now, you need to sleep." Venastrasia said warmly as she kissed him once more on his forehead. Lucius passed out shortly after, It was indeed a terrifying battle. What was more terrifying though, was a 8th Grade Storm warrior/ 7th Grade Storm Mage killed a Deity and they all saw the battle with their own eyes! The Potential "God Of Lightning!" Venastrasia then flicked her gaze on them all viciously, naturally no one dared say a thing. She lessened her aura to allow them to move. "I don''t need to repeat anything right?" Instantly they all shook their heads. The Group all left to go to the Main Academy after looking at the arena one more time. It was entirely covered in flames and sparks were still dancing among the water droplets all over the entire Colosseum. The Arena had been split in half by the last "Thunder strike" Lucius had used. While the "Rain of FIre" caused by the Fuhrer created 100''s of craters 20 meters deep amidst it. A few hours later Lucius was sleeping on a bed inside the infirmary, beside him were Aleria and Sky, While in the main hall naturally a lot of students had gathered and queried about the incredible noises, the older students filled them in and they found it incredibly hard to believe, but when they rushed to the Arena and saw the aftermath, Naturally their disbelief Crumbled into absolute fear. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Outside High in the sky, the Three dragons and Venastrasia were having a chat away from everyone else. They were currently explaining the entire battle about Lucius, and the events before and after it. They explained how Lucius'' berserk state had surfaced and Venastrasia had been listening to it all. She also listened to the conclusion Veranathus had come to and she nodded in her head, it seems to be the same as she thought. She came to a conclusion as towards Lucius'' Dragon abilities surfacing. It seems when Lucius was at his most fragile stage in life, he had been exposed to aura overpowering his body constantly adding pressure, naturally a baby would have no resistance to such a powerful aura, and slowly his body began to accept and store the Dragon aura, While being under the effects of the TIme Curse and God''s Tear it kept Lucius at a infant age for an extremely long time, thereby extending the window of time Lucius could absorb the Dragon Aura, Every single day he was in the presence of them all, At day he trained with his Uncles Vera, Vara and Xia, and at night he slept in Venastrasia''s arms. When the God''s Tear finally created it''s Divine core, There was an entire third remaining, after the divine core had been created because of Lucius talent for divine power. The amount of divine power that had remained could not have been completely absorbed in the body! Venastrasia found it completely weird, that most of the God''s Tear would integrate itself into Lucius'' body in the first place! As it had about a third left that was too much to have been integrated into his body. Venastrasia put her hand on her forehead now that she thought about it "It is indeed weird! there was no possible way that Lucius could have absorbed all of that Pure energy from the God''s Tear in his body alone from the start...Gods I''m so stupid, I should have known! There''s still something missing." Venastrasia immediately flew down with great speed, she went directly to Lucius'' room startling both Aleria and Sky. She walked right next to Lucius and sent her divine power through every inch in his body, as she sat there searching and searching after about an hour....She then went to search in his divine core which took another hour then finally... ''THIS IS IT!'' she thought as her eyes lit up. ''It was inside his divine core all along!'' She instantly contacted the Three Dragons, who flew down after having a little chat about their speculations. When they entered they looked at Venastrasia, and saw the excited expression on her face She then told them where to look in his divine core, Varathraga put his hands on Lucius, and Xiaxinia and Veranathus put their hands on Varathraga to see what he was seeing. "THIS IS?!" Varathraga exclaimed as the other two stared surprisingly at the passed out Lucius... "He''s not gonna grow wings and a tail is he?" Queried Veranathus as he found it quite amusing. "My Queen you must be happy, he gained this because of you, no one cannot say he is not your son." Xiaxinia said with gleaming eyes as he looked at Lucius, Venastrasia was too excited to say anything, she just sat there looking at him with a huge smile. Lucius had been sired to Venastrasia, In other words he gained an inheritance from her. He had a Golden mysterious cube shaped transparent box inside his divine core, With a strand of golden Lightning inside remaining completely still, this was something only Dragons could have. It was called "Thunder Rites". It was something A Thunder dragon gave to their young, it was a sort of proof of their existence and they could only give it once in their entire life, it was something only given with the purest of love. When attained it allows the child a chance to rise to the same potential as their parent or even greater. For a draconian to have inherited it, is something thought completely impossible. This had much to do with Lucius but even more to do with Venastrasia it was proof of her love for Lucius, and was completely irrefutable. "Could it have been the refining process during the God''s Tear?, Indeed I did refine it before putting it inside his body, My pure refined aura must have been entering all that time" Venastrasia said happily. Lucius'' potential had just increased to that of a Greater Dragon. An existence on the same level as Venastrasia, if he continued to become stronger and train eventually he would become extremely powerful, it''s hard to tell if he could transcend to such a entity, but it would all be up to him, the opportunity was clearly there for him to take and Lucius would definitely try his best to become such an entity because if it was to protect his family, nothing was too hard for Lucius. Venastrasia then decided to unlock the "Thunder Rites" as it could only be unlocked by the parent, the parent had to release everything to the kin. She then sent her divine power to his core and broke a side of the cube, Instantly Lucius body was bursting with a golden light Instantly the Thunder Rites came flying out of Lucius'' chest, it had begun rotating in an intense manner, His divine core Also came out flashing right in front of Lucius'' face. The two Slammed together causing An ear piercing sound, as they began merging! The merging caused an intense light and the wind started distorting around his body! Thankfully Lucius had been put under a deep sleep by Venastrasia, otherwise the pain would have been heart-wrenching and unbearable...Half way through the merge, The light became even more intense and the rotating increased, Instantly every single piece of glass in a 100 meter radius shattered. *PLINKKSS* As the Oval shaped Divine core and the Golden Cube were merging at an incredible speed, Finally it had finished after about an hour of merging, what appeared was a diamond shaped Golden stone the size of a tea cup, and it was adorned with Azure Colored Weird Symbols. It was Dragonic Language, the words clearly said. "The Inherited One" Instantly the diamond shaped Stone flew directly into Lucius'' Chest! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Lucius screamed out in terrible agony as he had woken up. He realized his body was going through changes, and he was terrified, Only when his eyes met Venastrasia did he understand she was doing something to his body and he relaxed, he gave her a weak nod and began clenching his teeth, to bear with the pain, His body was growing to support his new power, the body of a 12 year old was not an adequate vessel to maintain and exert such power. His muscles Grew, so did his height, his body had been changing forcing itself to grow, as his body had been reformatting itself to his new power. His muscles Burst and his Bones broke, to make them extended, There was absolutely no doubt that this was incredibly painful. He screamed and screamed it was like beyond crushed again and again, but he endured. Sky and Aleria watching everything couldn''t help but feel worried and showed faces of extreme tears they knew his body was going through changes but they still didn''t like the thought of Lucius, going through so much pain to make it worse he had just fought, but it was necessary, Venastrasia didn''t know what bad effects could come from keeping that power inside him without merging it for too long. She feared what may or may not have happened as there was no case like this before, she wanted to be extra cautious. Lucius sensed the power welling up inside him and rather than scream again, his eyes became cold and a huge mocking smile replaced his frown. "Yes....This...is...It.....WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! COME?! I WILL DEVOUR THE MEAL YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME!!" Lucius said in complete insanity. The power seemed to have a conscious of it''s own as it responded to Lucius'' taunt, and increased ten fold, but that was really Lucius'' fear fading and pores opening and allowing the mana in his body to destroy his body, and allowing the divine power to recreate, reformat and repair. It Instantly surged throughout his body, as Lucius bit down on his Lip, he accepted it all with a Huge grin. *SNAP* *SNAPP* *SNAP* "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" "Hahahahah....hahahahaha..." Indeed this was the amount of pain to make any man insane, but Lucius continued to endure. He counted the rippled designs on the ceiling and started over and then counted once more, and repeated the process all in order to keep his sanity. He howled and wailed in agony, as the mana destroyed his body and it repaired itself. After a few Agonizing hours. Lucius finally passed out and it had finished. Lucius now had the body of a 16 year old, He looked more mature and he was well sculpted, now as his facial features had sharpened, He was even more handsome but what was more important were the rank upgrades to 8th Grade Storm Mage and 9th Grade Warrior from his newly acquired Thunder Rites. The Dragons and Venastrasia decided to give him time to heal and repair, Sky and Aleria also felt the same. The Three Dragons and Venastrasia had all left to give him time to sleep and heal, Aleria and Sky also left with them eventually as Venastrasia had persuaded them to get something to eat and get some rest. Lucius would be asleep for quite a while. When they had all left. The Golden Diamond shaped Rune once more came out, it flashed another few weird symbols that seemed to be in a similar language to the dragons but it wasnt, it roughly meant. "The Destroyer" And it silently went back into his chest. Chapter 16: Rest Day. WorldSerpent : Sorry for the late chap folks, Been a bit busy lately! Fanservice Attack! Enjoy! It was around lunch time, it was the 5th sun since all the events had occurred. In a Private Infirmary at the heart of Four Elements Academy, In the City of Corinth. It was a separate building from the Academy as it was for the use of the Headmaster only. Students and Staff were forbidden from entering, Naturally Aurius had sent Lucius there so he could be alone and at peace. In the room there was a single luxurious bed, an expensive looking desk with a vase of flowers, and a window with a magically enhanced curtain which allows full sight outside and it allows the breeze to blow in but at the same time on the outside no one could see in as it appeared to be a wall. Contrary to it''s appearance it was quite homely and felt private enough to sleep the day away. On the bed in the middle of the room. A boy was at rest.......along with a harpy. Lucius'' POV: I yawned as I was about to wake up I felt something pressing against my face, it was soft and warm and it smelt like the rain forest, cool, calm and it had a refreshing warmth like a nest already heated, I knew it was a woman but this wasn''t the smell of either Sky, Aleria or Mom, It was the smell of a different woman. As I slowly opened my eyes what were before me were two beautifully shaped breasts, the nipples were hard and had an erotic feel to them resisting the urge to gobble them up right then and there I looked up to see who''s face it was, What I saw was. Black long Lustrous hair, Black wolf-like ears, she had a slender beautiful face, she had beautiful pale skin that contrast with her hair and ear color that made her seem even more pretty, Her body was curvaceous like a woman''s and she had a long lush tail that wrapped around my leg, she seemed in about her early 20s, she was in a few words, An Incredible beauty, to the likes of Sky and Aleria. ''Um......isn''t this girl the Water Deity from that time...?'' I pondered. Now that her hood...as well as her clothes was off I could see her clearly. While I was thinking I felt her hug tighten and when I looked at her, I realized her eyes were staring directly at mine, with a nice smile she laughed. That was because I was red from ear to ear, Even though I''m not new to the warmth of a woman, new women still had that effect on me... "You do know I have two wives right?" I told her as my brows furrowed. "Then you should be fine with three no? fufu" She said playfully but I could feel she was serious. I honestly didn''t know how to reply to that, I stood there dumbfounded when I realized a Blue transparent girl that looked like a spirit was standing in the doorway, she was about 12 years old and had blue transparent like hair that reached to her back, blue spirit like eyes, An expressionless face, a small child-like body, she was dressed in a frilly white gown, something worn only by high nobility. I could tell immediately that this girl was a Spirit. Now that my dizziness faded and I was more alert, I realized the young girl had been casting a wall of water magic against the doorway, keeping something outside. End of Pov. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Lady Kryssa I can''t keep them out for long....They''re gonna break through soon" The little girl said worriedly in a hustle. *BOOM* The doorway shattered and from it came Lightning & Fire! "YOU PERVERTED WOLF WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO LUCIUS?!!" Sky shouted angrily with a red face at The Water Deity. "You...I''ll kill.." Aleria said as her eyes suddenly became darker and her sword had been drawn before anyone had noticed. The Water Deity woman then instantly put clothes on from a necklace as she got out of the bed. "I was merely using my magic to heal him, I needed the most body contact possible to heal him, if it weren''t for me he would be sleeping here for another month you know, The magic the Fuhrer used was Soul Fire magic, It damaged his soul quite a bit. Though the Lady Dragon healed most of it something else happened after didn''t it? Most likely, the Lady Dragon would have came and finished it, but I figured I''d do it, Since I wanted to have a chat with him." She replied honestly with a bit of anger as which made the two feel a bit guilty. Aleria and Sky nervous because they knew about the transformation and Kryssa could clearly tell his body had changed from before. "I was just giving back his body the nutrients it needed to repair itself, I Kryssa Blackwolf am not that low of a woman I wouldn''t do that kind of magic for just anyone. It''s Sacred Magic." She said before heading towards the doorway. Neither Aleria nor Sky could say anything cause they couldn''t do what she just did for Lucius so they calmed down and from that second they sort of gained a new respect for her. "Wait...I have a question that''s a Spirit right? That''s the first time I''ve ever seen one" Lucius asked inquisitively. "Mhhm, this is My Summoned Spirit, Undina introduce yourself" Kryssa said with a slight smile. "I am Undina, Lady Kryssa''s Contracted Spirit of Water, Pleased to meet you Prince Lucius" She said in a soft tone as she did a cute curtsy, she had a tinge of red on her cheeks as she was obviously a bit shy. "Likewise tiny one" Lucius said as he patted her cute little head, which she didn''t seem to mind, she closed her eyes and urged her head forward more to find a more comfortable spot. "Can you teach me summoning magic Kryssa?" Lucius asked curiously, he would love to have a summoned spirit. "Hmmm, well that depends you see not everyone can summon. Even the Fuhrer couldn''t summon, Besides me, Only that Wind girl has a summon. I''ve heard rumors that the dwarf man summoned too, but who knows if it''s true, it may just be a scam to ward people off." She said as she tried to break it gently. "Hmm...is that so..is there a way to find out?" Lucius asked curiously, of course he would still try, A summon would be a general increase in combat capability. "Yup, I''ll come by tomorrow with a few things and we''ll check and see if you can, I have a feeling if it''s you, you could do it." Kryssa said encouragingly. "Yes Lady Kryssa.... he would most likely be able to...I feel at ease around him, so he most likely has the capabilities. The problem is if there''s one that''s compatible with him, As spirits need a partner that suit them perfectly. There might hardly be any suitable for someone like him....And If there are any, it''s probably a High-class spirit or higher, which makes it harder for him to find a compatible one." Undina interjected as she reached for Lucius'' hand and placed it back on her head. "High-class spirit? What are the Level class'' of Spirits Undina?" Lucius asked questioningly. " Well...There are, Low-class, Mid-class like me, High-class, King-Class and God-Class. Though a Low-class can level up to a Mid-class, and so forth but it''s usually incredibly hard to do, but I''m pretty close to High-class myself" Undina said as she urged her head forward for a head rub once more, She seemed to have grown quite fond of them to which Lucius obliged happily. "Hmm...I understand, and one more question, Where do Spirits come from?" Queried Lucius, naturally Lucius was quite curious about Spirits. "Well, When a beast who has lived for a long time or is powerful, died in either agony or regret, or even just having a strong attachment to living these strong feelings of not wanting to part strips the soul from the body, and they are reborn as a spirit in the spirit realm, In the spirit realm they are reborn back to the infant stage of themselves and they can only grow once they''ve found a suitable master. Naturally spirits yearn to come back to this world, So in exchange for a Magician summoning us and binding us to themselves, we must obey our master and become their familiar" "Familiar Spirits are like-minded beings to their Masters, nobody knows why it''s made like that but familiars usually have a lot in common with their Master, personalities match as well as the element they use. Some people believe it''s the connection of two souls, these similarities are sort of like the channels used to summon." Undina added as she climbed on the bed and sat next to Lucius, looking up at him, she then continued speaking. "The one who set up this Summoning system are the 5 Spirit Kings, we all meet the one who governs our affiliated element at the time of our rebirth, They are also the ones responsible for issuing the Spirit to the Magician, they are the ones who choose your Spirits for you, they are as follows : Ifreet The Fire Spirit King, Garuda the Wind Spirit King, Bahamut the Earth Spirit King Leviathan the Water Spirit King. The Lightning King Spirit Thor, lives in a closed off space where no one else disturbs him, ever since the Lightning Calamity, he retreated and hasn''t allowed anyone to see him." She said with a sad face. "A Spirit King requires constant contracts in order to maintain the order of their Spirit Planes, where their elemental kin reside. Spirit Energy which is formed due to a contract is necessary for a Spirit King, Without it they cannot materialize their Plane on which their elemental kin live on, eventually the Lightning King''s Plane might collapse if he doesn''t gain any Spirit Energy, so him blocking off himself is no surprise, Contact with less Spirits preserves his Plane so he had no choice, but the other Spirit Kings are indeed worried about him" Upon hearing this Lucius couldn''t contain himself, he knew very well the struggle of losing one''s family, He felt a sort of kinship towards the Lightning Spirit King, who is also suffering from the disappearance of the House of Lightning, Lucius then resolved himself, He was going to gain a summoned spirit, as it would also help out the Spirit King of his element. "Hmm..so he''s suffering from the disappearance of my kin, I should try to summon as soon as possible, I doubt one would make a big difference though, Sky...You''ll try as well?" Lucius asked Sky as he looked at her with a warm worried gaze. "Of course my love, if it''s what you desire" Sky said as she curled up alongside Lucius'' right side who was sitting on the bed with Undina at his left side. "Good, Maybe if we summon high class elemental Spirits we may be able to help him out." Lucius said as he gripped his hand tightly and stared out the window as if lost in thought. Aleria felt a bit sad that she couldn''t do anything to help Lucius save the Spirit King, but she didn''t let it show for she already had a plan to help Lucius. After gaining some more information about the Spirits and chatting for a while finally Kryssa and Undina had decide to leave as they had their own affairs to attend to, Lucius stopped them at the doorway. "One more question, Undina, You said Spirits had common personalities with their Summoners right? How close would you say their characteristics would be?" Lucius asked with a huge smile on his face. "Hmm....about 90% I think, It''s more or less the base characteristics, quirks and such are different." She said honestly. "Hmm..Undina, you''re such a nice and kind girl, I see now, thank you for answering my questions" Lucius said with a smile, he then turn and smirked at Kryssa. "90% of the Characteristics huh.....Kryssa is such a nice girl" Lucius said with a teasing tone. Lucius had figured out that that Kryssa''s Lustful teasing side was just a facade to hide her true nature, She indeed acted playful and teasing just for people not to take advantage of her and add a air of intimidation. Kryssa upon realizing what Lucius meant, Eyes opened wide like she had been caught stealing. Instantly, her usual playful teasing demeanor faded and her face went beat red as she turned and left through the doorway without saying another word, with Undina running with her little steps to catch up. "Ha ha ha ha" Lucius couldn''t help but laugh at this revelation as he found it incredibly amusing. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Sky then gave a wink at Aleria and looked at Lucius. "I have to go see Mother Lucius, I''ll be back tomorrow for breakfast, Mom has a few things she has to teach me before she goes back" Sky said with a hint of nervousness. Naturally she had never lied to Lucius before, so Lucius picked up these changes rather quickly, but he saw her wink at Aleria so he knew the two had planned something. "Okay I''ll see you later my love, tell mom I said Hi and the Three Uncles as well" "Okay mwah" Sky kissed him and then exited the room Aleria went with her to see her out and then the two had a brief chat right before Aleria locked the door. She then made her way to the bed and lay next to Lucius. Lucius could see she had been trying to build up her courage to say something, It was hard for Aleria to tell something to Lucius, naturally because she liked him a great deal she didn''t want to mess up what she had to say as she knew she wasn''t quite good with words. As she opened her mouth Lucius could see her pained expression, she was truly trying hard to say something and for it to not come out wrong. "I''ve been holding it in.....but ever since I saw the fight against you and the Fuhrer...." "Besides...you and Sky....already-" Before she could finish Lucius kissed her and whispered in her ear. "I''ve always wanted to...with you, but I never wanted to rush anything" Lucius had decided to relieve her of her tension, for she was indeed Lucius'' wife. He more or less knew what she wanted to say, as him and Aleria had that kind of connection, much words really wasn''t needed. He knew even though Aleria was a warrior, she was indeed a woman. "Mm..." was all she replied as she let her actions do the talking. Soon the kisses escalated and the clothes came off, the cover drawn on their bare skins, She motioned Lucius to lay back, as he did she slowly kissed his body making her way to below his waist. Lucius felt his mind go hazy as he lay back, until he could take it no longer, and he then made his way between her thighs, he thrusted and thrusted, starting off gently and then increasing to the tempo, the two remained entangled until late into the night, As a tinge of red on the sheets sealed the two together, and marked the beginning of their love. They took a break while they remained still clutching each other''s skin, refusing to let go, Aleria and Lucius spent the entire night in bliss, As Aleria released her frustrated feelings and felt Lucius giving her confidence, she erased her worries because tonight she had surely become Lucius'' own. That night Lucius had seen every part of Aleria, every expression she had and he had fallen deeply in love with her and it was the same for Aleria. He felt for her the same way he felt for Sky. Not once did anyone disturb the two, as Sky had already asked everyone to not disturb Lucius as he was resting.....supposedly. Sky wanted her sister to have some time with Lucius like she did. In the Capital City Corinth, Kryssa and Undina are seen walking along the Market District, Kryssa was dressed in commoner clothing as she didn''t want to be recognized as she loved shopping in this district. "Ah!...I just remembered, Undina usually you don''t go around new people you meet, but you instantly took a liking to Lucius....Why was that?" Queried Kryssa. "Um..Lady Kryssa..I-" Before Undina could finish Kryssa blocked her mouth "Jeez I told you when we''re out here call me big sister, don''t sell out my identity" Kryssa said worriedly as she looked around. She didn''t want the whole crowd bowing before her and interrupting her stroll. "Oh sorry Big sister, Well I''m not sure myself.....he just sort of reminds me of the Spirit King, his aura is like theirs.....it''s a very unique aura and it''s quite nice to be around, His Spirit will be happy" Undina said happily. "Like....A..Spirit Kings?" Kryssa looked startled at that revelation. It must mean Lucius has high compatibility with summoning. "He''s really an interesting guy huh? He isn''t arrogant either, he''s actually a nice catch, but shoot he already figured me out in less than a day, it makes me so frustrated I want to smack the smirk off his face!...but he''s quite a nice guy though..." Kryssa said as she fidgeted around unable to decide while pouting. The next Morning Lucius welcomed it with a smile as he stood butt naked peering through the window, as if he had already put Raz Seph''s head on a Pike. "Ha ha ha, What a fine morning. *Deep Inhale**Deep Exhale* The Gods are surely singing songs of joy in the heavens" He said with unusual etiquette, Lucius was currently speaking the way Auriel taught him to speak in his etiquette classes, with both hands on his waist and a boastful pose, Surely this Lucius was indeed extremely happy. An already woken up Aleria peered through the sheets trying not to alert him of her awakening, she lightly giggled at Lucius'' ridiculous behavior, she could tell she made him happy and that made her feel fulfilled as a woman and incredibly joyous herself as she could finally do something to release Lucius'' burdens. Recognizing her awakening Lucius made his way to her, removed the sheets around her head and kissed her on her forehead as she embraced him once more, Sinking her head into his chest to hide her blood red cheeks. Lucius gently placed his hand on her back and whispered in her ear. "Good morning my wife" "Good morning my love" She replied instantly. "By the way....where did you learn--" Lucius was going to ask as he was cut off when a hand blocked his mouth. Naturally the hand belonged to a red-faced Aleria. ".....I read it in a book..." Aleria mustered up all her courage to answer. Aleria''s mother sneaked a few erotic novels into her bag because she knew Aleria wasn''t knowledgeable on the birds and the bees and fearing her daughter who was now opening up having a bad experience and making her reset, she wanted to....help...so to speak, but she had forgotten...Aleria''s Fireblood racial traits made her naturally talented at sex. The descriptions were more than enough to give her direction. The two greeted once more with a kiss and they then prepared to get ready and go have breakfast, As they both went to get changed and prepared to meet everyone else in the main hall, they had finally released one another. As they were making their way to the main breakfast hall in the private infirmary, Lucius and Aleria locked arms and made their way through the luxurious halls of high quality paintings and curtains. Upon opening the door a group of people were sitting at the table : Aurius sat at the head, in order Auriel, Marie, Krissa and Jena on his left. Krissa, Undina and Sky on his right Upon Lucius arrival everyone stood up, and waited for him to take a seat, this was the way one treated a king when he entered a room. Naturally as Lucius would be considered the upcoming Deity for the House of Lightning, as he was the sole remaining draconian and had already established himself by killing and overthrowing the last Fuhrer. Lucius was undoubtedly a 5th Power in the Continents, and naturally with his Dragon Background he had fierce support so no one could rival his claims. "Good morning everyone....and please let''s not do that, we''re all family here, that sort of stuff between us makes me uncomfortable" Lucius said firmly as it did make him feel distant to them, to anyone else he wouldn''t care but to this specific group, Lucius felt compelled to let them know his feelings. Everyone nodded as they too didn''t like it for the same reasons, This group was indeed a close one with the exception of the newly arrived Kryssa, but she was getting there, Undina had already taken a liking to Lucius and vice-versa. Ever since Lucius'' arrival they''ve all treated him warmly, naturally the Flameheart family held a firm spot in Lucius'' heart. After breaking the awkward moment the group engaged in conversation as they ate and many spoke about the fight between Lucius and the Fuhrer. "That Fuhrer was a disgusting man, many are happy he has been replaced by Aurius," the one who spoke was Kryssa "Yeah, Grand Father is without a doubt a better replacement than that man, I can''t believe what he said about the other races" the one who added was Krissa. "Ah! Come to think of it, Lucius how did you know I was a Deity? Even the Fuhrer didn''t know and I was around him constantly, for you to have figured it out..." Aurius was surprised and had finally remember what he wanted to ask Lucius. As everyone turned to look at Lucius, he let out an amused laugh. "It was your smell" Lucius said plainly. "My...Smell?" Aurius looked curiously as one brow raised above the other and he sniffed himself. "I can''t explain it....I just did, I knew you definitely weren''t a weakling, perhaps even stronger than the Fuhrer." Lucius said as he smiled. Aurius had then realized, Lucius grew up among dragons, he had been in the radius of powerful aura constantly, and as he became accustomed to the Aura of Superior Beings, it wouldn''t be weird if the lesser ones became somewhat even easier to tell for Lucius. "Still it was quite amazing, I thought I had hidden it pretty well, Who knows what the Fuhrer would have done if he had found out I became a Deity, no doubt his paranoia would have gotten hold of him and he may have even threatened my family, that''s the sort of man I knew him to be and the only reason I never sought the Fire Throne" Aurius couldn''t help but sigh as he spoke, he knew what sort of man the Fuhrer was because he had been around him long enough to know quite a few of the deeds he''s done, but that was precisely why Aurius never moved against him, because he was an incredibly underhanded man, those were amongst the most dangerous kind. "Well thank the heavens, He''s dead" Lucius said with empty eyes as he placed the fork in his mouth. Suddenly a light gleam filled Lucius'' eyes and a sudden coldness washed over his pupils as he once more opened his mouth, the surrounding temperature had changed a few degrees. "I''ll tell you one thing though, Yes he may have been a despicable man, But beyond it all he was a hell of an opponent. I might not respect anything about his personality, but because of his power I became his witness and though he may have been the biggest liar in the world, He dared not lie to me, He showed me exactly who he was, His Strengths, his Weakness'', His Strongest Attack, His Strongest Defense, His most Sacred Art, His complete Battle Prowess. He came at me with everything he had an fought to the death. He didn''t use any puppets or schemes, he didn''t try any tricks or tried to run away, He came for my life with the purest honesty and desire. Even in his last few seconds of life, he refused to give up and even when I sent my spear through his neck, the look in his eyes was a fire that refused to stop burning, It raged until the end. I wouldn''t be surprised if he ended up as a Spirit, ha ha ha" Lucius laughed and the table suddenly got quiet at his recollection, only the sound of Lucius knife and fork was heard as he continued eating, not noticing the stares he had received as he was already deep in thought and immersed in eating. No one knew just how Lucius had thought of the battle, they thought he didn''t think much of it and sort of brushed it off, but hearing his thoughts, it sent a shiver down their spines, it was then they realized, Lucius indeed loved battle. Those words were all they needed to know to understand him. They were aware that Lucius, had two sides to him, One was extremely doting and the other was Incomparable Wrath. It fit the term "Let Sleeping Dragons Lie" No need to hear what Aleria''s thoughts were on this matter, as she slowly reached for her sword and found out it was not there, because Sky had long lifted her sword, Sky would actually love to have breakfast today and not have the entire table minced. Chapter 17: Tears of the Lightning King. WorldSerpent: Sorry for the Late chap! It''s an extended one though! Didn''t want to hold it back too long so sorry for any errors that may pop up and feel free to point them out in the comments, I''ll fix them when I come home tonight. In the Courtyard outside the Private Headmaster''s Infirmary, stood a group of silhouettes around a magic circle, in a plain grassy section of the field. It was Lucius, Sky, Aleria, Krissa, Jena, Kryssa, Undina, Aurius and a few students that had came to meet Aurius as he held the Headmaster position, They came to discuss the damages of the school. One was a Silver-haired Elven girl with blue-grey eyes, She dressed neatly and her hair was in a ponytail, indicating she was a serious-minded person, She seemed to have an air of importance around her. Her body was slender and she had proportions that fit her, her beauty was indeed visible as elves were naturally beautiful, so she was quite easy on the eyes to look at. Her Academy uniform gave her even more of a feel of authority. she was currently having a chat with the Headmaster Aurius. Two of the others stood next to her, One was a Beastman and the Other was a Human, The Beastman kept shooting lustful glances at Sky, while looking at every inch of her body and the Human kept Looking at Lucius with a hidden hint of hatred in his eyes. The Beastman like Kryssa was a Wolf-type, as wolves were quite huge in number in the beastman Tribe it wasn''t too uncommon to see them, He had Blue ears, blue eyes and his tail was blue as well he was quite slender, but a slender meant for power and speed, as he was incredibly toned and a bit handsome. The Human was robed and his hood covered his face slightly, but his features still showed he had brown shoulder-length hair and hazel colored eyes. He was quite frail looking and he was indeed as handsome as the Blue wolf. He kept looking at Lucius and subconsciously releasing tiny bits of killing intent, he tried to hide his displeasure with Lucius using his hood to cover his eyesight and never changing the direction of his head. Lucius stood with his back turned on them in the middle of the summoning circle under the instructions of Kryssa, as the others were giving him a bit of space. "Okay Lucius, you have to put as much mana as you can into the circle to activate it, based on the amount of mana you put in it will determine how long until you summon the Lightning Spirit King, Well that''s only if you succeed, if you do, don''t forget your manners and treat the Spirit King with respect." Kryssa warned him as she instructed him. "Okay I understand, But before that....You" Lucius said as he pointed at the robed human with fierce blue beast-like eyes, the eyes of a complete vicious animal who''s intent was to massacre. Under these eyes, the temperature had dropped significantly as Lucius'' change in demeanor suddenly put everyone around on guard as they stared at him, Lucius'' posture had changed to a threatening one as he withdrew his spear from his ring and his body looked coiled as if a Viper was preparing it''s attack. "If you continue to stare at me like that and releasing killing intent, I will separate your head from your body" Lucius said as his voice easily pierced the incredible pressure, with a darkened face he stared as if into the soul of the human mage whose legs were shaking uncontrollably as his pupils contracted instinctively. "And you, if you continue to send lusting stares at my wife, I will rip your tail from your spinal cord, and feed it to you" Making the beastman shiver as his tail went between his legs, and water trickled down as he created a puddle of his own making, this puddle was not water magic. "Aurius who are those students? They seem to be some sort of Authority in the Academy" Lucius said with a cold gaze as he scanned them. The two students had finally realized the trouble they were in because this draconian did not care how things worked here, and he would freely be able to kill whoever displeases him without consequence, He had already killed a Deity and He also had the backing of Dragons! He was basically the Prince of the Four Elements! An unreachable existence! "They are Members of the Student Council President, They take care of the Student Body and other various tasks to do with the Academy" Aurius said helplessly as he placed his palm on his forehead, He had pretty much already figured out where this would end. "The Beastman and the Human, replace them with someone else, There is no way people with such filth protruding from their lungs can possibly serve anyone with care, Thrash like that disgust me"Lucius said coldly. The Elf girl then interjected angrily. "Wait! We can''t just change them! Do you know how hard it is to find someone who can do these jobs and already know what to do, it will take quite a long time to find someone to replace them right now as the Arena is currently in need of repairs and many other parts of the school had been destroyed by debris, I need these two!" "Either remove them, Or I will kill them both, You have a choice, two new workers or two old dead ones, One sent threatening stares and released killing intent towards me, I don''t need to tell you how I respond to those that threaten me, That is something that is absolutely unforgivable and is never allowed where I am from," Lucius said with a cold furious glare as his gaze changed and landed on the Beastman. " The other sent coveted, lustful stares at my betrothed, Ignoring the ring in complete sight and ignoring my presence. Has he lost his mind? Perhaps I should plunge my spear inside his head and try to find it." Lucius said as he spat in front of the wolf who dared not move. "Be grateful that I let the two of them leave here with their lives! Now get out of my sight before I change my mind! just thinking about it makes my hands itch!" Lucius said Angrily, as his teeth ground and static distorted the space around him. Lucius didn''t know much about the social side of life, he didn''t know how nasty society was, people would usually look at other peoples wives and so forth, as long as they didn''t touch them they did nothing wrong by law, someone was allowed to threaten another once he caused no harm then they acted within the law....but those were laws, something Lucius learned through Auriel but he did not care one bit for them as they did not apply to him. He found those laws weak and passive, As he examined them closely he figured they were bias towards those with power and money. Why should he have to obey the rules of the corrupt? If his life was threatened he would kill, if someone disrespected him, he would crush their bones. If he knew someone was a threat and intended to hurt him or his family, then that person would die. This was Lucius'' Logic, The Logic of the Wild he grew up seeing every single day! Lucius was a child of a Dragon! Such folly would never be tolerated! Lucius had no need to obey the laws of man when he obeyed the laws of nature! The laws above the eyes of men! The elf girl lost her composure immediately upon seeing the anger in Lucius'' face, his eyes were telling her not to say another word, accept the opportunity and make them leave. Before she could even think about saying anything, the two immediately retrieved the badge from their uniforms and handed them to her as they slowly backed away a few steps and stood far away from the group, they had to wait still because they all shared the same carriage with the Elf, the Academy was indeed very large. Fear filled the faces of the two as they faced another direction, beads of sweat covered over every inch of the faces of the two. They had both been called out in front of their Deities, they knew they had shamed themselves and even worse to them, they had nearly died. As Lucius once more returned to focus, He stood amidst the circle, As mana covered every inch of hisvbody, he blocked off all of his mana pores except the ones in his right palm, the streams of mana then all turned into streams of mana that all converged into his right palm like streams of water, only someone with incredible body control could do this, every one including the Deities present didn''t have such control as they stared in astonishment, Lucius'' eyes glowed blue as the static around him created small flickering dancing bolts of Lightning. In an instant Lucius'' right hand slammed into the middle of the circle as every single line was filled with a dazzling blue flash of light, After a few seconds the entire circle gave off a bright white light and hints of golden could be seen mixed into the white as well which made Kryssa gasp in surprise. ''What rank was it? Crap..I couldn''t tell, the light was too bright!'' She thought in confusion. Suddenly the Area around the group of people turned white, as if they had been teleported. Where the group appeared was a huge luxurious hall filled of Expensive gems and pillars made of gold with lamps on each side, the lamps however, instead of giving off fire were giving off maintainedbursts of sparks that illuminated the entire hall, the lamps went in rows of two all the way to a Golden Throne with diamonds ,where a slender silhouette in complete golden armor sat, With a huge Golden hammer beside him, the hammer gave of an aura of divination, the silhouette looked like an incredible powerful figure as the eyes that were seen from the helmet appeared celestial-like, the sight was indeed something to behold! The presence was similar to that of Venastrasia! ''How did we end up here?! Usually the Spirit King just appears from the circle and grant you a spirit to make a contract with and he oversees everything I''ve never heard of being teleported to the Spirit Plane!" Kryssa stared around in confusion as she once more shifted her gaze to the Lightning Spirit King remembering not to be disrespectful. This being was indeed the Lightning King Spirit. The being gave off immense power which made those present covered in beads of sweat, except Undina and Lucius. Undina bowed at the Lightning King, and did not lift her head as everyone else followed the bow, Lucius did a light bow himself as he respected such a person with a power similar to his mother and then raised his head to meet the gaze of the Lightning King Spirit.... Suddenly-- *Boof* A figure crashed into Lucius as a golden helmet went rolling near his feet. "FINALLY!!! ONE OF YOU IS HEREE! UWAAAA!! UWAAA!!" A girl in her late teens crashed into Lucius toppling him over and covering his head with her breast as she clenched onto him tightly, Lucius had no clue what was happening. The girl however was crying in joy and happiness as she hugged him. "Umm.... who are you?" Lucius asked as he made a bit of room and looked up to her while his hands reached to her head and started rubbing her head, he somehow felt a connection to this girl and instinctively did so as she was crying and he could somehow feel her pain, He wanted to comfort her a bit. The girl finally realizing her outburst, released Lucius gently and started rubbing her eyes as she sat in a kneeling position in front of the now upright sitting Lucius, she spoiled herself a bit more to respond to the head rub she then calmed down and looked at Lucius but she still couldn''t conceal her smile and her tears no matter how much she tried to calm down. What Lucius saw before him was a girl with Blue and Golden hair strands about 19 years old. Her eyes were light blue and her pupils were golden, she was curved marvelously and she was dressed in a ceremonial type golden War Armor made of a light mail like material, She was extremely beautiful, one that matched Venastrasia, though Venastrasia''s body was indeed much more curved, this girls figure was lighter and had more than enough for a man to be pleased with, she was simply astonishing. Though her proportions were that of a beautiful noble princess, One could feel the power that her body wielded, it was by no means a farce. Her golden-blue hair free-flowed and her hair ends were a bit fuzzy as one could tell it was caused by an extreme amount of stress. A few breaths later she regained her composure but found her head still buried in Lucius'' chest. After a few minutes she finally spoke "I''m Thor The Lightning King Spirit...*sniff*...Thank you for coming, Thank you so much" She said as she stared at Lucius teary-eyed and sniffling. Everyone was shocked by this revelation, From what they remembered Undina referred to Thor being a male. They all looked at Undina, the shy and embarrassed Undina then spoke. "I didn''t know Lady Thor was a female, the name sounded male and only the other King Spirits have met one another, I never met any of the King Spirit Gods beside Lady Leviathan and she doesn''t talk about the other King Spirit Gods" Undina said with a beat red face, She was not wrong to assume such, As Thor was indeed a male name. "Thor is what the other Gods call me as they said I was a tomboy, it''s short for Thorvalia" The Lightning Spirit King interjected as she finally regained herself. Lucius hadn''t removed his hand once from her head, Lucius quite liked rubbing people''s heads, it''s what Venastrasia used to do to calm him down when he was young, she turned back to him and gave him a warm smile, usually people would be shaken by her identity, but he wasn''t phased, she knew he probably had powerful teachers and she could feel his power as well as a bit of his potential which made her pleased as she could finally have someone to operate powerful contracts and potentially save her Plane and all of her kin along with her own life. As the misunderstanding had been cleared up, they got down to business. "What''s your name young draconian?" Thor asked him with a curious gaze, while she did not change her posture, she very well couldn''t go back to playing the part of a powerful entity as she already showed how much she favored Lucius by charging at him as he made his way to the Planes and appeared before her. "I am Lucius Stormblade your majesty" Lucius got up and said as he removed his hand and put his right open palm on his chest as he made a light bow. This was the Salute of the House of Lightning. "No need for the "your majesty".....COME HERE!" Thor said as she grabbed him and brought him close to her chest once more, her strength was incredible even if Lucius struggled he would not be able to free himself. Lucius himself didn''t know what to do as he had no idea how to handle new women. Everyone all watched this present scene but didn''t know what to do, what could they tell the Lightning King Spirit? All of them felt a bit of sadness towards her as they knew her predicament. "You know what happens to an Elemental Plane that loses it''s power Lucius?" The one to break the silence was Thor as her face got serious and a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes. Lucius simply shook his head, he had an idea that it would be destroyed but he didn''t know how. "When a being becomes a Spirit, Spirit''s no longer use mana to cast spells, They use Spirit Power as they are no longer living entities, but when a Spirit uses up it''s Spirit power during a battle or for some other reason in the other world, they are immediately sent back to their respective Spirit Planes to rejuvenate and regain their lost Spirit Power" She then took a breathe as she bit her lip and spoke once more. "But if they are unable to regenerate the lost Spirit power, Then First the Spirits lose their Spirit Power that''s integrated into their Spirit like bodies that made them Spirits in the first place as a sort of last resort, That in itself is one of the most agonizing pains a Spirit can ever endure, or anyone for that matter, it''s like having your skin peeled off bit by bit." Her eyes gradually becoming more hollow as she continued to speak. "Gradually, little by little until there is none left it will consume every last drop of Spirit Power, Then in a final attempt to save itself, A Spirit will consume it''s own soul, Which is indeed as painful as the first one but lasts even longer, then after it''s consumed the essence of our beings disintegrates into a few mounds of dust...We are completely reduced to nothing! If the pain wasn''t bad enough our beings are destroyed to nothing as if we never existed!" Thor said as she clenched her teeth, her eyes showed that over the past 500 years, she had suffered to see many of her weaker kin die, She believed she had lost all hope and that their deaths would be slow and painful, but now she had been given an opportunity to save every one of her kin and someone had finally shown up to save her. This made her tears of sadness become tears of joy. Right now there was nothing she loved more than the sight of Lucius. She then added a few more lines as the positions were switched and she began stroking Lucius'' head, then her hand stopped and she spoke once more. "Lucius, When Spirits die, they move to the stars, where they live there until their soul is cleansed and their memories are purified, leaving nothing but the soul, which is then reincarnated, There are some Spirits that upon reaching the edge of becoming God-Ranked they have the option to be reborn back to the land of the living though they lose all of their power from being a God-Ranked Spirit they retain their original form and are once more reborn into a young infant stage of themselves." "I don''t need to say it but a choice like this to these children is extremely valuable, many of them want nothing more than to return to the land of the living and once more live a life like they originally wanted. However, events like these a rare because the one who has to make the choice isn''t the Spirit but the master as the Spirit becomes the Master''s Familiar. Many of those selfish contractors choose power of the God-Ranked Spirits over their familiars well being, but let''s not stray off topic. Spirits are unstable beings as well as they are fragile beings Lucius, we all yearn for something, whether it be return to life or reincarnation, Spirits each want another shot at life, that''s why this torture hurts so much. The fear of being absolutely nothing, losing ones soul, and being unable to pass on scares us greatly, It''s the equivalence of hell, Lucius, many of my kin has already died, I can''t take it anymore...*sniff*" She said as she sunk her head down and put both her hands on her head and tears once more streamed. "Well thank the Gods that we''re back then, Lady Thor, I, Lucius Stormblade wish to make a contract with the Lightning Spirit Plane under the observance of the Lightning King Spirit" Lucius said with a warm smile. "We both lost some things during the Lightning Calamity...I want to help you as best as I can, From the looks of it you and your kin have already suffered too much, I don''t know how much I can help with one contract, but thankfully my fiance is a Lightning Type Elemental Nine-Tailed Fox. Hopefully she can make a contract as well" This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. Thor rubbed her eyes and then looked over to the direction Lucius motioned, Seeing Sky she sent a little wave and then motioned her to come forward. "Oh, he has a wife already.." Thor muttered under her breathe "Huh? Did you say something Lady Thor?" Lucius asked curiously. He indeed had clearly heard but wanted to be sure what he heard was right. Sky immediately came over and sat next to Lucius facing Thor "Oh I was just saying what a surprise I hadn''t expected a second person to make a contract with" Though grateful a second contractor came along, when she heard the title of being Lucius'' wife she jumped and suddenly a change of emotions could be felt, to sadness and hopelessness Thor sighed in helplessness. ''Maybe I''m being too greedy, He''ll already save the Plane, can''t ask him to save me too can I?'' She thought as she dismissed the thought to stop it from ruining her mood. Sensing the change in her mood, Sky was watching the discussion between the two, she had naturally felt the mood change at her introduction, she knew something was up, she wasn''t a fox for no reason. "Umm..Lady Thor, How exactly have you been maintaining the Plane until now?" Sky asked not allowing the dismissal. Thor jumped a bit in surprise and lost her composure for a bit, she bit her lips as if deciding whether to say anything or not. She then looked at Lucius whose eyes gave off a resolved look, a look which said he would help however he could easing her burden. Feeling reassured she then moved her hand to her armor. Thor then started removing her Golden chain mail and showed her stomach to Lucius and Sky instantly their eyes filled with fear and pity, Lucius felt like he had been shocked to his core. What he saw was darkness covering half of her body in many patches around her stomach. It looked as though she were fading into darkness. "Using... you''re own... body...?" the words fell out of Lucius'' mouth which made the others behind Thor exclaim in surprise and fear, Undina looked scared. "Hehe....there was no other option...It was either that or let them all die while I survived, to me that wouldn''t be living" she said with a bitter smile and a dry laugh. Getting right to the point, Sky then asked another question. "Is it curable?" She asked with a hopeful voice. "There''s only one option...but it''s not something you will like" Thor replied with a resigned face as she shifted her gaze to Lucius a tiny bit of hope in her eyes. "Let me be the one to decide that then, I''ve already decided to help I won''t go back on my word" Lucius replied firmly which startled Thor. "Hehe....you''re quite a reliable man huh?" Thor asked him teasingly as Lucius turned his gaze in his embarrassment and cleared his throat, in the end it was still a bit hard for him to handle new women that teased him. "Lucius may I speak with her alone for a minute?" Sky asked Lucius, to which he simply nodded. The group then all went a distance away to give them their privacy, After a few minutes chatting with Thor, Sky waved at Aleria to come over, to which she abruptly left to go sit near Sky facing Thor. "The only way for me to live is if I choose a champion...."Thor said as she looked at both Aleria and Sky. "A...Champion? You mean like a Chosen Warrior?" Sky asked curiously, Aleria was also quite curious as she stared intently at Thor. "Yeah...But it''s not what it sounds like, it''s not like choosing a warrior..it''s a stronger contract...A Soul Contract, This is the only way I would be able to survive as it is the Highest level of contract. It''s a marriage of the soul. Where I choose one who I deem worthy to link my soul with. A King Spirit can only choose one Champion and it is a permanent binding. There is no summoning that comes along with it, it is not considered a summon even though he can summon me for a short period of time, if our souls are linked it doesn''t count as a summon as I would be connected to his soul directly. This contract is much different, as I can only appear in the other world for a short period of time if summoned, There are perks though, Lucius would be able to move freely between Your world and My Lightning Plane. He will also be recognized as a Champion by other Spirits, this will allow him face with them. The closer to my strength he comes the longer period of time he will be able to summon me, eventually he might even be able to summon me Indefinitely, if he becomes strong enough though. This is a lifelong contract, it persists even through death, If Lucius should die then he will be brought directly to the Lightning Spirit Plane, that''s why it''s considered a marriage, rather than a high level contract it''s called a Soul Contract." "This kind of contract is acknowledged and sanctioned by Gods, where two souls are linked to one another, even if Lucius accepted me being a third wife, how will you guys fare? Knowing our marriage would be a deeper symbol than yours that was sanctioned by humans? No woman could endure that...I don''t think even I could." This is what truly bothered her, she didn''t want to steal someone''s beloved especially the ones that came to help her. Thor looked down with a heartbreaking expression. To which both Aleria and Sky giggled and replied. "If that''s all then it''s no problem, I am Lucius'' Familiar my soul was already linked to his, I know how much Lucius cares about me, it''s one of the perks, fufufu" Sky added happily as she smiled. "The same with me....My people believe blood is more valuable than the soul...Lucius already made a Blood Oath with me...My blood chose him...I know how he feels about me as well...even if I didn''t have this blood Oath...I can tell how much he cares for me by the way he touches me....Even though I''m a 5th Rank Flame Warrior and my body is by no means weak ......when he touches me....he holds me as though I were made of glass...careful of every single movement.... always aware of my surroundings" Aleria said with love in her eyes as she removed her wristband and showed a hexagonal symbol with a flame in the middle tattooed on her skin. It had only appeared after Lucius and Aleria had engaged in their night of pleasure, it was the last part of the Fireblood Marriage Ritual but it was never spoken out loud as it was implied. "Lucius loves us both evenly...We both in turn love him, and Lucius will indeed have more wives some day, this was something both Aleria and I knew when we decided to love and marry Lucius, Aleria and I created a system with Lucius'' blessings." said Sky as she smiled. "Only if the girl gets along with us.....is Lucius allowed to marry her....She must be able to be a sister to us and be devoted to Lucius'' goals....." Aleria said with a warm gentle smile. "Lucius is different from the usual man, He wants to recreate the House of Lightning and for that he needs many wives, Lucius, Aleria and I decided that the number should be 7 wives, that way every day one of us can have him and they must be able to get along with us and I don''t mean in the acquaintance sort of way, We must all absolutely love one another as sisters, if a woman cannot share Lucius without jealousy, she will have no room in our circle" She said firmly as Aleria also nodded alongside her. "You are like us, you had clearly thought of asking Lucius to make the contract with you didn''t you? but when you heard my introduction as his wife, I saw your expression change to one of hopelessness and sadness, I recognize those eyes anywhere, It''s the kind my mother once had before she was killed, It was then Lucius had saved me from the one who killed her" Sky said with an extremely fierce gaze. "Y-You both....really love him a lot don''t you?" Thor asked in earnest as she could feel the bond between them. "Yeah...." Aleria said softly with a red face as she looked down to the ground. "Of course...More than anything in this world" Sky responded without hesitation. "Then....shall we call him?" Sky asked with a wink as she looked at Thor. Thor blushed and nodded, unable to say another word she couldn''t believe she was about to get married. "Now there''s only one more matter to deal with Aleria" Sky said giggling as she looked at Kryssa Aleria then let out a loud laugh as she found the situation similar to when Lucius showed up at her front door, he had gotten engaged to her shortly afterward. A warm laugh that was filled with happiness accompanied by one of Aleria''s most beautiful smiles. Aleria then moved her gaze to Kryssa and gave a devilish smile. This loud laugh was something she had never done before, which drew Lucius'' gaze as he stared at her in surprise and his lips couldn''t help but curve upward, naturally he loved seeing another new expression on the face of his beautiful wife. ''I wonder what made her laugh like that?...I should find out..I want to make her laugh like that too'' Lucius thought to himself. A voice then interrupted his brain '' Lucius can you come over for a bit? There''s something we want to ask'' Sky called him over through telepathy, their link had already cleaned up and they were able to talk to one another freely. Lucius could also read her mind but it was something he never did as he respected his wife as well as loved her. As Lucius approached he sat next to them, they were currently sitting in a square like manner, Able to see each other''s faces clearly. They had begun explaining to him the situation and how it could be cured, about the marriage and the Soul Contract, even the details about Thor''s fears about the marriage. Lucius simply nodded while listening with a serious face. "Okay, I agree" he answered without hesitation. It came out straight-forward and simple he had figured it was something along these lines as Sky had asked to speak to Thor alone and even called Aleria, there was only one thing they could all have in common, as Lucius could tell it had nothing to do with the summoning, Lucius was not oblivious to the feelings of women. "If Thor is okay with me, then I will love her as my own" Lucius firmly stated as he brought Thor into an embrace and kissed her cheeks. Which made Thor light up completely red, this tomboy had never felt the warmth of a man before, naturally she was a Spirit God such actions she had never done until today. He knew his wives were okay with this as they were the ones who set it up, this was the deal they made with Lucius after all. "Of course, I am okay with the one who''s going to save my kin and myself, You have no idea what you''ve done for me today" Thor said as tears begun to roll down her eyes, Today turned into the best day she had in 500 years, quite possibly the best day in her entire life as she was about to get married to a young man she had to agree was quite an exceptional young man that had appeared before her, to Thor this young man was a hero that she had prayed steadily every day for. The group of four then moved to the group that were awaiting them. Kryssa, Undina, Aurius, the dumb-founded elf, Jena and Krissa. "Okay, Thor and I are getting engaged, Will you all bear witness?" Lucius brought the news to the group. "EH?? EHHH?!!" Was Kryssa''s reaction as she was surprised more than the rest present. When she told Lucius she wouldn''t mind being the third wife, she knew she said it playfully and teasingly because she thought it would have been hard to get Lucius to accept her, she didn''t think it was something the wives would openly discuss so easily, she had taken the wrong turn! it wasn''t Lucius she had to please but his wives! Sky ate up her reaction completely with a huge smile, Aleria couldn''t help but giggle at her as well, as she finally saw a tormented look on Kryssa''s face who had toyed with them earlier. Sky and Aleria had long ago discussed Kryssa''s engagement to Lucius, After realizing her potential to heal Lucius and she was someone they needed on hand in case Lucius had gotten badly damaged, they needed someone with her skill, as she was indeed only beaten by Venastrasia. However per Sky and Aleria''s request Lucius had not mentioned anything to her. Seeing Kryssa''s pained expression and finally having their revenge. Sky and Aleria, finally stopped laughing at her and then Sky opened her mouth to speak. "Today we will have two engagements, Thor and Kryssa will be engaged to Lucius " "Mhhm.." Aleria added with a nod. "What?!?!" Kryssa said in surprise "What you''re not happy? should we take it back?" Sky asked with a taunting voice. "NO!" Kryssa replied with a deep red face, she was incredibly embarrassed as she realized that both Aleria and Sky had been toying with her and they indeed had took her seriously. "Hmmm...Lustius you seem to be creating quite the harem there" Krissa couldn''t help but poke fun at the situation as she found it incredibly amusing. "B-b-big brother Lu...is it l-l-legal to h-have so m-many wives" Jena asked with a red face as she seemed to be thinking of too many things because a cloud of smoke appeared above her head which made her faint. Lucius couldn''t help but laugh at the situation, He had met so many wonderful women, Lucius was happy to have wives of such caliber. They''re beauty and their strength was indeed top of their peers. After it all settled down Thor motioned everyone to come together, as the hammer that was once laying beside the golden throne came shooting towards her, she caught it effortlessly. As she swung the hammer, the throne room as if split in two opened and completely disappeared, as the group had appeared on top of a mountain, The entire place around the mountain was coveredin fog as Lucius could tell they were incredibly far up as he grew up on the mountains. Only the area on top of the mountain itself was free of fog, as there stood a structure of stone, it was built in an altar like manner with a single Orb in the middle. Thor then took a gold chain from around her neck that was hidden from sight, as she pulled it out two rings dangled from it as she retrieved the two rings. She knelt prayed in front of the Altar, Lucius walked next to her and knelt to the Altar as well as he could feel something telling him what to do. He too prayed. When they were finished they both stood up at the same time, She gave Lucius a ring and she motioned him to put it on her finger which he did and she replied in kind. "I, Thorvinalia Vallenheim take Lucius Stormblade as my champion and loved one, I will become his and he will become mine, Our souls as from today henceforth become one!" Thor said loudly but the mana in her throat gave off a loud thunderous sound that echoed miles and miles away, alerting the inhabitants around it. "I Lucius Stormblade take Thorvinalia Vallenheim as my Spirit God and Loved one, I will become hers and she will become mine, Our souls as from today henceforth become one!" Lucius voice similarly echoed through the surroundings. Instantly tens of thousands of Lightning Spirits appeared filling the skies surrounding the Altar, They all began releasing Lightning into the Sky, if one looked closely they could see damaged Spirits still releasing weak Lightning. As the strong ones sent out their fiercest Lightning. This was how happy they were, that someone had came to save their plane. In an instant light engulfed Lucius as the Orb began glowing brightly, The Lightning which was once released Came crashing into Orb! The Orb then shot out a Thunderous Lightning bolt at Lucius which distorted the surrounding area. *BZZZTTTT* Thousands of Lightning bolts crashed into him clearing the fog from the mountains and pushing it far away. As the fog cleared one could see the damaged ripples of the space of the Lightning Plane covered in a similar darkness to the one on Thor. The lightning felt as if it were searching his entire soul, It then shot back out into the Orb with an even more powerful force, The orb then received and shot the lightning bolt of immense power into Thor, she stood receiving it and then it searched her soul in a likewise manner and then shot back out into the Orb, The color of the Orb had changed to golden as it started making a whirring sound as if it were charging, Suddenly-- Large pulses of Electro magnetic waves were sent from the Orb in a 5 second window apart from each other. The pulses covered the sky and slowly sealed the rips. As a burning hissing sound could be heard, the large darkness slowly got smaller and became totally and completely transparent until it eventually disappeared! The Lightning Spirit Plane had been saved! She looked at the place being healed as tears filled her eyes, she saw her kin hopping around in happiness and she felt so happy words could not describe, Thor then remembered her wounds, She then turned her back to them all and lifted her chainmail, she saw that her wound of darkness had already disappeared and tears of joy filled her face even more. As it came to an end, Lucius saw his ring given to him by Thor change shape into a hammer symbol similar to the hammer she held in her hands. He felt the ring had incredible power. "With this, the ceremony is complete" Thor said trying to sound formal with a red face. "You mean our marriage?" Lucius asked teasingly, Thor only nodded and placed herself in his chest. "Now time to summon the Lightning Spirit huh?" Lucius asked. "Nope that was done just now during the prayer, you felt it didn''t you? close your eyes Lucius" Thor told him with a smile on her face, she wanted to surprise him. As Lucius listened to her, Thor quickly made her way behind the Altar and picked up a large golden glowing egg. She placed it in front of Lucius "As thanks for not only saving my family, but giving me one as well, I will do the same and give you something similar in kind" She said as she smiled widely. During the Prayer she searched Lucius memories, she searched the Spirits that were compatible with him and to her surprise she found something that she knew would make him smile, the only spirit that was compatible with him...was a single black dragon. Naturally she had spoken to this dragon before when he died and became a spirit she also heard about the Lightning calamity, but when she searched Lucius'' memories and saw the same dragon in his memories as well as Lucius'' connection with the dragons she felt that this was the hands of fate turning. She wanted nothing more than to give Lucius back his big brother. Chapter 18: A Reunion. WorldSerpent: I apologize for any errors that may surface. Please use spears to kill the grammar trolls. In a rush today! Deep inside the Lightning Spirit Plane, On top of a mountain surrounded by Lightning Spirits of many kinds, near an altar stood a group of people. It was Aurius, A confused elf, Kryssa, Undina, Krissa, Jena, Sky, Aleria, Thor and of course, Lucius. As Lucius opened his eyes what he saw before him was a Golden Egg the size of his Torso. He stared at it intently wondering what it was, but he knew it was his Spirit, he could feel the connection strongly. "Go and Pour as much mana as you can and a drop of your blood my chosen" Thor said with a red face, she was indeed a tomboy and tried to act as formal as she could but was completely smitten with Lucius, her fidgeting slender body sold her out, Sky could only facepalm and Aleria found it quite amusing. Krissa and Jena at some point in time, decided to make some sort of gambling contest to see who could come closest to figuring out how many wives Lucius would get. Aurius stood there scolding the two before but his right hand totally did something else as it took out a few gold coins and placed it on a number. Auriel had once told Lucius his father was an incredibly addicted gambler, and he earned quite a name in Pleasure Hall, A spot in the Capital filled with every vice imaginable, it was famous for it''s Auction/Gamble House. He is a respectable man by day and a drunkard gambler by night, some say this is why the Private Infirmary was built, as students never dared venture near it because they heard the sounds of moans of a creepy old man they believed to be a ghost late at night, nurses in the building started talking and it was only later it was found out, The Headmaster Aurius was in with a hangover. Presently however, Lucius stared at the egg and then once more streams of mana started converging into his right palm, he used a fingernail and cut his finger and at once he rested his palm gently onto the egg. As the energy flowed the egg began absorbing all of his mana and the drop of blood, the egg became like a vacuum constantly sucking mana out of Lucius, but Lucius seemed unphased indeed his mana had increased once more. Lucius had yet to check his latest specs since his transformation! He had been busy since he woke up and had not remembered! Recognizing the abnormality, Lucius only laughed, he made a mental note to check up his specs once he got time. The egg however remained draining at an amazing rate, Lucius then had an idea, What if he also sent Divine power to the egg, Clearly the egg required nutrients to finally hatch, Lucius was going to try to give him Divine power as well. Lucius was excited to see what exactly was in this egg, so he naturally thought of ways to make it quicker and more efficient. He then injected Divine Power into the egg, suddenly a single golden stream came from his heart area and began converging along with the dark lustrous blue mana streams in his right palm. The Egg began to react as if it had been fed the greatest meal it had ever tasted as it greedily paid more attention to the single golden stream. Thor upon recognizing Lucius had Divine Power was shocked. She knew Lucius was not a Deity yet, so how could he give off Divine Power indeed it was a small amount but still having it was simply astonishing, then she realized from his memories she saw his fight with the Fuhrer and saw him use Divine Power, that calmed her down. The memories flooded her quickly so she hadn''t absorbed everything quite yet. She felt a hint of pride in her heart as she watched Lucius, she had indeed married someone with unfathomable potential. Lucius had been sending quite a huge amount of Mana and Divine Power to the egg, he begun to physically feel how much had been absorbed as his face grew a bit tired and a bead of sweat appeared, This Spirit was indeed something incredible. Lucius placed his other hand on the egg, Instantly his Dragon Gem begun to shone, as he released all of his Mana pores in his left hand, The Mana begun shooting out an even more alarming rate. Lucius looked to the sky, and let out a smile because he had another idea. He withdrew his spear from his ring with his left hand, Instantly it begun to spark, and it became a Trident. Lucius aimed the Trident to the Sky and begun gathering Lightning and Mana he shot out the orbs of Thunder into the sky, Lucius had gained quite a bit of insight when he fought against the Fuhrer, and he felt his mana had gone up, Lucius was correct when he thought that fighting the Fuhrer would have gave him some insight, only through fighting with everything would one learn to increase his own knowledge, power and experience. Using the Thunder Orbs he sent them, around the mountain in the sky, as they all were set at a location that seemed to create a circle in the sky with the mountain in the middle. **BOOM** **BOOM** **BOOM** The Thunder Orbs exploded! Sending all of the surrounding clouds in the Area directly towards the middle of the mountain Lucius then placed his spear back in his ring, and aimed his left palm towards the clumped together group of clouds, as orbs of mana begun to leak and head towards the cloud! This was Storm Magic! Creating clouds would take too long and too much mana, so he decided to use the ones already present. As Mana soaked the clouds bit by bit they started becoming more and more grey in color and lightning begun striking. A Storm had been created. Lucius withdrew his spear once more in it''s Trident Form and raised it into the sky. As the Trident charged it''s power, it released a Powerful, Incredibly fast Lightning bolt towards the clouds. Acting as a magnet, the lightning bolt drew the attention of the clouds, the reason for this lightning bolt was to spread the static effects of Lucius'' Storm Magic to create a single path for all the Lightning to travel along, like he had done against the Fuhrer. *BZZZZTT* *BZZZZTT* *BZZZZTT* Lightning bolt after Lightning bolt went slamming towards Lucius'' Trident as it was the most dense source of the Storm Magic, Lucius'' Dragon Like Black War Armor surfaced, scaring everyone present. Naturally the only time they had seen this Armor was when Lucius killed a Deity and some actually felt a bit of dread in their hearts as they saw this Armor, Especially the elf as her face distorted in fear, indeed this is how Lucius'' Armor looked. Thor saw the Armor in his memories and quite liked it, she thought he looked valiant, She especially loved how the armor would absorb the Lightning around the area, How the Lightning twirled around Lucius and sparked, Thor felt as though Lucius was loved by the Lightning, She also knew that since she fell in Love with Lucius and married him, As the Lightning Spirit King, Lucius would be blessed even more with affinity towards Lightning. He was indeed a child loved by Storm, Thunder and Lightning, Lucius allowed his Black War Armor to absorb the Lightning and then used it as a converter, converting it to mana, he had learned how to do this courtesy of the Fuhrer, he was learning to remove the impurities from the Natural Energy Lightning and convert it into mana, he had to learn to do this in order to switch the Mana-based Lightning and Natural Energy Lightning within his body using his Black War Armor as a middle man. The same as an engineer would learn to build something he had taken apart, this reverse engineering process Lucius had begun to master as he had learned not only how to remove impurities but how to add them! This was an incredibly frightening thing! It meant in the future he would be able to create Natural Lightning Energy if he added the right impurities! The effect on the Fuhrer that it had, If Lucius could become able to control that, he would definitely hold his rank as a monster among monsters. If Lucius could create Natural Energy Lightning that would indeed be something to be terrified about! Lucius did not know, but his biological mother was capable of doing it, had she gotten to the Deity level like her husband, she might have been an existence of a terrifying level, she might have been able to hold Lucius'' father at a standstill the man hailed as the God of Lightning. Her control was said to be beyond that of a genius as her lightning had seemed to be alive. Lucius used this opportunity to refill his Black War Armor and let the rest convert into mana which was sent towards the egg. The scales on his Armor , crackled and popped as they started changing red in color, Lucius had filled half the Armor when he noticed the quickly charged clouds were fading he then once more stopped absorbing the mana into his Armor and focused the mana channels into the egg completely. After a short hour. *Crack*...*Crack* Cracking sounds began coming from the egg, the clouds had long faded and Lucius stopped feeding mana to the egg. He took a step back and looked at the egg intently, everyone upon noticing Lucius excited face couldn''t help but smile, Lucius was still 16 years old after all, he couldn''t contain his excitement about gaining a Spirit. Lucius was excited for different reasons, He was happy to have gained more combat power, a power he could trust. and rely upon, sticking to the advice of his uncle Lucius had not much care for other races as he realized they were all shallow. Society disgusted Lucius, as they were all immoral and their laws did not match with his. To Lucius society was nothing more than a group of liars and bandits, willing to do anything for their own selfish gains. Naturally he did not care for anyone out of his circle, and he preferred to have it that way. What he wanted was personal combat power he could trust, and what better than a Spirit? *Crack* As the first piece of the egg shell cracked open, a small head with a tiny spike that was shaped like a round mound and had not formed completely, on his snout peered out. The head was completely jet black and looked like an infant head, as the eyes were yet to open and only part of the head had emerged, it looked a bit like a turtle''s head. Lucius couldn''t help but say out loud. "T-Turtle?" Upon being called a turtle, instantly the infant-like eyes opened in fury. "How rude! Someone capable of summoning me should be a bit more smarter! How dare you call me, a proud dragon, a turtle!" The infant-like head looked so cute when angered, Lucius couldn''t help but let out a laugh and rubbed his head to which the little dragon did not refute, he was angry but he enjoyed his head rub. Instantly, when Lucius touched him, a flashback appeared in Lucius'' mind to the day of the Lightning Calamity and remembered the young black dragon, his older brother, that had perished. Lucius face immediately changed. The dragon as well stopped arguing and looked at Lucius intently, both their gazes had met and they became extremely quiet as the mood had changed, they both felt a sense of familiarity towards one another and it had nothing to do with the Spirit Contract. This was something amongst Dragons! "You smell like mom!" "You have mother''s scent!" They both said in unison as their eyes became wide, Naturally Lucius'' Aura was similar to Venastrasia, when he inherited the Thunder Rite Rune, It became even more so. Naturally the black dragon had felt this aura before, and he knew somehow or the other he was connected to the draconian in front of him and the same with Lucius. "You....You''re name is Veranathrax?" Lucius stared wide-eyed as he asked young black dragon and the dragon slowly nodded trying to figure out what was going on. Instantly Lucius broke the Dragon out of the rest of his shell and hugged him tightly, tears unknowingly flowed from his eyes as he grit his teeth, Lucius was happy. His brother that had died in battle, was now before him how could he, Lucius, not feel a great happiness? The dragon had not said a word, he felt Lucius'' aura was calming and he could tell they had a relation of some kind, he wanted to know what it was. Lucius'' following words, made him jump in surprise. "Welcome home Big Brother" Lucius said as he finally released the black dragon and looked at him in the eye. "I can''t wait to see how Mom will react when she sees you" Lucius felt happiness in his heart, he then looked at Thor and gave her a warm smile, Thor''s face reddened as she looked at the floor and twiddled her thumbs. "Big brother?" Veranathrax was stumped, as he asked curiously. "We should be able to share memories right my beloved?" Lucius turn and asked Thor to which she nodded, red faced. Lucius placed his palm on Veranathrax''s head and could feel the connection between master and servant, Lucius then placed two fingers on his temple and sent a series of images towards Veranathrax''s mind. Lucius decided to give him a little time to absorb everything, and went walking towards Kryssa. "Kryssa..." Lucius said as he looked into her eyes. "mm..." Kryssa replied, she had been feeling embarrassed about how she had been teased about her engagement to Lucius by Sky and Aleria. "Would you like to get engaged here, while we''re at a God''s Altar? Kryssa?" he asked. "Lucius, I wanted you to see my home and where I grew up, and I wanted to get married with our traditions. I also have a family I would like you to meet....would it be too much of a hassle?...we can do it here if you want" Kryssa said timidly as she looked towards the ground with a red face as her ears drooped low. She found it hard to make eye-contact with Lucius because of her earlier out-burst. Kryssa looked incredibly cute right now as she fidgeted a bit. Lucius couldn''t help but laugh at her reaction, since he destroyed her teasing demeanor she used against him, she had became a lot more submissive towards him, but Lucius liked this, he liked all sides of women. He brought her into an embrace, kissed her cheek and replied "Okay I understand, I too would like to see where my beloved grew up, and assure your family that you will be loved and cared for as I, Lucius, will protect you with my body and soul forever, we''ll wait and make a trip there soon as things settle down okay?" To which she simply nodded as she got even redder as her black lush tail wagged a bit, she looked as though she were about to explode. She had never experienced this sort of treatment before as she was a Deity, she realized only Lucius could make her heart thump like it never had before. After a while, a little black dragon who was seated on the altar, Flew towards Lucius, In his spirit form the Little black dragon had the upper body of a dragon, with two claws, wings and the lower body was Serpentine, as it coiled and wrapped around Lucius shoulder, he looked like a winged-serpent more than a dragon, if it wasn''t for his dragon-like facial structure and his front claws, he could be mistaken as one. Needless to say Lucius in his jet Black War Armor with a Black Serpentine-like Dragon coiled on his shoulder looked incredibly intimidating. "So...I have a little brother huh, but that''s not quite right. I died, so I should be the little one now as I was just reborn." Veranathrax mused as he realized Lucius had become the inherited and acquired the Thunder Rite. He knew what this meant and was surprised that a draconian had acquired the Thunder Rite he was supposed to have, but he did not care towards such a thing because, he already owed Lucius too much. He saw how much his mother loved Lucius and he saw how much Lucius loved his mother, that was more than enough for him. A Thunder Rite was only an assurance that a child would rise to the potential of their parents or greater, But Veranathrax was no ordinary dragon either, he was fully capable of dispatching one of Raz Seph''s Dark Knights when he was a youngling, so naturally he would have reached Venastrasia''s level after a periodof time. He was just that powerful. Right now Veranathrax was currently happy to his extremes, to once more be able to be in the world again. Thor had explained to him long ago, that him getting summoned was probably more than a one in a billion chance, not only because of the recent news about the Draconian race almost becoming extinct, but someone capable of summoning a high rank Spirit was already unusual. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. However it wasn''t that simple, for Veranathrax''s case was different, he was a High-rank Spirit with natural born God-rank Potential, he was a Monster even amongst Spirits. Upon hearing this Veranathrax felt a bit of helplessness in his heart as he thought he might never return to the other world. He had secluded himself in the Lightning Spirit Plane, deep inside a mountain awaiting his painful end. People who could summon that sort of Spirit could be counted on one hand, and because of the extinction of Draconians, he was sure he would never have been summoned and lived in the Lightning Spirit Plane forever until it collapsed, but not only was he saved in the Spirit Plane, the one who had done it was someone who was considered his younger brother, and he was even summoned by this young man, and if that wasn''t enough he would be able to meet his mother and his clan once more, he realized that he would never be able to repay his little brother''s kindness, Right then and there, Veranathrax decided he would protect his little brother with everything he had. The brother that not only calmed his mother''s heart but saved him as well, Veranathrax now knew everything there was to know about Lucius. "Well, as of today I will be the little brother" Veranathrax calmly stated, as he was indeed in his infant form. Yawning as he wrapped around Lucius'' shoulder and rested his head upon Lucius'' head. "If you say so then little brother" Lucius said happingly laughing as he rubbed Veranathrax''s head who sat on his shoulder. Lucius and Veranathrax then engaged in conversation as they completely forgot their surroundings and no one dared disturb them as they knew this was a joyous moment for Lucius. As the two brother''s talked about many things, they discussed Lucius'' life, the Lightning Calamity, their beautiful mother, The three idiotic dragons, The Fur Poaching Calamity. The two spent hours laughing heartily and genuinely enjoying one another''s company. A little off into the distance, Sky and Thor stood at the Altar, it was Sky''s turn to make a contract. She approached the Altar with Thor and they both assumed a prayer stance as they knelt and in an Instant Thor swept across Sky''s memories. She then used those memories as summoning channels, and searched for compatibility using her Divination senses. A series of figures had appeared inside her mind, but she ignored those frantically searching for one she had intended to give to Lucius, but he was not compatible with her, but upon discovering the young black dragon and Lucius had a connection she changed her mind, well it would be better to say his compatibility with the young black dragon was exponentially much higher than the one she had in mind. Her eyes seemed to reflect the Knowledge of the stars as she searched for the one. Sky on the other hand, had many Spirits she was compatible with but Thor was pressed on finding the specific one. After a little while, Thor finally found the one with an excited expression she thought to herself. ''Ah! As I thought! Sky is much more compatible with this one than Lucius!'' The figure Thor was looking at in her mind suddenly appeared in a ball of light behind the altar, she was a young girl about 10 years old with black hair and brown spirit like eyes similar to Undina, she had a Silver diamond like stone embedded on her forehead, it was indeed a Dragon Gem. This girl was a Draconian Spirit. She was beautiful and did not act her age as her eyes showed maturity beyond that of a 10 year old similar to Undina. She currently had a transparent like form as the contract had not been completed yet. She did a curtsy to Sky and was quite surprised at the appearance of Sky but was also overjoyed. Naturally this girl had already been aware of the Lightning Calamity and was surprised that she had been summoned, very much like Veranathrax she knew about the collapsing of the Lightning Spirit Plane because of the Calamity and the death of all the Draconians. Her being summoned could only mean a Draconian was alive. Thor motioned Sky to complete the contract, Sky cut her finger and held the girl''s arm as she started injecting mana, as the girl was a mid-class Spirit not much mana was needed, after an hour or so the process had completed. Sky hugged the young girl, to which the girl didn''t refute and as the contract had completed, the girl lost her ethereal like form and became solid and her appearance became like a young girl similar to Undina. "What''s your name little one?" Sky asked the little girl gently. The girl thought for a second before trying to respond. "I am Anne...Master" as the girl responded she placed her hands on her throat and was surprised as if were the first time she had spoken and heard her own voice. "Hello Anne, I am Sky, I''m your master and I''ll be taking good care of you" Sky said as she hugged the girl tightly. "Master, may I ask a question?" Anne asked Sky curiously. "You just did...fufufu" Sky teased the little girl, to which she became red-faced and stared at the ground. "From today, don''t call me master, call me Big sister, or Big sis, or Big sister Sky" Sky said as she went into her own world. It seemed she rather quite enjoyed being called big sister as she once more held the cute tiny little girl. "You can ask anything you want" Sky said as she gently released the cute girl. "Big sister how is it did you summon me? You aren''t a draconian" The little girl was dumbfounded, Only Draconians could summon Lightning Spirits. It was weird that the girl who summoned her had 9 tails as she figured beastmen could only use water. "Oh..My Master and Husband is a Draconian, I''m his familiar, but I''m sort of a special existence, I''m a 9 tailed Elemental Fox, It''s because of him I can use Lightning and make Lightning Spirit Contracts" Sky said honestly as she replied to the girl. Instantly the girl jumped in surprise as her face changed to happiness! "You mean...some of us survived?! Please tell me, did the King and Queen of the House of Lightning survive with the Young Prince and the Queen Mother?? How many survivors are there?? Did the Otherworlder Die?? Please tell me about the current affairs of the Draconian race Big sister!" the girl had bombarded Sky with questions. Naturally The Lightning Spirit Plane had no contact whatsoever with anyone for the 500 years it had been closed off. Lucius'' group had been the first to contact them since. Naturally this young draconian girl, who had died in the Calamity wanted to know the state of her homeland. Sky understanding the reasons for the young girls questions calmed her down. She rubbed the girl''s head and brought her into an embrace. "Take it easy, Don''t worry I''ll answer everything" The girl instantly understood it was bad news, tears couldn''t help but form at the side of her eyes. " The entire draconian race was wiped out by Raz Seph except for one Draconian who was taken under the wings of the Dragons, My master and husband Lucius Stormblade." The girl instantly let out even more tears, upon hearing the heart-breaking cries, it instantly grew the attention of the entire group. As the girl calmed down she remembered Sky saying her master was alive and he was a draconian, she still felt a small trace of hope in her heart. Sky then opened her mouth to ask a question of her own. "You seem to have a connection with the Royal Family, how did you know them and how were you connected to them?" Sky asked gently as she tried not to be intrusive but she was naturally curious about the young girl. "I was a Personal Maid for the royal family at the House of Lightning....I served them for as long as I can remember *sniff*" The girl managed to calm herself to get out a reply as she once more cried heavily. The group had already made their way to see the ruckus, As the girls gaze shifted towards the group she couldn''t help but spot a 16 year old toned but muscular, white-silverish haired youth with piercing dark blue eyes and a azure colored Dragon gem stone on his forehead, instantly her tears stopped. She knew that Variant Lightning was something only the Royal Family possessed. She could not utter a single word as she stared at him with mixed emotions, it was shock, joy, then back to surprise and once more to tears of joy. She resisted the urge to run up to the young man and hug him, Sky then interrupted her thoughts with a teasing tone. "You didn''t let me finish ~ This is my Master and husband, Lucius Stormblade, Prince and Heir to the House of Lightning, Son of the Queen of Dragons, His biological parents were King Rayne Stormblade and Queen Lyssel Stormblade." Upon hearing his introduction Lucius moved towards the young cute girl with a wet face filled with tears and begun patting her head with a warm smile, Lucius understood this girl was a Draconian like him and she was a Spirit, he knew the pain she was feeling. "Hello there little one, Don''t worry our Race will once again flourish someday and reclaim our glory" Lucius said with resolved eyes and a assuring tone. The girl had not heard a single word he said as she was still stuck on the introduction. ''Prince and heir of the House of Lightning? Stormblade? Child of Queen Lyssel and King Rayne? ....they only had one child...wouldn''t that make him the Prince I took care of? But that''s impossible...he still looks young and it was 500 years ago...how is he alive? even if he had gotten to the Deity level he would still look older than his current appearance...Is this.. really him?'' The young girl seemed to be thinking a lot of things, Thor then approached her, and with a touch image upon image filled her tiny head as she saw Lucius'' entire past, suddenly the look of disbelief crumbled away bit by bit as she absorbed the information. The girl then launched herself into Lucius'' arms and started crying. "I...*hic* am Anne Statis, I was the personal maid of your parents....*hic*...and your babysitter, I cleaned your diapers and changed them..*hic* I sang to you and kept you from your father...*hic*...when girls came to marry you I kept them away with a kitchen knife..*hic*...I sang to put you to sleep...*hic*...I cleaned your diapers *hic*...I was supposed to be your personal maid.....Uwaaaaaaaaaaa" Lucius was a gentleman he dared not tell the girl she had said she cleaned his diapers twice, so he opted to ignore it, but he could not ignore the rest of what the girl said, right now she was unable to catch her bearings and was rambling on, people could barely understand what she was saying, except for Lucius who listened intently. So many things had changed, all the people she had loved both Family and friends were dead but she had gained a new gleaming ray of hope, the young Prince she had once taken care of was now before her. "Thank you for taking care of me, I Lucius am happy to have had such an amazing caretaker, Truly it would seem my family has an eye for people of great value" Lucius responded with a bow which made the young girl flustered. "NO! Please your majesty! Don''t bow to me!" Anne said as she yelped. " Well then from today on, call me Big brother Lu" Lucius said firmly. "No I couldn''t possibly--" as she was about to refute, Lucius stopped her. "If you cannot call me Big brother Lu, I will bow to you every single day" She was about to open her mouth but then stopped, as she became red ear to ear, she then said "Big brother Lu..." To which Lucius happily nodded and let out a laugh. Lucius was happy to finally meet another Draconian and upon hearing the girl had taken care of him, Lucius couldn''t help but feel attached to this young girl. His meeting a Draconian Spirit also brought up quite a few questions in his mind, he decided to put on hold until he had some free time with Thor. Anne cried for a bit more in Lucius'' arms before she calmed down and then stared at him intently. Lucius asked Anne many questions about the House of Lightning, about Draconian culture, about his Parents and what they were like. The two engaged in a long, reminiscent conversation and spoke about many, many things. It was finally time for Lucius to leave the Lightning Spirit Plane as right now it was fragile and couldn''t support the increase of living lifeforms yet, once it had enough time to be able to strengthen it''s position then Lucius would be able to visit as he pleased. It was time for him to bid his farewell and return to the other world. Everyone gathered together and made sure they had all of their things, as Thor transported her and Lucius to a private section away from everyone, naturally everyone gave the couple their space as they knew it would be some time before Thor would be able to see Lucius again, Aleria, Sky and Kryssa felt a bit of sadness in their heart, as they always had Lucius around but Thor would be lonely and she wouldn''t be able to see him until the Plane repaired itself a bit. Looking at the beautiful maiden in front of him, he could see she was disturbed, she truly didn''t want to part with Lucius yet, she still wanted to talk with him and spoil herself with him more. Not wasting anytime Lucius brought her into a warm embrace and kissed her lips. "Thor, I have to go now but I will be back as soon as this Plane is repaired and I can return, I will miss you dearly my beloved" Lucius'' words greatly affected her, his complete honesty and feeling in all of his words was unlike anything she had experienced, Thor'' was completely beat red from ear to ear and despite her shyness was able to go on the initiative for another kiss. "I understand my chosen, I will miss you as well, please don''t take too long and come back as soon as possible" The current Thor didn''t hold anything back, she knew it would be a little while before she saw him. The two remained in an embrace, kissing each other as they finally leaned their back against a wall, and slumped down to the ground. They kissed and embraced a bit more before finally standing back up again. This was indeed a lover''s embrace unwilling to let one another go, but alas time was against them right now. Lucius had to leave. "Lucius one more thing before you go, I know you have a few questions I can guess what they are, but that is a subject for another time, as we don''t have the time to discuss it right now. In a week, the Plane should have generated a surplus of Spirit Power from the contracts. Visit in one week time and I''ll tell you what you want to know...I wanted to tell you earlier but, because of the reunions it was hard to find time to speak about it" Thor said as she looked down dejectedly. "I know it''s fine my love, do not worry, we have all the time in the world don''t we? Next week for sure, I will come, do you think I would enjoy not seeing you for so long? As soon as it''s time, I won''t need a reminder, I will surely be waiting and then I will come" "O-okay, then please be careful and be safe" she fidgeted around at his straight forward and honest answer that melted her heart. Lucius had never realized the attraction he displayed to women, he only spoke the truth when he spoke to them and he was always respectful. Lucius had never noticed his words were like honey to women as they could feel the honesty in his words, they couldn''t help but melt whenever he spoke to them. Lucius was a natural at handling women.The red-faced Thor then gave him a last parting kiss. With a swing of her hammer, A blinding enveloped Lucius and the group a distance away. As Lucius disappeared he saw the once happy Thor''s face, became a bit sad with a lonely look in her eyes that she tried to hold off until Lucius had gone, but that look made Lucius'' heart heavy. He knew she would miss him dearly. Seatbelt Notice. Discussions & Questions. WorldSerpent: Hello hello, I decided to open up this specific little space here for any questions that need answering or many that will come, as the direction of the story is going to become a bit more serious, the actors are more or less getting into position, and even I''m not sure about some of the things that are going to happen. I originally had a specific plot planned, and only made the smallest of alterations but I got a bit of Inspiration. Don''t worry about the quality of the story dropping, I won''t put something half baked and half thought of in here. What I can tell you though..... Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. Lots of Wars will be had! Lots of Blood will be spilled! Lots of Death will follow! I''ll try my best to answer as many questions as possible and I''ll try to check this post at least once a day. Chapter 19: Reunion part 2. As Lucius found himself in a weird place, he got a sudden feeling....that people were calling him corny... He gathered Lightning and Mana in his Trident...as he sent a fake electrical command to the synapses in his brain to release it''s limits, overriding the brain and sending his body into a terrifying state as mana and lightning gathered through out his body he charged his strikes and send thousands of orbs into the sky **BOOOOM** **BOOOOM****BOOOOM****BOOOOM****BOOOOM** Instantly hundreds of readers began to fall from the sky, Lucius snorted coldly and looked at them. "Your mom is corny!". xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WorldSerpent: Sorry for the late chapter guys, worked on it a great deal, feel free to post any errors in the comments or any criticism is welcomed and i''ll fix them as soon as I can. Enjoy and once more sorry about the wait. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx As the blinding light enveloped Lucius, He saw for a split second the stars and many planets they all looked like a blinding blur as Lucius was once more enveloped in another bright light. When Lucius opened his eyes once more he was back in the courtyard with a fountain, a few trees and the large Private Infirmary where they had left, however judging by the sun not much time had passed since they left, it was strange because they had been there for quite a few hours. Lucius figured that time flowed differently in the spirit world, as his senses came to, he remembered the heart-breaking expression Thor had, which left his face with a noticeable change, Lucius greatly cared for his wives. As he looked around he noticed the entire group was here, Veranathrax made his way over to Lucius with a flap of his wings and coiled around his shoulder once more as he rested his head on Lucius'' head. Lucius had noticed a pair of silhouettes standing near a luxurious carriage with fine black stallions at the lead near the front gate. It was indeed the Beastman and the Human from earlier. Lucius walked over to them calmly and stared at them coldly. "How long have we been gone?" he asked with a calm cold tone which made them shiver. "A-An H-hour Milord" The Human spoke as he bowed and dared not look up at Lucius, as the currently devilish jet black figure coiled up around his neck with red eyes as bright as the sun stared at him. In truth Only Lucius found Veranathrax to be cute, to others he looked incredibly menacing, as his jet black scales and serpentine appearance coupled with his spikes protruding nd his terrifying dragon-like face made them go absolutely pale. Though small, the black dragon had astonishingly powerful aura. The Beastman just whimpered as he dared not say anything, his both ears drooped low and he remained here shaking like a leaf on a tree, As Kryssa watched him she couldn''t help but feel bad him, how could shenot? He was a Beastman after all. Kryssa had never been on the receiving end of one of Lucius'' death stares that''s why she had no idea of the uncontrollable bloodlust that Lucius could emit, certainly she knew at times he could be terrifying but being the target object of that terror is a totally different thing, Kryssa wasn''t an idiot she understood that to some extent. Lucius then turned his back as he walked back towards the group, he understood the time difference between his world and the Lightning Spirit Plane held a time difference of 6:1, which made him a bit happy as soon he would be able to enter and leave as he pleased and this would be a valuable thing for training. He then explained to the group about the time difference. "Huh...6:1, that''s quite something" Aurius said as he stroked his old white beard in deep thought. *Yawn* *Rumble* Jena then yawned as her tummy rumbled to which made her incredibly embarrassed. "Well that seems about right..Jena is such a greedy girl only an hour has passed and you''re already this hungry " Krissa laughed as she poked fun and teased Jena. The red-faced, red-haired girl could only blush with a teary-eyed expression, as fumes began coming out of her ears and she passed out shortly after causing the group to burst out in a fit of laughter, Luckily Aurius was there to catch her. Suddenly-- Lucius could see a massive golden aura that shone as bright as the heavens appeared frantically searching the area like a spotlight, he knew this familiar warm aura, it was indeed his mothers, the bright golden aura upon landing on Lucius, suddenly became concentrated as it landed upon him like a beam of light. When the aura found Lucius it immediately calmed down and became more relaxed. Instantly Lucius understood that she had been looking for him. Lucius let out a wide smile as he looked at Veranathrax who noticed the aura himself and held an excited expression, He then spoke to Veranathrax mentally in fear of her hearing. "Mom is coming, Materialize into my soul brother, we need to surprise her but not here I want her to be in a private area alongside our kin when we re-introduce you, Ha ha ha" Lucius spoke with vitality in his eyes. Veranathrax nodded heavily as he understood what Lucius meant, he too wanted his mother to be at ease in privacy when their family reunited. Instantly his black scaled body became transparent as he faded within Lucius'' chest cavity area. With a "Whoosh" He had entered Lucius soul and remained there, like this no one would be able to notice him. A few seconds later, a silhouette of a woman curved to perfection with a pair of golden wings, and horns protruding from her heavenly beautiful golden hair appeared, The silhouette was barely visible to some but as the speed she had been traveling with is unlike anything anyone had ever seen, the silhouette had already become visible by a great margin, it had been charging directly towards Lucius. In a split second Lucius found himself buried in two soft warm mountains, as she hugged him tightly. "Where have you been Lucius?! A while ago I suddenly felt as though you had vanished from the world! It scared me to death! Where have you been?!?!" Her voice turned from worry to a bit of anger, Lucius could tell she was a bit angry he disappeared, naturally she held a strong connection to Lucius, and when he disappeared into the Lightning Spirit Plane Venastrasia had been on the ruined Continent, when she felt a disturbing presence as if she had lost something important but didn''t know what it was, she instantly knew that it had something to do with Lucius when she felt Xiaxinia came speeding towards her as he had been tasked with watching over Lucius. A cold fear had been rushing through her heart. Xiaxinia had been distracted as he had entered the Capital and went walking around, His aura was naturally around Lucius, He would know if there were any changes, or if a strong foe approached Lucius, even any strong emotion that surfaced he would know, but when he felt Lucius disappear his heart shuddered. Chasing after Venastrasia, three silhouettes of humans came a minute after Venastrasia had reached. It was indeed the Three Greats as they landed near Lucius, A noticeable bump on Xiaxinia''s head, that indicated Venastrasia''s fury. Watching the two embrace they finally let out a sigh, they knew all too well how precious Lucius was to Venastrasia, and how she would be if he was still missing. "I''m sorry mom, when we were doing the Spirit summoning I was called to the Lightning Spirit Realm, I didn''t know I would have left Zenheim, I thought the Lightning Spirit King was supposed to appear before us, but instead we ended up teleported over there" Lucius said as his voice was muffled when he finally looked up and saw the weary face that been dyed with worry he felt bad on his end, to make his beautiful mother worry so much, that for the first time he had seen her face so worn out, but gradually it softened as she continued to hug him and it once more regained it''s glorious grace. "You...Went to the Lightning Spirit Plane? Well that would explain why I felt the disappearance, however next time you intend to do something like that let me know okay?" Venastrasia knew what she was asking was unreasonable, who would know when they would drift off to another world, but she still said it non-the-less with a red embarrassed face. That feeling of loss, reminded her of a similar event, never did she want to feel it again. "So...what Spirit did you get? I want to see it!" Venastrasia was curious as well as her eyes lit up with an expecting look, three uncles who stood there in curiosity, similarly had lit up eyes. "I''ll show you it later mom, I have a few things I need to tell you first" Lucius said with a huge grin. Lucius then proceeded to tell Venastrasia about everything that happened in the Lightning Plane, about his marriage to the Lightning Spirit King, Thor, about the Draconian Spirit-like girl who stood near Sky''s side. Everything except about his Spirit, his brother Veranathrax. He even spoke about how close the Lightning Spirit Plane had come to becoming annihilated. "Oh...I see...it was that bad huh, Certainly that monster did cause this amount of chaos, one day though we will definitely pay him back .......also well I''d like to meet my other daughter once we can as she took care of my most precious treasure" Venastrasia said with a tinge of anger followed by a smile as she mentioned Thor, she once more brought Lucius into a hug and pulled his cheeks as she stared at him a bit longer, to which Lucius gratefully accepted, she distorted his face into many funny looking shapes before she let out a few giggles. Lucius himself laughed, as she hadn''t pulled his cheeks like that in a long while, it was something she did quite often when he was younger. "Mom can you gather everyone later at Lizard''s Run? I have something I''d like to talk to you all about" Lucius said with a bead of sweat on his head, as he never lied before, he was quite terrible at it. Which made her laugh even more but she nodded and pretended to play along. Venastrasia had naturally picked up on this lie, but she was curious as to what Lucius was doing. "Did...you learn something about the Lightning Calamity?" she asked trying to pick his mouth a bit "Something like that" Lucius said as laughed nervously. "Okay I''ll head back then, You three stay here and bring Lucius over in about an hour" Venastrasia said as she once more turned into a blur of light and went speeding towards the silhouette of the mountain far off into the distance. As she departed the three uncles immediately turned to Lucius. "Ohhhh..you''re definitely hiding something." Veranathus was the first to comment with a smile. "Yeah, you definitely are" Varathraga added as he had been overtaken by his curiosity. "Hmm...You''ve never lied before, what is it that could possibly make you do it now? Suspicious...very suspicious." Xiaxinia was having fun with the situation. The Three uncles commented as they slowly approached Lucius, with hands aimed in a grabbing manner as their eyes lit up with curiosity. Lucius instinctively backed away, as he knew what these three idiots were capable of, then a thought appeared, ''if they really want to know...then I should show them!'' Lucius made a small devilish smile as he sent a mental message to Veranathrax. As the two were now Master and Servant there was no need for them to speak out all the time. Suddenly as the hands were about to latch onto Lucius, A Row of sharp tiny spear like teeth, bit their hands simultaneously. It wasn''t enough to pierce their skin, but it still hurt like hell as if they had been stung by a bee. "AHH!" the three yelped as they looked at the small, jet black dragon. Then upon looking at him clearly, instantly the mood changed. What they saw before them was a black dragon that looked similar to their prince they had lost when they failed to protect him, the three could feel their heart stop as they stared at him. "L-Lucius...who is that?" Varathraga managed to find his composure to ask. "Ask him yourself!" Lucius said mockingly as he teased Varathraga who could barely find himself. "Who''re you!" Veranathus had no time to put up with Varathraga''s lack of composure and ventured to ask in a hurried manner. One could see he was happy but he still had to make sure. "You...You''re Lucius'' Spirit" Xiaxinia who seemed to be catching on instantly understood why Lucius had sent his mother back, he wanted their reunion privately done around his family, nevertheless, Xiaxinia himself was elated very much like the others. Dragons living as long as they have naturally knew about Spirits, They also knew a Spirit could be reborn into the realm of the living, as an infant once more. Though it sounded easy it is indeed harder than it looked. A spirit becoming God-ranked was by no means a small task. However, the fact that they could be revived is not something to ignore, this is what grabbed Xiaxinia''s attention, this meant once more the young black dragon could possibly have another life and with Lucius being the master, the chances of that happening were much higher than the average Contractor this was also because Veranathrax possessed natural God-Rank Spirit talent because of his previous life as a dragon. "Uncles...I, Veranathrax have returned." Veranathrax''s eyes filled with tears as he looked at them, his tail coiled an even tighter grip on Lucius subconsciously in his excitement. Instantly the tears of the three flowed as they looked at the dragon. Dragons weren''t accustomed to their kin dying, as they had natural born immortality and there weren''t any existences that threatened them, A dragon dying was a rare occurrence or something that probably only ever happened a few times in history. That''s why a death of one of them would of course make them feel a dread pain in their hearts. "It''s been too long young prince" Veranathus was the first to speak as a laughed happily. "Indeed it has Young Veranathrax" Varathraga followed up as he made a light bow. "Hmmm, No wonder Lucius wanted to hide you, welcome back young master Veranathrax" Xiaxinia said as he happily welcomed back the young black dragon. "Yes, it is indeed good to be back to the living, all thanks to my big brother" Veranathrax spoke warmly as he nestled his head into Lucius'' White-silvery hair. "I was surprised myself, my wife Thor has given me something I can never repay" Lucius said as he peered off into the distance and remembered her lonely face. "Big brother?" the three dragons asked skeptically. "Yeah, I decided I would be the little one, since I am reborn anew" Veranathrax said happily as he grazed in Lucius'' hair. "Haha, I''m glad to have a little brother" Lucius said smilingly as he pat the tail wrapped around his shoulder. The Three Great Uncles, Lucius and Veranathrax had a long chat together as the rest of the group watched from a far and gave them their space. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Stopping to look at the sun for a moment Lucius decided it was time to go, he didn''t want to keep his mom waiting, plus there were a lot of things Lucius needed to get done, Aside from entering the Academy to complete his Formal Introduction in the Accepting Ceremony which had been put on hold to finish repairs as the school had been badly damaged, Debris from the fight had completely destroyed the main hall, Some students didn''t even get to do their Walk of Honor as Lucius had pretty much stolen the show. "Well it''s about time we should head over to mom, let''s not make her wait too long, I want to see her face light up when she sees little brother" Lucius said hurriedly, Veranathrax who was nestled on his head nodded as well, he wanted to see his mom just as much. Before they took off to go, Lucius walked over to the group a bit away near the fountain at the entrance of the Private Infirmary. "Sky, Aleria, Kryssa....I''ll see you guys soon or do you want to come with me?" Lucius asked them with a hug each, to which they shook their heads, they wanted Lucius to have his time with the family, even though they looked like they wanted to go. When Lucius turned to go, Sky and Aleria had refused to let go and stared at him blankly as if they hadn''t realized they were still clinging to him, when they noticed they both went red. Lucius let out a laugh and grabbed them both by their waists. "Then it''s settled let''s go...Kryssa are you coming?" Kryssa then shook her head with a bitter smile and opened her mouth to speak. "No, I have to go meet the other Deities with Aurius now, we have a few matters to discuss, I wish I could..." Lucius nodded, walked over to her and gave her a deep kiss, which made her red in the face and her tail wagged with excitement. Their intertwining tongues were slightly visible if one looked close enough. "W-What was that for....W-were not even e-engaged yet" Kryssa fidgeted as her pale skin turned completely red, a few low breathes could be heard as steam rose from her lips, Lucius only gave her a wry smile and responded "So? we''re already engaged in the heart, ceremonies are just formalities, could it be? You disliked it? What a terrible man I''ve become." Lucius taunted her, which made a vein pop up on her head but she could not say anything to refute. Naturally she couldn''t have said a word, she fidgeted around and looked high and low to find her composure. She couldn''t speak a word because....she had stuck her tongue in Lucius'' mouth first... "I''ll see you later then...In a few hours okay?" Lucius told her with a reassuring tone. "Mm, have a safe trip then...Lucius, I''ll see you soon" she then stepped back a few steps as Lucius, Sky and Aleria all got onto Xiaxinia''s head. Lucius sat in the middle as Aleria sat in the back and clung to him, while Sky sat at the front using the grooves between his scales as seats. They then abruptly sped off as the other two uncles flew at the sides. Watching his back depart, Kryssa stared at him and muttered with a red face. "Why does he like teasing me so?" as she walked off with a red face and a noticeable vein raised, Undina nudged at her robe and looked at her with a smile and said teasingly. "See....I knew you liked him too" Undina giggled as she watched the flustered face and poked fun at her. "Ugh! Two people making fun of me in one day, come here!" Kryssa pulled down Undina''s cute hat which covered her face completely and tied the ends, making the small girl wander around until she fell on her butt, gathering a few chuckles from the rest of the group as they watched the antics with a light heart. Far away off into the distance, At a blinding speed the Three Great Dragons made their way to Lizard''s run. Upon seeing the mountain a bit closer, Lucius couldn''t help but form a smile, he was now at the one place he considered home, even though it didn''t have anything luxurious, it was where he was raised. He couldn''t help enjoy the nostalgia of it all. As they arrived, the landed amidst the crowd of the flight of Dragons. (Using Flight of Dragons as the collective noun) Upon their arrival Venastrasia upon sensing them made her way out of her and Lucius'' furry den to greet him. "Mom I''m back, Uncles and Aunts, this is my 2nd wife, Aleria Flameheart" Lucius said as he introduced her to them. They each looked at her and nodded, the aunts as well as Venastrasia went over to her and engaged in a conversation with her, While the Uncles pat Lucius on the back and made perverted eyes with huge wide grins, although Aleria was quiet and a bit shy to new people she wanted to make a good impression on Lucius'' family, she had been building up her courage the entire flight, she made sure to answer every question truthfully and made sure to be respectful, the aunts had taken quite a liking to her as she was similar to Lucius. Venastrasia in particular had also liked Aleria as she could sense how strong Aleria''s feelings toward Lucius were. Lucius then interrupted everyone with a loud projected voice that caught everyone''s attention, a huge smile on his face, where happiness was clearly present. "Everyone, I have an announcement to make, I went to the Spirit Realm recently to retrieve my Spirit, and there''s someone I''d like you all to meet" The ears of the dragons all perked up including Venastrasia, curiosity ever present in their eyes. "Mom....brace yourself" Lucius said with a wry smile. --Suddenly jet black scales emerged from Lucius'' chest area and coiled around his shoulder as a familiar jet black face nestled upon Lucius'' head staring intently at Venastrasia...who could not even blink, she thought she had been dreaming and it wasn''t like that for her alone, the entire clan was quiet. "My brother, Veranathrax...Mom..He''s back" Lucius giggled as he watched his mother''s dumbfounded reaction, she clearly didn''t know what to do but Veranathrax eased her tension as he flew towards her and hugged her with tears in his eyes. Venastrasia still stared at him blankly but her hands instantly cradled the flying creature and nestled into her arms as she still remained silent and kept looking at him. "Mother! Mother! I''m back...I''m finally back...Big brother saved me from the Lightning Spirit Plane" he told her, only when his voice and his words had brought the familiarity in her heart did a constant stream of water fall from Venastrasia''s eyes, she hugged him tightly his eyes bulged as she used such strength as if to never let him go, her painful cries could be heard but no one dared say a word, this is precisely why Lucius wanted to have their reunion privately, this appearance of hers was only for family to see. Her beautiful voice was now laden with painful cries that echoed and her tears didn''t stop, most only watched as it sunk into their brains that the young prince was alive, tears came from the aunts that knew how much Venastrasia had been hurt by his death and many cheers came from the uncles as they watched the reunion in extreme bliss, a good few of the dragons nodded to Lucius to which he nodded back. He knew what those nods meant, it was gratefulness. After a few minutes of her tears and her heart stopping cries did she look at him intently, and kiss his snout, she finally was able to form a few words. "Y-You''re real right?" she asked to make sure. "Yes mother, I''m real, though in Spirit Form one day, big brother will get me to God-Ranked where I can become a Dragon once more and be reborn" Veranathrax was sure his big brother would be able to do this. He knew Lucius was no ordinary Draconian, he was different and had been blessed with dragon traits, this wasn''t something one could achieve by any means. Dragonic DNA Entered his bloodstream directly and forced a evolution unto Lucius, as Veranathrax was combined with his soul, he knew more about Lucius than even Sky or his mother did. He had been directly into Lucius'' soul and body, he knew that calling Lucius a Draconian felt somewhat wrong, as he had already left that category, Lucius was a hybrid, how he became this Veranathrax did not know how but was grateful non-the-less all it meant to him was that he and his brother had a lot more in common. Venastrasia then looked at Lucius as her gaze warmed to a degree he had rarely seen before and she pulled him into her cleavage and kissed him on his forehead. She hugged her two sons and their eyes had bulged but they dared not say nything of the sort, as they felt the love in this tight embrace, it wasn''t something they could rebuke. Lucius felt the tears drip on his shoulder. Venastrasia mumbled "Thank you Lucius, for bringing home your brother...you made me the happiest mother in the world now that I can have you both, I''ll never let you two go again. Finally...we are a complete family...every member is here once more" Venastrasia felt thankful to no ends...she didn''t know how to thank him and could only hug her son. "Haha no problem mom, but no need to thank me, it''s natural if I had the opportunity to save my brother I would but the one you should be thanking is my 3rd wife Thor, She was the one who presented him to me" Lucius said modestly as he praised his 3rd wife. "Yes I have to thank her as soon as we can, I owe her so much already...Lucius you found many good wives, remember though I don''t have to tell you as I know how you are already, make sure and take good care of them okay?........and a few grand-babies wouldn''t hurt either!" she told him as her teary eyes and embarrassed face turned into an expecting one with stars in her eyes, to which Aleria and Sky began fidgeting with red expressions. Aleria shyly raised her hand and said "...I agree....", Sky giggled and nodded as she gave Lucius a seductive look while she licked her lips "Me too!" Lucius was dumbstruck, he himself had gotten red from ear to ear, and moved his gaze to beyond the mountain to hide his embarrassment. ''Where did these request for babies come from? Certainly...even Lady Marie sent me a note saying she expected grand-children'' He thought to himself but he nodded in his head he didn''t want anyone to see him agreeing as it would make him more embarrassed. "Well then...we should make this into a party no?" Sky jumped up as she noticed the mood was perfect for bonding. The dragons nodded at her suggestion, Lucius and Aleria as well as Venastrasia and the Three Great Uncles. A few of the Uncles flew off the cliff and went hunting for food, as the aunts prepared a bonfire of sorts amidst the crater of the mountain. Xiaxinia flew off to the Capital, while Varathraga and Veranathus prepared Skewers of sorts. Lucius sat with his little brother who coiled around his shoulders by the edge of the mountain crater away from everyone''s ears. Lucius'' eyes was suddenly filled with an extreme sadness, his lifeless eyes stared off into the distance and he opened his mouth and spoke a few words that made Veranathrax''s spine shiver. Veranathrax stared at Lucius wide-eyed and dumb-founded but then reluctantly nodded. It was said so low that it was inaudible to any who were not directly next to him. Venastrasia was talking with Sky and Aleria about Lucius he was younger and the strange things he used to do that made her laugh, Like how he used to climb into the noses of the dragons and how he tried to jump off of a cliff once to fly, all of the cute things he did as a child when she fell a sudden chill run down her spine, turning to look at the two brothers sitting at the edge without a worry, she exhaled with relief, had she seen their faces, she would not have thought so. ''What was that just now? Why did I suddenly sense a strong disruption in Lucius'' soul?..Was I imagining things?..it must be the shock from today....right?'' The sun went down, as it signaled it was around dinner time, and the bonfire had already been going. As the Uncles returned with their animal meat of many kinds, Xiaxinia had himself returned from the Capital as well as the Veranathus and Varathraga with their spear sized skewers and make shift dinnerware made out of wood. They all chatted as Lucius and Veranathrax basked in their mother''s warmness and remained spoiled in her hugs as Lucius lay his head on her lap and his little brother sat on his stomach coiled, After a bit the group had split into two sections as the Females wanted to speak amongst themselves about the topics males shouldn''t hear...lots of "Kyaas" were heard but the uncles wouldn''t lose to them. Lucius and his brother likewise in a similar manner had been chatting with the Uncles happily, as he hadn''t seen them all in quite some time, and they missed him quite a bit as the once lively place had calmed down a bit after he left, they had grown too accustomed to having Lucius running about and keeping them company. Veranathrax in his usual spot around Lucius'' shoulders, with his head nestled and peering from the top of his brother''s White-silvery hair, occasionally sipping from Lucius cup. They all had a few laughs, Xiaxinia brought out alcoholic drinks he had procured from the Capital, with a flick of his finger a few kegs had appeared from a silver ring, It was without a doubt an interdimensional ring. The three uncles then talked about the fight with Lucius and the Fuhrer with vitality in their eyes and great pride, cheers could be heard during the fight as they heard how Lucius fought valiantly and bravely with pride, they passed around the rum and drunk keg after keg, the story started becoming more and more exaggerated as the alcohol had taken it''s effect. Suddenly the cheers turned to drunkenly slurred "Oooo''s" and "Aaaaa''s" as Lucius wore a keg on his head, a small hole on top of the keg with a jet black dragon head protruding who wore a cup on his head. Lucius had quite a few drinks himself as he realized he quite liked this thing called Alcohol, it was Cinder Devil Rum a specialty created by a master wine maker in Astarte. Xiaxinia apparently broke into the man''s cellar and took all of his rum and left, however the man was probably not angry because if he opened the door to his cellar he would be overrun by gold coins. Dragons had no need for money, and they had quite an abundance of it....well because it was shiny. The then incredibly drunk Lucius made his way staggering over to the to the edge of the mountain as he motioned the uncles to follow him. They all began peering over the mountain...for absolutely no reason! "Well now..*Hic* Uncles, I don''t think I remember the mountain spinning so much? is this earth magic? the dwarf man is he here? *Hic* are we under attack?....let''s get to the main point ..I need to refill...*Hic*" In his drunken state the cup spilled and his rum wasted, a few tear drops fell out his eyes as he raised his cup in anger! "SOMEBODY KILL THAT DWARF!" "Charge!!!" Lucius shouted as he wore the keg as a Helm and the jet black dragon roared for them to enter battle. The uncles were no better off, they had all retracted their Divine power into their bodies so they could feel the full effects of the alcohol and had taught Lucius how to do it. Crashing sounds could be heard as Dragons fell off the mountain trying to find a dwarf that was supposedly casting the earth magic. Some rammed into the mountain itself, claiming the mountain was a Dwarven God. Vorkin Earthstone should be happy he was no longer in the Continent of Astarte and had already went home, he probably would have died today. Venastrasia watching the group of idiots, could only facepalm...but what could she say? The people leading the group of idiots were her sons. Chapter 20: Heart-Stopping Party. WorldSerpent : Sorry for the late chap, ISP cut my internet and I had a argument with them that lasted a few days, but i did manage to finish editing all the Chapters and now everything shouldn''t be so messy and with walls of texts anymore! I''ll release a chap tomorrow to make up for it! Thank you & Enjoy! At the middle at the top of Mount Lizard''s run, A corpse of a boy about 16 years old with white-silvery hair protruding from a keg on top of his head, lay on top a group of what appeared to be corpses, on his stomach lay a Black Coiled Serpent Dragon corpse...these corpses however were not normal ones, they were in fact corpses of dragons. Or at least they appeared to be corpses as no movement was detected and their wings were sprawled over one another and they didn''t move a muscle... The thought of them being corpses was quickly dismissed as low groans could be heard, all of these corpses had one thing in common. There was a huge lump on their heads! It was the Mark of Venastrasia! As Lucius was quietly asleep, A sudden searing pain arose his body and it was sharp and it exploded causing him great agonizing pain and instantly waking him and Veranathrax up. "AHHH!!!" Lucius'' painful scream woke some of the dragons as they all began gradually waking up after the noise to turn and see what was the cause of this ruckus was. Lucius'' body had been covered in liquid-like mana and it had been burning his skin! ''What is this?!'' Lucius was frantic as he felt this terrifyng surge of pain. It was Heart-stopping pain! He didn''t know what was the cause so he without wasting a breathe decided to find out what it was, he immediately sent divine power throughout his body to locate the source of the pain but could find none! As he was about to give up and find Venastrasia, he noticed something, his muscles were bulging as if they were about to explode making him unable to move properly causing him immense agony. "ARGHH!!!" ''What is happening?!!'' Lucius had never once lost control of his body, so naturally something felt off about this pain. As he stared at this liquid mana leaking from his muscles then it hit him! He had been so busy he hadn''t been paying attention to his specs! he had totally forgot about them! This was dangerous! Venastrasia had long warned him about neglecting to check his specs, his mana core and body could be destroyed if he neglected it too long! He had to solve this problem immediately! He then understood what he was experiencing now was a breakthrough that had started subconsciously due to being neglected, a breakthrough wasn''t something that could be neglected. As Lucius look at his bulging muscles and his Dragon Gem had been absorbing mana in the surrounding area as well, he understood that he was currently in the process of two breakthroughs. One as a Mage and the other as a Warrior, the neglecting of those breakthroughs had come back to haunt him! Instantly Lucius kicked to his feet, ignoring the incredible pain, he quickly used Divine power to heal his destroyed muscles and sped to the peak of the Mountain. As he quickly made it to the top, he let out a sign and sat down. As he got into his meditative position and removed his clothing aside from his lower clothing. He withdrew the spear from his interspatial ring with one hand and placed it on his lap as he closed his eyes, he began drifting away.... As he entered a trance, mana could be seen being absorbed from the atmosphere into his Dragon Gem, As well as his body, Proving his double breakthrough. If he succeeded he would be a 9th Grade Storm Mage and a 10th Grade Storm Warrior. Lucius could feel his mind drifting off into a further plane, The liquid-like mana leaking from his muscles began retracting once more back into his skin and muscles but they began being purified, there was no way Lucius was going to allow that Liquified mana to escape, It was condensed and a great source of nutrients that were previously stored in his body. Lucius gently leaked lightning and mana into his spear as he faded off into a dream, his spear shifted to it''s Glaive form and roared on his lap as it created loud static and soft explosions. Lucius allowed himself to fall into a complete and utter trance listening to these sounds, as the mana outside his body had been constantly destroying his muscles and chipping at his bones, This was a matter of life and death! He had to succeed both breakthroughs or he would die if he only succeeded in one. The liquified mana was proof of this! It had already begun it''s consumption and already started gnawing at his muscles, he was lucky that he even woke up, as he had been drinking and it may have preserved him a bit longer by diluting his body''s natural power. If the mana had been formed while he was in a healthy form, he may have very well died. This was a stroke of luck! Though he understood what he had to do, it was by no means an easy task, to meditate under the pain of breaking bones and bursting muscles...was not something any man could do, but luckily, this was Lucius. Compared to the pain he felt when he acquired the Thunder Rites, This was nothing. Lucius was a master at body control, he send a large shock throughout his body, disrupting his own nerves in his body without damaging them, making them unable to send messages to the brain. This was the Third Forbidden Dragon Technique Lucius was taught. The first was Limit Release, The second was Cloud Creation which he used against the Fuhrer, and this was the third, Damage Release. Damage Release was meant for purposes like this, the original concept was for one to use it during battle to ease any fatal wounds so they could fight at their full potential for a bit longer, by ignoring their bodies pains and screams. It was aptly named as a Forbidden Technique, were it not for Lucius Divine Power, these techniques would have surely killed him. As the pain subsided Lucius could feel nothing, as he opened his eyes, he could no longer see the world, what he saw was millions of lightning bolts flashing amidst the sky, his eyes looked almost celestial as the millions of energies reflected from his lifeless eyes, this was because of the Damage Release Technique. It separated Lucius from his pain and gave him the ultimate trance. After attuning himself to the static and the explosion.... *Whoosh* A Powerful Golden Lightning descended in front of him and remained in suspended animation before him. Lucius was familiar with this golden lightning energy. ''It''s here once more!'' Every time Lucius sees this Golden Energy he cannot help but feel joy in his heart, as he knew what it meant and standing amidst the presence of something so omnipotent he could not help but feel he was a small tiny piece amongst this ocean. The aura of this Golden Lightning even surpassed Venastrasia. Lucius once more touched this monument, Suddenly a vision of Lucius'' spear came to his mind. The spear levitated before him with great energy, the spear then launched itself at a stone amidst the field, leaving nothing but a crater and then it once more returned to Lucius'' side. Seeing this Lucius couldn''t help but wonder what had happened, he had to figure out what this meant, though Lucius'' body was in a meditative trance his body still moved without his knowledge, Lucius absolutely loved to discovered the mysteries behind these omnipotent energies, he had a great joy in his heart. He felt like he had found treasure when he came in contact with these energies. Lucius genuinely wanted to know more about these strange elements. He pondered and pondered, Occasionally injecting mana or lightning and even both into his spear. He tried very hard to replicate what he saw but he could not come up with an answer, time was of the utmost essence this time, Lucius had no time to relax. ''How did it lift itself off from the ground? There was no Wind magic involved...there was lightning, How did this happen?'' He became frustrated as he could not come up with an answer that pleased him. ''how did lightning make a spear propel itself...How was it controlled to such a degree?'' Lucius decided he would listen to the static more, this time much more carefully, he knew insight was different from intelligence. You could have high intelligence and have low talent for insight, the opposite was also possible, a fine example of this would be beasts of Zenheim, most of the beasts of the Continents learned to control their elements through instinct alone. This was proven that insight had absolutely nothing to do with intelligence. As he attuned himself even more, Lucius decided it was all or nothing, not caring about his body Lucius increased his mana and lightning output 10 fold! *BZZZZZZTTT* *SNAP* *SNAP* *SNAP* "Ahhhhhh!" The spear on his lap raged as the explosions and the static covered his body, his muscles had never stopped bursting for a second, nor his bones, they were not that forgiving and with the added increase of firepower they recieved they had become even more relentless. They threatened to destroy Lucius. Every now and then he would have to lower the effect of the forbidden technique to make sure his bones were regrowing properly, as he dared not give himself extra problems during this double breakthrough, but this wasn''t easy. Even a few moments of that pain were enough to send any man mad. The dragons watching this scene could not speak a word, naturally they never had to go through such pain for training, normal people never had to go through that much pain either, because of Lucius'' genetic make up his training was much more crueler and painful than anyone else''s, with great power comes equal sacrifice. They stared helplessly as cold beads of sweat surfaced on their foreheads, Venastrasia, Sky and Aleria had long came and was watching the scene, but what could they say? Veranathrax had climbed and snuggled around Venastrasia''s shoulder watching as his body trembled constantly, he and Lucius were connected at the soul, he could naturally tell the amount of pain Lucius was currently under he could feel Lucius'' soul shudder, So much that he had to activate a forbidden technique and even though it was active, it still hurt tremendously as there would be certain gaps where the pain would increase so greatly the nerves had no idea how to respond to such pain. Lucius in his meditative position was covered in red crimson blood as it stained every inch of his body. He then re-activated his Forbidden technique and instantly the pain became a lost memory, he started once more listening to the sound of the static and the explosions.... Little by little he kept hearing a faint rhythm, it was the sound of two different energies they were almost inaudible amongst the explosions, you had to truly listen not with your ears, but your soul and your five senses, you had to completely and utterly attune yourself into the frequency, as he once more slid into a complete trance. He heard them completely! One was a low tone, the other was high pitched, they were definitely almost inaudible but they were clearly there! Those two energies, he listened and he racked his brain. What are these two energies! Lucius became uncontrollably excited as he felt he was becoming closer to finding out why that spear levitated on it''s own. He recognized he would not be able to delve deeper if he continued to study them both, he had to choose one first. He then decided to start with the high pitched one as it was clearly more audible. The high pitch whirring sound completely submerged Lucius into his conscious as the sound became more audible, upon hearing the sound in a completely clear manner, Instantly a ball of lightning appeared in his hand. Lucius immediately began trying to get his lightning to the same frequency. He tried several times and failed, but he did not stop, he either went to high or a bit too low, bit by bit he was becoming more and more accurate. Until-- *WZZZZZZZ* The Lightning in his hand had become deep blue in color as opposed to it''s regular azure color, the blue lightning began absorbing the mana in the area and kept growing as if it were alive! Lucius decided to name it " Positive Lightning Energy" because of it''s adding and increasing effect. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ''This..This is definitely it!'' A wild joy filled his heart. *WZZZZZZZ* He instantly shot it out downwards aimed at a crater in a cleared area where the dragons had destroyed by accident when they were asleep,he did so to test it''s destructive power. The blue ball of lightning went shooting towards the crater at a ridiculous speed, It pierced the clouds and went with a incredible speed and slammed into the crater.... but upon making contact with the ground.... nothing happened! It had no explosive power at all! It just landed amidst the crater Lucius aimed at and just sat there burning it''s power away..... ''What? How can this be? Impossible, I''m sure this is it! how can it have so little destructive power? No...this isn''t right...something must be missing.'' He refused to believe this Omnipotent Golden Lightning Energy would bestow him something so useless, Lucius believed he just had not understood yet how to do it! This was a lack of Insight and it frustrated him so, but what could he do. Unlike everyone else, he had no ancestors or no hidden family heirloom books. He had to learn all of this from scratch, he could not even ask Anne for help as Sky sent her into the Spirit Lightning Plane to take care of something for Thor. ''I''ll try attuning to the Low Pitch Energy Wave now'' Lucius instantly reset his posture and began listening with his body and soul once more, the Low Pitch Energy Wave made itself known little by little, till eventually Lucius could hear them like a rhythmic drum in his ears, he listened and then manifested a ball of lightning into his right palm. Very much like the previous Positive Lightning Energy, Lucius began trying to attune himself to the right frequency, failure after failure but he still endured, this was the way of training. Even through a million failures, insight will still become clearer, this was the difference between it and intelligence. Failure breeds success in the World of Insight. Lucius after continuous failed attempts the usually azure ball of lightning flickered as it''s color changed to Red. Lucius could finally create a small round Red Colored Lightning ball. He charged it continuously, to test it''s max charged power. Suddenly-- The Red Colored Lightning Ball, Flew from his hands at an incredible pace and slammed straight into the crater where the first Positive Lightning Energy ball was currently situated! **BOOOOOOOOOOMMM** An incredible explosion filled the air as the crater became much wider and deeper. This amount of Power was indeed ridiculous! The strange thing was that it automatically tracked down the Positive Energy Lightning...Hence Lucius decided to name the Red Colored Energy, "Negative Energy Lightning" A crazy war-like grin filled Lucius'' face as he found this new Insight to be something incredibly powerful and this made him happy, he had never once seen this sort of phenomenon occur. The Red ball of lightning Accurately chased the Blue ball of lightning that had remained amidst the crater. ''This is incredible! So much destructive power! It was indeed something good, there might be a lot of applications for a move such as this...it even tracked down the Blue Lightning ball without being told to do so....haha...almost as if it were a magnet.." Instantly Lucius'' body shuddered at his own words as his eyes shone brilliantly! ''As....if it were a magnet?'' A huge bulb went off inside Lucius'' head! ''Magnetic Force!'' ''That''s it! That''s how the spear floated! These insights..hahaha...they''re like a huge puzzle, every question answered, makes two questions pop up! Interesting!'' Lucius had known laughed wildly with a joy in his heart, He understood what he had to do now, though, it didn''t make it easier. After his training with melding mana and lightning, Lucius'' control had soared to a new high, he was much more sensitive to energies, so it wouldn''t be much harder for what he was about attempt. Instantly two balls of lightning appeared in his hand! One Blue Lightning, the other Red Lightning. He prepared himself for the oncoming back draft as he tried melding them both into one entity. *BOOM* An explosion occurred, but this much was within expectations. So he started off with tiny amounts of the two types of lightning as he did with his Thunder Strike. Instantly Lucius saw the problems that would arise. The Positive Lightning Energy could not remain a current size, as it involuntarily grew, the ball of lightning would absorb the surrounding mana and change density constantly, the first problem had risen. *BOOM**BOOM**BOOM* No matter how many time he tried it would result in the same effect. He had become frustrated, but now he had to take a slight break, which he hated because losing the current pondering mood during a breakthrough is not a nice feeling, but he had to take care of his other breakthrough and keep a close eye because this time he could die if he didn''t pay attention. He once more released his Damage Release Technique, as the pain rushed to his brain like a blood flow. He let out a few agonized roars and then he looked at his body, it was almost complete. Most of the liquified mana had already been reabsorbed back into his muscles but this time it was refined and became a part of Lucius. Lucius once more checked his body to make sure all of the broken bones had been regrown completely and correctly, he realized his body had long finished the process, which made Lucius happy but it was still refining all of the impurities and discarding them. *Cough* With a cough Lucius spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and he gnashed his teeth! All of the Dragons, Aleria and Sky watching the scene could only feel a bit of fear and awe even they did not think they could endure such torture, every crack of his bones and every mouthful of blood made their hair on their skin stand on end. Then they saw A small smile appeared on Lucius face, his eyes had opened. *Grin* Lucius let out an insane grin as he felt the power coursing through his veins, his open wounds closed and his blood red crimson covered body gave off a sharp red gleam! This was the signal that he had attained Storm Warrior Grade of 10th! As he opened his eyes, he clenched his fist tightly, the air inside of his fist exploded by the pressure created by the sudden closing of his hand, the air distorted in face of this strength, even the Fuhrer had not attained 10th rank. Now that he released his Damage Release Technique he could solely focused on his Mage breakthrough with a completely refreshed body! As Lucius closed his eyes once more and drifted off into a trance, He once more attempted two fuse the both energies, with a few more failures that followed, but Lucius realized something, since he canceled the Damage Release Technique Lucius'' sensitivity had increased and now he understood that these both energies were originally meant to be one, they felt like two halves in his hand. He did not know why he knew this but he had a feeling it was definitely because of his Insight. He then attempted something else, Instead of fusing the energies together after being created he decided to create them together. He absorbed the both energies currently in his hand and placed both his hands together in a cup catching position. Effortlessly Lucius created both energies together...Lucius realized the frequency of both of these energies had been melded perfectly together as they produced a Violet- colored Lightning. They were meant to be introduced together at the same time, every attempt after that would be futile. They must be born as a single entity! Then with a swift motion Lucius increased the output, he realized when the energy properly melded it was much more controlled. Lucius instantly retracted the energies into his body and picked up the spear that was rested on his lap. He then injected the Violet- colored Lightning Into his spear, instantly Lucius could feel a connection to his spear!! While emitting this violet-colored Lightning, Lucius gently released his spear in mid air....and without touching it, it remained in the same spot. His face distorted but not in anger...in amusement...a huge smile had crept upon his face unknowingly. Lucius enjoyed reaping the benefits of his training. "Haha....hahahaha......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" He laughed as he watched the spear float in front of him, With a flick of his finger the spear shot out at an incredible speed that pierced the air and went at blind speed towards a few of the trees in the distance! The spear threatened not to stop as it went cleanly through tree after tree landing somewhere far off into the distance. Lucius had lost the ability to change it''s course after it reached 5 meters. "Hmmm...5 meters is the furthest I can control it for now...Still...It''s an incredibly valuable weapon not to mention the separate energies are quite weapons themselves...If i can master how to make the Positive and Negative Energies mine, The amount of uses I have for them will be incredibly huge...I already have a pretty good idea" Instantly upon use of the Violet-colored Lightning, Lucius was sucked back into the trance, as his body exploded with mana, but this time it did not come from his muscles or bones, it came from his chest area, which in other words came from his mana core. The Suspended Golden Lightning Energy once more appeared before him, it came closer to Lucius and he understood what he was supposed to do next. Lucius placed his hand on the Golden Energy and he opened his mana pores and begun sending an absurd amount of mana into the Energy, and after it refined Lucius'' mana, it would make it''s way back into his Dragon gem which was a direct door to his mana core, This process continued as he felt his mana pores being burned and remade, No doubt this was painful but compared to what he had just experienced at his 10th Grade Warrior breakthrough Lucius didn''t flinch for even a second. It felt as though someone was stabbing him with a needle all over his body usually it would still hurt but right now, Lucius'' body had just gone through much more painful experiences. His nerves were at their utmost peak of sensitivity but still this tiny mana didn''t register. This was how grueling the Warrior breakthrough had been, no doubt it was a much harder road than one of a mage. Aleria seeing the pain of the 10th Grade Warrior breakthrough clenched her fists tightly with a bit of a fearful look in her eyes, she aspired to be someone who became a Deity through becoming a warrior, so naturally this sort of tragedy scared the living day lights out of her. She bit down on a piece of her red sleek hair, Venastrasia upon seeing her reactions and reading her thoughts briefly, laughed. Not wanting to make the girl''s business known to others Venastrasia sent her a mental message. ''It would only be that painful for Lucius, Don''t worry yours wont be anything close to that'' She said with a small warm smile that relieved Aleria''s worries and she nodded red-faced for being figured out, Aleria was by no means a coward, but that sort of pain anyone in their right minds would fear. Lucius was truly in a category of his own when it came to training....besides no one could really call Lucius sane as his mind was worlds apart different from other people his age. After a few minutes, The mana exploding from around Lucius'' body that was supplied by the Golden Lightning Energy had begun dying down. With a deep exhale, smoke came out of Lucius mouth as he sent divine power to every crevice in his body, he could feel the change in his mana pores they had become much more thicker and stronger as well as wider, and the intensity of his mana core as well as it''s size had also changed and became much larger than before, he could feel his increase of mana as well as it''s increase in quality and was happy with it. Lucius was now a 9th Grade Storm Mage and a 10th Grade Warrior. This made him happy, but what he was most happy about was that he was alive. Support me if youre a fan! WorldSerpent : Hey guys, I''m doing a little side project FF. It''s just a little trial thing, nothing serious and it won''t affect the production of Dragon Child of Thunder ,I just felt like writing it for fun out of my love for Vikings, as I was inspired by my favorite TV series "Vikings" it''s gonna be a bit based off of a Virtual Reality and the updates won''t be frequent, at least probably like once a week, maybe if it gathers a few fans I might make it into a complete FF, but for now it''ll remain under the trial label, just asking for your support like you usually have been giving and point out any things you may or may not like. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Once again I say it will be a trial FF, it could get cancelled at the 10th chapter or the 100th, who knows but i''d still like you all to read it once I create it! If you don''t want to that''s fine too but......... I''ll be watching you. Thanks Alot! Chapter 21 : Soaring. WorldSerpent: A bit of a short chap just to move onto the next transition. As Lucius got up, he could feel his new refreshed body, he took a few deep breathes and peered down down to the world below, his sight was clear and he could clearly make out the trees and the plants, he could see beasts of the night flickering from here to there. A smile crawled upon his face involuntarily as he noticed his new senses, and he could feel power welling up inside of him. "L-Lucius?" Sky broke him out of his trance as she asked worriedly. "Oh...Sorry" Lucius turned around embarrassed. He had totally gotten lost in this new feeling, it was like switching from a rock bed to one made of the finest softest silk, his body was even more completely comfortable than before. He truly wanted to remain seated here and toy around with The Positive Lightning Energy and the Negative Lightning Energy more, but what he craved the most was a meal, his body was starved and required a good bit of nutrients. "It''s should be the lunch hour by now, we should have some lunch, I am completely starved, I''ll go take a bath in the lake and hunt something good" Lucius suggested as he stretched His legs felt a bit strange as if he had been seated for a while. The reason for this was-- "Lucius...It''s been five suns" Sky informed him with a giggle. Lucius was dumbstruck, 5 suns? It certainly had felt like hours, after thinking for a bit he nodded, maybe the effect of the forbidden Damage Release Technique had affected his sense of time as well. It was certainly alarming, but Lucius found it a bit amusing, he truly enjoyed training that was probably also another factor. "Five suns huh...that reminds me...it''s almost that time..." Lucius muttered as he stared at the stars. Certainly he had been thinking of his wife that was all alone, the long-haired blonde and armored beauty, certainly he could talk to her through the ring, but he felt it would be a sort of torture as well, not being able to see her beautiful reactions. "I''ll be back...I''m going to take a shower and hunt something" Lucius then with a great leap, dove off the top peak of the mountain without a second thought, his body angled in a way to penetrate the air and send him down even faster, alarming everyone around him. Xiaxinia had a gleam in his eyes which seemed to say, Do not underestimate his student. As Venastrasia sprouted her wings and was about to go to him a hand stopped her. "What?! Move your hand!! He''s not even close to the cliff to break his fall!! XIAXINIA MOVE!!" She looked at him furious and it sent a shiver down his spine. "Wait my Queen, please just watch him. I have an idea what he is trying to do...Just trust in him my Queen, I''ve watched him for 500 years, and he has always surprised me time and time again....even if he fails to do what I think he is planning, he will most likely use Thunder Strike to break his fall" "....You better be right about this.." Venastrasia said as she growled, Xiaxinia panicked...and hoped and prayed Lucius would succeed or at least use his Thunder Strike! Lucius then in a flash brought out his Black War Armor, Suddenly Purple Lightning oozed from the spike sheddings on his armor, that protruded from his shoulders, his spinal cord, his knees, the two from his elbows! Increasing Lucius speed even faster going speeding towards the ground! Just as he was about to hit the ground-- **SSSSZZZZTTT** Lucius in an instant changed direction and was going forward! His feet were off the floor! Lucius was flying! At an Incredible speed! Though a bit slower than the Fuhrer, he was still flying and he wasn''t a Deity yet! (Decided to call the Sheddings on his Armor, "Shedding Thorns") Instantly the faces of the audience changed greatly! From fear to astonishment as they watched the currently jet Black War Armor give off a Purple Glow as purple static flowed from the Shedding Thorns different from when they had last seen it, First it had a natural Golden Aura, Then it had a Red Aura when charged with Natural Lightning Energy, Now a Purple one had surfaced! If he looked like a Heathen God before! Now he looked like Celestial Lightning Spirit moving through the plains! He disappeared from their sights after a few seconds as they saw the purple glow heading off behind the trees... "....He flew...." They all pratically said it at the same time with dumb-founded expressions, Lucius'' talent was just way too frightening! He had already perfectly grasped the nature of the Purple Lightning Energy which he decided to name "Magnetic Lightning Energy". If he increased his Mastery of it then it would be an even more terrifying weapon. "Bwhahahahaha what kind of dragon doesn''t know how to fly" Veranathus said trying to sound unphased at Lucius'' brilliance. "...Liar..." they once more said in unison as Veranathus became bright red from embarassment. "Xiaxinia...you knew he would fly?" Venastrasia asked with confidence as she realized he probably predicted this. "Nope, not one bit, I''m surprised as well, I thought he would fall and do some sort of cool move, He really is quite bril--" Before he could finish speaking, The silhouette of a dragon went plummeting from the ridge, A noticeable bump on it''s forehead. **** A good few miles away Lucius was seen swimming in a lake a few hours had passed and the sun had already long set, he had lost track of time as he truly enjoyed this peaceful time, he lay there soaking in the water in his birthday suit, the creatures around him in the water dare not attack as they could sense the lightning running through his body. He had quite a peaceful bath and as he was making up his mind to leave... just then he could sense a presence trying to threaten him, it was probably the "King" of this Lake. Only that creature would be this arrogant as it saw Lucius as a trespasser. Lucius sensed a deep bloodlust coming from below....In a flash it came at him in a blinding speed! Yet he did not move. He calmly started pouring mana into his right hand. **WHOOSH** A flash of purple Lightning emitted from Lucius'' right hand and a object that moved too fast to see flashed beneath Lucius as he lay upwards gazing at the many stars in the night. Now that he was out of the Capital and out of all the city''s lights, and he was once more out in the dark wilderness he could see the stars once more clearly and he had forgotten it''s lustre....It was indeed quite a lovely night. Instantly the bloodlust stopped...Blood leaked to the surface of the water. The body of a large creature, it had a shark-like head with the lower body of a crab it surfaced, and had a clean huge hole in it''s forehead that went straight through. It was called a Shell shark and was famous for it''s ferocity as well as it''s delicacy, they were quite rare. The unidentifiable object then returned to Lucius'' hand and it was only then clearly seen, it was his beloved spear... "Come to think of it...I never even gave you a name huh..." Lucius said as he gazed at this fierce weapon that had stayed with him through everything. A weapon made from one of his masters blood. He indeed treasured this beautiful thing. "I think I''ll name you Dark Star" Lucius smiled as he looked at his reliable spear, it gave off a cold gleam from the moonlight as if accepting it''s name. He then once more stored it back into his ring. Lucius then materialized his Black War Armor and picked up the corpse of the huge Shell Shark and then with a swift motion, Magnetic Energy once more oozed from his now protruding spikes and launched Lucius forward and instantly he climbed altitude aiming for the peak of the mountain with a flash of light he left the area. **** After a few minutes Lucius reached the top of the mountain with the Shell Shark on his back, he landed in the middle and upon his arrival he met everyone there around a bonfire talking, Aleria and Sky had been talking to the Dragons and Venastrasia watched them all with a smile on her face stroking Veranathrax who was calmly awaiting Lucius'' return. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Noticing the corpse on Lucius back, the talking stopped as their eyes bulged...Shell Shark''s were indeed incredibly rare....and everyone knew of their deliciousness... Instantly drool left everyone''s mouth, Lucius laughed and had already begun preparations, he begun gutting the Shell Shark and Separting the meat from the shell, he took the pincers and left them as is that was the best way to eat it after all, It was similar with every crab type creature,Xiaxinia whipped out a huge metal pot from his ring, As he was no stranger to cooking his meals. Naturally dragons could eat it raw, but they enjoyed cooked food because it was a different taste and they enjoyed the spices, also because of Lucius they had grown quite attached to eating cooked food. As the huge metal pot came to a boil, they placed the meat inside and the pincers as well and let it cook. Xiaxinia had quite the number of spices as well as vegetables to go along with it, so it became quite the feast, Lucius gave his mother a pincer and he shared the other between Aleria and Sky, who in return fed Lucius half of their shares each, they wanted to feed him the whole thing but he refused wanting them to taste the delicious food. As Lucius became a bit tired after the events he wanted to get a rest, because he had somewhere to be tomorrow. It was the Formal Introduction Phase of the Academy Entrance Ceremony that had been held back because of the damages. Lucius had to attend, if he wanted to gain access to the school. Naturally Lucius could gain entry either way, but Lucius believed in doing things the right way and not becoming arrogant. This was a lesson by Xiaxinia, to rely on one''s past achievements to gain new ones is foolish! Arrogance is Ignorance! Both Arrogance and Ignorance hinders strength! He truly wanted to attend this ball, it also peaked his interest as he would be able to see many other cultures at the ball, surely he had seen them walking around but this time it would be under a different atmosphere...also he could tease Kryssa as she was supposed to give advice at the Formal Introduction to young aspiring beastmen. This was the reason she left with Aurius, to prepare for this. After a bit of chatting everyone was finally ready to get some sleep, the mountain had changed quite a bit there two more caves, one where the male dragons slept and one where the female dragons slept. Obviously in the Male Dragon Den were the Three Greats and the other males, and the Females Den were the Aunts. Both had fluffy beds, a symbol of their missing Lucius. Lucius, Venastrasia, Sky and Aleria all headed to the Venastrasia''s Furry Den, and they all slept on the same bed, Sky had to relinquish her hold on Lucius'' right side which she seemed to know already and instead changed to her fox form and shrunk to a tiny fox that slept curled on Lucius'' stomach with her nine tails curling into a ball, Aleria firmly held her left spot with a red face and fell asleep. Veranathrax had quietly melded away into Lucius'' soul for a quiet nap there, he quite enjoyed being there, it was his Spiritual Instincts kicking in. **** As the sun rose and light once again shone into the caves, Lucius was already up, Dark Star in his hands thrusting through the air and piercing it with incredible penetrative force, he realised before he had to burn beyond his limits to achieve 12 after images, but now he could effortlessly produce 10, if he tried hard he could produce 15. He had no Idea how much he could create if he burned his limits, he calculated and thought maybe about 25. It was clear his power had risen by leaps and bounds. Satisified he withrew Dark Star and realized his Three Uncles were already up as well as Venastrasia. Lucius made his way over to them. "Morning Mom and Uncles" Lucius greeted as he approached the group of 4, they had been watching his practice. "Morning my child, did you sleep well?" Venastrasia replied as she hugged her son and gave him a kiss on his forehead. "Morning" the uncles had replied in unison. "Yeah I did, ever since the breakthrough my body has been feeling way more comfortable than before" Lucius assured her. "Actually I wanted to ask two favors, Mom..Uncle Veranathus" Lucius turned to them. "Sure ask away" Venastrasia reliably puffed her chest, which made Lucius laugh. Remembering his prior conversation with Lucius and telling him to call him if he finds himself in danger and the offer to do a massacre for Lucius, all of a sudden Veranathus started speaking like a shady merchant from Pleasure hall as he inched up towards Lucius trying to keep his voice low so the Queen wouldn''t know. "Tell me nephew..Nethin u need, wedda it''s a CT or a continent'' is no problemo okay? jus'' point it out on da map and nobody needs to know Nethin, it''ll just disappear jus'' like dat, boom no problem" *NOCK* " *Ahem* As I was saying what is it do you need help with? I won''t help unless it''s something of education value or for the sake of your well being" A lump on his head brought back his intelligence instantly. "Mom..I wanted to ask if you could make these Sheddings on the Black War Armor detachable, to be able to equip and take them off at will," Lucius asked honestly. At first surprised then quickly nodded. "Sure I can do that" Lucius took off his Black War Armor and handed it over to Venastrasia who made her way to the Female Dragon''s Den, to get a few helpers. He then turned to his uncle Veranathus and quickly brought something out of his ring, It was a sword that had been cut in half, it was the flaming sword that belonged to the Fuhrer. Lucius believed that the sword had a connection with someone he knew and he wanted to make it a gift. On his rest day he sneaked outside and went to retrieve it silently, luckily no one had seen when the sword had been destroyed and sunk in the earth, which was then covered by the explosion of Lucius'' final attack or it would have definitely been taken. "Is it possible to repair this?" Lucius asked curiously and nervously. Veranathus took the sword and looked at it from different angles for a while and then he laughed. "Lucius...No matter how I look at this..Your spear skill is earth-shattering, you cut it so cleanly that not a piece had shattered anywhere, it was cleanly cut in two and it can be perfectly repaired, well by a blacksmith of my calibre of course, in fact i''ll even make it stronger" He said with a hint of pride in his voice. "Yes uncle I''d very much like that, I intend to give it to Aleria" Lucius told him honestly. Veranathus nodded and took off at the speed of light to his smelting Volcano. **** "Aleria? you said the sword had a connection with someone right? how did you come to that conclusion?" Xiaxinia asked curiously. "I got the feeling that sword isn''t that weak, the Fuhrer made it weak as it was obviously not suited for him, I saw grooves going along the blade and a small little blade near the hilt where it is obvious one was supposed to trickle one''s own blood down the blade''s grooves. The only clan I can think that would use a sword with such a design is the Fireblood clan. So instantly I thought of Aleria, I have a feeling when a Fireblood clan member uses that sword, it''s true effects will show" Lucius told him his basis with complete confidence Xiaxinia nodded as he thought about it. "Certainly that does make sense, now that I think about it, it''s quite possible the sword held a grudge against the Fuhrer, Artifacts aren''t supposed to break so easily, it''s as if it were alive.." "That''s what I thought I could feel a faint life from it when I fought the Fuhrer" Lucius then once more bid his farewells to his uncles and head into his Den, where his two beautiful wives were soundly asleep he kissed them both and slid right between them and laid there. Chapter 22 : High Nobility. WorldSerpent : Fueee...Seems I made it into the Top Monthly and Top weekly Fictions, let''s hold the lead! View like crazy :D, even though it''s my first time writing let''s give those popular FFs a run for their money!! It''s what Lucius would do! On top of Lizard''s Run as the morning came the sun rose above the highest peak of the mountain, and brought a cool shade upon the crater...a few minutes later the full blast of light completely lit up the crater awakening the beings slumbering inside, except for one who was already awake. Lucius was up with a groggy look in his eyes as he yawned and stretched a few times his silver white hair falling on his shoulders, he turned and looked at his beautiful wives quietly sleeping and let out a small grin. The two looked like angels that had descended from the heavens. He kissed them both and made his way to the center of the crater. Upon reaching there he realized Venastrasia and the Three Great Uncles were in the middle having a chat about something. "Umm Mom..Uncles..Is everything alright?" Lucius asked as they turned to look at him instantly their faces became happy. "Lucius, well truthfully, us Dragons had no idea sheddings would be useful to you, only when we made the spear did we realize the uses it has. " Xiaxinia was the first to speak. "Mhhm, when you left over time we had quite a few ideas, and we decided to come up with something else just for fun" Veranathus grinned as he handed over the fixed Artifact sword to Lucius. "Thanks Uncle for repairing this, I''m sure Aleria will love it " Lucius smiled and then his thoughts drifted once more. "So Uncle what new ideas? Don''t keep me in suspense" Lucius was excited. Certainly the spear was made from a whim, nobody knew how effective of a weapon it would be for Lucius because it had simply never crossed their minds but after his battle with the Fuhrer they had seen how effective it was when it broke an Artifact. Artifacts were by no means easily breakable, it would require being hit by something with a superior build. Something like at least at the level of an SS Artifact. However "Dark Star" was an SSS Artifact. "Well Varathraga and I also wanted you to have weapons made from us, It''s not fair Xiaxinia''s spike alone becomes your only weapon as we who trained you, you must recieve something equal, and we made something you could use in combat without having to replace your spear...hahaha, My Queen if you will." Verananthus was in a confident mood. Venastrasia brought the Black War Armor over to Lucius, At first it didn''t look any different, Upon touching Lucius the Armor wrapped around his body naturally as if it were a living creature and covered him completely. Lucius didn''t understand what Veranathus meant, he sent mana through the entire Armor to pick up on any differences, he could tell the Shedding Thorns of the Spike variety on his shoulders, elbows, knees and the single one on his helm, all were detachable like he had asked for...the teethed ones however remained on his back firmly as he decided he would only need the spikes and not the teeth, it is better they remain firmly in place. Suddenly-- Lucius felt it, A strange change in the Armor.. He could tell part of the back armor had been hallowed out and been replaced with something else so at first it wasn''t noticeable by eye at all. The size of the Armor had not been changed one bit. ''What is this? There''s something attached to the back'' Swiftly turning back to look at the affected area he saw lines that clearly made two rectangular boxes that camouflaged itself into the armor and leading into the boxes were black like threads that were bound together and though they looked light and easily breakable, the the way they gleamed and how they were braided together like steel locks of on a chain, clearly proved it to be a different case. He stared in surprise pondering what it could be. Upon noticing Lucius surprised face, Veranathus'' face crept into a huge smile. "Try Using Magnetic Lightning on it!" Varathraga added as he looked at Lucius with a similar smile. Instantly Purple Lightning sparked and went directly into the countless fine black thread chain, the rectangular boxes opened and From it shot out two black curved blades, around the end of the blades the black thread chain was connected firmly and it was obvious this was not a weapon to be wielded in the hands. The two blades floated at the side of Lucius'' head giving off a purple gleam. He instantly understood! He could use these two for offense or defense if his hands were occupied and naturally if he mastered it, it would be a terrifing weapon to have. "T-This" Lucius was dumbfounded as he stared at the two blades and moved them freely slicing at the air. "How did you make this?" Lucius asked curiously, the excited expression on his face made them puff their chests with pride. "Those threads, are made from our whiskers in our True Form after having been exposed to condensed mana, instead of sending it to a Tooth or a Spike, we tried doing it to the whiskers as well, naturally they can''t hold as much as a Spike or a tooth but the increase in hardness was not something to ignore, it is about 1/10 the hardness of your spear, but banded together like they are.. it wouldn''t be a longshot to call them unbreakable." This revelation left Lucius dumb-founded. Varathraga said with great pride. "The Blades are made from Teeth from both Varathraga and I" Veranathus added. "This way you can use a weapon from each of your teachers" Xiaxinia laughed as he found those blades to be quite an incredible tool. The sheddings themselves had great attunement to lightning and incomparable hardness, sharpness and overall ability. He couldn''t help but feel they were creating a monster. He could already see the many applications such a thing could bring about. As Xiaxinia was responsible for the creation of the black thread shedding chains. He knew very well how capable it was. Forget the blades attached to the threads, even the threads could be used as a weapon if one wished. "Thank you Uncles, this is amazing" Lucius stared in awe at the two blades as they twirled around his body slicing the air, with incredible speed, Lucius immediately started integrating the capabilities into his fighting style. He stabbed at the air tearing it and creating ten easy after-images, Between each stroke he would attack with both blades that came at a lesser speed, but that did not matter, as they would create an opportunity to rest after the thrusts from his main weapon "Dark Star". Not only that but he could use them as a defensive line. Hours upon hours Lucius trained integrating these weapons that needed no hands, He altered his combat style and fused the new variations into his Spear style "Instinction". The end result was astronomical, Lucius felt as though he had gained incredible combat power from this seemingly minor alteration. Aleria and Sky were long watching Lucius train. Eventually they walked up to him and told him it was time to leave, the Formal Introduction Ceremony was soon. Lucius had once more lost track of time, He gathered up everyone and said his Thank you''s and bid them his farewell, he gave a bow to his uncles and hugged his mom and as he was about to turn and leave. Veranathus asked if he needed a lift. With a huge smile Lucius shook his head. Such things were not needed anymore. Lucius'' chains wrapped lightly around Sky and Aleria, and with a huge blast of purple lightning focusing on his Black War Armor, Lucius in a flash of light took off and went at a blinding speed toward the Capital. Watching his departing back, A thought finally crossed Venastrasia''s mind she had forgotten to tell Lucius something. Instantly using her overpowering divine aura, Venastrasia reached Lucius and sent him a message. ''Lucius, The other dragon Clans will be gathering in a month okay? Make sure to come back before then so they can meet you'' A hint of surprise showed in his eyes. He remembered his mother telling him about the other Dragon clans and she had sent word to them 500 years ago after the Lightning Calamity. 500 years is not a long time for a dragon rather it''s actually quite short. Certainly there were other dragons! For millions of years, when Dragons almost never died as there were no other creatures that could pose a threat for them not to mention they were natural born immortals how could there not be more? A smile involuntarily climbed upon his face. Sky upon noticing this asked him "Lucius what''s wrong?" Aleria as well showed a curious face with a tilt of her head. "The other dragon clans will be gathering in a month, so we have to go back and meet them when the time comes" he replied excitedly "Lucius you have to be careful though....Venastrasia''s Dragon Clan is one thing but others may not accept you because Dragons aren''t known to be too friendly with any other race...." Sky said worriedly as she warned him, Aleria upon hearing this had concern clearly visible in her eyes. This was something they both found troubling. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. Dragons were indeed such a race, and usually a terrifying existence, but as the Dragons of Venastrasia''s Clan knew the story between her and Lucius, they accepted it whole-heartedly. There''s no telling how the others will react to Lucius, but Lucius was not scared of them. Lucius knew he wasn''t a dragon but that did not change the fact that he was Venastrasia''s son. A fact that he was proud of. So what if the other dragons may or may not like him? They were not the ones he cared about. "Don''t worry It''s just a brief meeting they won''t hang around long and I don''t think they will attack me at the very least, I''ll just be respectful in their presence and won''t make too much of a fuss, besides If i''m introduced as mom''s child I highly doubt they will take any action that could harm me" Lucius said to them while trying to put their minds at ease. He increased his speed and flew off toward the Capital, leaving a purple fuzzy flash of light trailing behind him. **** Upon reaching at the Capital, he quickly made his way to the Private Infirmary. He landed at the fountain in front of the entrance and gently released the two beauties onto the floor. Shortly after he absorbed his Black War Armor into his body. As he entered he saw a grey-haired old man with his hair in a pony tail in a neatly dressed butler suit, this man was Head Butler Steven the Auriel''s mansion, he waiting at the door. "Please enter Master Lucius, Lady Sky and Lady Aleria...Master Auriel and Lady Marie as well as Master Aurius are already here" Steven bowed as he motioned Lucius and the others to enter. "Ah nice to see you Steven and please lead the way" Upon entering he lead them down the hallway to the lunch room where a group of people were having lunch. The group consisted of, Kryssa, Undina, Jena, Krissa, Aurius, Auriel and Marie. Upon entry the room got quiet as a silhouette flashed towards Lucius and hugged him, it was Undina. "I missed this smell" Undina said as her cheeks flushed red and she clung to Lucius bury her face into his leg. Lucius laughed and rubbed her head, which she thoroughly enjoyed. "Hey...You''re my spirit how come you don''t cling to me like that?" Kryssa''s voice rung out with jealousy. "Huh? What are you talking about Big sister, it''s because I''m your Spirit I cling to Lucius" Undina replied in a teasing manner which made Kryssa flush red. "S-Shut up and get back here and stop bothering Lucius" the red face Kryssa pretended nothing had just happened. "Ah Lucius, It''s good to see you''ve arrived on time, I was beginning to get worried that you might be late" Aurius spoke as motioned Lucius to grab a chair. Sky and Aleria followed suit and sat next to Lucius as the family had a chat about what they did for the past few days. Lucius laughed and enjoyed the warm atmosphere, but they couldn''t talk for long as they had to prepare to get ready for the Formal Introduction. Auriel and Marie had to come as this event included the appearance of the family of the registered Students. So naturally they were here. Lucius didn''t want to ask Venastrasia to come and bother her with this minor event. The way he saw it, he wanted to hurry up and enter the school so he could enter the library and gain help with Insights. Shortly after they all left to get ready, and so did Lucius. **** As Lucius finished his shower, he put on his High Nobility clothing that his aunts had made him out of 100% Golden Thread. This was a event where he would have to show his social appeal and he understood this, though he didn''t like it. As the Golden Clothing rested upon his body, Lucius as opposed to his usual intimidating presence, looked quite the opposite today. He looked incredibly handsome. The Rich Golden thread was something nobles dreamed on getting their hands on, as it was quite a rare thread and few people had bits of it. None could even dream to have one completely made of Golden Thread. His beautiful silver-white hair freeflowing past his shoulders down to his back, with a flash of light Veranathrax came out from his soul, aiming for his usual spot he wrapped around Lucius'' neck, resting on his shoulders and let out a yawn. "How long was I asleep? Hrm? We''re already back at the Capital?" Veranathrax asked dizzily as he yawned and his cute little face stared into Lucius'' eyes. "Haha yes little brother, I have to go do my Formal Introduction for School, we were in a bit of a rush, sorry I forgot to wake you." Lucius laughed as he rubbed his little brother''s head. Shortly afterward. Lucius left his room, with Veranathrax in tow and left to meet the group already waiting downstairs. Upon reaching there the group entered a carriage and then all left towards the Main Academy building. **** As they approached the Main building, What Lucius could see was a huge luxurious building, that which surpassed any building he had ever seen before. This was the breeding place of warriors that were meant to stand against Raz Seph. It was easily at least 10 times as huge as Aurius'' Mansion, To the right of the main building stood a tall a tower that reminded Lucius of the House of Fire, Mage tower where Aurius stayed. Aurius explained for Lucius and Sky who were new to the place, It was the Mage tower where mages studied, To the left of the main building, there was a Colesseum much smaller than the one he had fought in against the Fuhrer, It was obviously the Warrior Training Center, though it looked a bit too quiet as if no one had ever trained there before, only a few of the dummies were worn from hitting. Aleria then mentioned that some of the worn dummies were her doing which made her red in the face. She then explained explained that barely she''s ever seen any warriors training there, Usually she would see a few beastman and the occasional elf practicing their arrows but compared to the Mage Tower it was quite the quiet place. Lucius laughed as he found it funny, He thought a Colesseum should have noise and a Mage Tower should be silent but here it was the opposite. Finally they approached the Main Gate of the Main Building, A pair of guards, one female and one male, upon seeing Aurius, and his family immediately stepped aside. A flicker of an ethereal azure color flashed at the corner of their eyes,as their eyes landed on the source and noticing Lucius...they clenched their spears and grit their teeth as beads of sweat appeared on their faces. Fear! They were Afraid of Lucius! Of course they would be afraid! He knocked on their door and killed their God, and replaced him as if he were trash. Lucius walked forward with a fearless smile, When they noticed his calm and cool expression along with his handsome appearance in his high nobility clothing as opposed to the first time they had seen him in his frightening Black War Armor. Their intensity calmed down a great deal and the female guard even threw a few winks at him, to which he smiled Lucius had to admit she was pretty...and he was then bitten on both arms by Aleria and Sky who had been holding them. *Ahem* As the doors opened a blinding light filled his eyes he cleared his voice and stepped forward into the light. What he saw before him was a hallway luxuriously designed with golden pillars and the walkway had been decorated with precious gems on both sides leading to two huge golden doors, where a Rat-looking man stood, he had a round body and whiskers, indeed it was the same man who had done Lucius'' Introduction at the Entrance Ceremony. Lucius instantly understood that all the people had been gathered behind there. Auriel, Marie, Jena and Krissa walked forward first and prepared to have themselves presented. Kryssa, Undina and Aurius did not need to do presentations for obvious reasons so they entered through a different route. **** "Presenting the Flameheart Family, Lord Auriel, Lady Marie and their daughters, new student of 1st year Jena Flameheart and second year student Krissa Flameheart. The Royal Family of the Fuhrer of the House of Fire." The rat-looking noble yelled to the crowd as the trumpets played. Instantly a loud applause filled the air, Indeed the Flameheart''s family status rose by leaps and bounds after Aurius'' coronation as the Fuhrer. As they entered they slowly walked down the stairs and were greeted with hand-shakes and marriage proposals almost instantly. The noise died down a bit as they were interrupted by the rat-looking nobles voice! This time it was clean and clear without doubt as he dared not offend the person! "Presenting the Stormblade Clan, Lucius Stormblade, Heir to the House of Lightning, Son of the Queen of Dragons and Lightning Chief. Accompanied by his fiances, Queens of the House of Lightning Sky Stormblade and Aleria Flameheart" Lucius took strides forward fearlessly as he stepped through the doorway with two beauties on each arm, a slight grin on his face and a look of indifference in his eyes. Chapter 23: A 5th Throne. WorldSerpent : Hi Hi Enjoy! Since I made it into the top monthly, I was a bit happy until a bunch of haters who created other FFs, with envy and jealousy have begun flooding in and clicking on my work just to downvote the review comments and add weak reviews to make me lose ratings. What a bunch of weak pussies :/, Does someone else''s work really bother them that much? Sad part is, they''re probably reading it too. So go my draconians! Raise the Likes above the dislikes and kill our noob enemies! Inside of the hall, were richly made walls, with beautiful designs of each House of Elements. It was decorated grandly and indeed was one of the most beautiful places Lucius had ever seen, There were Silver- tables, silver chairs with grand designs, from the ceiling hung a grandiose golden chandelier that had orbs of fire, wind, earth and water essences that danced around as the chandelier rotated, The tables that had names on them, each table allowed only family to sit with them. Directly after all the tables were Four Thrones. One that represented Fire where Aurius sat looking at Lucius amused. One that represented Water, where Kryssa tried to hide her red face upon seeing the well-dressed handsome Lucius. One that represented Wind, where the Wind God sat, Illuyavi Evashiel, her face was hooded and no one could see her face nor her expression but she was clearly looking towards Lucius'' direction. One that represented Earth, where Vorkin Earthstone sat, his eyes glued on Veranathrax a hint of fear present. In that order, the thrones had quite a bit of distance between themselves and the crowd that made them feel unreachable. As the crowd became quiet at the all to familiar introduction, they all looked at the doorway with expecting gazes, many of the young women present who had seen Lucius'' fight or heard about it, especially looked forward to seeing him, they had heard Lucius had two wives, Sky and Aleria and they knew he had intended to take other wives. Most of the young male students however, hated Lucius. Most of them out of obvious envy and jealousy, some because he stole the attention of all the females, many of them had to watch girls they liked readying their best expressions to show Lucius, making sure their dresses were perfect in every way. Using silverware to see their reflections, every hair in line, every seam perfect. This made the young men''s hatred for Lucius grow as it damaged their pride...as it should. However the older males all liked Lucius, to see such a young vibrant upstart made a fire burn in their hearts. Many parents hoped to get their daughters engaged to Lucius, being a wife of the newly sprouted Draconian clan, and the House of Lightning was no small matter, if their daughter could become a matriarch amongst a clan surely to flourish why wouldn''t they? The also understood Lucius was a respectable young man...but still many of the people here had one thing in common. They all feared Lucius quite a bit in their hearts, After all his only introduction had led to a massacre and a battle that resounded throughout the 5 Continents. Not to mention the appearance they had seen was not the usual but the Lucius soaked in blood lust, the Lucius that had descended like a Heathen God and slew a Deity. They held their breathes and stared at the doorway. **** As three silhouettes appeared in the doorway, the audience could feel their excitement, nervousness and fear flare to a new height. What they saw was.. A young man about 16 years old, Silvery-White sleek hair that flowed like a gentle breeze, blue piercing eyes filled with indifference, his split pupils that looked like lightning bolts, his trademark Ethereal Azure colored diamond embedded in his forehead, he was strikingly handsome and the garment which he wore, was completely made out of Golden Thread that caught the eyes of many high ranking nobles from different Houses. A symbol of a golden dragon through a stormcloud, that represented Venastrasia and his House of Lightning adorned his chest right near his heart. Wrapped around his neck was a Jet black Dragon-Serpent type creature with blazing red eyes, that added to his mysterious charm. His each and every step was efficient and graceful, like a noble predator. On each of his sides were women whose beauty could only be comparable to each other. "Oye...Isn''t that completely made of golden thread?" "No...Are you an Idiot have you ever seen so much golden thread before? surely it must have been mixed with another material! " "No it is indeed Golden thread, do you see the light glow it gives off? Apart from our main business we have a few armor and tailoring shops, I''ve dealt with Golden Thread before, in my business we learn to tell the real golden thread from the fake ones....that is definitely real golden thread, how he got so much I have no idea, but it surely wasn''t from one of the 4 races" "Wow..I''ve never seen so much golden thread before....that robe must cost more than my mansion...hell it must cost more than me" "Shit...even his wives are wearing matching ones...you have to admit though, this guy knows how to make an entrance" "Hahaha...Yeah I''ll give him that!" A few quick short murmurs reached Lucius'' ears but he paid no mind. One had Silver-Azure colored hair that seemed a bit transparent, her purple-azure colored eyes drew many gazes but not as much as her cute white fox-like ears and 9 white-colored tails that had hints of purple at the end. She similarly to Lucius wore a Golden robe with the House of Lightning symbol, the robe clung to her body revealing her curvaceous and seductive nature, which arose many men inside the audience, who dared not look for too long as they feared the consequences of such actions. The Other girl had long-red sleek hair that looked like silk and deep sharp red eyes, her bust size was larger than the first and she had a different air about her, If the first girl was sugar, then this girl was spice. Her aura was much different from the other girl but seem to complement each other perfectly. This red girl was not any less beautiful than the first as her slender face was shaped perfectly and her slender waist, led to curvaceous hips, her body was obviously one of a warriors but it was perfectly toned and still retained it''s feminine charm, in fact it wouldn''t be a stretch to say her warrior training had given birth to such a beautiful figure. Her golden robe was more warrior designed which showed off her cleavage as well as her slender soft arms that were toned to perfection and her beautifully pale legs. The gazes then moved back toward Lucius, as they stared at the mysterious youth that gave off a charm of being from another world. They had never seen anyone like Lucius before...even by Draconian standards, Lucius was abnormal. He had completely blew their expectations out of the water when he appeared as he did. Naturally they expected to see him in a Black War Armor or having a fearful aura, but the current Lucius gave off the air of a High Noble. His graceful and handsome face had completely captivated the crowd. He gracefully made his way past the crowd, with both beauties in each arm , as he neared, the crowd parted to make way for him. Lucius took a few quick glances and realized he was not welcomed here. As many of the males just stared at him but he could sense the displeasure in their hearts. Giving them a small grin, they turned their gaze to the floor, some to the ceiling, some pretended to be watching behind him. none offered a seat but Lucius did not care, He did not come here to make friends. As he walked by he said a tone loud enough for the surrounding males to hear. "Cowards". The females however smiled at him warmly, some made gave off a erotic air as they made lustful gestures such as licking their lips and even the way they stood, brought many men to their knees, these noble ladies were indeed trained to this extent. They indeed knew how to seduce men and how to showcase their charms but as he felt the arms wrapped around him tighten, he only smiled back. Indeed there were many beautiful women here, none comparable to those that clung to him. Finally the an old man with grey hair, dressed neatly in a butler''s style suit, with a warm face who looked like a usher because the small book and a quill which suggested it was to check the list. He was supposed to greet the nobles and lead them to their seats but he had been taken back by Lucius appearance, he finally broke out of his trance and hastily made his way toward Lucius with beads of sweat covering his head. "I-I''m sorry...we did not prepare a table for you...we had been told that you were not going to attend, as the orders for this years Formal Introduction had been taken care of by the late Fuhrer and no one m-mentioned anything changes, I''m just an u-usher milord, I am not responsible for such things please forgive the Four Elements Academy for such horrible treatment." The kind old man, apologized quite a few times as bowed, Lucius could tell the old man was lying but he sensed the old man was not a bad man because his apologies were indeed very sincere, he may have lied for a reason was the first thought Lucius had. He glanced around the room till he found a strange open space amongst the tables, there was a clear print in the Luxurious Carpet made of a rare beast, it was indeed prints of a table that had been recently removed. He zoomed in on it, until he spotted a triangular 3 dimensional paper similar to the one each family had on their tables. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Lucius approached the paper and flipped it over with his foot. What he saw was " Stormblade Clan, House of Lightning" It had clearly fallen from a table. Lucius with a zap destroyed the paper and walked back to the old man, the old man upon seeing Lucius read it, his face instantly paled. He knew what disrespect it was to not prepare a seat for a noble, The noble being Lucius filled him with terror, he was well aware of this young boy''s temper and had not wanted to offend him in any way. Not only that but he could face serious penance and it seemed the old man had his other reasons as to why he did not want Lucius to see it. Lucius placed his hand on the old man''s shoulder and spoke to him calmly. "Do not fret over something as small as this, this is fine, accidents happen, besides that''s not where I am supposed to sit, however tell me something though..Why did you lie? and speak freely and honestly this time, don''t worry I won''t cause you problems" Lucius grinned at the old man and assured him to relax. The old man calmed down seeing Lucius'' rational behavior that he did not expect. He had already heard enough stories and did not expect this sort of response, but he didn''t know that Lucius had his reasons. However, Upon noticing Lucius was not the sort of man he thought him to be, feeling guilty about the lie the old man confessed. "Milord, many of the young nobles here greatly dislike you because...well...you''re actually quite famous for a number of different reasons, someone stole the table though I am not sure who, I did not want milord to be upset and start a fight, I know milord''s fury quite well as I had seen it with my own two eyes." the old man said honestly as he bowed. "Okay then please take the rest of the day off, and go sit with my family and enjoy a meal, because of you''re concern and placing the bigger picture before yourself, I will not pursue this matter" Lucius urged him to which he did not refute, how could he a butler refuse a Lord Noble such as Lucius? "Thank you milord!" The old man graciously thanked him and gave a deep bow but was puzzled when he wondered what Lucius meant by "Where I am supposed to sit" and thought about it a while. Lucius himself didn''t want to cause any problems today, as he wanted to be done with it quickly and smoothly, but that did not mean he could not enjoy his time here, as a wicked grin crawled upon his face. Lucius motioned Sky and Aleria to take the old man and to go sit with Auriel''s family, he then sent a mental message to Auriel, telling him to receive the old man warmly, the girls happily went over to chat with one another. Sky sat near Jena and Aleria near Krissa, as the old butler took a seat near Auriel who graciously welcomed him. Lucius however approached the Four thrones, which startled the Wind God and Earth Guardian. However he paid no attention to them and walked in between Aurius and Kryssa''s Throne space, Instantly two Dark Curved Blades sprouted from his back and stuck into the ground in a flash forming a base, the black thread chains unraveled and reformed themselves into an elegant throne which gave off a purple gleam as a few purple sparks flickered. Lucius'' helmet piece, The dragon shaped head came out and rose above his head and fitted itself on top of the elegant throne. Lucius then sat down comfortably upon the Throne that glowed Purple in a gentleman-like manner with one foot on top of the other, he withdrew a bottle of Cinder devil rum from his ring and sat looking at the crowd in complete and utter indifference. Instantly the crowd which had gotten a bit rowdy was immediately silenced as they stared at Lucius, they didn''t know if what he had just done was honest or disrespectful, but they dared not say anything as they knew he had the power to claim that seat. What could they say? they could only watch as Lucius drank and looked at the festivities. **** As the festivities began, Lucius watched and saw many different cultures, he saw elven culture and heard about their prowess in Alchemy and knowledge of herbs, families brought some to display, some of the herbs had great natural healing effects, some with strange effects, examples such as breathing under water and temporary strength increases, mysterious poisons and many other things, their style of dance which was elegant and displayed their beauty as a race. They also had on display many different musical instruments, the most famous one was a instrument that seemed to be a cross between a guitar, a harp and a flute that was called a " Wind-Flute" because when used with wind magic the sound it created was almost heavenly. The beastman culture was worlds apart different from the elves, theirs were much more wild and had a naturistic feel to them, as their drums sounded loudly and wildly. They took pride in their foods and cooking methods that were passed down from their ancestors, their many different meats and styles of cooking made Lucius'' mouth water uncontrollably, a Beastman girl who seemed to be of tiger descent approached Lucius and gave him a plate, to which he happily gobbled down and gave her a wink. The girl upon seeing Lucius'' greedy eating and the wink seemed entranced as she dashed off the stage with a red face, she could tell Lucius had enjoyed her food. Lucius could feel death stares impaling him, two familiar ones from the crowd over at Auriel''s table and one on the stage directly next to his right. Where a seemingly unhappy Kryssa pouted. *Ahem* With the clearing of his throat, Lucius pretended not to see them and turn towards Kryssa. "You know...I wonder if I can try some of your cooking some day" Lucius told Kryssa with honesty as he pondered what it would taste like. "Hmph! My cooking isn''t as good as hers probably!" She coldly hmphed at Lucius and pouted. "I doubt that, even if it''s not as good, I will still eat it and I''m sure it will taste better than hers" Lucius teased, but his eyes said he was telling the truth. "Okay...sometime soon..maybe next week...I''ll make something for you" Kryssa red-faced, put on her hood to hide her face as she didn''t want anyone to notice her change in demeanor, as she was a Deity and had to remain looking like one, and not some lovestruck girl. Lucius then turned to look at the festivities once more, his eyes fell upon the Dwarves and saw their exchanges and he looked attentively at the culture displayed. He learned of their knowledge about ores and smelting methods, the Dwarves prided themselves on these things as they had no equal when it came to metal and earth. The thing that stood above it all however, was their Blacksmithing skills they possessed, the techniques they used were worlds apart advanced from others. They showed many finely crafted weapons, and even some Artifacts, If Lucius did not have "Dark Star" he was certain he may have purchased weapons from them. He learned they loved to drink wine, and that was something he could agree with. Lucius loved wine himself. Last but not least were the Human culture, who prided themselves on their Archeology and their civilized world, Humans had found quite the number of Artifacts, and mysterious objects that were found all over the Continents, some in Dungeons or Digging in abandoned places where powerful beasts roamed, A" Dungeon" was a place where powerful beasts gathered, as beasts instinctively gathered to places where strong mana pulses were, Quite a few Artifacts and mysterious objects are found in these places but the danger of these places was no joke. "Adventurers" Were humans who left home in search of finding these Artifacts and Mysterious objects, If one found an Artifact of great value, even if one had been a commoner before, finding one of those could instantly make one a noble. Many commoners went in search of these Artifacts and mysterious objects, not only to strike it big, but out of sheer curiosity, granting birth to the "Adventurer Era". The human culture flourished as people brought these Artifacts back into their home. Some speculated with minor proof that there were other civilizations as well as other races that once lived on the Earth but nothing inconclusive. Human Curiosity drove them to cover the entire Continents going in search of many Artifacts or Technology from the old civilizations, If one had irrefutable evidence a race existed, just proving it would give one a natural and great rise in status. They also showcased their charms that lay inside their adaptability and their skill for crafting items. The brought out many Statues , sculptures and paintings of many sorts of things, The artwork was so clean and beautiful some even looked alive. Humans indeed were on par with other races. Watching all these things, Lucius sat on his throne and peered down at them. Notice! WorldSerpent : Yoo guys what''s up, I just wanted to let you guys know later tonight I''m gonna drop two posts tonight. 1) A huge spoiler you read at your own risk. 2) The prologue to my new Virtual Reality/ Reincarnation FF. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.As I said earlier, the new FF is going to be a trial and it will update slowly as I intend to focus on DCOT. If you''re not a fan of Villainous MC''s then this won''t be for you! Sorry! It''s about Vikings and they''re not known for being heroes! However I can promise you the same as DCOT No NTR! Thanks for your time! Prologue of New FF--Glory to the All Father WorldSerpent: Hello hello! Here you go my new FF prologue! Please keep an open mind! However I will warn you again, this will update slowly as it is just a fun If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.project, if it gains a bit of views I may continue it after DCOT, but right now DCOT is my top priority. http://www.royalroadl.com/fiction/2094 SPOILER--READ AT OWN RISK! WorldSerpent: Yoo, guys what''s up I promised I''d give you guys a spoiler. To those who wondered about the ascension to a higher plane You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.the answer is Yes. Lucius will indeed ascend to not just one but several different worlds. Raz Seph, is a low-ranked general. Chapter 24 : Hope Amidst the great hall of the Four Elements Academy, upon a throne of purple lightning sat Lucius Stormblade, A jet black Serpent Dragon coiled around his neck, a bottle of wine in his hand as he peered down toward the crowd before him inspecting and learning about the other races. Lucius felt a tinge of sadness in his heart. Where was his race? What happened to them?...he couldn''t help but feel hatred in his heart for Raz Seph...He clearly remembered the faces of the desperation that fought to protect him. Sensing the anger in his heart, Sky turned and looked at him, she then shifted her gaze to Kryssa with a flick of her eyes she motioned her to go to Lucius. Kryssa upon meeting her gaze flinched, slowly she turned her head to Lucius who had been staring at a lamp of fire, his gaze seemed to be lost in the flames, anyone who knew Lucius could tell he was thinking of something that disrupted his usual nature. A nervous Kryssa got up from her throne a bit reluctantly but with a hint of confidence in her eyes and walked over to Lucius, He looked up and met her gaze and she then proceeded to sit on his lap, which made Lucius speechless, he knew she hated this kind of thing in public. Lucius had indeed been speechless, but not as much as the crowd watching. The musicians stopped playing and the people who had been mingling, stopped and stared. It was not something that they could ignore, this wasn''t some random girl. This was Kryssa Blackwolf, the Queen Huntress Water Deity of the Beastrace Clan, The "Immortal Queen". Her face dyed red as she wrapped her arms around him and looked at the speechless Lucius. Her expression then changed to a serious one as she turned to face the crowd. "I Kryssa Blackwolf, Queen Huntress of KanKan Forest, declare to you all here today, that Lucius Stormblade by the tradition of our people and by our sacred laws, has accepted Lucius as my King and husband, The ceremony will be held at KanKan Forest in the coming month, as it is written in our laws, if there is any man who dares deem this marriage unfit, step forward and place your life in a trial of combat" Silence! Not a word was spoken! Dumbfounded expressions, Curious expressions, Surprised expressions, expressions filled with hatred, Expressions with envy. yet no one still dared speak a word! "Then Bow to your King" Kryssa ordered the beast men. Instantly all of the beast race members fell to their knees, they bowed their heads and took a submissive position. "Rise" was all Lucius said to them. They then took a look at Lucius once more, and they were smiling, they were all happy, Who would dare offend KanKan forest now? Except for the beast race girl who gave Lucius food, she pouted but one could still see her a sense of happiness in her eyes. No one had noticed the reaction of the Wind God, but she had clearly been startled, Sky however was paying close attention to her, as she found the Wind God to be too mysterious. The Wind God watched the fight between the Fuhrer and Lucius and unlike the other Deities she did not say a word, she never speaks or shows her face and unlike the other Deities she avoids Lucius rather than trying to get into his good graces. Sky believed something was up with her... ''She''s barely reacted to anything Lucius has ever done...why is it only now did she react? was it because of the engagement?'' Sky pondered as she looked at the Wind God. ''This woman is too strange, I have to keep an eye on her'' Sky decided as her eyes revealed a cold gleam. **** After a while the surprise had calmed down and people accepted the fact that Lucius stole yet another of their precious beauties, A few disgrunted beastmen obviously males were displeased she married a draconian, but what could they say? How could they possibly answer the trial of combat to a boy who killed a Deity? While the older generation beastrace seemed pleased at the outcome, what more could they ask for? Their clans future was settled and they gained a new weapon. Lucius looked at her still speechless, he knew she hated this sort of attention but yet still she did it...he pondered why. She broke his thoughts with a few words. "You were thinking about your race weren''t you..the Draconian race.." "Yeah" he didn''t hide it. "I can''t give you back a family member like Thor, but I can make you one...if you accept" Kryssa spoke in a soft tone as she was unsure of what Lucius would say. "Of course, is there any reason for me to decline?" He simply reassured her with a kiss on her cheek. "...No..." "Then...we have to make a trip to KanKan Forest...your home...soon" "Yeah" Lucius himself was actually quite taken away by Kryssa''s actions and he himself was indeed embarrassed as much as her, so the words they spoke were few. Her actions finally caught up to her brain, as her black shiny furry ears drooped low, and her face became hot, which made Lucius laugh. He pulled her hood on her head, to hide her. The Wind God seemed more agitated now the more Lucius pampered Kryssa. Finally as if she couldn''t take it anymore. She got up off her throne and tried to make her way out the door, which no one found weird as the Wind God was usually secretive and left events early or would only return at the necessary time, so it did not seem strange. As she had been passing the crowd her eyes happened to meet Sky''s who was intently staring at her... ''Aha! so that''s it....what exactly is your relationship with Lucius'' Sky thought in her head as a huge grin crawled on her face. ''For you to be jealous...you must have had some kind of past with him? But that is not possible as 500 years ago, he had been with the dragons and never left the nest...Who exactly are you?'' The Wind God shifted her gaze away from Sky, and continued walking, disappearing behind the huge golden doors. **** After a while, the Wind God returned to finish what she had originally came to do, as well as the other Deities. They approached their fellow kin and gave them advice about their Elements, about Insights, about combat and how to increase their efficiency, tactics and many other things. While the bored Lucius decided to take a stroll, he walked and met with the parents of the many students, he asked them questions about the races and got a first hand lecture from many of them, Lucius was grateful and they themselves were happy to talk to this young man who seemed unreachable at first, as he had approached them of his own volition. Not to mention how happy they were that he wanted to know about their races, it gave them a bit of satisfaction in their hearts. He walked around and met the Dwarven Nobles, who he engaged in many drinking contests with. The Dwarves had grown fond of him as he drunk with them and they realized he wasn''t much different from them, he liked to drink and have a good time as well and he wasn''t scornful to their drinking habits and loud vulgar jokes like the other races were and laughed heartily with them. After hanging around there for a bit, he decided to leave before he got too drunk as he wanted to hang on to his senses for a bit longer. He then headed over to the Beast Race section. The Beastmen Nobles welcomed him warmly with a bow and gave him some of their most precious food and finely styled meals, to which Lucius happily obliged himself as well as Veranathrax who sat on top of his head happily eating away. The beastman cheetah girl brought all of the dishes as she asked them to allow her to serve it to him, with red blushed cheeks, she ran up and down in a flash bringing different kinds of foods. Lucius found the girl to be rather cute, but he was not interested in her romantically, he pondered if this is what having a little sister must be like. He pat her head as she brought the last dish which made her purr uncontrollably, upon seeing this Lucius laughed. He took a quick glance at the human section but he wasn''t too interested as he had been versed in human culture by Auriel, also because a few humans stared daggers at him, they indeed held some hatred for Lucius after all he killed their Deity and made them look weak. This was indeed a huge blow to their pride. Lucius just sneered, placing one hand on his mouth and another on his throat clenching it tightly as he didn''t want to laugh at them and if he surely had released his throat it would come out. Lucius didn''t care for them, Why should he care for people that held loyalty to such a man? As he headed over to the Elf elders, they looked at him a bit warily, but his warm smile made them calm down. He tried to play the some instruments they had, he learned how to identify a few plants and which ones were helpful for healing himself, though he had no need for it as he possessed divine power, it was still good information to have. Lucius knew how the elves were secretive and didn''t want to bother them to much, so after a few exchanges Lucius thanked them and made his way behind the 4 thrones, there was a huge glass door once opened, led to a balcony. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. He looked up into the sky and at the stars and mumbled. " It should be about time now right?" "Brother? time for what?" Veranathrax asked as he brought his head to stare at Lucius. "To see her..." A smile came across his face as he thought about his wife who he missed dearly. **** Lucius abruptly returned and informed them he was leaving, to which Sky and Aleria got up and clung to his arm, with a flick of his finger the Purple Lightning Throne glowed and tore itself from the ground, reformed itself back into armor and dissolved into Lucius in a flash. Lucius took the two girls as Veranathrax melded into his soul, they approached the balcony and with a quick flash his armor emerged, he wrapped the feet of both girls gently with his chains and in the blink of an eye took off at a blinding speed leaving a trail of purple in his wake. **** They quietly reached the Private Infirmary and the both girls had fallen asleep during the short flight, Lucius kissed their heads an told them he was going off for a bit to see Thor, Aleria was already too deep in sleep to hear, but Sky nodded between sleep and wake as her white ears drooped low. Lucius hopped out the window and landed in the courtyard, he charged a great amount of mana into his palms and as the streams of blue mana converged he instantly directed it into his golden ring with a golden hammer symbol, Instantly-- *FWWSHHH* A blinding light enveloped Lucius as he once more saw the stars and the planets at a blinding speed. In a split second he arrived at the Throne room he had once entered a week ago Suddenly-- *Crash* Lucius was on his butt, as a silhouette crashed into him, and a golden helmet fell to the floor, Beautiful golden hair covered his face, he knew who this familiar smell was. "I missed you...I missed you so so much" A teary-eyed Thor hugged him tightly and made his eyes bulge, it was only then Lucius remembered how incredibly strong this girl was. "Hehe I missed you too, I counted every day and couldn''t wait to see you once more" Lucius pat Thor''s head and then held her cheeks and gave her a deep kiss that made her legs weak. "Well I counted the hours ...." Thor said as she returned a kiss of equal measure. The both of them stayed in their embrace for quite a while, until.. *Ahem* The sound of someone clearing their throats broke them out of their trance. As Lucius turned to see who, it was Anne, she had been here with Thor taking care of the last bits of problems the Lightning Spirit Plane had. Anne crashed herself into Lucius in a likewise manner "Big brother Lu! Big brother Lu! long time no see!" The positive and bubbly girl clung to him which made him laugh. "Yes Anne, Long time no see, I trust you''ve been helping Thor out a bit?" The bubbly girl nodded and showed a cheeky smile, for which she had gained a loving pat on her head from Lucius... her cute bubbly face then turned serious. "Lady Thor, now that you two have time, you should tell him...he needs to hear it" "Yes I know, Lucius you remember the last thing we said to one another?" "Yes I had a few questions for you" Indeed how could Lucius forget? He had a lot of questions, the main one being...Why are his parent''s not spirits? They were the strongest of their clans and they died with the most regrets, being the King and Queen of a massacred Race, they should have been the first one to become spirits. "Yes, please go ahead" Lucius felt nervous, His brother had emerged from his soul and sat in his usual spot as if to give Lucius courage. "You want to know why none of your parents are Spirits right?.." Thor asked cautiously. Lucius just nodded, his face had not changed but his tightly clenched fists betrayed his emotions. "There''s a reason for that...it''s probably because....well...there''s a high chance that they are alive.." "WHAT?! How is that possible? I saw them die! Are you sure?! That''s impossible!" Lucius could not believe what he had heard, certainly he saw them destroyed by time magic before his very eyes, not only that but he felt the curse effects himself and he knew nothing could withstand such a terrifying spell, except for maybe a dragon who could only withstand it for a short duration, as they only become stronger with age but if their Insight isn''t strong enough to withstand their aging bodies they would die. Neverthless dragons held a high survival rate against time magic, it''s as if they were natural enemies, the only reason the black dragon had died is because he had already been fatally wounded and the time magic, increased the wounds effects. This was something Veranathrax told him, the only dragon who felt the full range of his time magic. However if a dragon was young or had Insight too low to withstand their aged bodies they certainly wouldn''t survive it. Time magic against dragons, was like rolling a dice, it was a gamble. Thor then placed her hand on his mouth. "Let me finish..there are a few things that bugged me about this Raz Seph, I''ll lay the facts before you and you can tell me what you think" Lucius nodded, a bit of hope in his heart, he stared his fingers trembled so he bound them together with a closed fist. "First of all, I have seen the memories of every draconian that had died and became a Spirit, coupled together with the memories I got from Lady Venastrasia through you, and I found something incredibly weird...for instance...How did Raz Seph know where you''re parents were? They were not in Stormblade City but rather at the foot of the mountain, they were on their way to the Thunder Dragon Festival. When he had turned towards them and caste that time curse, he knew exactly where you were." "Secondly, he waited till the Thunder Dragon Festival to reveal himself, my belief is that he waited for all the High Nobles to leave as to separate you all from the commoners, the question is why? He could clearly have killed both the High Nobles and the commoners all the same with his power as it made no difference to him...why wait for the separation? it was as if he wanted all the High Nobles grouped together...... that is incredibly suspicious" "Third is this.." With a swing of her hammer, Thor along with Lucius and Anne entered a dark room, no the room was not dark...it was space! Lucius could see the stars and the planet this time they were not moving, he marveled at it''s beauty and wondered how something like this could exist...it was clearly a room but it looked like they had been in space! In the middle of the room was an Orb on top of a pedestal, Thor approached it and placed her hands on top of it, instantly it glowed golden and it displayed several images on the walls of the space room. "This orb is called the All Seer Lightning Orb every Spirit King has one, I use it to sense Spirits Lucius, but not only Spirits....Every living creature that has lightning in it''s veins cannot hide from this orb Lucius..I sensed every single draconian die with few exceptions." "When the Lightning Calamity happened, I felt the disturbance and I rushed to the orb, I saw countless Spirits enter the Plane while others passed on, but select few did not show up at all as if they had been blocked by something...Lucius the few exceptions were all High Nobles including your parents..... not a single High Noble had become a Spirit! You have to understand this in itself is a very absurd thing! As Stronger entities tend to have a much more firmer grip on life, they cleared both criteria to become spirits! The strange part is, I did feel them disappear but it wasn''t from death otherwise I would have known! It was as if they had left the dimension!" "Something here is definitely wrong Lucius!" Thor was extremely confident and her eyes were dead serious. Lucius did not know what to say and finally squeezed out a few words. "A-Are they alive?" Lucius'' eyes was open wide with fear, a sliver of hope lay inside. "I don''t know, but at the very least they are somewhere I cannot see" Thor said dejectedly. Lucius could not help but feel hope in his heart. Notice. WorldSerpent: Well then, I see quite a few people asking a few questions so i''ll answer them here, if this post bothers you because you followed it then I don''t really care, if you enjoyed the update...I love you my fans who has been here since the beginning and the new ones who tolerate my first FF thank you very much for the support. These chapters so far has only been Lucius'' introduction in to the world, that was why I mainly focused on him for these 20 + chapters. I have no intention of making this a short FF as I have said multiple time and ever since reaching to the capital, all of these events have taken place in less than a few weeks, I can''t introduce Lucius to the world and develop the girls at the same time it just doesn''t work and it would make every chapter much much longer than I can handle currently, so sit down patiently and wait for the arcs...I mean..Lucius hasn''t even gone to school yet..So please relax and enjoy the ride and wait...you can''t know everything at just the beginning of something. This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. As for the girls development, if you have realized they have all started coming together. With the latest information, it will enter into a training arc. Sky doesn''t need to train as she is a divine beast and insights are natural to them as I said earlier. Aleria will have her development alongside the MC, some people seemed to couldn''t wait and already started judging that however the sword has a big part to play in this...... btw I wonder why...when in (CD) Delia took quite a few books to gain any development and then shot up to being a Deity..but my pace...is too slow?...lol.... (I have a special surprise about this by the way, A huge surprise ) Thor''s world has become fixed and can now be used for training which I mentioned previously.( she is already absurdly strong comparable to Venastrasia) Kryssa is already strong but alongside them, she will enter her own form of training. Chapter 25: Secrets WorldSerpent Will drop another chap tonight folks don''t worry, I know this one is a bit short but because of the ending, If I continued you were bound to get cliff-hanged and I''m trying not too do that too much Back in Corinth, inside of the Private Infirmary. Two girls lay sleeping on a bed, one with 9 white silky tails with a hint of purple at the end, and the other a beautiful red woman with exotic curves. With a flash of light Lucius had returned in the courtyard along with Anne, He spent some much needed time with Thor and finished up their discussions. About 12 hours had passed in the Spirit World, so roughly only two hours had passed since Lucius had left. With a leap Lucius hopped up unto the floor of the balcony while carrying Anne who had a gigging look on her beat red face, and took a peek in to make sure the girls were still sleeping peacefully while at the same time allowing Anne to enter and go sleep with Sky. After confirming they were fine, he sat on top of the ledge of the balcony in a cross-legged position and stared into the stars he then closed his eyes and entered into a trance. Lucius'' heart was in turmoil, hope was indeed a painful thing. He could not help but wonder about the state of his parents and grandmother, he also felt bad for the other nobles who were surrounding his parents at the time. He started replaying the memories of the Lightning Calamity over and over in his head, because these were not normal memories but magical ones they had not eroded and were just as fresh as the day it happened. He watched every single detail calmly and collectively. Little by little while playing over the memories he could not help but in his heart feel a bit of hatred every single time it was played. He watched the battle repeatedly, he truly hated this man Raz Seph. Lucius stared at the man in his memories with complete and utter hatred for hours till the sun rose, and then he noticed something! The man''s Armor was strange! Nobody had taken much notice of it as they figured he was from another dimension so the armor would obviously be different but there was a crystal orb adorned in the middle of the man''s armor, he then shifted his gaze at Raz Seph''s axe, it too had a strange crystal orb implanted at the handle. Lucius thought these orbs were too strange, he then shifted over the memories to the 12 Dark Knights and they themselves had orbs in their weapons! ''What are these orbs!'' He thought as his hope was now reinvigorated and he pressed on ahead, ignoring his feelings and brushing his hatred aside just for now in order to absorb more information. He watched and watched, and he noticed something during the battle with his mother and Raz Seph, His mother had only done damage to Raz Seph whenever she hit the skin on his body rather than his armor, certainly he should have still received damage from such attacks! He watched when his brother fell and his mother retaliated in rage with her lightning imbued tail, the conqueror had only moved his head and didn''t mind receiving the attack in his armor! In fact when the attack came down towards his chest he had a slight grin! ''Something was strange about those orbs after all!'' Lucius felt like he learned something of extreme importance but he did not stop there, he wanted to know more! He once more dove into the memories as he closed his eyes, he paid close attention to every time his mother hit Raz Sephs Armor, every time it hit the same thing happened, he would receive the hit but no damage! He then focused his eyes on the strangest them of it all, the crystal orb! It was then he noticed every single time he was hit on his armor, the orb flickered with a tiny light! It was absorbing the lightning! He looked even closer and realized that Raz Seph had not been casting! He was definitely charging but their was no mana involved! Raz Seph had no mana! he could clearly see from the orb, streams of calm lightning that flowed like water were being evenly distributed to this weird armor from the orb. This was the first time Lucius had ever seen this sort of lightning that flowed with such calmness. This weird armor had veins of sorts that were clearly moving and distributing the calmed lightning! How could he have missed this! ''So that''s why he went for us! It was our lightning capabilities! Our lightning powers their weapons and armor!'' ''That calm lightning...is this how they harness it? how do they do it?, his time magic was also powered by that calm lightning'' ''Mom must have been so furious at the point in time that she did not notice the man used no mana'' ''I know that he utilizes the lightning but what bothers me is how does he use it to power the time magic? Does he have a hidden orb somewhere with other effects?'' Lucius decided to call these orb adorned weapons and armor ''Electrically Powered Artifacts'' Lucius finally understood what this man was after and not a minute too soon he could feel Venastrasia coming towards him! **** As the beautiful golden-haired woman appeared before Lucius in a flicker of light she approached Lucius-- **Nock** "I thought I told you to tell me whenever you disappear!" Venastrasia was clearly angry, as a lump on Lucius'' head proved so. A teary-eyed Lucius rubbed his head as he responded. "Mom sorry about that, but it was a good thing I didn''t because then you would have never came here, mom there''s something we need to talk about, I want to talk to the uncles and the aunts as well" Seeing Lucius'' determined face, Venastrasia nodded. "It seems serious" Lucius nodded to answer her suspicions. She swiftly changed into her dragon form, and Lucius hopped on her back and made his way to her head and rubbed it as he had not sat there in quite a while which made Venastrasia let out a low purr, in a flash of light they both disappeared. **** As Venastrasia landed on top of Lizard''s Run, she sent a message to all the dragons telling them to gather around, group by group they left the caves and surrounded Lucius and Venastrasia, the Three Great Uncles approached as well and stood before them curiosity ever present in their eyes. Lucius hopped off and looked at them and opened his mouth to ask a few questions to confirm his suspicions "Before we begin, I have a few questions is that okay?" The dragons all nodded, clearly they were wondering what was up. "Okay..During the Lightning Calamity, when the first two Death Knights were killed and the power of the other 10 had increased, the power they gained would you say it was equal to the amount of 2 Death Knights equally distributed?" If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Stumped by the questions the dragons all looked around but then eventually nodded, Xiaxinia seemed to have caught on to something along with the Three Great Uncles, the four then nodded. "Okay...secondly do you all still have the corpse of one of the Death Knights?" Venastrasia was the one to reply. "Yes Lucius, we supplied it with divine power to keep it fresh, every now and then we keep supplying it....where are you going with this?" Her curiosity was clearly burning at full throttle. "I''d like to hear what you learned about it, as well as I''d like to see it, don''t worry I''ll tell you all everything I knew soon, I have a few things to confirm first" "Well nothing much actually, it seemed to be a corpse and we have no idea how it even moved in the first place much less accumulate so much power. Their bodies are made out of a different material than any humanoid i''ve ever seen and their genetic make up is different from ours, you can tell just by looking but the strange thing, is that when we fought them while they were alive their attacks were always in unison" Xiaxinia replied swiftly as he seemed to want to move up the pace and find out what Lucius knew. "So you guys didn''t cut him open?" Lucius asked curiously "There was no need we used divine magic to pick up anything strange, but in the end we didn''t find anything" Varathraga replied as he furrowed his brows. "That is where we will start....what I am looking for is something that isn''t affected by magic of any kind except lightning....can I see the corpse?" They then led Lucius to a cave on another part of the mountain, it was a bit lower than the crater as they did not want to keep it near them. As Lucius entered the cave he saw a hooded being wrapped in a black robe that was probably the Death Knights cloak, Lucius instantly unwrapped the man and stared at this creature that seemed to be long dead and started removing the man''s armor. Lucius analyzed every single part of this man''s armor but his had no crystal orb. Lucius truly wanted to find one of these orbs. He searched around and did not see the man''s weapon. "Uncles you guys don''t happen to have his weapon do you?" Lucius asked hopefully, to which they shook their heads. "Then do you remember anything funny about their weapons?" Xiaxinia thought for a moment and then spoke "Yeah, this guy here his sword rotated" "Rotated?" Lucius inquired further. "Yeah, it had tiny blades that covered the blade and they rotated and made a whirring sound" Lucius nodded at this as he confirmed, they indeed used the lightning to power their weapons. Lucius then began to explain everything about from what Thor told him to all of his suspicions and the things he found out, Venastrasia shared her memory once more to the surrounding human formed dragons and Lucius acted as a guide as he pointed out the weird features and his beliefs, the dragons began nodding as he spoke because it indeed made sense, Venastrasia felt as through a puzzle in her brain had finally began clearing and she showed a face of surprise along with all of the other dragons. He told them especially about the possibility of his parents surviving, and they too seemed to agree, if this electrical energy really was so precious to them, they would no doubt have kept the high noble Draconians alive, but the question is how? 500 years had passed and many of the nobles were not Deities but they were stuck at the 10th Grade mage it was enough to keep them alive until now but they would probably be close to dying of old age, with the exception of his family of course. Xiaxinia deduced they must have been kept in a time barrier that allowed them to freeze time and maintain the current flow of electrical energy. Lucius upon seeing the dragons agree with him felt more confident in his belief and then decided that nothing would hold him back now. *SHINGG* Two Curved black blades then emerged from Lucius'' shoulders. They instantly began slicing the man apart, the dragons looked at Lucius as if he was insane but understood Lucius wasn''t! He was currently worrying about his biological parents and had been moving with the utmost efficiency since he had arrived, they noticed this and realized he had long made up his mind to free his family. However they sat and waited because they too believed that these guys were definitely powered by lightning and that they definitely had a secret! Lucius instantly launched his hands into the man''s chest, green blood spurted everywhere as he pulled out all of the creature''s organs, he saw a liver, a spleen, kidneys there weren''t that different from him, the shapes they had and their colors however were indeed abnormal. Lucius learned the anatomy of humans from Auriel and knew what should and shouldn''t be in a body. He shredded and cut opened every single organ and pieces of tissue till finally he brought out the heart, with a quick slash-- *CLINK* That was not the sound of a heart, they all instantly froze, as a tiny red orb a size smaller than an egg fell from the enlarged heart in Lucius'' hand and rolled on the floor in front of them. This meant many things but the most important thing was....They knew how these Invaders worked!! Lucius picked up the orb and then looked at it at eye level, finally he got to see one up close. What he saw inside was tiny nuts and bolts, gears and cogs and a weird colored black sphere on the inside, the black sphere rotated and it had a dim glow. This was definitely how these beings are powered. Lucius began experimenting with the orb, he tried injected mana to confirm his suspicions, mana had no effect on it, he injected regular azure colored lightning and it whirred but it wasn''t being used at it''s full capacity, it still needed other requirements. Lucius approached the entrance of the cave and held it up into air so that the light from outside would give him a better view inside the orb as he saw darkness inside of it. As it became much clearer he saw sparks inside of the darkness which made his jaw drop, he brought it even closer to his face to see what was going on inside, Veranathus who had been fidgeting since the beginning finally walked up behind Lucius as he couldn''t contain his curiosity any longer, he placed his hand on Lucius'' back who had been completely absorbed in the mystery of the orb.....so he was quite startled at the interruption and it fell from his fingertips an into his mouth. He choked and instinctively and accidentally swallowed the orb. Chapter 26: Death WorldSerpent: Alrighty second chapter as promised, Enjoy Seeing Lucius choking, not leaving anything to chance and in a last ditch effort Xiaxinia closed the distance in the blink of an eye and gripped Lucius'' throat as he stopped it midway during the swallow! Xiaxinia then followed up with a quick controlled blow to his stomach that forced all the air out of his lungs and forced the orb to come shooting out of his throat and sent Lucius flying into the wall. It was a heavy blow that at the very least broke some of Lucius'' ribs but it was a gamble Xiaxinia had to take. **CRASH** Instantly they all showed a look of relief, Veranathus had tears of joy as he had just courted death. Everyone was relieved except for Xiaxinia. "The darkness.....it''s not in the orb..." Xiaxinia said as fear crept unto his face, instantly he knew what happened. "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Lucius screamed in agony as he fell on his back, his hands gripped tightly on his leather armor, his fingers scraped the armor as if he were trying to dig into his body, Venastrasia''s face was filled with horror as well as the other dragons. She turned and looked at Veranathus who dared not raise his head as he himself was scared and did not know what to do, his carelessness had just caused a catastrophe and he knew this! She bit her lip as she knew it wasn''t his fault but she still could not bring herself not to blame him, she fell to her knees in front of Lucius and started injecting Divine Power into Lucius'' body, but she could feel no abnormality, then she had remembered what Lucius had told them. Any magic besides lightning will not pick up the abnormality, and there was nothing lightning could do to resolve this situation. "AHHHHHHH!!!!!" He once more screamed out as his eyes became red and his finger nails scraped at the armor even more intensely than before, Lucius felt this pain before, it was the same sort of pain he felt when his divine core had merged with the Thunder Rites. Blood began leaking from his eyes, nose and ears. It filled Venastrasia with dread as she covered her both ears and tears began leaking from her eyes. Whenever Lucius had been in danger she was always there and there was always something she could do but now all she could do was watch and worse she had no idea what was happening inside Lucius'' body and therefore had no solution. She cradled him, that was all she could do, Lucius'' screaming had not stopped, in fact it was even more intense than the beginning. Lucius could feel the darkness slowly moving towards his heart, he had no idea how to stop it, violent thoughts and hatred filled his mind, he could feel it urging him to engage in non stop bloodshed. ''KILL...KILL..KILL..KILL....KILL..KILL....KILL...KILL..KILL...KILL'' The darkness had been screaming in his mind, Lucius could feel it attacking all the way to his soul trying to corrupt him and turn him into a mindless beast, Lucius was becoming more and more terrified as his screams rung out and made the dragons flinch and turn their faces. They truly felt sorry for him. They thought they had grown quite accustomed to Lucius'' screams because of his training and his abnormal conditions but today, they had seen him under a new level of pain. Lucius tried using mana to force the darkness away from his heart, but it failed, he tried using lightning and he realized it only made it move faster, he was terrified and he had no options, however he knew he had to get it out or at least away from his heart to which it was moving at a steady pace. Finally he came up with an idea, it was stupid and it might kill him but it was better than being a puppet for the man he hated the most in the world, it was either life or death, he wasn''t going to choose an in between. Lucius began piling up Positive Lightning Energy in his divine core, he tried to make it small and condensed with a controlled amount of power, something he had failed to do till this day, but now it was either sink or swim either he would die or live. If he made the positive energy too large it would kill him, he had to control it now! Attempt after attempt resulting in failure upon failure, every second it slowly moved toward his heart causing massive pain. The veins in his body rose as kept on bulging and increasing his heart rate.. Lucius had become hopeless, he decided he would use his last resort...having the feeling he was going to die..Lucius raised his hand and touched Venastrasia''s face, he suppressed his pain for an instant, just so he could give his mother a nice warm smile...Venastrasia seeing this smile, felt her heart go cold and numb, she knew what this meant. In an instant Lucius gathered Positive Lightning Energy in his divine core, not caring about the amount as he couldn''t control it...and generated an equally large amount of Negative Lightning Energy and merged it within the greedily absorbed it very much like it had absorbed the earlier lightning. This time however, the darkness gained and incredibly powerful increase in speed and went speeding directly towards his divine core. **BOOM** *COUGH* *WEEZ* Instantly his divine core shook, mouthfuls of blood spurt out from his mouth as his eyes went white and cracks appeared in his divine core....Lucius was without a doubt dying, his body shook violently as the explosion inside of him raged and sent cracks through out his body, all of the dragons could feel his soul shudder and their faces became pale. Lucius stopped screaming and his eyes were lifeless.. Venastrasia shook him a few times, and her eyes were blank. "Lucius?....Lucius wake up....wake up Lucius.....wake up..........LUCIUSSSSSS!!!!!" **ROAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR** Venastrasia screamed as her voice subconsciously imbued with Thunder,it shook the entire surroundings all the way to the Capital of Astarte...without a doubt everyone in the Capital of Astarte heard the scream, though they may not have heard what it is the voice said, they clearly heard a scream that awoke every living thing from it''s slumber and sent fear down their spines. Other Dragons covered their ears as the force from the scream blew apart the cave and destroyed half of the mountain as she held Lucius in her arms.. The mountain had begun shaking as if it were collapsing, as the dragons flew out of the cave they watched as Venastrasia''s Aura went haywire, her hair flared in the sky, she had been bursting at her utmost limits. This is the Venastrasia they ultimately knew, A powerful being capable of destroying anything she set her eyes upon, it had been so long since they had seen her this way, their hearts had been filled with fear. They knew Venastrasia had became much softer when she took care of a fragile life like Lucius, but they truly know what sort of monster she could become. "MOTHER! CALM DOWN!!" A voice broke her insanity instantly, it was Veranathrax''s voice. A head was peering out of Lucius'' body. Her eyes met the jet black dragon''s face and only then did she calm down but she still had a horribly terrifying face on, her aura was still active however and once more Veranathrax spoke. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. "Mother don''t worry he''s still alive! His divine core is badly damaged however I am keeping it together, if you continue to burst forth so much power it might complicate things!" Hearing this only now did she stop and she looked at him, his eyes were indeed lifeless, she placed her head on his chest and she could still hear a faint heartbeat..The sound of those weak beats were like music to her ears, tears had filled her eyes. She instantly flew off the mountain holding Lucius as she rushed towards another mountain not too far away, the other dragons following after. Veranathus...did not know what to do...he just flew blankly as he indeed suffered, if he had ended Lucius'' life because of his stupidity, he would never be able to forgive himself much less Venastrasia. After all, he was one of Lucius'' uncles who Lucius was so proud of...it was then Xiaxinia patted his back and gave him a small smile that seemed to say not to worry. Venastrasia ordered the dragons to dig a cave and ordered some to fetch pelts to remake a bed, this nostalgia filled the dragons as they remembered the first time they were ordered to do this, it was pretty much the same as the first time. Lucius was courting death and they were making a place for him to stay and rest. It was not any different than the last time. A few days had passed and Venastrasia did not let Lucius out of her sight for a single second as she clenched onto him, her once beautiful hair became disheveled and the edges had started splitting. Yet she did not move, her eyes a bit lifeless staring at the pale face of her son, she had cried so many times already and she just wanted him to be safe as usual and she started regretting not being around. **** Inside of Lucius'' divine core.... Veranathrax was flying about searching for the darkness, though he was currently healing the cracks in Lucius'' divine core, but he still had to destroy the darkness...After moving around for a while he finally found the black cube box and he flew straight into it... With a flash of light he entered Lucius conscious...Upon entering he saw Lucius being wrapped up in darkness and a Death Knight standing right next to him manipulating it. The Death Knight turned around upon noticing the Dragon-Serpent he instantly released the darkness towards Veranathrax. Veranathrax opened his mouth and began swallowing it whole. The Dark Knight shook, A sweat bead appeared on his face as felt fear run down his spine! He roared angrily "WHAT ARE YOU?!!! TO SWALLOW MY DARKNESS!! wait....I remember you, you''re that black dragon we killed how are you still alive you cursed beast?!!" Veranathrax simply said. "What does it matter to you anyway? You are still going to die..." **CRUNCH** The Death Knight had been swallowed..he was a soul, Veranathrax understood that, because he was a Spirit, Spirits can absorb souls well it would be more accurate to say for growth souls can be used it was considered taboo in the Spirit World but what he understood was.... that Thor would definitely let it slide, It was a completely one sided fight. Veranathrax began chewing... "A bit ashy but not bad...What a fool, to attack my brother..however we will be taking this upgrade" Veranathrax spit out a crystal orb, the orb began glowing as it flew in the air, after absorbing the darkness from Death Knight, it was revealed to be a crystal orb that was possessed by the darkness of a black soul. Naturally once the soul was consumed it would reset to it''s default state. As Veranathrax left the conscious realm he took the orb and placed it inside Lucius'' Divine core, instantly they both began to merge. This time there was no pain, Lucius'' soul merged with the orb and the orb turned into an azure color, Then the Orb began making whirring sounds.... Venastrasia sat there holding Lucius when suddenly Lucius'' cracked Golden Diamond shaped Divine Core flew out of his body, the dragonic language in azure colors written on the stone shone brightly! Suddenly an Azure Orb came out of Lucius'' body at the same speed, the two began rotating and slammed together in an instant! *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ* There was absolutely no pain this time! The Azure Orb was Lucius'' soul! The Divine core instantly accepted it! As it slammed together it shone a golden blue Light color and as the light dimmed the cracked Divine core had become whole again and what''s more was that it''s shape had once more changed! It became a Golden-Blue color and had the shape of a Dragon! On both wings had symbols of Dragonic language and one on it''s head ... It''s right wing said "Dark" On it''s left wing said "Light" And on it''s head " Heir " The Golden-Blue Dragon shaped Divine Core then flew back into Lucius chest and his breathing returned to normal...Venastrasia didn''t care about what it said she just wanted to know if he would be okay now, Lucius however was still asleep. Veranathrax then came out of Lucius'' body and sat on his stomach. "Mom, he''ll be fine now he just needs to rest...I killed the guy who tried to corrupt him..it was one of Raz Seph''s Death Knights it seems his soul was living in the orb and he most likely used the opportunity when the orb slipped from Lucius'' hands to try and shove itself into Lucius'' throat it wasn''t Uncle Veranathus'' fault" Veranathrax wasn''t an idiot he knew right away he had to tell her this...He knew all to well his mother''s temper. Venastrasia nodded once more with tears in her eyes. She still felt a bit of anger towards Veranathus but at least he wouldn''t be killed. Lucius'' snores became loud, bringing a smile to her face. "Thanks Vera" She rubbed Veranathrax''s head and he spoiled himself in his headrub. "No problem mom, big brother is important to me as well, he saved my life twice and brought me back home" Venastrasia took Lucius and carried him to the newly dug cave and placed Lucius on the new furry bed. This new mountain the dragons named "Stormblade Mountain", after Lucius of course. Veranathrax had explained the situation to them all and the dragons were moved to tears especially the Three Great Uncles, Veranathus cried more loudly than all of them as he went off to a corner by himself. After a while.... *NOCK* Venastrasia had walked up to him and punched him in the head. A noticeable bump appeared on his head, to which he gratefully accepted with tears in his eyes. She then gave him a smile and told him it wasn''t his fault, he knew this as well when Veranathrax explained it but he still sort of felt guilty. After a while .... *Nock* Xiaxinia had punched him... *Nock* Varathraga had punched him.... After a while... *Nock* *Nock* *Nock* *Nock* *Nock* *Nock* All the dragons had punched him. He no longer felt guilty. Chapter 27: Awakening. WorldSerpent : Here you go enjoy! Chapters as usual, I''m not bothering to edit anything, figured might as well use the first few grammar impaired chapters as idiot repellant Deep within Lucius'' conscious he appeared in a white room, the white room had a single crystal orb upon a pedestal, Lucius knew what this power was, he had an inkling that this was the power from within the orb. He had no idea the battle he went through to even be alive this moment. He began approaching the orb, when a voice drew his attention. "You''re finally awake big brother..." Lucius turned around as he recognized that voice. What he saw before him was Veranathrax only this time he was indeed a bit larger and he lost his serpent form, he now looked like a Dragon but maintained his Spirit-like form. Lucius was surprised and couldn''t help but to ask him. "Brother? What happened to you" "I became King-Ranked" Lucius was astonished...Veranathrax once more broke his thoughts. "The orb had lodged itself in your throat trying to make it''s way to your stomach, but uncle Xia had stopped it if you can remember, however the essence had already leaked it''s way inside. It turns out the essence was an orb containing being possessed by the soul of a Death Knight. He tried to corrupt and manipulate you to take control of your body, however...I devoured him as Souls are a sort of food for Spirits...though...what you did was really reckless brother..to use your lightning in such a way....you really would have died you know!" Lucius nodded as he remembered his uncle forcing the orb out of his throat and shook when he thought of dying..He thought he indeed wouldn''t want to die, at least not yet. Not until he kills the one man responsible for all of this. "Hmm...it really was indeed dangerous..." "Well go ahead brother, you were going to see what treasure lay in the orb right?" Veranathrax let out an all knowing grin as his eyes shone, he himself was excited to see what the orb held. Lucius smiled wryly and instantly made his way across. As he touched it, he felt as though the orb was a piece of him, Instantly a few images flashed in his mind. It was an image of a tree swaying in the wind...leaves fell off the three as a strong breeze drew, a few seconds later a small wave blurred through the area and the once quickly falling leaves slowed and came to a complete stop simultaneously. As the wave passed by the leaves completely they once more regained their speed and fluttered across in the wind, where the ending of the images followed. Lucius opened his eyes and the orb was no longer in his hand, but he could clearly feel it was inside him. Lucius had regained his consciousness and for the first time since the incident, he opened his blue fierce eyes. He turned to look at his side as he felt a presence there, sure enough his mother lay down asleep her hair disheveled and her face stained with tears and kissed her on her cheeks. Venastrasia awoke and upon seeing these pair of blue eyes staring at her, she came to her senses and hugged him tightly and asked him worriedly. "Are you feeling much better?....Are there any....changes?" "I think I gained a new ability but I still feel there''s something else...I just can''t put my hands on it" "...I see, are you hungry" Lucius nodded, and they both left the cave and Lucius realized instantly they were on another mountain. He turned to Venastrasia and asked. "Mom...this isn''t Lizard''s Run is it?" Her face instantly went red with embarrassment, of course it wasn''t..she destroyed it. A bead of sweat appeared as she spoke nervously. "Uhh..No..eheh..Veranathus broke it" Lucius let out a laugh and turned over to look at the dragons who were in their human forms. They were all up as it was about midday and were currently preparing lunch, Lucius made his way over where he spotted the three uncles over at the edge of cliff. The other dragons upon seeing Lucius up and about gave him a nod with a smile and some ruffled his hair. He felt a bit embarrassed as he could clearly tell they were all worrying about it. Lucius then walked up to the The Great Uncles and spoke to Veranathus who had not noticed his presence as they were deep in worry. "I heard you destroyed Lizard''s Run Uncle, what happened?" When the Three Great Uncles who were currently wallowing heard this familiar voice they instantly jumped and turned around. Veranathus was just about to explain he wasn''t the one, but Venastrasia''s blasting aura and cold stare made him take the fall. "Ahh yes..haha...I did it..." The three uncles, then burst out in tears and hugged Lucius as snot came from their nose to which Lucius fought valiantly but could not avoid it...the snot and tears soaked on him like a cold shower. These guys were incredibly hopeless, they indeed were the ones that doted on Lucius the most aside from his mother. After speaking about what happened inside him to the Three Greats and his mother, Lucius asked his Uncle Veranathus for a favor. "Uncle I need you to attack me, there''s something I want to try and you must aim to hit me" At first he was hesitant and he looked at Venastrasia who nodded with a smile as she came to terms with the fact that it wasn''t his fault. "Okay but I''ll use the lowest power I can use though, a Deity-level strike and speed should be enough" "No I need you to use more power than that, please uncle" Lucius urged. After thinking he reluctantly gave in and decided he would use a strike with a little more strength than a Deity. He was certain if Lucius failed whatever he was attempting he could at least survive the strike with only a few broken bones. Xiaxinia stood where Lucius would be flung in case he failed so he doesn''t hit the wall or go off the cliff, Venastrasia stood near him and prepared to heal him instantly. Veranathus and Lucius stood facing each other in the middle of this new mountain crater, and Instantly Veranathus'' human hand turned into a huge Dragon''s hand that came parting the air at a terrifying speed that did not match it''s size in a horizontal swipe towards Lucius'' right side. **WHOOSH** As Lucius sensed the incoming blow, he closed his eyes and recalled that sensation of the wave that distorted the tree and it''s leaves. Instantly his eye opened as they shone with a white light, a bright white shone brightly and intensely in Lucius'' left palm as it took the form of a rotating white orb that made a whirring sound, Lucius aimed the orb with his left arm and instantly sent his palm to collide with Veranathus'' blow. *VORPPP* Veranathus'' open hand stopped right as the white orb collided with it, Creating a huge white-crystal colored transparent shield wave which made him freeze, instantly Lucius hopped over the claw and landed on the opposite side of the Dragon''s hand and almost exactly after the hand regained it''s freedom as the shield wave broke and the hand exploded the air! **BOOM** Veranathus was dumbstruck! Lucius had stopped his blow! He had a feeling that was what he was attempting to do but never in his wildest dreams did he believe that Lucius would actually pull it off and be able to stop the blow completely! He thought at most he would reduce it''s damage with a new move he did not expect him to succeed much less so perfectly done! The dragons watching just stared, they themselves did not understand what just happened. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. Lucius gave out a chuckle as he tried to catch his breathe, it seemed to have drained quite a bit of mana from him, he turned around and laughed at Veranathus, he could clearly see the surprise on his face. Veranathus licked his dry lips and couldn''t help but ask. "D-Did you just stop time?" "Hehe, well sort of.. more specifically, only the time of the surrounding area of your attack for a split second" Everyone was instantly shocked! They knew that stopping time was no ordinary gift, regardless if it was just enough for one blow, it was indeed a weapon that could bring victory in a split second. If Lucius learned to control it properly how formidable would he be? Lucius enjoyed watching their reactions, Veranathrax came out of Lucius'' soul in his enlarged form that stood 2 meters tall and 3 meters long for a while he stared at Lucius shoulder unsure of what to do. He then condensed his spirit and took a smaller form and comfortably sat on Lucius'' right shoulder, proud of finding a solution to his problem and content with his knew spot. Venastrasia had jumped upon noticed how huge he had become, couldn''t suppress her curiosity. "Vera, did you grow?" "Yes Mother, I became King-Ranked, I remained in Lucius'' soul to absorb the rest of that Death Knight" He said as he stuck his nose in the air which made her laugh and he was rewarded with a head rub. Lucius laughed as he watched the happy exchange and decided to go take a bathe and get rid of all snot he was covered in. He instantly hopped over the cliff as his Black War Armor emerged and was covered in a purple static, his armor shone purple as he sped off looking at a huge right below. Upon reaching the lake He took off his Black War Armor and his Black Leather Armor and fell straight into the water in his birthday suit. *BOOSH* Creating a deep splash and disturbing the inhabitants, he withdrew his spear and imbued it with purple lightning as he lay down and allowed the water to cleanse his body. Many creatures came rushing at the disturbance, but a few purple flashes later they had all died. As the Lucius soaked in the water, the blood began to rise from the lake and so did he. He then used lightning to heat the water on his body and instantly steam rose from his skin as he was completely dry. He once more equipped his Black leather Armor and Black War Armor and returned to the top of the new mountain, his new home. Lucius yawned and was still feeling a bit tired so he decided to go sleep but was stopped midway by a familiar voice. "Lucius! Come quickly there''s something you need to see!" As he turned around he saw his Uncle Xia with a serious face, Lucius nodded and quickly made his way over, Xiaxinia led him to a cave with the other dragons. There they seemed to be surrounding the red orb that initially came from the heart, the darkness inside was missing and everything seemed to be clear enough to see inside. Lucius saw something flashing inside the orb, not knowing what it was the dragons had not touched it since they went looking for it and brought it back, luckily the orb was not hard to find, all they needed to do was emit lightning in the area and they felt a pulling current that led them to the orb. Lucius saw many knots and bolts, cogs and gears inside of the orb, and a sort of dial in the middle, he could feel a strange frequency coming from it. He tried entering regular azure lightning but once more it whirred softly, he tried Positive, Negative and Magnetic Lightning energy but it was still whirring softly. He then realized what he needed was a new insight. So he struck a meditative position and sat near the orb, he focused on the weird frequency and had totally attuned himself to these weird waves, Lucius began feeling a new insight he had never felt before. To the dragons, nothing seemed to be happening but to Lucius he could sense These waves that went out as far as he could see, it was certainly emitting a faint sound and the pulses were incredibly powerful. Instantly millions of lightning bolts appeared from the sky within Lucius'' mind as a hint of joy filled his face. ''It''s here once more!'' He thought as he let himself fall deeper into this frequency waves as he did so a golden lightning bolt appeared from the sky and stood directly before Lucius in an instant imagines flew through his mind, what he saw was static filling the air, the static calmed down and became a fine clean wave of light that pulsed throughout the atmosphere....and then it faded. The images came to a halt and the Golden Lightning once more disappeared as it was not yet time for another breakthrough. Lucius opened his eyes and began creating an azure colored ball of lightning in his hand, through trial and error he tried imitating the frequency he had been picking up from the orb, failure and failure, until finally the azure colored lightning began to change into a golden color. As Lucius got accustomed to the frequency, it began forming much more stronger and condensed. The Golden ball of lightning then exploded sending rays of light waves through the entire area reaching as far as Lucius could see...then at a blinding speed it came straight back as it converged right back into Lucius'' palm. Instantly images filled his head, too many to count he clenched his head and grit his teeth as the images of insects, animals, beasts and even a human family, but the images were far too many and his head felt like it was going to explode, so he tried focusing on only the strong beings with increased vitality and strength and succeeded in being able to target whatever he wanted. Lucius learned this Golden-Wave could find any living creature within a huge radius. He decided to call it, Divine Light Wave, as it was golden in color and obviously because it of it''s appearance. Lucius then once more focused this Insight into the red orb, and it created a trail in the air...A trail that lead to the ruined Continent. **** "My Lord, someone activated a Dark Knight orb a few minutes ago" A hooded man in black knelt before a man on a throne facing downwards, the man on the throne had green lifeless eyes as if it absorbed the souls of billions of people. The rest of his body could not be seen as it remained shrouded in darkness. "Really? Who one of those Lizards?" "I don''t know...I don''t know what that thing was, it felt differently my lord" "Differently? How so? " The green-eyed man queried impatiently. "He felt like one of those guys over there, a dragon and one of us...not just any one of us either, he definitely achieved Timekeeper form. though whatever his form may be I do not know because I''ve never felt something so absurd before." "Are you joking with me?" "No my lord..." "Did you get the signal?" "No my lord...something inside of him devoured the soul of our brother and the connection had long been cut shortly after" "Hmmm...a mix between, a light bug , a lizard and a Timekeeper? HAHAHAHA, this is amusing" The green-eyed man laughed as his composure broke causing the castle to shake intensely. "My Lord Raz please calm down, you''ll destroy the castle and our merchandise!" "Ahh!! My lord the signal is back up!! It seems he''s sending a message!" Chapter 28: Blood Vow WorldSerpent: Sorry about this being so late, had uninvited guests last night. Enjoy! Lucius begun focusing his Divine Light wave into the red orb, it created a trail and Lucius decided to follow that trail. Rather than go out in a 360 degree spherical blast like last time Lucius decided to form his Divine Light wave into a line, thereby increasing it''s distance over 1000 times. It would indeed be narrow but it could be used as a seeing eye that could pinpoint places of great distances. However that was not what he was doing currently, what he was doing was following a trail, he did not need to control it as it pushed on ahead on it''s own and Lucius allowed it. Finally Lucius realized it had become a lot denser and as he closed his eyes, he realized it was coming closer to it''s end, the place where the signal was the most dense, instantly he dimmed and lessened the Divine Light wave till it was invisible and minor. This required incredible mental fortitude, something Lucius had well cultivated. He could hear voices and it starting coming out of the red orb that was beside him and the dragons. They all listened quietly....while Lucius released tiny bits of Positive Lightning Energy in little droplets, the tiny blue streaks were barely visible. "My Lord, someone activated a Dark Knight orb a few minutes ago" "Really? Who one of those Lizards?" "I don''t know...I don''t know what that thing was, it felt differently my lord" "Differently? How so? " "He felt like one of those guys over there, a dragon and one of us...not just any one of us either, he definitely achieved Timekeeper form. though whatever his form may be I do not know because I''ve never felt something so absurd before." "Are you joking with me?" "No my lord..." "Did you get the signal?" "No my lord...something inside of him devoured the soul of our brother and the connection had long been cut shortly after" "Hmmm...a mix between, a light bug , a lizard and a Timekeeper? HAHAHAHA, this is amusing" "My Lord Raz please calm down, you''ll destroy the castle and our merchandise!" Lucius had then increased the power of his Divine Light Wave ten fold and then returned it to it''s invisible state making the orb shine for a brief moment, this was all a plan to make the hooded black man hand Raz Seph the orb! "Ahh!! My lord the signal is back up!! It seems he''s sending a message!" "I can''t see his face! I don''t have enough power my lord!" "GIVE IT HERE!!" The black hooded man handed Raz Seph the orb and he began powering it himself, instantly the orb in his hand shone brightly and Lucius quickly increased the dosage of the Positive Lightning energy! The orb shone white with a noticeable hint of blue but the Conqueror ignored it and laughed. "The orb turned almost blue, this new power source we''ve gained is amazing, it''s so concentrated it''s better than anything we''ve had in a long time Mikaelus, the last time I used one of the orbs it was only white, it didn''t have this blue lustre" "It is as you say my lord, the power these ones possess naturally is indeed incredible" The Conqueror was sure his own power had created the weird color of the orb, as the energy had been increased Lucius had seen the man''s face clearly, even though he was currently in a more smaller humanoid form it was still indeed Raz Seph. The man had looked at Lucius as clear as day but he could feel no familiarity, he had never seen him before. Raz Seph was smiling but only for a second...as his eyes lay upon the young man''s forehead, he felt his heart shook. Lucius had heard him speak of "Power sources"...Lucius wasn''t stupid he had an idea what these power sources were and it filled him with rage. Instantly Lucius'' Dragon Gem turned black as the blue lightning inside came to a complete standstill and created what seemed to be a terrifying eye, this time however the eye was much more distinct than before it had became much more clearer and the power inside of it seemed to have increase. It had split pupils like a reptilian''s but inside of it was the more frightening part one could feel it piercing their soul and judging every inch of you, the sheer coldness of the eye met the Conqueror''s gaze and he instinctively knew that he shouldn''t be amused. It peered into his soul and striped him bare, he felt completely disrespected because the gaze he usually gave others stared right back at him at this very moment. Lucius was the first to speak as his voice came out icy and uncaring,it was cold as ice! His lifeless eyes stared at the Conqueror Raz Seph who could feel his heart tremble, those eyes did not lose to his own in any aspect in fact it may have been much more petrifying. He knew the boy''s power was indeed insignificant in his eyes but there was a feeling he couldn''t shake, a foreboding feeling of impending doom. He listened to the young man''s words carefully with equally cold green eyes. "So in the end this is what you all are... I see now. You are all Parasites that can''t survive on their own. I understand how you work now and I promise you one day when you least expect it, I will come for you. Every dark corner, every shadow you see you had best pay attention. Revenge is a bitter thing, it''s bitter like the finest wine but it gets you high all the same. You may look at me as insignificant now as my power is indeed low and it hurts me ever so much but after all you should know best that time can cure all wounds. I''ll sit and bide my time until I''m strong enough but in the mean time I''ll hunt your minions, I''ll hunt them down and devour them all one by one." At this point Lucius had a Thorn Spike Shedding hidden behind his back! This was a detachable one from his Black War Armor! More specifically it was the one from his helmet, which was indeed the most powerful shedding Lucius had at his disposal, it was created from his mother, Venastrasia, the strongest Dragon in existence! Lucius began pouring Negative Lightning Energy inside of the Thorn Shedding! Instantly the Thorn was covered in a thick dense layer of Red Lightning and it soaked all the way into the core and eventually it shot out of Lucius'' hand and left the cave in a great speed! The Conqueror then spoke.. "HAHAHAH DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN KILL ME BOY? IN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS I WILL TAKE OVER THIS ENTIRE WORLD, THE ENERGY WE''VE ACQUIRED HERE IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST POTENT WE''VE EVER CAME ACROSS, I''LL BE AT MY STRONGEST HERE AND SO WILL MY ARMY, HAVE YOU SEEN HOW THEY''VE EVOLVED?? YOU MUST NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE FRONT LINES! HOW COULD A CHILD LIKE YOU HOPE TO DESTROY ME?" Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. **** While the Conqueror was raging and getting drunk in his amusement.....A few thousand miles away....A Spike covered in a dense layer of Red Lightning Energy broke the sound barrier and released a terrifying glow in it''s wake heading towards the Ruined Continent! The closer it became, the stronger the magnetic pull had increased making it go even faster! **** "You think you''re safe don''t you? Surrounded by your hordes of minions, hidden away in a castle like a coward on top that throne that''s not yours. You really believe no one can harm you...How wrong you are you foolish parasite! Since you love that throne so much THEN I''LL NAIL YOU TO IT! Lucius screamed as the mana in his body exploded and his hair flared up! **BANGG** An unidentifiable object covered in a dense red static burst through the ceiling of the Raz Seph''s castle and went slamming directly into the orb in the Conqueror''s hand! His eyes opened wide in fear as he had been taken by surprise! The Entire room had been covered in a dense red static! As the Conqueror had been supplying power to the orb via his hand, Lucius leaked Positive Lightning energy into the orb and sent most of it directly into the Conqueror''s hand! **BANG** The Thorn Spike Shedding that was moving at a supersonic speed collided with the orb and destroyed it in a single hit, the destruction caused the powerfully made orb to shatter and disperse like shrapnel as pieces of it cut Raz'' Sephs face, before he could roar out in his fury-- The Negative Lightning in the Thorn Spike shedding had not slowed down one bit! It broke through the orb not losing a single bit of it''s power and launched itself to the source of the Positive Lightning Energy in the Conqueror''s hand at the same speed, easily it broke through his skin and left a huge gaping hole in his hand!! "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" He screamed in hatred and anger as he looked at his hand It however did not stop there, finally as the Negative Lightning Energy collided with the Positive Lightning energy. It exploded with a huge **BANGG** The power of the explosion granted the thorn incredible penetrative power and increased it''s speed even more! Venastrasia''s spike impaled his leg and stuck his leg to the throne which made him scream out in pure agony! His Armor was not active and he had felt the full attack! "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" "HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU!!!!! YOU ARROGANT BUG!!!!" By then Lucius had been long supplying his magnetic lightning force into the Divine Light Wave, which changed to a golden-violet color. He took pleasure in hearing the man he wanted to kill scream out in pain. Raz Seph yanked out the Thorn shedding that cut his hand once more, it glowed a purple-violet color and it then flew out of his hand, tearing his skin once more and sped off at a slower speed than before at the direction it came from but it was still too fast to be caught. Had it have been any other weapon it definitely would not have caused Raz Seph pain nor would it have pierced his skin, but it was a Thorn Shedding from Venastrasia so needless to say it cut his skin like butter. Usually what Lucius just did would be unthinkable, but because he had a perfect receiver being the orb coupled with his Divine Light Wave he made full advantage of it! However, in the castle, Raz Seph sat on top of his throne, anger and fury clearly prevalent in his face, he no longer had the face of amusement he once had. The orb in his chest began pulsing and he began healing his wound and stared at the departing thorn. "Mikaelus, Mobilize the black army and attack all four Continents harshly! Find out where he is! FIND OUT WHERE HE IS AND KILL HIM NOW!!!" "Yes my lord" The black hooded man in a flash left the throne room. **** Back in the cave at on top of Stormblade Mountain, the thorn had just arrived and there were still remnants of blood on it which Venastrasia asked for, to which Lucius quickly handed it over as he knew it might be important. This blood was a precious sample as they had retrieved the Death Knight body to late to do any testing but this was a fresh sample and it was from Raz Seph no less. Lucius, the Three Great Uncles, and the others dragons watched as carefully as Venastrasia begun flooding the blood on the thorn with Divine Magic, she was currently inspecting it for abnormalities... Finally after a few hours she stopped and turned around and spoke to everyone. "Lucius I think you are right, they are indeed using one of those Electrically Powered Artifacts to enhance their bodies this blood is as if it had been rapidly aged multiple times. It was evidence enough when we saw him on his throne in a smaller state and with all of the abnormalities you mentioned, now we know how to counter them and we know where it''s found but still we have to devise a counter measures and that will still take some time" Venastrasia said with a cold light in her eyes, finally she had some insight into what those things were. "Mom...judging from what those guys said...I should be able to do that as well...." Lucius mentioned as his eyes seemed to be in a daze. "Probably...but if it''s you, you should be able to control it so I''m not worried" Venastrasia hugged him and kissed his forehead. **** When everyone left the cave Lucius went down to the lake below, with the thorn in his hand he was going to make sure it was clean because he had to put it back in his body after all. Before he placed the thorn in the water he stopped, and then spontaneously he licked some of the blood! Whether it was curiosity or instinct he didn''t know why but he had done it anyway. Instantly he felt like cogs and gears were turning inside of him, he felt like something was opening and then..Lucius felt it had stopped a bit before the halfway point and he knew it had a great deal more to be opened he didn''t know why but he just knew. He then waited for a few minutes to make sure nothing happened and then he entered the lake...the monsters here were quite familiar with him already and dared not approach him. He washed the thorn and placed it back in his body. Hey WorldSerpent: Sorry for not having update anything for a few days, had a accident a few days ago and things have been a bit busy. That''s not the entire truth as lately i haven''t felt motivated to write like I used to, as everyday I''m being bombarded by negativity from reviews, comments and even PMs and to be honest I''m quite fed up at the moment. I can''t be spending hours to write stuff and only get back hate in return it''s annoying. The other day I defended myself from a few comments and reviews and got myself a 10% warning, that''s why I no longer read the comments and respond to anything. Give me until Monday and things will resume as usual as this break is thoroughly needed to refresh myself. If I feel better during the weekend I''ll upload one or two. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. Don''t worry it''s not being cancelled for those who are wondering, I intend to try and put this garbage of a FF to the top of the list to spite the people who hate it. Thanks for your time and see you soon. Chapter 29: Fireblood. WorldSerpent: Chapters will resume on today as promised sorry for my late delivery!! In the air, A violet colored blur can be seen moving at an incredible speed through the air. This blur was indeed Lucius Stormblade, he was currently on his way back to the Capital City Corinth to attend his school. As he flew through the sky a noticeable bright fire in his eyes lit up, he couldn''t help but think about his earlier encounter. He had a few questions he needed to ask Aurius about what Raz Seph had mentioned about the front lines. However, he needed to make a tiny little detour in the City of Auguste first. **** A hour later, Lucius had arrived at the City of Auguste, his destination- Auriel''s Mansion. In an instant he flew over the city walls and the Nobles Quarter which made the city guards quite nervous as they were well acquainted with the Black War Armor, to them that armor was a terrible omen of doom that was not to be taken lightly. He landed at the main entrance of Auriel''s Mansion while retracting his armor, the guards at first startled but then gave a proper greeting and salute as they knew who he was. "Welcome Master Lucius" "I''ve come to see Auriel..." Lucius said plainly with a yawn. "Right this way milord" the guards quickly led Lucius to the main door as two more took their places. **** As Lucius entered he was greeted by a familiar face, the grey-haired butler named Steven. He took a firm bow and then greeted Lucius in his gentleman-like fashion. "Ah Master Lucius, it''s good to see you again.. I presume you''ve come to see Master Aurius?" "Ah Steven likewise, Yes indeed I have a particular matter I''d like to discuss with him" Lucius spoke honestly. "Ah I see, right this way then" The butler then quickly made his way towards Auriel''s study chamber. *Knock* *Knock* "Lord Auriel, master Lucius is here" "Oh! Send him in Steven!" The butler opened the door and let Lucius in while making a final bow and closing the door. What Lucius saw before him was a half naked Auriel hugging a sculpture of an old chubby gentle-looking woman with a warm smile on her face, one hand in her pocket and the other out front and open with her palm facing upward. "Ah! Lucius my son what brings you over today?" Auriel asked as he rubbed the sculpture''s head and gave it a warm gentle kiss. "......" Instantly Lucius withdrew his spear. "What sort of perverse?! Auriel you idiot have you lost your mind?! I will not allow you to bring shame to Aleria and Flameheart family! Release the sculpture or die!!" "WAIT!! WAIT!! This sculpture is an artifact!!! In order to use it, you have to hug it like this and give it love for 24 hours!!" "Are you sure you''re not committing some sort of sin to tarnish your family name?" Lucius asked as his eyes narrowed on the half naked ball of sweat. "I swear! I swear!" "About just now....I was only joking" "You weren''t joking were you...." "......" "Y-You" ....A few hours later. *Plink* A golden coin rolled out of the old woman''s sleeve and landed in her palm. It was only then Lucius had stored his spear back into his ring. **** **Knock** **Knock** "Ah Steven come in" The butler entered the study with a cart and drew a cup of tea for both Lucius and Auriel. "Thanks Steven" both thanked him as he made a final bow and closed the door once more. Instantly both the faces of Lucius and Auriel became serious. The two were now currently sitting face to face in the study room, both intently looking at a thin golden-red blade with a red snake symbol wrapped around the handle. Just by looking at it one could tell it was an artifact of great power, not only that but it had been remade to perfection by Veranathus. "So the Fuhrer had this huh....I wonder what Marie will say. Lucius, usually once this sword has an owner it will instantly burst into the flames very much like many other artifact swords of fire. This one however has a different flame but while the Fuhrer who had low compatability used it, it looked like any other weapon and we weren''t able to see it''s design nor the blade itself. Naturally we had no idea the Fuhrer was in possession of it even more so not to mention we never really saw him use a weapon, he was a Deity after all. It''s not like Deities fight everyday. " Lucius nodded and couldn''t help but ask. "Hmm I see, can you tell me the story behind this blade?" "Sure, you''re family now so these are things you should know--" **Knock** **Knock** Before Auriel could speak they were interrupted by a knock and the door opened shortly after. The figure of a curvaceous woman with blood red hair and red eyes came into view, she looked like an older version of Aleria but was still very much dazzling as she fought age valiantly and one could not see any wrinkles. "Good day my son it''s nice to see you, you should drop by more often and bring Aleria along with you next time so we can have a family day out! " Marie greeted Lucius warmly as she gave him a tight hug. "Good day mother Marie" Lucius in return greeted her warmly with an embarrassed expression as he still hadn''t gotten used to the fact that he indeed had become the husband of 4 beautiful woman, but he did indeed enjoy the warmth of family. She then turned towards Auriel and coldly glanced at him. "What do you want, why have you called me here Auriel? Have you finished your perversions and realized that she can''t cook or her breasts are made of stone!!" "Eek!" Naturally she was angry that her husband wanted to spend 24 hours hugging a statue of an old woman rather than spend some time with her now that he had finally given up adventuring. However, he still had his position as a teacher at Four Elements Academy and had to leave Auguste for a few days every week. "I''m sorry my dear beautiful wife, I just had to find out if this artifact truly worked..It was causing quite a stir...but it turns out it was just illusion magic...*Sob*.." "It saps mana from you little by little without you noticing over the 24 hours and then it produces an illusion" "Hmph!" She was still not pleased. **** As the two began finally settled down and explained to Marie their current situation she showed a range of emotions upon seeing the sword. Anger, Hatred, Sadness and even happiness. "So that despicable man had it....and he dared tried to marry his son of to Aleria? I can''t believe he killed so many of our people for this blade" Lucius was instantly startled. "He killed them? Didn''t you say they died in the initial war against Raz Seph..?" Lucius asked in a confused tone. "Yes I know...but seeing this sword here and now answered several questions of mine, Now I understand why the Fireblood clan had fallen. It was the Fuhrer''s doing" Lucius understood how greedy the Fuhrer was, he knew that Aurius never mentioned to anyone he had become a Deity solely for this reason. "Lucius the Fuhrer was a paranoid man whenever he noticed people who would become a threat to him in the future, he weeded them all out without mercy" Lucius nodded as he knew this all too well. "The Fireblood clan was a powerful clan, we had many uprising talents but the most promising one was the one who wielded this blade before. She was a woman by the name of Eileena Fireblood, my great grand-mother. She was the second in line for the Fire Throne before she took off to go to battle and in that battle many of our clan members died. The clan had found it incredibly suspicious that most of the outstanding talents that died were from our clan, and launched their own investigations, they began to have suspicions the Fuhrer did was doing it on purpose but they had no evidence. I heard they brought up to this issue to the Fuhrer and he simply said they were needed or else the enemy would have broken through the front lines. How could they have argued against the Fuhrer? However it was passed down from parent to child, never ever to teach our arts or marry into different families as the secrets of our clan are highly valuable. There was even an unspoken rule, that none of us should ever marry into the Fuhrer''s family. Luckily members of our clan had disbanded and went separate ways in order to increase our chances of survival, it made it seem as if we were really dissolved." If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Lucius listened intently to the history of the Fireblood clan and it''s downfall and couldn''t help but feel a pain in his heart as he thought of his own situation. "Actually if we had not been dissolved I probably would have been hunted down, I have a feeling that the Fuhrer knew that I descended from the Fireblood clan that was probably the primary reason he wanted his son to marry Aleria. He wanted to claim our blood rites for his own." Marie couldn''t help but make a sour face. "Now that my mind is cleared and I know for sure that he was the one that sent them to their deaths. I should once more gather the Fireblood clan and revive it from it''s grave, with him dead we can rest easy and I forgot to properly thank you that" "Thank you" Marie did a curtsy and let out a chuckle. Lucius and Auriel just laughed awkwardly as they found this woman extremely terrifying. **** Auriel then remembered and excitedly mentioned to Marie. Once it was something to do with Artifacts Auriel was sure to be attentive, for he was a man who sunk himself into countless piles of dusty books and records for days never eating a thing! "Oh Marie, Lucius wanted to know the story of the the sword as well!" "The sword huh, hmm I forgot to mention it. The sword was called "Solar Blade" not much people know how it was created, but what we do know is that it originated from our clan. It was made to fully adapt to our Fireblood traits, as for the secrets of the sword no one really knows either. Actually it''s quite a strange weapon, it chooses it''s master and not the other way around. I heard stories about my Great-Grand-Mother, Eileena Fireblood could have fought the Fuhrer at a standstill when she was only 10th Grade Warrior, many people believed she would become the first Deity through Martial Arts." This made Lucius open his eyes wide in astonishment! Didn''t that mean she was roughly as powerful as Lucius! He simply couldn''t believe it but he knew she was telling the truth, certainly if he could do it then maybe someone else could. Marie continued to speak "It certainly had something to do with the sword but no one knew as they never spoke about the Solar Blade in fear of other clans learning of it''s power. However over the years many people had tried to steal the blade but it never accepted anyone that wasn''t a Fireblood clan member. It''s almost as if the blade was alive...This sword is quite ancient and it''s origins are unknown, however what is known is the frightening power it wields." Marie let out a chuckle as she mentioned this part as she was clearly proud of the Solar Blade. "....From what I had heard when you fought against the Fuhrer one of your attacks broke his blade, and if the sword the Fuhrer used was indeed Solar Blade then it was this one that broke right?...You intend to give it to Aleria?" Marie deducted the situation to which Lucius nodded and then replied. "Yeah, I thought the blade was a good weapon it easily received my attacks and what''s more I felt like it had hidden power within it surging and the Fuhrer was unable to use it. So I figured I would give it to Aleria as a present . The strange thing is that the moment I had the thought of giving it to Aleria, I felt her aura emitting from the sword It clearly felt as if she was right there with me. Instantly I knew she had a connection with this blade." Lucius spoke honestly which made both the parents astonished. "...It felt like Aleria? Can you explain more in detail?" Auriel spoke as his lips dried, naturally he was quite excited to hear about it. "Well there''s not anything in detail I can say, except it literally felt like her" "Then there''s no need for questions is there? As my Great-Grandmother was it''s last chosen wielder it''s not strange the sword would yearn for Aleria" Marie calmly stated. "Take it to her my son, I''m sure she will love it" "I will mother, please take care of yourselves I will return to the Academy and get it to her" Lucius then said his farewells to his family and in a instant his armor materialized and in a flash of purple-violet he disappeared from their sights. "Honey...It seems Lucius intends to resurrect the Fireblood clan with Aleria as it''s focal point....He knows something and he didn''t tell us...well more accurately he probably doesn''t know for certain..It looked like he wanted to tell me something but held his breathe." Marie was as sharp as Sky as she hit the nail on the head. "What? How can you tell?" "Did you not see his eyes as I told him our clan''s story?...they had shone with a beautiful blue light...beautiful but cold and resolved." **** Although Lucius had left the mansion....he did not leave the City of Auguste! Instead he made his way to-- The Cathedral of Auguste! More specifically the Chuch of Fire which was ruled by Astriel Firesong. They worship the Spirit Fire God, Ifreet also known as the Spirit King Ifreet, an equal of Thor. These men and women are known for their devotion to their God and the power of such an organization even made the Fuhrer wary but he could take no action against them. Astriel Firesong was a thorn in his side that he could not remove and had to limit his views because of them. Lucius was going there for a reason, he had felt the same type of aura the sword and Aleria gave off from them but he didn''t know then what he had known now. Lucius knew that Fireblood clan members had been seeking refuge here because after he had came into contact with many other human''s that practiced their Fire techniques he realized the difference in Aura. Were it not for his exceptionally trained sensitivity to aura caused by his dragonic nature, he much like everyone else would not be able to tell the difference. As he approached the doors which were already open he was greeted by a woman with black hair and brown eyes, her face was covered and she wore a beautiful glamorous red and golden dress. She smiled warmly at Lucius until she noticed the Dragon gem in his forehead which made her startled at first but she slowly regained her composure. "Welcome to the Church of Fire, However...I don''t know what I can do for you as you are a Draconian" She gave an awkward chuckle, reasonably so. Why would a draconian show up at the Church of Fire? Lucius smiled and then showed her his ring with the imprint of a golden hammer which Thor gave him, the woman looked at it for a few seconds and when it finally hit her what the ring was she looked at Lucius with a stupefied face. How else would she react? A boy that wasn''t even a Deity was married to a God that was on equal strength with the God she prayed to. A voice then broke the two''s dialogue-- "A ring of a champion?! How is this possible?! Where did you get that ring?!" The voice was filled with disbelief and a hint of anger and envy, all of which Lucius did not miss. As a man walked out from behind the woman, Lucius was taken by surprise but it did not show on his face, he did not detect the man at all! Lucius was certain that he was a Deity! Lucius began to believe that there were more Deities in hiding as he found it much too strange that there was only one per Continent to begin this, he began to believe there was a much deeper reason for the Deities hiding. Only because he had an unparalleled perception of aura was Lucius able to know this! ''First Aurius, now this man? There certainly has to be more in hiding'' As the silhouette appeared before him, Lucius was able to make out the man''s features. He was an oldish man that looked in his late 40s, he had golden grey hair and white eyes, Lucius instantly despised the man as he found him to resemble the Fuhrer a bit too much! Not just his appearance but his aura as well! Chapter 30: The Undying WorldSerpent: Sorry for the lateness, :( my family came over from NY and is staying by us for a few weeks and I''ve had no time to write whatsoever as my cousins never allow me to sit by a PC for longer than a hour, so I had to write piece by piece. I''ve been drunk for about 3 days, I''m not really sure about the quality of today''s chapter as I''ve been disturbed too many times but LengZai asked for an update as well as a few others that I couldn''t ignore, so if you have concerns please voice them in my inbox or comment. Teehee-- If you enjoyed the chapter make sure to comment! and If you didn''t, take a number and join the line! LOL Inside the Church of Fire Cathedral located at the City of Auguste, three people are currently standing amongst themselves. One old man, a young hooded woman and of course Lucius Stormblade. **** "This ring? Is none of your business, I''m here to speak with Astriel Firesong" Lucius spoke coldly to the old man. "How dare you speak to me Salran Phoenix an Elder Priest in such a tone!! Have you no manners?!" The old-man retorted in fury, his eyes filled with anger as his fists curled into a ball and trembled. "Phoenix? So you are related to that trash Fuhrer then I suppose?" "THRASH??! BOY DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!" As the old man flared up he looked at the glowing light on Lucius'' forehead and realized who he was. He had been taken by the ring and only now had he focused. "Wait....your that draconian that killed my son Sauros..aren''t you?" The second Lucius heard the old man''s name, he instantly knew who he was and made up his mind. He was going to infuriate this old man as he found out the old man was the father of Former Fuhrer. Lucius knew this old man was his enemy and the one thing Lucius and the Fuhrer had in common was their need to root out enemies. Lucius ignored the man and asked the hooded young woman. "Excuse me Miss, can you tell me where I can find the High Priest Astriel?" Lucius ignored the man completely and continued his exchange with the front door attendant. "U-Uh um well, I don''t know if she''s willing to see anyone right now--she''s been locked away in the deepest part of the church meditating" The hooded young priest was quite nervous and refused to meet Lucius'' gaze, she was clearly lying. However he could also sense the pressure being poured on her by the old man Salran. Lucius felt something was definitely wrong here. ''Why is the High Priest missing but this old man in her place? Why is the young woman lying? Could it be Astriel is being suppressed by this old man? Certainly I remember being told by Auriel that the Fuhrer had bad blood with the Church...This old man,he was planted here to suppress the church!'' Lucius thought to himself as he stole glances at the old man from the corner of his eyes. However within the old man''s mind he was under his own hypnosis as he had never been treated in such a rude manner, not only that but the person he wanted to kill the most had appeared before him and he was utterly unable to control himself. ''How dare he ignore me! and he even dared call my son thrash...there are no dragons around boy! If I kill you here no one will know! I''ll make sure and take care of this woman as well...I can''t have any witnesses'' The old man became furious as he allowed the thoughts to consume him and couldn''t stand being ignored by Lucius any longer. "HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME!!" He approached Lucius and stood directly in front of him, his eyes as if a fire was set ablaze as he stared down at Lucius. "Say It again...I dare you to disrespect me an Elder Priest of the Fire Church once more" Regardless whether Lucius would continue to taunt this man or not it did not matter, he could feel the man''s blood-thirst and he was clearly ready to make a move on Lucius. "Ah Lady Firesong, I was just looking to have a talk with you" Lucius said as he stared beyond the two people in front of him towards the altar. The two of which had a surprised look as well as a bit of fear in their eyes as Lucius called out to the High Priest. He did not miss those troubled expressions. ''As I thought something is wrong here'' Lucius understood what he should do. The two surprised priest turned around to see the if the High Priest was there....but there was no one there! **WHOOSH** Instantly a black trident covered in blue colored lightning went straight through the old man''s back and it''s triple edges protruded through the front of his chest and showed itself to the old man! It pulsed and a blue energy entered his wounds! **VRRR** "AHHH!!!" He turned around in disbelief and agony, seeing his pained face Lucius gave him a cold smirk and launched it a second time! **WHOOSH** "AHHH!!!" The man yelled out in pain as the black trident that was now covered in a faint red colored lightning this time and lodged itself in his right shoulder area. He was completely and successfully penetrating through and through. Old man Salran however had moved his body just in the nick of time so that the three edges avoided it''s intended target , his heart. **VVVRRRR** As the trident pierced him, it let out a pulse of red energy similar to the first one that completely entered the old man''s body and quietly remained there. "Y-You!! HOW DARE YOU!!" The old man gathered a fireball in his left palm in a swift motion and shot it at Lucius at a blinding speed. Compared to the Fuhrer''s, this quickly made fireball was at least 10 times faster and it had no less power than a fully charged one of the Fuhrers. **SSSS** **BANG** With a swift lean to the side the fireball flew past Lucius, destroyed the furniture within the church and destroyed the main door! This man was clearly more powerful than the Fuhrer, Lucius was certain the old man had not trained in the way of Martial Arts and spent all of his time focusing on his Magical Arts. At the range he was standing at Lucius could easily dominate him with his 10th Rank Warrior Strength and Speed, not to mention his frightening prowess with a spear. His spear style "Instinction" was beyond the master level as he had trained with a spear for a few hundred years, his body cultivated to a form of extreme elasticity and power. His reaction time was beyond anything the old man had ever seen. Since Lucius had gotten two attacks on the old man Salran, his divine power was routed towards his injuries and his speed had been heavily impaired. The trident turned into a mana imbued spear which seemed to pierce the air and went straight at the old man once more! This time it was incomparably faster than the trident by leaps and bounds! However it caught only air as the old man flew into the air and away from Lucius, successfully making a clean escape. He then began charging a powerful fireball much different from the one before, this one was white in color and it seemed to devour the air around it as it blazed gently. Suddenly-- **BZZZTTT** A Black Scale-like armor emerged from Lucius and with it, thorns appeared on it''s shoulders, knees, elbows and along his spine. The thorns began charging with a deep red light that sparked uncontrollably and grew in power. The two was ready to fight to the death! ''It''s time!'' Instantly a cold light flashed through Lucius'' eyes **SSSS** The fireball having gathered great power was just about to launch, when it started gaining a bit of a blue color, the old man Salran seemed surprised as he stared at his hand. He knew all too well the color of this fire magic and it by no means had the color blue. Soul Fire was a white color with a tiny hint of red, he knew right then and there that it was an abnormality. However, It was much too late. **FSHH** From Lucius'' Armor, two red colored thorns from his shoulder shot out and went directly towards the fireball in Salran''s hand and embedded themselves! Old man Salran had tried to move his hand, but the gleaming thorns had followed him completely! "AHHH!!!" **BOOM** They exploded as the blue color matched the red colors intensity, creating even more turmoil for the old man as he screamed! His left hand was completely blown away! "AHHHH!!!!" Lucius had stored two different kinds of energies inside of the old man in his first two initial attacks! He dealt severe damage to the old man so that the Divine power would be routed towards his external injuries rather than finding the two types of lightning inside of his body. One was Positive Lightning Energy and the other was Negative Lightning Energy! He set them at two different frequencies so that they would not attract one another. However this could only work so long as he had used the Positive Lightning Energy stored within the old man first as it would become noticeable as it grew. The old man Salran choosing to cast his fireball at this particular time was his own pure bad luck, as he drew out the Positive Lightning Energy that fed off of his mana. The old man Salran could not filter it from his body as his divine power was solely routed to healing his current physical injuries. Lucius'' Dragon spear Black Star pierced his flesh like butter and had dealt him incredible damage! That was not all, As the fireball became unstable and lost it''s balance it fell to the floor and exploded right at the old man''s feet! Resulting in a cry of utter agony! "AHHHHHHH!!!" Lucius knew how powerful this old man was the second he brought out that white flame and dared not hide his tricks. The Fuhrer had used Soul Flame as a last resort and this old man wielded it freely, he was truly much too dangerous to leave alive. Lucius had understood the only way to kill this man would have been to take him by an ambush, if he had fought him openly he surely would have died. **** The old man emerged from the flames, his right shoulder was healed as well as the chest that had pierced in the surprise attack, however his feet had been badly damaged! The Divine power in his body had no time to rest as it started repairing his burns. The power of Soul Flame was indeed powerful, it even burned it''s own wielder. Lucius understood that it also required a high level of control and concentration as the thorns had completely proved that fact when it disrupted him. He stared at Lucius in fury and deep hatred even a hint of insanity could be seen. He begun gathering an astonishing amount of mana within his palm! It turned into a tiny white flame that devoured the air and grew rapidly in power, it began pulsing with a white light! Lucius knew this particular technique, It was the Deity level technique Rain of Fire. However this time it was made from Soul Flame and was incomparably more powerful than the one the Fuhrer had used. The old man had lost his senses as he had been thoroughly disgraced and his life was in jeopardy by someone who wasn''t even a Deity, his teeth ground and his eyes showed extreme animosity as it curled up into a sinister smile. This amount of power he began to display was proof he had surpassed the level of a Deity. He however would cause great catastrophe to the city if he used such a technique! Suddenly-- **BZZZZTTT** Lucius'' Black War Armor shot out 6 thorns, this time they were charged in blue colored Positive Lightning Energy from it''s body except the one on his forehead, two from his elbows, knees and shoulders. The six thorns that were charged in a powerful blue light landed in a complete circle around the old man creating a surprised reaction! The old man then felt an energy surge within him as it spread itself evenly throughout his body! Fear! Complete fear! There was yet another anomaly within his body he had neglected simply because he did not know! His divine power had been routed the entire time and was unable to check the status of his own body. This energy was without a doubt, the Red Negative Lightning Energy that Lucius had stored on his second attack! It started to spread itself evenly within the old man''s body and he had yet to understand what was the point of it, but he had a feeling it was something extremely terrifying! Suddenly-- **BZZZZTT** The old man could feel his body being drawn in 6 different directions which resulted in him being pinned down by an unimaginable force!! Out of fear he retracted the power of the Rain of Fire in order not to make the same mistake twice. This was the complete opposite way for Lucius to use his Insight on both Negative and Positive Lightning Energy! The old man could not use his Divine Power and he was helpless against this extreme force! Had he been trained in Martial Arts like his son he may have been able to purge it from his system, however Lucius could tell this man spent his entire time focusing on his Magical Arts. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. In an instant Lucius appeared before the man, a cold gleam in his eyes-- **BZZZTT** A powerful light blue energy surged throughout his armor as his golden aura changed to red! He had released the Natural Lightning Energy that was stored when he was feeding Veranathrax in his egg form in the Lightning Spirit World. The spear in his hand begun to gleam in a bright azure color as the Natural Lightning Energy wrapped and imbued itself within the spear along with Lucius'' mana, the spear turned into a glaive as a high pitch charging sound filled the air! **VRRR** The glaive shuddered as it came down at the old man at a blinding speed filled with a thunderous fury! However the old man Salran had already routed a bit of his divine power by that time and completely freed his both arms! He raised them just in time holding his spear imbued with a frightening amount of mana-- "THUNDER STRIKE!!!" **BANG** **CLINK** The mana imbued staff violently convulsed and then broke but it had successfully repelled this powerful attack however-- **WHOOSH** **WHOOSH** Two Violet blurs went piercing at old man Salran''s chest! It was indeed the Double blades that came from Lucius'' shoulders. The two dragon tooth blades covered in a purple light embedded themselves in both of the Old''mans shoulders! He had been completely taken by surprise! How could he have expected two blades to come out from nowhere and attack him? Ever since he has been fighting Lucius he has encountered things he had never dreamed about in his wildest dreams. First spikes that seem to follow his will, Spikes that completely lock on their target, Spikes that immobilize him, A spear that could change forms, Two blades that needed no control. He felt like he was fighting an assassin with the greatest killing tools, not to mention the quality of these tools were beyond anything he had ever seen, it was powerful enough to shatter his Vulcanic staff he was proud of and pierce his mana imbued body easily. Mage bodies were by no means weak, as their breakthroughs gave them a sort of toughness and increased their vitality, however in the face of these attacks and SSS class weapons and armor he may as well be considered naked. Lucius'' glaive had already retracted into a spear and went piercing towards the old man''s heart! Unable to accept the outcome the old man made a choice! A choice which would deprive him of respect yet he did not care! ''Fly!'' This was his choice! ''No matter how powerful in combat he may be! He''s still not a Deity and is unable to fly! He only won against my son because he used underhanded means and prepared before hand with a cloud I was told. Apparently that cloud was a huge game-changer which made my son unable to fly! but now he doesn''t have it!'' **BANG** The old man in a swift motion blasted the ground in front of him with a quick fire ball which made Lucius retreat swiftly from his attack, Lucius reflexes allowed him to pull back enough that it only sizzled his armor a tiny bit. When the dust cleared, Lucius saw the old man hovering near the roof and he was just about to break it through with a fireball that was being charged in his hand-- Instantly Lucius stance changed and a cold light flickered in his eyes. ''Trying to run? Impossible'' Lucius did not want to give this old man time to figure out his abilities, he wanted to use his advantage and bring an end to him before it became dangerous. Lucius held his spear in a throwing manner, He leaned back and his arm slowly moved back like an archer nocking a bow. The muscles in his legs exploded and contracted, as it moved towards his loins, his stomach and then his shoulders. The sounds of exploding muscles could be heard if one was close enough. The power of this 10th Grade Warrior was much different than when he was an 8th Grade warrior. He could feel the disastrous pure raw strength building and using his body control he was able to bring out 90% of his max capacity with this throw! As if it weren''t enough a dark purple light condensed and enveloped the spear. The spear began to rotate furiously, with a loud roar Lucius aimed to throw the powerful spear and in the blink of an eye it crossed the room towards the old man. "Heavenly Star!!" **BANG** Shortly after the spear left his hand a loud thunderous sound emitted as the spear flew across like a thunderbolt and broke the sound barrier! The old man Salran upon feeling the change in the atmosphere quickly turned around, as he noticed the bright flash of purple light he could only stare helplessly as it''s speed was simply too astonishing and unbelievable. Lucius'' strength as a 10th Grade Warrior, his magnetic force Lightning ability as well as adding the rotating ability and sheer driving force from the lightning made it break the sound barrier and cleanly pierce the air! It was as if a drill had been placed at the end of a spear! **SPLOSH** "AHHH!!!" It had went through and through the old man''s chest as if it were a needle through paper! The look of helplessness in his eyes changed to lifelessness as the body fell from the sky and had not uttered a single word more. It had surely caused the old man immense damage, however he had been fortunate enough to predict it''s trajectory and shift himself to receive the blow closer towards his shoulder area. Not allowing the old man time to breathe Lucius appeared right after it pierced him, a purple lightning energy then covered Lucius'' entire armor, in an instant he flew behind the old man who was currently falling from the sky near the roof! **VRRRR** The old man at first sensed the change in the atmosphere, followed by the intense whirring sound that broke him out of his concentration. As he opened his eyes what he saw before him was Lucius! He was flying! However, he did not have the time to be surprised as a glaive emitting a high pitched sound and a cold gleam swung at his temple in a diagonal manner. However after receiving the previous blow the old man could only be resigned to his fate, he stared at Lucius with a dreadful gaze and told him. "Both of us will die here, maybe the city will perish as well, but as long as I kill you I have no problem" Instantly the old man begun to glow as his body charged mana at an alarming rate, Lucius understood this man was about to cast a large scale spell that would most likely destroy his own body as well as parts of the city as they were directly at the heart of it. A smile then crept upon Lucius'' face as he stared at the old man. "Suicide? Not at all" A white orb appeared in Lucius'' hand and it whirred and pulsed intensely, He slammed the orb into the body of the old man which in turn created a shield of white light that paused the surroundings. **VORPP** Salran had been completely dumbfounded! One of his Aces had been blocked! The time around him froze and he was unable to change his facial expression, however his eyes told what he wanted to say. ''How?'' The old man was incredibly weaker than Veranathus and so the Time Magic easily kept the old man in for a few seconds which Lucius took advantage of. His mana imbued spear went piercing at the old man''s heart as his double curved blades targeted his neck and head. The cold gleam from the spear and the two curved blades filled with killing intent made Salran feel a sense of fear as all he could do is watch helplessly as the three blades locked him into position and he was unable to move. **SPLOSH** The body which had been penetrated in three critical points had come to a complete halt and the old man''s body lay lifeless on the floor before Lucius. ''What a disgusting spear style, Never before have I seen something so relentless and obsessed with killing, every attack was aimed at my vitals. If this boy wasn''t weaker than me, no doubt it would have killed me in his first initial attacks'' Were his last thoughts on the matter as his body fell to the ground, blood trickling out of his mouth. His face unrecognizable with a huge gaping hole, as well as his head had been cut halfway off. However, Lucius did not rejoice. Something was wrong, everyone shows at least a tiny bit of fear before they die it was natural and yet he found this old man was too calm! Suddenly-- **SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS** "IF I DIE!! YOU DIE TOO!! DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE THAT EASY!!" The sinister voice filled with fury as well as a hint of insanity pierced the air! Suddenly the old man''s body which had surely died convulsed on the ground, it began to thrash around violently and emitted a pure white light which emerged from his body and leaked through it''s mana pores. "SOUL FLAME MANIFESTATION!!!!" The voice wrung out and alerted the entire city of the fight if it had not already been by now. Suddenly a flaming transparent version of old man Salran appeared directly above his corpse! The old man was burning a pure white fire and as he stood before Lucius, the place had begun melting and set aflame! Lucius for the first time felt a sense of fear as he could not feel life from the man. He was not alive and yet he appeared in front of Lucius in what he believed to be a soul form. Lucius did not try to hide his surprise as he was truly taken a bit shaken. What was more terrifying than an enemy that refused to die? "Surprised? Yes I guess you would be...did you think my family name Phoenix is for show? I can kill you in this form and stimulate the divine power in my dead body to heal itself. I can be reborn completely, you however will die here." The old man looked amused as he brought up this fact to Lucius, who could tell he was not lying. "This is my ultimate attack, Unless you can attack a soul your attacks will be useless boy! NOW DIE!" The old man charged toward Lucius with a burning palm outward, Lucius knew that no matter what he could not be touched by him! **BANG** With a thunderous step Lucius leaped away in an instant but the old man was much faster in his soul form! In an instant he caught up to Lucius and his hand launched towards Lucius'' face! Lucius could feel it burning his face and it hadn''t even touched him yet! Just as old man Salran''s palm was about to grab onto his face-- **CRUNCH** "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" A Black Dragon head had protruded from Lucius'' chest and took a clear bite out of the Soul Form Salran''s hand which made him scream out in agony. As his current form was that of a representation of his soul, naturally the pain was much greater than physical damage! It felt as if part of his soul was broken! The Black Dragon head looked at him indifferently while chewing, a hint of greed in it''s eyes. "Oh?...This is actually quite good compared to the other ashy guy, Are you alive or not? Well Whatever not that it matters...Big brother can I eat it?" The actions of the Black Dragon had stumped both Lucius and the old man! He casually ate the flaming soul! "Well...sure.." Instantly the young black dragon came out of Lucius''s chest area and flew towards the Soul formed Salran, in his new form Veranathrax was much more powerful in all aspects. The old man upon realizing that the dragon was a Spirit immediately tried to stop him. This dragon had brought fear in his heart, usually Spirits could only absorb minor souls. However, because this Spirit was a Dragon Variant with God-class potential it could naturally absorb much higher rank souls. In his current form, no matter how strong the old man was by the laws of nature he was nothing more than simple prey. He hurriedly tried to dissuade him-- "Y-You! You can''t eat me!!! I''m a soul, Spirits are forbidden to eat souls by their King!! You will suffer for this!!" "What? Is that all you wanted to say? Big brother is married to her, I won''t feel any backlash for absorbing you..In fact I might be praised. Did you not see the ring on his finger? Don''t tell me you don''t understand what it means. No matter how many souls I absorb, I won''t have to care! Besides you shouldn''t speak so much when you''re so yummy, you''re wasting precious energy" As the Black Dragon spoke to him he had not stopped moving towards the old man. Veranathrax''s lips curved upward into a smile as noticeable drool came out the side of his lips as he stared at the old man with a hungry expression. The old man had been stifled by fear and only now did he feel as if the situation was completely out of his hands, he made a choice almost instantly-- ''Flee!'' He instantly turned around and sped towards the opposite direction of the two! He did not stop and turn around, if he did he would have noticed the dragon was already upon him. **CRUNCH** **CRUNCH** **CRUNCH** That was the end of Salran Phoenix. Chapter 31: Potential WorldSerpent: Yo Yo Yo Sorry about the lateness. Tuesday coming my family will stay over at my other family''s house so by then things will be smooth sailing back to a chapter every 2-3 days. I apologize about the long wait however there''s nothing I can do at the moment as I can''t ignore my family to write chapters. Thanks for all the people that understand this and my true fans! and to the ones that don''t I''ll add a poll, as for what you can do with the poll figure it out yourself. LOL Jk <3 Sorry for any spelling errors or any grammatical errors that may surface as I tried to get this chapter out quickly. Inside of a ruined building with no roof and four walls blasted apart stood three silhouettes. One a hooded young woman who was noticeably shaking with fear, A black dragon not paying attention to his surroundings as he greedily chewed and swallowed and repeated the process with a gleam in his eyes, the last a boy about 16 years old with white-silver that swayed a bit lower than his shoulders, a palm on his forehead as he looked at the black dragon. **** **Clink** A weird sound filled their ears as the dragon chewed, which made his eyes bulge as he began choking, With a swift thrust of his palm Lucius hit his little brother''s back and something shot out. *Cough* *Cough* "Seriously...take your time little brother, his essence isn''t going anywhere" Lucius urged as he laughed at his brother. Veranathrax looked embarrassed as he tried to regain his proud look and quickly replied. "That''s not it brother, that stupid thing I couldn''t devour for some reason" he pointed over to the object which he choked on. Lucius took a glance over and finally noticed what flew out of his mouth, it was a huge blood red orb that was the size of two tea cups. Instantly it piqued his interest as it certainly came from the old man Salran''s soul. Excitedly Lucius ran over to check the treasure of this life and death match. The blood red orb was emitted a flame that wrapped around the orb evenly and looked like a tiny burning sun. Lucius poked it and realized it was not hot, he then picked it up and began examining it. ''What is this thing?'' Lucius thought as he probed it with both mana and divine power. The orb showed no response but Lucius could clearly tell it was quite a powerful orb, he then stored it in his interspatial ring as he figured he should ask his Mother or Uncles later. He figured he would not be able to figure it out on his own unless he spent quite a bit of time which he did not have right now. **** Lucius then turned to the young visibly shaking hooded woman and spoke gently as he realized the girl was under pressure of the old man before and wondered if she would speak the truth now. "I know this man had you suppressed when I asked where Astriel Firesong was, now he is dead, where is she?" "U-um" She replied as if still taking in the situation around her, clearly she was stupefied that the old man had died. "Big brother asked you a question" Veranathrax was not as kind as he glared at the hooded young woman which broke her out of her confusion. " Ah! Come this way please!" The hooded young woman took off towards the alter in a manner of urgency which they both followed directly behind. She ran through the door behind the luxuriously dressed altar and down a flight of stairs, the flight of stairs seemed long as it spiraled down all the way. Finally at the ending of the staircase stood a huge metal door that did not fit the luxurious build of the the church and Lucius understood that something was up. Guarding the door were two silhouettes. Immediately Lucius knew that the two silhouettes did not belong to the church as one wore black armor and the other a black mage robe and their faces were covered. As the Silhouettes noticed the approaching people-- **FZZT** **FZZT** Two purple colors flashed swiftly towards them and before they could react, it was already inside of their heads. The hooded young woman flinched for a second but continued running as she found out that this young boy was indeed ruthless and killed without blinking in an eye, but the strangest thing she noted was that he didn''t even blink and had a look of indifference as if he had swatted two flies. Upon reaching the door, she pushed it open quickly as a bright white light flashed. She made a few steps inside in a hastily manner and then lay her body in a submissive permission on the floor and cried while she spoke a few words. "I''m sorry...*sob*..I''m so sorry Lady Astriel *sob*..." As the light faded and Lucius looked inside, what he saw was a woman with red hair that reached the length of her waist, a pair of beautifully shaped golden eyes that seemed gentle and kind with an everlasting radiance. She was dressed in a beautiful golden white robe that hugged her body in her curvaceous areas and loosed everywhere else. The lower half of her face was covered with a white silk like scarf but one could easily tell, she was a rare beauty that was comparable to the likes of Sky and Aleria. However, she was chained by four totems with weird symbols that stood in the four corners of the room. "Marcia?..." The surprised Lady upon seeing the hooded woman called out. "I''m so sorry *sob* I-" Before the young hooded woman could finish speaking, she was immediately held in a warm embrace by the Lady Astriel. "You silly girl...this wasn''t your fault, if he harmed Finny because of me, I would never be able to forgive myself! The only way he could have gotten to us was to threaten the children, if he hadn''t held your child hostage it would have been another and so forth, you are not to be blamed Marcia" The woman spoke gently as she rubbed and patted the girls head who sobbed in her arms. Finally upon noticing Lucius and a black dragon on his shoulder she grew a hint of alert. "Aren''t you going to introduce yourself young warrior?" She asked a hint of nervousness in her voice. Lucius approached her while not speaking and it gave her a bit of fright. He withdrew his spear and fear could be seen within both the hooded young woman''s eyes and the Lady Astriel, though she tried to hide it. "W-Wai--" Before the young woman could cry out, a flash of light and a large swirling energy force made them both jump as a icy glaive covered in azure colored energy swung at them. They both closed their eyes in fear and huddled closer together. "THUNDER STRIKE!" *CLINK* *BOOM* As the both women huddled closely together with an expecting look of fear, they gradually opened their eyes and realized that the chains that bound Lady Astriel had been completely cut. The Lady Astriel in particular had huge eyes as she stared at the broken chains as she was all too familiar with the power of this formation that bounded her, she knew all too well it''s formidable power and stood in awe. Lucius felt a spike in her aura and was a bit surprised as he noticed she was a Deity comparable to the likes of old man Salran and thought to himself no wonder the old man had to restrain her. "My name is Lucius Stormblade, heir to the House of Lightning and current Lightning Chief. Lady Astriel I''ve come here on behalf of my wife Aleria Stormblade who is of Fireblood descent. I''ve killed both the Fuhrer and his father and I know the details regarding the Fireblood clan which I learned from Marie Flameheart" Lucius then took out ''Solar Blade'' and showed it to her. "This is the blade I intend to give to my wife as I wish her to become the successor of the Fireblood clan" Lady Astriel upon being informed of the situation had complex emotions. She wanted to know how Lucius knew so much about the Fireblood, she also wondered if Lucius wanted to revive the Fireblood clan to take control of it, then she showed complex emotions as she looked at the sword that had been missing for generations. As she had been locked in here for quite some time she had no news of the current developments and did not know of Lucius. The hooded young woman Marcia, whispered a few sentences in her ear which seemed to shock her. Astriel took a few glances at Lucius and then at the stone on his forehead and displayed even more shock. Lucius did not interrupt them as he wanted this woman to be updated on current events and had not the time to play around. She then pieced it together as she thought for a minute about Marie Flameheart and as if something clicked she hurriedly asked. "Marie Flameheart...she descended from Eileena Fireblood If I''m correct?" Lucius nodded. After confirming Lucius was not an enemy after hearing about his much more powerful background did her suspicions fade and she began to see her savior in a new light. She had heard how proud and noble Lucius was, and knew that Fireblood clan would be much safer under his observation as she found out Lucius dearly loved his wife Aleria and felt sort of akin to him as both of their clans had been met with calamity. "Okay then, I will gather the rest of our remaining members and we will come to the city of Corinth to meet her" Lady Astriel spoke in a submissive manner as she realized she had been a bit rude as she had yet to thank him. "Thank you Lucius Stormblade for freeing not just me but the entire Fireblood clan from this terrible nightmare, this servant of Ifreet will never forget your kindness" "Not a problem Lady Astriel" Lucius gave a light bow and then turned his back to leave. "You know that the Phoenix family will seek revenge right? You not only killed the face of the Phoenix family, but their pillar as well" obviously referring to the Fuhrer and his father respectively. Lucius turned and gave her a mischievous smirk, his eyes however weren''t smiling and spoke in an icy chilling tone. "So?" The mini sized black dragon on his shoulder had stars in his eyes, drooled leaked from his lips as he spoke. "You mean..there''s more?" He then turned around and left leaving a stupefied duo. Lady Astriel laughed shortly afterward and mumbled a few words. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. "That boy...he''s quite vicious isn''t he...he didn''t even consider them a threat...well with his power and backing...It''s strange though, I didn''t feel even the slightest tinge of arrogance from him" **** "Who do you think did it?" "Probably the Lady Astriel, who knows" "No you guys are wrong! It''s definitely gotta be that draconian kid some people said they saw him flying around right before" "What would a big shot like him be doing down here?" "Don''t you know! Don''t you know! His wife is Aleria Flameheart of the Flameheart family!" "Hmm, certainly that is a known fact but why would he kill him in the first place?" "What! No way it has to be Lady Astriel, I heard the High Priest''s fame inside the church was rising and maybe she got scared he would become the High Priest?" Lucius heard quite a few voices as he came out of the church he noticed quite a few guards and citizens staring at the old man Salran''s corpse, they were giving assumptions and guesses as the guards blocked them outside forcefully. He heard quite a few misleading rumors and decided not to leave it up to their imaginations as things could get quite misleading. Lucius equipped his Dragonscale Armor and approached the entrance in plain view, some of the blood was still over him as Veranathrax sat on his shoulders peering into the crowd. As he walked out the crowd became deathly quiet and stared at him intently. "Salran Phoenix died at my hands" Lucius declared to them as his armor became engulfed in purple static, he quickly shot into the air and took off. The guards just stared at him and said nothing, what could they say to the man who had slew a Deity in front of the governing powers. **** Lucius was currently flying in the skies quickly towards Corinth leaving behind a trail of purple and violet gleam. He had Aurius in mind, he had to find out about the "Frontline situation" that Raz Seph had mentioned. While in the Sky, he decided to make another detour and changed his direction towards Stormblade Mountain where his family of dragons resided. **** "I WILL GUARD HIM THIS TIME! Both of you are too slow! " Veranathus yelled out as he sent his powerful blow towards Xiaxinia. "Huh? if I remember correctly you the last time we had a race in the old mountain you lost Veranathus" Xiaxinia playfully mentioned as he stuck out his tongue and dodged Veranathus'' blow followed by a swift counter attack. "Not only that, last time he almost killed Lucius when he nearly made him swallow the orb. If you ask me, he''s the worse one to guard Lucius. " Varathraga added as shot out an orb of thunder at the two. Upon hearing their accusations Veranathus'' face paled as he knew the first time he was tricked by them both during the race and the second time was undoubtedly an accident. "Y-You!" Veranathus got angry and couldn''t contain his composure as his intensity increased and couldn''t stand the low blows anymore and roared out with terrible strength. **** A short way off into the distance... Lucius finally upon reaching the mountain saw three dragons fighting, this was by no means strange as he know who they were. He face palmed and continued approaching as he knew they were probably fighting over something ridiculous. A silhouette approached from behind the three as a fist raised like the scythe of a reaper and enclosed on their skulls. *Nock* *Nock* *Nock*......*Nock* "Why ....two?" one of the corpses muttered as it fell to the floor and died on the spot. Quiet then filled the night air as the three corpses lay on the floor a noticeable lump on their heads while poor Veranathus had two. Clearly, Venastrasia was annoyed with the noise and had not forgiven Veranathus fully yet and he was quite the loudest one. Venastrasia then shifted her gaze to the sky as she had sensed her lovable children had arrived and gave a huge excited smile. Lucius reabsorbed his armor and fell directly in front of her an gave her a huge warm hug as Veranathrax licked her face and rubbed his head on her shoulder. These two were quite spoiled by their mother and loved her greatly and the same was true for her. "Lucius! Vera!" Venastrasia exclaimed as she hugged them both tightly and gave them both a kiss on their foreheads. **** Inside of the furry cave, Venastrasia sat looking at the blood red orb that gave off a fiery feeling. Lucius and his little brother Veranathrax sat intently looking at her waiting for her to say something. "Oh! These! I''ve seen them a few times, there used to be humanoids stupid enough to challenge us, when we killed some of them these little orbs are what fell out" "Your three uncles had a pile of them but who knows what they did with it, you should ask them" Lucius and Vera quickly thanked her and exited the furry room heading towards the crater as curiosity took them. They made their way towards the three corpses and after an hour or waiting, it finally moved. "Ah! Uncles I have a question" "Hmm? Lucius?" Xiaxinia was the first to awaken. "Where are we?" Asked Varathraga in a dizzy spell. "What happened?" Veranathus asked as he rubbed his head. After the three uncles recovered they switched into their human forms and were informed about the orb. "Oh these! We had quite a few of them back in the day but we ate them" Veranathus answered. "To us they don''t have much value but to you is a different story, however this is a Fire Deviant Orb. What would work for you is a Lightning Deviant Orb however, you can''t get any of those for obvious reasons, however this is quite good for Aleria" Varathraga informed Lucius and then taught him how to use it. "Hmmm....these orbs only drop from the people who have surpassed Deity stage, you killed one Lucius? Judging from this orb''s power, the holder had to be at the peak of his Demi-God Stage almost close to his breakthrough to Pure God. " Xiaxinia said with a bright light in his eyes. Lucius nodded and told them the full story as well as how Vera had saved his life because he lacked a soul attack. **** "Hmm, I see. A soul attack huh? Well us dragons don''t need soul attacks as our divine state allows us to directly interfere with souls....however in your case, you won''t be able to achieve one until you reach the Deity stage" Varathraga told him helplessly. "Unless...." Xiaxinia interjected with a gleam in his eyes as racked his brain. "Unless what?" Veranathus asked hurriedly as his curiosity peaked. "Unless we activate Lucius'' Timekeeper form" Xiaxinia said with a laugh. Even though he laughed one could clearly see he was thinking of methods. "Idiot if we could do that we would have already, we still don''t know how to trigger it" Varathraga scolded. "Unless..." Xiaxinia said once more with a slowed tone, everyone present could clearly tell he was provoking Veranathus. "UNLESS UNLESS WHAT?!!! IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING SPIT IT OUT!!" Veranathus unable to control himself became angered at Xiaxinia''s provoking drawbacks. "I have an idea what may activate it, but I''d prefer not to do it" Xiaxinia said solemnly. Varathraga seemed to pick up on what he meant an answered in his stead. "You mean his ''berserk puppet form'' ?" The rest were astonished. "When Lucius enters that form, his mind stops it''s thought process and re-prioritizes everything. It''s as if his body moves at will for victory. This berserk form is at the highest level of concentration and I have feeling once Lucius activates it for the first time he''ll be able to control at first with difficulty but at will in the future." "However this is the problem in and of itself, Lucius has no control over his berserk form either." Xiaxinia interjected "Yeah and judging from what we discovered about the Timekeeper forms, it''s supposed to be an evolved and mutated version of a person''s soul and he is currently unable to access his soul as he is not a Deity yet" The group of 5 talked for a while longer before Lucius accompanied by Vera decided to leave and headed off towards Corinth. **** Standing in mid air above the Mount Stormblade-- The Three Great Uncles waved Lucius off as his purple silhouette disappeared, Xiaxinia continued looking towards the direction he left in as if lost in thought. The Two brothers recognized this and Varathraga asked. "What''s wrong Xia?" "Nothing....I was just thinking. Have you ever wondered what our nephew would be like once he entered his berserk state together with his Timekeeper form? You are aware that he is only in the first stage of his berserk mode right? Even though his base lifeform was a draconian, it had changed almost immediately after his birth. Even though he ages differently from us and his maturity rate is different from us one must not forget he is still part dragon and does have some of our most defining traits" "You saw his Divine soul core didn''t you? It''s shaped like a Golden Blue Dragon, what would that mean for his Timekeeper form? His soul is obviously already mutated beyond a degree even we don''t understand" he added. This question astonished both Varathraga and Veranathus who contemplated on their own. After a few minutes sweat beads appeared on their foreheads. "A-A Greater Dragon?" Veranathus asked curiously. "No he already possesses the potential of a Greater Dragon due to his Thunder Rites...who knows what it would be like...think deeper." Varathraga looked a bit more shaken up than the other two. As Varathraga''s skill of deduction was on par with Xiaxinia, he understood the direction Xiaxinia was leaning towards and dared not utter the words and forced them right back into his brain and could only think to himself. ''Chaos Flash Wyrm!'' Update on DCOT. WorldSerpent: Hello and Good Night. Sorry that there hasn''t been an update recently, things have been a bit rowdy but they finally settled down. I was about to begin writing again when I took a quick look at the reviews and saw the review made by "The group" and couldn''t help but laugh. However I intend to move from this site the minute I find one to my liking as there seems to be a lot of things wrong with this site. Judging by the reviews and the ghost accounting as well as the "hidden figures" behind the voting and reviewing makes this place really disgusting and it stinks of dictatorship. This site has no leniency towards upstart and new authors at all and honestly it''s quite depressing to put up with. The "hidden figures" who conduct this site has absolutely no care either and are favorable to the "viewers" / "themselves" rather than the authors and it''s obvious at this point that they try to control which novels are continued and which are discontinued by trying to "Break the heart" of the author. I pretty much realized by the pattern in the dislikes and likes that this is a controlled site with a "hidden community" of people. I understand what the author of "Sephirah" was complaining about and I see why he chose to make a bunch of accounts and screw over other people. I can also see why he isn''t planning on returning to the site anytime soon. "" Royal Road Legend Welcome to RoyalRoadL.com, the home of Web Novels and fan fictions! In our amazing community you can find various talented individuals, who write out of hobby, or even professionally; artists who create art for them, and many proofreaders and lurkers" ---- ^This is the Royal Road logo. Note : " In our amazing community you can find various talented individuals, who write out of hobby, or even professionally" what it should be is, " In our amazing community you can find only the greatest talented individuals who write professionally." Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. They act as though they are welcoming new writers however it is a huge lie. Unless your work is top grade it will be demolished by said "hidden community". These people expect the best work out of you as if it were your job and the sad part is the authors don''t get a single dime out of anything, but they do. Very soon this place will become even more scarce and barren and eventually people who came here to try their hand will learn their various skills, improve and then leave to another site because of these useless individuals. You aren''t allowed to defend your own work from others because then you get +10 for toxicity. One of the biggest problems however is this "the group" thing, I pretty much knew they would show up sooner or later so I wasn''t phased in the slightest about their remarks. "The group" is sort of like the face of these "hidden figures" and it''s so stupid and easy to recognize because it gained the most up votes in the entire review section in the shortest period of time and made it''s way to the top of the review page. When your not being attacked by these "hidden figures", your under scrutiny of other authors because you have one more star than theirs and it infuriates them I guess. These guys work hard with their punctuations and their grammar to get 5 stars, while the plot has half a star because they lack the imagination/brainpower and wonder why they can''t cross the 1000 average views mark and so the envy burns and your work becomes a target thereby adding to the fire. Do not worry this work is not cancelled, it''s not even on hiatus. I intend to stay here for a while and soak up the votes to break into the top 10 to see if they will prove my point. Either I will move up when I past the votes of the fictions above me or I will remain below the top 10 even if my votes exceeds the ones on top of it and prove my point. Chapter 32: Front-lines. WorldSerpent: A poll out of curiosity, may or may not affect the story. Something I''ve seen mentioned a few times. The Three Dragons upon landing in the crater sat quietly to themselves, by now Veranathus had more or less caught on to the direction of the conversation. Xiaxinia was lost in thought and Varathraga had sweat beads appeared all over his forehead. Xiaxinia and Varathraga were currently in moods of their own as they thought about it, however Veranathus had no visible changes in his attitude. **** Veranathus couldn''t stand the silence anymore and voiced his opinion. "So what if he may possess qualities of ''that''? This is Lucius we''re talking about, his mind is as hard as the hardest steel. The both of you should quit acting like two cowards already, the times of those ''things'' are already long at an end. We paid a dear price for their extermination, however it is indeed over" "The two of you are acting like two scared little lambs, this boy is your nephew and he is quite smart, he will pick up any differences in affection you show to him you know." "Especially you Xia, out of the three of us we all know he is most fond of you" Upon hearing this Xiaxinia twitched and replied. "I know...however...those things can never be forgiven, I will do everything in my power to make sure Lucius doesn''t have to become one of them. If it doesn''t work, then I''ll teach him to control it. I would never treat him lesser at all Veranathus, you misunderstand he is indeed one of my greatest treasures. I was thinking of what I should do in case it does happen, I need to prepare from now in order to fully deal with it" Veranathus nodded at Xiaxinia''s heartfelt thoughts and agreed, however as the two looked at Varathraga they could see a bit of fear and even a tinge of hatred still lingering in his eyes. "Brother, Do not be a weakling. Don''t tell me you''re having thoughts you shouldn''t have" Veranathus glared at his brother and gave him a serious warning with his tone. "What are you absurd?! I love Lucius as much as the both of you and I, Varathraga never give up on my family. However I was thinking beyond that." The two looked at him in surprise, they knew Varathraga''s hatred of Chaos Flash Wyrms was greater than any other dragon. "What do you mean?" Xiaxinia couldn''t help but ask. "Lucius'' abnormal existence may have solved a problem for us. We may have finally gotten a lead on what created them thanks to Lucius. Don''t you think it''s strange that he was able to show qualities of a Chaos Flash Wyrm? What exactly caused it? It''s definitely not his heritage as a draconian or his acquired dragon genetics, so that only leaves one thing" Xiaxinia and Veranathus as if they had finally grasped the thought opened their eyes wide. "Time Magic!" "Time Magic, certainly certainly!" Veranathus and Xiaxinia both spoke out unconsciously in unison. "It''s quite possible that those "Timekeepers" had something to do with the Rise of the Chaos Flash Wyrms" He then added. "Finally, I know the hands behind the "Calamity of the Heaven''s Peak". How long have I waited to find out where those wretched beasts came from." Xiaxinia then interjected. "That''s true...but to think those "Timekeepers" and Raz Seph had a connection with the Chaos Wyrms...it is indeed unsettling" Veranathus thought for a bit, nodded and then replied. "However we must keep this between ourselves, I wouldn''t want the Queen taking this the wrong way after all..at least not until we have concrete evidence." "Taking what the wrong way?" A feminine powerful voice broke the three out of their chat and immediately made them break out in hives of sweat. "U-Uh, I just remembered I had something to do" Veranathus instantly switched to his dragon-form and tried to flee. *Grab* However, his tail was currently in her hands. "Don''t make me read your minds" She said bluntly to the three who had sweat beads on their foreheads, her tone was severe. The three spoke about their concerns to her and Veranathus voiced his objections. **** *Nock* *Nock* *Nock* "You three don''t dare call my son that!!!" Venastrasia let out a helpless sigh as she watched three lumps of blood sit on the floor. "So you''ve all caught on huh? Indeed he does have some of their characteristics. My son is no Chaos Flash Wyrm though, I sensed it quite a while back." Upon hearing her, the three were surprised at her revelation. "My Queen you knew?" asked Varathraga with a hint of concern in his voice. "Of course I knew, you think you three idiots would know more about my son than me, his mother?" "However I chose to ignore it, my son is strong enough to control himself and I believe in him. What I am most concerned about is as you said, How did the "Timekeepers" have a hand to play in "Heaven''s Peak Calamity" and why did they choose to show themselves now rather than 10,000 years ago." "There''s so much we don''t know about them but they seem to know quite a lot about us, when the other dragon clans come together in the next three weeks we will discuss about it. However, I don''t think this will be a pleasant discussion for them. There isn''t a dragon alive that had not lost something in the Calamity.." "What will they do when they hear about Lucius?" asked Veranathus worriedly. "What will do they? What can they do? Kill him? and live where afterward? I don''t care who it is, I''ll rip whoever lays their hands on him to shreds. Whether it be my own kind, A Timekeeper or those petty humanoids. Lucius is my darling beautiful son that I love deeply and dearly and would hold nothing back for, even destroying a world isn''t out of question" Venastrasia stated coldly which made the three shudder at the thought, they better than anyone else knew how terrifying her temperament could be. **** Venastrasia stared out into the sky as she skimmed through her memories, a fire burned in her eyes as she spoke to the three lumps of blood beside her. "How did you think I could forget that day?....The blood and carnage. The bloodiest battle ever in the history of Zenheim. It made those human wars seem like petty squabbles." "How could I forget my beautiful mother that sacrificed herself to save me? How could I forget the day all of our parents died for us while we hid like scared little children?" "Back then we didn''t know who was responsible, but now is different...now we know the hand that hid in the shade and watched the chaos" The three dragons sat beside her quietly, a fierce look in their eyes as they themselves remembered the day even the Gods weeped. "Thanks to my son now we know for sure who caused this.. Before the clan gathering I''ll tell Lucius about the history of the Chaos Flash Wyrms, he deserves to know about it" The three nodded at her statement and believed her to be correct, this was no joking matter and no one knows how it would affect Lucius. Better safe than sorry they thought to themselves. **** Inside the city of Corinth, at the heart of the city, stood the Four Elements Academy high, a purple silhouette landed at it''s huge marvelous and luxurious gates. It was indeed Lucius Stormblade, he retracted his armor and made his way to the gates which the guards nervously but hastily opened. Lucius quickly made his way to the headmaster''s chamber. -- An old man was currently seated glancing at some documents as he stroked his white beard in contemplation and every now and then he would narrow his eyes and let out a helpless sigh. "Things are becoming rowdy at the front....why did those ''Invaders'' suddenly become so active now all of a sudden?" A tinge of fear could be heard in his voice as he whispered to himself. **Knock** **Knock** **Knock** The old man was awakened from his thoughts by the knocking outside and replied in a calm manner. "Yes?" "Grandpa Aurius, it is I, Lucius" "Oh, come in Lucius" Lucius made his way to the chair directly opposite Aurius and began to explain the recent events about his dealings with the Fire Church, him killing the old man Salran and the oppression of the Fireblood Clan. Aurius looked at him in awe as he listened and his fingers ran cold, this was the second time Lucius killed a Deity and Aurius knew of the old man Salran''s strength, he couldn''t believe it all however he knew Lucius was not one to lie. He still couldn''t help but ask. "Y-You killed Salran Phoenix?" "Yeah, he was a dangerous old man though, were it not for little brother Vera I would have died" Aurius nodded as he listened to the details of the fight, somewhere in between the black dragon stuck his head out from Lucius'' head and nodded as well, Aurius looked at the dragon with a blank expression as he realized the Dragon''s size had yet again increased. The aura of the black dragon was considerably much stronger than before and were it not for him being a spirit and being able to shift sizes he might have took up the entire room. After finishing the talk about the Fireblood state of affairs, Aurius nodded and gave Lucius his word that he as the new Fuhrer would take care of them. Naturally he would do his best as the Fireblood clan was indeed related to him as his grand-daughter and daughter in law both possessed the blood of the variant clan. Upon hearing that Aleria would be the new head of the clan made his resolve even firmer as he indeed was quite fond of his grand-children. -- As the talk came to an end Lucius'' face then became serious and the atmosphere became a bit more tense which caused Aurius himself to become serious as he realized Lucius still had not finished speaking. "There''s something else I want to talk about as well Grandpa Aurius, it''s about Raz Seph" Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. He then began relaying the events about how he attacked Raz Seph and Raz Seph''s words to him about the front-lines which he had never heard about, which made Aurius gasp in surprise as he opened his mouth to speak. "No wonder! No wonder! So that''s why it became so active all of a sudden!" he stroked his beard as he finally put the pieces together. "Lucius, You''re aware that Raz Seph is currently looking for you right? That is most probably the reason why the front-lines are so chaotic now" "Grandpa Aurius, you still haven''t told me about the front-lines" Lucius urged as he did not like not knowing crucial elements. "Ah! My apologies! Lucius, whatever I say here you must never leak to the outside understood?" Aurius looked at him seriously. Lucius nodded and replied "Understood" "You may have realized it by now but the outside world has more Deities than people claim to have right? Have you ever wondered why the Deities hid themselves?" Lucius thought for a minute and could find no plausible reason as to why they would purposefully hide themselves. "Could it be we have traitors and the heads are afraid their strength will be leaked out to Raz Seph?" He casually threw out the only thing he could think of. "No, the reason why we hide the fact that there are more Deities is because of the front-lines, the current ruling Deities myself included are mere faces for our kingdoms" "Lucius, Deities die almost every day in the front lines" Upon hearing this Lucius'' heart tightened and couldn''t hide his bewilderment. What was a Deity? A Deity is when one breaks through to a stage which can be called unparalleled, it was the beginning of a huge gap between a mortal and an immortal, it was the biggest change one could go through and be called a dragon among men. Lucius himself personally understood the strength of a Deity. "The Fire continent Astarte and the Ruined Continent Einzel are separated by a short body of water, Vorkin Earthstone created a bridge to connect both sides for the purpose of this war, well rather than a bridge it would be better to say he joined the both Continents, it took him almost five years to do this task and it is a well hidden secret among us humanoids, but every single ''Invader'' knows about the bridge.....exactly as it was planned. By creating a valuable site of this magnitude, naturally the ''Invaders'' would be drawn to this important objective it''s the same as acquiring a fortress or having an advantageous position so obviously it was an objective the ''Invaders'' had to acquire by all means it would become the foothold for their invasions. This way was better than allowing the ''Invaders'' themselves to embark wherever they please and create conflict and war at their leisure in many different places. It was completely out of the question for who knows where they would have attacked first? They don''t differentiate between civilians or soldiers, so we came up with this strategy that could benefit us. If we could make them concentrate on a single objective, naturally the damage surrounding the certain areas would be mitigated as the main force focused on a particular objective. If the war happened at this particular part then we can control the damage as opposed to allowing them to embark freely upon any and all other Continents. That''s why we made Astarte the current base of operations and placed Four Elements Academy at the heart of the Continent in case we need back up the Academy can easily be deployed as a last resort" "As for why we hide the fact that Deities die every day, it''s simple, to protect morale. Tell me Lucius did you see how Deities are treated by people? Do you see the sense of security they get from them? What would happen if people knew Deities died everyday? Despair! They would despair and despair and the world would become chaotic if they knew their lives were hanging by a thread" "The only people that know about this are high nobles and those who have shown promise to become a Deity naturally they all have gag orders placed on them and are not allowed to reveal any of this information to the outside. The reason why they know is because many of their families have already lost sons and daughters to the front-lines and we are not so cruel as to deprive them of the reasons as to why they died." "From the instant someone shows promise to enter Deityhood, a fake background is forged for them, whether it be becoming a transfer student in another Continent or being married off to someone of another Continent, these lies are carefully created to cover up the fact that many young talents are hidden away but in reality they are shipped to the front-lines. This is for the sake of people who may be acquainted with them, friends and the like as the parents already know the true reason." Lucius listened intently as Aurius spoke about this in a bitter tone, clearly he disliked using young fledglings to do battle but what could he do? It was either this or lose the war. Lucius himself understood this and couldn''t help but agree, to him, what was the point of gaining power if you weren''t going to use it to save not just the people of your Continent or even the world but your own family. "However, children of this age are quite strong. Being born into an age of war has changed the people drastically, upon hearing of the dire straits they never complain or claim it to be unfair instead they boldly charge to the frontlines to meet their comrades. There are the usual few who try to refute it but those that do are still shipped off to the front-lines and are given different tasks where their lives aren''t in as much danger, like messengers and surveillance teams, some even take up the job of cooks however those teams are looked down upon by the soldiers for their cowardice." Lucius understood, in a world such as this where a few more soldiers could make a difference being a coward was a shameful thing. People are fighting and dying everyday for the sake of protecting the world, how could they hide behind the spilling blood of their comrades? Lucius held different customs to those people and naturally he looked down upon them as well. If they were weak and could not help but die in vain, he would never judge them but if one had the power to become a Deity Lucius felt as though becoming a coward was the most shameless thing one could do. "I can understand being a messenger or being in the surveillance team, but....a Deity mopping the floor and peeling potatoes?" He couldn''t help but feel a bit angered as he whispered to himself. Aurius nodded and spoke once more. "Indeed it is a shameful thing, but some of these children are from high noble families and have always been pampered with everything they need. However this is a blessing in disguise as well Lucius, would you want a coward who would flee at any moment watching your back? Giving them the choice to fight or not is the most we can do" Lucius nodded, certainly he wouldn''t want such a person watching his back if anything they would just become a burden. The two continued to chat for quite a few hours as time flew by. **** As day turned to night, Lucius had just left Aurius'' chamber and left the old man in quiet contemplation. Aurius sat there quietly stroking his beard...finally he could take it no longer. He began slamming his head on the table and biting his finger and all sorts of weird behavior which indicated a bit of rage. "He attacked Raz Seph!!!!!! What kind of insane lunatic is this child?! From killing Deities to distressing that Terrifying being! What sort of madness! I like this brat quite a lot but he is way too reckless!!" He mumbled quite a few words and banged his head for a while before he finally eased his anger, he wasn''t wrong at all, Lucius'' anger may have caused some casualties but Aurius knew it wasn''t his fault if anyone had a right to infuriate Raz Seph, it would indeed be Lucius. Aurius sighed and then regained his calm demeanor, he took out a crystal orb similar to the one he used when he contacted the Fuhrer and sent his mana inside it. Instantly a blurry figure appeared and spoke with a feminine and exhausted voice. "Aurius, what is it?" " Levana, Well...I kind of found out why the Front-lines have been a bit more chaotic....I suggest you bolster the defenses and have the soldiers on high alert for a bit" Aurius said helplessly. "Hmm? What caused it?'' The tired voice asked curiously "It would be better if you didn''t know....somethings are better left unknown." "Why? But you know..." the voice didn''t give up and urged him in a cute manner. Aurius let out a sigh and spoke. "My grandson attacked Raz Seph and shamed him a bit....in a manner..." "Attacked him?! Wait...You''re grandson?......Oh you mean that draconian? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH GOOD ONE!! How did he do it?" "I''m not sure but apparently he stabbed Raz Seph''s hand and leg with a dragon tooth I think" "AHAHAHAHAHAHA, No wonder why the ''Invaders'' seemed to be angry lately, certainly it was the first emotion they''ve ever shown, that makes sense if their master was attacked they would be angry" "Oi!! I found out why it''s been so lively lately! apparently that kid--" the once tired voice sounded full of life as it gloated and found the situation to be funny, no doubt the feminine voice was spreading the news to the people in the surrounding area as the orb lost it''s power and became silent. Aurius just shook his head and sat in his chair and sighed once more. "It''s not just Lucius that''s insane...the entire front line army is insane..they would rejoice at news like this while old men like me worry. Maybe it''s time to retire? Maybe it''s a sign that my youthfulness has indeed all but faded, especially that "Mad Dog" Levana and her unit....No doubt when Lucius becomes a Deity he would be welcomed warmly at the front lines...there''s no way he would sit still learning about the front-lines now...if he takes action now....then surely the dragons will begin to join in themselves. Even if it''s Lucius the front lines is no joke, so he would surely wait until he became a Deity" Long time no see! Worldserpent: Yo Yo guys how you doing? long time no see right? Well actually something pretty unfortunate happened. During the break I took, I was playing a game called Heroes of Newerth that a friend encouraged me to play, I got pretty hooked on it but it pretty much fried my lappy which was pretty crappy anyhow, I''m not in the best situation so it took me some time to buy a new lappy. What is bad however is that I lost everything....the 5+ chapters I did for the break as well as all the plans I made for the story, I can remember a few ideas but the entire drive was wiped and couldn''t salvage anything..sigh...Been in pretty low spirits since, been trying to get a lot of the details back together but a lot of stuff is still missing. So I have a choice to offer right now and I''ll open up a poll.