《Age of Gods》 Prologue [0] Asura is the world of Gods. Orcs, humans, elves, dwarves, mancers, dragonican, giants, titans, ogres, werewolves, vampires, shapeshifters, elemental beings, fairies, goblins and etc.. All races live here dreaming to be one of the great gods. A world of dreams and a world full of adventures! At days of yore, the whole world is full of wars. Tribes, clans and races wage wars. This age is called Age of Chaos. Because of the differences in cultures, traditions and beliefs of different races this war continued around the world. Many years passed by. Wars stop when 8 rulers made way to form 8 continents. These continents are united by a continent-like mountain, it is known as Mt. Everstar. The 8 Ruler ? Reign Serendia - Goblin - ¡°The Eater¡± ? Nicollo Bourgz - Orc - ¡°The Brute¡± ? Zander Panther ¨C Beast ¨C ¡°Phantom Sabertooth¡± ? Shin Anerxia ¨C Mancer ¨C ¡°Lich King¡± ? Divine Ruthie ¨C Elemental being ¨C ¡°Thousand-God Slayer¡± ? Timmondy Nexus ¨C Titan ¨C ¡°Undefeated Crimson Swordmaster¡± ? Benellus Zandria ¨CDwarf ¨C ¡°King of Kings¡± The 5 Great Powers ? Kean Ruffus ¨C Dwarf ¨C ¡°Boss¡± ¨C War Mongrel Tribe ? Tiny Gravastoine ¨C Ogre ¨C ¡°Earth Master¡± Earth Tribe ? Graham Eldery ¨C Woodillows ¨C ¡°Greed¡± ¨C Treant Tribe ? Marcial Drake ¨C Vampire ¨C ¡°Dracula¡± ¨C Immortal Warriors ? Kaizer Adellaine ¨C Human ¨C ¡°Cyborg¡± ¨C Elite Guild But because of the greed of men another war starts and shakes the whole world. It happened when the 8 continents uphold. The 8 rulers together with 5 great powers in this age started the world war, known as Gods¡¯ War. Because of the war a new age has been created. Year -001 The First World War ended. The world now is known as Asura. It is named from the hero of the gods that stop the war and brings peace. The world has changed Mt. Everstar is gone. Now only seven continents existed and named adapted to the Great Gods of the world. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Continent of Nexus known as the Bastards Continent. Majority of the people living here are ogres, giants and titans. The great god of this continent is Timmondy Nexus the undefeated crimson swordmaster. Continent of Ruthie known as Continent of the Saints. Majority of the people living here are elemental beings, fairies, angels and high elf. The great god of this continent is Divine Ruthie the only elemental being with four elemental properties. Continent of Zandria known as the Continent of the Weakest/Wisemen. Majority of the people living here are humans, elves and dwarves. The great god of this continent is Benellus Zandria known as King of Kings. He was rumored to hit Asura and made him kneel. Continent of Zaft known as Continent of the Gladiator. This continent is the central continent of the world. Majority of the people here are shapeshifters, goblins, orcs and beasts. The great god of this continent is Aires Zaft known as ¡°Master Jack of All Trades¡±. He was rumored to be the strongest in the world and even stronger than Asura. Continent of Atria known as Continent of Darkness. Majority of the people here are vampires, demons and werewolves. The great god of this continent is Julianne Atria a vampire with the title of The Light of the Darkness. Continent of Draco it is called Continent of the Gods. The people living here are Mancer and Dragonican. These two race is called the supreme beings because they born as demi-god. The great god of this continent is Alexanther Draco who was a Dragonican with the title of the Reaper. The last continent is the continent of Arthasia. The continent¡¯s name is adapted to Divine Arthasia, the first elemental being and the first monster tamer. Ch.1 Hanshen Alcherial Year A196 After the Gods¡¯ War, the world is at peace. The Gods¡¯ War brought many changes in the world. Many dungeons and islands are appearing. Monsters and animals are increasing rapidly. New monsters are discovered everywhere. Many believed that it is because of the death of Asura and Arthasia in the the great world war that brought peace in the world. Arthasia is the first elemental being she was known as The Mother of the Elements. She was the first monster tamer too. She bred many powerful and mythical monsters like dragons and phoenix in her time. While Asura, is the only god who has the power of creation and destruction. The world continued to grow, bigger and wilder. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Larra Forest In the Continent of Zandria, the Kingdom of Adellaine were known to have many great forests that surrounds it. In one of the forests called Larra, you can see a little hut. Larra forest is a forest far away in any village in the Adelleine Kingdom. There are many monsters here but only low level that¡¯s why adventurers and hunters rarely go here. Even a beginner doesn¡¯t like to hunt here, it¡¯s a secluded forest. In the middle of the forest there lies a small hut. If you look at it, it¡¯s like an abandoned hut. It¡¯s small and old. It¡¯s ready to break down anytime and even a light wind can blow it. But in an unknown reason it withstands any circumstances. ¡°Trishk!¡± The door opened. ¡°Uahh!¡± You can see a silhouette yawning, standing inside the hut. If you look at the image he¡¯s like a noble dwarf. But if you look attentively you will see that he¡¯s not a dwarf but a human boy wearing thick clothes from feet to head, he¡¯s wearing full set equipment. He has golden eyes and black hair. He looks noble despite his age you can see wisdom and intelligence in him. The boy is wearing greaves made of adamantium, trouser made of monsters¡¯ skin, padded armor made of dragon¡¯s scale, gauntlet with storage gems, and rings. In his hand he was holding something, a crown that¡¯s like a helmet. His age ranged to 5-7 years. Because of this he looks like a dwarf. ¡°OH?! It¡¯s a new day! What a beautiful day! I should train hard to beat all these monsters in the forest at the end of the month.¡± The boy talking to his self eagerly then suddenly¡­ ¡°Roar!¡± A lion roared at him. An earth lion appeared and walk towards the boy and looks like it¡¯s ready to bite the head of the boy. But the boy didn¡¯t respond, you can see a smile on his face then.. ¡°Oh! You¡¯re here Fargo.¡± The lion then lick the face of the little boy. Not wasting any time, the boy mounts the lion and said¡­ ¡°Let¡¯s go in the waterfalls Fargo, faster! We have to train harder today. Let¡¯s get some food and practice there.¡± ¡°ROAR!¡± The lion roared again and run fast. After 10 minutes walking, the boy and the lion arrived in their destination. They saw a man wearing sakkat fishing. He looks like a farmer with elegance. He was an angel race. ¡°Old man! Finally I meet you again, I thought you would not come back here again. Last time you said you¡¯ll teach me if I see you again, what would you teach me now old man? Can you teach me now? Please!¡± Said the boy. ¡°Oi.. Oi¡­ It¡¯s nice to see you again boy. What¡¯s your name again?¡± Asked the old man while scratching his head. ¡°How many times do I have to tell you old man Zen, my name is Hanshen. I¡¯m Hanshen Alcherial. But it¡¯s okay old man I know you¡¯re too old to remember my name but atleast remember my face. HAHAHA¡± Said the boy while laughing. ¡°Hohoho!¡± The old man laughed too. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Adelleine Kingdom In Adelleine Kingdom, the central square is the place where you can buy all items you need in your adventure or everyday living. Adelleine Kingdom is known for selling god artifacts. You can see many different race here. Some travel around the world stop here to look for useful items but most of the people that come here from other continents is interested in buying artifacts. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°Good morning Lady! May I come in and have a look at your artifacts?¡± A beast man asked a beautiful woman. ¡°Yes Sir. We¡¯re open now, please come in. Have a look, if you want to test it, you can test it in that room.¡± The lady pointed a room inside their shop. ¡°Please help yourself Sir, feel at home. You can ask me if you want something particular. You¡¯re the first costumer in Alcherial Shop today you have a 20% discount.¡± Said the lady and smiled. The beast man nodded and smiles back. Then¡­ ¡°I¡¯m looking for gravity equipment set, at least legendary immortal artifacts.¡± The man said. ¡°Yes Sir, we have it. We have an ancient god artifact here, a gravity set. It will take a while Sir, would you mind waiting for a while?¡± ¡°Okay, take your time. I¡¯ll look around while waiting.¡± ¡°Thank you Sir. I¡¯m just confirming something.¡± ______________________________________________________________________________________________ In Ruthie Continent, Orchads Forrest There were many hunters and adventurers swarming a cave. It is reported to be a dragon¡¯s lair. Dragons are rare to see in this continent that¡¯s why many people gathered just to see it in a move; when they heard news in the guilds about a dragon hunting quest. Outside the cave ¡°Crash! Clang! Grarrrrr! Boogs! ROAR! Dung!¡± The sound from the dragon¡¯s lair you can hear echoing outside the cave. ¡°It¡¯s like a war!¡± ¡°Yeah! It¡¯s intense. The pressure is heavy!¡± ¡°I can feel fear even though were far from the cave. It¡¯s like battle between great gods!¡± ¡°I¡¯m a god but I feel that they¡¯re too strong.¡± ¡°They¡¯re on a different level. Maybe, even beyond God level?¡± One of the group of adventurers having conversation. Most of them are elves and humans talking. While sensing the battle in the cave some camp outside the cave. Most of them are demi-god and immortal level. They¡¯re waiting outside for the three adventurers that walk inside. In this world of hunters and adventurers they have a rule, first come first serve. ¡°I heard three idiots from the earth clan entered the cave?¡± An orc said. ¡°HAHAHA! They thought they can kill dragons that is said to be beyond god level! They¡¯re dead for sure!¡± Another orc said. ¡°Yeah! I saw them. They¡¯re strong but I¡¯m pretty sure they¡¯ll eventually die. It¡¯s been three days since they entered the cave. GURARARAR!¡± A titan said. ¡°You¡¯re the idiots here. Earth clan? They¡¯re not. They are from Great Gods School! Idiots! Don¡¯t you see the emblem of their artifacts?¡± The beast woman said. Then they began to silence. The Great Gods School is the biggest and greatest school in the world. Each continent had great school but great god school is in different level. They only accept genius and prodigy. Even talented ones are not accepted if their talent is not enough. Family, clans, tribes, schools and other groups have different emblem. All people look at your emblem to see where you belong. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Larra Forest ¡°Did you remember what I taught you last time kid? Now I¡¯ll tell about forces and energies. And I¡¯ll teach you a technique which only god can use but not after I learned it. Since, you might never see me again.¡± Old man Zen said. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Shop ¡°Here are the artifacts Sir. It¡¯s discounted. It¡¯s 220 thousands gold.¡±It¡¯s our latest design made by our youngest.¡± Said the lady. The lady in the shop is Lyra Alcherial, mother of Hanshen. She was beautiful with golden brown eyes and black hair with amazing and alluring curves. Her look is of a noble in mid thirty¡¯s. Ch.2 Fargo The lion reborn Old man Zen taught Hanshen for 5 days straight. He taught few skills and techniques such as gravity magic, basic martial art movement of righteous devil sect, advanced demon skill ¨C illusion, and advanced healing magic cure. Because Hanshen is too young for other skills and techniques he couldn¡¯t learn more. Another reason is that he¡¯s not talented neither genius nor a prodigy in fighting or martial prowess but he¡¯s a prodigy in engineering skill. In fact he¡¯s just an ordinary kid but he¡¯s not because of his engineering skills. The one who made his artifacts is none other than himself. His raw strength is weak and his magic affinity is low, the only above average traits he has is his high internal energy. But it¡¯s not that high to even compare to some genius or prodigy. Last time he was taught by Old man Zen, he learned the fundamentals of magic. It is magic control for fire, water, earth and wind. He also learned general information about the power and rankings in the world. He was taught few things about monsters, their class and levels. There are three types of energy in a body whatever race you are. It is internal energy, external energy and artifacts energy. Internal energy grows through meditation; it is the inner energy of the body known as spirit energy. External energy is the energy of outer body; it is the energy of the muscles, known as raw strength. Artifacts energy is the energy of the equipment a man is using, it can also enhances overall power; spirit, strength and magic. All races have affinity with magic whether low, average or high. The higher the affinity the purer the mana core becomes. Mana core is said to be inside one¡¯s body since birth just like spirit core. But nobody knows what it is or in a form of what. The more you practice the purer your core becomes and the stronger you became. Unlike spirit, magic has different attributes; fire, wind, earth and water. When you reach an expert level or a master level you can use an aura. Aura is created by concentrating ones energy, magic or force. All races have different forces only human doesn¡¯t have force when born. A force is neither magic nor energy but it¡¯s like a combination of both. Only some expert at god level can use human force most human can¡¯t use this move or activate it. There are only 5 levels and stages in every race; King, Saint, Demi-God, Immortal and God. It¡¯s the general power ranking. However, it is not that important because it varies from one person to another. Levels and stages is like a vessel, if you¡¯re vessel is large the harder it is to fill. There are cases that a king level killed a god level, meaning to say the king level that killed the god level has larger vessel than the the god level even his 5 vessel is combined. It is 1>5. But you can¡¯t tell that it is only because of their level some factors affects the battle such as the surroundings, artifacts they used and tactics they used. If you reach immortal stage you will not age anymore. Some can changed their appearance at god level, their younger or older self. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Larra Forest Hanshen¡¯s POV Today is my seventh day training what Old man Zen taught me. It¡¯s tiring and hard but I need to be strong. I need to gain strength, enough to protect myself. As I wake up early in the morning I practice the technique and skills that I learned. I need to work hard unlike them I can¡¯t stand by and do the things I want. For now, I¡¯ll do what I need to do. When I become immortal I can do what I want. I am turning 7 years old tomorrow, I should practice more today because I couldn¡¯t practice tomorrow. I¡¯ll go to a village tomorrow; it¡¯s been awhile since I travel. I¡¯ll buy books in the village and enjoy myself a bit. It may take a week before I return here. As I was training I¡¯m thinking some things asking myself. Should I visit my family? But they told me to return when I¡¯m 10 years old. Maybe Mom misses me? They¡¯re missing me? My family is one of the human family that produced many great gods. That¡¯s why it¡¯s strict. The rules and laws of my family suck! It¡¯s a tradition in our family that when you reach 5 years of age you would depart and experience the world alone, returning when you reach 10 years of age. I¡¯ve missed my family so much. I still remember the day of my departure. My mother is crying while hugging my father and begging him to postpone my departure when I reach 8 years of age. She reasoned that I was too weak but my father insisted that it should happen, now or never. The sacred tradition in our family, I¡¯ll abolish that if I became the head of our family. But it¡¯s just a dream. I was the weakest in our family, that¡¯s why it¡¯s impossible for me, only the strongest becomes the head. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. That day they gave me books and artifacts needed in my journey. No one knows whether I¡¯ll be able to return or not. They gave me all the items needed and a large sum of money.I wonder what they¡¯re doing now. Maybe they forgot about me thinking that I¡¯m dead. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Shop Alcherial shop, it is one of the biggest shop in Adelleine Kingdom¡¯s central square. It was famous for the testing service provided when buying artifacts. If you enter in the Alcherial shop now you will see two beautiful ladies. Their beauty is comparable to the noble high elf. Their presence is divine like beautiful angels. They have both beautiful black long hairs, their skins is smooth and white and their curve is alluring and seducing with their fit clothes that show the beauty of their body, anyone who¡¯ll see this will think they¡¯re in heaven. The only difference is that one has golden brown eyes while the other has crystal blue eyes that can pierce any man¡¯s heart. They are Hanshen¡¯s cousins with age ranged to 18 and 21. They are twins known as the ¡°Dragon Seeker¡±. At the age of 16 they have fought a dragon. ¡°Hey Sis,it¡¯s been two years since the youngest travel, do you think he¡¯s alive?¡± The lady with crystal blue eyes said. ¡°I don¡¯t know, but as long as I remember he¡¯s a brave one. He didn¡¯t shed even a single tear or cry.¡± The lady with golden brown eyes said. ¡°Yeah! But bravery can¡¯t save you, you know? In our family history he is the weakest ever been born. He is a genius in crafting and invention but we all knew that it can¡¯t save you from monsters.¡± The girl nodded in agreement. ¡°I agree with you Sis, let¡¯s wait and see if he¡¯ll be able to return three years from now. We can only hope and pray.¡± The lady with golden brown eyes is called Lyca while the lady with crystal blue eyes is called Lysa. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Orchads Forest, inside the dragon Lair ¡°It¡¯s been 3 days since he try to subdue and tame that dragon. Will he succeed? What do you think Abdul? He¡¯s better than I expected.¡± The human with wizard look said. ¡°HARARARA! I admit he¡¯s good but compared to you when you¡¯re at the same age as him he¡¯s nothing. HARARARA!¡± The human sized titan said. ¡°Don¡¯t joke like that my friend.¡± He said while smiling. ¡°I still remember when I challenged you and I almost lost my life when we fought.¡± ¡°That¡¯s because my master is ¡°The Cyborg¡± and ¡°The Doctor¡±. I think that anyone who was taught by them will become strong even the weakest has chance to become strongest. That¡¯s how great they are. I wonder where did they go.¡± ¡°The two greatest human. You¡¯re lucky that they trained you. HARARARA!¡± ¡°Indeed, they are lucky that they had taught me. HAHAHA!¡± The titan and the human laughed. ¡°But the luckiest one is this little Alcherial for having us as his masters! HRARARA!¡± They both continue their conversation while watching their disciple without care. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Larra Forest There are two silhouette in the middle of the waterfalls; Hanshen and Fargo. While Hanshen is meditating, Fargo is catching fishes. Fargo is a lion that was reborn. It¡¯s way back then. In the first month Hanshen left home all he did is wander in villages. After getting information where to go and train, he bought items he needed. He was the only member of their family who did not go to school to learn and live at the age of 5 years. He was too weak and do not have talent to be accepted in any school or sect. School is dangerous for him. Regardless of age, race, family and status all are equal in school. Actual combat is a must. Duels between students always happen. Some fight till death. It¡¯s the other reason why Hanshen did not bother to enter school. He thought that he will be bullied and many will try to duel him. Duel is legal in this world. Then he decided that he will stay in Larra forest after all his researches. In his way to the Forest he saw an earth lion on the verge of dying. He then decided that he will perform operation to the weak lion. He put magic gems combined with energy stones in the lions body and perform soul contract. Now the earth lion is reborn named Fargo. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch.3 Supreme Being: Dragonican ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Rock Village In the north of Larra Forest there¡¯s a village named Rock Village. It is the closest village from Larra. It is known to be the Ogre¡¯s Village in the West. Almost all villagers here are ogre. This village is like a town, it¡¯s the biggest village in the Adelleine Kingdom. It is called rock village because of its founder, the Rock Ogre. In this village you can see many sizable statues; monsters and different races. In this village the statues are made from the boulders created in a volcanic explosion, you can say that the statues have high value. Some statues can even affect ones status just by looking at it. These statues are known as rare statues in the world. No one can tell where it came from. In the market you can see bodies of dead earth monsters and some are dead golems and gargoyles being sell. These are high level monsters that is said to have King level as its¡¯ weakest, they are almost on the same level as dragon and phoenix. Golems are known to have earth property and gargoyles are known to use petrification effects. That¡¯s why ogres like them. Their flesh are eaten and one of the favorites of the ogres because it boost their strength and sturdiness. Other parts of their body are used in making armor; it is classified as mythical materials. Ogres, titans and giants are race with the biggest body build. Their height ranged to 10ft. to 16ft. tall. Unlike other sizable race, ogres hunt in packs they are the race which focused on team coordination. Their strength is comparable to a golem. Their unity is solid like wolves. This is the reason why they can easily kill mythical and legendary monsters. In this village there are many caves, some are used for excavation purposes and some are used in mining gold bars, gems stones and ores. Most of the miners here are dwarves, elves and humans. Many people travel here because of the rare stones, gems and high quality ores that was being sell in this village. This is Ogre Village in the West. We all know that an ogre is one of the races that love to fight or known as battle maniac. They are bloodthirsty creatures. That¡¯s why villagers create an arena for duels. The arena is like a small village in size, it is built from molten rocks. Even an ordinary god can have a hard time scratching this place. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV Rock Arena I¡¯ve bought all the things I need for a year. I even made lots of money too by selling artifacts that I made. Unlike in any other village it is easy to sell items here. Maybe I should visit this village more often now. I¡¯ve been watching duels three days straight now. I am amazed by the duels here. I have seen many people with different race fight. As I watched I¡¯ve learned many things; timing, rhythm and proper execution of skill and techniques. I¡¯ve learned also the importance of control. This is the last day that I¡¯ll watch a duel because tomorrow I¡¯ll return in Larra Forest. Today there will be only one duel; this will be the battle between a challenger and the champion in this arena. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ I was surprised when I see the challenger; he was one of the dragonican races. It¡¯s my first time seeing one. The dragonicans are said to have a dragon power. They can use dragon transformation skill, only dragonican can use. He looks ferocious. He¡¯s wearing artifacts that certainly stand out. He was wearing a diamond crown with rare gems, a plate armor that is made of dragon¡¯s tooth, a boots made of phoenix feather and fur of the six tailed fox, a gloves and a celestial ring even I can¡¯t identify. His overall equipment is high standards, some of it is hard to identify, I can¡¯t tell what materials are used to make it. He looks like a human; height ranged to 6ft. above, with black scales in his arm and shoulder, his ear is like of an elf and with a small and thin tail covered with scales. He¡¯s fierce with a hair like is on fire, a burning red. A supreme being, I thought. What shocked me the most is the champion? He was a human? In this world; we, humans are the weakest race. I knew only few human gods are respected and honored. But to see one here, I was shocked. Excitement and happiness, this is what I¡¯m feeling right now. I never thought that I would see a human as great as him here. But I wondered and puzzled me what will he try to do? His opponent is comparable to a great one and belongs to one of the strongest races. He doesn¡¯t look strong and intimidating. He has long brown curly hairs. His eyes are brown with a firm body build. He wear a dark set of artifacts. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. As the gong rang the battle began. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ In a flash the dragonican initiate a barrage of sword attack. ¡°Star destroyer!¡± The dragonican used. ¡°Iron body!¡± The human used at the same time as the dragonican attack. As the dragonican attack with sword skills the human defend with iron body. ¡°Clang! Clang! Tang! Clang!¡± The sounds of their clashes reverberate. The human can¡¯t do but defend while he was being attack, he¡¯s being pushed back. The dragonican was too fast and the human is slow. He was receiving hits in a fast rate. ¡°Roar!¡± The human used a lion¡¯s roar to stun his enemy. But the dragonican isn¡¯t affected at all. ¡°Sword of starlight!¡± The dragonican continued. ¡°Ahg!¡± The human received great damaged. Even his iron body can¡¯t withstand the barrage of attack of the dragonican. ¡°Earth Stamp!¡± The human used. He fused earth magic in his feet and with raw strength he stamp the ground. Earth stamp is a low level skill that is used to nullify an area attack or to defend using earth rock. It shakes the ground and creates a wave of rocks around the user in all direction it is very hard to dodge if you¡¯re near the user. Because of the strength of the human his skill effect is devastating, affecting 300meter radius. The dragonican was hit and stunned for a second but he endured. ¡°It¡¯s time to get serious.¡± The human said. ¡°What a guy!¡± The dragonican was amused. ¡°God strength!¡± The human used strength amplification. It also increases sturdiness and vitality of the human. ¡°God speed!¡± The dragonican used at the same time as human used his skill. Then the human changed his weapon from swords to knuckle. Without any warning the dragonican cast a magic spell. ¡°Meteor Shower!¡± The human walk towards the dragonican even his aura can damage anyone that is grazed by it. While being hit with meteors he just keeps walking steadily. The dragonican, unlike his tactics earlier gained some distance and continue to cast ranged magic spell. ¡°Star Strikes!¡± Barrages of range fire magic spell hitting the indestructible human. Seeing that the human is enduring these many attacks the dragonican used dragon force to its limit and¡­ ¡°GRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!¡± The dragonican used dragons roar to its limit. ¡°Ugh!¡± The force of the dragon roar make the human kneel and was stunned for a moment. The dragonican didn¡¯t give him time to recover. He used ancient dragon transformation skill and used a powerful skill. ¡°DRAGON¡¯S BREATH! GROOAARR!¡± ¡°BOOOOOM!¡± Powerful explosion occurred in the arena. The dragonican turned into a dragon. He didn¡¯t stop. He deactivates his skill and returned in his original appearance. He used dash technique. ¡°Blink!¡± ¡°Dragon¡¯s Imperial Slash! Dragon¡¯s Sword Bite! Dragon¡¯s Sword Dance!¡± The dragonican continue attacking the weakening human without mercy. ¡°Ahraa! Ughh!¡± The human said in pain. The dragonican is covered with fire, it¡¯s like he¡¯s burning. With a bluish fire aura covering his body, he charged through his enemy, fearless. After blinking in front of the human he performed a combination of ancient dragon sword techniques. With the power of a dragon, he slashed the human with a rotating fire in his sword followed by a double slash sideward then a series of sword slash. All of his attacks are covered with concentrated power. The duel looks one sided. While the human was knocked on the floor the dragonican used his final move without wasting his energy. He wants to end the duel. ¡°GOD OF FIRE EXPLOSION!!!!!!¡± Using his fiery sword with concentrated spirit and large amount of fire magic, he enveloped it in his burning aura with dragonican force and stab the human on the ground using all his strength, without mercy. ¡°BOOOOOOOOOOM!¡± An explosion of raging fire. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch.4 Aim To Dream _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The dragonican is covered with fire, it¡¯s like he¡¯s burning. With a bluish fire aura covering his body, he charged through his enemy, fearless. After blinking in front of the human he performed a combination of ancient dragon sword techniques. With the power of a dragon, he slashed the human with a rotating fire in his sword followed by a double slash sideward then a series of sword slash. All of his attacks are covered with concentrated power. The duel looks one sided. While the human was knocked on the floor the dragonican used his final move without wasting his energy. He wants to end the duel. ¡°GOD OF FIRE EXPLOSION!!!!!!¡± Using his fiery sword with concentrated spirit and large amount of fire magic, he enveloped it in his burning aura with dragonican force and stab the human on the ground using all his strength, without mercy. ¡°BOOOOOOOOOOM!¡± An explosion of raging fire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch.4 Aim To Dream Larra Forest In a little forest that has an aura of peace, you can see a waterfall and hear the flow of the water in it together with the humming of birds and the sounds of leaves from the tall trees and beautiful plants. There¡¯s a boy sitting cross-legged in a small smooth stone, you can feel comfortable radiance around him, welcoming a bright new day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV I¡¯ve been practicing for a week now; basic skills and basic techniques of different races. These skills and techniques that I¡¯ve been practicing are from different groups: sects, clans, temples and schools. I¡¯ve bought 36 books; these books contain basic martial art and fighting movements. When the duel between the human and a dragonican ended, I¡¯ve decided that I¡¯ll train and work harder. The duel gave me strength and increases my motivation; it gave me hope that even the weakest can become the strongest. This is the reason why I bought more books about martial art and fighting prowess; at first, I thought of buying few books about this and more books about history and engineering but while watching duels there¡¯s a feeling inside me that burns; excitement, fear, curiosity, happiness, I don¡¯t know what it is. But one thing is for sure, I began to like fighting. I can¡¯t fight now but someday I will. I bought 36 books; these books are about basic martial art and fighting movements of different group or organization, particularly the best and most mysterious one in the world. Since all group that practice martial art and field of fighting and learning the art of war have basic manual books, I¡¯ve bought it easily. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ In this world there are 9 months in a year, 5 weeks in a month and 12 days in a week. So in a year there are 540 days. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.Schools, temples, sects, clans and other groups and organization have 1 sacred rule. They would not accept members, disciple or a student that can¡¯t perform their basic movements. All of them published books about their basic skills and techniques and distribute and sell it around the whole world. It is the reason why Hanshen got book easily. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV As I woke up this morning I started my daily routine. First, breathing techniques then I warmed up; I run, jump, punch and kick in an open space. After that I prepared breakfast and I called Fargo so we can eat together. He¡¯s like a family to me. Whenever I go and whatever I do he was beside me and guarding me, protecting me from any harm. We always eat and train together. In this world, I can say that my life would be lonely without him. Maybe, I can¡¯t live without him. If he was not around I could say that I¡¯m already dead now. I would not be here without him. He¡¯s like a servant but a brother to me. He takes care of me in anyway. He always followed my order without fail. I¡¯m very thankful that I¡¯ve revived him. I called Fargo so we can eat together. Every day I ordered him to hunt foods; he¡¯s growing too fast maybe he¡¯ll be at saint level after a few months hunting. Maybe it¡¯s because he doesn¡¯t have competitors in this forest. He¡¯s the strongest here, unlike any other forest there¡¯s no monster here that at a kings level. After eating I performed breathing techniques again. Since I learned many breathing technique in the books that I¡¯ve bought, I¡¯m using all of it because I do not know which the best among the breathing techniques it taught was. Since all of the books tell that its teaching is the beast in the world I used all of it. Breathing techniques improved ones overall power. It increases strength and purify spirit and mana core of the body. I don¡¯t know if using this many different breathing techniques can harm me but I don¡¯t have the time to think about that. Maybe, when I feel pain inside my body I¡¯ll try to think about it but for now I can¡¯t worry thinking about it. When I was younger I dreamed to be the strongest in the world but after they told me that I was the weakest in our family my dream shattered. The weakest among the weakest it is impossible, I thought. I cried a lot, as I remember it was the last time that I cried maybe I¡¯ll never cry again. After watching the duel I felt different. I need to be stronger; I know I had a lot to learn. For now I aim to enter a school, I have to. Since the duel between the dragonican and a human I¡¯m always imagining things such as fighting with other races or other people. Fighting stronger people and fighting high leveled monster. I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m feeling right now. I know I¡¯m weak¡­ But in that fight¡­ That fight, I can¡¯t forget. I don¡¯t know what he did that time. I can¡¯t forget; a human, the weakest race have won against one of the strongest races. This overwhelming feeling wake me up and gave me a reason to dream again. The dream: to become the strongest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Next chapter would be the final part of the duel between a human and dragonican. "Ch.5 God Mode" _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch.5 God Mode _______________________________________________________________________________________________ A month have passed, in Larra Forest, Hanshen was seen laying in the ground with eyes closed. He¡¯s likely sleeping but he¡¯s not. He often look like this when he was remembering and thinking about the duel happened in Rock Arena between a human and dragonican. Until now he can¡¯t believe what has happened. After the explosion of raging fire that occurred due to the power of the dragonican almost all people watching including Hanshen believe that it was over and the human was dead. But they were shocked in what they saw. A human; with shattered armor artifacts, standing and regenerating. All his wounds are healing in a fast rate. They can¡¯t explain what is happening. Almost all the people in the arena watching were shocked and amazed in what they¡¯re seeing in the slow motion replay screen of the arena. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The arena in rock village consists of many mythical and legendary artifacts. One of the artifacts can catch series of actions in a few hours or record it and can instantly play it in a screen created by this artifact and powered by the user. There are only fewer than 200 artifacts like this in the whole world of Asura. It is considered as rare. This is one of the reason why even beginners can watch a battle from higher level and understand what has happened. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The human with shattered artifacts smiled and used lion¡¯s roar. ¡°ROAAAAAAAAR!¡± By using lion¡¯s roar it creates a sound wave around him, its strength is like a dragon¡¯s roar and maybe even more powerful than the dragon¡¯s roar the dragonican used. The dragonican was affected by it. He was caught off guard and at the same time can¡¯t believe what happened. He was stunned for a second but the human didn¡¯t used this time to attack. He just grinned and started talking with voice amplified by internal energy. Everyone can hear what he¡¯s saying. ¡°I am Varzer Adellaine, son of Raizer the Great and grandson of the greatest Adellaine, Kaizer. I¡¯m a direct descendant of great Adellaine. Do you think I¡¯ll just die with that kind of attack?¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t know that at the first clash I knew what you¡¯re trying to do, you¡¯ll humiliate human? In our very continent! Such arrogance! Is that all you can do? HAHAHAHA!¡± The human said while laughing mockingly. Hearing this, the dragonican was angered but maintained his composure. At first he belittles the human and wants to humiliate him to show the difference between human race and dragonican race. He did not expect that the human was belonged to one of the greatest family of the human. He thought it was an easy fight, if he did know that the human was a descendant of Adellaine he would fight with his best at the very first clashed of the duel. He would be smart not to waste any enery and spirit and attack the human with caution and killing intent, but he didn¡¯t. ¡°If you want to torture me and kill me the way you please you should better hire some more trashes dragonicans like you, may be a dozen more! HAHAHA!¡± The human continued arrogantly mocking the dragonican. ¡°You dare to talk to me like that? Insects like you!¡± The dragonican answered without hesitating with angered expression and continued.. ¡°I, Bernard Udeon will make you regret and repent before killing you! For insulting us, Supreme Beings! I¡¯ll punish you, you arrogant bastard!¡± ¡°Stop barking just fight you dog trash!¡± The human said. Everyone heard the conversation between them and was silenced. The dragonican used his storage pocket and was trying to change his equipment when suddenly¡­ ¡°BOOOOM!¡± Varzer threw small stone fused with magic and spirit across the dragonican. ¡°HAHAHA!¡± The human laughed and said.. ¡°ONCE AN IDIOT, ALWAYS AN IDIOT! HAHAHA!¡± ¡°Do you think I¡¯ll let you changed your equipment in front of me. Stupid trash!¡± The dragonican now emits a massive killing intent he was enraged and angered. He¡¯s being humiliated in front of many people. He was covered with dragonican force and his aura is steadily growing larger. It¡¯s like a fire field created by a powerful wizard. His force creates lightning spark around his body but still it is not comparable to the human presence. The human skin returned to normal but it looked like darker in color because of the dark force covering his body. His aura became thin and more compact around him it emitted brilliance and domination, a black aura that spells destruction. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. Even his artifacts being shattered, his aura became a handful trouble in any enemy. It can kill a person that was hit by it. The dragonican distributed his artifacts energy well. He used his weapon energy to envelop just his hands and sword and covered his entire body with the rest of his artifacts energy. He pushed his external energy to limit and put his spirit in his sword. He¡¯s charging his mana in a different way and handling it in an attitude that will create a powerful force. He¡¯s readying to initiate larger and more devastating attacks. He doesn¡¯t received any fatal damaged in their previous clashes but he was spitting blood and coughing because of the constant used of large scale power. The human stay still and continue to observe the dragonican while emitting bloodlust against him. He just grinned and clenched his teeth and was about to do something¡­ He sensed that the dragonican was about to attack. The battle began¡­ ¡°Dragon transformation!¡± ¡°Dragon¡¯s Breath! GRAWRRRR!¡± The dragonican transformed into a dragon and attack the human using its breath. ¡°ROAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!¡± The human used lion¡¯s roar to nullify the dragon¡¯s breath. But the power in his roar now is much more powerful than the previous roars he did. He amplified it with his spirit. ¡°BOOOOOOM!¡± An explosion happened in the middle of their clash. The dragonican didn¡¯t think that the human was this powerful. He was surprised. But he didn¡¯t retreat, he maintained his dragon form. ¡°Dragon Claw!¡± ¡°GROOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!¡± He used weapon force and covered his claw with it and attack, he followed with his dragon roar even stronger than before, it creates compact sound waves towards the human. ¡°HAAA!¡± The human gritted his teeth and openly greet the destructive force with his body. ¡°BOOM!¡± The dragonican, seeing this began to turn pale. He saw the human slightly pushed back but unharmed. He began to fear the human. It was his first experience. Experiencing such humiliation and fighting with a monstrous creature that he believed that can even move mountain with its power. ¡°Haha..¡± The human chuckled seeing the dragonican¡¯s face pale. ¡°It¡¯s time to put you in the trash can!¡± He said arrogantly. The dragonican deactivate his dragon transformation. Unwilling to lose and surrender, he used every bit of his power and attack the human¡­. ¡°THOUSANDS SWORDS OF BURNING LIGHTNING!¡± While trembling in fear he managed to composed himself and used his final attack. A series of sword slashes and sword clones with fire and lightning hit the human. ¡°AURA COMPACT WAVES!¡± When the sword of the dragonican made contact with the aura of the human it turned to dust and create explosions. ¡°BOOM! BANGG! BOOGS!¡± A series of explosion occurred in the arena. But suddenly it was washed away by unseeable power like sound waves but it isn¡¯t. All the people saw the human with shattered artifacts standing magnificently with obsidian sphere around him. While the dragonican was in midair and was being hit by invisible forces. His artifacts became ragged and unusable. When he fall he¡¯s like an animal dying with his blood in the surface and his artifacts are turned apart some turned to dust and became untraceable. ¡°Aghh.. Fuck! ¡­. You¡¯re¡­ in¡­ in.. *cough*¡­ in G-God Mode..¡± The dragonican said while bathing is his own blood. ¡°It¡¯s your fault trash! If you survived maybe you¡¯ll learn to use your power well and used dragon awakening. Or maybe you¡¯ll learn not to mess with me. HAHAHA!¡± _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The dragonican was defeated. It is not because their difference in power, but if he could just executes the thousand swords of burning lightning with efficiency maybe he¡¯ll win. He can¡¯t execute it well because of the lack of power and he hasn¡¯t mastered the techniques yet. If he just mastered it may be the difference is different. The reason he lost is because he¡¯s weaker, in all terms.. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ It''s Adellaine, not Adelleine. Just ignore it. Thank you for rating my work! :) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 6 Way Home _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Year A199 On a little forest you can see a silhouette, a tall young covered in a fur-like hair. It was Hanshen. He was covered in his long black hair even his artifacts can¡¯t be seen and identifying it is impossible. Only his greaves and his trouser can be seen. ¡°WOOOOOOOOOO! It¡¯s my 10th birthday today. Finally I can return in our home.¡± ¡°ROOOAAARR!¡± A gigantic lion appeared and roared in the sky. Its body was covered with smooth sharp rocks, its claws are like shining rune stones, its tail and legs have muscles like armors, its fur is like soft brown diamonds shimmering and its mane around its neck shows brown sapphire that is glowing. Because of this the lion looked like it has beautiful scales around his body. It¡¯s like a chimera, a dragon in a form of lion. ¡°Hey, Fargo! Did you rest well? Our time has come. In three years, we will finally be able to see a town again but today is different. We¡¯re going home.¡± ¡°ROOOAAAR!¡± The lion roared louder. Fargo is at saint level now. He was growing too fast. Hanshen thought it was because of being the strongest monster in the forest but the real reason is; the magic gems and energy stones that he fused in Fargo¡¯s body. It evolved in a different level thus Fargo becoming stronger. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ On their way home they saw many changes. The roads are now well built and constructed. Many stone bridges are produced and some steel bridges are built. Road signs are introduced and directions of villages are made. Some mini-map are along the road, guiding people and travellers. In a few hours travelling, they have passed through many villages and towns but they didn¡¯t bother to stop they kept their profile silent. Fargo was now covered with bear furs to cover its appearance and to appear normal. It is necessary to travel with caution because if people saw the appearance of the dragon-like lion Hanshen might get in troubles. There are many people stronger than him, and it will be difficult for him. If they saw a mortal traveling with, such a rare species. It¡¯s men¡¯s instinct to want the best, to gain more than the others have and to get what they¡¯re not belongings. They might kill him and take Fargo from Hanshen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion Adellaince Kingdom is big. In Zandria continent is is the largest Kingdom many town and, villages, tribes, clans, guilds and cities were under it. One of this is that holds one of the biggest assets is Alcherial town. In Alcherial town you can see many buildings, grand houses and mansions built here. In this town an average mansion stands out the most, it was Alcherial mansion. It¡¯s neither the biggest nor the largest mansion but it was built from rarest materials in the world even some kingdoms will be ashamed in their castle if they compare it in Alcherial mansion. The mansion doesn¡¯t have beauty like other mansions and it doesn¡¯t have different architectural design. Unlike any other mansion, its plain normal but the longer you look at the mansion the more it will amaze you. It gives a different feeling, a warm feeling. A feeling of comfort and calmness surrounds it. Around the mansion are transparent bulbs of light elevating in every corner, you¡¯ll have a hard time noticing it because of its effect. It shines and gives light in the whole mansion like an invisible sun. There are growing rare trees in that stands as one of the foundation of the walls. The surrounding was clear and you can see rare stones on the ground as a decoration, it gives good vibes. There are statues made from rare gems and rocks, some statues are even rarer than the statues in the rock village. It gives a status effect every person who will see. It was an old mansion aging maybe hundred thousands of years but it looks like it was built and finished just a few days. You can compare it to a beautiful lady that looks like in her 20s but her actual age is a hundred years, never aging. This is the reason it was called God¡¯s mansion, a never aging mansion. Inside the God¡¯s mansion it looks like there¡¯s a feast that was about to happen. Banners and decorations are arranged in systematic manner. You can see 9 silhouette inside having conversation. ¡°It¡¯s 3pm already, will he be able to return?¡± An old man with white hair and wearing glasses asked. ¡°Maybe no, maybe yes. Hehe!¡± Another old man said and chuckled a bit. He has long white curly hairs and a white beard but black mustache. His eyes are crimson red. ¡°Good day Elders! Elders, why don¡¯t we make a bet?¡± A young female voice can be heard cutting the two old men talking. It was a beautiful lady, Lysa. ¡°What bet?¡± The old man with black mustache asked. ¡°Elder, I think you do not believe that my cousin will return. It doesn¡¯t offend us cause we all know¡­.. Let¡¯s make a bet. If he return you¡¯ll give me 300k gold and if he didn¡¯t manage then I¡¯ll give you 300k gold.¡± ¡°Oh! I¡¯m on it young lady. How about betting 500k gold?¡± The old man with eyeglasses said. ¡°You know how to bet Elder. *heh*¡± Another beautiful lady appeared, it¡¯s Lyca. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The currency here is as follows 500 bronze coins = 1 copper coin 250 copper coins = 1 silver coin 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin To be rich in this world you¡¯ll need to have billions of gold. Since rare artifacts cost thousands and millions of gold. There are two reasons that an artifact is classified as rare. First reason is that the materials needed are rare to create this and second, is that the one who can create or produce are few people. Some artifacts are considered as rare too it was the artifact that were found in the dungeons and unexplored area. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ¡°What if he do return? What if we make another bet? Since you¡¯re so sure that he¡¯ll return why won¡¯t we bet if he could beat one of my students?¡± The old man with mustache said. ¡°We don¡¯t know where he stayed maybe he¡¯s just selling artifacts in the town living a normal life? His journey would be useless. Why won¡¯t we test if; he trained or not?¡± The old man with eyeglasses said supporting the other elder. ¡°You have point elders. I want to see him fight too.¡± The twin sister said; Lysa and Lyca. ¡°But first let us know who among your students of yours would fight our little Hanshen. And you¡¯ll arranged it and talk to his parents since we might get scolded or punished if we do.¡± The two young ladies said with a respectful tone. ¡°And Elders don¡¯t pick ladies to fight our Hanshen.¡± They said. ¡°I¡¯m sorry young ladies, I just called my student to prepare and come here. She was one of the grand daughters of Varzer.¡± (OldMan2) ¡°How about this¡¯ instead of fighting your student; how about fighting my disciple?¡± The old man(OldMan1) said while smiling. ¡°That sounds good.¡± The twin sisters said. The two elders excused themselves and went to see, Lyra Alcherial. The two elders are from Kingdom of Ruffus and Kingdom of Archerie, they stand as representative of their kingdom. They are both human. Kingdom of Ruffus is the kingdom of the dwarves while kingdom Archerie is the kingdom of the elves. Since Alcherial Family holds great influence in the continent other nobles and elders from different place went in this coming age ceremony. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV As we travel 9am in the morning, I saw many changes in our way. The last time that I travel is 3 3years ago, it is the village of rock. Way back then, the roads are muddy and full of holes and humps created by the boulders and stnes. Back then it is very difficult and dangerous to travel, unlike now. The roads are well developed. In every cross roads there are shops that were built for travellers. It is good and easy to travel; the destination that takes days to travel back then, now would only take few hours to travel. There are continent armies and guards patrolling in roads and borders, this will make bandits to have a hard time. The world is changing, I thought. I mount Fargo so we can travel faster. We are travelling very fast, we only slowed down in any town or villages that we passed by. We have passed many tribes, villages, towns and cities. Adellaine Kingdom is big and since Larra Forest is the farthest and most secluded forest in the kingdom we don¡¯t need to stop even a minute. In every towns and villages I saw many different races. When I was five years of age, as I remember the people; other races aside from dwarves, humans and elves are few but now it is different. Towns and villages have many great achievements. Developments of the buildings, housing projects for the mortals, irrigation system, security programs and projects, stages for duels and many more. I heard warp portals are to be introduced and nearly finished. Warp portals enables you to instantly travel from one place to another instantly. It is an advanced transportation system. These developments are frightening; it would bring changes in the future. I believe that if there are good effects there were side effects. I don¡¯t know what it may bring. May be war? I thought. I don¡¯t know much about the world I only heard few things. News about the battles, that have happened and some great achievements. Since almost all the time for 5 years I¡¯m in Larra Forest training. Travellers are rare to see travelling in Larra Forest and when I see some I got cautious and hide away from them. I learned from old man Zen. He taught me not to trust anyone. He said that many Gods and Wanted go in a secluded area to hide; they kill people indiscriminately without reasons. Some hunt other people and sell them as slaves. Like things and animals, some people experiment with other people. Trust no one. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Shortly after 8hours travelling we have arrived at the nearest village in my hometown. I and Fargo stop for a while. It¡¯s already 5pm, travelling in my home from here would just take a few minutes. We would arrive shortly before the sun goes down completely. The village where we stop is called the village of the craftsman. Many great artifacts around the world were produced here. Artifacts are made and some are found in the dungeons, undiscovered and unexplored areas. The artifacts that were found have many mysteries. Where it came from? Who made it? What materials are used to create such artifacts? What is its origin? There are powerful gods made researches about this but until now no valid and reliable information about this. There are many questions about artifacts and in this place there is much information about artifacts. In this village there is one thing that caught my attention, the testing arena. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Next Chapters: Ch.7 Timmondy Nexus Ch.8 Hanshen''s Arrival Ch. 9 Ancient Incantations Ch. 10 Battle Between Great Gods Ch. 11 Halewin Alcherial Ch. 12 The Bet Ch. 13 The first duel _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch.7 Timmondy Nexus _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ In Alcherial Mansion It¡¯s already 11pm in the evening, in Alcherial mansion¡¯s garden you can see a mass of people standing uniformly in front of the mini-stage arranged in the garden. The moon and the stars in the clear sky brighten and enlightened the whole place giving a clear view. In the stage you can see two people standing in the middle and 3 people sitting in the corner of the stage. The three men sitting sitting in the chair were the three representatives of the three kingdoms of the Continent of Zandria. The two old men were the elders that made a bet with the twins there¡¯s happiness in their eyes. The other one who was the representative of the Adellaine Kingdom, he looked like a middle-aged man and he was a titan in a human-sized form. The two people in the middle of the stage have a noble appearance; one is a lady and the other one is a man. Both with charismatic look, with their black hair. The man that looks like a typical warrior class has brown eyes and a small firm body builds with a sharp looking face that describes manliness with a presence of confidence. On the other hand, the lady is beautiful with long black and smooth hair. She has good figure and looked like in her 20s. She has a presence like an angel. But you can see sadness in her face and a little tears in his beautiful golden brown eyes. ¡°Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I don¡¯t know whether I could call it good. We are all here expecting to congratulate one my sons, my youngest son. But I¡¯m afraid we can¡¯t do that. I¡¯m ashamed to myself.¡± The man said with a low tone but his voice can be heard in the whole mansion. His face hints sadness and pain. ¡°I am sorry to keep you waiting and insisted all of you to wait a little longer. But, it the end waited for nothing.¡± The man continued. ¡°I¡¯ve wasted all your time. I¡¯m deeply sorry¡­ I¡¯m afraid that the age ceremony of my youngest can¡¯t be held¡­ I¡¯m afraid that my son¡­¡± ¡°I believed¡­ my son.. oh! My little son. I¡¯m ashamed to myself that I.. did nothing to protect my son.¡± The man continued with a trembling voice. The lady besid him hugged him and started to cry. You can see the man was standing and preventing himself to shed tears and cry. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The average time interval that every Alcherial depart at 5 years of age and returned in their mansion at the age of 10 was 6am to 4pm. This strengthened their belief. They believed that their son died. He was the weakest in their history but they know that the little boy was brave and strong in his conviction. This made up their mind that their son unwilling to lose and surrender fight to death in a duel in one of the school and died fighting. They also thought that maybe their son died fighting a monster. Many circumstances appeared in their mind. No one in their family was able to return past 6pm in the exact date. And their family has a rule that returning later than a day would be disowned by their family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Year A199 In the kingdom of Gravastoine; Continent of Nexus, there lays the legendary bar located at the central city. It is the bar of the Gods or God¡¯s Bar. This is a bar made for gods; below god level, no man can enter. When someone try they are pushed by unimaginable and invisible power. Only god level can enter this bar that¡¯s the reason it is called Bar of the strongest. This bar can accommodate a thousand of people. It was made from great and rare structures; you can tell that it has a composition of artifacts. ¡°Khrisk!¡± The door opened. You can see a silhouette walks in. It was a demon, an old man wearing a sakkat holding rusty sword with its poor scabbard in his hand. He was wearing ragged clothes; it makes him look like a beggar. All the gods stop drinking; they all looked at the old man with disgust but no one pities him since he can enter the bar. It means that he was at god level too. They are disgusted because he was wearing shabby clothes that cannot even consider as artifacts because of its appearance. The gods thought that they are disrespected and he also didn¡¯t respect the bar. He dared to drink here with his stinky clothes and disrespect us? That¡¯s what they thought. The old man sat on the vacant table then suddenly a group of people consisting of 7 giants and 5 titans. Then suddenly¡­ ¡°Blog!¡± A table near the exit door was slammed and broke. All the gods heard this and looked at the scene, including the group of people. They saw a titan that broke the table. They all looked surprised, the titan emits powerful aura that creates fluctuation of spirits and energies in the bar. He released his titan forced ready for battle. The group of gods that was about to confronts the old man instinctively prepare for battle because of this. They were surprised and a little bit feel fear. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Giants and titans are hot headed races. They also love to fight, they are called battle maniacs. ¡°Hoho! What a troublesome night!¡± The old demon said whispering. They all heard him but they didn¡¯t bother to look at the old demon when facing a strong opponent. Even with their numbers they are not sure if they¡¯ll win or even withstand the power of the titan. ¡°You should excuse yourselves kids.¡± The old demon said to the titans and giants near him. But they didn¡¯t bother. ¡°If you value your lives, that¡¯s it.¡± He continued. Many different races are here and all of them are gods. All of them looked at the scene, at this time almost 300 gods are drinking in the bar. Almost all of them stand up and anticipate what will happen; they got alarmed because of the titan reactions and put their guard. Some people move away from the scene and sit beside the corner and watch. They are the elite gods in the bar. While the tension keeps rising the 5 bartenders cast an aura barrier with unison protecting all the wines and beers. They are all powerful gods but they didn¡¯t try to stop the tension, they always have this reaction because this is not the first time it happened. ¡°Are you fucking kidding us beggar?! WE ARE THE CRIMSON WARRIORS! WE FIGHT, YOU DIE!¡± They said with killing intent across the titan that broke the table. ¡°You¡¯ll end up dying. Kids these days didn¡¯t know how to respect and didn¡¯t know they are trying to bite their masters. Hohoho!¡± The old demon said laughing mockingly. ¡°WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? JUST GO AND EAT SHIT OUTSIDE OLDMAN DON¡¯T FUCK WITH US!¡± One of the titans said and was about to sway his hammer into the old man. All the gods at the bar are now watching at the scene. ¡°HAAAAAAAAAAA!¡± The demon shouted. It creates powerful sound waves that turned the things around him to dust. The group of twelve gods near him didn¡¯t expect it and were thrown away and bleeding unconsciously on the floor. ¡°GAHARARAHAHAHRARA!¡± A roar-like laughed was heard. It was the titan that laughed. ¡°You became rusty like your sword.¡± The titan continued. ¡°Weaklings like them would turn to dust.¡± ¡°Hoho! Forgive the old man here for not meeting your expectation.¡± He grinned with confidence. ¡°Back in the old days, I still remember the mountain that was turned to dust when struck with just your shout. GAHARAHGARA!¡± The titan said. ¡°You flattered me so much that I think of buying you a few drinks. Hohoh! Are you not even concerned about your underlings? What a heartless man indeed. Hohoh!¡± The old man said then laughed. All the Gods at the bar don¡¯t know what was happening. They were shocked by the shout made by the demon. If not for them guarding and staying away the scene they would be greatly damaged like the group of twelve. Some gods felt fear and some wants to get away and leave the bar immediately but they can¡¯t move because of the tension. They felt pressure from the surrounding some weak gods shiver and thought that they¡¯ll end up dying watching what will happen next. Almost all the gods here were not weak its just the two are much stronger than them. Even though the demon didn¡¯t released any power they can feel a large presence. ¡°FUCK!¡± One of the gods accidentally shouted with a shocked on his face. All the gods stare at him and some asked him what¡¯s the matter? He said¡­. ¡°Can¡¯t you see that crimson giant sword the titan was holding?¡± ¡°A BASTARD SWORD!¡± ¡°You all didn¡¯t recognize him, do you?¡± All the gods looked at the titan. He was holding a large sword now, bigger than him. After seeing this, some of the gods turned pale. They recognized him. ¡°He.. He was the GREAT GOD! TIMMONDY NEXUS!¡± One of the Gods said with a chocked expression. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion¡¯s Garden On the mass of people, a young man started walking towards the stage, he has Alcherial family emblem in his right armor and a Great God School emblem in his left armor. Many people began to whisper¡­ ¡°THE DRAGON TAMER!¡± ¡°So he was the youngest dragon tamer in Alcherial history?¡± ¡°Not only in Alcherial and this town, he was the youngest dragon tamer in the human history.¡± ¡°He¡¯s the older brother of the kid? How can a brother of a dragon tamer die?¡± ¡°They said, he was the weakest in their history.¡± The whisphering of the guests continued then when the young man was about to set foot on the stage¡­ ¡°RRROOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!¡± ¡°BOOM BANG BOOM!¡± An earth shattering roar followed by a series of explosion occurred. All the people were damaged some were greatly injured but luckily no one received fatal injury. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 8 Hanshen鈥檚 Arrival _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ In Alcherial mansion¡¯s garden ¡°Ahhhhgg..¡± ¡°Huwahhh!¡± ¡°We are under attack!¡± After the series of explosion you can hear people shouting and some were running while crying. Some were struck dumb-founded. They didn¡¯t know what happened. They were confused who attacked them and didn¡¯t know what to do. They were stunned by the dragon¡¯s roar and were bind by an earth binding magic. They didn¡¯t expect an attack like this in the mansion. Some received electric shock, some caught in the fire explosion, and some were hit by boulders and rocks waving at them unguarded. Most of the god¡¯s were damaged too. It was an element of surprise no one could expect. They are not wearing their battle artifacts and most of them were caught off guard. Different types of magic rained them. They are rain down by thunders and lightning, fire explosions, whirlwinds and tornadoes, earth waves and bindings and electric shocks. Their situation was aggravated by the mist; they can¡¯t see anything while being hit by magic attacks. It was a total disaster that happened to them all they can do is defend their lives. Some believed that the instigators were great in number and planned it all along. While magic attacks were raining down on them they heard loud steps surrounding them. ¡°WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! THEY ARE HERE!¡± ¡°HELP! HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!¡± You can hear shouts and crying in the garden. Guards can¡¯t do anything and even the elite gods hesitate to attack while being hit by magic they can¡¯t put their guard down. They can¡¯t attack afraid to misfire and hit an ally that will surely cause a riot among them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV At last, we have arrived. I used the secret passage that only us Alcherial knew. I used my family ring and inserted it in one of the secret holes in our mansion¡¯s wall. The wall began to moved and open a path like stairway. It was a passage leading to our garden. As I look in my watch, it¡¯s almost 12pm. As I arrived in the garden with Fargo, I saw many people standing like an army. As I sensed they were all powerful from mortals to god. I was surprised and don¡¯t know what to do. Luckily they didn¡¯t notice us as we are covered in the trees and plants and as I remember my mother told me that this passage have secret elements that enables the person to hide completely. Some are talking but I can¡¯t hear them from here it¡¯s very far. I was cautious about them as I remember to do not trust anyone. And in five years of absence in our mansion I don¡¯t know what happened so I began to observe but something struck my heart¡­ I saw my father and my mother crying in the stage. I thought many things and many questions run in my mind. Are they waiting for me? Why is my mother crying if they are here waiting for me? Or are we under attack? Maybe. Is there any hostages? Why? How? When? What is happening? I saw three people in the stage while my mother was crying and my father was holding my mother, the two of the three were grinning. This made up my mind that we are conquered. Shit! They are strong maybe stronger than Varzer and even in the crowd I sensed many powerful gods I have no chance winning this. I saw someone with a powerful aura walking towards the stage. Fuck! Is he going to execute my parents? What to do? I need to think fast! For now I have to stop them and let my parents escape even it costs me my life, I am weak but my parents are strong. I have to do this for our family. ¡°Fargo, come here. Listen to me. We¡¯ll go all out. Use the artifacts that I gave to you. Cast divine earth divine wall and teleport the three in the middle of the crown. Use earth teleportation in my parents in the stage and teleport them outside the secret passage.¡± ¡°Use lion roar and amplify it using the artifacts that I made for you. I will use these items after that. But remember our first priority is to save my parents. Is that clear?¡± Unable to speak the lion nodded understanding what his master said. ¡°Good. Let¡¯s hurry. You¡¯ll support me and I¡¯ll support you. Let¡¯s go.¡± _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ In a flash one of the instigators can be seen in the stage and attacked the three elders and the dragon tamer, Hanshen¡¯s parents seeing this was surprised and happiness can be seen in their face but they were instantly teleported outside the mansion¡¯s wall inside their head they heard Hanshen saying things. While the parents of Hanshen was teleported somewhere in a blink of an eye the three elders were attacked and instantly teleported in the middle of the storms of magic; they were hit by the strong gust of wind unaffected they stand strong withstanding all the attack but unable to sense something they were teleported using earth teleportation skill. They were isolated from dragon tamer that was thrown due to earth stampede. All of them were surprised by the instigators; they were a group of people mounting a ferocious dragon-like lions and hundreds in number. All of them are in full black armor set. They spell total destruction. It instilled fear to them. Some shiver while seeing this and run for their lives. Some began to use skills, spells and techniques. But whenever they try to use magic they were struck with chains of magic attacks. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Some of the immortals and the gods used gravitation magic and fly but they were struck by high level thunders and lightning enough to make them fall. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The battle began. As the people in the ceremony battle the instigators; mortals to gods, they discovered that it is not that strong but it looks like an immortal. Instead of dying they are increasing. In a mist covered garden they fought endlessly. When one hit an instigator it disappeared thus they believed that it was an illusion and the only problem is the magic attacks raining down on them. But when they let their guard down and just protect themselves from magic attacks they were hit by the instigator and ignoring this is their mistakes. They bleed, they got damaged. Little by little they are drained. Fear was seen in their face even demigods, immortals and gods can be seen looking pale. Since they are all not well dressed for battles they had a hard time. Attacks comprising of feints and illusions made them want to surrender. It was like inevitable to happen and the only question is when it will happen. Because of continuous battle some conclude that it was an effect of hallucination magic from the mist and they cast cure. Some began to use wind magic to blow the mist but whenever someone do it they were hit by magic. Then after a second the mists appear again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The battle between brothers starts. Both of them didn¡¯t know that they were brothers because they never meet before. Hanshen isolated their battle purposely to have a 1 on 1 battle with the dragon tamer he didn¡¯t know. He made sure that they will be isolated from others to avoid being hit or surround by the enemy. He knew that the man he was going to fight is elite among the elite maybe stronger than Varzer. In each and every attack Fargo and Hanshen do were full of killing intent. Hanshen thought that dying is a small thing as long as he kills this man. He was enraged and angered. Never did this kind of feeling he felt before, feeling of hatred and urged to kill a man. He thought that this man will execute his parents in front of the people. This is the reason why he was like this. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The dragon tamer was surprised. He was attacked by basic skills, spells and techniques but it felt heavy. It was strong. He was pushed back. He was the youngest dragon tamer but he felt shivers whenever the man covered with black armor attack him. Whenever he make a counter attack it was defended and parried by the dragon-like lion. They are far stronger than the dragon that I tamed. He thought. Every basic attack the man did; have a destructive power full of killing intent. It was torture to the young dragon tamer that was not well suited with his battle artifacts. It was his first time experiencing a battle like this, an opponent that thirsts for his life. He have won many duels and have killed men but in all battle he won and fought it was one sided. But now he wasn''t ready and didn''t have prepared. He was an intelligent fighter. He wondered why do the man with such strong basics continued to attack with just that but. He thought that if this warrior attacks him with advanced or higher methods he will be greatly damaged. That¡¯s why he didn¡¯t try to make a harsh move and attack with full power. He worry that the dragon-like lion and the black man was hiding something. The dragon tamer was only using ceremonial swords and dressed. All the people except the guards are not well suited for battle. They only have love level artifacts like ceremonial swords use in attending events. In few exchanges of attack he learned that the black man was at most at king level but he was wearing high leveled artifacts and almost all of it is rare that¡¯s why he was like at god level. He can¡¯t put his guard down because of the precise attacks of the man aiming for his vitals. It was his first time battling with an unpredictable foe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen used many great god level artifacts that he made, some of this are bought in the shop but he upgrade it well. This is the reason he can stand his ground from an elite. He wear ten rings, four bracelets and two necklace; each have different used and purposes. These are artifacts with gems and stones. Some of it is mana, strength and spirit enhancer. His entire body was covered with black armors. He wear gloves and gauntlets and in his feet is a greaves. He was wearing knee pad and braces too. All of it is rare artifacts. He can use it well to its fullest but it takes great tolls in his body. He thought only in killing the man that was about to kill his parents. "LET''S GET SERIOUS!" Hanshen said while the dragon tamer was stunned after hearing this. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ (They thought it was dragon''s roar because of its power but it is a lion''s roar.) Is there anyone who has suggestions? I accept critics. :) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 9 Ancient Incantations _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion¡¯s Garden A few minutes have passed since the battle started. The two brothers are fighting to death without knowing that they are both related. ¡°LET¡¯S GET SERIOUS!¡± Hanshen said while the dragon tamer was was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He was shocked that the man after all of that isn¡¯t serious at all. His face shows disbelief. ¡°Fargo, it¡¯s time to finish this.¡± Hanshen distanced himself from the dragon tamer. The dragon tamer looked with amazement but start to get ready. He was serious all the time but a while ago he didn¡¯t have time to prepare but now that the black man and the lion distanced themselves he got time to establish his power. All the time Hanshen and Fargo didn¡¯t used feints, illusions and clones in attacking the youngest dragon tamer. The clones and illusions have the real potential of the user the only difference is that the clones have a real body with 40% of the user¡¯s actual power though it varies from ones mastery unlike illusions that is like an air. Unlike in the field where storm of magic laid it was full of clones and illusions that are using feints. The mists have hallucination effect too. This is the reason even the gods have a hard time in that field even though they are only fighting clones. All this time Hanshen didn¡¯t use it but now he was ready to use it on the dragon tamer. ¡°I knew that you are using many unidentified and undiscoverable artifacts.¡± ¡°It¡¯s my first time seeing field artifacts like this.¡± The dragon tamer said to the man. ¡°So what would you do? Even you knew of these things you¡¯ll going to die today it¡¯s just a matter of time. The best you can do is to kill me but I¡¯ll assure you that we¡¯ll die together.¡± The young man said arrogantly but with assurance. He chuckled a bit while saying this. ¡°Why did you attack us? And why you¡¯re so eager to kill me? Didn¡¯t you know who I am?¡± The dragon tamer said. He was trying to prolong the conversation to prepare himself fully but he was surprised again. He was saying some things when he suddenly sees the man with abnormal power around his body. It was a legendary force¡­. ¡°Human force?¡± The dragon tamer said calmly but his face was seen with doubt and disbelief. He didn¡¯t think that he would see a legendary force for a human here. He knew that not all gods can use this even expert who can use this is rare. He only heard it that Varzer can use it, even his master the ruler doesn¡¯t know how to use this legendary force. ¡°Ahrgggh! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!¡± Hanshen looks like in agony and shouted to ease the pain. It creates powerful winds, thunders and lightning devouring all things around him across the sky. The dragon tamer was slightly damaged because of this. Hanshen was now covered with white and blue aura force; it was swirling around him creating sparks. It is composed of air and electricity. ¡°Human force diversion.¡± Hanshen used a skill; he fused some of his human force to Fargo that was beside him. They are now both intimidating with a white and bluish aura-like force around him. ¡°Sword spiritualized.¡± The dragon tamer seeing this began to create a sword using his energy and release a stronger aura and compress it in his body and spirit sword. His aura became calm but you can sense a storm was about to surge. ¡°Artifacts release.¡± Hanshen release new artifacts around them. ¡°Done talking?¡± Hanshen said with pained tone. The dragon tamer didn¡¯t wait for Hanshen to attack. He initiates an attack¡­ ¡°Shadow slashes!¡± The dragon tamer used skills. ¡°Earth stamp!¡± ¡°ROAR!¡± Hanshen used earth stamp to defend and distract the dragon tamer but the dragon tamer attacks bypassed the boulders and rocks produced by earth stamp. But when the attack was about to reach Hanshen, Fargo¡¯s roar hit the human with its roar and was thrown away damaged. ¡°ROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!¡± The dragon tamer used dragon¡¯s roar. ¡°BANG!¡± The roar hit a wall. It was a wall created by Fargo, divine earth wall. The place was covered with dust and smoke created by the clash of the two skills. They are strong. Stronger than what I expected. But this kind of power would not last a little longer. The dragon tamer thought. He waited for the dusts and smokes to clear but its taking a little bit longer. ¡°SHIT!¡± The dragon tamer said knowing that he has done a grave mistake. He was about to jump high in the air but he was struck by thunders and lightning. While the dusts and smokes are disappearing Hanshen activates his new artifacts in the surrounding. The youngest dragon tamer saw many silhouettes of dragon-like lions and black men with murderous aura surrounding him. ¡°Clang!¡± ¡°Clang!¡± Just in time the dragon tamer parry the attacks. He had a hard time dodging and parrying because of the feints. Even the attacks of illusion have pushed him to its limit. He slashed many illusions and clones but he was not getting far. The number surrounding him keeps on increasing. He was lucky that the hallucination effect can affect him because of his aura. He defended well his reaction time was indeed high. Few minutes have passed but for him it was like an hour fighting unlimited monsters. He understands that it was because of field artifacts. Sweats were seen forming in his body. Even though he didn¡¯t receive any injuries yet he was anxious. He decided to use field skills and techniques to vanish all illusions and clones but it didn¡¯t decrease. He was hit by thunders and lightning with destructive force. He also uses god level field skills to destroy or nullify the unknown artifacts but he failed. While the dragon tamer was holding the real Fargo and their clones and illusions, Hanshen keeps on watching while readying for a full scale attack. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ On the other hand all the people in the mansion including Hanshen¡¯s parents were now watching. An hour and a few minutes have passed since the explosion. The representatives and elders of the other clans, towns, villages and kingdoms and some elites were watching the battle since the explosion started. They have escaped and learned the mysteries of the attack. One by one, gods that were affected began to decrease. The field that was full of many artifacts. They are amazed and excitement in their faces could be seen. These artifacts are field artifacts. It can create an area that is affected by the magic of the user. Originally all field artifacts do not have rule but each field artifacts that Hanshen used has boundaries and rules. It was his original artifacts. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences._______________________________________________________________________________________________ In his artifact there are certain rules that were established it is to activate only when sensing certain magic and certain energy. For example if someone used gravitation he would get hit by thunders and lightning. The power of the thunder and lightning depends upon the power of the enemy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ All the people in the mansion were watching now. A while ago all the injured were rescued by ¡°the ruler¡± and after a few minutes he nullify the artifacts of Hanshen and creates a higher field of illusion and a barrier in the battle between the brothers. The ruler didn¡¯t nullify the field of artifacts earlier because all the elders and representatives agreed that it would serve as a test in their people that attend the ceremony. The artifacts Hanshen used in the crowd has stopped working but Hanshen didn¡¯t realized it because he was busy fighting the dragon tamer. Since he did isolate their place from them he didn¡¯t notice anything. The dragon tamer didn¡¯t realize it too because of the heat of their battle and the artifacts that Hanshen used in their battlefield was far higher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Seeing the Dragon tamer was increasing his pace. Hanshen was slightly puzzled he didn¡¯t think that the power of the dragon tamer was high. Maybe it¡¯s my mistake for prolonging it. I thougt he would be drained and get tired but his power is increasing. I have to used my last resort. Hanshen thought. ¡°FARGO!¡± A loud voice was heard. Hearing this Fargo hesitatingly jump in Hanshen¡¯s side and cast divine earth lion¡¯s armor in Hanshen¡¯s body. The dragon tamer rushed towards him now and was about attack using his spirit sword but suddenly he stepped back meters away. He saw Hanshen grinning with a pained expression but still.. Hanshen used an orb and toss it in the air then ¡°BANG!¡± The orb explodes and turned to dust. The dragon tamer saw Hanshen covered with shining black sapphire he looks like a dragon-like man now while in his side a shivering dragon-like lion was seen. All the illusions and clones have perished He felt overwhelmed by the gust of wind and the surrounding thunders and lightning from the black man. So I was right that they were hiding something from the start is this their trump card? If I have acted rashly a minute ago I may have suffered great and at worst lost my life in his hand I guess it¡¯s time to use mine. The dragon tamer thought. ¡°RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!¡± *COUGH* Hanshen coughed blood. The constant used of unimaginable power hurt him like hell his body can¡¯t handle. God-like speed and god-like strength in a body of a mortal, it was a suicide. ¡°I WONT FORGIVE ALL OF YOU! YOU DARE TO KILL MY PARENTS! EVEN IF I DIE I¡¯LL KILL YOU, I HANSHEN ALCHERIAL WILL KILL ALL OF YOU!¡± The thunderous voice can be heard. The sky changed and rain down thousands of thunders and lightning in the whole mansion. The air in the surrounding made an abnormal behavior it creates winds and were all going towards Hanshen. The voice of Hanshen reverberates in the whole mansion. Fargo that was beside him was thrown away because of the force surrounding Hanshen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ As the battle goes on Hanshen¡¯s parents became worried in their sons¡¯ safety. But ¡°The Ruler¡± assured them that their sons would be safe. While the battle was about to end, some people talked with each other about the fight. ¡°How could he?! His voice reverberates like¡± ¡°How can a 10 year old fight like that?¡± ¡°I think he was stronger than me.¡± The gods said with disbelief. ¡°They said he was the weakest in their family history?¡± ¡°Are they bluffing or kidding us?¡± ¡°I¡¯m lucky that I was not the one he attacked.¡± ¡°Are you sure he was a mortal? Even his dragon lion was stronger than me.¡± Their fear was gone instead they are fired up watching the battle. Their face are full of excitement, respect and amazement. Even thousands of thunders grazed them they didn¡¯t bother they just watched as their elders protect them from thunders and lightning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The dragon tamer was shocked by the truth. He was about to say something but he was attacked by ferocious beast, Fargo. Fargo was afraid from the dragon tamer but with his high intelligence he understands that he have to stop the dragon tamer. Fargo used divine earth wall relentlessly then use earthquake explosion that caused shards of stones and boulders wave towards the man. Fargo didn¡¯t give him time to compose himself and attack he used high leveled earth skills. Holding back and binding the man. The dragon tamer smiled at the lion that looked like a wild puppy in front of a hunter. Ina second he forgot about Hanshen then he heard loud incantations that can be heard from the whole town. It was a voice coming from the whole sky. The whole town was covered by dark clouds and the thunders and lightning calmed down for a moment. ¡°LORD OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING; BLESS ME WITH THE POWER TO ANNIHILATE THY ENEMY. LORD OF THE WIND, GRANT ME THE POWER TO DEVASTATE THIS FOE OF MINE. LORD OF THE EARTH, GIVE ME THE POWER TO BURY THE DEAD. LORD OF FIRE BURN THE SOULS OF THE WICKED! LORD OF THE GODS, GIVE THIS SWORD OF MINE THE ABSOLUTE POWER TO VANQUISH THE EVILS.¡± The voice that came from the sky echoes in the whole town it was heavenly voice from a young man, it awakens the people sleeping and looked at the sky. It was covered with million giant swords that were about to rain down on them. ¡°SWORDS OF DESTRUCTION! SINNERS GO DIE!¡± _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Rain of Swords ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 10 Battle between Great Gods _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ God¡¯s Bar At the Gods¡¯ Bar you can feel that the tension keeps on rising. Knowing that the titan is Timmondy Nexus most of the gods in the bar were shocked and their faces look in awe. While most of the gods were in awe the five bartenders were seem unaffected. Since the bar is said to be the oldest bar in the world it¡¯s natural that the five bartenders were old too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Gods were known to be beyond immortal. Great Gods are said to be the strongest among the strong gods. Most of the great gods were known to have contributions or participated in the great God¡¯s war. In the war many strong gods that have powers beyond imagination have died. Those gods were the ancient gods. Ancient gods were the first people that have lived in this world. Most of the ancient gods aged millions of years. Asura is one of the ancient gods but he was classified in the youngest generation. Because of him teaming up with Arthasia, 90% of the ancient gods that have participated in the war were believed to have died. Since some of the ancient gods didn¡¯t participate they were said to be numbering a million in the world now. Many powerful gods believed that most of the ancient gods didn¡¯t die. Some believed that Asura and Arthasia send them in a different world while others believed that they were sealed in exchange of Asura and Asrthasia¡¯s lives. The world is vast and the world continued to grow, bigger and wilder. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ God¡¯s Bar The battle between two powerful gods is about to start. ¡°How many years have passed? GURAHARARA! It¡¯s been so long that I almost didn¡¯t recognize you. They said that you died at that time but I didn¡¯t believe them. I know you¡¯ll never die unless it is from my hands. GUHARARARA! Finally I can kill you!¡± The titan said. ¡°Are you sure you want to kill me? Hoho!¡± The old demon asked Timmondy Nexus. ¡°Don¡¯t you know how many years I have waited for this time?¡± The titan answered. ¡°How about we fight tomorrow?¡± The old man asked while smiling. ¡°GURAHAHAHA! Bullshit! You¡¯ll die tonight!¡± The titan said. ¡°Why do you want to fight me? An old man like me fighting a young man like you. Hoho!¡± The old man said while touching his chin. ¡°To become the strongest! GURARARA! AT LAST I WOULD BE!¡± The titan said. ¡°You know you¡¯re the undefeated here. *Chuckled* Why don¡¯t fight young Zaft in his continent and claim the title as the strongest? He was the strongest now you know.¡± The old demon said. ¡°Undefeated? GURARARA! That kid? The strongest Are you fucking kidding me? Even the human called the ruler can defeat him! Why don¡¯t you stop talking nonsense and let¡¯s fight.¡± The titan said. Now Timmondy Nexus was seen with a calm thin aura covering his body but his giant sword was covered with a fire-like snake, it was formed by his aura. ¡°Oh! Kid, as usual you¡¯re not using your head.¡± The old demon said, mocking the titan. ¡°Why don¡¯t stop beaing stubborn kid? Let¡¯s just drink in peace.¡± The old demon said. But now he looks young with a demonic aura in his rusty sword sheathed in its scabbard in his left hand. ¡°THERE IS PLENTY OF PEACE IN HEAVEN. DIE OLD MAN, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!¡± The titan attacks using his giant sword and he vertically swings it towards the demon. ¡°Shadow Demon Step!¡± With the foot technique of the old man, the titan¡¯s attack was completely dodged. ¡°BANG!¡± The sound of the missed titan¡¯s attacked hitting the wall of the bar. ¡°Thunder God¡¯s Slash!¡± The titan continued attacking with his giant sword enveloped of an aura of crimson red snake that creates sparks of thunders. ¡°Shadow Demon Diverting Slash!¡± Each attack of the titan was parried by the demon. When the titan swings his sword towards the demon slash the side of the titan¡¯s sword making its power divert. The bar was shaken; all the gods watching are running inside to dodge the missed attacks. Some stand at the back of the bartenders whom can be seen withstanding the attacks and unaffected. The titan stopped in a moment then continues with his attacks but with stronger power. The demon continued to doge and parries the attacks. They were both hold unimaginable power. Many of the tables and chairs were destroyed and some were grind to dust. ¡°GUARAHAHARARA!¡± The titan paused and laughed. ¡°You can still fight even without your sacred artifacts. Do you think you can hold me down by just using your rusty swords and ragged clothes?¡± The titan was now covered with a devastating crimson red aura. The broken things in the bar that were made from the hardest stones start to levitate some were burning. The titan with his sword and full equipment set were all glowing red and it looks fearsome. All the gods were intimidated and started to sweat. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°God mode huh?¡± The demon said, he could be seen tearing his sakkat to pieces and molding each piece in a circular form. The titan seeing this began to emit murderous aura and a killing intent that even the people outside the bar can feel and turn them to run away. The titan used ancient titan amplification and activates his gravity magic. He used his artifacts energy to cover his body while his weapon energy creates an overwhelming pressure coming from his sword. He used his titan force and envelops his body forming a shadow-like aura in his back. His giant bastard sword is like a melting rock. It was burning red and looks like a volcano erupting. On the other hand the demon was seen with a calm suffocating dark aura, darker than the darkest night. It was formed covering his body like artifacts. His swords began to turn black that spells doom in any people seeing it. Hundreds of dark balls are circling his body. The demon¡¯s aura is made from his concentrated mana and energies. It was fused with demon force. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ In the central city of the kingdom of Gravastoine you can see hundreds of imperial guards consisting of ogres, giants and titans marching towards the bar. The whole bar is shaking furiously and it looks like it was about to explode. Darkness covered the sky, thunders and lightning deafening the people. It was like the end of the world. Hundreds of imperial guards circled the bar and form a barrier. They knew that there are powerful gods fighting inside. They used enchantment in the barrier to strengthened it and withstand the upcoming storms. At meters away from them, you can see three young men consisting of one beast, one elemental beings and an elf. They watched with curious eyes away from dangers. Their artifacts looks the same and in green color. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Inside Gods¡¯ Bar You could see the demon sheathing his dark sword in its white glowing scabbard and was in a draw stance. While the titan was holding his giant crimson sword with his both hands. ¡°Voids of Darkness!¡± The demon initiates an attack. Hundreds of balls with a devastating force with darkness attribute shot in the titan. No one would believe that these balls were made from a sakkat. It was like a gun fires, making holes in anything that was hit leaving no traces even dust. Gods that were hit died leaving traces of holes in their body. The titan dodged all the balls using his beyond god-like speed. His speed is impossible for his size but it was. Some of the balls grazed him and sparks formed through the clash of the voids and his indestructible aura. The titan was uninjured, dodging and waiting for something. He was anticipating for more powerful attacks. ¡°LORD OF THE DARKNESS, RULER OF THE GALAXIES. BESTOW ME THE POWER TO CONQUER THIS LAND WITH YOUR DARKNESS. LORD OF THE LIGHTS FORGIVE ME FOR BRINGING JUDGEMENT TO THESE SINNERS.¡± Thunders and lightning in the sky disappeared. Only darkness covered the whole place. All the lights in the central city were fading away. A loud voice that came from the sky can be heard across the kingdom. ¡°GRAVITY FIELD RELEASE!¡± The titan hearing the incantation of the demon creates a gravity field and releases it to nullify the voids of darkness. All the people in the kingdom felt it and fell down from a sudden large increased of gravity. Some buildings were destroyed. Cracks can be seen in the walls of the bar. The bartenders cast gravity negation to counter this to protect the wines and beers together with the gods at their back. ¡°SLASH OF THE DARKNESS !¡± The demon made a quick draw. He swing his sword towards the titan but he was a little bit slower because of the gravity field effect thus the titan was able to dodge the attack. The missed slashed creates a wave of darkness devouring all things that was graze by it. It was a powerful attack. The wave destroyed the bar and the barrier outside killing hundreds of people and destroying things in its way. Some gods try to stop it but they failed and end up being injured. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ If you look in the ground from the sky you will see that a single slash creates a line and divides the ground with a kilometer distance from the bar. The titan seeing this chuckled a bit and distanced himself. He was about to make a full scale attack. The demon stops and sheaths his swords again. His eyes are becoming darker as the time passes by. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 11 Halewin Alcherial _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion A week has passed since the battle ended.Hanshen was still unconscious because of the fight. You can see him in one of the most magnificent rooms in the mansion. Hanshen¡¯s mother together with his older sister that looks a lot like his mother was beside him. All the time they didn¡¯t leave Hanshen¡¯s room and try to comfort him since he got a fever after healing from the battle. He almost died if not for the ruler saving him. Visitors were not allowed to enter, even well-known elders from other kingdoms around the world do not have permit to enter in his room. Fargo was seen guarding the door and sleeping there. A middle aged man was seen walking with two beautiful ladies that seem to be going inside the room. Fargo stands up and let them in. They were the doctor and his attendants that have checked up Hanshen¡¯s condition. ¡°Good morning, my ladies. Madam, I am here to tell that the results of the tests that we have conducted to him are now finished.¡± The man said. ¡°Good morning. Tell us that he was okay please!¡± His mother said with worries in his face. ¡°Madam, don¡¯t worry. We have a problem but I assure you he will live. Here are the results.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the meaning of this? Please explain to us.¡± His mother said asking the doctor. ¡°As the results are saying, he would live but for the time being he would not be able use his spirits and magic. He was okay and¡­¡± The doctor answered. Unable to finished talking, he was interrupted by Lyra Alcherial, Hanshen¡¯s mother. ¡°Are you telling me he can¡¯t train anymore?! When would he be able to recover and use spirit and magic again?! How can he become immortal?! If he could not cultivate his spirit and mana what can he do?! What would he do?!¡± His mother asked the doctor angrily. ¡°My lady please calm down. I would explain.¡± The doctor try to calm down the lady. ¡°How can I calm down?! After hearing this?!¡± Lyra Alcherial said. ¡°Mother, please wait for him to finished explaining.¡± Hanshen¡¯s sister followed. ¡°Okay, Okay. Explain it properly so we can understand what to do.¡± His mother nodded. ¡°Because of using powerful magic and spirit, his body was greatly damaged. He was lucky that he was still alive. Maybe this day or within this week he would regain his consciousness. As we have learned, he used an ancient incantation that only powerful gods can use, by using it and losing control his veins and arteries were damaged if not for the acupuncture technique of the ruler he would be dead now.. All of his spirit and mana were used. We also learned that his spirit and mana cores were severely affected. Luckily it didn¡¯t break completely. But being damaged it would take years for him to completely heal and recover. With his great regeneration ability maybe it would take him a decade or two to be able to use his spirit and magic again.¡± The doctor explained. ¡°Are you saying that he would not become immortal? How come that¡­ What can we do? What can he do now?¡± With worries Hanshen¡¯s mother asked. ¡°Mother, please calm down. The doctor is still not finished explaining.¡± His daughter is by her side and tries to calm her down. ¡°I¡¯m afraid to say this but you¡¯re guess is right. He would not be able to reach immortal for now but he would be if he would be able to overcome this. He would be able to practice again and train to become immortal once his mana and spirit cores were completely healed. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. As for now we don¡¯t know what kind of way for him to heal completely. Also he could not use high leveled artifacts that use spirit and mana. We learned that he used forbidden technique; he used an orb to make an aura thus damaging him. All his artifacts were used to its limit and ending it broken. It was our first time experiencing a situation like this. All of his artifacts were broken. I¡¯m afraid to say this but we can¡¯t do anything for him and what can he do from now on is unthinkable. But don¡¯t lose hope he was great and still alive. Many things will still happen to him.¡± The doctor continued and after hearing this Lyra Alcherial cried a lot. She blames herself. ¡°Why did this happen to him? Out of all the people; if not for our mistake he would not misunderstood all the things. All the things that happened to him, it¡¯s my fault. When he was born as the weakest in our family history he was mistreated. He suffered. How can this happen to him? My son, my poor son. Why?¡± His older sister named Sheanelle hugged their mother comfortingly. Then someone walks in, with a powerful calm aura you can see sadness in his eyes. ¡°It was not your fault mother. It was my fault; it¡¯s my fault for not recognizing him sooner. Don¡¯t cry mother. I¡¯m sorry.¡± He said. ¡°I promised you mother I¡¯ll protect him now. I, Halewin Alcherial as his brother swear to the Almighty Lord that my words were true. Until he was completely healed no storms can even harm him. I¡¯ll protect him, over my dead body.¡± The young man said confidently. A silhouette in his back can be seen beside the open door. It was ¡°The Ruler¡±, one of the master of Halewin Alcherial in Great Gods School. Till now I can¡¯t forget that day. He was the only person that I¡¯ve seen to use the artifacts in its limit and to the point that it breaks down, such mastery. Even the master of artifacts, King Zandria can¡¯t use artifacts in such level. And that boy also knew Ancient incantation that even my power can¡¯t overrule. The Ruler thought. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Because of the fight in the mansions that Hanshen Alcherial displayed, many gods see that artifacts can be used in such mastery. They looked in awe when they heard that Hanshen was still not at King level but give them a hard time. Imagine a kid holding a knife, running and stumbled upon a rock then accidentally killing a man. They view artifacts in a different way now. Even the weak can defeat the strong by its own way and mastering ones ability. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Next chapter would tell what happened when the rain of swords fell down from the whole town. Ch. 12 The Bet _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 12 The Bet _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Every week, news from each continent circulates around the world. Much news was spreading across the world but only a number of five, news caught the attention of the people. The first one is the battle between great gods that made the central city of the kingdom of Gravastoine almost perish. Hundred thousands of people have die. Many people began to avacuate and take shelter from different towns. The battle between great gods took 3 days. If not for the three ancient gods appearing more casualties will be recorded. The three ancient gods combined their power just to stop the clash between two greats. The second news is about the young female dragonican that have reached a master level at the age of 8. She mastered her respective styles and she was now at immortal level and stage. News about her declaring that she was the youngest that could rival great gods in the world spread like a wild fire. The third one is the news about the newest and highest technology and could bring chaos in the whole world. Any puppeteer will love to have. It is the news about a robot emerging. It is the latest nad maybe it would be the last and final epitome of technology. A robot that have mind and like a tamed monster will follow you but unlike monster it doesn¡¯t need to eat and wear artifacts to get stronger because it is a living artifacts. Then the news about a young human: that used ancient incantation. A large scale spells affecting a whole town. A mortal that is not even at King level using a powerful spell, not just powerful it was also a rare one. Even most of the powerful gods and popular ones that were making names for themselves didn¡¯t know how to use. It is also one of the most powerful ancient incantations. Many people couldn¡¯t believe it and started asking about whom was the one who use it. And the last news is about the making of a new Kingdom. The kingdom of Woodillow is a kingdom full of willow race. Willow race almost become extinct because of the great gods war but a few days ago they declare war in any of the kingdom that will oppose and recognize them. Their kingdom lays between the boundary of Continent of Atria and continent of Ruthie. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The seven continents were located as followed. In NW to Northern part of the world continent of Ruthie is located. In Northern to NE the continent of Atria is located. While in the Eastern the continent of Nexus lays. In Southern to Western part the continent of Zaft is located while in Western to NW part the continent of Zandria is located. In the middle of these continents Arthasia Continent is located and was girded by water forms thus making it secluded. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion A week and few days have passed. Hanshen was still lying on his bed unconscious. In the garden of Alcherial mansion you can see two old man and two beautiful ladies talking. ¡°Elder, what exactly happened here?¡± Lady Lyca asked an old man with mustache. ¡°They said that our little Hanshen did this.¡± Her twin sister Lysa Alcherial said following Lyca Alcherial. ¡°Ohh! So even you two couldn¡¯t believe it huh?¡± The elder with eyeglass answered the twin sisters. ¡°It¡¯s a shame that we didn¡¯t able to record it. HAHA!¡± The old man with mustache said. ¡°Elder, what happened? We couldn¡¯t ask our cousin because he was still sleeping but our aunt said that Hasnhen was okay.¡± ¡°Could you tell us elders? What about our bet?¡± ¡°So in our first bet we won, but how about the duel? Do we have to continue it?¡± The twin sisters said to the elders in order. ¡°I¡¯m afraid that we¡¯re backing down. All of our young disciple would not stand a chance in your little monster.¡± The elder with mustache said in response to the twins. ¡°I would send your 25million gold later. Once I return in our kingdom.¡± The old man with eyeglasses said. ¡°I would give mine when my attendant arrives here since we would wait for Hasnhen to regain his consciousness.¡± The old man with mustached said following the first elder. ¡°Elders, it¡¯s okay to not wait for our cousin to wake up. The doctor said that he was okay and my uncle and aunt say that you can all go home now and they were thankful that you participate in our family event. They are inside now discussing this matter to some of the elders that were still here.¡± The twins said in unison. ¡°It¡¯s okay young ladies. I decided to recruit him in our school or give him a position in our Kingdom.¡± The old man with mustache said answering the twins. ¡°Hoho! So you¡¯re also eyeing for him huh?¡± The old man with eyeglasses said to the first elder. ¡°Why not? We all saw what he¡¯s capable of.¡± He said. ¡°Excuse us elders. But can you tell us what happened? We are really curios. We can¡¯t wait for our cousin to wake up.¡± ¡°Yes elders. Even some of the elders inside have interest in him and whenever we ask them they keep talking how great my cousin us forgetting that we ask them what happened. Instead of telling us what happened they tell us what their opinion is.¡± The twins said to the two elders. ¡°I understand them young ladies. Haha! Even now disbelief from what happened is inside my head. Haha!¡± The elder with mustache said to the twins. ¡°He¡¯s unreal. This is what happened.¡± The elder began his story about the things that happened. ¡°He used an ancient incantation that even ¡°the ruler¡± can¡¯t overrule. All the people in the town heard it and wake up at the same time look at the sky. The whole sky in the town was covered with millions of swords. All of the people began to feel fear, mortals to gods. They watched as the swords continued to multiply and rain upon them. The great titan of the kingdom of Adellaine used his gravity field to slow down the swords while the ruler used his ruler field affecting the whole town. Halewin Alcherial used dragon awakening that was said to be only dragoncian race can use. On the otherhand we and the other elders combined our power to create a large barrier to cover the whole town. If he was able to maintain his consciousness and control that incantation tills the end. Maybe hundreds of people would die.¡± _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ¡°The youngest tamer that was covered with dragon scales and has a wing of a dragon on his back appeared in the sky and used dragon roar to its fullest while shouting to warn all the people in the town. Millions of swords were seen in the sky. Each sword was made from fire, wind, thunders and lightning. It was like a burning thunder that has wind attribute. It emerged from the sky and bypasses our barriers. The gravity field magic of the great titan slowed down the swords from falling but its power is still there. It has destructive power that can turn all the land up-side down. When it hits the barrier it creates sparks and formed thunders and lightning from the sword. The movement of the air became unstable. A compressed air that is capable of lifting a building and any infrastructure occurred. When the swords pass the barrier that we created some explode and creates a powerful blast affecting the town. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Creating whirlwinds and tornado and even storms of thunders and lightning in the town. Some hit the ground and creates a shock on the land. Earthquakes were made and shake the whole town. Because of the ruler field casualties were minimized and luckily no one died. We thought it was over but when we looked at the sky a million of swords were seen forming and now with a dangerous aura, a dark aura that can even engulf the legendary fire of the phoenix. Unlike the first wave that was like a burning thunder, the second wave was like swords of darkness. The great titan deactivates his gravity field and now levitates at the ground in a battle mode. He began to chant amplification spell on his body. While all Alcherial family that were present immediately took car the young Alcherial that have passed out. In a minute millions of swords of darkness rule the sky and was about to fall in the ground. We can see the ruler was doing something in the ground while his partner the great titan from Adellaine kingdom was flying together with their disciple, Halewin Alcherial. They were ready to defend from the second wave. As we saw it forming, I cast a powerful incantation, an incantation that created a field of barrier. Some gods cast enchantment on it to strengthen its defensive strength. When millions of swords of darkness hit the barrier that we created in a split second it was destroyed completely. But the swords now were weakened. Halewin Alcherial used dragon¡¯s breath to fend off the swords. Once it touches the swords, the swords explode. Darkness covered the whole sky engulfing any attacks that made contact with it. The titan slashes each dark sword with light attribute thus making the weakened swords nullify the effects. Some of it passes through us and when it is about to hit the ground an earth skill cover it making it unable to explode. It was like a binding spell but was more like a sealing technique it was earth rule. Many of the people in the town helped by using their power they attack the dark swords falling from the sky minimizing the damage. The second wave has ended. We looked at the sky and see many swords were forming again. That time, we feel an overwhelming fear that it was our end. The swords were now bigger and more powerful, millions of swords consisted of dark and burning thunders with unimaginable power. Then we heard the ruler.. ¡°Incantation Overrule!¡± ¡°FUCK! It¡¯s not working just like what I expect from an ancient incantation.¡± The overrule skill of the ruler didn¡¯t work then he mumbled few words and began his incantations that can be heard in the whole town. It creates earthquake. ¡°RULER OF THE LAND GIVE ME THE POWER TO RULE THE HEAVENS. LORD OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD GIVE ME THE POWER TO SHAKE EVEN THE HIGHEST SKY.¡± ¡°EARTH GRANT ME THY POWER TO RULE THE WORLD!¡± ¡°HEAVEN SHAKER RELEASE!¡± Earth from the ground from different part of the town started ascending and began to form a thin surface that covered the whole sky. The great titan and the young dragon tamer descend from the sky to take cover. When millions of swords started falling down and hitting the thin surface of the earth but it didn¡¯t explode. A minute have passed we all think that the incantations were nullified and it ended. But then we heard the youngest dragon tamer roaring to take cover. An explosion happened, an explosion that covered the whole sky it creates shock waves and hit the town. Many of the people got injured but luckily no one died.¡± The elder with eyeglasses told the twin sisters that were shocked. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV As my consciousness fades away I thought that I died. I began to see pitch black. As I stand in this darkness I can¡¯t feel anything and all I can see is darkness. I began to walk but there¡¯s no changed. As the time passes by I don¡¯t know how many hours and days I am walking. Maybe Months have passed or even years. I can¡¯t feel anything while walking it¡¯s like my stamina is unlimited. I walk and walk then walk. I felt that I¡¯m going nowhere. It feels like eternity. As I was walking I saw a yellow glowing light that motivates me. I run fast to get there, I saw a different world. It was an endless dessert. I walk and walk again. In my way I saw many bones and skeletons of dead men and monsters. Then I saw a village, a village that was full of dead people with burned and decomposing body. I saw kids that looked pale. They were hungry. I watched, as the time goes by, I noticed that all of them despite of their worst situation didn¡¯t cry. They were dying of starvation, I felt pity and sadness but I know that I can¡¯t do anything. Then endless darkness engulfs me again. I walk and walk then walk. I saw a red glowing light, I walked towards the light and I saw a different place, it was sunset in a town, a town that was destroyed by indescribable thing. Dead bodies were on the floor some were alive screaming in agony with missing parts of their body, crying and begging. Some were creeping on the ground fighting their faithful end and some stay stilled on their last breath. The town is like a sea of the dead swimming in their own blood. As my eyes turn towards the direction of the dead bodies I saw a mountain, a mountain of corpse composed bodies from monsters and people then I saw a single man standing at the top of the dead bodies. His face are covered with blood and mud. Dirt covered him and made him unrecognizable. His armors are dyed with blood. He was fearsome. The more you look at him the more you feel fear. He emits bloodlust that no one can imagine it¡¯s suffocating that even the greatest among the greats would have hard time breathing in front of him. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ As I began to walk towards him the darkness engulfed me again. Then I saw a light, a white light glowing and I raised my hand to reach it, a light that was blinding. I open my eyes I see a beautiful young lady covered with white glowing light. No words can describe how beautiful she was. ¡°Are you the almighty goddess of heaven?¡± I asked her but she didn¡¯t respond. Then I asked her again.. ¡°Am I in heaven?¡± She didn¡¯t reply. As the light glowing in her was fading away I try to reach her and slowly raise my hand. She caught my hand and holds it tight near her chest. She holds my hand with both hands and I feel softness of her arm and her chest that holds softness and warmness that every man dreams. This warmness overwhelmed me. Then as I was about to ask something again she pull my body close to her and kiss me gently with her lustful eyes slowly closing. She inserts her tongue and play with mine. A warm feeling inside me burns a feeling of wanting more. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 13 The First Duel _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion Hanshen¡¯s POV I heard a sound of the wood; it was a knock on the door. I stop kissing her as I understand that I am alive and in one of our mansions rooms. The beautiful young lady walks away and opens the door. As she opens the door I see five silhouettes. I saw my mother together with my cousins; they were the closest to me in our family. As I saw two of my closest cousins entering the room with my mother I saw two people in their back. It was a beautiful lady that looked like my mother, she was my older sister; she was the only sibling that I have seen when I was a kid. She was older than me. There was a man beside him, the man I fought. When I saw the man I instinctively began to stand but I fell down unable to muster any strength. I don¡¯t know how many days I¡¯ve been laying on this bed. I felt weak. It is strange that I can¡¯t feel any mana and spirit in my body. ¡°Ahhhh!¡± I whimpered as I fell. ¡°Hold yourself my son. He means no harm to us he was your brother.¡± My mother said while seeing me with fire in my eyes. I was shocked and don¡¯t know what to say. I looked at the man and I see some resemblances between us I was about to speak when.. ¡°My young brother, forgive this old brother of yours for the misunderstanding that I brought to you. It¡¯s my fault that this thing happened to you. I am your older brother, Halewin Alcherial.¡± He said with guilty conscience shown in his face. ¡°Haha! Our little Hanshen, I don¡¯t know you¡¯re such an idiot to misunderstand the situation.¡± ¡°Haha! Just like when you were a kid, you misunderstand a tadpole into a fish. Haha!¡± Lyca and Lysa said following each other teasing me. As they said it the whole surrounding fills with laughter. Even the young beautiful lady beside them laughs a bit after hearing my cousins. I looked down as words don¡¯t fit in my mouth. My mother seeing my reaction she instantly changed the topic. ¡°My son, I¡¯m thankful that you¡¯re alright. Where have you been for the past 5 years? For all these years we¡¯ve been missing you, thinking and praying that you¡¯re alright. I almost run away from home just to search for you and forget the oath in our family.¡± She said it to me with worried expression. I looked at her and closed one of my fists and covered it with the other. ¡°Mother, I Hanshen Alcherial your son is back.¡± I said it while wrapping my fist and bowing my head slightly; it was a sign of respect. My mother happily embraces me while tears of joy could be seen in her eyes falling. I felt the love and affection that I have longed for and began to cry. My cousins and siblings walked out in the room seeing us like this. Only me, my mother and the young beautiful lady was in the room now. As my mother stop embracing me and start to wipe his tears with her handkerchief, I clear my face with my piece of cloth. When I cleared my face, my mother was still wiping her tears of joy. I looked at the young beautiful lady and wondered who she was. As I look at her I see her looking at me when our eyes met she looks away while blushing. ¡°Excuse me my lady, I don¡¯t mean to offend you but sorry to ask this. Have we met before? I don¡¯t recognize you. Who are you? Maybe it¡¯s because the effect of the battle my mind was still can¡¯t remember some things.¡± I ask her while reasoning that I have forgotten about her because of the battle but the truth is I don¡¯t really know her. I saw her blushing even more and she was about to say something but was interrupted by my mother. ¡°My young Hanshen, it¡¯s a rude thing to say that to a beautiful lady. Do you really don¡¯t recognize her?¡± My mother chuckled a bit while asking me. ¡°Mother, I¡¯m sorry but for now I don¡¯t and I can¡¯t recognize her. I¡¯m sure that I would not forget her if I saw her even once before with her beauty that rival the almighty goddess of the heaven.¡± While saying this I saw the young lady covered her face with her hands and tries to walk to in my mother¡¯s back to hide from my gaze but my mother seeing this began to laugh and said¡­ ¡°Oh! Please excuse me for a moment my son seems like I have to leave you two for a while.¡± My mother said smiling and walks out in the room closing the door. Then as my mother left us I saw her hesitating to follow. She sighs and sits beside me unwillingly with shyness in her face. I saw her blushing face, she was cute and very beautiful indeed. Saying that she rivals the beauty of the almighty goddess of heaven is not an exaggeration, it was the truth. With her beautiful dress that fit her perfect body curves with her long black and smooth shiny hairs, with her tantalizing blue sapphire eyes with its luscious long eyelashes that can pierce any men¡¯s heart. She was like a beautiful goddess that can¡¯t be compares to anyone. Even monsters with high intelligence will fall in love with her. My heart beats faster every second while staring at her. ¡°Uhmm..¡± She said. ¡°What¡¯s that my lady?¡± I asked her like a man. ¡°I¡¯m Rioanne. We have met when you are two years old. I was three years old back then.¡± She said hesitatingly. ¡°Rioanne?¡± I said in asking tone thinking that I would remember. ¡°Rioanne Alcherial.¡± She answered with her full name. Then a memory of my childhood appeared in my mind. ¡°Oh! You mean that kid? You are the same Rioanne that always follow me?¡± I said with a surprised expression. She didn¡¯t answer then as I stare at her for a little longer¡­ ¡°AHHH!¡± I said with a loud voice. I see some resemblance. Back when I was a child, there was a little girl that was a bit taller than me. She looks like a boy with a short hair and eyes with red. Hearing me saying this with surprised looked on me she began to turn her back on me. I don¡¯t know if she was shy or mad at me not recognizing her. Then I weakly hold her arm and she began to look at me in the face. I started moving closer to her as our eyes met and stares each other. I saw her eyes with a little tear I don¡¯t know but I started hugging her. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m sorry for not recognizing my future wife. I¡¯m sorry for being an idiot like before.¡± I said it while hugging her. As we are hugging each other someone barged in. ¡°So our little boy was turning to man huh?¡± They said. I saw my cousins and my older sister chuckling while teasing me. ¡°How can you be like that? You¡¯re not even married yet and you¡¯re doing something huh!¡± They continued teasing me as I stop hugging Rioanne and turned to my bed. ¡°I don¡¯t feel good. I have a headache. I think I have a fever.¡± I said to them in order to dodge their watchful gaze and avoid their teasing. ¡°After caressing a young lady you turned away!¡± ¡°Are you a real man? When you got busted by us you hide in your blanket.¡± ¡°A rude guy indeed and he was more like a jerk too.¡± ¡°Look at Rioanne she almost cries because of you. Do you have any conscience?¡± ¡°Stop hiding in your blanket and face us.¡± They said teasing me. Then I heard someone knock on the door and enter the room. ¡°Hanshen, my son. Get up in your bed. I¡¯ve brought food for you I know you felt weak and you¡¯re hungry.¡± I get up hearing my mom. I saw her preparing my meal while the ladies where silently looking at me and it makes me feel unease. My mother felt my uneasiness and ordered the ladies to walk out in the room. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°Ladies, stop teasing Hanshen. Please excuse us for a moment. Let him regain his strength back before you bully him again.¡± My mother said supporting me. The ladies in the room step outside the room and my mother close the door and locked it so I can eat fully and relax a little. As I was eating, mom was staring at me with concern. She was like holding something inside her but she can¡¯t say it to me. I didn¡¯t try to ask her what is it so to not spoil the mood. As I finished eating my mother face brightens and lightens up then I ask her. ¡°Mom, I have questions.¡± I said asking. ¡°What is it my son?¡± My mother said with a concerned look. ¡°Mother, why can¡¯t I feel my mana and spirit?¡± I asked her politely. ¡°My son, I don¡¯t know. Maybe it¡¯s because you¡¯re energy is still not returning and maybe it¡¯s because of too much sleep your body became stiff.¡± As she said it I know that what troubles her is this. She was hiding something. I can feel it in her and see it in her eyes. ¡°Mother, how many days I have slept?¡± ¡°Two weeks, my son. Wait a moment I¡¯ll be back later just rest here.¡± She said in a hurry, she was avoiding me. ¡°Mom! I know your hiding something and I know it¡¯s because of me. It¡¯s because of my condition, is it not? Please tell me Mom. I¡¯m at a legal age now.¡± I said it to my mother the she face me with a sad look in her eyes. ¡°My son, the doctor said that you would not be able to use your spirit and you can¡¯t use magic for the time being.¡± She paused a moment while explaining to me with a puzzled look in her face. ¡°The doctor also said that you can¡¯t use an artifact involving mana and spirit energy. He said that you¡¯ll regain your spirit and mana a decade or two. I¡¯m sorry my son. It was our fault. I¡¯m sorry. We can¡¯t do anything.¡± As my mother was about to cry¡­ ¡°I understand Mom. Don¡¯t worry I¡¯m strong.¡± I said comforting her. I said it with full of confidence to not make her worry about me. This news shocked me but it¡¯s my fault. My foolishness brought me here. Seeing me with confidence my mother hugged me and leave the room. For a while I was alone in the magnificent room. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alcherial Mansion You can see many people gathering in the mansions hall. They heard that young Alcherial have woken up. They have many questions for him that they were curious about. Some of the people here want to recruit or to arrange a marriage for him. You can see three silhouettes walking in the hallway. They were the Alcherial family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hanshen¡¯s POV As I stand in the middle of the hall I feel uneasiness. Many people surround me, they were all looking at me. My mother and my brother that was with me left me and stand among the crowd they said that it was part of my age ceremony and I shall make a speech. ¡°Good day to each and everyone. First of all I would like to apologize. I have harmed the guests in my welcoming ceremony. I brought troubles to everyone. I am sorry. Please forgive this young foolish and stupid me. I am Hanshen, Hanshen Alcherial apologizing to all of you.¡± I wrapped my fist again and bow to the crowd. They all looked at me as silenced ruled the hall. I stand firm and continue my speech. ¡°I¡¯m Hanshen, the youngest brother of Halewin Alcherial, and son of Lyra and Haleking Alcherial. I know many of you here wants to ask me questions, I would like to answer it all but as you can see I¡¯m still weak. I would answer your questions later this night in the banquet that my family has prepared. But to not waste your precious time I would answer a few questions for you all.¡± I said it loud and clear without using spirit or mana. It hurts my throat since I am not familiar in this kind of feeling. Then someone walks towards me. I heard the people whispering his name ¡°The Ruler¡±. ¡°I have a question that anyone wants to ask to. In your 5 years of journey in the world what have you done to become this strong? Where have you been the whole time? I know you¡¯re weakened so I¡¯ll help you out just say your answer in an normal tone and anyone here would hear your voice.¡± The ruler asked me. ¡°Elder, I thank you for your concern.¡± ¡°On the first month I went in the nearby town and gathered information in where I could go and train. As I learned that a school is impossible for me and it was dangerous for me to make an artifacts shop I went in Larra Forest which I found safe to live in. It was a secluded area so I decided I would stay there and train.¡± I said it briefly but surprisingly all the people look at me understanding what I¡¯ve said. The ruler must have used voice telepathy, I thought. As the people understand what I said, they looked at me with disbelief. They all know that Larra Forest have only weak monsters roaming and people traveling there was rare to see. So they wondered how I became strong. ¡°So you are saying that you only stayed there and trained in peace?¡± The ruler asked following his previous questions. ¡°Yes Elder. I didn¡¯t bother going in town because it¡¯s too far in the forest. I only visit rock village 3 years ago. I watched duels there and studied it. I even watched the famous battle between Varzer and a dragonican.¡± I answered briefly and direct. ¡°Oh? So you fight duel there too?¡± The ruler asked after hearing that I went in Rock Village. ¡°No Elder.¡± I said strongly. ¡°Where did you learn how to fight? Fighting monsters and men are two different things. As I have watched you fighting two weeks ago I have concluded that the ability you display comes from a fierce battle expirience.¡± The ruler said like he was so sure. ¡°I just imagine an enemy. I remembered all the duels and try to imagine that I was fighting them and¡­¡± Unable to continue the ruler asked me again.. ¡°Excuse me but are you saying you haven¡¯t fought any real duel?¡± He asked with curiosity and amazements. ¡°As I was saying I have fought only one duel. That is my first and only duel I fought in 5 years of training. Almost all the time I only fought my lion, Fargo.¡± I said. ¡°I¡¯m sure you won that duel.¡± The ruler and the crowd said. ¡°No Elders. I lost one-sidedly.¡± ¡°Oh so he was an expert and years older than you?¡± They said. ¡°No Elders. He was young too maybe around the same age as me.¡± I said. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ All the people looked surprised they can¡¯t believe that Hasnhen lost in a one on one fight and at the same age as him. The young man that gave a hard time to all of them lost one-sidedly. They have asked all their questions to the young man in the banquet that happened that night. And that day have passed like any ordinary day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 14 Incoming War _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Adelleine Kingdom A month has passed since Hanshen regained his consciousness; it was now the month of Tar. Months were named followed from the Almighty Gods that were believed to be the creator of the world. Months 1. Surahil - Almighty God of Light 2. Sennah ¨C Almighty God of Darkness 3. Clar ¨C Creator of Heaven and Earth 4. Varda ¨C Almighty God of Wind 5. Shenn ¨C Amighty God of Water and Fire 6. Tar ¨C Creator of Energy and Force 7. Noer ¨C Creator of the Species (Races) 8. Dhienh ¨C Creator of Plants and Trees 9. Gru ¨C Creator of Monsters and Animals Days were named followed from the first species. ? Ashto ¨C Dragon ? Bhor ¨C Orc ? Cailline ¨C Diablo ? Dracule ¨C Vampire ? Ethery ¨C Woodillow ? Faye ¨C Beast ? Garabelle ¨C Goblin ? Hode ¨C Seaman [Sea Creature ¨CRace] ? Ifrit ¨C Devil ? Jansen ¨C Phoenix ? Killerie ¨C Demon ? Lovelei ¨C Angel _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ It¡¯s a stormy day in Adelleine Kingdom, you can hear the lightning and thunder that echoes across the land. It was raining hard. It was storming in the whole kingdom territory for 3 days straight. In each and every town¡¯s streets you can¡¯t see anyone, all the people were in houses. Each villages and towns were like a ghost town. It was like all the people were afraid of the storm or something even more frightening. Then Adelleine castle gate opened, you can see hundred thousands of heavy armored knights with their earth horses. Following them were thousands of Wizards and priest. In the rear you can see massive gigantic robots and catapults for siege wars together with the foot soldiers. These crowd were composed only by humans form different tribes and town. You can see different crests on their armors representing their clans and families. The mass of soldier were not moving, they are waiting for something. A man from the rear riding from his muscular brown horse walks towards the front. He was wearing helmet-like skull. You can¡¯t see his face because of this. A weird and creepy helmet completely covers the head of the user that identifying him is impossible. He was wearing an assassin suit that fits his giant-like body with his tall size for a human. His muscles were traced in his suit. The suit doesn¡¯t match with his body, his look was drab. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Some monsters and animals were much like the same, their difference is that an animal doesn¡¯t have affinity or attribute with elements while monsters do have. Horse, lion, tiger and snake are example of animals while if it has an attribute and affinity with an element it will be called monsters; earth horse, fire lion, wind tiger and water snake. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The man stands in his abnormally gigantic horse and shout. ¡°Young ones and old ones, did you all know why you¡¯re here today?¡± As he shouted the crowd heard him despite the thunders and lightning echoing in the castle ground. ¡°For generations, slavery is legal in our world. But why we, humans together with dwarves and elves were the most affected by it? Did you all know why?¡± ¡°Many of you here have already knew the reason but didn¡¯t do anything thinking ¡°I didn¡¯t have the strength¡±,.¡± ¡°We, humans were used as sex slaves and like an animal they see us as livestock¡¯s. Other races do because we are the weakest. The strong devours the weak, they said.¡± ¡°This is the reason why we, humans together with dwarves and elves were being hunt by other race.¡± ¡°They sell our race, our brothers and sisters; they torture us and treat us like toys. They made us bait for monsters to tame.¡± ¡°They drink the blood of our brothers and sisters and burn them and eat them when their dead.¡± This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. ¡°They strip our sisters and toy with them, nude and naked enjoying their drinks while our sisters were suffering.¡± ¡°We all know about this for decades to centuries but we didn¡¯t do anything. Our elders did nothing about this, you know why? Is it because of the fear of extinction?¡± ¡°Dragonicans and Mancers were the races that legalize the slavery. They were the most powerful race. They can exterminate anything. Yes, they were the strongest race but nothing is stronger than our thirst for revenge. If we continue to be like this, our feelings will push us into extinction. The feeling of pain will kill us inside.¡± The man said it clearly but the crowd didn¡¯t budge, they were hurt by the words but that is not enough to motivate them from going to wars. In every fight motivation is important. It is normal for them to not feel motivated because they will wage war to the strongest races and they think that it will only lead to their meaningless deaths. Their feeling of fear is stronger than their feeling of anger and revenge. ¡°We can¡¯t win with just the power of feeling, our anger and pain will only bring more frustration.¡± One of the man from the foot soldiers shouted without feeling fear from the man with a skull helmet. Hearing this, some of the soldiers agreed. The tension keeps rising. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The rain stopped and thunders and lightning vanished but the wind became stronger. The soldiers felt it thus they silenced themselves. Then the man with a skull helmet use his storage pocket and get a giant silver hammer. He raised the hammer with his right hand and a strong gust of wind was created because of this. Then he made wind waves from it that was too strong. All the wizards create mana barrier to withstand it. When the wind waves hit the sky the storm vanished in an instant like a smoke that runs out of fire. ¡°¡°We all know about this for decades to centuries but we didn¡¯t do anything. Our elders did nothing about this, you know why? Is it because of the fear of extinction?¡± ¡°I¡¯LL REPEAT IT AGAIN! FOR GENERATIONS; DECADES TO CENTURIES, MANY OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SUFFERED FROM SLAVERY. OUR ANCESTORS DID NOTHING TO STOPT IT, YOU KNOW WHY? IT¡¯S NOT BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF EXTINCTION; IT¡¯S BECAUSE OF THE PACT THAT WAS MADE BETWEEN GREAT GODS! IT''S NOT BECAUSE WE''RE WEAK, IT''S BECAUSE THE SHITTY PACT! BUT NOW THE PROUD WOODILLOW RACE VIOLATED IT KILLING THOUSANDS OF HUMANS AND ELVES AND HANGING THEM IN THEIR KINGDOM WALLS! OUR GREAT KING, KING ZANDRIA MADE A MOVE!¡± ¡°I, VARZER ADELLEINE WITH ONE OF THE HAMMERS OF THE GOD IN MY RIGHT HAND WILL LEAD YOU TO WAR AND WE WILL WIPE THEM OUT!¡± All the people looked with him with the hammer of the god in his hand. ¡°RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!¡± All the soldiers made a war cry that can be heard in the castle. Their will to fight was raised just by a single artifact. Hammer of god is the legendary hammer of king Zandria. It was one of the hammer collections of King Zandria, hammer of wind, fire, earth and water. With the hammer of god (WIND) in Varzer Adelleine all the people understand that not only the three respective kings from the continent of the weakest/wisest made this decision to wage war but the hero of the continent. This war will be led by one of the known strongest of the great gods; Benellus Zandria, the King of Kings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ This chapter is kinda short. I¡¯ll try to post 3 more chapters until tomorrow. But don¡¯t expect it too much because I have classes from Monday to Saturday but I¡¯ll do my best to type it. Thank you for understanding. ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ch. 15 King of Kings _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Few Days Ago In Zaft Continent there was a forbidden dessert. Sign boards indicating ¡°danger zone¡± were seen around the dessert. This dessert was located in the middle of the wild forest but you can¡¯t see any monsters or animals in the surroundings near the dessert. Nobody can tell if this dessert is a dungeon or a different dimension. Even the gods that were making names for themselves don¡¯t come near it. One of the reasons is that it emits a suffocating aura that even immortals and normal gods can¡¯t handle. The more you walk near it the stronger the aura it emits. No outsiders knew what is in the middle of this endless-like dessert. There lay a cave which was the source of the aura. This cave creates fluctuation of spirit and mana that can even kill an elite god. Every restricted area like this holds deep secrets to be told. But no one bother to know it. Some believed that this dessert will lead you to the gate of hell that Asura have made to seal dangerous monsters like Diablo and Devils. Only few knew the secret behind the dessert. Inside the cave you can see a large majestic door. It gives bad vibes but you can tell that it is a passageway to a secret room. In the room you can see a table arrangement for 14 people. Twelve of the chairs were occupied by men. These men have different races; a look at them would give you shivers. They were all powerful. They emit a dangerous calm aura while the room was filled with tension. ¡°How many hours would we wait for them? My time is gold. How about we start it now without them?¡± One of the men sitting spoke. He was a beast an ape. He was 8 and a half feet tall having shoulder muscles like giants. His legs were short but his arm reach was long. ¡°Patience my friend. You¡¯re not the only one who had precious time here. Why not drink milk with me?¡± A gigantic ogre that looks like a rock golem said. He was about 18ft tall with a huge mug with milk in his right hand. By time to time he takes sips like it was too hot for him. ¡°Milks are for babies and beers are for real men. Haha! Until now you¡¯re still soft Ozthin.¡± A werewolf said mocking the ogre. He was in a werewolf humanoid form with 7ft tall. He has two blades sheathed in a cross shape on his back. ¡°HAHAHA!¡± The werewolf and the ape laugh while the others just watch them. ¡°Why not cut me with your blades right here right now?¡± The ogre said challenging the werewolf with his soft voice. He talks slowly like a turtle walking in land. The human ape stops laughing while the werewolf stands up and holds his dark blades, ready for battles. ¡°This is getting interesting, don¡¯t you think Jack?¡± A dark orc with a bog front tooth talks to the man beside him. Its eyes were intimidating and each gaze was like a disaster is coming. Hearing the dark orc said he only laugh a little. ¡°GURARARA!¡± A laugh from the titan was heard that echoes in the room. He was Timmondy Nexus, laughing whole-heartedly. ¡°If you want to fight do it outside.¡± Timmondy Nexus said. ¡°My friend they were just kids so let them play a little. HAHAHAH!¡± A giant stand up and tap the shoulder of Timmondy Nexus. He has an axe bigger than his body on his back. ¡°HARAHARAHARARA!¡± The titan and the giant laughs. Seeing this, the three look at the two, they were offended. They silenced themselves after hearing the two laughed at them like they were laughing from stupid joke. They knew that these two were buddies and it is not best to offend them because they are battle maniac. ¡°I heard you fought him?¡± The shapeshifter named Jack spoke to Timmondy Nexus. ¡°Yeah! I heard rumors too. You¡¯re really lucky he was not the same as before or else you¡¯re not undefeated anymore.¡± A tiny voice from a 4ft mancer was heard. He was a creepy being with horn in his forehead. ¡°Don¡¯t fuck with me midget!¡± The titan shouted and it echoes in the room. ¡°If not for the three ancient his head was now mine to play.¡± He said glaring at the mancer with killing intent. Seeing that the titan was angry the mancer just chuckled mocking the angered titan. ¡°So the rumor was true?¡± The shapeshifter asked the titan. The titan was about to draw his giant bastard sword but he was caught by a binding magic. ¡°Don¡¯t think that you will all get away because of this! And don¡¯t think that you can hold me for long you fucking fairy! I¡¯ll squish you to death and eat you whole.¡± Timmondy Nexus said with anger. ¡°Calm down Nexus. I just bind you for a second because I don¡¯t want any trouble to be added.¡± A 1ft fairy flies in front of the titan trying to calm the titan down. ¡°Please my fellow great god, go back to your respective seat now. We will begin the meeting.¡± The dragonican spoke commanding the 11 great god present sitting in the center of the table arrangement. ¡°Do you think I would follow you just because you said that? If not for the pact we made after the great war you would not even dare look at me with that eye!¡± The titan refused to follow the dragonican that stands as their leader in the council. ¡°ROAR!¡± The dragonican roar but it was a low and short one. Despite being a low level roar it was intimidating. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°If not for the PACT our world was long gone. Please Timmondy Nexus go back to your seat now! Don¡¯t break the oath you made and violate the pact we have agreed.¡± The dragonican said with a commanding tone. The titan was calmed down because of this and takes his seat. For the ancient gods, oath was like their life. Breaking an oath means death. And violating the pact means to wage war in all the members of the council of great gods. ¡°HAHAHAH! You speak about an oath? And the PACT we made huh? If it came from you it sounds like a lie. No, no, no. It was definitely a lie.¡± A young looking dwarf enters the door with six hammers flying around him, and asked the dragonican sarcastically. ¡°My friend, you¡¯re late why not have a seat and let¡¯s talk it out here in the council¡¯s meeting.¡± The dragonican stands up and answered the dwarf and in the back of the dwarf a human was seen standing wearing eyeglasses. ¡°Draco! You despicable wench! How dare you call me a friend after all the things you¡¯ve done!¡± The dwarf said with killing intent. ¡°You¡¯re saying that we need to talk it out? Why not sit like a good child for me!¡± ¡°BOOM!¡± One of the hammers hits the dragonican, it didn''t hurt him at all but it forces him to sit again in his chair. The dragonican didn¡¯t try to fight back. ¡°Now, let¡¯s talk it out. I have only five things to say.¡± The dwarf said in the council of 14. ¡°FIRST, YOU LEGALIZE THE SLAVERY SYSTEM SO YOU COULD GAIN MORE BENEFITS TOGETHER WITH THE CREEPY MANCERS!¡± ¡°SECOND, YOU SAID THAT STRONG DICTATES ALL. THE STRONG GETS ALL BUT YOU ALL MADE A RULE THAT THERE WILL BE NO WAR BETWEEN RACES. ONLY IN GLADIATOR ARENA IT IS POSSIBLE SO COULD ALL GAIN BENEFITS FROM IT!¡± ¡°THIRD, YOU ALL PLAN IT ALL ALONG. THE RISE OF THE NEW KINGDOM, THE KINGDOM OF WOODILLOWS! YOU SELL SLAVES TO THEM AND MOST SLAVES WERE HUMANS AND ELVES. YOU ALLOW THEM TO DISPLAY THE DEAD BODIES OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HANGED THEM IN THEIR WALLS TO INSTILL FEAR TO THE NEIGHBORING KINGDOMS! YOU DID NOT SELL ANY DWARVES SLAVES TO THEM THINKING THAT I WOULD GET MAD AND CREATE CHAOS IN YOUR KINGDOMS!¡± ¡°Avatar!¡± The mancer used a skill that enables him to grow big like a golem. He was now 30ft tall. ¡°Hishishi! You¡¯re just as reckless as before. You still didn¡¯t learn from the past. You¡¯re too small to talk big lies. Now you¡¯ll get your punishment!¡± The mancer said interrupting the dwarf. The mancer was about to attack. But the immortal hammer of light hit his stomach and it makes him kneel. ¡°Hammer Fall!¡± The mancer was like a nail that was hit by a hammer in the head. He was stunned and buried in the ground. ¡°Today is not the day you¡¯ll die. Be thankful FUCKER!¡± Benellus Zandria said to the suffering stunned mancer in the ground. ¡°LET¡¯S CONTINUE. FOURTH, BECAUSE OF THIS I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PACT BETWEEN GREAT GODS WAS NOW BROKEN. ANY OBJECTIONS?¡± The dwarf said with arrogant tone challenging the 12 great gods present. ¡°I PASS! HURARARA!¡± Timmondy Nexus said. ¡°ME TOO.¡± The giant followed. ¡°So you¡¯re breaking the pact? Don¡¯t think that you can leave here alive.¡± The dragonican said. He stands while preparing an attack. ¡°Don¡¯t call me a friend, all the people that call me their friend ends up dying with my own hands.¡± The dwarf said with massive killing intent that can be felt even from the wild forest. It made the 12 great gods take caution now. ¡°AND THE FIFTH, DON¡¯T FORGET THAT I¡¯M THE KING OF KINGS AND MY WORDS ARE RULES!¡± _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Next Chapter: The Council of 14 (Hanshen is Back) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ As for what I have remembered goblins, diablo and devils were considered as monsters here in world of Asura. I¡¯ll post the chapters describing the different races later and different monsters. And I¡¯ll write some of history and spoiler too. BTW I mistakenly put goblin as one of the strongest but it should be mancers, I have edited it now. Please when you were confused by something try to ask it in the comment below before posting it in the review. I¡¯ll review it and answer your questions. There are some typo errors, so I¡¯m sorry. Thank you for understanding! Sometimes I¡¯ve got confused with the names and the races so bear with me. For example the name ¡°Lyra, Lyca and Lysa¡± and races like ¡°beast and werewolf¡± and ¡°goblins and mancers¡±, I¡¯ve got confused by it when typing it in computer. I really got confused when typing it for I have written this story a long time ago so please just asks whenever you want. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ For HydroNL and rockervalence123 I¡¯ll answer your comment later when I¡¯ve got extra time. I really appreciate it. 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