TO SAY that Alec Forrester was shocked after Kalel Moonchester, the Black Serpent, froze the entire Redsun Desert. The Crades had also turned into giant ice sculptures. And even if the climate in that area was very hot, his ice didn't look like they would lt any soon.
It required a very high amount of Mana to accomplish such task.
After all, the Crades in the Redsun Desert were the strongest kind. But when faced against a Beast God like the Black Serpent, they looked nothing like the fearso creatures that they should be. For Kalel Moonchester, they were just insects that he could easily step on.
And the most amazing thing was the fact that the Black Serpent didn't even break a sweat despite using a huge amount of Mana.
"You're amazing, Lord Black Serpent," Alec told him. "Even though you chose to be reborn as human, discarding your divine body in the process, your Mana and divine powers still remain very strong."
"It's not as strong as it used to be," Kalel said while looking straight at Mount Sola. Even though it was a few feet away from them, he could tell that the Black Serpent could see the shrine where Soleil Rosenberg went to. After all, the Black Serpent had a sharp sight. Ah, to be precise, all his senses were sharper than normal people. "These Crades are just weak."
He laughed softly at that remark. "Of course, my lord. Any enemy, no matter how strong they are, will look weak in front of you."
"No," the Black Serpent said, then he turned to him. "These aren't the usual Crades that lurk around in this area. This is supposed to be their lair. But it seems like the stronger ones aren't here for so reason."
He was surprised to hear that.
Of course, he didn't doubt the Black Serpent's words. Even before he was reborn as a human, he had already faced the ancient Crades back when he was still Nystrom. That ant Kalel Moonchester knew what he was talking about.
"Then, maybe they were already eliminated by soone else," Alec said hesitantly. Admittedly, he didn't know much about the Crades because it wasn't a part of his job to deal with them. "Although I'm not sure if there are people like you that can easily eliminate them. I heard that even your brother, the second prince, has a hard ti fighting them off."
"Auro isn't weak."
Ah, the Black Serpent looked offended. It seed like the rumor about the first prince being overprotective of the second price was true, huh?
"I apologize if I sounded like I'm saying that Prince Auro is weak," he said with an apologetic smile. "I didn't an to offend you, Lord Black Serpent."
"You can just call by my current na," Kalel said. "The way you call is too mouthful."
He smiled and nodded. "I understand, Lord Kalel."
Thankfully, the Black Serpent looked satisfied now.
"I've seen so shedded skin around," Kalel said seriously, then he turned to Mount Sola again. "I have a feeling that the stronger Crades have already evolved and thus, this lair has beco to small for them."
"'Evolved?'" Alec asked, then he gulped nervously. "Then, does it an the ancient Crades have beco stronger?"
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"I AM here, Lady Soleil."
Soleil turned to her spirit guardian and smiled.
Lucina Morganna held the Core of her real power, the Black Fla. Although she was a spirit guardian, she looked like human. She had dark brown hair and eyes, and wore a maroon cloak that had the symbol of the Red Phoenix.
After all, the Beast God that the Fire Mage clan worshipped was her very own brother.
"It's been a while since I've summoned you," Soleil said to Lucina with a cheerful smile. "How have you been, Lucina? I missed you."
"I'm always with you, Lady Soleil," Lucina said in her usual indifferent tone. "How can I serve you today?"
"I need the Black Fla."
"No can do, my lady," the spirit guardian said bluntly. "Master Winchell asked before to never let you use the Black Fla."
She groaned as a playful complaint. "Lucina, I'm your master and not my brother."
"But as your spirit guardian, it's my duty to protect you," Lucina explained patiently as if she was talking to a child. "Using the Black Fla weakens your body, my lady. You haven't tad it yet so it attacks you each ti you try to borrow its power."
"I can't ta it because you and my brother won't let use it," she complained while shaking her head. In normal circumstances, she would have given up on using the Black Fla because she knew how stubborn Lucina could get. But not this ti. "Lucina, I'm serious."
The spirit guardian flinched when she probably realized that she was really dead serious.
"Lucina Morganna, co," Soleil said in a serious tone, then she extended her hand to her spirit guardian. "Beco my wings."
Lucina let out a deep sigh, then she smiled faintly at her before she took her hand.
As soon as she did, the spirit guardian beca a lump of red fla that spread to her body like, well, wildfire. Then, the heat from her fla gathered on her back. When she moved her shoulders, she felt her wings sprout from her shoulder blades.
The flicker of fla around her had turned black now.
But she didn't need to see it to know that her fla had changed. After all, the fact that she was coughing blood now was enough proof that she had successfully summoned the Black Fla. And it wasn't happy to be summoned by her.
"Just lend your power for a few minutes. Don't be stubborn," Soleil told the Black Fla in her in a playful voice. Then, she pressed her hands on the giant steel gate in front of her. "lt this for if you want to return to the Abyss, Black Fla."
She heard a sizzling sound from under the palm of her hands.
Then, it was followed by a loud bang when she released a huge amount of Black Fla from her hands. After that, she took a step away from the giant gate and watch it get lted by her fla. The heat coming from her own fla was enough to make her skin feel burned.
Yes, a Fire Mage like her felt like she was being roasted by her own fla.
I'm a disgrace to our clan, she said while clenching her hands tight. They celebrate as the greatest Fire Mage in our history but look at now. I can't even control the Black Fla. Even my brother felt like it was necessary for him to give half of his Red Fla.
Her thoughts were cut-off when the gate finally lted.
It only took the Black Fla a few minutes to lt it down. The Black Fla didn't get put out even after burning the gate down. She didn't have the ti to wait for it to cool down so entered the room.
Thankfully, the strong barrier that she felt coming from inside the room a while ago disappeared as soon as she stepped in.
The shrine has probably recognized as the Beast Priestess because of the Black Fla.
And now, she stood in front of the three gigantic stone statues of the Red Phoenix, the Blue Dragon, and the little tiger.
Uh, the Golden Tiger, I an.
She could feel the three Beast Gods' divine power coming from each statute, so they must had been sealed away in there.
Who could have done this to them?
She set that thought aside first to do her job. After all, she was sent there by their new Sun Priestess to free the Beast Gods that would apparently help her defeat the upcoming catastrophe that would hit the continent soon.
But they had no clue what kind of catastrophe do they had to prepare for.
The gods can't even tell us the whole prophecy and yet, they always ask us to save the world instead of coming here themselves to protect us.
"Tsk," she said. Clicking her tongue was unbecoming of soone her position. But thinking about how the gods had been ordering her around since her previous life never failed to piss her off. "They can't even give a good reward," she complained, then she raised her hands while her palms faced the direction of the three stone statues in front of her. "Burn."
This ti, the flaming black feathers of her wings began to throw themselves at the stone statues. As soon as a flaming feather hit the statue, it would lt the part that it hit. The process continued until the three gigantic statues began to lt.
Unfortunately, it seed like she had reached her limit because she got into a fit of cough once again.
Bloody cough, if she may say so.
She clutched her stomach tight while her other hand was wiping the blood off her mouth. Black Fla, why do you hate so much?
"My foolish little sister," Winchell, whose voice was coming from the statue of the Red Phoenix, said in a mocking tone. He always used that tone on her whenever he would scold her. "How many tis have I told you that you can't use the Black Fla?"
She tried to stand straight despite her buckling knees because she didn't want to appear weak in front of her arrogant older brother.
"Hey, Soleil, have you gone weak?" the little tiger, whose voice was coming from the statue of the Golden Tiger, asked in an annoying voice. "I bet I can beat you now if we fight one-on-one this ti."
As if.
"Soleil, I'm glad that your beauty remains the sa."
To say that she was surprised when Elis Ripperton, the Blue Dragon, appeared in front of her. He was in his human form, and he still looked the sa as she rembered before he ascended the heavens.
Elis was still beautiful, but she still hated how he never respected her personal space.
And I hate myself for not feeling his presence until he spoke.
Soleil was about to tell Elis off, but all of a sudden, her strength left her. She felt her flaming black wings vanish the mont she found herself falling on the ground. But instead of the cold and hard floor, she found herself leaning against a cold and solid body. She smiled because she already knew who caught her. "Lord Kalel," she said when she turned to look at him. "Thank you for catching ."
"Rest," Kalel said, then he gently covered her eyes with one hand. "Don't look at the ugly people in front of you."
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