Hearing her words, Alan furrowed his brow in contemplation. As his spirit sword, Akane was his greatest weapon and partner, she was soone he relied on a lot. If her strength fell and declined it would also impact his own strength in many ways.
"... I see. We still have so ti left before we returned to the place where we belong, let's not rush things, I'm certain your strength should return before we leave this place." He said in a calm tone.
"You... You're really planning on leaving this place?" Akane's ocean blue eyes gazed deeply at Alan as she asked.
"Of course, do you really think I would stay here forever?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow. Akane gaze deeply at Alan's face for a while before she sighed.
Over the past years, she had been by his side silently watching over him. During those tis, she had seen him wore many different expressions he usually would never make.
After witnessing his gentle side, she would normally never see from the usual cold and indifferent Ellard, Akane subconsciously hoped that he would remain here surrounded by those who he loved, and naturally, those who loved him in return.
In his previous life, he had lost his parents who were his only family from a young age. Since then, he was like a machine, his only goal was serving the goddess, Udea who saved his life inside that burning house.
Akane had hoped he could enjoy the family he had not been able to have and experienced true happiness, sothing he couldn't do in his previous life, which was only filled with both wars and sorrows.
Alan frowned when he felt the sadness inside her gaze. "Is there sothing wrong?" He inquired, tilting his head. "Eh?... Oh." Akane snapped out of her reverie and, while playing with a strand of her long snow-white hair she said with so reluctance.
"Well... Even if it's through reincarnation, these people are still your family, and that woman really loves you, don't you think it would break her heart if she lost her son?" Akane's voice was filled with concern, even though it didn't really matter to her what happens in the end, the reason she asked was out of concern for Alan, not herself.
"..." Alan remained silent with a serious expression, "You are right, they are the beloved family of my current self. Yes, their existence is very important to ... Which is why I will not allow anything to happen to them." He replied.
Although his ntality was that of Ellard, he couldn't deny the part of himself that was also Alan as well. Doing so would be him denying a part of himself which was sothing he really did not want to do.
With his erald, green eyes shining with determination he proclaims, "Once we leave, I will visit them occasionally, while also protecting them all from the shadows. Especially mom, I definitely will not allow anything to happen to her. I also will not allow her to be lonely either. Trisa and Suzu are also here to take care of her in my absence."
"I see... Well then, I guess my worries were mostly unneeded then." Akane said with a small shrug of her slender shoulders. "However, since we have enough ti, I suggest visiting the dungeon in the future."
"Eh, you an the forbidden dungeon? Weren't we not supposed to go there?"
"Heh. Of course, but that was a long ti ago, I have a feeling if we visit that dungeon, we could find sothing amazing." Her soft pink lips curved upwards as she said that. However, Alan looked at her with a sowhat skeptical gaze before ultimately nodding his head.
It was pointless to ponder about it now, he knew Akane wouldn't suggest doing sothing that could potentially endanger his life, quite the contrary, she would only bring it up to help him instead.
"Okay, I understand. Then we will pay a visit to that place in the near future." He responded. In his first life as Ellard, the dungeon was a forbidden grounds he didn't dare to enter after receiving the warning of the goddess.
However, sohow, he always felt a strange attraction to that place as though he was instinctively being drawn there. But his strong will suppressed that urge, as he decided to never step foot in that place.
'I shouldn't have had any connection with that place... And yet... I can't help but feel like I was always supposed to go there... No that can't be.' So, he keeps telling himself. After taking several deep breaths to calm the beating of his heart, Alan allowed himself to fall back on his bed as he laid against the soft sheets of the cushion.
His slightly long silver hair scattered ssily against the bed as he closed his eyes returning once again to the world of dreams.
Akane gaze at him for so ti before she turned back into her spirit form, and retreated back inside his soul.
...
Drip, drip, drop...
Blood rained down from the sky in a natural way, painting the land and staining the earth.
On a battlefield covered with the scent of blood, many bodies of the deceased laid there with blood spears stabbed into their bodies.
Standing on the battlefield, was a handso young man with long waist length silky black hair. He stood with indifferent eyes as he gazed at his enemy.
A woman with long green hair that cascaded to her slender waist surrounded by a magic barrier, which shielded her from the blood rain stood before him. Her erald eyes shone faintly as she clenched her fist which held her magic scepter.
"How long will you continue to deceive yourself, Ellard? You always act so self-righteous and yet... It turns out you're an even bigger monster than the rest of them." The green-haired woman said not hiding her disdained.
Her eyes reflected the many corpses of the ones Ellard had killed, among them there were no shortage of innocence.
The blood that continued to trickle down the length of his sword, was prove of their deaths by his hand.
However, Ellard remained unperturbed by her sudden insulting words, his deep crimson eyes that were as red as blood seed indifferent in the face of her disdained.
Although it wasn't his intentions, he knew his attack had claid the lives of many innocence, he will not deny that, nor will he ignore this fact. He never saw himself as a perfect being capable of achieving anything.
In wars, there will always be casualties. There was no overturning this fact. It was a natural universal rule.
Ellard slowly raised his sword and with a voice that was as cold and detached, he said, "Rosalia, I will ask you one more ti, return what you stole and turn yourself in. If you do, then I won't have to kill you."
"K-Kill ... He hehehe. Little Ellard, have you forgotten how our last battle went? I believe you had said sothing similar at that ti, but you were unable to kill , rember?" Rosalia placed her hand against her lips as she chuckled pleasantly, however...
"Then let rephrase that." Rosalia's playful expression changed abruptly as she heard his voice sounded directly at her ear.
"Die!" It was no longer a suggestion, but a direct order!
Swoosh!
Spurt!
The barrier which shielded her shattered upon making contact with his sword!
As Ellard's sword was about to pierce her torso, she promptly shifted her body to the side and used her magic scepter to move the blade of the sword off course. However, despite her efforts, her skin was still grazed by the blade of his sword.
"... Ugh." She quickly used teleportation magic and appeared twenty ters away from Ellard as she held her right shoulder that was stained with blood.
"Bastard!" Rosalia glared at him hatefully, as she felt the stinging pain of her shoulder, her anger seems to burn with more intensity. Using her left hand, she aid her magic scepter at him as she recites her incantation.
"I call upon the power of the earth, leave my enemies skewered, earth terrain!"
Soon, a large magic formation appeared on the ground as a violent quake began to take place.
Ellard hardened his expression as he leapt away from the place, he stood re monts ago.
Hundreds of impalents rose up from the earth with the intentions of piercing his body.
Stabbing straight up at the sky!
With light footwork, he easily evaded each earth impalent as they rose up from the land one after another.
Seeing him easily dodging her spell, a small sneer appeared at the corners of her lips. With quick movents, Rosalia slamd the bottom of her magic scepter onto the ground, increasing the numbers of earth impalent.
"Tsk." Ellard clicked his tongue as he swung his sword, cutting down each of the impalent as they rose. He waved his hand as he used "blood manipulation" One of Akane's ability. The blood moved in accordance with his will, becoming sharp blades of solid blood that cut through the air.
The blades of blood collided with the earth impalent as they exploded dramatically!
However, Ellard frown as more impalent continued to rose up from the earth continuously!
Bang! Bang! Bang!...
With no wasteful movent, he maneuvered his body around the area of effect skillfully while cutting down the impalents. However, as the number of impalents increased, so did their speed!
But Ellard's wings suddenly spread outwards, as he ascended high into the sky. Scattering white feathers everywhere. 'What a troubleso woman.' He thought as he gazes down below him indifferently. Rosalia pointed the tip of her magic scepter towards the sky, "Burn him, inferno!"
An orange three-layer magic formation appeared before the scepter as a blast of crimson flas radiating with a trendous amount of heat approached him from the front.
Watching the incoming attack closing in on him, Ellard slowly raised his sword skyward before subsequently swinging it down. An arc of blood was then released from the blade and collided with the blast of fla with a trendous sound!
BOOOOM!...
The arc of blood easily cut the crimson flas in two halves as it continued on its path!
Spurt!
Blood gushed outwards as Rosalia's body was cut by the arc of blood! "Guh." A groan of pain left her mouth as she collapses onto the battlefield lying in a pool of blood.
As his wings flapped softly behind his back, Ellard lowered the altitude of his flight as he descended onto the ground.
And with calm and graceful steps, he slowly approaches her injured figure.
Rosalia breathed heavily as she kept losing blood by the second, her face gradually lost its previous healthy glow.
"Haah... Haaah..." The faint sound of her breathing reached his ear as he gazes at her indifferently. Rosalia was once a servant serving the goddess, Udea but ultimately betrayed her and stole a very valuable artifact from her castle.
"... Are you ready to return what you had stolen?" He questioned. His voice still cold and detached.
"Haah... He hehe. Will you at least show so consideration here?" She said with a wry smile.
"Hmph, whether a traitor like you live or die doesn't concern at all. In the end, you would've died anyway."
"Oh, is that so? Hehehe... You shouldn't underestimate , my dear Ellard. This body may die, but my spirit will live on!" Ellard's pupils contracted as his hand moved instantly, without any hesitation, he Pierced her heart with the blade of his sword.
However, "Fufufu! You are too late! Even if my body dies, I can still live on in my astral form. Let's et again, my dear Ellard." Faster than Ellard could move, her soul vanished and faded away.
"Damn it!" He cursed.
Soon, Akane appeared behind him as she gazes at the body of Rosalia and said with so seriousness.
"Now that she had entered her astral form, she should be weaken significantly. Don't worry, it should take her a long ti to go back to her peak. We have plenty of ti to find her and catch her."
Ellard's long black hair swayed ssily by the stirring wind as he replied.
"Indeed, you are right. However, my concerns are mostly towards the artifact she stole... I don't know what she is planning but, that woman is very dangerous. I will definitely find her and next ti... I will kill her."
...
"Mmrgh." Alan turns on his bed as the ray of the golden sun shone on his face. Akane materialize into her physical form as she gently touched his forehead and said playfully.
"Wake up, sleepy head. Today is the day you're going to learn the techniques of the dragon clan, rember?"
Alan's eyelids twitched as he slowly opened his eyes, he gazed at Akane in annoyance before covering his face in the blanket.
Seeing this the corners of Akane's lips twitches, "Hey, will you wake up already! Are you forgetting about morning training?"
Beneath the covers Alan furrowed his brow as he felt he had an important dream just now, but he couldn't rember what it was. 'Well if I can't rember then it's probably not that important.' So, he told himself.
anwhile, Akane continued calling out to him in irritation while Alan pretended not to hear her as he hid beneath the covers of his blanket.
This episode continued until both Trisa and Suzu arrived at his room to deliver his morning breakfast.
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