112 Past Untold (2/?)
''Whe… where am I?''
Eluard''s head was buzzing, and he could not understand what was going on.
Everything around him was fuzzy and his bnce was so poor that he fell on the ground way too many times for him to remember.
Helpless, heid down on his back and waited for that ufortable feeling to vanish.
''This is like… exercising in a special military camp…'', he thought while slowly catching his hurried breath.
''I remember being trapped inside the northern cial continent… and that strange rift in the sky… Was it eventually closed?''
''Were the demonic creatures defeated? Did those five students make it in one piece?''
He tried to call the system, but nothing happened, ''It didn''t work? I must be exhausted. I need to calm myself first.''
The strange sensation went away after a while, and he regained his usualposure. His eyes fluttered a few times and realized something different.
''Huh? This is-?! Something like that dream from before!''
He was jolted awake and abruptly stood up, curiously looking around. No wonder the system call didn''t work. He could not dare to forget the familiar hazy atmosphere and slightly ''tanned'' surroundings.
It was a marketce filled with people wearing thick and tall robes, resembling those of the mage and wizard robes he had seen before.
''There are a lot of people here, but they can''t see me. Is this an ancient city of magic? Is this the old world of Aludia?''
They were murmuring things in anguage he could notprehend. There were a lot of vendors on the sides, selling things that were probably magic artifacts or other items.
Eluard lingered on watching for a little more and became bored. Then he noticed arge statue at the center of the marketce.
It was 4 meters tall. Carved on top of the circr tform was the figure of a hooded person wearing a luxurious wizard robe whose cor reached as high as its head.
On its left hand was a brown book where multiple mysterious runes were embedded. Then on its right hand was a wooden staff half a meter taller than the carved figure.
There was a shining diamond embedded in the spaces in the middle of the staff''s hole. It emitted a dazzling light that tranced many passersby who looked up to it.
"Strange. I''ve seen this robe before, but I cannot remember where.", Eluard mused.
He was about to approach the statue when haughtyughter resounded in the skies.
A cold robotic voice resounded from the skies, carrying a hint of disdain towards the prized statue, "How beautiful! So, this is the figure of the Primal Lord of Magic! It''s worthy of its name! And worthy to be destroyed!"
A bright light shed, causing everyone to cover their eyes in shock. Eluard felt a huge disturbance in the atmosphere, but he couldn''t manage to identify its source.
''What sort of twist is this?!'', he cursed inwardly.
"Impudent! How dare you destroy my Lord''s image?!", another voice resounded, reprimanding the person who spoke earlier.
"You think you can block this?! Die!", the arrogant person replied.
A secondter, a powerful st took off right above the marketce where Eluard was situated. Luckily for him, who was in a special ethereal state, he remained unharmed and stood in ce.
The others, however, were sent away by the st with some casualties in the fray.
"Ah!", a sorry figure fell from the skies towards the area not far away from the statue.
"Fool! Only a Primal Lord can defeat me! And even if they were, they will bleed and die!", the haughty person boldly dered, "This universe has had enough of you, you arrogant lifeforms! It''s time for you to feel what it''s like to be a mortal being!"
His loud voice echoed in the distantnds, making sure that many people could hear his words.
"Hmph!", a cold snort resounded, blowing all the chaotic dust away.
Eluard raised his head and saw two figures confronting each other in the skies.
''Isn''t that the overseer guy from before? Is this another dream that that divine pathfinder told me about?''
He then nced at the aggressive party and was shocked after seeing him.
''I-is isn''t that some futuristic mecha suit?! What the hell is going on?!''
He could understand if the other party was a warlock who opposed the orthodox party and wanted to prove themselves against their adversaries.
However, this sudden twist of events crumbled his previous worldviews.
''If this is a world of magic, where in the heavens did that mecha suite from?!''
The mecha suit was made of unknown glowing metallic elements, with weird energy fluctuations flowing around the suit''s body frame. It was suitable for a bipedal species, and with transformative wings, thrusters, weapon ports, and otherponents Eluard could not identify.
This was simply a product of science fiction in the past. Now, he would have to experience first-hand the true beauty and power of science and technology.
"So you are the Primal Viin, a product of the Otherworld created to oppose us, the Primal Lords?"
The overseer asked in curiosity. He did not feel any threat from the Primal Viin''s existence whatsoever.
The mecha suit glowed in excitement, "And you must be the true Primal Lord of Magic?! Your brothers and sisters are too weak for me! I''ve longed to battle it out with you! Come and taste the power of my mortality!", the Primal Viin shouted, and arge mechanical cannon quickly transformed from the small mecha suit,unching a powerful beam attack.
With the beam attacking him, the overseer flicked his fingers and casually redirected it to the heavens.
Seeing the fireworks above, Eluard''s mouth was left agape. Everything happened so fast that he couldn''t react to their swift movements.
The Primal Viin suddenly used his thrusters and moved out of the way. A millisecondter, his previous position was filled with world-shattering explosions, warping even the fabric of space itself.
"Useless! Your surprise attacks won''t work on me!", he snorted while flying past the speed of sound. Despite his superhuman velocity, the uracy and frequency of his attacks were rather high.
Countless energy beam strikes, warhead missiles, and a bunch of other projectilesnded upon the overseer and produced powerful explosions. The Primal Viin used many arsenals to fight against the overseer.
Amidst all the ruckus, the overseer simply stood in ce and gazed at the figure of the Primal Viin in the far distance.
"You have dedication, power, and talent, young mortal. I admire you of it, greatly," the overseer calmly uttered.
"Trying to waste time? Want to curry words with me?! Stop it with your sweetened phrases, I''m here to draw blood out today!", the Primal Viin roared, incessantly attacking the overseer.
"Hmph, why are your attacks so clumsy and weak? Afraid to endanger the lives of the innocent people below?!", a red glint shed under the overseer''s hood, "I thought you battled it out with my brothers and sisters. This… nonsense is your so-called capabilities?"
The Primal Viin stopped in ce after hearing the overseer''s words. He seemed agitated as he roared even louder, "Don''t underestimate, Primal Lord!"
A violet sh appeared extremely high up in the skies. Eluard felt a massive surge of power fluctuating from space. If this attack was toe down, he knew that it would bring unimaginable destruction to the hugend area he was standing upon.
''Is this a superweapon? Something from those games I have yed before?!''
A violet-rayed particle beam was fired from space which elerated to almost the speed of light.
Even at the sight of the imminent threat, the overseer snorted coldly in response and raised his hand with wide open palms. A transparent barrier formed at the tip of his hand and instantly widened by several hundreds of meters.
The violet particle beam crashed into the barrier, emitting loud grinding sounds while the city below remained intact.
"I-Impossible! This is myary death ray that is supposed to destroys in one go!", the Primal Viin was shocked.
"This toy is supposed to be your trump card?!", a sneer came out from the overseer, "It''s nothing space. Dust and debris propelled crazily everywhere.
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Some of it surged down like an avnche, terrifying many people who were watching from afar.
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He lightly tapped his hand, and the particle beam was reflected where it came from with twice the power.
Another powerful st shook the entire as the particle beam hit the metallic object floating in space. Dust and debris propelled crazily everywhere.
Some of it surged down like an avnche, terrifying many people who were watching from afar.
The overseer raised his hand again and circled his index finger clockwise. The dust and debris started revolving around the center of the city and soon disintegrated into nothing.
Up until now, the Primal Viin had yet to react to what had happened.
"Your bravery is unmatched. Truly, one day, you might be able to oppose a fraction of us, Primal Lords.", the overseer coldly remarked, "However, you are too weak and na?ve. Don''t think that just because you can injure the weaker brothers and sisters of mine means that you can challenge me, the Primal Lord of Magic!"
"Na-na?ve?! A mere Primal Lord dares to say that I am a na?ve mortal?! You think I haven''t seen enough of your ipetence?!", the Primal Viin shouted.
"You call yourselves the guardians of this Universe?! Countless ignorant lives pray for your salvation of them! And what did they get? Nothing but the whisper of death!"
"Only an ignorant fool would say that they have seen everything.", the overseer shook his head in dismay.
"Do you think that the Otherworld is enough of a threat to our existence?! It''s time for you to understand what it means to be a Primal Lord."
A sharp fragment of unknown origin appeared on his left hand and flicked it in the direction of the Primal Viin, hitting his durable mecha suit but didn''t leave a dent in it.
The sharp fragment broke into many pieces, dumbfounding the Primal Viin. He did not feel the strong pulsation of waves originating from the broken fragments which were soon, flying outwards to the vast void of space.
"You want to scare me with that useless rock?!"
His mock stopped midway, confusing Eluard.
"You don''t know what that is, don''t you?", the overseer asked indifferently. The Primal Viin wanted to answer but time suddenly stopped.
Everything in this world remained still, coloring it ck and white.
''Th-this is-?!''
Although Eluard could still move around, everything except him and the overseer remained in ce.
A myriad of chaotic voices rang everywhere, intensifying the atmosphere, though the air remained still.
Then, Eluard saw the Primal Viin''s figure darken, starting from the point of impact where the unknown fragment hit his suit, and soon spread all around his frozen body.
Looking closely, it wasn''t that his figure had truly darkened but rather, countless abominations of hands gripped him and seemed to be dragging him somece far away through a portal that Eluard could not see,prehend, or even feel.
The overseer continued with his eyes flickering under the hood. Eluard felt that this man was a true god, someone who was no longer bounded by the naturalws of the universe, as even time itself could not do anything to stop him.
"That, my child, is a Fragment of Chaos. It is a powerful artifact that will allow you to understand more of the mysteriousness of this universe."
"I hope that you would remain alive in doing so… because once a fragment is destroyed, you will be marked by the Children of Chaos."
"They, the creation of that man himself, birthed from his insurmountable power, the untimely death of this Universe."
"Insane, unintelligent, but equally wrathful creatures that know no end."
"You can escape from them. You can hide from them. But know this, deep into your heart, mortal."
"That all that is marked by the Children of Chaos... are all bound to be dead."
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Mister_Writer
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