After Reina left the city, Isaac made the necessary arrangements and informed the other Legends. Although each of them was curious, they had no objections. Reina was almost at the peak of Red Lightning and was stronger than Zaheer. However, he could not defeat Zaheer and take the title from him. Zaheer, on the other hand, was aware that even though he was at the peak of Red Lightning, it was getting harder and harder for him to keep his Legendary title as time went on. He was surrounded by great geniuses, and now there was nothing left for him to do. He was ashamed to call himself a genius anymore.
Reina moved quickly through the forest and reached the area where people were gathered. But the first thing he did was not to try to enter the area. First, he looked around and searched for members of the Red Lightning Academy.
After a short time, he found what he was looking for and quickly moved forward and came to Elena.
Elena became more and more beautiful as time went by. Although she was not as beautiful as Lena, her cute sweetness and charming behavior made her more and more popular in the academy. But whenever anyone tried to get close to her, Elena had an aura of possessiveness that pushed them back. Even the seniors could not resist this aura. That's why no human with such intentions had ever gotten close to Elena.
Reina didn't want Elena's looks or anything else. He just wanted to ask her to leave.
Elena was surprised to suddenly see Reina standing in front of her. She was surprised that the reinforcements had arrived so quickly and that it was Reina, but she realized that Reina meant something, so she didn't say a word and instead started to listen to him.
"You need to get out of here now."
Reina's sudden words stopped Elena, but just as she was about to say something, Clara with her white hair suddenly appeared and looked at Reina with a frown.
"What do you mean we have to leave? There's a treasure here and you're telling us to leave it and go?"
Reina shook his head forward. There was coldness and anger in his face, but no one could see it. Reina had learned to hide that anger very well over the years.
" In a few minutes here... No one will survive. "
Reina's words were hard and penetrated Clara. But Clara couldn't know if it was a game or not. There were many powerful people in the Skylands and it might not have been Reina.
"Let him go, Clara. He is our Reina. There seems to be a problem. Tell everyone to get ready to leave."
Clara and Elena were strong and had awakened their potential, but they were still not strong enough. At least, not strong enough to lead such a treasure expedition. The leader of this expedition was a completely different person. Reina was once again surprised to see the person approaching him step by step.
"Kevin...."
Kevin was perhaps one of the biggest unknowns at the Academy. Many people had reached incredible potential because of their family, their weapon, or something like that, but Kevin's family did not come from a powerful lineage, nor was his weapon much different. Kevin hadn't even awakened his potential yet, but he had already surpassed many to become a legend, and his power was enough to defeat almost anyone under the Purple Lightning. He was a true mystery.
At Kevin's words, Clara no longer doubted and left, taking Elena with her.
Kevin gave Reina a quick look. Then he turned and walked away.
Reina didn't wait any longer and went to a part of the barrier where no one was watching him. When he realized that no one was watching him, he took a knife from his pocket and cut his palm.
After cutting his palm, Reina took slow steps through the place where even the experts of the Purple Lightning could not enter.
Reina continued his steps, moving slightly toward the center of the place where the Water of the 7 Seas was located. With each step, his body trembled more and more, forcing him to think. He had not forgotten anything that had happened all those years ago. The scar on his face had not been caused by something simple, and the person who had caused it could not even be called simple.
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Reina took off the round shield on his back and looked at its surface.
"Why did you make me do this?"
Reina finally arrived at his destination. There was a lake, and in the middle of the lake was a large tree. The lake was so beautiful that an ordinary person could have stayed there for hours, but Reina did not. He dripped the blood from his hand into the river, and the blood on the river suddenly expanded and formed a stepping stone. It was not a place like the 7 Seas, but it was still a sacred place and Reina could smell the scent of the 7 Seas from here. There was a piece of the 7 Seas nearby.
Reina went forward and stood in front of the tree, part of the tree was hollow and there seemed to be a lot of trials.
But to Reina, it was all meaningless. Reina just waved his hand and a drop of blood hit the tree. Without having to wait any longer, the tree glowed with a white light and opened like a flower, revealing the 7 Sea Drops in the air.
Reina's eyes glowed with the 7 Sea Drops. He immediately stepped forward and looked closely at the 7 Sea Drops.
"Even though you are just a drop, you are no different from the water I used to drink when I was little. I miss the taste."
Reina didn't wait any longer and put the drop in her mouth and drank it. Soon after, the sky began to glow again and three deep filters of light fell in front of Reina. At that moment, Reina jumped up in rank and reached the peak of the Red Lightning.
Among the three streaks of light, three of them stood still, while one streak of light moved in a certain way. It kept looking around. Reina couldn't stop his eyes from widening as soon as he saw it.
'Is this...'
The 3 lights turned into normal bodies and revealed themselves. One of them was a white-haired man around 30 or 40 years old, the other was a beautiful woman around his age with blue hair and blue eyes. The last one was a boy of about 10 years old with blue hair, looking around excitedly. His hair was pulled back, and his eyes were looking around with excitement. But even if he wanted to move, he could not go anywhere under his father's supervision.
The man turned his head and looked into the cold eyes looking back at him. He recognized those eyes the first time he saw them, but it wasn't long before an incredible expression appeared in them.
"Hello, Dad..."
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Gerard was truly surprised to see him standing in front of him. It wasn't just his appearance that made him recognize him. It was also the scar on his face. With one glance Gerard could tell that Reina was 16 years old. But his look soon changed from surprise to stern.
"You earned that drop with your blood, didn't you? You tried again to take something that was not rightfully yours?"
"My right was to drink as much 7 Sea Water as I wanted. If you hadn't taken away my right, I would have lived a much more comfortable life."
"Peh!!! You tried to take the Legendary Shield containing the Great Ancestor! It is your fault that you are here! You are a traitor!!!"
Reina shook his head from side to side.
"I am not a traitor. You are the one who betrayed your son! But don't worry, one day I will come back and make you pay for what you did to me!"
Gerard once again gave his son a contemptuous look.
"You are only the head of the Red Lightning! You can't do anything against me!"
Meanwhile, Kali, who couldn't stand still, ran to hug his brother. Kali wasn't even ten years old yet, but his strength had already reached half a step of the 3rd level. This was an achievement that surpassed even the legendary genius Uranus!
Reina couldn't help but gasp when he saw how much his brother had grown and what he was capable of. Little Kali had become very strong.
But before Kali could say anything, his father pulled him back.
"We have nothing more to say to you. You have drunk the liquid. You've benefited from it, you don't need anything else! I don't expect us to give you anything, do I?!"
Reina had already expected such a result. That's why his father's words didn't upset him at all. And he nodded his head from side to side. Gerard didn't say much either. Every word hurt him and he didn't want to remember it.
"Kali, come after me! "
Gerard said his last words and disappeared again into a beam of light. He wasn't here. It was just an illusion created by energy.
"Goodbye, brother..."
Kali sulked and followed his father into the sky, but Reina's mother, Dina, was left behind. As cruel as Gerard was, he wanted to give his son a chance to talk to his wife after all the things she had said to him.
Dina couldn't say a word and cried. 6 years! Six years was too long for her to go without seeing her son. Suddenly she moved at a speed Reina could not perceive and embraced her son.
Mom...
After all these years, Reina saw his mother again. Maybe no one else mattered to him, but the person in front of him was his mother. The one who fed him when he was hungry and made him happy when he was sad. Reina had not cried in all those years, but now... 6 years later, he shed tears again on his mother's shoulders.
After a while, they stopped crying and Dina looked at her son with red eyes.
"Do you still have the sign?"
Reina nodded and pulled out the shield. Under the transparent layer, it radiated an incredible rebellion and even Sirius hadn't scratched it.
"Mum, you have to take the shield with you. Your illusion won't last until I get there! They won't let you live!"
Dina smiled tenderly.
"How much do you think that matters to me, Reina? I'll wait until you get to the Ancestral Realm... You are my son and I trust you."
After Dina said her last words, she started to disappear. But Reina's frightened face showed the traces of a small child who did not want to leave her.
"Mom, you have to tell me what happened. Aren't I old enough to know things by now? "
Dina's white light shone with great power. When Dina looked at Reina, she hesitated a little at first, but she could not stay with Reina any longer and Reina had to know at least part of the way.
"Reina, in the war between the ancestors and the gods, our Founding Ancestor was involved. The Founding Ancestor was one of the only ones to advance to level 9 and fought as an important figure in the Ancestor War, but suddenly the Ancestors were at a great disadvantage when Fenrir, the Ancestor of Monsters, disappeared. Then the Leading Ancestor was also killed. And the Immortal Dragon disappeared. When these three great ancestors disappeared, there were only two great ancestors left, and one of them was our ancestor. But our ancestors died in battle, and all the other ancestors were slaughtered by the gods. Finally, the Last Great Ancestor survived and left the Ancestral Realm. It was a war, Reina, and it is still going on. I will make you a half-step Purple Lightning, and then you must connect with the Great Ancestor. At least when you become Purple Lightning, you will be able to talk to him more easily. I can't burden you too much, but I have to. Promise me that when the time comes, you will do whatever it takes to end this war. "
Dina spoke her words but did not wait for Reina to finish and disappeared as a light in the sky. At the same moment, there was a ripple in the barrier and all life energy within a 10 km radius disappeared. Reina was left with tears in his eyes and a determined look in his eyes, and now he was Half-Step Purple Lightning.