After the first attack the ground cleared around The Hero and The Demon. The two powerhouses began their exchange of attacks each hit being countered with neither side gaining any ground.
"Heroic Slash"
"Demonic Claw"
The two exchanged powerful attacks that could destroy a city effortlessly and continued reducing the land to nothing more then a desolate wasteland. The sky was blocked out by thick clouds that ominously crashed together sparking lightning to fall to the ground almost in slow motion compared to the two monsters at work. Thunder rumbled through the lands with The Demon and The Heroes attacks blending in to the destruction occurring in a once peaceful forest.
The fight between The Hero and The Demon lasted all of 1 minuet before the heavens themselves weeped at the destruction of the lands as the sky rained heavily.
"You are not leaving this forest alive DEMON!!!" The Hero said full of determination as he charged at The Demon once more.
"Then why don't you stop with your pathetic attacks and KILL ME HERO" The Demon said challengingly with no intention of just rolling over and dying to The Hero.
The two continued their fight that was destined to occur. However as this fight continued a foolish princess was walking in to the presence of a true monster. One that could put both The Hero and The Demon into the ground.
"So much for a near by teleportation. I guess I have to run further to get to the dining room but that was just awful and dirty and muddy and...." Isabel continued complaining as she continued through the forest in Elven travelling gear that she borrowed to make it to the Crystal Cave. She was still wondering why she didn't just wait for her father to get a carriage but for some reason she felt like she had to get there as soon as possible.
"And to top it all off I will need at least 3 baths when I get baaa..... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???" Isabel had just exited the dense forest and immediately saw a huge tower in the distance. It was so far away yet so big. The clouds around it looked like they were circling the eye of a storm. In the gap between the clouds you could see straight into the void beyond the atmosphere and at the stars were crystal clear. The huge tower was in fact just a cylinder shaped mountain full of mana crystals that caused the tower to glow and it had a heavenly aura about it.
Isabel naturally walked towards the unbelievable sight in front of her and didn't even notice when she was walking on the ocean. So dense with mana that it acted more like a solid then a liquid and was perfectly flat with only a few ripples in the water caused by Isabel's feet as the two surfaces collided.
"So... A Hullen could be in there. I am going to need a boat... WAIT WHAT???" Isabel after making it a full mile out to sea finally noticed the situation. She saw no fish beneath her except for an almost reflective surface. While being absolutely amazed by the sight she quickly remembered the reason for her being at the mysterious natural phenomenon and continued heading towards the cave....
Back over to The Hero and The Demon the fight was still at a stale mate with both fighters continuing their vast exchange of blows with a huge mana pool to throw around as the saw fit. After a full 8 minuets of fighting the two sides were still holding strong.
"Damn it, I feel like I am fighting a cockroach. HOLY BURIAL" The Hero shouted while he sheathed his sword to charge up a powerful attack.
"Don't mock me with such pathetic finishing moves. BLACK FIRE CREMATION" The Demon said as she retracted her claws and gathered all of her Mana into a fire ball in-between her horns. The Demon's horns began glowing a all consuming black and her aura vanished into this final attack...
Isabel finally made it to the giant tower which up close she could be compared to standing next to Mount Everest.
"Wow..." Isabel said as she walked into one of the caves many openings in hopes of reaching the top. The Foolish princess thought what she was after was located above her and thus strived to find a path that lead up. Funnily enough all but one cave takes you up to the top. The other one takes you deep underground where no light reaches.
"Hullen.... HULLEN!!! HULLLEEENN!!!" Isabel in her slightly wry state of wandering the dark underground caves called out to what she had expected to be a small city of Hullen.
Her voice traveled across the caves like a sonar that a creature could pick up on. The only creature other then Isabel that was in the caves.
"It is almost time my friend. The Demon is moving on their way to the World Peace Festival however I know he is trying to draw you out. Remain here old friend and let me handle it"???
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Isabel looked around for the source of the voice and saw a heroic looking figure that was similar to The Hero who fought The Demon 100 years ago... He was more of an echo left behind by the former self and the mana in the walls was replaying it like a record player plays music.
"............."
Isabel saw a very faint figure give a reply to The Old Hero however the cave must have had a hard time reading the power of that man however she saw that he had long hair that fell just short of his neck and he wore basic commoners clothing.
"Look........................... If you really want too fight that badly you will need a few ............. just in case you run into trouble...................... come on do you want him dead or not?" The Old Hero said seriously.
".............."
The strange figure reluctantly gave in while The Hero led the way. Isabel followed the direction they went and after walking through a long tunnel she arrived at a dragon... A Skeletal Dragon... No it was just dead however it gave off a light source and thanks to that she didn't need to follow the lights of the ghosts that remained 1 step ahead of her.
"Hello... Anyone there?" Isabel asked as she walked over to the light source. Where the heard of a dragon should be Isabel saw a large opaque crystal with a note on it.
"To release the seal place that hand of Royal Blood on the crystal. Be warned that once the crystal is removed the future depends on the choices made by the person reading this" Isabel read aloud curiously as the Blue Crystal emitted a powerful light that was bright enough to see the note clearly.
Isabel then placed her hand on the crystal thinking a Hullen was inside.......
"DIE!!!" The two fighters shouted at each other before preparing to finally launch their attacks... However just as they were about to strike a powerful wave of energy engulfed the land bringing both to their knees and collapsing from being absolutely crushed under an absolute power.
The sky cleared of all clouds and the flow of mana on the planet completely stopped for just a moment. In that moment ever creature alive felt a change. Those with and without mana could also feel the presence that covered the planet in that one moment Isabel touched the crystal.
*Cracking* *Heavy Cracking* *Shatter*
Isabel saw a man standing before her in old and worn rags. He had pure white hair and blue eyes that had life dancing around in them yet something in those eyes felt missing. Incomplete...
*Heart Beat*
The man blinked a few times before looking around paying no attention to Isabel.
"Urm... Hello?" Isabel said quietly.
"... You, why did you come here?" The strange man said giving off a feeling that felt dangerous just to be around.
"I came looking for any Hullen that survived the extinction 100 years ago" Isabel said noticing this man had pure white hair and a lot of power. She had no mana and even she could feel the air of power around him.
"Sorry. The Hullen are dead. None survived" The strange man said grimly.
"... What about... Are you by any chance... The Alpha?" Isabel asked curiously to the man who looked more tired then powerful. He had a pair of eyes that had seen much disaster and as Isabel asked this question he took a serious expression.
"No...."
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Skill:CliffhangerMastery: Grand MasterA skill that many authors have. There is a 50% chance you will annoy the hell out of a reader and a 70% chance the reader will be forced to come back to see what is after the cliff they so desperately cling to. 30% chance they give a 5 star advanced review to help the fiction get to the home page on royal road. (Shameless request inserted. 5% experience boost in exchange for -5% in respect as an author)
Oh god I hope I did that table right. On another note I was going to just continue the chapter however I would like to announce something. THE INTRODUCTION ARC IS OVER!!! Time for the real story to start... Also I will be getting some actual tools to improve my writing. I will go over all my chapters and try to improve them so the next chapter will take longer to release so I must apologise.