Part 1 – Rage

I was running through the forest like my life depended on it. The reason was simple. Several minutes ago I got a certain massage from the game.

Quest has Failed

The Fairy Queen was slain

Fame will not decrease due to nature of quest

Affinity with Nature decreases

Damn I failed but how? Why? Did those guys get to her before I could? Damn, screw that kind of thinking! I just have to get there first before I figure anything else!

As I ran through the forest, it seemed more thick than normal and more than, I felt that the place was void of life especially since there were corpses of all kinds of creatures which were either burnt or sliced up. The only people I know that could do such a thing were those guys that managed to capture me. Damn, my body is getting so many scratches right now.....

Only a couple more metres to go....

30 metres

20 metres

10 metres

5 metres

I burst through the last couple of trees that were blocking my way.

What I saw was something I could only describe as horrific even to me.

Alexandra and Viv were wounded but still alive. Many creatures of all kinds were killed or fatally wounded and the Fairy Queen was.......dead. In a pile of her own blood. I looked at the men that committed this crime......the one that choice to keep me captured instead of killing me as well as his second in command and the one that escaped from me......they were laughing......laughing at their deaths.

My consciousness blurred and my head was suddenly in pain. I saw the culprit look at me with glee. He was happy. Happy that he can now kill me as well.

[…................................................I.............................................................]

I tried to keep on standing but the pain was gradually increasing. Was this the doing of llyfr?

[…................................................will.............................................................]

“Its so good to see you again. Now we can start the experiments at once!” proclaimed the foolish man.

I merely stared back at him. My thoughts were being cut off.......llyfr was taking over me!

[…................................................not.............................................................]

The man started laughing as he stepped on the corpse of the Fairy Queen. Her body was being defied one way or another. My very being no soul was being pushed back and I soon became a spectacular in my own body.

[….............................................................................................................Forgive!]

Your Body has been taken over by llyfr. You will now only able to observe in this state

Magic Seal has been broken on your body however fragments of it still remain

You are able to use Magic related skills again temporary

“Foolish one, what is your name?” I or rather llyfr said using my body.

The man looked at me or rather llyfr in shock for a second and laughed even louder. The other two stayed silent waiting for the command of this fool.

“You really want to know?! Know the man of the one who will kill you? Fine! I am Saint, SAINT Peters. Surely you know what that means!” said the hysteric man.

“Ah yes.......now know that Saint Peters made the wrong choice of opposing me.” said llyfr.

The man looked at llyfr that was commanding my body right now like a mad man. The irony was that the only person here that looked mad was the so called Saint himself. His eyes were wide open to the point that he looked more like a fish than a man and his posture would make you think that he was some sort of deprived drug addict at first glance. So this the so called symbols of God eh. Drunk in power and simply tools.

However I cannot believe that every one of them are like this. He did not tell which church he was with which means it is not well know, which means he was a minor one of a God that has already lost its power over people. The Saints of the more dominant Gods were always good hearted people and frankly almost everyone associated with them were 'good'. But there were Evil Gods as well as people that worship them. The best example is the Embinyu church which has over the centuries absorbed other smaller churches that were neither Good or Evil.

“With the power blessed upon me, I summon the great flame that purify all evil!” Saint Peter chanted ironically.

I immediately noticed that the other two almost ran away from the man when he started.

“Let the hand of judgement fall in the wicked in their own ashes.”

However llyfr just simply stood there not caring on what the man did.

“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust! I summon Flame Spirit Adranus!”

Flames from the ground erupted and a dog or rather a giant flame dog like creature came out. Its feet burnt the surrounding greenery and the forest was lit again by its red flames. The other two that were companions with this person were in awe on the creature that was brought out. They must have believed that no mortal could match the power of a God. However there was a God-Slaying creature right in front of them.

“I waited so long for you finish and THIS is what you have to show me? I am disappointed.” sigh llyfr.

Saint Peters was enraged by this. He started waving his arms like a child have a fit.

“I sealed your magic already. Adranus's flames can seal even magic! You're nothing. NOTHING AGAINST ME AND MY GOD!” he shouted.

If he was expecting anyone to be be stupid enough to fall for such an oblivious taunt than shoot me silly. However what he said was true, my magic was sealed and my connection to llyfr was sealed was well......but he's here right now and is in control of my body which means the connection was still there......which means......

“Oh you mean this thing?”

llyfr pointed at a certain mark that I have not noticed. It was similar to the Burning Snake seal in design which means it was pretty weak if you asked me.

“ATTACK!!!!” shouted the Saint.

With his command the Fire Dog Spirit thing charged straight at llyfr or rather my body. Hey, don't get me killed here! Not that you can hear me.......

As the Dog was running I could see that it left a trail of flames behind it and looked quite frightening if you ask me. But what it was facing was llyfr......in my body. I'm worried that llyfr might misjudge the strength of my body and break it apart.

However something more surprising happened to keep my mouth shut. Using my body, llyfr caught the attack or rather simply put his palm out and stopped the charge.

Flames of Fire summon has been suppressed

“Is this all you can do? I am very disappointed”

The voice that came from my mouth changed from mine one to llyfr's. It held no fear, no hesitation but only boredom. Llyfr simply closed his hand while simultaneously crushing the Fire Dog Spirit into pieces like it was a balloon. Its body flew all over the place and the three men that made this creature its enemy was in fright right now.

“Damnit, I still have these Flames!”

From the body of the Saint came an almost endless supply of flames that could eventually burn this forest to ashes. However seeing this, llyfr simply smiled for the first time. Then his expression turned into anger.

His aura that I clearly recognise was coming out of my body and he started chanting.

[I to awaken am the Tyrant whom broke the throne of God]

[I am the wisdom and beyond the Knowledge]

[I will become the Magic King that crushes all Creation]

[And I will show you true Despair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

[Magic King Drive!!!!!!!!]

Magic King Drive has been Activated

Activation of the Magic King Drive through the Original Creator Automatically gives the Full Bonus of the Skill.

Magic King Drive gives the Following benefits:

- Spell Damage Increases by 500%

- Spell Range Increase by 400%

- Freely able to use the Elements at Will

- Mana Absorption is at maximum (Able to absorb life as well)

- Strength is Increased by 350%

- Agility in Increased by 470%

- Movement Speed Increases by 240%

- Able to Defy several laws of Physics

- Defence Increases by 200%

- Able to use 'Flight' Magic without any cost or restrictions

- Able to use 'Golden Weapon Trio' Freely in this state

- Resistance to Magic Increases by 80% (Maximum Magic Resistance is 99%)

- All Skills will be increased to maximum level

Time Limit: Until the Body breaks down (1 Minute)

From his aura came a brilliant golden glow that threatened to outshines even Gods. However the armour did not appear for some reason........I wonder why.

“Wha-what the hell is this?!” shouted the saint.

“Boss we can't defeat this kind of foe!” said the axe wielding guy.

“I agree, we have to escape.” said the other guy that seemed to be the second in command.

However all kind of hope involving escaping disappeared. Countless chains appeared out of nowhere.....no from llyfr that completely surrounded the place leaving no room to even try and slip out.

“It has been a while since I've used this technique. Well its only a copy of the real thing but its enough to bound even a God in place. I believe he called it Chains of Heaven,” said llyfr admiring his own work. llyfr looked at the three and pointed to the axe wielding one and said, “Isn't that one too weak? Let me get rid of him for you.”

The axe wielding guy suddenly went in flames. He screamed and screamed but the flames soon kept on burning to the point where his ashes burnt up as well leaving nothing. The other two seeing this kind of power immediately tried to get out using their swords and whacking the chains that would not budge.

“Do you think I would give you two a quick death? After all you've done? I will see that you and your God burn in the depths of hell.” said llyfr surrounding my body in flames that were several times more powerful than of the Fire Dog God.

Part 2 – Voice of the Forest

I am asleep right now. Or rather I was asleep and am now wounded to the point that my consciousness drift through the void where many things wonder. According to my master this was the kind of place that I would get a contract but also the place that would be my ultimate doom if my strength fails me. That is why my master trained and trained me to the point that I was prepared for what was going to happen. But nothing could prepare me of this.

This space that I drift in is the consciousness of the forest itself. It was screaming. It was in pain, the ones that are living in it are in pain. Many have died from the appearance of the one that summoned the Evil God that was the bane of the forest. This space was being distorted with the appearance of a second 'God'.

I know that is the case since it was those humans or rather scum in the skin of humans that killed so many fairies over and over again as they tried to help their slain Queen. I watched as they continued this slaughter and cursed myself that I had no power to help them. No power to ensure the safety of one of my few precious precious friend Al who acted tough but was fragile and to a lesser extent Eden who by himself stood as the bringer of misfortune and hated by all but still act in kindness.......at some points.

[I am dying. I can no longer sustain my power here. This is the end, the death of my friend]

A voice suddenly came out of nowhere. It was peaceful yet sad at the same time. It held no anger or hatred for others else it was directed at only itself for being powerless at the most important moments.

It was similar to me.

“Who are you?” I asked the voice.

[I am one that will fade away unless supported. Young one, what do you see?]

What I see was a hurricane of emotions that transcended humanity, no mortals. However I believe it was referring to what was currently happening to the forest and not itself. I looked and told it what I saw.

“Many dead at the hands of an ignorant tool of a God” I answered.

This was a strange feeling, normally I would be very disturbed by others and would often stutter on my words leading them to tease me or worse. But here I felt none of that.

[You are correct young one. We or rather you have entered a place that is now forgotten by mortals. The realm between mortals and Gods. Do not be mistaken however. You will not gain power here and only borrow it. Look at the one that foolishly mistaken the power of another for his own]

I looked at what was happening again. The man that was slaughtering the innocent fairies was being faced by....Eden? I knew he would get here but....so soon? And what I felt from him was not normal.....It was similar to back then but this time it was more stable and more violent.

[Ah.......an old friend appeared]

Old......friend?

A bit distracted by the words of this voice, I carelessly looked away from the forest for a second and immediately felt a crushing force on me. It was like being stuffed into a box several times smaller than you were and being drowned in water at the same time. I quickly focused and the pain stopped. So this was what Master was preparing me for. If I was a second too late, I would be consumed by this space and no longer exist whether I would come back after I died was another concern.

I looked at the scene before me and found that it was not Eden who was battling the men but llyfr. It was clearly his presence that was dominant in his body right now. Was it because Eden's own presence seemed weaker than it normally would or did something happen that caused llyfr to take over? One of the men seemed to have summoned some sort of beast but it was easily destroyed by llyfr. Then llyfr proceeded to trap them and killed one with the gesture of his finger.

[So he comes back seeing the death of our old friend in anger. Tell me young one, what do you see?]

I looked at Eden or rather llyfr and said, “A person who is crying, inside all alone. With countless years on his back and no one left to remember who is truly is.”

There was a pause and nothing else was said.

Part 3 – Wrath of a Destroyer

My hands were drenched in blood again. Once more I have killed and more importantly, enjoyed it. I enjoyed taking away the future of those I slain just like back then. In the thousands of years I have been trapped by the Gods, have I truly changed? I don't know what happened. When Eden fell for the trap and thus lost the power to use magic and me, I could still watch as he struggled along without me. He displayed some good battle sense but still lacked the experience. I was content in simply watching once more, like before. However when I saw.......that. One of the few people I could call 'friend'.......dead.

My rage took over once again. Just like when the Hero King that would guide humanity became the Magic King that would ruin humanity. I am the one that would slay even Gods. Nothing good can come when something like that exist. So what do I do now? I don't know how to give back Eden's body and more than that, my rage has not subsided yet. I believe that are 2 Gods in this area. The one the watches over the Forest.....the one that the brat was with and the one the uses Fire....the one that killed the brat.

“Worry not.........I will avenge you.” I said to the brat that was no longer there.

As something that could slay Gods, many have retreated to their domain where mortals should not go. However I was able to get in through means I rather not remember. However those Gods were the ones that were worshiped by mortals and thus could not die so easily. But there was a second type of Gods, the one that are bound to a particular thing. The Forest God was this type while the Fire God was of the other type. Unless there are many people praying to it at once, a God cannot be revived and when the God dies, many people whom believe in it take a fatal hit and often die as well. That said, a God reviving is very rare and their power often wan after the revival.

“Chains of Heaven!” I shouted.

The chains that I have already created moved and shot into the empty air and beyond it into the place that was the middle of the realm of mortals and Gods. Using my countless experiences of killing Gods, I pinpointed the Fire God and dragged it to the mortal realm where I will kill it.

Fire Dog God has been Dragged out into the Realm of Mortals

It is now able to be slain

WARNING: The God will not go back until it kill you

[Impossible.......for a mere mortal to........]

Like the summon the other one made, it too had the form of a giant dog but this size was quite big. Its height easily went over twice the height of the tallest tree in this forest and its length and size crushed the surrounding area. I will have to make sure that Alexandra and Viv do not get injured.

Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield(2)

I pointed to the two's bodies and casted Mana Shield on both of them. A bubble like barrier appeared and I focused my attention to the God in front of me once again.

[You dare force me here and not pay attention?!]

Wraith of Fire Dog God

- Fire Resistance will decrease by 63%

- Will not be able to use Fire magic

- Strength will decrease by 21%

- Agility will be halved

- Mana regeneration will stop

- Mana will be reduced by 44%

- Health will be reduce to 70%

- Health regeneration will stop

The Fire God started releasing its flames into the area. I hope that there aren't any creatures around though I can't sense any other creature near us right now.

Pillars and waves of Fire pushed the trees away and burnt them leaving a wide area where we could battle. Naturally I covered myself in a mana shield as well since it would be troublesome if a certain person complained that his body was burnt under my care. I smirked by then realised that the Fire God was gathering a large amount of mana in its mouth. Probably to shoot it at me. Well lets see how much power it has.

[Disappear Mortal!!!!!}

The Fire God shot out a giant Fireball.....no it was more like a raging star at me.

I focused on the mana in the surrounding area and of the attack of the Fire God and absorbed it. However even with that, the attack it not dispppear but only reduced in size slightly. But this was enough for me to block it using this body without breaking it.

Ice Formation ? Ice Wall ? Reinforce(62)

I raised my hand over the ground and casted a Ice wall to block the attack.

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

The Ice Wall shattered but it did indeed block the attack. However I'm not foolish enough to let it attack me over and over again.

Ice Formation ? Ice Spear ? Harden(32) ? Sharpen(52)

I gathered the fragments of ice and formed a giant spear of ice and shot it at the Fire God, piercing its body.

Critical Hit!

You will deal twice the amount of damage due to using an element that the target is weak against

Ice Spear is Stuck in the Fire God!

Its ability to move will decrease until it is melted

[Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

It screamed in pain but I will not let it attack again. If it did then this place might as well become a crator sooner than later in this battle.

Water Formation ? Water Tower ? Multiply(13)

I tapped into the water reserved deep underground and raised it up into the air where it drenched the flame covered God.

You have weaken the Fire God using water

Its strength will decrease by 4%

Its defence will decrease by 3%

It once again screamed in pain. But this was only the start.

Ice Formation ? Freeze ? Wide Area Cast(42)

The water near the Fire God suddenly froze in place damaging it even more.

Critical Damage has been dealt

Water is Frozen on Fire God's Body

Movement Speed is decreased

Attack and Defence is decreased

Its is in a weaken state, unable to recover Health and Mana

Its flames that was quite large soon to become much smaller than its once was.

[Damn you!!!]

However it was still a God. And it started sending out more and more flames, melting the ice I went in so much trouble in making. At this rate, the human settlements would be burnt out as well.

Earth Formation ? Earth Break ? Amplify(53)

I pointed to the ground under the Fire God which promptly broke under its weight and my spell.

The great impact has caused the Bones of the Fire God to break

Fire God is stunned for 5 seconds

It is unable to move its limbs until it regenerates

The Fire God fell several hundred metres but still the flames came up even more condensed now like a flamethrower.

WARNING: Temperature is increasing rapidly, unless shielded you will burn to death

Water Formation ? Flood ? Recast(413)

I directed water from various sources and even used magic to create it into the big hole I made with a giant God in it.

Fatal Blow!

The Flames of the Fire God will decrease according to the amount of water poured on it

Its Strength has decreased

Its defence has decreased

Its Wisdom has decreased

Its Fighting Spirit has increased

I was half expecting for the water to drown the God and end this but all it did was make a giant hot spring. But it was time to end this before other Gods get wind of this.

Lightning Formation ? Paralyse Shock ? Amplify(432)

I placed my hand on the boiling water and let out a shock that would even kill an army in one go.

Fire God is being shocked in water!

It will be unable to move or attack in this state

Continuous shock will decrease its Defence

The Fire God of course tried to fight back but the boiling water only made my attack even more fatal. It eventually stopped moving and then disappeared with its flames being washed away.

You have slain an Evil Fire God!

- You have gained 258684 Fame

- Infamy is reduced to 0

- However since you are an enemy to all Gods, this Fame is cancelled out

- You have gained 50 Levels

- All extra experience is cancelled out since you are the natural enemy of Gods

- Fighting increased by 157

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- Domination increased by 42

- All stats increase by 20

- Fire Resistance will increase by 5%s

- Gain ability to 'Suppress Fire'

- All Fire attacks will be less effective and you will be able to control Fire more Freely

- Relationship to Good Churches has increased by 5 (Increase is reduced due to your nature)

- Relationship to Good Churches is set to Neutral (Unable to get Good relationship to all churches)

- Relationship to Evil Churches has decreased by 15

- Gained the title 'Evil God Slayer'

- Title is set to secondary Title due to the effects of the current Title

- You may change your class to 'Master Overlord'

- Class change is impossible due to current class being permanent

- All Skills has increased by 1 rank

- All Skill Comprehension will increase by 10%

- Mana Shield has reached beginner level 10 is converted to intermediate level 1

- You have unlocked “Hands of the Betrayer”from Body Transformation

- You have unlocked “Reset Point” from the Impaling Strike Sword Techniques

Class has been changed to 'Magic King'

Class 'Magic King' gives the following benefits

- All bonuses from previous class is carried over

- Gain the skill 'Golden Weapon Trio'

- Gain 'Flight' Magic

- Gain Skill 'Magic King Drive'

- Stats will increase by 30% when fighting a God and 30% reduction when fighting Non-Gods.

- When killed by the power of a God, you will revive at the last save point immediately

- Murderer mark will disappear within a second

Title has changed to 'Destroyer of Sovereigns'

Title 'Evil God Slayer' gives the following benefits

- Royalties will open their doors to you

- All creatures will fear you

- …..and so on

Due to title of 'Destroyer of Sovereigns' the benefits of being an Evil God Slayer is Negated and Deleted

What are these messages.......something is happening....my consciousness is being forced back......well at least Eden will be able to get his body back.....

Part 4 – The First Contract

[So it has ended in his victory]

Simply calling that battle a victory was an understatement. That God was literally toyed around and killed so easily. So this was the strength of llyfr.

[And to think that he was holding back for the sack of the body he is currently in]

Eh?

“Wait what do you mean by that?” I asked without thinking about it.

[Normally humans will break under the amount of power llyfr wields no matter how strong they are. This is no exception to even to one of his own kindred. That is why I say it is not his full power but that body was able to endure several times the limit of humans.....I see that he is just as a monster as llyfr was at his age....]

“So.......has it ended?” I asked myself.

I was not expecting an answer but one came anyway.

[No.....there is something else in this forest]

What?

[Its coming now and llyfr does not have the strength to defeat it. At this rate, he will die]

“What can we do to stop this?” I said almost pleading the voice.

[It is simple. Make a contract with me, the One who watches the Forest. DO you accept young witch?]

I paused for just a moment to understand what was happening and said, “Yes!”

Contract with 'God of the Forest' has been formed.

- Gain title 'Contractor of the Forest'

- Intelligence increase by 34

- Wisdom increased by 10

- Nature Affinity has increased by 10

- Earth Magic Resistance has increased by 5%

- Nature Related Magic will be twice as effective

- Gained skill “Create Roots”

[Now go before it is too late!]

My consciousness moved from this realm and back into my body with those few words. The words of my first contractor.

Part 5 – Clam Business

I am back. Back into my own body!

“Yes!” I shouted with glee.

[Hmm....it seems we're back to normal]

Oh llyfr! We can finally talk to each other!

[Oh, yeah......that's a good thing......]

Hey! What was that hesitation!

[Nothing that you should be concerned of since there is that.....]

That?

[Eh? You can't sense it?]

No, not at all, why? Now I think about it, I can't sense anything else and I can't feel mana. Didn't you use magic when you took over?

[Yeah....perhaps the seal on your magic redid itself when you took over again]

That means........

[You can't use magic again......]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!

Rumble Rumble Rumble Rumble Rumble

Now what?!

[Its here!]

Wait, what's here?

[The Clam!]

Clam? You mean the thing that the Fairy Queen was.....

[Yep]

Shit!

The forest....well what's left of it was pushed aside as a creature that was clearly big to the point that no one who NOT see it appeared. It was.....a clam all right......it was just so......big. It was hundred metre long and was pretty much a bit smaller than a castle.

“Hmm? Who are you?” asked the clam in a voice that was clearly echoed around the place.

“I'm......Eden.” I replied still shocked that such a thing could exist.

“What? Never seen a Clam before?

“I've seen them.....”

“You got a problem with Clams?

“....”

Why would anyone have a problem with Clams?

Suddenly a large amount of smoke and a shockwave appeared from the Clam.

The words, “You got a problem with Clam?” was said before I saw its true appearance.....

You are Afraid due to the high Fighting Spirit Directed to you

Its face looked similar to a goblin's but it was much more refined and it had the upper body of a very muscular man. Its body was pretty dark despite living in its shell for so long.....I'm screwed if I have to fight that thing.

[Judging by its strength....its more powerful than that God......]

Yeah......I can tell.......I'm shivering here.

[Well, hurry up and talk to it!]

“I have nothing against Clams...its just I have never seen something so....big or powerful before.” I said trying my best not to be nervous.

“Hmp! And why are you here?”

The Clam closed its shell and returned to its more comical form.

Did it just Hmp me?

“I am passing through here and a lot of things happened and then you came here.....”

“Then can you answer why is the kind one dead?”

I gulped. This was the critical point in life and death here.

“She was killed by some humans.”

“Did you kill her since you're a human? For what reason would a human kill her?”asked the Clam.

“I have no idea. I'm not a human either way and neither is my friend that avenged her.”

Well it was true that I was not human right now and my appearance did not change as well.

“Are those two your friend? Did they kill her?” the Clam asked again.

“Oh...those two were protected by the Queen. They were pretty much unconscious the entire time. The ones who killed her are already dead.”

The Clam looked at me with its curious eyes.

“Did you kill them?” it asked again.

“No....not me.” I answered truthfully.

“But there is no one else here. Are you tricking me?” the Clam was slightly agitated right now.

“No he's not. The one who killed them is inside him right now.” said a familiar voice.

I looked to see that it was Viv.......was it? Viv was a really shy person and right now it was like he was an entirely different person.

“You have the same feeling as the Kind One. Why?” asked the Clam.

It looked like it was asking a lot of questions today.

“It is because I made a contract with the same being. The one that watches the Forest. The God of the Forest.” he proclaimed.

The Clam looked at Viv and then me.

“He? Is this person a guy? He looks like a girl to me. Did something go wrong when he was born?” said the Clam innocently.

I was on my knees crying right now.......

“Poor thing......let me help you.” said the Clam.

“Wait! Can you give us the Mana Fragment you have?” plead Viv.

The Clam stopped what it was doing and looked at Viv.

“Mana Fragment? You mean this?”

A tiny Fragment that was definitely the Mana Fragment was floated out of the shell of the Clam. Viv sighed in relief and said, “We are on a journey to collect them before something bad happens.”

“I see. Then you can have this and I can help this poor person on his knees” said the Clam.

The Mana Fragment floated to Viv and smoke gathered and surrounded by body.

Body Transformation has been Cancelled and all other External effects on your body is dispelled

Body has changed to Gender: Female

You have gained the stat 'Charm'

“Well then, I have to go. My name is Rui.” said Rui the Clam.

“Eh? What the hell is this?!” I said noticing that my voice was more high pitch then normal.

The smoke cleared and....looked exactly the same. Expect that I could feel anything down there.......and there were two lumps where my chest were.......I.........

“TURNED INTO A WOMAN?!” I screamed in my new high pitch voice.

I tried searching for the Giant Clam that you could not miss but there was nothing there at all......there was only the half destroyed forest......

“FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Part 5 – Ally or Foe?

The room was dimly lit with a man in there reading a book out of the various countless other books in his room. The man pale with little sun on his skin looked at one of the various crustal balls he had set up with the help of others that want his service. These crystal balls had the power to transmit images from afar. Many Kings have wanted this power for a long time and he held it in his hands.

“Master, we have something interesting to show you.” said a voice in the depths of the dark room.

The voice was of one of his minions spread around the continent to do his bidding. The source of the voice was of course not in the room itself but was transmitted from a magic circle used to communicate with other people from far away. Such technology was unheard of besides the mysterious powers of the 'foreigners' which came to them naturally. The man had create such a spell after observing how the 'foreigners' did it.

An image came up on one of his crystal balls. It was also something that was created while observing the 'foreigners'. After they have descended into the world under the guide of the Holy Seer, these images have appeared and often showed some people on screen. Many have dismissed this was 'worthless' and 'only for foreigners' but the man was better than that. Seeing such a thing was like a divine message. Through many trials and errors, the man finally created a long range transmitting method to see afar through magic along. Naturally there were many other methods that were far more effective but this was something that anyone could use after some adjustment to supply the mana automatically.

The was an image of an unknown being that was not human. It had silvery white long hair and had tattoos that burnt from its skin. Its eyes glowed the some colour as its tattoos and its skin looked like scales now that the man observed the image for some time. The image was of the man killing one of the minions or rather several of the minions he had hired to investigate Fairies that were still mostly a mystery for humans. Several other images appeared to the man. It was of the man completely changing with that golden aura which easily defeated the Corrupt Saint and its God. The man had no remorse on using the Saint. He had fallen a long time ago and the man wanted to make use of him for the better good of everyone. But to think that the Saint even killed a Fairy Queen which was one of the greatest crimes one can commit. The man made a mental note to eliminate all traces of connection to the Saint. The images after that was even more shocking. The unknown being managed to drag the God out of its domain into the mortal realm and after a fierce battle that he could only describe as God-like, the being slayed the God, bathing it in water and shocking it to death, leaving a great hole in the middle of the Forest.

“Who is this being.....no what is this being?” the man asked.

For such a being to exist in the world. The possibilities it could bring! The man decided to investigate the being immediately. It was more important then all of his other tasks together. If the man could find out the strength of the being, humans, and all the other races would be much safer to the evils of certain Gods. Certainly the majority of such incidents that involved Evil Gods were handled by the churches, there were still nevertheless some that were affected by them. The man's goals was the stop such things even if he had to sacrifice the majority for the minority. The man had such reasons. He was one of the minority. He knew the pain of being powerless and thus was thankful for the ones that saved him even though it was against the odds that he was alive after so long....trapped to be sacrificed.

To repay them, the man worked and worked until his hands and body broke down.

To repay them, the man studied and studied until his health broke down.

To repay them, the man achieved so many things that would make them proud.

The man studied and discovered so many things. The wills and histories of the forgotten, the secrets that would benefit and harm the world.

He had studied many things. Magicks of all kinds, Swordsmanship and Archery as well. Potion making, tailoring, blacksmithing and even Sculpturing. He had studied in so many things that he soon gained the title of 'Sage'. However he was no master in those arts, only to have some knowledge of the full thing. However the man prided himself in one area. The study and development of magic for the benefit of everyone. As such he had gained another title that he was rather fond of.

'Magic Scholar'

One that knew much more of magic than even the greatest of Mages and Sorcerers.

The man even studied the darkest of arts to fulfill his goals. Many have avoided him after they have discovered this but thanks to his great contribution to their lives, the man was spared and left alone to continue his studies. The man could not understand why others despite one thing and worship another. Sure, dark magicks were often evil, but it was only a tool like Holy magicks. Both could be used for good and evil. The man could not understand why people associated 'Light' with 'Good' and 'Dark' with 'Evil'. Necromancy at its core was the same as Healing Magic that revived the dead. It was only its application that was different.

Nevertheless his reasons, many shady people have soon come to associated with him. At first they were planing to use him but quickly found that the man was more noble than the greatest of Knights. He was prepared to stain himself with evil to help others. Not many could do that as many will avoid and abandon them if they did such a thing. But the people whom come to him were already stained with evil. Evil that would get them killed if found by others. But the man was powerful in many areas and such could allow them to live normally as they once did. Others that came to the man wished to aid him in his journey in any way possible. They were the young and ignorant but the man decided not to take full advantage of them and often would only give them minor tasks that would not stain them and left the most foul jobs for himself and others like him. For that, he had gained the respect for many far and wide. Knights, Wizards, Thieves and Assassins opened their doors for him. None now avoided him for he was an unknown hero to the masses.

But the reasons for his work was still mostly unknown. Many thought that he did it for the many. To benefit the common folk as they say. But the man was not so kind. He worked for those who have suffered like him and only for them. The closest of friends understood this and said no more while the others spread a false image of him. He worked to create such devices to help the few to the point that the many would eventually get harmed for it. He would be soon condemned then like the Emperor that once united the continent and brought true peace for the first time in history. The man researched after seeing some interesting facts about the man. The First Emperor was known for many things. However he was not written off as a master swordsman, master blacksmith, master tailor and so on. He was all of these things but he held no title.....until the man discovered it by accident in a half ruined book that dated back to the days the Emperor ruled.

Legendary Moonlight Sculptor.

The only class that had the title of 'Legendary' in it. Countless Centuries have passed and only that one, ONE class has such a name. The man started researching even more and found that the man was renowned for creating sculptures that could come alive. This was similar to one other man that was known as the Front line of today's sculpturing. A man that had great deeds on his name. The recovery of a Holy Grail, the fight against the True Blood Vampires, the Undead Legion and even the discovery of the truth of the Nefflien King that was disgraced long ago. He even revived the once lost Light Sculpturing back into the world. Perhaps this sculptor and the emperor had some relationship such as being his successor. It made sense since it has been countless generations since the Emperor had lived and no other has such deeds on their name. The man decided after a while to not look into it any more as it may interfere with the sculptor's journey from know on. The sculptor was known as many things such as the 'Count of Morata'. And because of that, the man did not wish to disturb him as he was reconstructing the Northern Continent right now. The man would have to question the man in person to learn of the true history of the Emperor that interest him so far, but that was set to much later.

Right now the man was interested in the being that could slay a God so easily. Sure it wasn't a Major God like Freya, Thor and so on. But many people, no......all common sense dictates that facing a God would be equal to Death itself no matter the reason or method. There were stories of men and at times women of slaying Gods but they were stuff of legends and if they existed, the man would not want to meet them. However even in the legends, those people fought to the death against even the weakest of Gods but never once were they able to toy with them. The man wished to know so much that he would even stain himself with the act of murder if it came to that. Because of this, he gained another title.

'Blood Stained Magic Scholar'

It was something he was not fond of but it help in many ways. He would get things when he asked for starters and many would respect and fear him at the same time which reduced the rate of assassins coming to kill him.

“Tell me the details of this being.” the man ordered.

There was a pause. One would think the person on the other side was surprised or shocked but the man knew that his minion was searching for all the data at that moment. After a couple of seconds, a reply came in.

“I am sorry, but we have not been able to find anything on this creature. In all of history, there was no such case of such a thing to appear. From its form and abilities we have judged that it is an unknown humanoid race that shares some similarities to Demons or otherwise. Its use of magic suggest that it is intelligent enough to communicate to such an extent that it could even suppress our own. The magic it wields is nothing we have seen so it must be some sort of Ancient magick and the Aura it formed to battle share some similarities with Divine Magic but is much more flexible and powerful at the same time. It could be effective on more than just dark affiliated creatures.” said the man on the other side.

It was clear that the man had spent some time going through all of these details and this was only the tip of the iceberg of what he knew. The person would give him a full report later of the summary he just gave.

“Is there anything else?” asked the man.

“Yes. We believe that this is not the limit of the creature. There may be many times more factors that we can observe with time. Also we have found the creature is in possession of some sort of item that has a large quantity and quality of mana.”

The man was shocked. Such items were very rare and dangerous. Moreover, the man was more shocked by the fact that even the mana was of high quality. Many people thought that all mana was the same but the man knew that mana had certain characteristics and properties that determined its quality. Mana that held the property of being 'Holy' would not work well with Dark Magic while mana possessing the property of 'Dark' would not work well with Holy or Divine Magic.

“So what is the mana type?” the man asked.

Mana had many different types. To categories all of them would be impossible so the man sorted them by a common factor that was still complicated and tedious to work with.

“There was no reaction to what type it was. Therefore we have concluded that it is Neutral.”

Now the man was even more shocked. Such an item would be the rarest of the rarest of the rare. Such an item would even suppress in value of the phantom Metal 'Helium' that the Divine items of the churches were made of. Such items could be forged into anything and as such was more valuable then even Kingdoms. Such items could not just appear out of nowhere.

“Investigate anything that could relate to the sighting of these items and this being at once! The protection of this being comes first for observation purpose. Spare no effort in this. This takes priority over everything else! ” commanded the man.

The other end was silent. The man knew that right now, thousands of his minions have moved to investigate everything about this being they have found for him. They will move as one all over the continent and make small talk on the most random things to get the smallest of hints of where and what this creature was.

If anything would dare harm or anger such a being, they would be eliminated. For the man knew that its wraith would be the end of everything.

The man swore that he will succeed even if he had to sacrifice his own and the lives of countless others for this one thing.

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Author's Notes:

- Word Count is around 8000~

- Early surprise! (Definitely not because I have to focus on my assignment right now and I want to do something else)

- For those who are a bit sad that the Fairy Queen died, there are several reasons why she needed to die (Not really). Of course after reading this chapter, Viv acquires a new skill (which to this date will forever be overpowered) and I wanted to...(ignoring the fact that in the original script, she was still living in the end) and I needed llyfr to become awesome (not in the original script as well).

- And naturally there is the kinda preview for the next volume (In this case, this person actually does not make an appearance in volume 4 since he's a backstage guy. I should do something about that Maria person....make her die a cruel death muhahahahahah *Not evil here*)

- Oh yeah. chapter 11.5 will be out tomorrow.

- On another note, I spent half a hour editing this thanks to the fact that the language default thing turned to unknown and all my spelling mistakes were left there without the squiggly line.