Chapter 29 (1/2)

Ice Fantasy Chapter 29 – The End

I stood on the high city wall of Ren Xue Cheng when the strong wind was blowing at my face. My Phoenix illusion robe making cotton-tearing sound in the wind.

I looked down at the black territory land, that thick and deep earth; I saw countless of ice sorcerers and fire elves fighting above it; the red and white colours intertwined one another. The red and white blood and desperate cryings were mixed together with the strong blood stench, shooting up the sky and amidst this was the cryings of unicorns and snow sleet birds as well.

Suddenly I thought of my siblings that died several hundreds years ago, their unicorns had also died during that holy war and then several hundreds years later, their younger brother had become the new king, he was the only one in the history that led the entire kingdom to its doom.

My heart was like a desolate setting sun with warm sunlight of despair but it would soon sink into forever darkness.

I let all these dreams float around me and cried when I saw the glow around these glowing b.a.l.l.s.

Ying Kong s.h.i.+, Jian Tong, Li Jing, Huang Tuo, Yue Shen, Chao Ya, Die Che, plus all those who died - Pian Feng, Xing Gui, Liao Jian, and those who left me - granny, Xing Jiu and my parents. The moment when I looked up, I saw their faces appearing in the night sky and disappeared like smoke.

Thunder sound could be heard from the horizon line like rapid drum beat hitting on the entire Ice Kingdom.

I saw the white sorcerers’ robe being burnt into pieces and the fire was spreading rapidly to Ren Xue Cheng; I saw the people running all over the places within the city walls; I heard the children crying and women screaming.

And hen I saw the thousand-year-old Ren Xue Cheng collapsed before my eyes. That moment when the thick black city walls collapsed, I heard my heart shattered at the same time.

I closed my eyes and the tear slid down because I saw my father’s face. He didn’t say anything; he just looked at me disappointedly.

I have never thought that Ren Xue Cheng would be destroyed in my hands.

I saw Li Tian Jin on the black chariot charging towards the city wall, his red hair was like red flames. I saw his smile and it reminded me of my younger brother. I looked towards the sky, calling out. “s.h.i.+!”

I heard footsteps behind me and I knew it belonged to Li Tian Jin.

I chanted a spell, curling up my ring finger and then countless of ice swords pierced through my chest. I saw my own blood running down the sharp blades, dripping onto the black city wall drop after drop.

At that moment I heard Liao Jian’s sad singing voice; it was those songs that the soldiers would sing at the battlefield. The wind brought the song here so that everyone could hear it - those young children in the snow fog forest, those people trying to escape out of the city, those powerful people from the snow mountain, those beautiful mermaids from the deep-sea palace. The singing voice was like smooth and dedicate silk, flying high up in the night sky.

My vision started to get blurry; I didn’t know if by ending my life was right or wrong, I just knew that I have to give myself the freedom at the last one moment of my life. I have to do according to my own will and maybe because I lived my life with too many burdens, so this was why I felt like I was being imprisoned. But now that the important people in my life were all gone, I did not see the need to live one anymore. I thought about the beautiful legend of souls living in the clouds. I thought I may be able to see s.h.i.+ again.

I fell and just before I hit the ground, I saw Li Tian Jin. I saw his red eyes started to get clearer until they became bright like fire. After that this pair of eyes were filled with tear and the expression was a kind of sorrow that I had never seen before.

And then I heard his sorrowful voice. “Ge, why did you leave me? Why did you leave me…”

I’ve finally understood everything but I have no more strength. I fell to the ground and held my hand out to the brother that I missed the most but my fingers didn’t even have the strength to grab his hand anymore. I should have known that other than s.h.i.+, no one would have such evil yet sweet smile of a child.

The surrounding darkened in an instance and I slipped into an eternal dream of darkness.

My body felt warm all of a sudden as there were countless of red lotuses blooming around me.

“s.h.i.+, forgive me for not waiting for you.”

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Nightmare . Li Tian Jin . Shatter

I’m Li Tian Jin, youngest Prince of the Fire Tribe. But my spiritual power had surpa.s.sed any one of my siblings.

Every time they saw me, they would hide far far away from me because they were afraid of dying unknowingly in my hands. Because I’d never felt that life has something that I should respect at all. Life was just a fragile dream. As long as I’m happy, I could crush it anytime I want.

My father doted on me a lot and I could get whatever I want within the Fire Kingdom. My father always told me that to be a successful person, you shouldn’t be bothered with all those nitty gritty stuff in life. Hence I have grown up to become a rebellious man.

I was the most handsome man within the Fire Tribe and there’s no one in the tribe that have such delicate look of mine. My father had always seen me as his biggest pride and he always told me this. “Jin, you will become the greatest king of the Fire Tribe.”

My father loves bringing me to the highest mountain situated at the border of our kingdom to overlook at the land below us. He told me this would be my kingdom in future. When I saw the black land giving off a orange fire glow, my heart felt empty and desolate. I turned to him. “This isn’t my dream. This is a piece of barren land. Father, did you see the other side of the Ice Sea? Did you see the white land and palace? I will mark that piece of land with our Fire Tribe sign.”

My father gave me an awe-inspiring look. “You are just like me when I was young. So wild and rebellious.”

I wasn’t sure why did I have such strong urge to destroy that white palace. I just knew that majestic palace was just like a prison. I wasn’t sure what was being imprisoned in it, I just knew that I must break it.