197 Smite (1/2)

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Even before the Crown Prince lead the retreat of the forces. Raven and his friends already retreated back to the entrance of the cave.

The Ruler's Vision was already turned off by Raven, he figured that the kingdom had seen enough and there is no longer any need for them to see the results of the battle.

As the forces of the Final Haven Kingdom retreated, Raven along with his friends didn't leave. They stayed and watched as the Golden Knights battled the Devil Prince. As everyone was busy leaving the premises, they weren't able to notice that the kids actually stayed.

Raven had no reason to doubt the strength of neither Old Lee, Leona or Morel. He had personally seen their prowess during his previous life and he knew that they weren't nothing short of being formidable. However, for some unknown reason, his instincts told him that something wrong will happen which mainly the reason why he chose to stay. Luis might've felt this too but he was busy escorting the prince and the rest of the forces to notice anything weird.

The little warriors watched the whole scene unfold. No one dared to speak a word as they were afraid of disturbing the battle, the last thing that they wanted, was to distract the Golden Knights from battle. That would surely lead into some horrible ending.

When Raven saw how well the Devil Prince used his Death Laws, he was unbelievably astonished. Something that he didn't feel often due to him having experience of two lifetimes.

He couldn't imagine how the Devil Prince was able to reach the second stage of Death Laws in this remote Lesser World. It had to be known that even in the Divine Realm, people who reached this stage are not too many, this is on the premise that the Laws that are present in the Divine Realm are at its finest, which in turn allow more people to have an easier time perceiving them.

Raven instantly knew that something was wrong. He refused to believe that the Devil Prince was able to gain enlightenment on the second stage of Death Laws on his own. He knew that something was up, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it yet.

The group watched on, they saw how the Golden Knights were able to counter whatever the Devil Prince threw at them. Then, their faces fell when the creature made out of pure bones appeared. His friends couldn't believe it either just like the Golden Knights. They asked to themselves if whatever they were seeing is true.

It was then that Raven's grim voice echoed in their ears.

”That's not a Dragon.” He shook his head, ”It's a Wyrm.”

”A Wyrm?” The rest asked in confusion.

”Yes.” Raven nodded in agreement. ”Dragons are considered as God Beast. From the moment they were born, they are cared for by the nature and bestowed with overwhelming strength and affinity towards Laws. That being said, because of their staggering potential, their reproducibility is incredibly low. In the end, in their desire to leave descendants behind, they mated with other beasts who are weaker than them, granting them a part of their bloodline.”

”Qilins, Dragon Turtles, Salamanders, Flood Dragons, etc. These came after that process, but despite their bloodlines being impure, there are ways to awaken it bit by bit and eventually transform them into true descendants of Dragons.”

”The initial awakening will transform them into a Wyrm, then a Drake and eventually a True Dragon. I don't know where he got that from but from what I could tell, this Wyrm is still alive although barely. It clings on life using Death Laws, nevertheless even though it's just a Wyrm, the Elder might find themselves in a difficult position.”

Listening to Raven's explanation, the rest were enlightened. They didn't ask nor doubted his knowledge, at this point, Is there any reason for them to question the things he know? There's absolutely no reason for him to lie in this kind situation.

'A Wyrm, huh? Did he form a contract with it? That should be the case, how else could he call it out to fight for him? But shouldn't be possible though. Any beast that has a God Beast bloodline are incredibly haughty and arrogant to their core. I'm sure that forming a contract with such a weak human is such a disgrace for it, so there's little to no chance of it happening.'

'The only scenario, I could think of, that a Wyrm would enter a contract with a human is if it was the one who offered the contract itself. But that doesn't make sense though! Why would it enter a contract with a human willingly? Even in it's dying breath, it should still be stronger than Alastair during their first meeting. It could've just consumed him instead. So why?'

'Unless…'

'Wait! Death Laws… Requiem Stage! Ah! Damn, why am I so slow with that! I understand! So it's like that huh?'

'Since it dared to this, then I shouldn't miss this chance!'

A fierce glint appeared on Raven's eyes as realization dawned upon him. It seems that the butterfly effect had finally brought him a great opportunity. He had to capitalize on this now since it's very unlikely that he would encounter another chance like this in the future.

”Guys, come here for a second.”