255 The Supremes Punishmen (1/2)
”Soleil Rosenberg, Daughter of the Sun, the Supreme Fire Mage, and now the Beast Priestess,” the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree said to her in a voice that sounded like a male's. ”You are a special existence that stands above even among gods. Can't you show my poor daughter some mercy? I am willing to make amends with you.”
”The only atonement that I will receive from the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree is the life of your shameless ”daughter,”” Soleil said coldly, her purple eyes glowing threateningly. The ”daughter” of the Spirit was the Guardian that had been protecting it for many years. ”Hand over that woman called Nia to me, Spirit of the Great Fire Tree.”
She couldn't see Nia but she could feel her presence behind the giant Great Fire Tree. Hah, the Guardian was literally hiding behind her ”father.” If she could, she would burn that woman along the Spirit.
But the Great Fire Tree was something that must be kept alive in order to protect the human race from the greedy gods who wanted to take over it.
”My daughter is innocent, Soleil Rosenberg,” the Spirit tried to convince her. ”She was simply seduced by the cunning Aku Moonchester. The only sin that Nia committed was falling in love with such a dangerous man.”
”Your daughter shared the secrets of the gods to a mere human!” she snarled at the holy tree. ”Because of her, Aku Moonchester gained the knowledge that gave him the power to toy with our lives!”
The Great Fire Tree was the ”tree of truth.” That meant the holy tree held the secrets of the world, even the weaknesses of each god.
Nia stole those secrets, allowing Aku Moonchester to gain the upperhand in the war. That blasted ”moon” was able to learn the weaknesses that she and Lord Kalel had kept to protect themselves. Even the weakness of their unborn child��� the Moon Serpent.
Who knows what else Aku Moonchester gained from what Nia gave him?
”You saved the life of that young man in your past life, Soleil Rosenberg. He was reincarnated as Auro Moonchester because you didn't kill him back then,” the Spirit reminded her in an accusing tone. ”It was your responsibility to end his life but you failed to do so. Had you killed him before he met my daughter, none of this would have happened.”
She laughed bitterly at what the stupid tree just said. ”You have the audacity to blame me for this, huh? Spirit of the Great Fire Tree, have you gotten tired of your long life that you're practically asking me to burn you to death right now?”
”I'm not afraid of your flame anymore, Soleil Rosenberg,” the tree said boldly. ”Your Black Flame has been stolen. Most of all, you're dying. Ah, I shouldn't have mentioned that. After all, you're dying because of Kalel Nystrom, aren't you?”
She was pissed by the reminder but she didn't deny it.
But she decided to choose her death.
And so, she created a haven for her clan. It was incomplete because her Mana could no longer sustain the amount of flame the island needed. And so, she left her to her brother.
I had to put my Keepers into slumber or else, they'll never let me die alone.
”Don't get mistaken, Spirit of the Great Fire Tree,” she said in a cold voice that made the holy tree's branches shake in fear. The fact that the orange leaves fell into the ground when it shook was proof that her wrath was felt by the earth where Great Fire Tree stood. ”I'm not dying because of what Kalel Nystrom did to me. I chose my own death. I wouldn't let myself die by the hands of my dear husband.”
”You… chose your own death?”
”You're known as the tree of truth but you can't store a piece of history that is yet to happen. That's why you don't know how I will die, do you?” she asked and when he didn't give a response, she smirked haughtily. ”Spirit of the Greet Fire Tree, you know that Fire Mages are still mages, right? It just so happens that we could produce fire within our body. But that doesn't mean that we're not good at creating spells. I guess it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that our magical ability is close to what the witches of the Colorless Coven have.”
”I am aware of that,” the Spirit said. ”But using spells will weaken your body. And thus, the Fire Mages chose to use their flame instead.”
”I chose to use my remaining Mana on creating three different powerful spells,” she said. ”First, to create a safe place for my clan. Second, to create a spell that will protect my reincarnated spell from the Moonchesters. It was the kind of spell that will prevent the Moonchesters and all of my enemies in this lifetime to forget my face and my presence until my reincarnated self retrieved my memories as Soleil Rosenberg.”
”That's foolish, Soleil Rosenberg,” the Spirit said. ”You can get reincarnated whenever you die because aside from the heart of the Red Phoenix, you are also the Black Phoenix yourself. What's more amazing is the fact that you won't lose the memories of your previous life when you get reincarnated. Gods and beings like you have that kind of privilege, you see.”
”I know that,” she said with a bitter smile. ”But I'm also aware that I will lose that privilege once I performed a forbidden spell. Thus, I had to create a spell that would protect me in my next lifetime until I retrieved my past memories.”
”A forbidden spell…?” the Spirit asked, then it made the ground shake by screaming. ”Don't you dare touch my daughter, Soleil Rosenberg!”
Soleil just laughed, then she summoned her flaming dagger. As soon as she grabbed the hilt of her weapon, she came at the holy tree and struck the blade into its body. Of course, the Great Fire Tree was soon engulfed in her red flame. ”Don't worry, I will not kill you because you still have a use in the future,” she said, then she stepped away from it and let it burn while screaming curses at her. She just laughed it off. ”Watch me curse your daughter, Spirit of the Great Fire Tree.”
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SOLEIL grabbed Nia and threw her on the ground.
Before the Guardian could even move, she straddled her and pinned her to the ground by wrapping her arms around her delicate neck. She did that in front of the burning Great Fire Tree that was still screaming profanities at her.
”If you move, I'll kill you,” Soleil warned Nia coldly. ”I don't want you to die easily.”