Chapter 1: A Falling Star (2/2)

Nightmaster Duke then clapped the youths shoulders and motioned him to follow

King Ironspine stood outside of the palace at the peak of thethe reatly enhanced than the others and was able to faintly see distinctions in the ”meteor”

[My lord? What's wrong?] -Nightmaster Duke

Nightmaster Duke asked worriedly as he naturally picked up on the subtle changes in the king teaze of bewilderment

[For so Ironspine

[My lord?] -Nightmaster Duke

[The trajectory is too weirdThe speed isIronspine

The Nightmaster was bewildered, if not a ht for a bit and revealed an expression as if he understood

The heat finally started pressing on the hter in the night sky Some of the people were uneasy, but little by little the meteor steered of course which made themrelease a breathe

[ReadyIronspine

[My lord? We're giving chase then?] -Nightmaster Duke

[Hehe, obviously we're going to chase Do you reo anear Serilian Tunnel City, they acquired so to our world and to this day people still haven't figured out what it is A century or two after that, so similar happened in another city and they too have one of these alien relics It's about ti Ironspine

The King put on a mischievous smile as he spoke

[Father, Father I'ius

Regius de

[Haha as expected of o andIronspine

[I' reckless] -Sophia

[HmphWhat a waste of ti] -Liore

[Dad, if it turns out that the meteor is an alien an it eats you, can I have Blacky? I' tooI need to verify that you died] -Salina

[Your majesty, please allow me to accompany the prince and princesses so that I may be able to protect them with my life] -Dorian

Dorian knelt before the King and acted the very way his Grand-Father taught him

[Indeed Dorian, Rise] -King Ironspine

The King always held a favorable irand-son and was taught everything by hi but he could never quite put his hands on it

I broke into the orbit and had been blazing towards the left side of Mount Earthernvale Nightade, followed by the King and his children as well as Dorian who stood close to Sophia's side at all times, much to her displeasure She always felt a bit stifled by him as he never wanted to leave her side, sometimes even acted possessive and found it a bit weird but she eventually passed it off as hi too consumed in his duty

They hastily htering all the weak beasts that didn't stand a chance against this groupSeveral larger beasts also caic of all kinds before they could even approach the group The beasts that ade who specialized in h this forest

BANG

Finally the ht lit up the entire surrounding areas as if welco it's arrival

[It's landed! Hurry! YA!] -King Ironspine

He hit his heels and the horse beneath hi as a truck sped off quickly

The group slowed down as they caught sight of the trail of thethe trail The debris however, were ave the and the Night to lose any e lake that was quite a way off frohold When the trail finally ended they saw a strange rectangular-like coffin floating in the lake close to the shore and an even biggerinto the water in the middle of the lake but they weren't able to make it out

[This is bad] -King Ironspine

[My lord?] -Nightmaster Duke

[This lake belongs to a Great Water Hydra, quickly retrieve that rectangular er, thankfully at least this piece of the artifact is close to the shore] -King Ironspine

The Scout Brigade didn't waste anyic that lifted the rectangular ht it directly over to theic and the made sure the it was securely attached to the crate

[RAAAAAWWWWWWWRR]

A furious roar rang out as the group prepared to leave The sheer intensity of the water froo mad and splashed wildly as bubbles filled it's surface It was clear the beast had been disturbed by whatever the other piece of the artifact was that sunk down

[Okay tie! I'll cover the rear the beasts should be going crazy with all this cohtmaster Duke

The Scout Brigade immediately altered their foruarded the Royal Family from all directions Several beasts caroup of humans with a crazed look in it's eyes It's obvious the disturbance was too htle flick of his blade

Rumble Rumble Rumble

Suddenly--

A huge head appeared out froroup with two cold eyes Then beside it, another few more eyes opened and stared at him, in all there were 10 eyes which meant the Hydra had 5 heads and was considered a Rank B beast Whichcould stand up to it, but he would have to ga Ironspine knew all too well that he didn't wish for a tussle with that beast and had long decided to leave the area before it could leave the lake The Hydra only watched coldly as it saw the human trespassers pack up and leave

The King feeling the oaze, turned to look at the Hydra but wasn't by any means afraid His children ith hi fight for no reason today He would only have everything to lose today and nothing to gain and so just stared back at the Hydra The Hydra wasn't stupid, It kneasn't any ordinary foe and it was vastly outnumbered So both sides just looked at each other until they were too far to see one another

The Hydra vowed one day he would definitely catch that impudent human and shred hiht of a figure, at first it didn't notice it which in a sense was already a bit terrifying but slowly it made the Hydra feel a sense of terrible dread There was another that was as powerful as the hu it had noticed, a black shadoith blood red eyes stared at the Hydra locking it's gaze and returning the saer the Hydra released

As the shadow confir left a considerable distance, the shadow revealed itself in theIt was none other than the Black wolf that sat lazily froIronspine's Soulbeast and was by no means an ordinary wolf

The Scout Brigade led by the King and company arrived at the Palaces of the Royal Fa's Palace The ic, quickly ularfinally approached it and began studying it

[Father you should be careful!] -Sophia

His eldest daughter had a worried look, who knohat sort of thing could be in there She clenched the hems of her skirt and looked deeply at the s also had si object Now that they had tihts

[Don't worry Sophia, Scout Brigade clean this -King Ironspine

[You over there use waterIronspine

The King coic to clean the metallic crate

The Wind Mages, quickly stood the rectangular es hastily cast a co water that quickly cleaned the mud and dirt in a few blasts In a quick moment it was already presentable

[What weird patterns, and these lightsthey're exactly like they were explained in the ru Ironspine

The King stood inspecting it and couldn't conceal his exciteiven a toy

[Father look! Doesn't that look a bit like a handle?] -Regius

The young prince hastily jumped all around the metallic crate and when he spotted the handle he instantly blurted it out

[You're right, Regius and the rest of you back up for a bit] -King Ironspine

The Night was about to do

[Wait! Your Majesty please! Lethappened to you because of this unknown thing, this old htmaster Duke

[Hehe, don't worry about it I'll be fine, I think the dangerous parts of the artifact sunk in the lake Those parts were on fire even when sub Ironspine

Even though he spoke as if he were concerned it was obvious he wasn't as he reached for the latch while he spoke

[Well then, let's see what the heavens have sent us] -King Ironspine

The King gripped onto the latch and because of his strength tried not to use too th as not to break it

CRINK CRINK

The latch easily opened

Slush

Clear liquid splashed out of the hatch and a figure ca out of it's chaolden and reached to his knees, it had the appearance of the sun and was translucent and spirit like It was hair that was unreal and bizarre but beautiful regardless He was handsoe

After being in cryogenic sleep for such a long tian adapting due to the experi and evolved to suit and began acting as an instru it's bizarre appearance

Everyone present upon seeing this was utterly du, or Blacky, No one expected the treasured artifact that fell fro boy