39 Village #1023 (1/2)
”Has my heart gone cold?”
With a mutter, Su Min tensed his body and breathed as he stared at the lifeless corpses. A strange shiver shook the air as everything fluttered to a halt. It was as if the air, space, and the sky knew what lied ahead.
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Within a metallic room, the size of a basketball court, at least a hundred tattooed people stood with their eyes closed. On their foreheads shone three circles, intertwining with a strange law that made them pop out with surreal motions.
”Hm?”
One of these people, standing in an inconspicuous location within the crowd, frowned as her forehead shone with a tremor, then died down. She opened his eyes, and with a strange movement, appeared a hundred meters away with a swift blur.
It was silent, though, like she had merged with the wind.
”Sir.”
Facing a door that was at the back of the room, the woman bowed as she awaited a response.
”Come in.”
Taking a second, the door opened with a tug. The woman walked in with a calm gait.
Sitting on a simple strewn mat, a man with deep eyes sat in a lotus position. The air seemed to carry a strange serenity, where the floor and walls were made out of some sort of old oak.
”What brings you here?”
Smiling, the man opened his eyes as 4 circles glimmered under the shaded atmosphere shrouding him. The woman, gazing at him with a hint of awe, spoke.
”Sir, our two gatekeeper's connections at the southern gate has been lost. Their last report was that an intruder was nearing them.”
”Hm... Did they describe the being?”
The woman paused as her face became uncertain, almost fearful, but she hid it quickly and continued.
”Mhm. They said it was a being who used the forbidden energy, sir.”
”Ancient energy? In heaven's region? I thought the higher races had wiped them out a long time ago... Hm. Must be a stray, although powerful if it could get past the barrier.”
The man's eyes shone with a mysterious light as he mumbled. The woman, waiting, eventually asked.
”Sir, would you like to send reinforcements?”
However, to her surprise, the man shook his head as he stood up. His eyes seemed to contain anticipation, and with a yawn, he spoke.
”I'll deal with the being personally, as I have never fought those forbidden races before... I would like to have a taste of the great war that happened in the wasted era.”
”Sir..?”
The woman gasped as she stood back, yet the man took no head and strode past her, entering the control room. A couple people who were awake like the woman gasped as their forehead's three circles trembled. It was a tremble of admiration and fear, swishing together to form an awe that a beggar would feel towards a king.
”Heh. Ignore me, I won't be long. If I haven't come back by tomorrow, then notify the council that a being with a threat level of at least a 5th circle mage has emerged within our grounds.”
Smiling, the man expression was kind as he gazed at the numerous people in the room, though his eyes were tired and bored.
*WOOSH*
Disregarding their reactions, the man's existent fuzzed as his whole body faded away in a light gush of wind. Next thing they knew, he had appeared on the other side of the room, grasping the metal door and walking out.
”A 5th circle mage?!”
The woman, stumbling out of the man's room, spoke with shock as she stared ahead. She couldn't hide her awe when she said such words, in fact, it was more of a feeling like that of a worshipper saying the name of God.
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*BANGGGGG*
With a boom that thrashed at the sky and parted the clouds, a figure flashed like a piercing bullet and tore right into the sky with consecutive desolate smacks.
”Ah. I made it over.”
His body, shrouded in a hazy gold, floated within the sky as his momentum dwindled away with gravity. Beneath his feet was where the gold was most concentrated, and this gold was what threw him into the air.
”Guess smashing myself with energy has its uses...”
Staring at the gold beneath his feet, Su Min sighed as it dispersed with his will. A will which was way too tired right now.
”Oh?”
Staring ahead, Su Min caught a glimpse of what lay behind the majestic wall, and it made him curious. He, kicking the air and propelling himself onto the walls massive pathway atop it, took a closer look.
”Old..?”
A vast plain that most would describe as a paradise stretched out in front of him. He was so high up in the sky that everything looked like dots to him, though he could tell what they were.