Chapter 1615 - Parents And Children (Part 1) (1/2)
Moving around Fyrwal's house required either to use magic or to be the size of an Emperor Beast. Otherwise simply going from the front door to the guest room would take hours.
Selia found the place more creepy than majestic, making her feel as if she was an ant that might be stomped at any moment, whereas Protector had been enjoying himself since the day of their arrival.
After having been forced to live most of the past six years in his human form, he enjoyed every second that he could spend in his Emperor Beast's body without the need of keeping gravity magic constantly active to not destroy everything that he touched.
After the Skoll had achieved a bright blue core, his shoulder height had reached three and a half (11'”) meters, his fur was flaming red with streaks of yellow and white all over it.
His whole body was enveloped in a bright blue flame that was actually cold to the touch and that erupted more intensely from his neck, almost looking like a mane.
Protector had two curved horns coming out of his forehead, right in front of his ears. Eagle-like feathered wings came out from his back and his tail was made out of dancing flames.
He carried Selia on his back who in turn carried Fenrir. Lilia and Leran trotted right behind him in their small beast forms, with their tongues hanging out from the effort of keeping up with him.
Hybrids would always retain the mass of the smallest of their two sides until they reached twenty years of age and were forced to choose between them. Only those who decided to keep their nature as an Emperor Beast would grow in size like their parent.
The couple and their kids didn't live in the main building, but in one of the wings of the castle that had been designed to accommodate human-sized creatures.
”Is Fyrwal really one of the only two survivors of Valeron's group?” Selia's voice echoed through the massive rooms.
”I know that Juria and Oghrom were born about one thousand years ago which is also the average lifespan of Awakened humans, but I expected that being friends with a Guardian, Tyris would have kept them alive longer.”
”She would have done it if they had allowed her to.” Faluel's seven heads sighed in unison. ”Juria Ernas stopped using her breathing technique right after Valeron signed with the Empire and the Desert a treaty that established the borders of the Kingdom, putting an end to the war.
”She had no desire to outlive her family nor did she learn magic because she had any passion for it. Juria had accepted to become an Awakened only to use those powers as a means to an end.
”Once she achieved it, Juria used magic only to protect her territory and help Valeron however she could.
”As for Oghrom Gernoff, he killed himself the same day that the First King died. He tried to change Valeron's mind until the last minute by using logic and compelling arguments, but to no avail.”
”If Oghrom was such a logical man, why did he commit suicide instead of supporting the Kingdom from the shadows?” Selia asked. ”Who knows, maybe with his help we wouldn't have lost so much land to the Empire nor would we have gotten so close to a civil war a few years ago.”
”Gernoff was indeed a logical man, but he had no heart.” Fyrwal appeared from one of the side doors.
The Elder Hydra had seven heads as well, but unlike her daughter, she stood over 25 meters (82 feet) tall and it wasn't the color of the scales covering her body that revealed the elemental affinity of each had but their eyes.