Scion of Raizel (The Divine Elements Book 3)

by Daman

  “Hahaha, I’ll bring you back for lunch then.”

  Calron burst out in laughter and walked outside the hut.

  “I’ll come to the shop in an hour, so wait for me there.”

  He conveyed to Roran and began to head towards the clan’s kitchen.

  “Ellie will be excited to see you again, big brother. She said that she wanted to ask you for something.”

  Roran yelled back and departed from the area.

  “I hope it’s not about the flowers on the board sign again… ”

  Calron muttered to himself while walking.

  ……………………………

  “Morning, Calron!”

  An energetic voice greeted Calron while hen was finishing up with his food.

  “Harol!”

  Calron swallowed the last remaining morsel of meat and chugged the milk.

  Harol was one of the teenagers that Calron had met last night, and he was even bulkier than Roran. Contrary to his outwards appearance, Harol had a bubbly personality and loved to crack jokes. Often at the expense of Rain.

  “You are up early, how’s the hangover?”

  Harol put his tray down in front of Calron and sat down.

  The kitchen was close to empty, so the others were probably still sleeping off their hangovers. The elders had their own private residences, so they did not have to come to the kitchen for meals.

  “Feeling a bit sore, but other than that, I’m all good. How’s your back by the way?”

  Calron grinned, recalling last night’s memory where Harol vomited all over Linda, infuriating the young girl and causing her to repeatedly kick the same location on Harol’s poor bum.

  “That woman has a heart colder than northern ice giants… ”

  Horal whined, as he gingerly rubbed his buttocks.

  “Want to see?” The bulky boy began to stand up.

  “I will electrocute you in the same spot where Linda kicked you if you dare to pull your pants down.”

  Calron glared at the teen, with a spark of lightning hovering over his finger.

  “On a second thought, I think I should keep my pants on.”

  Harol nodded wisely and swiftly sat down.

  “So, are you going to participate in the Royal Tournament today?”

  The bulky youth asked Calron, peeling a boiled egg and swallowing it whole.

  “Tournament?”

  Calron frowned, unaware of any news related to a tournament.

  “You don’t know? It’s the princess’s sixteenth birthday today, so the young generation of the six towers will be competing against each other to show off their skills. Anyone under the age of twenty can enter, but it’s usually the geniuses of the six towers that reach the top five. Asra’s big brother is one of the contestants, and he is most likely to be the winner. The Raizel clan always wins!”

  Harol winked at Calron and took a sip of his juice.

  “I wish that I could go and see the celebration, but I have to help out in my shop.”

  Calron smiled. Although he couldn’t care less about some princess’s birthday, he was intrigued by the tournament and wanted to see the talents of the other young people in the city.

  “Oh yeah, I heard about your shop! I’ll definitely come and visit it sometime. It sucks that you cannot come, as I heard that the princess is quite the looker. Most of the guys are just participating so they could catch the eye of the princess.”

  Harol gave Calron a thumb’s up and went back to munching his food.

  “See you later, Harol.”

  Calron patted the bulky youth on the shoulder and left the kitchen.

  It was time to see how the Azure Pavilion was doing.

  ………………………….

  “Shit, we were late once again!”

  A pair of merchants grumbled in frustration as they exited the infamous Azure Pavilion shop.

  For the past week, rumors about the shop had been circulating wildly amongst the merchants claiming that the goods in this store were mind-boggling and the envy of any cultivator. The only problem was that they had very limited stock and only the first-comers would be able to even glimpse at the God Tiles.

  “Move aside, lad.”

  The merchant in front grumpily pushed Calron aside and continued to curse at his misfortune.

  Calron ignored the two and chuckled as he opened the door to the shop.

  He was greeted with the sight of a group of people happily paying for the tiles at the counter while Ellie counted each and every coin. Avor was stoically standing near the shelves where a few vision tiles still remained, but his eyes would often scan Ellie’s surroundings to see if any of the customers tried to antagonize her.

  He noticed Roran dealing with a customer and explaining to him when the next stock of God Tiles would arrive at the shop.

  I need to break into the Saint stage soon, or we will slowly start to lose our momentum with the lack of stock.

  Calron mused, as he remained at the back and waited for the customers to leave. Due to their meager number of wares, all their goods would be sold in the first hour of their shop’s opening every morning.

  Avor was the first one to notice Calron in the shop, and the blonde man gave a slight nod as a greeting. Immediately after that, Roran sighted Calron as well and waved at him once the customer who was talking to him had left.

  Calron slapped Roran on the back and smiled at the sight of Ellie working hard to take the payments and counting them accurately.

  Once the last customer received his purchase, Ellie let out a tired exhale and slumped down on her chair. Her eyes passed over to Roran, and when she saw the young man next to him, Ellie instantly stood up and rushed towards Calron.

  “Master!”

  The little girl’s head crashed into Calron’s stomach, the sudden collision expelling all of the air from his lungs.

  “I see that you’re working very hard.”

  Calron ruffled the little girl’s hair with pride.

  “Master! Master, I have something to ask you!”

  Ellie began babbling with excitement, as she tilted her face up to glance at Calron.

  “Hmm, what is it?”

  “I want to see the princess!”

  Ellie’s eyes shined like the stars, her cute and adorable face staring at Calron in a pleading way.

  …………………………

  Eleven figures robed in midnight black robes stood on the outer walls of the city, as their leader, the man in front of them glanced down at the glassy sphere in his hand. Dark clouds rumbled inside the object, exuding a vicious and baleful aura.

  It was an artifact that would cripple the six towers and the Royal family of their powers.

  It would be the cause of their downfall.

  And death.

  “It all begins now.”

  Zarvel whispered, as he put the artifact back into his spatial ring and his dark eyes transformed into draconic irises.

  Chapter 52 – The Eclipsed Sun

  “Master! Master, I have something to ask you!”

  Ellie began babbling with excitement, as she tilted her face up to glance at Calron.

  “Hmm, what is it?”

  “I want to see the princess!”

  Ellie’s eyes shined like the stars, her cute and adorable face staring at Calron in a pleading way.

  “Do you really want to? I heard it was just going to be a bunch of boy fighting on stage to show off their strength.”

  Calron sighed, knowing already that his words would not dissuade the little girl.

  As he guessed, Ellie’s bright eyes remained fixed at Calron, not at all deterred by what he said.

  “It’s fine, big brother, we already sold most of our planned goods for today, so take Ellie to see the princess. Avor and I will join you after we close up the shop.”

  Roran interjected from the side, causing Ellie to jump up and down in glee and rushing to the side to hug the muscular boy.

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��Let’s go, Ellie.”

  Calron held out his hand to the little girl.

  With her hand in Calron’s grasp, she skipped towards the shop’s door while humming a pleasant tune. It was always her dream to see what a princess looked like.

  “Master, do you think that the princess is going to be beautiful? I think she will be! I bet that she sings songs as well! Can we go talk to her?”

  Ellie chattered non-stop once they exited the shop and were on their way to the palace.

  The celebration was being held outside the palace, and a special stage had been set up just for today so the citizens of the city could all be present for the princess’ birthday. The location was close to the Raizel clan’s mansion, so Calron knew the way.

  “I think she will be just like any of us. Princesses are not much different than regular people… ”

  Calron started, but abruptly stopped when he noticed the aghast look on Ellie’s face.

  “Princesses are not beautiful? But, mother said that all princesses were beautiful…”

  Ellie whispered in a quiet voice, her voice slightly quivering.

  Oh shit. This was why she was so excited to see the princess.

  Calron wanted to punch himself for not realizing why this was so important for the little girl. It was probably a story that her mother used to tell her.

  “Of course princesses are beautiful, I meant that they behave similarly to normal people like being kind to each other, helping strangers and I’m sure that they are great singers as well.”

  Calron talked, not even sure whether he was making any sense, but simply wanting to appease Ellie and reaffirm her beliefs concerning princesses.

  “Really? Then, mother was right!

  The little girl exclaimed while nodding her head and resumed skipping.

  The perks of being a kid.

  Calron took a relieved breath at seeing Ellie return back to her normal self.

  “There! Do you see them, Ellie?”

  Approaching closer to the palace, Calron sighted the massive crowd gathered in the center, along with a large decorated stage at the back.

  Ellie cried out with excitement and sprinted towards the crowd, dragging Calron behind her.

  “Master, I can’t see!”

  Ellie conveyed in a disappointed voice, her short height restricting her vision as the crowd surrounded her.

  Calron simply picked the little girl up and placed her on his shoulders. Ellie hardly weighed anything, and for someone with Calron’s strength, her weight was completely negligible.

  “Yay!”

  Ellie shouted while in the air and stretched out her neck to search for the princess.

  Meanwhile, Calron was captivated by the people present on the stage. In the center of the stage, a large golden throne was placed where a blonde-haired man was currently occupying it while three other smaller thrones were placed on either side of him.

  Each of the seven thrones had a banner erected behind it, signifying which power they belonged to. Calron knew that the one in the middle was the King, who represented the royal family, whereas the other six were the Tower Lords of the city.

  He knew this because the Patriarch of the Raizel clan himself was seated on the throne to the direct right of the king. There were several guards standing behind their respective thrones, and Calron even spotted Kail leaning at the back in a casual pose. However, observing his uncle’s sharp eyes, he knew that the man was high on alert.

  “Master, I found the princess!”

  Ellie screamed while shaking her body on Calron’s shoulders and pointing her hand to the left corner.

  Following the little girl’s gaze, Calron spotted a table hosting a mix of young girls and boys. From their appearance, it was clear that they were either children of high-ranking nobles or royalty. Amongst all the other youngsters, there was one girl dressed in a lavish white dress that contrasted greatly with the rest, indicating that she was the birthday girl today.

  What is Asra doing there?

  Calron noticed the dark-haired young man with a glance and saw him speaking to a slightly older man who closely resembled him. Calron guessed that the other young man was most likely Asra’s older brother.

  “Hey! What are you doing back here?”

  An astonished voice sounded from behind Calron and Ellie.

  “Linda?”

  Calron muttered, looking back at the auburn-haired girl who walked up to him.

  “Harol said that you were not coming, so I did not want to disturb you again with the invite. The others are all behind the stage, chatting with the members of other towers. We have a surprise party planned for Vivy tonight, so I was about to go and help out. Let’s go together, it’ll be fun!”

  Linda playfully pinched Ellie’s leg as she was seated on top of Calron. However, the little girl was oblivious to the newcomer and her eyes remained glued to the white-dressed girl.

  “Vivy?”

  Calron asked in confusion.

  “Ah, I forgot you’re still new to the city. Vivy is the name of the princess whose birthday we’re celebrating today. Well, her name is actually Vivian, but I like to call her Vivy.”

  Linda flashed a grin at Calron, and then pulled Ellie’s cheeks seeing that the little girl was utterly ignoring her.

  “Ehh?”

  Ellie mumbled in bewilderment while her cheeks were being stretched. Turning her head around, the little girl recognized Linda and cheerfully greeted her.

  “Big sister Linda!”

  “So you finally see me, huh?”

  Linda teased the little girl, letting go of her cheeks. Back when Calron was talking privately with the Patriarch, it was Linda who took over the task of giving Roran and Ellie a tour of the Raizel mansion, so she was already familiar with Calron’s little companion.

  “Big sister, look! The princess is right there! Isn’t she so pretty?”

  Ellie tapped Linda on the head and pointed at the young girl dressed in a white gown.

  “Vivy? Hahaha, so you’re a princess’ fan? Ellie, what do you say about going over there and talking to the princess?”

  Linda laughed with mirth at seeing the elation on the little girl’s face.

  “W-what!? We can go and talk to the princess?”

  Ellie bounced on Calron’s shoulder, her large and innocent eyes boring into Linda.

  “Of course, let’s go!”

  Linda answered with a smile and then turned to look at Calron. Tracking his eyesight, she saw that he was intently spectating the battle currently taking place in front of the stage.

  One of the contestants was a member of the fourth tower, while her opponent was a member of a famous martial sect within the city. Looking closer at Calron’s face, Linda realized that he was not only spectating the battle, but there was also a shocked expression etched on his face.

  Just as she was about to inquire, she heard Calron mutter.

  “Mirane?”

  Mirane was one of the contestants in the battle, and it seemed that contrary to her clumsy appearance, the girl was a powerful cultivator as well. Although she was not overwhelming her opponent with raw strength, her nimble movements and agile martial arts were something that even Calron would not be able to contend against.

  The tournament did not allow the use of essence or legacies, but it was a contest of pure martial arts. This was to prevent anyone from getting hurt and to portray one’s skill and talent in combat.

  “You know h-”

  Linda was in the middle of asking Calron a question when a sudden roar thundered throughout the area.

  It was the distinct roar of a dragon.

  Calron instantly reacted to the roar and glanced up at the sky sensing a threat of danger. The sunlight struck his eyes, impairing his vision, but in that brief moment, he detected a winged creature hovering near the sun.

  Calron felt an ominousness that he hadn’t ever experienced in his life before. From the corner of his sight, he saw the Tower Lords and
their guards all stand up straight in fear.

  Why are they afraid?

  Calron pondered, but before he could think any further, a dark light shone in the sky, as a black orb floated from the winged-creature to the direction of the sun. In a blink, the sunlight was blocked by the black orb, bringing forth a darkness over the entire city.

  It was then, that Calron saw all the Tower Lords, the King, and all the guards collapse momentarily as their knees hit the floor. Several others in the crowd tumbled to the ground, almost as if they had lost all the strength in their bodies.

  However, Calron and the other young people remained unaffected and were staring in confusion at the dark sun above. Most of them had not even witnessed their Elders and their clan members collapsing on stage.

  They were all in the Saint stage or above…

  A horrifying thought came to Calron, as he began to realize what was happening.