Scion of Raizel (The Divine Elements Book 3)

by Daman

Avor had one of his hands wrapped around the body of the spear, preventing it from sinking any further into Calron’s flesh, while the other one was around the neck of the bald man.

  His once soft brown eyes were now exuding an atmosphere of danger and wrath, as Avor’s eyes penetrated the robed figure.

  “Go to sleep.”

  He stated in a frosty tone, and then squeezed his hand around the bald man’s neck, obliterating any and all bones within.

  “TI…..TAN’S….. FURY!!!”

  Chapter 55 – The Advent

  “Haah… ”

  Calron rasped, finally regaining control over his body. Avor moved quickly to hold Calron before he tumbled to the ground.

  “Thanks, Avor.”

  Calron smiled at the blonde-haired man and groaned as he started to feel of the bruises all over his body along with the cut on his neck.

  The reticent ex-slave nodded and slowly helped the young man settle down on the ground. Ellie came rushing towards Calron after Roran put her down, and tightly wrapped her arms around his neck while tears flowed down her rosy cheeks. Roran and Mirane soon followed behind the little girl and checked up on Calron.

  There were still multiple battles taking place throughout the area, but the group only had eyes for Calron.

  “Master… Master…”

  Ellie cried, seeing all the blood on Calron’s face and his battered clothes.

  “I am fine, Ellie. I’ll recover soon, but we really need to help the others.”

  Calron stated, his head turning to look at the fights taking place amongst the members of his clan and the robed figures. He saw Rain, Harol and Linda, who were teamed up with seven other youngsters in the battle against four hooded enemies.

  At the moment, besides the people affiliated with the tower or royal family, the rest of the citizens had already escaped from the area. Calron could not see the tower lords or the king, so they must have retreated back inside the palace. He was not sure how many enemies there were in total, but if there were more than the four figures who were currently in combat, then the rest were probably tailing the lords and the king.

  “Big brother, you were just stabbed in your neck.”

  Roran commented with a dry expression on his face. His brother was almost killed, and yet his first thought was to go and help the others. However, Roran was glad that they could make it in time to save Calron, and this was partly thanks to Ellie’s scream.

  “Please don’t stress yourself, my little brother is fighting with them right now. He’s the strongest from our clan!”

  Mirane exclaimed with pride, pointing at the blonde youth fighting beside Harol.

  You forgot about my other ability, Roran.

  Calron sent a thought to Roran through the legacy and activated the Blood Sacrifice technique of the fourth step. The technique would greatly augment his regenerative powers and heal most of his current injuries.

  As a side effect, part of his blood would be consumed, but since his bones were not completely broken and only bruised, the repercussions would not be so severe.

  Immediately, Calron’s wounds and the cut on his neck began to heal rapidly. A small gust of hot steam expelled from his body as the blood inside his veins was devoured for the healing process.

  “Oh my god.”

  Mirane gasped, her hand covered her mouth. She saw the wounds close up in front of her eyes, and she was astonished at seeing a regenerative power so omnipotent. Ellie had the same expression on her face, while Avor simply raised his eyebrow at the Calron’s rapid healing, but did not comment any further.

  “Mirane, take Ellie to the Raizel mansion and stay there until this mess is over.”

  Calron spoke, wiping away the traces of blood from his mouth and standing up straight without the others’ support.

  “B-but, father is still inside the palace! I need to help him. Besides, my brother and the others are close to defeating the four enemies, so we can all go together inside the palace.”

  Mirane replied, her voice full of distress.

  The group remained silent, waiting for Calron to respond. Except for Mirane, the other three would only follow the Calron’s directions.

  “You’re wrong, Mirane. Those four robed figures are clearly just toying with the others. If they wanted to, then they could have easily killed your brother and my clan members. I do not know the reason, but they want us to stay here and not chase after the tower lords or king.”

  Calron calmly conveyed, understanding the emotions that the poor girl must be going through. From the instant that he experienced the strength of the bald man, Calron knew that the other members of his clan would have no chance of defeating the enemies as they were still stuck at the Vajra stage.

  The power of the soul was not to be underestimated.

  “Don’t forget, the draconic monster is still hovering in the sky. And since I cannot even fathom his cultivation base, he is unmistakably a Heavenly stage expert.”

  Calron explained while glancing up at the monster silently observing from the air.

  Whatever that orb is, it must be the cause of why anyone above the Saint stage is being drained of their strength. However, it does not seem to be affecting the robed figures.

  Calron mused, trying to deduce what the enemy’s motives were.

  Mirane stayed silent as she pondered about the details that Calron revealed, and started to realize that the young man’s conjecture was highly likely to be true.

  “Promise me that you have a way to defeat those four and help my father.”

  Mirane’s misty emerald-golden eyes bore into Calron, the girl on the verge of tears.

  “I promise to defeat those four, but I do not know what the current situation at the palace with your father is. However, the Patriarch of my clan is also inside there, so no matter what, I will go inside to help him.”

  He met Mirane’s eyes and displayed his sincerity by making an oath. Even though Calron had recently lost against one of the robed figures, for some unknown reason, Mirane felt reassured when she saw the fire in Calron’s deep azure eyes.

  “Thank you…”

  The young girl whispered as she grabbed Ellie by the hand and prepared to leave.

  “Master, please come back to me!”

  Ellie did not refuse Calron’s instruction and let Mirane take her away. The little girl’s tears splashed on the ground as Mirane picked her up and sped out of the area using a movement technique.

  “I have too many promises to keep.”

  Calron smiled while cracking his neck and rubbing his shoulders.

  “This is going to be a tough battle, big brother.”

  Roran said as he stood right next to Calron and observed the four enemies fighting against a group of teenagers in the far distance. Avor quietly stepped up on the other side of Calron and stared at the scene in front of him.

  “Can I count on you to deal with one of them?”

  Calron turned to face Avor and inquired in a solemn tone.

  If one of those four robed figures was detained by Avor, then his plan to fight them might just succeed.

  Avor gave a firm nod, his steely eyes showing a determination that Calron had never seen in the middle-aged man.

  “Do you think we can win, big brother?”

  Roran asked with excitement, his blood boiling at the thought of fighting alongside his brother.

  “We will win, Roran. Let’s go!”

  Calron roared, bolting with lightning speed towards the members of his clan, as both Roran and Avor followed behind. Roran returned Calron’s roar with his own and charged ahead.

  Bolts of violent blue lightning flashed around Calron’s eyes, foreshadowing the coming battle.

  It’s time for the world to see the power of the Azure Lightning!

  Calron’s thoughts raced as he prepared to summon the most frightening power that the mortal world has ever seen.

  Chapter 56 – Unstoppable Force

  An almost transparent s
cythe shot straight towards his face, about to separate his head from the rest of his body.

  “Fiesty!”

  The youth smirked, blocking the attack with a golden halberd made of lightning.

  However, the moment that he blocked the wind scythe, a robed woman abruptly appeared right next to him and swung another giant scythe against his neck.

  “Pay attention, Rain!”

  Linda shouted with fury and punched the back of the robed woman.

  “Hey, you know I can’t hit girls.”

  Rain complained while he twirled his lightning halberd and faced the enemy. Multiple cuts and scratches were covered throughout his skin, mixed with dirt and blood. He had been fighting for over an hour and both sides had been stuck at a deadlock, neither one gaining an upper hand.

  “I will beat the crap out of you if you don’t start attacking her full-heartedly.”

  Linda snarled, her armored hand pressing down on Rain’s shoulder. Currently, the auburn-haired girl had equipped her lightning armor and battling against one of the robed figures. The problem was that when she used her lightning armor, she could use any other lightning-based attacks, so she was relying on Rain to fulfill the offensive role.

  However, the young teen always faltered when striking their enemy. It was not because Rain was clumsy or incompetent.

  It was because the enemy was beautiful.

  “Alright, alright!”

  Rain cried, struggling under Linda’s steely grip on his shoulders.

  “I need you, Rain. The others are all suffering as well, and we don’t even know what is going on inside the palace.”

  Linda said softly, letting go of the teen and glancing around them.

  Asra was in combat against a giant robed figure whose height approached close to seven feet. He was aided by another teen with curly blonde hair who wielded dual scimitars made of fiery flames. He was Erten of the Laxerus clan.

  From the looks of it, the duo appeared to be struggling against the giant as none of their attacks seemed to penetrate his skin. It was like the giant was impenetrable to any and all physical attacks. Asra’s body was battered with several parts of his clothes torn or shredded. His pale face was not a good indication of whether they would be able to last any longer.

  Meanwhile, Harol and two other members from a different tower were stalling the third robed figure. Compared to the other two groups, they were faring the worst as the third robed figure was a beast and the most powerful one out of his companions. However, a group of low ranked Vajra stage teens at the back were shooting various attacks and helping Harol and his group contain the third robed figure.

  “Ack!”

  The robed woman spat on the ground and glared at both Rain and Linda. She was the one who had killed a large majority of the citizens today with her wind scythes. If not for the instruction by her leader, she would have already used her soul power and massacred these irritating bugs.

  Her dark hair rippled along with the breeze when her hood fell back, while her white face and dark purple lips were fixed in a scornful expression.

  “So pretty…”

  Rain mumbled, but quickly shut up once he felt the killing intent from Linda.

  “Let’s go!”

  She roared, as she charged towards the enemy.

  Rain swiftly followed behind her and simultaneously called forth thick bolts of lightning and aimed at the robed woman. The enemy might be beautiful, but Linda was more important to him. She was the big sister of their group, and the girl always cared for them whenever they were in trouble or sick in bed.

  A serious look covered Rain’s face as he instantly appeared beside the robed woman and pierced his halberd into her direction. At the same time, Linda struck her armored fist at the woman’s chest.

  The robed woman had a vicious grin plastered on her face. Right when the Rain’s halberd was about to touch her, she blocked it with her wind scythe and whirled around to nimbly evade Linda’s fist.

  “Pesky brat!”

  The woman growled as she rotated her scythe and aimed for Rain’s body.

  “Careful, Rain!”

  Linda saw that Rain didn’t have enough time to pull back his halberd to block, so she moved towards the woman to counter her attack.

  “Idiot.”

  The robed woman grinned and switched the trajectory of her scythe mid-air towards Linda’s neck. Unlike the rest of her body, Linda’s face was not enveloped by the lightning armor and was the only weak spot in her defense.

  She did not form her helmet because she was overconfident in her abilities, but it was because she had not trained for long in her lightning path. In order to coalesce the helmet, one had to wholly understand the properties of physical lightning and learn to see past the element. Otherwise, she would be blind inside her helmet.

  “NOOO!”

  Rain screamed, letting go of his halberd and rushing towards to take the strike instead of Linda.

  If only I paid more attention to the enemy’s movement.

  Rain lamented, his feet sprinting ahead to save Linda.

  “No need.”

  A calm voice sounded out next to Rain and in the next instant, he felt a gust of wind brush past his cheeks.

  “Was that… blue lightning?”

  He dumbly muttered, halting in his tracks.

  The sound of thunder rumbled in the sky, as a dark-haired youth appeared exactly in between Linda and the robed woman. His hand was wrapped around the wind scythe but it only lasted for a second, as a bolt of blue lightning traveled across his arm and disintegrated the scythe.

  Tears streamed down Linda’s cheeks when she realized who the young man was in front of her. Her heart felt at ease as she glanced at his broad back.

  “Sorry I was late, Linda, so just leave the rest to me.”

  Calron smiled, and bursts of azure lightning exploded out from underneath his feet and orbited around him like a cocoon.

  The rest of the Raizel clan members on the battlefield trembled with a strange feeling when they saw the Azure Lightning crackling near Calron.

  “What is that?”

  Asra murmured, a feeling of hope blooming within his chest. It was not only him, but the others like Harol and Rain all felt a strange connection with the Azure Lightning.

  “I’m tired of this circus. Even though I was only supposed to stall you punks here, I think killing you will still serve the same purpose.”

  The robed woman stated frostily, as hundreds of wind scythes formed above in the sky and were all aimed towards the teens on the ground, including Calron.

  “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

  Calron warned, his icy azure eyes boring into the woman.

  “Hmm… then, you’ll die first.”

  The robed woman laughed and changed the direction of all the scythes towards Calron only.

  *step* *step*

  Calron slowly walked towards the woman, dauntless at the fact that hundreds of sharp weapons were currently aimed at him.

  “You think that was my real strength before? You are mistaken, kid.”

  The woman smirked and activated her soul power to immobilize Calron.

  He momentarily froze, his foot halted mid-air. It was the same as when the bald man had used his soul power on him.

  Calron inhaled a deep breath, preparing himself for what he was about to do. His eyes flashed with a grey light as he triggered the Divine Perception ability.

  “You might be right, but it still makes no difference.”

  Calron’s foot landed on the ground, and he neared the enemy.

  The robed woman’s eyes quivered in fright, as she realized that the youth in front of her was also a Saint stage expert.

  “H-how is this possible!?”

  She yelled, sensing that Calron’s cultivation was only at the peak of Vajra stage. It was not only her, but the others were all wondering the same fact.

  “Your voice annoys me.”

  Calron commented
, as he abruptly rushed towards the woman and palmed her abdomen using the power of the Azure Lightning.

  I need to hurry up.

  He could already start to feel the mental fatigue from the Divine Perception, and his body would not last much longer if he continued to use the Azure Lightning as well.

  “Kugh!”

  The woman spat out a globule of blood and stared hatefully at Calron. She summoned more of her wind scythes and rushed towards Calron.

  He easily dodged the attacks, his speed augmented by the lightning. Even his vision and reflexes were on a completely different level than before.

  It’s my first time using its power so unrestrainedly.

  Calron thought while toying with the woman.

  “Enough.”

  He stopped the scythe swung his way, and grabbed the woman by her neck. He had wasted enough time, and he still had to fight the other enemy as well.

  Bolts of Azure Lightning raced from his body and into the woman, eliciting a cacophony of cries filled with agony. The ear-splitting screams seemed to come straight from the woman’s soul, as she felt her mind and body being slowly devoured.