MERCIA
85. Holy Crystal.

"Alexy.. Why are you bothering me?" a man walked towards a throne chair, the man's posture was almost three meters high, wearing a protective suit with a pentagram symbol on his chest, the man's skin was black, but his face was pale purplish white, the veins stood out between his muscles, looking like flowing lava, a flaming reddish-yellow, his head had two huge horns, occasionally seen flames coming out of his body parts at random.

"Pardon the servant of the emperor Clawrit, the servant brings important news."

"Say quick!"

"Callus failed he was killed."

The man, called Clawrit, grabbed Alexys by the neck and lifted him into the air.His large hand with its pointed black nails made the neck look like a bamboo rod.

"Galan is only a small kingdom, I gave you twelve thousand troops and you and your men failed?"

"Hegh. ma. ma. af..hegk. me.re.. kaa. m. dap. paat.. kan... bant. tu. an. hekk.."

Alexys' face paled, his vision darkened, and Clawrit threw him until he hit the wall

Brakk..!

"Ohuk. uhuk.." Alexys wiped the blood that came out of his mouth.he went back to his knees.

"Who helped him?"

"Elf and Armeda, and the other one we don't know, I'm getting reports they have strange weapons."

"Elf and Armeda you say?"

"True emperor."

"Which armeda?"

"Both emperors" said Alexys looking down fearlessly at Clawrit.

"Hmmm.."

Silent.

"You go to the temple of Hell. Tell Hellmoth to release Zelda."

"Ze.. Ze.. Zelda?" Alexys was terrified to hear the name.

"God."

"Ba. ba. good emperor, servant goes."

**

"Aruna since you've been our leader, why do you look so moody and sad?"

"Chairman Myla, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming."

"Husssh. You don't call me and Nefia the chairman anymore, you can call us aunts or just call us our names."

"Well, uh, auntie.."

"Tell me.."

"my aunt is okay."

"you might be able to say that to Nephia, but not to me, you don't have to worry about Aruna, I won't tell anyone."

"I'm just confused I don't know what to do, what I see in the illusion really bothers me."

"What do you see Aruna?"

Aruna looked at the bright morning sky, but could not change her heart, which was covered in dark clouds.

"Aunt Myla I want to ask you one thing."

"Ask whatever you want?"

"Auntie..what would you do if you had one choice, to achieve your dream or to uncover the truth?"

Myla breathed.

"Is this about Mercia?"

"Aunt you..!"

Myla smiles.

"Relax, we're both women. I don't want to make you jealous, but you know I'm also confused with Aira's behavior, Aruna the truth is still a truth even though it feels bitter to you, Aruna.., uniting Armeda was a dream of me and Nefia, we were tired of fighting, we tried but all failed, but that dream was finally realized through you Aruna."

"Sometimes fate doesn't choose us to be at the end, it picks us at the beginning to start, it sounds unpleasant, but you still have to accept it, he said, you know Aruna there are times when they start called pioneer? and history will keep it recorded."

"Thank you Aunt Myla."

"by the way I came here to tell Mercia that you're leaving, you're going to meet her or ask her here, and then me and Nephia are going to Innodale, as long as I go take care of Aira, and then I'm going to take care of her, it would be very troublesome."

"One more thing Dior and the other kingdoms are willing to help build our new place as you wish, Mercia will also send some people to give you earth technology, I don't understand what it means."

"Well, thank you aunt, if you don't mind I'd like to have a one-on-one conversation with Mercia."

"i'll tell her" Myla said and left.

A few moments later.

"Chairman Aruna did you call me?"

Aruna looked back.

"Don't tease me Mercia."

"Mercia I have something to tell you."

"I've noticed you're always moody, I want to ask you, but I see you're still preoccupied with Armeda's business."

"Aruna what's wrong?"

"Mercia when you said that Julia was killed, I didn't know what to do."

"I.." Aruna's eyes began to glaze over.

"Tell me, let go of your burden."

"Mercia you've changed me, I love you.. "

"Sheel.."

"Hush. I haven't finished talking, when I heard it, I felt the feeling of you losing it, but in my little heart somehow I was happy, you might consider me disgusted and heartless."

"I don't know how you feel about me, but please don't hate me for loving you."

August was silent, his body trembling at Aruna's words. Aruna's tears were unstoppable, he hugged August, August returned the favor by gently rubbing Aruna's head.

"Mercia I want to ask you something, I ask you to answer honestly."

August releases Aruna's embrace, then removes the tears that continue to flow on Aruna's tender cheeks.

"Ask, I will try to answer."

"Mercia do you know a woman named Amara?"

Deghs.

August's heart began to thump.

"i know him."

"Did the golden dragon come from him?"

"I don't know how the dragon was on my shield, I found out when you were under Minerva's influence, it healed you and told me everything."

"I see, why didn't you tell me? we both know her face looks a lot like Julia, do you like her?"

"Of course I like it, but if you mean your question whether I'm going to marry her I'm going to say no."

"Aruna is indeed she is similar to Julia, but she is not my Juli, I met her when I was in a forest not far from a giant tree."

"She's a blind woman, she's.."

"He's why." asked Aruna curiously.

"He said that his blindness was due to fighting a woman with a spear."

"And you think I made him blind? that's why you don't want to tell me?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know why it was only you that came to mind.I only know one strong woman who had a spear weapon."

"I don't know if it's a compliment or you're mocking me."

"Hey.."

"Mercia I just met him for the first time."

"What..? you.. you. have met him..? are you. um?"

"Kill him you mean?" ask Aruna.

"You don't have to worry that he's stronger than me, he almost killed me."

"Huh...!!"

"What's going on?"

"Mercia this is why I called you to talk."

"When we parted at Innodale, I went straight to this kingdom, he confronted me, he was jealous when he saw us kissing before parting" Aruna blushed in light of the incident.

"I fought him, he easily defeated me, when he wanted to finish my life a woman appeared."

"The woman is a Phoenix."

"Phoenix?"

"Mercia have I or Aira ever told you about a prophecy?"

"you two never mentioned it but never told it."

"I will tell you, in this world there is a prophecy where there will be a knight who will emerge from the world of fighters once a thousand years, he said, but once in ten thousand years a different knight will be born he will receive power from the holy crystal."

"Wait aren't those masters alive hundreds of years ago aren't they the ones who made those crystals?"

"That's not true, the crystal has existed for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, some even think the crystal already existed at the time this world was created, the crystal amounted to seven pieces, he said, those who gain that power will live long enough to be hundreds of years or thousands of years old according to the count in your world, until one day someone who has been chosen one of those crystals finds the seventh crystal, that was when the calamity began, the seventh crystal had demonic powers.it merged it with the crystal he previously had, the demon crystal absorbed all of its power."

"The masters managed to defeat that person but the demonic-powers on the crystal were indestructible, they then hid the demon crystals, they agreed to prevent a similar occurrence, they combined the remaining five crystals, they were, just that way the demon crystal would not be able to swallow the power of the holy crystal whose power is now in your body.

"Then what's next."

"An elder was asked to hide the holy crystal, unexpectedly giving him a vision, and wrote what the crystal said to him.

"A prophecy."