MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny
Chapter 45 the hero's betrayal

"Ehh?"

"..."

I couldn't help my surprise because I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

What kind of ridiculous nickname is that? just this time I heard such an embarrassing nickname.

The princess of disaster? destruction's princess? it was such a ridiculous nickname in my world that you would die of shame if you heard it.

But this is another world so the habits in my world don't apply here and maybe it has a pretty deep meaning.

So I decided to shut up and wait for an explanation.

"It seems like one of you doesn't understand what I'm talking about so we just skip that part and get into the introductory part first."

The woman with the fox tail looked disappointed.

Not long after a waiter came along with some drinks and snacks.

"Include me is Ryu and this is my colleague Zephyr, an honor to be accepted in this place."

"He introduced himself?!"

Hearing me introduce myself made them all surprised even the little boy there had fainted.

They all started whispering to each other but kept it in my ear like they had no intention of hiding it.

"Hey are you sure this kid has a relationship with him?"

"The aura does look similar but it also looks impure and mixed with many things."

"It's been thousands of years since then so it's impossible to maintain anything pure."

"Right, the kid over there also looks less pure."

"Haah you're embarrassing me."

The fox woman exhaled a long breath while looking at the others.

Everyone calmed down and sat back in their seats, and even the little fainted child was there and eating a snack like nothing happened.

"I think now it's our turn to introduce myself, I'm Belvina my real form is a nine-tailed fox I also serve as the chief guard in this forest."

"I am a Fenix my true form is a fire eagle because it gets the blessing of the phonix god and I also serve as a guard in this forest."

"I am a Fenrir my true form is a Thunder wolf different from the one in which I gained this power because I was able to adapt in the domain of Druk Yul."

"I am Leo and I am an incomplete Nue, I don't remember much but it seems like I was one of the monsters inside the dungeon that tried to roam the outside world and short story after successfully surviving in the law of the jungle for thousands of years I got this being and this intelligence, and this kid is Mia he's my tail."

"In short the five of us are the guards of this forest and we will continue to guard it until we die."

They all mentioned a lot of things that I didn't understand but it didn't seem like they had any intention to explain so I chose to be quiet.

The five of them looked so strong that I alone had to expend all my abilities to defeat one of them.

Monsters were already very powerful from the start due to their great magic power but they were easy to defeat because they were very stupid and moved with instinct so their movements were very easy to read.

But what happens if monsters have sense and intelligence? it would make them an extremely difficult opponent to defeat especially if it was a monster that had lived for thousands of years.

Fortunately monsters like them almost never came out from the center of the forest so as long as we don't go in and look for them then we are unlikely to find them.

From here I also learned that in this world there are many strong figures still hiding somewhere and in comparison I am just a frog in a well.

"Because you guys aren't worthy enough to know everything so let's forget about that problem and jump right into the main discussion, I heard from Carolyn that you're going to go to human territory right?"

I didn't understand what he meant until he called me inappropriate but I don't think it's easy.

"True, I plan to gather all my fellow comrades as quickly as possible and will avenge the pope's deeds together."

"Revenge or whatever it is I don't care but I want you to look after this kid as long as he's out there."

"Of course I'll protect her even if I have to sacrifice my own life."

I'm serious about it, if I can I don't want to lose anyone at least not in front of me.

"That's what I want to hear so I'm counting on you."

Belvina and the others remained silent.

"That's all?"

"Is that all, or maybe there's something you want to ask? I'll answer if I feel like you deserve it."

"Then I want to ask you a few things."

"Please have plenty of time."

"It looks like you know something about what happened about 10,000 years ago."

"Well we've all lived much longer than that and even we participated in the war back then so I know quite a few things that you guys didn't know."

"Can you tell me about my ancestors? why did they come to the stamp of being traitors and hunted by everyone, when in my family's story our ancestors were told as a hero who was very meritorious in the war against the gods."

"My family kept living on the run all this time and we had to keep hiding because every time we showed up we would continue to be chased by people, when we want to settle in a village we will be expelled because it is considered a pesky carrier."

I get goosebumps hearing that, I don't think he's been through any of that because all this time he's been very calm and doesn't have any problems.

It seems like he still can't trust me until he doesn't want to talk about his personal problems to me, nor have I ever done that so it's quite even I guess.

After thinking for a while Belvina spoke.

"I think I can answer that, if what you mean is Zik Velter everything you said was true, he's a hero but on the other hand he's also the most wanted villain."

"She was the right hand of Evelina the princess of disaster so her strength was unquestionable."

"During the war he might have saved a lot of people and demons but you know what happened after the war? when the world was at peace he slaughtered millions for unknown reasons or that's what the book out there says."

"You may already know the story of where the first emperor wanted to seal himself in eternal slumber, it was true but he could not seal himself so he asked his right hand to seal him in a place that no one in this world could possibly enter and he had to keep his body so that the seal would not be broken."

I listened to Belvina's story but I was quite confused here she said that Zik was the princess of disaster's right hand then the story moved to the story of the first emperor who should have been Ba'al, he also explained that Zik was Ba'al's right-hand man which means that Ba'al and the Princess of Disaster were the same person but it made me even more confused.

From the book that I read Ba'al is a man and it is evidenced from the statue that is in the city square while the princess of disaster should be a woman.

As I was busy thinking about all that the story went on.

"I don't know exactly how the sealing process is because I don't know where it is but you should know that Evelina's magic power is so terrible that every time she shows up I always think that the end is near."

"So according to me in the process of sealing Zik was affected by Evelina's magic power and made a desire to destroy her control and ended up rampaging."

"Therefore he went on a rampage of mana and killed whoever he met, back then no one could stop him not even the seven demon lords."

"There was only one person who could do it: the emperor's left hand, but since the emperor was sealed, he also turned a blind eye to whatever happened to the world, so he didn't care."

"After the days-long massacre that killed millions of demons Zik disappeared without a trace and decided to hide."

"That's just my opinion but I bet it's 80% true."

It was a very tragic story for someone who was referred to as a hero, he bore such a huge burden because of his master's orders and it was even felt up to his current descendants.

"Haah I can't believe he's serving such a very selfish person."

"Fufu but from what I remember he was a very loyal person so what about you? you shouldn't be out for no reason and I believe that your friend over there doesn't know that."

Zep looked at me with a strange look and exhaled a long breath.

"Haaah right, I came out because I was given an order by my father to find someone related to the first emperor and I met him."

"What do you mean?"

Zep did not answer me and turned towards Belvina once more.

"After being with him for a few years I saw this boy had all the criteria my father described so I'm pretty sure, it's just that as you can see this kid is very lacking in experience or I can even say he doesn't know what his own strength is, I can't teach him anything either so I hope you can teach him some things."

Everyone looked at each other and then they all looked at me with quite strange gazes.

"What's wrong?"

But no one answered me and everyone went back to discussing.

"I'm sorry to us but we're not sure of it, Evelina's Magic is pure darkness and evil, it's a very powerful and even invincible force if I say. But I had heard my master's conversation with Evelina in the past in which he asked how Evelina could control that terrifying power so easily but at that time she only replied 'Darkness is my friend, my friend, darkness is my family, darkness is myself, and darkness is everything to me'."

"That's a word I didn't understand until now it's true that if you fuse with dark magic it will give you power but otherwise it will also turn you into a monster without any sense. Hey kid how did you use that magic until now?"

Since then I have been ignored but this time Belvina finally asked me.

"Hmmm I would normally cast light magic inside my body as a barrier then coat it with dark magic, it made me able to use it without losing consciousness what's with it?"

"No, that's a very smart idea because you can still use it while avoiding the side effects that may be caused, he said, but it will also burden your body because your magic will be wasted in an effort to resist the dark magic so indirectly it will reduce the effectiveness of your magic."

"Then what should I do?"

"I don't know either because I haven't seen your abilities before so how about we practice a match for a while?"

"Please ask for his help."

We came out of the tree house and gathered in front.