The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
Phoenix

Altair walked forward without a hitch, when then he arrived right in front of the big man. Altair could see it, the bandits smiling triumphantly thinking he had given up after realizing the situation.

Altair slightly glanced at the direction where Ian and Nox were still on standby, waiting for the signal from him calmly. Then his attention returned to the person before him...

" Right, like that. You're supposed to be a submissive woman." The man who was standing not far behind the big man.

While Altair, his previously mediocre face, began to turn cold.

" ....I'll ask you one more time.." Altair is back. " where... Brown?" he looked at them sharply.

" And I told you not to act so arrogant here!."

The big man shouted and clenched his fists towards Altair, it was a fist with considerable force. It should be enough to smash a rock as big as a horse carriage.

And as for the size of the little girl before them, it would probably be a severe wound, at least she would not die. That's what they think...

But...

Suddenly their eyes were round in disbelief when they saw what was happening. There's nothing.

Right, nothing happened.

When the man's hand was pointed at him, Altair's left hand was raised and touched the man's fist very gently and gently. He was not even pushed back at all. And that leaves people shocked and astonished.

Including for the man himself, "Ba-how can..??" he doesn't believe what happened.

On the other hand, Altair then slightly shifted its position to tilt. " I don't know." he said, as he pulled his right hand into his waist and clenched it. "....How do you think?" continued anyway.

At the same time, he also directed a punch towards the man. He who saw it tried to resist Altair's attack, thinking one hand alone was enough when his other hand was still held by Altair. The man was confident that Altair's attack would not be that strong, when....

Pssuk..!

" Urkkp... Khukk..!"

People instantly fell silent stiff where they saw it. Altair.

" a..You're.."

The man endured the pain from the wound on his body, while Altair remained silent and looked at him expressionlessly. When then he pulled his hand out of the man's body, making the man immediately fall on his knee.

Dark red blood flowed down, either from the wounds suffered by the man, or Altair's right hand covered in blood.

But Altair did not finish there, he also again swung his hand, and a moment later.... The man's head fell on the ground. Altair wiped out one of them with his bare hands.

" Fucking woman!"

" Attack him!"

...And it instantly drew the anger of those people. They took up their respective weapons and began to attack, no. They certainly did not fight him one-on-one. But immediately stormed together towards Altair with all their might.

Meanwhile, the women who saw the incident were still silent in their place because of the shock. And for the rest...

" That's the sign! Nox, let's go down and secure the prisoners."

" Yes!"

Nox and Ian immediately moved as Altair wanted them to, taking advantage of the commotion and all the attention of the people who were fixed on Altair to draw the women away to a safe distance.

***

While in the middle of the silence of the night in the city, Mira and the others were still awake when the night was getting late. There are not many guards at the moment, in Derrick's condition that are currently weak, they must always be vigilant with all possibilities. Maybe they won't be able to sleep tonight.

Why do they care so much? I don't know, maybe because Altair cares. I don't know since when, but he has become an important figure in this group. They want to grant her wish to save the lives of others.

Glucose...Glucose...

Tests.. Tests.. Zrasshh...

While out there, the water slowly descended from the sky and grew more and more swift with each second. It's really going to be a cold night...

" Haha... I don't like the humid atmosphere when it's raining." Yi looked at the window with a complaining expression.

And Mira who was sitting in front of him laughed lightly, "Hahaha... A Phoenix and rain did not get along, yes" he said.

His words left Yi speechless for a while, but then he smiled and nodded his head.

" Yes, I absolutely cannot fool the eyes of the head of the imperial army huh" Yi chimed in.

" Doesn't that mean you also know Israhi's identity?" tanyanya. And it also attracted the attention of Israhi who had been sitting quietly among them.

" Yes, I know." replied Mira, then she looked at Israhi. " ...The underworld demon." he continued.

Legendary fire bird that has a charming appearance, with red and golden feathers. One of the creatures that became a symbol of immortality and rebirth. After living for a long time, the phoenix burned itself. And after that, from his ashes, came the young Phoenix bird.

It becomes a life cycle similar to reincarnation, in which a person resurrects after death, then emerges as a new figure.

In this, the Phoenix believers were born from the pure flames engulfed the earth. Precisely in one of the hottest volcanoes in the world, which is also named after the bird, Phoenix mountain. It was the name of the fire mountains that were always active all year and continued to spew hot lava around it.

People believe that it is the home and birthplace of the Phoenixes. It was strengthened by the appearance of the Phoenix that only existed in that place.

According to the story that has taken root in the society of this continent, Phoenix was born with the shape of a soul ball in the midst of lava turmoil in the earth for a thousand years. Then one day, the fire god who was attracted by the uniqueness of his soul, finally gave him a physical body. She was born as a beautiful bird.

And because of her beauty, then the God of fire also presented her to the Goddess of the middle, the mother of the middle world.

And the bird managed to make the Goddess was interested in its beauty. Besides, since his soul essence came from fire, the Phoenix was blessed by fire. The Phoenix became a symbol of fire that never extinguished, the Goddess raised it to be a sacred bird, blessed by eternal life.

It took 5000 years for a pure Phoenix to form a soul and be born. Then the newborn Phoenix of pure fire took a thousand years to obtain a physical body. A thousand years later, they could change their shape to another form.

And right now, in front of Mira. Yi is the only legendary sacred bird in the world today, and the only Phoenix to have reached the Humanization stage after 20,000 years.

" I thought they were extinct 15,400 years ago, it was surprising to learn that I was sitting opposite the Phoenix today" Mira said, propping her chin up on the table.

As he said. Phoenix is endangered, it's because of its immortality. People believed that Phoenix tears could cure all diseases, and his blood could grant immortality. That's why they were hunted down and killed.

Yi who heard it nodded in agreement, the human greed is endless. Only a few of them actually have pure hearts...

" You're right, I'm surprised too. I'm sure I've been hunted to death in my house, too, but then I open my eyes again in a new form. And that's when I met Israhi..."

" Hearing that from you, it's possible that a new Phoenix will also be born in the earth."

" I don't know. That's a story from 4,000 years ago, but there's still not a single child calling me."

Yi and Mira chat a lot of things there, discussing things from the serious to the trivial things that usually happen around them.

As from out there, a light moved forward near their place, a bird of light flew across the rain and entered through the open window. It certainly caught the attention of the people there, and the bird stopped near Mira.

" the Lumine? I thought you were with Altair." Mira was the first to speak to the golden bird in front of her.

Right, it's Lumine. The sphere of the spirit of light that lived in the body of Altair, and it was his physical body.

[Answering. The master sent me to the palace to inquire about the results of the interrogation.]

" wait. He can talk, is he an animal spirit?" Israhi who had been silent before finally let out a voice and asked about what was in front of her.

Mira who heard it shook her head, "No. Lumine is the spirit of light assigned to protect Altair." he replied.

" Why?" Yi asked why.

" Because he's so precious."

Mira lowered her head with a slightly moody expression, she remembered the first time Altair had shown Lumine to her. He was very surprised because there was a high-level light spirit who had always been with Altair all this time, but he was also relieved. That means.. Altair is never alone.

On the other hand, he also became conscious... How important the Altair is to the world.

" By the way, you said there was already a result of his interrogation. What information did we get from that person??" Mira also diverted the conversation from the cold atmosphere that suddenly struck.

[People who were previously arrested are of ordinary rank, but we can find one of their headquarters in the depths of the great forest of York.]

" These men committed crimes on the territory of the forest ruler. Was there no action from the Spirit Guardians?"

[So far, the relationship of world borders with the outside world has been severed 11 years ago.]

" That means when Altair was 6-7 years old..." Mira thought about it carefully, there was no reason to break up when things were like this. But...." Are they keeping their distance or dodging...??"

Mira thought of the worst possible thing above all else...

" Is this any connection to the disappearance of the Queen and the previous Emperor of the Foldes?" Israhi who was sensitive with it came to the right conclusion.

" Maybe. No one knew what the exact reason was, not even the people in the palace. What about the relationship of the Phoenix to the goddess?" It was a bit of hope, because the sacred bird was a favorite of the gods. And Queen Foldes is the new goddess that returns, the two of them should be connected.

" Nothing. I can't feel that bond anymore for a long time."

Mira is not sure... Is it a bad thing or just a coincidence. As the situation gets more complicated, it is likely that people who worship calamities and prophecies are starting to approach...

" Can we survive in the middle of all this..??"

Kriet...

Mira, Israhi and Yi heard the sound of the door creaking in that place, and immediately turned their heads quickly and vigilantly...