The Trapped Princess
The Red Clan's Core Power

"Duuuarr...duuuaaaarr...duaaarr.." the sound of lightning and lightning struck, followed by heavy rain.

Ara was still tightly hugging Gentala's back, her body soaking wet. His eyes tried to adapt in the heavy rain, just after Gentala had taken him through the barrier wall, the beautiful-looking mountain with lava in its crater, was now shrouded in black clouds.

"Gentala, what's going on? Why did the weather suddenly change so drastically?" ask Ara worriedly.

"Your Majesty look," Gentala circled the crater, piercing through the black clouds.

Ara sharpened her gaze, at the top of the mountain, right beside the crater, appeared a giant white wolf, ten times the size of an ordinary wolf that Ara had ever seen. The white wolf seemed to be motionless, like a soldier on guard.

"It seems that someone has gone before us, Your Majesty."

Ara blinked a few times, "didn't you say we're the only ones who can break through the shield?"

"Yes, right, Your Majesty." The gentala added to its height and hid behind the black clouds. "The servant did not lie when the servant said that only the two of us could penetrate the protector, then whoever was down there was an uninvited person."

Gentala seemed to find a safe landing spot out of the reach of the white wolf because it was located behind a dense black aean.

Ara immediately descended from Gentala's back, right before him appeared a giant cave yanv can even accommodate Gentala in it. Ara stepped into the cave vigilantly, water dripping profusely from her wet clothes. Gentala followed him slowly, "Your Majesty, we don't have much time."

Ara flicked her finger, used her magic to light the bonfire, not finished there, she again used her magic to dry her clothes and body. After everything felt back to normal, he looked at Gentala.

"Please explain it to me" Ara told Gentala.

"Your Majesty, this place is the Mountain of Truth, where the main secret of the red clan is stored."

"Red klan?" asked Ara confused.

Gentala seemed to nod his head, "His Majesty is the pure-blooded successor of the red clan. The previous servant master advised that the servant bring His Majesty here so that His Majesty can secure the secrets of the clan stored here."

Ara's eyes widened as if wanting to break out of her shell, "you said I'm the pure-blooded successor of the red clan?"

Gentala nodded without hesitation.

"We don't have much time, Your Majesty."

Ara took a deep breath, "alright, you can explain later. Now, what am I supposed to do?"

"Hamba will explain it quickly" replied Gentala.

"The secret of the red clan is the pure core of the clan power, the lord sealed the clan power core to save the clan from extinction. In the past, the red clan was the strongest clan on earth and was feared by other clans, until one day the number of women in the clan was thinning, and finally there were no women in the clan, inevitably, in order to pass on the lineage, the clan members had to marry into another clan, but the other clans were extremely afraid of the power that the red clan possessed."

Gentala looked glazed deep into the past. "Finally all the clans urged the red clan to make a pact, they asked the red clan to seal their pure power. If the red clan keeps the terms, then all the clans accept the red clan with open arms."

"Master felt suspicious and delayed giving an answer, he secretly left the red clan and disguised himself as a member of another clan, then married a woman from a white clan," Gentala seemed to start to get excited.

"Now that the woman was rumored to be pregnant, the master was faithfully accompanying her by her side, until one full moon night, a pair of twin babies were born with a roaring cry of the white clan."

Gentala's body seemed to tremble violently, "that night the baby boy exuded a holy white aura characteristic of the white clan, while the baby girl emitted an aura as red as blood, a hallmark of the red clan. The woman was surprised and felt lied to by the master, she felt afraid of the presence of the masters and daughters who she gave birth to herself."

"Master sought understanding and pleaded with his wife, but she was dark in the eyes and cursed her own daughter."

"He cursed his own daughter?" Ara was surprised to not believe the words of Gentala, how can a mother curse her biological child?

"No baby boy will ever be the successor of the red clan, and all the offspring of twins born of his daughter, will never be able to coexist."

Gentala mimicked the curse that appeared on his head, "since then, the master was forced to part with his wife and son, he brought his daughter back to the red clan."

"But when he arrived at the red clan, he found all the members of the clan lying lifeless, the ground turned as red as blood, smoke was visible all over the clan with all the buildings charred in flames. That night the master realized that he was late coming home, all the clan members perished after they decided to seal their pure power. The red clan was betrayed by the other clans allied to annihilate them, the agreement offered was just plain nonsense for the red clan to be defeated so easily after their power was sealed."

Gentala shed tears, "the master was desperate and blamed himself, until the princess's cry resuscitated him."

"The master chose to hide and raise his daughter, he lived in a move, until one day he discovered that his brothers had, in fact, gathered the core of the red clan under the mountain of truth."

"Master kept the red clan's core secret until he managed to see his daughter pregnant, but when the princess gave birth to a pair of twins, the disaster reoccurred even more severely, at which time the servant was seriously injured. Before the master put the servant to sleep, he spent all his strength to seal this mountain of truth, after which he led the servant to the lake of pearls and put the servant to sleep, so that the servant did not know what happened afterwards."

Ara's heart ached, "then you don't know what happened to your master's twin granddaughter?"

Gentala shook his head slowly, "the servant has no idea what happened after. But looking at His Majesty, I'm sure the master's grandson survived so that I can see His Majesty standing before the servant today with the pure blood of the red clan on His Majesty's body."

Ara took a deep breath and let out slowly, "so what do you want me to do with the power core of the red clan?"

"It is time for His Majesty to release the seal," Gentala replied.

Ara's eyes were round again, "you want me to remove the seal?"

Gentala nodded, while Ara thought inside her brain. If he is a pure-blooded descendant according to Gentala's story, isn't his energy sealed? why did he have to remove the seal?

"The servant knows what is on His Majesty's mind, His Majesty's power is indeed not sealed, but as time goes on, it will be, the core strength in His Majesty's body is diminishing when compared to the true red clan power core."

"Hamba believes that the members of the red clan are deliberately securing their energy, so that if something bad happens, they can still pass it on to their successors, then the core of the power of the red clan is His Majesty's right."

Ara repeated Gentala's remark, "the core strength of the red clan is my right?"