Forsaken Origins

Special Chapter: Wail of the Storm (The Queen's Adventures) IV

The blades of soft grasses brushed against Minju's foot. Her shoes, has it went gone? She moved the tips of her toes, but she can still feel the tightness around her feet. She has her shoes, but she can feel the grass.

No, this isn't the grass itself, but only its essence. The magic essence of this place is too overwhelming that even mere grasses have their own spiritual energy. It was this that touched her feet. Even the blow of the wind is far comparable to that of the whistles back in her world. What flew along the breeze is an energy that can slash through, sharper than any blade if it gusts any stronger. Even Minju herself who just broke through god-tier recently finds it difficult to withstand the pressure of the atmosphere. Any normal human would've crumpled their bones into dust if they remain here longer.

She is unaware what kind of place she is taken this this time. It may already be the realm but it may also be not. After all, what secrets that lies behind every world is something she is yet to discover.

It's not like she couldn't see what surrounds her, it's rather her eyes that fails to open. As if a force was stopping her from seeing whatever that awaits right before her. She carefully travels her palms all over herself, relieved that she's unharmed nor felt anything to be worried of. She has to stand still and wait for her own soul to completely recover, only then she was able to open her eyes.

Dazzling. There are no other words to describe what she saw. There was no sun hiding behind any cloud. What she saw, the source of light instead was the sky itself. It illuminates brighter that the sun can shine. What surrounds were nothing too different from a normal forest, except much thicker, way thicker magic essence she felt. There were twinkles of lights scattered around the woods. They gave lights of golden hue, much reminded her of Yena's eyes. They're bright like fireflies dancing in the night. Perhaps, even brighter that they are even visible during this daylight.

However, the pressure of the atmosphere is just something Minju couldn't ignore despite amazed by the sight.

She wonders further inside, and oddly, she feels her own soul draining once again. Her head suddenly surges wave of pain that she has to close her eyes and try stop herself from collapsing.

Like a blow of wind, it vanished just as quickly as came. It only occurred for a second, yet it felt like minutes. She held onto her head, groaning, "this strange world... Too bizarre, I can't even comprehend." Too much aberrance this world has, Minju can't grasp understanding of what this world comprises of. But she discovered for certain, this must be the the Realm of Divinity.

Clearing her thoughts, she breathed and afterwards opened her eyes, only to freeze seeing yet another scenery. There was no dazzling forest anymore but... dull, empty lands. There were voices she even heard, not entirely sure whether they came from somewhere or just hearing things in her head.

"Am I taken to another world again?" She questions herself and scanned around. But there was only absolute flatness. Nothing else but dry lands. "A desert?" She concluded. And seeing how there's no light at all tells her it must be night time.

"No," she whispers. She then looked below to the stone on her hand. "The stone didn't light at all. There was even no portal that opened." This world is truly strange that.. it even changed setting completely. She didn't feel any signs of teleportation either. Like... the forest itself really changed into this empty desert land.

"Minju..."

Minju swore her heart almost stopped beating. She turned around to where she heard the voice, only to freeze on her place by the person before her.

Is this real? Or could it be another alternate life?

"Hitomi.." Minju utters, a crack in her voice. How she missed this old friend. She saw Hitomi, knelt on the ground with her gaze blank towards the ground. It's like.. she's troubled. Fallen in complete despair.