Segment II, Chapter IV: Nightmare

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It was a normal day in the Kingdom of Lvhaerchn. The sky is blue, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and the people of Reality are having a great day. Everything has changed, for lots of people have powers that are given by the Immortals through a strong connection between the person and the Immortal. Arven woke up and was greeted by his servant "Good morning, your majesty... I've prepared a bath and the cooks have prepared breakfast". "Thank you, Aecn, '' Arven said to him before he got up and went to take a bath. He groaned as he slowly descended into the warm tub. He then closed his eyes slowly and got rid of his thoughts just for a bit. After a while, he got up from the bath, dried himself, and dressed up. He then walked towards the dining room with Aecn walking on his right. The hallway was dimly lit with many pictures of Arven, the kingdom, royals of Lvhaerchn, and the four Grand Immortals. But one of them was blank and it was placed over a door that randomly appeared a few months ago. Arven suddenly got nervous every time he saw that door but he stopped thinking about it and continued walking. When the both of them got inside the dining room, they took a seat and waited as the servers brought the food. Arven and Aecn ate quietly and after the both of them finished their food, Aecn spoke. "Your majesty, are you perhaps feeling nervous about something?" After saying that, Arven replied "N-no, I am not nervous about anything...". Aecn didn't believe him because he could see it.

After a long silence a door that leads to the hallway opened and Ien, a high ranking nobleman that has power to ¼ of the kingdom walked in and sat down across Arven. "What brings you here, Ien?" Arven questioned him since he didn't know Ien wanted to see him. "Well, I'm just... curious about the true history of this world" Ien replied to Arven. Aecn stood up and tried to get him to leave since he had many important things to do but Arven stopped Aecn. "Well... If you really want to know, then I'll tell you" Arven said to him before standing up and turned around, facing a giant board on the wall. He reached both of his arms out and the board started to show him the "true" history of the Realm of Reality. The board showed a figure that looked like they have a dark blue and dark purple liquid floating around on their skin. They had their eyes closed and were surrounded by darkness. They opened their eyes that shone bright like the heavens and looked like it was altering the world around them. There was grass forming on soil that gradually appeared around the figure, rocks forming into mountains, and trees growing everywhere. Things kept on appearing from the figures' eyes until it looked like a perfect world. The figure then closed their eyes and opened it back up slowly, but instead of it glowing, their eyes were perfectly normal. It was all black but it was also sparkling like the night sky. The figure then kneeled down on both knees, grabbed some dirt in front of them and raised their hands with the dirt inside their hands. Then from the heart of the figure, a strange green colored liquid came out of it and it mixed with the soil that was in their hand. The mixture floated up, forming a ball that has the color brown and green on it but the colors didn't mix. After that the figure opened their eyes and then from their eyes, the very fabrics of reality came out of them and mixed with the mixture. After that the figure stood up again and the mixture began splitting into three then started forming into the shape of a human. The first one was a man, the second was a woman, and the third was both.

The pictures displayed on the board then started to become chaotic. The three humans, the man in the middle, the woman on his right, and the mix of both on his left. The background changed but was stuck on a loop. From nothing, then a few houses, then a village, then a kingdom, and lastly the kingdom getting destroyed. Arvens power became unstable and he stopped then fell to the ground. When he fell down, he hit the back of his head on a flower vase, shattering it and wounding him. Aecn quickly helped Arven who was knocked unconscious and quickly sent him back to his chamber. Ien on the other hand was in a petrified-like state. He was staring at the board that still had the pictures of the true history of this world. After a while, the pictures disappeared and Ien quickly ran out of the room out of horror from the scene that he witnessed. Not because of the flow of the story, but the cause of why the kingdom was destroyed.

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