The people ran in terror as they saw the hand emerging from the portal. It seems that the portal had changed in color. The border changed in color drastically, from a blinding white to a neon black, the core went from purple to crimson red. A low growl could be heard inside the portal. The mysterious hand was red in color and had a faint teal light radiating. The portal then started to emit a strong torrent of wind, making many soldiers and commoners fall. Jher, Tyven, and Krn stood their ground. Krn quickly treated the wounded, while Jher, Tyven, and the soldiers tried to fend off this threat. The commander let out her battle cry and the soldiers recklessly charged at the mysterious hand. The hands slammed the ground, causing a shockwave that made the soldiers fall and some even squished to death. The hands then folded and when it opened there was a sphere of magic. The sphere was purely black and had a turquoise aura around it. Then the right hand pushed the black sphere towards a dense crowd of soldiers. Tyven quickly surrounded the sphere using his magic. He prevented the sphere from moving and also made the volcanic glass around the sphere smaller until it exploded without making the people around get hurt. As Tyven was focused on the sphere, Jher was holding back the hands with his magic. He surrounded the hands with dense gale stone that made the hands can't move a single inch. Jher was straining as he held the hands. As Jher was holding back the hands, Krn reached out her hands and began to create a sword with her magic. Instead of her healing powers, she used the scars she healed to make the sword. The sword was dark red, symbolizing the wounds she had treated, and it had a purple and orange aura swirling around the sword, symbolizing the mental problems that she helped. She screamed and lunged at the hands, stabbing them. Millions of cuts then appeared on the hand, making it retreat back to the portal and there was a low growl far deep inside the portal as the hands retreated.
The portal slowly closed and the crack on the wall also started to disappear. Krn was so tired that she was kneeling down at the same place without moving a single muscle. Tyven was also really fatigued that he fainted. "Goodness... What was that" Jher mumbled to himself. Jher looked at Krn and Tyven then lifted them up and made boots from gale stones, giving the ability to dash mid air and lift anything easily. Jher wondered where the other shards went since he didn't hear any news from them for a long time. Jher went to the forest and headed to a small hut. In the hut, Jher opened a trapdoor that led to the shards hideout. Jher placed Krn and Tyven in their own rooms then he sat down on a chair in the living room. "I should go to Rhve... She should know what that thing was. But I have to find her" Jher said to himself. He stood up and left the place to find Rhve.
Aecn's heart raced as the door to the throne room had a mysterious dark red liquid going out from under the giant door. He opened the door and went in. The room was covered with a thick layer of fog and had the scent of a jasmine flower mixed with spoiled milk. Aecn kept his composure as he moved forward. As he moved closer to the throne, the fog peeled away, revealing the throne room. The floor was now made from blackstone, the walls from obsidian with a layer of gold on every crack in between the obsidian bricks. There was a staircase, headed towards the throne. There Aecn saw Arven on his throne, made from silver and diamond. Two torches with purple flame on his left and right. "Y-your majesty..." Aecn trembled as he bowed down in front of Arven. Arven looked different, like he wanted to kill a whole kingdom. When Aecn looked back, he realized there were two chairs, similar to the throne but smaller, that were floating at the corner of the room. "Sit down... Aecn" Arven said while pointing to a chair that was right in front of him. It was made from starstone, a material that was harvested from the star up above. Aecn was clearly afraid of Arven now that he suddenly changed. "Yes, your majesty..." Aecn said as he walked closer to the chair and sat down. The fog cleared up as he sat down and two mystic beings appeared on the floating chairs. Aecn looked anxiously at the door and had a feeling something would happen. The door then turned purple and the door turned to a portal. A figure could be seen coming closer towards the portal. Aecn's heart was racing but Arven and the two mysterious people were calm. When the figure was going to come out from the portal, a cracking noise could be heard, like glass breaking. As the figure got closer, the cracking noise got louder. It was so irritating, it even made the wall around it crack. When the figure came out of the portal, it then shattered, and the remains of the portal were the blue and purple shards on the ground. The shards then filled up the hole and it became the door once more. The figure was Reality himself, Aerchn, back from his unknown expedition. Arven and the two mysterious figures got off of their throne and knelt down before Reality. Reality was in the air, with a giant cloak that was floating like there was no gravity. He then reached his hand out to Aecn and started to absorb him, restoring a hole in his eye. Aecn didn't scream but he had a look of apathy plastered on his face. After Aecn was absorbed, the chair he was sitting on turned to glass and shattered. Reality then moved towards Arven. When he was in front of him, he tilted his head and asked "Do you really see me as your father?" After that he flew upwards slowly and then pushed the wall in front of him, causing it to expand and uncover an empty room. When Reality was going closer, a gigantic throne appeared. It was like every atom was moving rapidly in real time to create the throne. It was purple with 3 dark blue swords coming out from the back. It looked like an entire galaxy was orbiting around the sword in the middle, while the other two were being orbited by a blue fire in the form of a sphere. Reality sat down on the throne and a mural of the true history of this realm could be seen all around the wall in the mysterious room Reality opened up. It was the exact same as what Arven showed Ien who was still nowhere to be found.
"Oh great sovereign of life
Oh great sovereign of nature
Oh great sovereign of laws
Welcome back, Reality
You've seen it with your eyes
Something in the void
Something in the deep dark
The first quadrant has been opened
It is time
Do not let your guards down
Listen to what I say
Before the end of time"
YOU ARE READING
The Tale of Aevhrien
Fantasy"Before nothingness, I was there Before life, I was there I am not alive nor am I dead Because I am The One Under Control But even if you eventually kill me I will always find my way To get out from that eternal prison"
