Spectral Regalia

Ch 25: The Plains.

Seleria a world of marvels ruled by powerful kings and inhabited by incredible creatures that are all ruled under the thumb of gods, but one creature on Seleria lives passed the borders of life and has the potential to rival the gods themselves. A creature who harbours no mana in himself created by the power of the 'one true' god himself and attained a power capable of endless marvels.

One would be jealous and think this creature had limitless power. But here this with great power comes great responsibility. A few miles away from the forest of the sylphs where a mighty struggle of both power and survival had ended, open plains Dominated the landscape. Grass, full of life, like tiny little green dancers moving across the plains, rivers moving like large snakes across landscape and pristine lakes where rivers end.

This is the Great Southern continent of Agrianea the elven motherlands although many different creatures inhabited this lands and the elves themselves did not care much for who came as long as they respected the forests.

That being said there were several humans who looked like farmers on their small boats with nets as they tried to make a living. One would ask what they were doing here but if one thought back to the time Tiamat destroyed the main empire it would be understandable that the elves would allow refugees to live in these lands.

Years later, it seems natural for these inhabitants. Not too far from the area where the human fishermen made their living on a small rocky dirt road there were several small convoys carrying what seemed like fruits and exotic goods going back and forth most likely towards other distant places to sell their wares. On the edge of the road a man wearing a somewhat dirty cloak that covered his entire body as well as his face, revealing only a dark shadowy patch could be seen walking while gazing around as if examining his surroundings.

This man was none other than Avrin Sygin the being who had tormented creatures to be tormented himself, only to escape in the heat of battle. His face carried a straight emotionless gaze. He may not seem as if he showed emotions but he was plotting every course of action in his head.

Avrin had let himself get carried away when arriving on Seleria. He thought he was on top of the world and carefree, only to be consumed by rage and got sloppy with his actions. It also led him to get captured easily as if he were something to study. This triggered him to return to a state of mind similar to his past form when he was a general: strong willed, cautious, having to think ahead and much more.

Avrin had several things planned due to his experiences. The first was to get stronger and possibly find a teacher to help him understand this world better, as well as teach him swordsmanship. This was mainly because Avrin had tried to form mana using his dark matter in an attempt to use magic, but it ended up nearly getting his arm blown off. He figured that that is a no go until he became more experienced.

The second idea was to steadily train his own abilities in secret. Who knew what sort of uproar he could cause if people found out about him. He had no doubt he would be labeled a heretic. The third point was that when he obtained enough power he would steadily build a reputation. He intended to join an army and find people with superior abilities which would lead to the fourth thing he planned. That was of course to build his own Empire.

The reason behind this was that Avrin could never be sure what sort of people were out there. As powerful as he could be he had no doubt the gods of this world would surely take notice. It was more so for his own safety as well as to allow him to study and gather materials and other items of interest.

Avrin intended to experiment with his ability and the items of this world. He had so many ideas. It brought out a scientific side of him he knew he never had, but he had to be cautious as he couldn't go at it like a 'mad scientist'.