Tales of Astora: Legacy

Chapter 51: Conclusions

Chapter 51: Conclusions

"Hey Kaiser, how are you doing?"

"Lord Celdora? I didn't expect to see you here." Kaiser was surprised. He was currently gathering the last of his army before marching toward Canaan, the City of Firmament Spires.

Canaan could be said to be one of the strangest wonders in the world, along with Avant-Heim. It consisted of a cluster of ten gigantic towers reaching up to the sky of Oros through many levels of cloud, each as large as a few miles in diameter. No one really remembered how these towers appeared in the first place. Some said it was the result of hundreds of years of construction by the first dragons. Yet there was no trace or records of such thing happening. Others said the Gods themselves gave it to the dragons. Alas no one really knew what exactly took place and no one really cared about it. Right now they had other things on their plates to worry about: Kaiser.

While Celdora has decided to not participate in this war between Kaiser and the dragon council, he still dropped by times from times, mostly to check what his daughter has been up to. The poor old dragon dad seemed to have lost his position to Kaiser as she always went here to play and even learn how to fight from Kaiser and Malick even though her father was a both a dragon lord and a hero. All those dreams he had imagined when Syralth was first born, how he would teach her how to use her power, to tell her stories of the world outside....they were all gone...

"Eh...nothing! Just...hanging around!"

"Really? I noticed that you have been coming by a lot more. Especially whenever Syralth comes here...Could it be...?" Kaiser found out his intention.

Dragon lord Celdora started to panic. If words got out that he was actually stalking his daughter he would lose all the respects he built after all those years, especially from his wife.

"You want to be one of my subjects too?"

"...Ehm...not really...I mean...I am still deciding so before I take my decision I just want to...you know, see how things go around here....Things like that!"

"I see! Then go ahead! Feel free to visit anytime! Ha ha ha!"

"Yeah...sure!"

"So how have you been these days?" asked Kaiser.

"Actually very good! You know I have had these headaches for the past ten years but ever since the last few days, I feel strangely vigorous! No more headaches and those weird dreams!" Celdora laughed, satisfied.

"Weird dreams?"

"Yeah! I just kept hearing a weird voice in my dream without really knowing what it was saying or who said it. But never mind that! I didn't come here to talk about my health. How about you show me around with your new army now in place?"

"Hum...sure!"

Kaiser was shocked when he heard about Celdora's past condition. It just may happen that he too was afflicted with the same thing which started coincidentally when the dragon lord was cured. The timing was just too perfect. It was ever since he took that crown from Celdora.

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"The final match will be between the clans Quin and Wen! The two contestants, Viviana and Enti, please step forward onto the arena!"

The big game was finally here. The leader of the winning clan would become the next Beast King and would lead the people against the invasion of Malatas. After the fight with Ponpon, Viviana was confident that Yggdrasil was her best chance to not just secure a place for Maxime and his people but also to come closer to the demon she saw at Caelum. He definitely knew something about her sister as he confused Viviana with Shana. The two looked very similar, black hair with two pointy cat ears and a black tail but Viviana's body was a bit more mature.