"When the crown is set on coronation day,
The keenest blade shall kneel to stay.
He will reap the gods with death's own breath,
A single strike that tastes of death.
Not for glory, nor for throne,
But to guard the Author, and him alone.
His steel shall be the shield, his oath the chain,
Till gods lie broken, and stars wane."
Draven felt extremely confused, but Lysandra immediately grabbed Draven's arms and looked at him with shining eyes....
"Yes! I knew it... I knew it was you."
Draven asked, "Mother! Why does this prophecy feel like..."
Lysandra chuckled, "We were confused too at that time..... but when today you suddenly appeared during his coronation..... it's all clear."
"It's you, Draven! You are the keenest blade of Silas..."
Draven also knew it was true. He even has a death blade technique that Silas taught him.
Draven lowered his head and tried to hide his face from Lysandra. "But, but..... me and Silas... my king.... we have..."
He hesitated to say something.
Lysandra chuckled, grabbed Draven's both hands between he two palms, and said, "Draven, we are not like old people who care about nobility or gender.... I know you love him. And the most important thing, he also loves you back..."
Lysandra looked at both prophecy stones and said, "You see that second stone? Do you know when it appeared.... it appeared during his first birthday. As if the universe gave him that gift."
She looked into Draven's eyes. "Do you think there would be any sharpest blade except the one that comes from pure love?"
Draven nodded his head. "Mother, don't worry, I'll protect him with all my power, with all my life and heart..."
Lysandra just smiled. She grabbed Draven's one arm and said, "Draven! Maybe I'm more understanding between us..... please be careful with Cassian..."
Draven said with a firm voice, "I'll do everything to make him accept me..."
Lysandra still felt worried, looked at him, and nodded.... after a few moments she helped Draven to leave this place.
After leaving him outside, she came back here to the Prophecy Hall. And she came toward another stone the same size as the second one...
She put some aura inside the stone, and the stone glowed with brilliant light...
"When the First Knight steps into light,
The bridge between god and man shall break within that night.
Darkness shall spill and swallow the land,
And demons rise with a bloodied hand.
The heavens will dim, Erdalon will mourn,
For from that hour, a new age is born."
She sighed, looking at that devastating prophecy. This prophecy first appeared during the dark age of humanity, when there were still people above level 90 here on this planet.
Gods were not beings that couldn't be fought against. In this world, they are also creatures who reached that level by leveling up. Or maybe they are not the real gods...
She looked worried as she said slowly, "Please, Draven! Protect Silas.... he is going to face something terrible... if this prophecy is true...."
***
The same day, in the God Realm.
A dark atmosphere hung everywhere. Dead creatures lay scattered. There were skeletons, dark beasts lingering here and there.... and in this eerie silence, a dark castle rose like a sword thrust into the sky.
The Demon Castle.
Inside, a beautiful human-like being sat in meditation. His skin was pale as snow, his long white hair loose around his shoulders... and a dark red tattoo covered his back and both hands, winding up to his heart.
A dark red mark rested on his forehead, between his eyebrows.
Suddenly, he frowned and the next second, a powerful backlash hit him. He woke from his meditation, vomiting blood onto the floor.
He is Velus. The God of Demons. And he was searching across the demon realm when this strange thing happened.
He said with horror in his eyes, "What.... what happened? Why can't I see that planet anymore?"
"The connection is getting faint."
He immediately gestured with his hands, and a big screen appeared before him in a basin full of blood...
He looked through that pensive pool of blood, and saw a curtain as thin as paper appear above that beautiful planet.....
"No! How is this possible..... why is this planet suddenly disconnecting the connection between the God Realm and the lower realm completely..."
In truth, that aura was the last struggle of that planet's consciousness. For some reason, the gods needed to leave the planet.... and now, the planet was even closing the last bit of connection between the two realms....
Velus gritted his teeth, and immediately tore off a piece of his own soul.... using a forbidden technique, a smaller Velus appeared before him.... he then said,
"Hmph! Even if you close the bridge between the two realms.... I'll send an avatar directly to you..... even using my own power..."
He attacked the veil immediately, and the planet was injured. A small gap appeared above the veil, and Velus's avatar entered the planet through that small gap....
Velus was also struck by the planet's consciousness using its last bit of power, and he vomited blood as the gap closed suddenly .
The whole basin shook and broke into pieces..... Velus also couldn't see anything about the planet anymore...
The bridge between the two realms was truly broken that day, without anyone knowing....
In her own courtyard, Luminus also felt the connection breaking. She immediately sent some important news and a task to the Pope just as the connection completely broke...
From now on, no gods could contact the lower realm at all...
She murmured.... "Draven! Now everything is on you.... I can't help you anymore.... the planet broke the last bit of connection between the two realms..."
***
After coming out of his room, Silas didn't find Draven anymore. He had asked him to wait outside... but now there was no one here. He frowned and immediately left the place toward the ceremony....
When he reached the ceremony, the crowd cheered again seeing their new king,
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the king!"
But he didn't see Draven here... when he noticed the group of his brothers, he immediately went toward them...
Seeing Silas come toward them, Torin, Aleric, Ronald, and Seraphina all knelt to give him a salute, "Greetings, my king."
Silas shuddered. Just a few days ago they were the ones who always bullied him or teased him as cousins and siblings do. He sneered, "Stop acting polite! It doesn't suit you..."
Ronald grinned, "But my Lord, you are now king. We can't disrespect you in front of so many people...."
Seraphina covered her mouth and smiled, while Aleric laughed hard, "Hahaha! Brother, you became more and more like a king... looking at you now, I can't tell if you are my brother or not..."
Silas chuckled, "Did any of you see Draven?"
Seraphina immediately got interested, "Draven? You mean your knight?"
Silas nodded his head when Ronald said, "Heh! Did he quit his job on the first day and flee?"
Silas sneered, "Who said he quit his job..... I just asked if you saw him.."
Torin and the others shook their heads in denial.... when Ronald asked curiously, "My king! I want to ask you something..."
Silas looked disgusted toward Ronald. This guy is not simple at all. He can find different ways to disgust him.... and Silas doesn't like this cousin of his at all..
"Tell me! What do you want to know?"
Ronald asked with great enthusiasm and a bright face, "My Lord! Can you tell me if this Draven and the Draven from Argent Spire Academy are the same...."
Silas nodded his head. He didn't know why Ronald was asking him this question. But it would be really easy for Ronald to search for his background later.... so he admitted it nonchalantly.
Ronald's eyes became bright instantly. He immediately jumped up from his position and then clasped his hands comically,
"So he is the rumored boyfriend of my king !"
Seraphina, Aleric, and Torin who were in the middle of drinking wine, choked in surprise and sprayed it all over him.
Ronald just sighed dramatically and wiped his face clean with his silk handkerchief.
"It is not good to spray wine from your mouth at someone, you know..."
Aleric raised a finger toward him and asked in horror, "What did you just say!"
Ronald stretched out both of his hands as if he were innocent. "I just said, he is the rumored boyfriend of my king."
Seraphina gave a small salute toward Silas and said, "My king! I'm apologizing in advance for the actions I'm about to show..."
Then, without saying anything else, she slapped Ronald across the face and he fell to the ground from the powerful blow. Then she kicked him seven or eight times...
"You dimwit fool! You don't even know how to talk..... after growing this big like a bull.... you pig, how dare you reveal my king's secret in public..."
Ronald wailed in pain, "Ahhh! Sera, please stop..... I..... I won't say anything more..."
After a few more kicks, she stopped. She dusted off her dress and bowed again to Silas. "I apologize to my king for showing you this disrespectful act."
Silas, Aleric, and Torin all looked toward Seraphina in horror, and at Ronald with disgust and pity...
Torin had never seen nobles act like this before.... his face contorted because he tried to hide his laugh.
After standing up, Ronald saw that face and said while pointing a finger toward him, "You.... you are smiling at my pain.."
Torin tried to hide it but failed miserably. "No.... Hahahahha.... no, absolutely not."